Thursday June 15, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 15, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     32  22  2.30   54  14  15   492   395  148  126   23  134  296
Chicago         29  22  2.64   51  25   9   458   408  155  134   29  136  263
Pittsburgh      34  18  2.99   52   9  18   488   434  185  162   44  158  293
New York        34  19  3.20   53   9  19   483   430  191  172   41  154  344
Cincinnati      34  19  3.49   53   7  22   485   452  205  188   48  148  287
Houston         31  23  3.59   54  14  12   489   445  217  195   32  174  332
San Diego       18  36  3.61   54  13   5   496   454  221  199   48  234  339
Philadelphia    20  33  3.70   53  14   6   481   448  212  198   46  175  333
St. Louis       23  30  3.72   53  22   2   470   453  213  194   35  176  280
Montreal        21  30  3.99   51  14   6   454   423  215  201   32  213  260
San Francisco   19  41  4.07   60  15   8   533   505  282  241   51  187  331
Atlanta         25  27  4.37   52  11   8   458   486  245  222   48  160  255

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        8   1  1.25  11  11   5   0   3   94   53   18   13    4   18   66
Claude Osteen (LA)     7   3  1.44  10  10   3   0   1   81   68   14   13    4   22   30
Gary Nolan (CIN)       8   1  2.18  12  12   4   0   1   91   69   27   22    8   17   47
Bill Hands (CHI)       6   2  2.34  13  11   5   0   2   85   73   25   22    1   18   41
Burt Hooton (CHI)      5   4  2.35  12  12   5   0   1   88   66   26   23    4   36   57
Dock Ellis (PIT)       5   3  2.36   9   9   1   0   0   61   48   18   16    3    8   33
Jon Matlack (NY)       7   2  2.42  12  10   3   0   1   82   66   26   22    4   21   44
Steve Stone (SF)       3   7  2.44  14  12   4   0   1   89   70   30   24    5   32   62
Al Downing (LA)        3   2  2.48  11  11   3   0   2   76   67   26   21    2   29   51
Tommy John (LA)        6   3  2.55  11  11   1   0   0   71   70   24   20    2   18   36

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hardin             1   0  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   14    4    4    1    6    6
Ron Schueler           2   1  3.02  14   5   0   0   0   48   37   19   16    6   21   36
Phil Niekro            7   5  3.68  14  13   7   0   0  100   91   45   41    9   13   60
Ron Reed               4   7  4.02  12  12   3   0   0   81   82   42   36    5   24   45
Tom Kelley             4   5  4.07  11  11   1   0   0   73   78   38   33    9   33   37
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  4.41  12   0   0   5   0   16   15    8    8    2    2    9
Mike McQueen           0   1  4.73   6   1   0   1   0   13   13    9    7    3    6    7
Pat Jarvis             5   2  5.12  12   4   0   0   0   32   40   19   18    2    9   18
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
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   4  8.15  12   2   0   1   0   18   36   16   16    2    9   13

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              1   0  0.00   5   0   0   1   0    6    1    0    0    0    2    4
Steve Hamilton         0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    2    3
Tom Phoebus            2   1  2.08  12   0   0   4   0   30   25    9    7    2   11   24
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Bill Hands             6   2  2.34  13  11   5   0   2   85   73   25   22    1   18   41
Burt Hooton            5   4  2.35  12  12   5   0   1   88   66   26   23    4   36   57
Milt Pappas            4   4  2.79  10  10   3   0   1   61   71   25   19    6   12   33
Juan Pizarro           3   2  2.79   8   4   1   0   0   39   37   13   12    3   16   14
Fergie Jenkins         8   5  2.87  14  14  11   0   0  116   98   41   37   12   26   69
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.42  16   0   0   4   0   24   22   11    9    0    8   14
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  1.72  25   0   0  13   0   31   27    7    6    1    7   17
Gary Nolan             8   1  2.18  12  12   4   0   1   91   69   27   22    8   17   47
Tom Hall               4   1  2.37  20   2   1   3   1   49   22   14   13    3   18   58
Ross Grimsley          3   1  2.44   8   7   0   0   0   48   49   15   13    6   17   26
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.07  20   1   0   6   0   41   41   15   14    2   13   19
Ed Sprague             1   0  3.60  15   0   0   0   0   20   14    9    8    3   12    6
Wayne Simpson          3   1  4.02   7   6   0   0   0   40   35   20   18    4   16   20
Jack Billingham        4   6  4.19  13  11   1   0   1   73   74   35   34    6   18   41
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jim McGlothlin         3   4  4.71  14   9   1   0   1   57   67   33   30    6   18   33
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  0.69   8   1   1   0   1   26   12    2    2    0    8   26
George Culver          1   0  2.06  18   0   0   2   0   35   19    8    8    2   19   29
Ken Forsch             3   2  3.20  12  11   1   0   0   79   79   30   28    6   28   56
Fred Gladding          1   2  3.21  13   0   0   7   0   14    8    6    5    0    2    6
Larry Dierker          5   4  3.28  11  11   4   0   3   82   78   31   30    3   17   43
Don Wilson             4   5  3.39  10  10   3   0   1   64   57   30   24    5   18   47
Jerry Reuss            4   5  3.99  10  10   2   0   0   68   62   37   30    6   28   64
Dave Roberts           5   3  4.30  11  11   3   0   1   75   84   39   36    4   22   33
Jim Ray                7   1  5.28  19   0   0   3   0   31   35   19   18    3   15   15
Jim York               0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    3    0    7    3
Joe Gibbon             0   0  8.10   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    3    3    2    2    1
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.64  10   0   0   0   0    8    4    9    8    1    8    9

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton             8   1  1.25  11  11   5   0   3   94   53   18   13    4   18   66
Jim Brewer             4   2  1.27  22   0   0   8   0   35   14    6    5    1   11   24
Claude Osteen          7   3  1.44  10  10   3   0   1   81   68   14   13    4   22   30
Al Downing             3   2  2.48  11  11   3   0   2   76   67   26   21    2   29   51
Tommy John             6   3  2.55  11  11   1   0   0   71   70   24   20    2   18   36
Bill Singer            3   7  3.29  11  11   2   0   2   79   68   32   29    5   18   55
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  3.38  10   0   0   1   0   16   13    8    6    0    6    7
Mike Strahler          0   1  3.52   4   0   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    2    5    5
Pete Richert           0   1  3.86  10   0   0   3   0   14   13    7    6    2    4   10
Pete Mikkelsen         1   2  5.00  12   0   0   3   0   18   21   10   10    1    3   12

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          4   1  2.53  20   0   0   4   0   32   35   11    9    1   20   23
Mike Torrez            6   3  2.84  11  10   6   0   0   76   57   24   24    3   34   39
Tom Walker             0   1  3.00  14   0   0   0   0   21   21    7    7    2    6   13
Bill Stoneman          5   5  3.07  13  13   5   0   1   94   76   33   32    6   40   65
Ernie McAnally         1   7  4.10  11  11   2   0   0   64   60   33   29    5   26   29
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.33  20   0   0   2   0   35   33   18   17    2   16   21
Carl Morton            2   7  4.38  10  10   1   0   0   62   57   33   30    6   19   20
Steve Renko            1   4  6.37  11   7   0   0   0   35   41   28   25    4   38   20
Joe Gilbert            0   1  6.48   9   0   0   0   0   17   17   12   12    1    9   17
Denny Lemaster         2   0  7.85  12   0   0   0   0   18   26   16   16    2    5   13

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Frisella         1   1  1.33  13   0   0   5   0   20   14    3    3    3    1   10
Tug McGraw             3   2  1.45  19   0   0  10   0   43   31   11    7    0   13   39
Jon Matlack            7   2  2.42  12  10   3   0   1   82   66   26   22    4   21   44
Jim McAndrew           5   2  2.53  10   6   2   1   0   53   43   16   15    5   16   36
Tom Seaver             8   3  3.09  12  12   2   0   1   87   82   35   30    9   23   77
Gary Gentry            3   4  3.45  12  12   2   0   0   78   66   34   30    6   34   55
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.30  10   6   0   0   0   44   39   21   21    6   20   38
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.70   7   2   0   0   0   15   17    8    8    1    8    7
Jerry Koosman          3   3  5.29  13   5   0   1   0   34   35   21   20    5   11   29
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.61  17   0   0   2   0   26   37   16   16    2    7    9

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Barry Lersch           1   3  2.70  15   3   1   0   0   40   30   12   12    5   15   15
Steve Carlton          7   6  2.83  14  14   8   0   2  111   85   37   35    7   29  122
Darrell Brandon        2   1  3.04  14   0   0   1   0   24   30    8    8    3    5   18
Ken Reynolds           0   3  3.52  11   3   0   0   0   31   25   12   12    3    9   17
Bill Champion          4   4  3.72  11  11   2   0   0   68   68   30   28    5   26   33
Chris Short            1   1  3.98  16   0   0   1   0   20   23   11    9    3    6   18
Woodie Fryman          2   6  4.09  12  12   2   0   2   77   83   38   35    8   20   43
Dick Selma             1   6  5.25  15  10   1   0   0   62   58   39   36    8   44   30
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  6.00  21   0   0   1   0   27   25   19   18    2   16   25

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        3   0  0.66  18   0   0   4   0   27   13    3    2    0    7   22
Bob Miller             4   1  1.46  17   0   0   2   0   25   24    5    4    0   14   14
Dock Ellis             5   3  2.36   9   9   1   0   0   61   48   18   16    3    8   33
Bruce Kison            2   0  2.45  12   2   1   3   0   40   25   12   11    4   18   32
Steve Blass            7   1  2.88  11  11   3   0   1   84   76   28   27   11   26   39
Dave Giusti            1   4  3.07  21   0   0   7   0   29   26   10   10    1   11   16
Luke Walker            2   2  3.12  10   6   1   0   0   40   42   18   14    2   21   19
Bob Moose              5   2  3.31  10   9   2   1   1   73   66   30   27    6   10   46
Nelson Briles          4   2  3.89   8   7   1   0   0   44   51   26   19    8   11   31
Bob Johnson            1   3  4.22  10   8   0   1   0   53   51   27   25    8   24   35
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
Clay Kirby             4   6  2.77  13  13   3   0   0  101   80   35   31    6   46   68
Fred Norman            4   5  2.79  12  11   5   0   3   77   62   28   24    7   28   53
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  2.79  16   0   0   0   0   19   18    6    6    0   13   16
Mike Corkins           0   2  3.00  18   1   0   3   0   27   23    9    9    4   12   21
Gary Ross              0   1  3.03  20   0   0   0   0   30   29   12   10    1   18   15
Steve Arlin            5   6  3.58  14  13   3   0   2   88   68   38   35    7   49   55
Mike Caldwell          1   2  3.86  18   1   0   2   0   30   36   19   13    3   19   20
Ed Acosta              1   3  4.10  18   1   0   0   0   37   41   19   17    4   12   26
Bill Greif             3  10  4.77  14  13   2   0   1   72   78   39   38    8   28   52
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
Randy Moffitt          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    1    1
Steve Stone            3   7  2.44  14  12   4   0   1   89   70   30   24    5   32   62
Ron Bryant             3   4  3.27  16   9   2   0   0   77   64   33   28    5   24   46
Don McMahon            0   2  3.72  20   0   0   3   0   29   20   12   12    4    9   20
Jim Barr               0   2  3.73  23   0   0   1   0   41   42   19   17    5   10   29
Juan Marichal          2  10  3.75  13  13   5   0   0   96   95   50   40    7   30   44
Don Carrithers         1   3  3.89  11   4   0   1   0   37   33   19   16    4   12   20
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Sam McDowell           7   4  4.37  14  14   4   0   0   95   86   51   46    7   44   76
Jerry Johnson          3   3  7.71  19   0   0   3   0   26   33   23   22    3   13   17
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  1.35   3   0   0   1   0    7    5    1    1    0    2    3
Scipio Spinks          3   3  2.58  12  12   4   0   0   91   75   29   26    4   42   66
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.61  13   0   0   1   0   10   13    3    3    2    5    5
Bob Gibson             4   5  3.08  12  12   7   0   2   91   78   33   31    7   25   65
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Rick Wise              5   6  3.74  12  12   6   0   0   91   94   41   38    9   22   45
Reggie Cleveland       6   4  3.75  12  12   5   0   1   86   82   41   36    7   27   56
Al Santorini           3   6  4.78  12   4   0   0   0   38   41   22   20    2    9   19
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  11   0   0   0   0   11   18    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:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8
  G. Nolan (CIN)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  S. Blass (PIT)            7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Matlack (NY)           7
  S. McDowell (SF)          7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  C. Osteen (LA)            7

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            10
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  E. McAnally (MON)         7
  C. Morton (MON)           7
  R. Reed (ATL)             7
  B. Singer (LA)            7
  S. Stone (SF)             7
  S. Arlin (SD)             6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  M. Torrez (MON)           6
  R. Wise (STL)             6
  R. Cleveland (STL)        5
  B. Hands (CHI)            5
  B. Hooton (CHI)           5
  J. Marichal (SF)          5

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         13
  T. McGraw (NY)           10
  J. Brewer (LA)            8
  D. Giusti (PIT)           7
  F. Gladding (HOU)         7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  D. Frisella (NY)          5
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           5
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        4
  M. Marshall (MON)         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. Hands (CHI)            2
  B. Singer (LA)            2

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      116.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      111.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         100.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       100.1
  J. Marichal (SF)       96.0
  S. McDowell (SF)       94.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)      93.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         93.2
  R. Wise (STL)          91.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)         91.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         98
  J. Marichal (SF)         95
  R. Wise (STL)            94
  P. Niekro (ATL)          91
  S. McDowell (SF)         86
  S. Carlton (PHI)         85
  D. Roberts (HOU)         84
  W. Fryman (PHI)          83
  R. Cleveland (STL)       82
  R. Reed (ATL)            82

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         51
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  R. Reed (ATL)            42
  R. Cleveland (STL)       41
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         41
  R. Wise (STL)            41
  B. Greif (SD)            39
  D. Roberts (HOU)         39
  D. Selma (PHI)           39

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  T. Kelley (ATL)           9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  N. Briles (PIT)           8
  W. Fryman (PHI)           8
  B. Greif (SD)             8
  B. Johnson (PIT)          8

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            49
  C. Kirby (SD)            46
  S. McDowell (SF)         44
  D. Selma (PHI)           44
  S. Spinks (STL)          42
  B. Stoneman (MON)        40
  S. Renko (MON)           38
  B. Hooton (CHI)          36
  G. Gentry (NY)           34
  M. Torrez (MON)          34

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        122
  T. Seaver (NY)           77
  S. McDowell (SF)         76
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  C. Kirby (SD)            68
  S. Spinks (STL)          66
  D. Sutton (LA)           66
  B. Gibson (STL)          65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        65
  J. Reuss (HOU)           64

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