Tuesday June 6, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 6, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     29  18  2.22   47  14  12   430   337  125  106   20  125  251
Chicago         24  19  2.65   43  20   8   388   341  133  114   24  123  220
New York        32  13  3.12   45   9  17   412   360  152  143   29  135  294
Pittsburgh      27  16  3.16   43   6  14   399   360  159  140   37  138  239
San Diego       16  29  3.23   45  12   4   407   348  161  146   33  194  275
Houston         27  19  3.58   46  13  10   420   378  188  167   29  149  275
Philadelphia    16  29  3.60   45  13   3   412   386  176  165   39  146  279
Cincinnati      27  19  3.67   46   6  16   422   407  188  172   45  127  243
St. Louis       18  28  3.96   46  19   1   407   403  197  179   33  160  237
Montreal        19  25  3.97   44  12   6   392   367  184  173   27  184  218
San Francisco   17  35  4.06   52  13   8   463   435  247  209   46  165  288
Atlanta         21  23  4.39   44  10   7   388   422  208  189   39  125  203

 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   5  1.91  12  10   4   0   1   75   57   22   16    3   24   50
Jim McAndrew (NY)      5   1  2.14   9   5   2   1   0   46   36   12   11    4   13   33
Fred Norman (SD)       4   4  2.25  10   9   5   0   3   68   49   20   17    5   24   44
Al Downing (LA)        3   2  2.26  10  10   3   0   2   72   61   23   18    2   29   45
Gary Nolan (CIN)       7   1  2.30  11  11   3   0   1   82   66   26   21    7   15   43
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

 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               4   6  3.98  11  11   3   0   0   75   77   39   33    5   21   39
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   4   0   0   1   0    6    1    0    0    0    2    3
Steve Hamilton         0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    2    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
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
Bill Hands             4   2  2.84  11   9   3   0   1   67   63   24   21    1   15   33
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  2.30  11  11   3   0   1   82   66   26   21    7   15   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   3  8.42   9   4   0   0   0   26   38   24   24    7    9   15
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
Fred Gladding          0   2  4.50  10   0   0   5   0   10    7    6    5    0    1    6
Dave Roberts           4   3  4.57  10  10   3   0   1   67   74   37   34    3   20   30
Jim Ray                7   1  4.66  18   0   0   3   0   29   31   16   15    2   14   13
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             3   2  2.26  10  10   3   0   2   72   61   23   18    2   29   45
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
Ernie McAnally         1   6  4.13  10  10   2   0   0   57   52   30   26    5   23   23
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.18  19   0   0   2   0   32   28   15   15    2   14   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  1.17  16   0   0   9   0   38   22    6    5    0   13   33
Jim McAndrew           5   1  2.14   9   5   2   1   0   46   36   12   11    4   13   33
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  2.70  13   2   1   0   0   33   25   10   10    4   11   12
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
Darrell Brandon        2   1  3.66  12   0   0   0   0   20   28    8    8    3    5   14
Woodie Fryman          2   5  3.70  11  11   2   0   2   73   76   33   30    8   18   43
Chris Short            0   1  3.93  14   0   0   1   0   18   21    9    8    3    5   16
Dick Selma             1   6  5.15  12  10   1   0   0   58   55   35   33    8   39   26
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  5.16  19   0   0   1   0   23   21   13   13    0   13   21

 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   5  1.91  12  10   4   0   1   75   57   22   16    3   24   50
Don McMahon            0   2  3.04  18   0   0   3   0   27   16    9    9    3    9   18
Ron Bryant             2   3  3.19  14   7   1   0   0   68   55   29   24    5   22   43
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              5   5  3.72  11  11   6   0   0   82   85   37   34    7   22   39
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
  E. McAnally (MON)         6
  C. Morton (MON)           6
  R. Reed (ATL)             6
  A. Santorini (STL)        6
  D. Selma (PHI)            6

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  B. Gibson (STL)           6
  R. Wise (STL)             6
  J. Marichal (SF)          5
  F. Norman (SD)            5
  B. Stoneman (MON)         5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         10
  T. McGraw (NY)            9
  J. Brewer (LA)            5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           5
  F. Gladding (HOU)         5
  P. Borbon (CIN)           4
  D. Frisella (NY)          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
  A. Downing (LA)           2
  W. Fryman (PHI)           2
  B. Gibson (STL)           2
  B. Singer (LA)            2
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      101.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       95.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         86.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        86.1
  R. Wise (STL)          82.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)         82.0
  B. Gibson (STL)        81.2
  J. Marichal (SF)       81.0
  C. Kirby (SD)          80.1
  S. Arlin (SD)          79.1

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)            85
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         82
  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  R. Reed (ATL)            77
  W. Fryman (PHI)          76
  J. Marichal (SF)         74
  D. Roberts (HOU)         74
  S. Blass (PIT)           73
  R. Cleveland (STL)       73
  B. Gibson (STL)          73

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         45
  J. Marichal (SF)         40
  R. Cleveland (STL)       39
  R. Reed (ATL)            39
  D. Roberts (HOU)         37
  R. Wise (STL)            37
  S. Carlton (PHI)         35
  T. Kelley (ATL)          35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  D. Selma (PHI)           35

Home Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           10
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  T. Kelley (ATL)           9
  W. Fryman (PHI)           8
  D. Selma (PHI)            8
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  R. Cleveland (STL)        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
  A. Downing (LA)          29
  T. Kelley (ATL)          29

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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