Friday June 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 2, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     27  17  2.28   44  12  12   403   316  121  102   18  119  232
Chicago         22  18  2.66   40  19   8   362   316  124  107   24  116  197
New York        30  12  3.06   42   9  15   385   334  139  131   27  124  271
San Diego       16  27  3.12   43  12   4   389   330  150  135   31  183  264
Pittsburgh      24  16  3.22   40   5  12   372   343  152  133   33  130  217
Philadelphia    16  26  3.59   42  13   3   384   356  164  153   35  136  259
Houston         25  18  3.73   43  12   9   393   362  184  163   29  144  256
Cincinnati      25  18  3.73   43   6  15   395   384  180  164   43  119  230
San Francisco   17  31  4.02   48  13   8   427   392  225  191   43  155  258
Montreal        18  23  4.15   41  10   6   364   350  176  168   25  172  210
St. Louis       16  27  4.16   43  16   1   381   387  193  176   31  155  221
Atlanta         19  22  4.48   41   9   7   362   396  198  180   37  113  187

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        7   0  1.27   9   9   4   0   2   78   36   13   11    4   18   55
Claude Osteen (LA)     6   2  1.35   8   8   3   0   1   67   55   11   10    3   18   23
Steve Stone (SF)       3   4  1.60  11   9   4   0   1   68   48   17   12    2   22   46
Jon Matlack (NY)       6   0  1.95   9   7   3   0   1   65   46   15   14    1   16   38
Steve Arlin (SD)       4   4  2.19  10  10   3   0   2   74   50   21   18    2   36   47
Fred Norman (SD)       4   4  2.25  10   9   5   0   3   68   49   20   17    5   24   44
Gary Nolan (CIN)       7   1  2.34  10  10   3   0   1   77   62   25   20    6   14   43
Bill Hands (CHI)       4   1  2.40  10   8   3   0   1   60   54   19   16    1   13   28
Milt Pappas (CHI)      4   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   54   56   19   15    5   11   26
Burt Hooton (CHI)      4   4  2.58  10  10   4   0   1   77   53   25   22    4   35   51

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hardin             0   0  2.45   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    3    0
Ron Schueler           1   1  2.56  11   3   0   0   0   32   26   12    9    3   11   21
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.09   9   0   0   4   0   12   12    4    4    1    0    8
Phil Niekro            7   4  3.44  12  11   7   0   0   86   79   35   33    7    8   49
Tom Kelley             3   4  4.16   9   9   0   0   0   63   68   32   29    8   27   29
Ron Reed               3   6  4.39  10  10   2   0   0   66   66   37   32    5   21   35
Jim Nash               1   0  5.12   8   1   0   1   0   19   18   12   11    0   12    8
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.40   3   1   0   1   0   10   12    8    6    2    6    4
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Pat Jarvis             4   2  5.86  10   4   0   0   0   28   40   19   18    2    8   15
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
George Stone           0   3 11.70   8   2   0   1   0   10   27   13   13    2    5    4

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              1   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    5    1    0    0    0    2    2
Steve Hamilton         0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    1    3
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Bill Hands             4   1  2.40  10   8   3   0   1   60   54   19   16    1   13   28
Milt Pappas            4   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   54   56   19   15    5   11   26
Burt Hooton            4   4  2.58  10  10   4   0   1   77   53   25   22    4   35   51
Fergie Jenkins         5   5  2.64  11  11   9   0   0   92   77   31   27    9   22   52
Juan Pizarro           3   1  2.70   6   3   0   0   0   30   30   10    9    2   13   12
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.10  13   0   0   4   0   20   18    9    7    0    7   11
Tom Phoebus            1   0  3.45   9   0   0   3   0   16   13    6    6    2    7    8
Larry Gura             0   0 20.25   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    3    3    1    2    2
Joe Decker             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1    0    1    0

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Clay Carroll           3   1  2.00  21   0   0   9   0   27   23    7    6    1    7   13
Ross Grimsley          2   1  2.00   6   5   0   0   0   36   37   10    8    4   10   14
Gary Nolan             7   1  2.34  10  10   3   0   1   77   62   25   20    6   14   43
Tom Hall               2   1  2.97  16   2   1   2   1   36   18   13   12    3   15   43
Wayne Simpson          2   1  3.26   5   4   0   0   0   30   24   12   11    3   10   14
Ed Sprague             1   0  3.79  14   0   0   0   0   19   13    9    8    3   11    6
Pedro Borbon           1   1  3.94  17   1   0   4   0   32   39   15   14    2   11   16
Jim McGlothlin         2   4  4.32  12   7   1   0   1   50   55   27   24    6   14   29
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jack Billingham        2   6  5.24  11   9   1   0   1   57   63   34   33    6   17   33
Don Gullett            2   2  8.74   8   4   0   0   0   23   34   22   22    7    7   14
Joe Gibbon             0   0 54.00   2   0   0   0   0    0    3    2    2    1    1    1

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Griffin            1   1  0.43   6   1   1   0   1   21    9    1    1    0    7   16
George Culver          1   0  2.10  15   0   0   2   0   30   17    7    7    2   16   23
Larry Dierker          5   2  2.74   9   9   4   0   3   72   60   23   22    2   16   38
Don Wilson             3   4  3.53   8   8   2   0   0   51   49   25   20    5   12   38
Ken Forsch             2   2  3.75   9   8   1   0   0   58   62   26   24    6   22   35
Jim Ray                7   0  4.40  17   0   0   3   0   29   29   15   14    2   14   13
Jerry Reuss            3   4  4.44   8   8   1   0   0   53   52   33   26    6   25   51
Dave Roberts           3   3  4.76   9   9   3   0   1   59   69   34   31    3   19   27
Fred Gladding          0   2  4.82   9   0   0   4   0    9    6    6    5    0    1    5
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.64  10   0   0   0   0    8    4    9    8    1    8    9
Joe Gibbon             0   0 11.57   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    2    2    1
Jim York               0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    2    0

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             4   2  1.19  18   0   0   5   0   30   12    5    4    1   11   19
Don Sutton             7   0  1.27   9   9   4   0   2   78   36   13   11    4   18   55
Claude Osteen          6   2  1.35   8   8   3   0   1   67   55   11   10    3   18   23
Al Downing             2   2  2.59   9   9   2   0   1   63   56   23   18    2   25   41
Bill Singer            3   5  2.85   9   9   2   0   2   66   56   24   21    3   16   48
Pete Richert           0   1  3.00   8   0   0   3   0    9    9    4    3    1    4    3
Tommy John             4   3  3.05   9   9   1   0   0   56   57   23   19    2   13   23
Pete Mikkelsen         1   1  4.02  11   0   0   3   0   16   16    7    7    0    3   11
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  4.15   8   0   0   1   0   13   12    8    6    0    6    5
Mike Strahler          0   1  4.76   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    2    5    4

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          4   0  1.30  16   0   0   4   0   28   27    6    4    1   17   20
Tom Walker             0   1  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   18   19    6    6    2    6    9
Bill Stoneman          4   4  3.25  10  10   4   0   0   69   62   26   25    4   27   50
Mike Torrez            4   3  3.26   9   8   4   0   0   58   47   21   21    2   28   31
Carl Morton            2   5  4.21   8   8   1   0   0   51   46   26   24    3   16   18
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.26  18   0   0   2   0   32   28   15   15    2   13   21
Ernie McAnally         1   5  4.91   9   9   1   0   0   48   47   27   26    4   21   21
Steve Renko            1   3  5.85   9   6   0   0   0   32   36   23   21    4   32   18
Joe Gilbert            0   1  7.71   7   0   0   0   0   12   13   10   10    1    7   10
Denny Lemaster         2   0  8.64  11   0   0   0   0   17   25   16   16    2    5   12

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Frisella         1   0  0.71   9   0   0   4   0   13    7    1    1    1    1    5
Tug McGraw             3   1  1.30  14   0   0   7   0   35   20    6    5    0   12   29
Jon Matlack            6   0  1.95   9   7   3   0   1   65   46   15   14    1   16   38
Jim McAndrew           4   1  2.29   8   4   2   1   0   39   31   10   10    3   10   28
Gary Gentry            3   3  2.91  10  10   2   0   0   65   54   24   21    4   28   45
Tom Seaver             7   2  3.00   9   9   2   0   1   66   58   24   22    7   18   56
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.25   9   6   0   0   0   42   39   20   20    6   16   37
Chuck Taylor           0   0  4.91  15   0   0   2   0   22   32   12   12    1    5    6
Ray Sadecki            1   0  5.40   6   2   0   0   0   13   17    8    8    1    8    6
Jerry Koosman          2   3  6.48  11   4   0   1   0   25   30   19   18    3   10   21

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Reynolds           0   1  1.93   8   1   0   0   0   19   13    4    4    1    3   11
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.04  13   0   0   1   0   18   17    5    4    1    5    9
Steve Carlton          5   6  2.95  11  11   7   0   2   88   64   31   29    5   24   94
Barry Lersch           1   2  2.97  12   2   1   0   0   30   24   10   10    4   10   11
Woodie Fryman          2   4  3.44  10  10   2   0   2   68   69   29   26    7   15   40
Bill Champion          3   2  3.61   8   8   2   0   0   47   51   21   19    4   20   22
Chris Short            0   1  3.78  13   0   0   1   0   17   20    8    7    2    4   13
Darrell Brandon        2   1  3.79  11   0   0   0   0   19   26    8    8    3    5   14
Dick Selma             1   6  5.27  10  10   1   0   0   56   51   35   33    8   38   26
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  5.40  18   0   0   1   0   22   21   13   13    0   12   19

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        3   0  0.47  14   0   0   3   0   19    8    2    1    0    4   17
Bob Miller             2   1  0.96  14   0   0   2   0   19   17    3    2    0   14    9
Bruce Kison            0   0  2.22  10   0   0   3   0   24   16    7    6    1   10   18
Dock Ellis             5   2  2.80   7   7   1   0   0   45   40   15   14    3    6   28
Luke Walker            2   1  2.96   8   4   0   0   0   27   28   13    9    0   17   11
Steve Blass            5   1  3.09   9   9   2   0   1   67   66   24   23    8   19   29
Bob Moose              3   2  3.43   8   7   1   1   1   58   48   23   22    5    9   35
Dave Giusti            1   4  3.80  16   0   0   3   0   24   24   10   10    1   10   11
Nelson Briles          3   2  4.22   6   5   1   0   0   32   37   21   15    7   10   25
Bob Johnson            0   3  4.60   8   8   0   0   0   47   47   26   24    7   23   28
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6
Gene Garber            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    1    1    0

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  2.03  11   0   0   0   0   13   10    3    3    0    9   11
Steve Arlin            4   4  2.19  10  10   3   0   2   74   50   21   18    2   36   47
Fred Norman            4   4  2.25  10   9   5   0   3   68   49   20   17    5   24   44
Gary Ross              0   1  2.45  14   0   0   0   0   22   21    8    6    0   16   12
Mike Caldwell          1   1  2.53  13   0   0   2   0   21   18    6    6    1   14   13
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  2.70   4   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    2    5
Mike Corkins           0   1  3.14  13   1   0   2   0   14   13    5    5    2    6   12
Clay Kirby             3   6  3.36  11  11   3   0   0   80   65   34   30    6   39   54
Ed Acosta              1   2  3.58  12   1   0   0   0   28   28   13   11    4   10   19
Bill Greif             3   7  4.31  11  10   1   0   1   54   60   27   26    4   21   39
Tom Phoebus            0   1  7.94   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    5    5    2    6    8
Ron Taylor             0   0 12.60   4   0   0   0   0    5    9    7    7    5    0    0

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Stone            3   4  1.60  11   9   4   0   1   68   48   17   12    2   22   46
Ron Bryant             2   3  3.39  13   6   1   0   0   61   48   27   23    5   20   40
Don McMahon            0   2  3.47  16   0   0   3   0   23   16    9    9    3    8   12
Juan Marichal          2   8  3.67  11  11   5   0   0   81   74   40   33    6   23   37
Don Carrithers         1   3  3.82  10   4   0   1   0   33   27   17   14    4   12   16
Jim Barr               0   2  3.90  18   0   0   1   0   32   33   16   14    4    9   26
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Sam McDowell           6   2  4.50  11  11   3   0   0   72   65   41   36    6   37   58
Charlie Williams       0   1  6.48   2   1   0   0   0    8   10    6    6    3    2    2
Jerry Johnson          3   2  8.24  16   0   0   3   0   20   28   19   18    2   13    9
John Cumberland        0   4  9.13   7   6   0   0   0   23   34   27   23    6    7    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lowell Palmer          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    1
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.61  13   0   0   1   0   10   13    3    3    2    5    5
Scipio Spinks          3   1  2.84   9   9   3   0   0   70   58   23   22    4   34   53
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Bob Gibson             2   5  3.59  10  10   5   0   1   73   68   31   29    7   21   49
Rick Wise              4   5  3.80  10  10   5   0   0   73   78   34   31    5   20   36
Reggie Cleveland       4   4  4.48  10  10   3   0   0   68   73   39   34    7   22   42
Al Santorini           2   6  5.34  11   3   0   0   0   30   33   20   18    2    9   15
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
Tony Cloninger         0   1  5.52  10   0   0   0   0   15   14    9    9    1   10    3
Joe Grzenda            0   0  7.36  10   0   0   0   0   11   17    9    9    0    6    3
Santiago Guzman        0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Don Shaw               0   1  9.00   8   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    3    1    3    0
Lance Clemons          0   1 10.13   3   1   0   0   0    5    8    7    6    1    5    2
Tim Plodinec           0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    3    1    1    0    0    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  G. Nolan (CIN)            7
  J. Ray (HOU)              7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  J. Matlack (NY)           6
  S. McDowell (SF)          6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  S. Blass (PIT)            5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5

Losses:

  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  B. Greif (SD)             7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  C. Kirby (SD)             6
  R. Reed (ATL)             6
  A. Santorini (STL)        6
  D. Selma (PHI)            6
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  J. Marichal (SF)          5
  F. Norman (SD)            5
  R. Wise (STL)             5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  B. Hooton (CHI)           4
  S. Stone (SF)             4

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)          9
  T. McGraw (NY)            7
  J. Brewer (LA)            5
  P. Borbon (CIN)           4
  D. Frisella (NY)          4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4
  M. Marshall (MON)         4
  D. McGinn (CHI)           4
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           4
  D. Giusti (PIT)           3

Shutouts:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  W. Fryman (PHI)           2
  B. Singer (LA)            2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  S. Blass (PIT)            1
  A. Downing (LA)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)       92.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       88.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        86.1
  J. Marichal (SF)       81.0
  C. Kirby (SD)          80.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         77.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)         77.0
  B. Hooton (CHI)        76.2
  S. Arlin (SD)          74.0
  R. Wise (STL)          73.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  R. Wise (STL)            78
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  J. Marichal (SF)         74
  R. Cleveland (STL)       73
  W. Fryman (PHI)          69
  D. Roberts (HOU)         69
  B. Gibson (STL)          68
  T. Kelley (ATL)          68
  S. Blass (PIT)           66

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         41
  J. Marichal (SF)         40
  R. Cleveland (STL)       39
  R. Reed (ATL)            37
  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  D. Selma (PHI)           35
  J. Billingham (CIN)      34
  C. Kirby (SD)            34
  D. Roberts (HOU)         34
  R. Wise (STL)            34

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  S. Blass (PIT)            8
  T. Kelley (ATL)           8
  D. Selma (PHI)            8
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  R. Cleveland (STL)        7
  W. Fryman (PHI)           7
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  D. Gullett (CIN)          7
  B. Johnson (PIT)          7

Walks:

  C. Kirby (SD)            39
  D. Selma (PHI)           38
  S. McDowell (SF)         37
  S. Arlin (SD)            36
  B. Hooton (CHI)          35
  S. Spinks (STL)          34
  S. Renko (MON)           32
  G. Gentry (NY)           28
  M. Torrez (MON)          28
  T. Kelley (ATL)          27

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         94
  S. McDowell (SF)         58
  T. Seaver (NY)           56
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  C. Kirby (SD)            54
  S. Spinks (STL)          53
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         52
  B. Hooton (CHI)          51
  J. Reuss (HOU)           51
  B. Stoneman (MON)        50

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