Friday June 23, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 23, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     34  26  2.51   60  15  15   546   451  181  152   31  150  326
Chicago         34  24  2.74   58  26  10   525   467  183  160   33  154  302
Pittsburgh      37  21  2.92   58  10  20   543   484  201  176   45  169  337
New York        37  22  3.28   59  10  21   534   479  215  195   46  178  393
Cincinnati      37  24  3.44   61   9  24   557   516  234  213   54  171  322
Houston         37  25  3.51   62  16  15   562   502  243  219   36  200  386
San Diego       21  39  3.59   60  16   5   549   498  243  219   50  252  374
St. Louis       26  32  3.74   58  23   3   518   502  237  215   40  186  318
Montreal        26  33  3.78   59  17   8   524   483  234  220   34  247  291
Philadelphia    21  37  3.85   58  14   6   524   503  242  224   51  193  364
San Francisco   22  45  4.11   67  17   9   597   567  315  273   57  217  360
Atlanta         27  31  4.26   58  13   8   512   533  267  242   54  179  281

 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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    4   2  2.11  10   9   1   0   0   64   60   18   15    7   21   34
Al Downing (LA)        4   3  2.32  13  13   4   0   2   89   76   31   23    3   29   59
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
Mike Torrez (MON)      8   3  2.49  13  12   8   0   0   94   68   26   26    3   39   46
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

 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   6  3.38  16  15   8   0   0  117  103   49   44   11   14   67
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   6  3.00  16  16  11   0   0  132  111   48   44   14   31   81
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.58  18   0   0   4   0   28   27   13   11    0    9   17
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
Ross Grimsley          4   2  2.11  10   9   1   0   0   64   60   18   15    7   21   34
Tom Hall               4   1  2.30  23   2   1   4   1   55   26   15   14    3   20   65
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.11  24   1   0   6   0   46   45   17   16    2   13   21
Jack Billingham        4   7  4.03  14  12   1   0   1   80   79   37   36    6   21   44
Ed Sprague             1   0  4.13  17   0   0   0   0   24   18   13   11    5   13    7
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Wayne Simpson          4   2  4.69   9   8   0   0   0   48   45   27   25    5   20   25
Jim McGlothlin         3   5  5.08  15  10   1   0   1   62   73   38   35    8   20   35
Don Gullett            2   3  7.20  11   4   0   0   0   30   42   24   24    7   11   18
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          2   0  2.21  19   0   0   2   0   41   24   10   10    2   22   36
Fred Gladding          1   2  2.70  15   0   0   7   0   17    9    6    5    0    4    9
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   6  3.64  12  12   3   0   1   82   66   41   33    7   35   77
Jim York               0   0  4.26   4   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    3    0    7    4
Jim Ray                7   1  4.42  22   0   0   6   0   37   36   19   18    3   15   19
Dave Roberts           6   3  4.68  13  13   3   0   1   85  101   47   44    4   27   40
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.64  10   0   0   0   0    8    4    9    8    1    8    9
Joe Gibbon             0   0 16.20   6   0   0   0   0    3    6    6    6    2    4    1

 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             4   3  2.32  13  13   4   0   2   89   76   31   23    3   29   59
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
Mike Torrez            8   3  2.49  13  12   8   0   0   94   68   26   26    3   39   46
Tom Walker             1   1  2.55  17   0   0   0   0   25   22    7    7    2    8   17
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
Jim Nash               0   1  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    2    1    0    2    2
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
Chris Short            1   1  3.80  17   0   0   1   0   21   23   11    9    3    6   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
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            9   1  2.66  13  13   4   0   1  102   89   31   30   11   30   52
Dave Giusti            1   4  2.84  24   0   0   8   0   32   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            7   6  3.06  16  15   5   0   3  106   71   39   36    7   55   72
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
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Sam McDowell           8   5  4.31  16  16   4   0   0  109   96   57   52    8   49   84
Don Carrithers         2   4  4.66  13   6   1   1   0   46   44   27   24    5   19   23
Randy Moffitt          0   0  5.63   7   0   0   1   0    8   11    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:

  S. Blass (PIT)            9
  G. Nolan (CIN)            9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8
  S. McDowell (SF)          8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  M. Torrez (MON)           8
  S. Arlin (SD)             7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Matlack (NY)           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
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  M. Torrez (MON)           8
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  R. Wise (STL)             7
  B. Hooton (CHI)           6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  S. Arlin (SD)             5
  R. Cleveland (STL)        5

Saves:

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

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      132.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      126.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       117.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         110.2
  S. McDowell (SF)      108.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        107.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         106.0
  R. Wise (STL)         104.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     102.2
  S. Blass (PIT)        101.2

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        111
  R. Wise (STL)           110
  P. Niekro (ATL)         103
  D. Roberts (HOU)        101
  S. Carlton (PHI)        100
  R. Reed (ATL)            98
  S. McDowell (SF)         96
  C. Kirby (SD)            95
  J. Marichal (SF)         95
  W. Fryman (PHI)          93

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         57
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  R. Wise (STL)            49
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         48
  R. Reed (ATL)            48
  D. Roberts (HOU)         47
  R. Cleveland (STL)       44
  W. Fryman (PHI)          44
  S. Carlton (PHI)         42

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         14
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  W. Fryman (PHI)          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)            55
  C. Kirby (SD)            50
  S. McDowell (SF)         49
  S. Renko (MON)           49
  S. Spinks (STL)          46
  D. Selma (PHI)           44
  B. Stoneman (MON)        42
  B. Hooton (CHI)          39
  M. Torrez (MON)          39
  G. Gentry (NY)           38

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        138
  S. McDowell (SF)         84
  T. Seaver (NY)           84
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  J. Reuss (HOU)           77
  C. Kirby (SD)            73
  S. Arlin (SD)            72
  B. Gibson (STL)          71
  S. Spinks (STL)          71
  D. Sutton (LA)           70

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