Thursday June 8, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 8, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     30  19  2.25   49  14  13   448   349  131  112   22  131  269
Chicago         25  20  2.60   45  22   8   405   359  136  117   25  126  228
Pittsburgh      30  16  3.04   46   7  15   435   388  166  147   39  142  261
New York        32  15  3.22   47   9  17   430   379  163  154   32  141  311
San Diego       16  32  3.43   48  12   4   443   395  185  169   39  210  303
Philadelphia    18  29  3.52   47  13   5   430   400  179  168   40  152  298
Cincinnati      29  19  3.64   48   6  18   440   423  194  178   45  136  255
Houston         27  21  3.65   48  13  10   436   397  198  177   30  158  289
St. Louis       20  28  3.88   48  20   1   425   417  201  183   33  168  251
Montreal        20  26  3.90   46  13   6   410   379  189  178   28  192  230
San Francisco   17  37  4.08   54  13   8   481   458  259  218   48  170  300
Atlanta         22  24  4.34   46  10   8   405   436  215  195   39  132  212

 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
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
Dock Ellis (PIT)       5   2  2.33   8   8   1   0   0   54   42   15   14    3    7   31
Burt Hooton (CHI)      5   4  2.42  11  11   5   0   1   86   66   26   23    4   36   57
Fergie Jenkins (CHI)   6   5  2.50  12  12  10   0   0  101   82   32   28    9   23   58
Jon Matlack (NY)       6   1  2.55  10   8   3   0   1   67   51   20   19    1   20   38
Milt Pappas (CHI)      4   3  2.60   9   9   3   0   1   55   62   22   16    5   12   29

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hardin             1   0  2.13   6   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    6    6
Ron Schueler           2   1  2.40  13   4   0   0   0   41   30   14   11    3   18   30
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  2.77  10   0   0   5   0   13   12    4    4    1    0    8
Phil Niekro            7   5  3.57  13  12   7   0   0   93   86   40   37    7   10   54
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 10.50  10   2   0   1   0   12   28   14   14    2    6    5

 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
Burt Hooton            5   4  2.42  11  11   5   0   1   86   66   26   23    4   36   57
Fergie Jenkins         6   5  2.50  12  12  10   0   0  101   82   32   28    9   23   58
Milt Pappas            4   3  2.60   9   9   3   0   1   55   62   22   16    5   12   29
Juan Pizarro           3   2  2.61   7   4   1   0   0   38   35   12   11    3   15   14
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  1.86  23   0   0  11   0   29   26    7    6    1    7   14
Gary Nolan             7   1  2.30  11  11   3   0   1   82   66   26   21    7   15   43
Ross Grimsley          2   1  2.45   7   6   0   0   0   40   44   13   11    4   12   18
Tom Hall               3   1  2.51  19   2   1   3   1   43   19   13   12    3   17   52
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.53  18   1   0   4   0   36   39   15   14    2   13   17
Ed Sprague             1   0  3.60  15   0   0   0   0   20   14    9    8    3   12    6
Wayne Simpson          2   1  4.08   6   5   0   0   0   35   30   17   16    4   13   16
Jim McGlothlin         3   4  4.29  13   8   1   0   1   57   62   30   27    6   18   33
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  1.97  16   0   0   2   0   32   18    7    7    2   17   24
Don Wilson             4   4  3.00   9   9   3   0   1   60   51   25   20    5   14   44
Larry Dierker          5   3  3.03  10  10   4   0   3   77   70   27   26    2   17   41
Ken Forsch             2   2  3.24  10   9   1   0   0   67   68   26   24    6   24   44
Jerry Reuss            3   5  4.45   9   9   1   0   0   59   56   36   29    6   28   57
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  5.28  19   0   0   3   0   31   35   19   18    3   15   15
Jim York               0   0  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    2    0    5    2
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

 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  1.15  19   0   0   6   0   31   12    5    4    1   11   21
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
Tommy John             5   3  2.81  10  10   1   0   0   64   62   24   20    2   17   32
Bill Singer            3   6  3.24  10  10   2   0   2   72   62   29   26    5   18   53
Mike Strahler          0   1  3.52   4   0   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    2    5    5
Pete Richert           0   1  3.75   9   0   0   3   0   12   11    6    5    2    4    9
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  3.86   9   0   0   1   0   14   12    8    6    0    6    6
Pete Mikkelsen         1   1  4.02  11   0   0   3   0   16   16    7    7    0    3   11

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          4   0  2.32  18   0   0   4   0   31   31   10    8    1   20   23
Bill Stoneman          5   5  2.95  12  12   5   0   1   85   70   29   28    5   37   60
Tom Walker             0   1  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   18   19    6    6    2    6    9
Mike Torrez            5   3  3.09  10   9   5   0   0   67   54   23   23    2   30   35
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  1.02  11   0   0   4   0   18   13    2    2    2    1    9
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
Tom Seaver             8   3  3.18  11  11   2   0   1   79   72   30   28    8   22   74
Gary Gentry            3   4  3.38  11  11   2   0   0   72   62   30   27    5   32   50
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.25   9   6   0   0   0   42   39   20   20    6   16   37
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.70   7   2   0   0   0   15   17    8    8    1    8    7
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  2.18  14   0   0   2   0   21   21    6    5    2    5   10
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          6   6  2.99  13  13   7   0   2  102   76   36   34    7   28  113
Bill Champion          4   3  3.23  10  10   2   0   0   61   61   24   22    4   25   30
Darrell Brandon        2   1  3.32  13   0   0   1   0   22   29    8    8    3    5   16
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  0.39  15   0   0   3   0   23   10    2    1    0    6   20
Bob Miller             4   1  0.79  16   0   0   2   0   23   19    3    2    0   14   12
Bruce Kison            1   0  1.89  11   1   1   3   0   33   19    8    7    1   14   25
Dock Ellis             5   2  2.33   8   8   1   0   0   54   42   15   14    3    7   31
Steve Blass            6   1  3.11  10  10   2   0   1   75   73   27   26   10   21   34
Dave Giusti            1   4  3.18  19   0   0   5   0   28   25   10   10    1   10   15
Bob Moose              4   2  3.24   9   8   2   1   1   67   58   25   24    5    9   41
Luke Walker            2   1  3.34   9   5   0   0   0   32   34   16   12    2   19   16
Bob Johnson            1   3  4.22  10   8   0   1   0   53   51   27   25    8   24   35
Nelson Briles          3   2  4.79   7   6   1   0   0   36   45   25   19    8   10   26
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
Gary Ross              0   1  2.25  16   0   0   0   0   24   22    8    6    0   17   13
Mike Corkins           0   2  2.45  15   1   0   2   0   22   18    6    6    2    9   18
Fred Norman            4   5  2.75  11  10   5   0   3   72   57   25   22    7   25   51
Clay Kirby             3   6  2.89  12  12   3   0   0   93   73   34   30    6   42   62
Steve Arlin            4   6  3.16  12  12   3   0   2   85   62   33   30    5   46   54
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  3.18  13   0   0   0   0   17   18    6    6    0   11   14
Mike Caldwell          1   1  3.38  16   0   0   2   0   24   25   10    9    2   15   16
Ed Acosta              1   2  4.35  14   1   0   0   0   31   34   17   15    4   12   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
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  8.31   5   0   0   0   0    4    7    4    4    1    3    5
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  3.14  19   0   0   3   0   29   17   10   10    4    9   20
Ron Bryant             2   3  3.19  14   7   1   0   0   68   55   29   24    5   22   43
Juan Marichal          2   9  3.61  12  12   5   0   0   90   87   46   36    7   25   39
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   4  4.73  13  13   3   0   0   86   81   50   45    7   43   72
Jerry Johnson          3   3  8.18  17   0   0   3   0   22   31   21   20    2   13   13
John Cumberland        0   4  8.64   9   6   0   0   0   25   38   29   24    6    7    8
Charlie Williams       0   2  8.68   3   2   0   0   0    9   14   10    9    3    3    3

 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
Diego Segui            1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    0    1
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.61  13   0   0   1   0   10   13    3    3    2    5    5
Scipio Spinks          3   2  2.80  11  11   4   0   0   84   70   28   26    4   41   64
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       5   4  3.96  11  11   4   0   1   77   78   39   34    7   25   51
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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  J. Matlack (NY)           6
  S. McDowell (SF)          6

Losses:

  J. Marichal (SF)          9
  B. Greif (SD)             8
  S. Arlin (SD)             6
  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

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         11
  T. McGraw (NY)            9
  J. Brewer (LA)            6
  D. Giusti (PIT)           5
  F. Gladding (HOU)         5
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           5
  P. Borbon (CIN)           4
  D. Frisella (NY)          4
  M. Marshall (MON)         4
  D. McGinn (CHI)           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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      102.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      101.0
  C. Kirby (SD)          93.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        93.1
  J. Marichal (SF)       89.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         86.2
  B. Hooton (CHI)        85.2
  S. McDowell (SF)       85.2
  S. Arlin (SD)          85.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)      85.1

Hits:

  J. Marichal (SF)         87
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  R. Wise (STL)            85
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         82
  S. McDowell (SF)         81
  R. Cleveland (STL)       78
  R. Reed (ATL)            77
  S. Carlton (PHI)         76
  W. Fryman (PHI)          76
  D. Roberts (HOU)         74

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         50
  J. Marichal (SF)         46
  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  R. Cleveland (STL)       39
  R. Reed (ATL)            39
  D. Roberts (HOU)         37
  R. Wise (STL)            37
  S. Carlton (PHI)         36
  J. Reuss (HOU)           36
  T. Kelley (ATL)          35

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            46
  S. McDowell (SF)         43
  C. Kirby (SD)            42
  S. Spinks (STL)          41
  D. Selma (PHI)           39
  B. Stoneman (MON)        37
  B. Hooton (CHI)          36
  G. Gentry (NY)           32
  S. Renko (MON)           32
  M. Torrez (MON)          30

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        113
  T. Seaver (NY)           74
  S. McDowell (SF)         72
  S. Spinks (STL)          64
  C. Kirby (SD)            62
  D. Sutton (LA)           61
  B. Stoneman (MON)        60
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         58
  B. Hooton (CHI)          57
  J. Reuss (HOU)           57

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