Wednesday June 21, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 21, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     33  26  2.53   59  14  15   537   446  180  151   31  150  322
Chicago         34  23  2.72   57  26  10   516   458  179  156   33  152  299
Pittsburgh      36  21  2.93   57  10  19   534   476  199  174   45  166  333
New York        37  22  3.28   59  10  21   534   479  215  195   46  178  393
Cincinnati      36  23  3.42   59   8  24   539   500  224  205   52  166  309
Houston         36  24  3.43   60  16  14   545   485  231  208   35  188  370
San Diego       20  39  3.63   59  15   5   540   497  242  218   50  249  366
St. Louis       26  32  3.74   58  23   3   518   502  237  215   40  186  318
Montreal        25  33  3.83   58  16   8   515   474  233  219   34  245  287
Philadelphia    21  36  3.89   57  14   6   516   496  240  223   51  191  362
San Francisco   22  44  4.11   66  17   9   589   560  311  269   56  213  356
Atlanta         27  30  4.29   57  12   8   504   528  265  240   53  178  277

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        8   2  1.72  12  12   5   0   3   99   64   24   19    5   20   70
Claude Osteen (LA)     7   4  1.81  12  12   3   0   1   95   83   20   19    7   25   35
Gary Nolan (CIN)       9   2  2.09  14  14   5   0   1  108   85   32   25    8   22   51
Dock Ellis (PIT)       6   3  2.37  10  10   1   0   0   68   59   20   18    3    8   40
Jon Matlack (NY)       7   3  2.46  13  11   3   0   1   88   75   28   24    4   25   50
Al Downing (LA)        3   3  2.46  12  12   3   0   2   80   71   30   22    3   29   55
Burt Hooton (CHI)      6   4  2.52  14  14   6   0   2  100   79   32   28    5   39   60
Tommy John (LA)        6   3  2.55  11  11   1   0   0   71   70   24   20    2   18   36
Steve Stone (SF)       3   7  2.55  15  13   4   0   1   92   73   32   26    6   33   65
Scipio Spinks (STL)    3   4  2.57  13  13   4   0   0   98   82   32   28    4   46   71

 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   2  2.91  15   6   0   0   0   56   43   21   18    6   23   42
Phil Niekro            7   5  3.46  15  14   7   0   0  109   98   47   42   10   13   63
Ron Reed               5   7  3.87  14  14   4   0   1   95   98   48   41    7   29   53
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
Pat Jarvis             5   2  4.89  13   5   0   0   0   39   42   22   21    3   15   20
Cecil Upshaw           1   2  5.12  14   0   0   5   0   19   20   11   11    2    6    9
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  7.91  14   2   0   1   0   19   39   17   17    3    9   13
Joe Hoerner            0   1 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    0    1    3

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              2   0  0.00   6   0   0   1   0    8    1    0    0    0    2    5
Steve Hamilton         0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    2    3
Tom Phoebus            2   1  1.69  14   0   0   5   0   37   28    9    7    2   13   29
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Burt Hooton            6   4  2.52  14  14   6   0   2  100   79   32   28    5   39   60
Juan Pizarro           4   2  2.66   9   4   1   0   0   41   39   13   12    3   18   16
Milt Pappas            5   5  2.75  12  12   3   0   1   75   82   30   23    6   16   41
Rick Reuschel          1   0  2.84   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    1    4
Bill Hands             6   2  2.85  14  12   5   0   2   88   80   31   28    2   18   42
Fergie Jenkins         8   5  2.95  15  15  11   0   0  125  104   45   41   14   30   79
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.51  17   0   0   4   0   26   25   12   10    0    8   16
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  1.69  26   0   0  14   0   32   27    7    6    1    7   17
Gary Nolan             9   2  2.09  14  14   5   0   1  108   85   32   25    8   22   51
Tom Hall               4   1  2.30  23   2   1   4   1   55   26   15   14    3   20   65
Ross Grimsley          3   2  2.45   9   8   0   0   0   55   55   17   15    7   20   27
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.18  23   1   0   6   0   45   45   17   16    2   13   21
Ed Sprague             1   0  3.27  16   0   0   0   0   22   15    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   7  4.03  14  12   1   0   1   80   79   37   36    6   21   44
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jim McGlothlin         3   5  5.08  15  10   1   0   1   62   73   38   35    8   20   35
Don Gullett            2   3  8.31  10   4   0   0   0   26   39   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   2  1.42  10   2   1   0   1   38   25    7    6    1    9   35
George Culver          1   0  2.06  18   0   0   2   0   35   19    8    8    2   19   29
Fred Gladding          1   2  2.87  14   0   0   7   0   16    8    6    5    0    3    8
Larry Dierker          6   4  2.96  12  12   5   0   4   91   79   31   30    3   19   46
Don Wilson             4   5  3.09  11  11   3   0   1   70   62   30   24    5   21   49
Ken Forsch             4   2  3.40  13  12   1   0   0   85   86   34   32    8   29   61
Jerry Reuss            5   5  3.52  11  11   3   0   1   77   63   37   30    6   32   73
Dave Roberts           6   3  4.45  12  12   3   0   1   83   96   44   41    4   24   38
Jim Ray                7   1  4.63  21   0   0   5   0   35   36   19   18    3   15   18
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
Jim Brewer             5   2  1.13  24   0   0   8   0   40   16    6    5    1   14   28
Don Sutton             8   2  1.72  12  12   5   0   3   99   64   24   19    5   20   70
Claude Osteen          7   4  1.81  12  12   3   0   1   95   83   20   19    7   25   35
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  3.32  12  12   2   0   2   87   74   36   32    6   20   58
Pete Richert           0   1  3.60  13   0   0   3   0   15   13    7    6    2    4   11
Pete Mikkelsen         1   3  4.79  14   0   0   3   0   21   26   12   11    1    5   15
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  4.91  12   0   0   1   0   18   15   13   10    0    9    8
Mike Strahler          0   1  5.56   6   0   0   0   0   11   14    8    7    4    6    6

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Walker             1   1  2.55  17   0   0   0   0   25   22    7    7    2    8   17
Mike Torrez            7   3  2.65  12  11   7   0   0   85   59   25   25    3   37   42
Mike Marshall          4   1  2.73  23   0   0   5   0   33   39   12   10    1   21   23
Bill Stoneman          6   5  2.81  14  14   6   0   2  103   80   33   32    6   42   69
Ernie McAnally         1   8  3.96  12  12   2   0   0   73   68   36   32    6   30   37
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.06  23   0   0   3   0   38   37   18   17    2   16   23
Carl Morton            3   7  4.22  12  12   1   0   0   75   70   38   35    7   25   21
Joe Gilbert            0   1  5.89  11   0   0   0   0   18   17   12   12    1   11   19
Steve Renko            1   6  6.22  13   9   0   0   0   46   54   35   32    4   49   23
Denny Lemaster         2   0  7.78  13   0   0   0   0   20   28   17   17    2    6   13

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Frisella         2   1  1.48  15   0   0   5   0   24   16    4    4    3    4   15
Tug McGraw             3   2  1.55  21   0   0  12   0   46   33   12    8    1   13   43
Jon Matlack            7   3  2.46  13  11   3   0   1   88   75   28   24    4   25   50
Tom Seaver             9   3  2.90  13  13   3   0   1   96   87   36   31    9   27   84
Jim McAndrew           5   3  3.09  12   7   2   1   0   58   52   21   20    6   18   40
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  4.50  11   6   0   0   0   46   42   23   23    6   22   41
Jerry Koosman          4   3  4.60  15   7   0   1   0   47   45   25   24    5   15   45
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.20  18   0   0   2   0   28   38   16   16    2    8    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  2.85  16  16   8   0   2  126  100   42   40    8   34  138
Barry Lersch           1   3  3.02  16   3   1   0   0   45   36   15   15    6   15   19
Ken Reynolds           0   3  3.58  12   3   0   0   0   33   27   13   13    3   10   18
Darrell Brandon        3   1  3.86  16   0   0   1   0   28   33   12   12    3   10   21
Gary Neibauer          0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    1    0    1    1
Chris Short            1   1  3.98  16   0   0   1   0   20   23   11    9    3    6   18
Bill Champion          4   5  4.24  12  12   2   0   0   68   72   34   32    5   26   33
Woodie Fryman          2   7  4.32  13  13   2   0   2   81   93   44   39   10   21   44
Dick Selma             1   7  5.37  17  10   1   0   0   62   59   40   37    9   44   31
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  6.28  23   0   0   1   0   29   29   21   20    2   19   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  1.59  19   0   0   3   0   28   27    6    5    0   15   16
Bruce Kison            2   1  2.23  13   3   1   3   0   48   28   13   12    4   21   39
Dock Ellis             6   3  2.37  10  10   1   0   0   68   59   20   18    3    8   40
Steve Blass            8   1  2.70  12  12   4   0   1   93   81   29   28   11   27   48
Dave Giusti            1   4  2.90  23   0   0   7   0   31   27   10   10    1   12   18
Bob Moose              5   3  3.27  11  10   2   1   1   83   77   35   30    6   11   53
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
Mike Corkins           0   2  2.61  20   1   0   3   0   31   23   10    9    4   12   24
Gary Ross              0   1  2.93  22   0   0   0   0   31   29   12   10    1   18   15
Fred Norman            4   6  3.00  14  13   5   0   3   87   76   33   29    7   33   60
Clay Kirby             5   7  3.01  15  15   4   0   1  111   95   41   37    7   50   73
Steve Arlin            6   6  3.25  15  14   4   0   3   97   70   38   35    7   52   64
Mike Caldwell          1   3  3.55  19   1   0   2   0   33   38   20   13    3   19   21
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.22  17   0   0   0   0   21   22   10   10    1   15   16
Ed Acosta              1   3  4.43  20   1   0   0   0   43   47   23   21    4   13   28
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
Steve Stone            3   7  2.55  15  13   4   0   1   92   73   32   26    6   33   65
Ron Bryant             4   4  2.89  18  11   3   0   1   93   72   36   30    5   34   50
Jim Barr               0   2  3.38  24   0   0   1   0   45   46   19   17    5   11   32
Don McMahon            0   2  3.41  21   0   0   3   0   32   23   12   12    4    9   20
Juan Marichal          2  10  3.75  13  13   5   0   0   96   95   50   40    7   30   44
Sam McDowell           8   4  4.25  15  15   4   0   0  102   90   53   48    7   45   80
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Don Carrithers         2   4  4.66  13   6   1   1   0   46   44   27   24    5   19   23
Randy Moffitt          0   0  6.43   6   0   0   1   0    7   10    5    5    0    3    2
Jerry Johnson          3   5  7.04  21   0   0   3   0   31   37   25   24    3   16   21
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
Frank Reberger         0   0 12.60   2   0   0   0   0    5    9    7    7    3    1    3

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Diego Segui            1   0  2.16   5   0   0   1   0    8    7    2    2    0    3    5
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.57  16   0   0   2   0   14   16    5    4    3    6    7
Scipio Spinks          3   4  2.57  13  13   4   0   0   98   82   32   28    4   46   71
Bob Gibson             5   5  2.95  13  13   7   0   2   98   81   34   32    7   25   71
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              6   7  3.98  14  14   7   0   0  104  110   49   46   10   23   52
Al Santorini           3   6  4.99  13   4   0   0   0   40   44   24   22    3    9   19
Tony Cloninger         0   1  5.17  11   0   0   0   0   16   15    9    9    1   10    4
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
Joe Grzenda            1   0  6.08  13   0   0   0   0   13   19    9    9    0    6    5
Lowell Palmer          0   0  8.31   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    4    4    1    2    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:

  G. Nolan (CIN)            9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  S. Blass (PIT)            8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8
  S. McDowell (SF)          8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Matlack (NY)           7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  C. Osteen (LA)            7

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            10
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  E. McAnally (MON)         8
  J. Billingham (CIN)       7
  W. Fryman (PHI)           7
  C. Kirby (SD)             7
  C. Morton (MON)           7
  R. Reed (ATL)             7
  D. Selma (PHI)            7
  B. Singer (LA)            7

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  M. Torrez (MON)           7
  R. Wise (STL)             7
  B. Hooton (CHI)           6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  R. Cleveland (STL)        5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         14
  T. McGraw (NY)           12
  J. Brewer (LA)            8
  D. Giusti (PIT)           7
  F. Gladding (HOU)         7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  D. Frisella (NY)          5
  M. Marshall (MON)         5
  T. Phoebus (CHI)          5
  J. Ray (HOU)              5

Shutouts:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  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)      126.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      125.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         110.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       109.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        107.2
  R. Wise (STL)         104.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     102.2
  S. McDowell (SF)      101.2
  B. Hooton (CHI)       100.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         99.1

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           110
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        104
  S. Carlton (PHI)        100
  P. Niekro (ATL)          98
  R. Reed (ATL)            98
  D. Roberts (HOU)         96
  C. Kirby (SD)            95
  J. Marichal (SF)         95
  W. Fryman (PHI)          93
  R. Cleveland (STL)       91

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         53
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  R. Wise (STL)            49
  R. Reed (ATL)            48
  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         45
  R. Cleveland (STL)       44
  W. Fryman (PHI)          44
  D. Roberts (HOU)         44
  S. Carlton (PHI)         42

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         14
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  W. Fryman (PHI)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  G. Gentry (NY)            9
  B. Johnson (PIT)          9
  T. Kelley (ATL)           9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Selma (PHI)            9

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            52
  C. Kirby (SD)            50
  S. Renko (MON)           49
  S. Spinks (STL)          46
  S. McDowell (SF)         45
  D. Selma (PHI)           44
  B. Stoneman (MON)        42
  B. Hooton (CHI)          39
  G. Gentry (NY)           38
  M. Torrez (MON)          37

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        138
  T. Seaver (NY)           84
  S. McDowell (SF)         80
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         79
  C. Kirby (SD)            73
  J. Reuss (HOU)           73
  B. Gibson (STL)          71
  S. Spinks (STL)          71
  D. Sutton (LA)           70
  B. Stoneman (MON)        69

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