Saturday June 17, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 17, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     32  24  2.36   56  14  15   508   414  159  133   26  138  307
Chicago         31  22  2.57   53  26  10   476   420  157  136   29  142  273
Pittsburgh      35  19  2.97   54  10  18   506   448  190  167   45  160  308
New York        35  20  3.24   55   9  20   500   444  200  180   44  161  358
Cincinnati      35  20  3.42   55   8  23   503   467  209  191   49  156  297
San Diego       19  37  3.52   56  14   5   513   470  223  201   48  241  350
Houston         33  23  3.53   56  14  13   509   469  222  200   32  179  343
St. Louis       24  31  3.71   55  22   2   490   474  222  202   37  180  298
Philadelphia    20  35  3.73   55  14   6   499   471  223  207   49  183  349
Montreal        22  32  3.94   54  14   7   480   450  224  210   33  228  278
San Francisco   20  42  3.99   62  16   8   553   520  287  245   51  200  338
Atlanta         27  28  4.26   55  12   8   486   507  254  230   50  170  269

 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   3  2.46  12  12   3   0   2   80   71   30   22    3   29   55
Clay Kirby (SD)        5   6  2.54  14  14   4   0   1  110   89   35   31    6   48   73

 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  3.46  15  14   7   0   0  109   98   47   42   10   13   63
Ron Reed               5   7  3.61  13  13   4   0   1   90   89   42   36    5   26   52
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           1   4  7.71  13   2   0   1   0   19   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  1.95  13   0   0   5   0   32   26    9    7    2   12   25
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            5   4  2.77  11  11   3   0   1   68   76   27   21    6   15   39
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  2.24  21   2   1   4   1   52   24   14   13    3   19   64
Ross Grimsley          3   1  2.44   8   7   0   0   0   48   49   15   13    6   17   26
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.05  21   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          4   1  3.91   8   7   0   0   0   46   40   22   20    5   19   23
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           6   3  4.45  12  12   3   0   1   83   96   44   41    4   24   38
Jim Ray                7   1  5.06  20   0   0   4   0   32   36   19   18    3   15   16
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   3  2.46  12  12   3   0   2   80   71   30   22    3   29   55
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
Mike Strahler          0   1  3.48   5   0   0   0   0   10   10    4    4    2    6    6
Pete Richert           0   1  3.77  11   0   0   3   0   14   13    7    6    2    4   11
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  4.24  11   0   0   1   0   17   14   10    8    0    7    7
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  22   0   0   4   0   32   38   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
Ernie McAnally         1   8  3.96  12  12   2   0   0   73   68   36   32    6   30   37
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.10  22   0   0   3   0   37   36   18   17    2   16   23
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  2.48  11   6   2   1   0   54   43   16   15    5   17   36
Tom Seaver             8   3  3.09  12  12   2   0   1   87   82   35   30    9   23   77
Gary Gentry            3   5  4.00  13  13   2   0   0   83   72   42   37    9   38   58
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.15   8   2   0   0   0   17   19    8    8    1    8    8
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.30  10   6   0   0   0   44   39   21   21    6   20   38
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
Gary Neibauer          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
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
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   7  4.32  13  13   2   0   2   81   93   44   39   10   21   44
Darrell Brandon        2   1  4.44  15   0   0   1   0   24   33   12   12    3    8   18
Dick Selma             1   7  5.40  16  10   1   0   0   62   59   40   37    9   44   30
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  5.79  22   0   0   1   0   28   27   19   18    2   16   27

 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  1.35  18   0   0   2   0   27   25    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
Bob Moose              5   2  3.31  10   9   2   1   1   73   66   30   27    6   10   46
Luke Walker            2   3  3.53  11   7   1   0   0   43   48   21   17    2   22   22
Nelson Briles          4   2  3.89   8   7   1   0   0   44   51   26   19    8   11   31
Bob Johnson            1   3  4.08  11   8   0   1   0   57   53   28   26    9   24   38
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             5   6  2.54  14  14   4   0   1  110   89   35   31    6   48   73
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   4   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    2    1
Steve Stone            3   7  2.44  14  12   4   0   1   89   70   30   24    5   32   62
Ron Bryant             3   4  3.20  17  10   2   0   0   84   70   36   30    5   29   48
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   4  7.31  20   0   0   3   0   28   34   24   23    3   16   19
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  1.17   4   0   0   1   0    8    5    1    1    0    2    5
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.25  15   0   0   1   0   12   13    3    3    2    6    6
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  3.63  13  13   5   0   1   94   91   44   38    8   29   65
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            1   0  6.08  13   0   0   0   0   13   19    9    9    0    6    5
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)         8
  W. Fryman (PHI)           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

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
  T. Phoebus (CHI)          5
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           5
  T. Hall (CIN)             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)         109.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       109.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        100.0
  B. Hooton (CHI)        97.0
  J. Marichal (SF)       96.0
  S. McDowell (SF)       94.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)     94.1
  R. Wise (STL)          94.0

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           102
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         98
  P. Niekro (ATL)          98
  D. Roberts (HOU)         96
  J. Marichal (SF)         95
  W. Fryman (PHI)          93
  S. Carlton (PHI)         91
  R. Cleveland (STL)       91
  C. Kirby (SD)            89
  R. Reed (ATL)            89

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         51
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  R. Wise (STL)            45
  R. Cleveland (STL)       44
  W. Fryman (PHI)          44
  D. Roberts (HOU)         44
  G. Gentry (NY)           42
  R. Reed (ATL)            42
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         41

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  W. Fryman (PHI)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  G. Gentry (NY)            9
  B. Johnson (PIT)          9
  T. Kelley (ATL)           9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Selma (PHI)            9
  R. Wise (STL)             9

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            49
  C. Kirby (SD)            48
  S. McDowell (SF)         44
  D. Selma (PHI)           44
  S. Renko (MON)           43
  S. Spinks (STL)          42
  B. Stoneman (MON)        40
  G. Gentry (NY)           38
  B. Hooton (CHI)          38
  M. Torrez (MON)          34

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        134
  T. Seaver (NY)           77
  S. McDowell (SF)         76
  C. Kirby (SD)            73
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  S. Spinks (STL)          66
  D. Sutton (LA)           66
  R. Cleveland (STL)       65
  B. Gibson (STL)          65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        65


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