Monday June 5, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 5, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     28  18  2.27   46  13  12   421   332  125  106   20  121  247
Chicago         24  18  2.58   42  20   8   380   331  128  109   24  120  214
Pittsburgh      27  16  3.16   43   6  14   399   360  159  140   37  138  239
New York        31  13  3.17   44   9  16   403   355  150  142   28  132  287
San Diego       16  29  3.23   45  12   4   407   348  161  146   33  194  275
Houston         26  19  3.59   45  13   9   411   372  185  164   29  148  271
Philadelphia    16  28  3.60   44  13   3   403   375  172  161   38  142  275
Cincinnati      27  18  3.67   45   6  16   414   399  185  169   44  124  242
St. Louis       17  28  3.98   45  18   1   398   396  194  176   31  158  234
San Francisco   17  34  4.06   51  13   8   454   426  242  205   45  162  283
Montreal        19  24  4.06   43  11   6   383   362  181  173   26  182  216
Atlanta         20  23  4.47   43   9   7   379   411  206  188   39  125  199

 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   3  1.49   9   9   3   0   1   73   62   13   12    4   20   26
Steve Stone (SF)       3   4  1.60  11   9   4   0   1   68   48   17   12    2   22   46
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
Fergie Jenkins (CHI)   6   5  2.50  12  12  10   0   0  101   82   32   28    9   23   58
Scipio Spinks (STL)    3   2  2.55  10  10   4   0   0   78   62   24   22    4   36   60
Jon Matlack (NY)       6   1  2.55  10   8   3   0   1   67   51   20   19    1   20   38
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  2.16   5   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    6    5
Ron Schueler           2   1  2.37  12   3   0   0   0   38   29   13   10    3   13   28
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  5.32   9   2   0   1   0   22   21   14   13    1   16    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
Fergie Jenkins         6   5  2.50  12  12  10   0   0  101   82   32   28    9   23   58
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
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  1.93  22   0   0  10   0   28   24    7    6    1    7   14
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  2.66  18   2   1   2   1   41   19   13   12    3   16   49
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        3   6  4.62  12  10   1   0   1   64   69   34   33    6   17   36
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             4   4  3.00   9   9   3   0   1   60   51   25   20    5   14   44
Ken Forsch             2   2  3.24  10   9   1   0   0   67   68   26   24    6   24   44
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   3  1.49   9   9   3   0   1   73   62   13   12    4   20   26
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
Tommy John             4   3  3.05   9   9   1   0   0   56   57   23   19    2   13   23
Pete Richert           0   1  3.75   9   0   0   3   0   12   11    6    5    2    4    9
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  2.57  17   0   0   4   0   28   30   10    8    1   19   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   6  3.79   9   9   1   0   0   59   51   27   25    4   18   19
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.18  19   0   0   2   0   32   28   15   15    2   14   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  0.61  10   0   0   4   0   15    9    1    1    1    1    7
Tug McGraw             3   1  1.24  15   0   0   8   0   36   22    6    5    0   13   31
Jim McAndrew           4   1  2.29   8   4   2   1   0   39   31   10   10    3   10   28
Jon Matlack            6   1  2.55  10   8   3   0   1   67   51   20   19    1   20   38
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
Ray Sadecki            1   0  5.40   6   2   0   0   0   13   17    8    8    1    8    6
Jerry Koosman          2   3  5.79  12   4   0   1   0   28   31   19   18    3   10   24
Chuck Taylor           0   0  6.08  16   0   0   2   0   24   36   16   16    2    6    6

 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
Bill Champion          3   3  3.42   9   9   2   0   0   55   57   23   21    4   22   25
Woodie Fryman          2   4  3.44  10  10   2   0   2   68   69   29   26    7   15   40
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
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  5.16  19   0   0   1   0   23   21   13   13    0   13   21
Dick Selma             1   6  5.24  11  10   1   0   0   57   52   35   33    8   39   26

 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             3   1  0.87  15   0   0   2   0   21   18    3    2    0   14   11
Bruce Kison            1   0  1.89  11   1   1   3   0   33   19    8    7    1   14   25
Dock Ellis             5   2  2.80   7   7   1   0   0   45   40   15   14    3    6   28
Steve Blass            6   1  3.11  10  10   2   0   1   75   73   27   26   10   21   34
Luke Walker            2   1  3.34   9   5   0   0   0   32   34   16   12    2   19   16
Dave Giusti            1   4  3.42  18   0   0   5   0   26   24   10   10    1   10   14
Bob Moose              3   2  3.43   8   7   1   1   1   58   48   23   22    5    9   35
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
Mike Caldwell          1   1  2.38  15   0   0   2   0   23   20    6    6    1   15   14
Gary Ross              0   1  2.42  15   0   0   0   0   22   21    8    6    0   16   13
Mike Corkins           0   1  2.65  14   1   0   2   0   17   14    5    5    2    6   13
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
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   8  4.37  12  11   1   0   1   60   67   30   29    5   24   41
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  3.19  14   7   1   0   0   68   55   29   24    5   22   43
Don McMahon            0   2  3.20  17   0   0   3   0   25   16    9    9    3    8   17
Juan Marichal          2   8  3.67  11  11   5   0   0   81   74   40   33    6   23   37
Don Carrithers         1   3  3.89  11   4   0   1   0   37   33   19   16    4   12   20
Jim Barr               0   2  3.89  20   0   0   1   0   35   36   17   15    5   10   27
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
Jerry Johnson          3   3  8.18  17   0   0   3   0   22   31   21   20    2   13   13
Charlie Williams       0   2  8.68   3   2   0   0   0    9   14   10    9    3    3    3
John Cumberland        0   4  8.76   8   6   0   0   0   25   37   29   24    6    7    8

 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
Bob Gibson             3   5  3.20  11  11   6   0   2   82   73   31   29    7   22   55
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  J. Matlack (NY)           6
  S. McDowell (SF)          6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)             8
  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  C. Kirby (SD)             6
  C. Morton (MON)           6
  R. Reed (ATL)             6
  A. Santorini (STL)        6
  D. Selma (PHI)            6
  S. Arlin (SD)             5

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  B. Gibson (STL)           6
  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)         10
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  J. Brewer (LA)            5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           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

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. Gibson (STL)           2
  B. Singer (LA)            2
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  S. Blass (PIT)            1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      101.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       95.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         86.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        86.1
  B. Gibson (STL)        81.2
  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

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         82
  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  R. Wise (STL)            78
  J. Marichal (SF)         74
  S. Blass (PIT)           73
  R. Cleveland (STL)       73
  B. Gibson (STL)          73
  S. McDowell (SF)         73
  T. Kelley (ATL)          72
  S. Carlton (PHI)         71

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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         58
  B. Gibson (STL)          55
  B. Stoneman (MON)        55
  C. Kirby (SD)            54
  S. Arlin (SD)            51


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