Saturday June 3, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 3, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     28  17  2.23   45  13  12   412   323  121  102   18  119  238
Chicago         23  18  2.62   41  19   8   371   326  127  108   24  119  208
New York        31  12  3.04   43   9  16   394   343  141  133   27  127  282
Pittsburgh      25  16  3.21   41   5  13   381   350  155  136   35  132  223
San Diego       16  28  3.23   44  12   4   398   339  158  143   32  191  272
Philadelphia    16  27  3.63   43  13   3   394   369  170  159   38  139  270
Houston         25  19  3.67   44  12   9   402   370  185  164   29  146  265
Cincinnati      26  18  3.75   44   6  15   405   391  185  169   44  124  237
San Francisco   17  32  4.02   49  13   8   436   400  229  195   44  158  269
Montreal        19  23  4.04   42  11   6   374   354  176  168   25  177  215
St. Louis       16  28  4.08   44  17   1   389   391  194  176   31  157  228
Atlanta         19  23  4.50   42   9   7   370   405  203  185   38  119  192

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        8   0  1.14  10  10   5   0   3   87   43   13   11    4   18   61
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
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
Scipio Spinks (STL)    3   2  2.55  10  10   4   0   0   78   62   24   22    4   36   60
Burt Hooton (CHI)      4   4  2.58  10  10   4   0   1   77   53   25   22    4   35   51
Al Downing (LA)        2   2  2.59   9   9   2   0   1   63   56   23   18    2   25   41

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hardin             0   0  2.16   5   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    6    5
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
Ron Reed               3   6  4.39  10  10   2   0   0   66   66   37   32    5   21   35
Tom Kelley             3   5  4.50  10  10   0   0   0   64   72   35   32    9   29   29
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
Pat Jarvis             4   2  5.65  11   4   0   0   0   29   40   19   18    2    8   15
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
George Stone           0   3 11.45   9   2   0   1   0   11   28   14   14    2    6    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
Tom Phoebus            2   0  2.35  10   0   0   3   0   23   17    6    6    2    9   16
Bill Hands             4   1  2.40  10   8   3   0   1   60   54   19   16    1   13   28
Burt Hooton            4   4  2.58  10  10   4   0   1   77   53   25   22    4   35   51
Milt Pappas            4   3  2.60   9   9   3   0   1   55   62   22   16    5   12   29
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
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               3   1  2.68  17   2   1   2   1   40   18   13   12    3   16   48
Ed Sprague             1   0  3.60  15   0   0   0   0   20   14    9    8    3   12    6
Pedro Borbon           1   1  3.94  17   1   0   4   0   32   39   15   14    2   11   16
Wayne Simpson          2   1  4.08   6   5   0   0   0   35   30   17   16    4   13   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
Ken Forsch             2   2  3.24  10   9   1   0   0   67   68   26   24    6   24   44
Don Wilson             3   4  3.53   8   8   2   0   0   51   49   25   20    5   12   38
Jerry Reuss            3   4  4.44   8   8   1   0   0   53   52   33   26    6   25   51
Jim Ray                7   1  4.66  18   0   0   3   0   29   31   16   15    2   14   13
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
Don Sutton             8   0  1.14  10  10   5   0   3   87   43   13   11    4   18   61
Jim Brewer             4   2  1.19  18   0   0   5   0   30   12    5    4    1   11   19
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
Bill Stoneman          5   4  2.84  11  11   5   0   1   79   66   26   25    4   32   55
Tom Walker             0   1  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   18   19    6    6    2    6    9
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  1.24  15   0   0   8   0   36   22    6    5    0   13   31
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             8   2  2.95  10  10   2   0   1   73   65   26   24    7   20   65
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
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.04  13   0   0   1   0   18   17    5    4    1    5    9
Ken Reynolds           0   2  2.37   9   1   0   0   0   19   15    5    5    1    3   11
Barry Lersch           1   2  2.97  12   2   1   0   0   30   24   10   10    4   10   11
Steve Carlton          5   6  3.12  12  12   7   0   2   95   71   35   33    7   25  102
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
Darrell Brandon        2   1  3.66  12   0   0   0   0   20   28    8    8    3    5   14
Chris Short            0   1  3.93  14   0   0   1   0   18   21    9    8    3    5   16
Dick Selma             1   6  5.24  11  10   1   0   0   57   52   35   33    8   39   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            6   1  3.11  10  10   2   0   1   75   73   27   26   10   21   34
Bob Moose              3   2  3.43   8   7   1   1   1   58   48   23   22    5    9   35
Dave Giusti            1   4  3.70  17   0   0   4   0   24   24   10   10    1   10   12
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
Fred Norman            4   4  2.25  10   9   5   0   3   68   49   20   17    5   24   44
Gary Ross              0   1  2.42  15   0   0   0   0   22   21    8    6    0   16   13
Mike Caldwell          1   1  2.49  14   0   0   2   0   22   19    6    6    1   15   14
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  2.70   4   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    2    5
Steve Arlin            4   5  2.84  11  11   3   0   2   79   55   28   25    3   42   51
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  3.52  13   1   0   0   0   31   31   14   12    4   11   21
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
Don McMahon            0   2  3.20  17   0   0   3   0   25   16    9    9    3    8   17
Ron Bryant             2   3  3.39  13   6   1   0   0   61   48   27   23    5   20   40
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  3.86  19   0   0   1   0   33   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   3  4.58  12  12   3   0   0   79   73   45   40    7   40   64
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
Scipio Spinks          3   2  2.55  10  10   4   0   0   78   62   24   22    4   36   60
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.61  13   0   0   1   0   10   13    3    3    2    5    5
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:

  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  G. Nolan (CIN)            7
  J. Ray (HOU)              7
  S. Blass (PIT)            6
  J. Matlack (NY)           6
  S. McDowell (SF)          6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  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
  S. Arlin (SD)             5
  B. Gibson (STL)           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
  B. Stoneman (MON)         5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  R. Wise (STL)             5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)          9
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  J. Brewer (LA)            5
  P. Borbon (CIN)           4
  D. Frisella (NY)          4
  D. Giusti (PIT)           4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4
  M. Marshall (MON)         4
  D. McGinn (CHI)           4
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           4

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       95.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       92.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         86.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        86.1
  J. Marichal (SF)       81.0
  C. Kirby (SD)          80.1
  S. Arlin (SD)          79.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)      79.1
  S. McDowell (SF)       78.2
  S. Spinks (STL)        77.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  R. Wise (STL)            78
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  J. Marichal (SF)         74
  S. Blass (PIT)           73
  R. Cleveland (STL)       73
  S. McDowell (SF)         73
  T. Kelley (ATL)          72
  S. Carlton (PHI)         71
  W. Fryman (PHI)          69

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         45
  J. Marichal (SF)         40
  R. Cleveland (STL)       39
  R. Reed (ATL)            37
  S. Carlton (PHI)         35
  T. Kelley (ATL)          35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  D. Selma (PHI)           35
  J. Billingham (CIN)      34
  C. Kirby (SD)            34

Home Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           10
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  T. Kelley (ATL)           9
  D. Selma (PHI)            8
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  R. Cleveland (STL)        7
  W. Fryman (PHI)           7
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  D. Gullett (CIN)          7

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            42
  S. McDowell (SF)         40
  C. Kirby (SD)            39
  D. Selma (PHI)           39
  S. Spinks (STL)          36
  B. Hooton (CHI)          35
  S. Renko (MON)           32
  B. Stoneman (MON)        32
  T. Kelley (ATL)          29
  G. Gentry (NY)           28

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        102
  T. Seaver (NY)           65
  S. McDowell (SF)         64
  D. Sutton (LA)           61
  S. Spinks (STL)          60
  B. Stoneman (MON)        55
  C. Kirby (SD)            54
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         52
  S. Arlin (SD)            51
  B. Hooton (CHI)          51


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