Friday June 16, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 16, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     32  23  2.32   55  14  15   500   407  152  129   25  136  301
Chicago         30  22  2.58   52  26   9   467   414  155  134   29  138  266
Pittsburgh      35  18  2.95   53  10  18   497   439  186  163   44  159  302
New York        35  19  3.16   54   9  20   492   436  192  173   41  156  354
Cincinnati      34  20  3.44   54   8  22   494   460  207  189   48  152  288
Houston         32  23  3.51   55  14  12   500   456  217  195   32  177  337
San Diego       18  37  3.59   55  13   5   504   461  223  201   48  239  345
Philadelphia    20  34  3.65   54  14   6   491   455  213  199   47  179  345
St. Louis       23  31  3.76   54  22   2   479   464  219  200   36  177  285
Montreal        22  31  3.96   53  14   7   471   441  221  207   32  224  270
San Francisco   20  41  4.02   61  16   8   542   512  283  242   51  191  334
Atlanta         26  28  4.33   54  12   8   476   500  252  229   49  170  266

 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   4  1.66  11  11   3   0   1   87   77   17   16    6   23   33
Gary Nolan (CIN)       8   2  2.07  13  13   5   0   1  100   77   29   23    8   21   48
Burt Hooton (CHI)      6   4  2.13  13  13   6   0   2   97   72   26   23    4   38   60
Bill Hands (CHI)       6   2  2.34  13  11   5   0   2   85   73   25   22    1   18   41
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
Ron Reed               5   7  3.61  13  13   4   0   1   90   89   42   36    5   26   52
Phil Niekro            7   5  3.68  14  13   7   0   0  100   91   45   41    9   13   60
Tom Kelley             4   5  4.07  11  11   1   0   0   73   78   38   33    9   33   37
Mike McQueen           0   1  4.50   7   1   0   1   0   14   13    9    7    3    6    7
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  4.86  13   0   0   5   0   17   17    9    9    2    3    9
Pat Jarvis             5   2  4.89  13   5   0   0   0   39   42   22   21    3   15   20
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
Joe Hoerner            0   1 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    1    2

 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
Burt Hooton            6   4  2.13  13  13   6   0   2   97   72   26   23    4   38   60
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
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   2  2.07  13  13   5   0   1  100   77   29   23    8   21   48
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            2   1  0.59   9   1   1   0   1   31   18    2    2    0    8   29
George Culver          1   0  2.06  18   0   0   2   0   35   19    8    8    2   19   29
Don Wilson             4   5  3.09  11  11   3   0   1   70   62   30   24    5   21   49
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
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   4  1.66  11  11   3   0   1   87   77   17   16    6   23   33
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  4.50  13   0   0   3   0   20   24   11   10    1    4   14

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Walker             1   1  2.78  16   0   0   0   0   23   22    7    7    2    6   16
Mike Marshall          4   1  2.81  21   0   0   4   0   32   37   12   10    1   21   23
Mike Torrez            6   3  2.84  11  10   6   0   0   76   57   24   24    3   34   39
Bill Stoneman          5   5  3.07  13  13   5   0   1   94   76   33   32    6   40   65
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.10  22   0   0   3   0   37   36   18   17    2   16   23
Ernie McAnally         1   7  4.10  11  11   2   0   0   64   60   33   29    5   26   29
Carl Morton            2   7  4.37  11  11   1   0   0   68   62   36   33    6   24   21
Steve Renko            1   5  5.79  12   8   0   0   0   42   48   30   27    4   43   23
Joe Gilbert            0   1  6.35  10   0   0   0   0   17   17   12   12    1    9   18
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         2   1  1.21  14   0   0   5   0   22   14    3    3    3    1   13
Tug McGraw             3   2  1.42  20   0   0  11   0   44   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  4.73  14   6   0   1   0   40   41   22   21    5   13   36
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
Steve Carlton          7   6  2.60  15  15   8   0   2  121   91   37   35    7   33  134
Barry Lersch           1   3  2.70  15   3   1   0   0   40   30   12   12    5   15   15
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   7  5.40  16  10   1   0   0   62   59   40   37    9   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            8   1  2.70  12  12   4   0   1   93   81   29   28   11   27   48
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   6  2.77  13  12   5   0   3   84   69   30   26    7   33   58
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  2.79  16   0   0   0   0   19   18    6    6    0   13   16
Mike Corkins           0   2  2.89  19   1   0   3   0   28   23    9    9    4   12   22
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 Carrithers         2   3  3.33  12   5   1   1   0   46   40   20   17    4   16   23
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
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   2   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    2    5
Diego Segui            1   0  1.35   3   0   0   1   0    7    5    1    1    0    2    3
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.38  14   0   0   1   0   11   13    3    3    2    5    5
Scipio Spinks          3   3  2.58  12  12   4   0   0   91   75   29   26    4   42   66
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
Reggie Cleveland       6   4  3.75  12  12   5   0   1   86   82   41   36    7   27   56
Rick Wise              5   7  4.02  13  13   6   0   0   94  102   45   42    9   22   45
Al Santorini           3   6  4.99  13   4   0   0   0   40   44   24   22    3    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  6.75  12   0   0   0   0   12   18    9    9    0    6    4
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:

  S. Blass (PIT)            8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8
  G. Nolan (CIN)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  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
  D. Selma (PHI)            7
  B. Singer (LA)            7
  S. Stone (SF)             7
  R. Wise (STL)             7
  S. Arlin (SD)             6

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         13
  T. McGraw (NY)           11
  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. Hooton (CHI)           2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      121.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      116.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         100.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       100.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        100.0
  B. Hooton (CHI)        97.0
  J. Marichal (SF)       96.0
  S. McDowell (SF)       94.2
  R. Wise (STL)          94.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)      93.2

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           102
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         98
  J. Marichal (SF)         95
  S. Carlton (PHI)         91
  P. Niekro (ATL)          91
  R. Reed (ATL)            89
  S. McDowell (SF)         86
  D. Roberts (HOU)         84
  W. Fryman (PHI)          83
  R. Cleveland (STL)       82

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         51
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  R. Wise (STL)            45
  R. Reed (ATL)            42
  R. Cleveland (STL)       41
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         41
  D. Selma (PHI)           40
  B. Greif (SD)            39
  D. Roberts (HOU)         39

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            49
  C. Kirby (SD)            46
  S. McDowell (SF)         44
  D. Selma (PHI)           44
  S. Renko (MON)           43
  S. Spinks (STL)          42
  B. Stoneman (MON)        40
  B. Hooton (CHI)          38
  G. Gentry (NY)           34
  M. Torrez (MON)          34

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        134
  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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