Sunday June 25, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 25, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     35  28  2.50   63  15  16   573   480  188  159   32  154  343
Chicago         34  26  2.82   60  26  10   543   489  195  170   35  160  308
Pittsburgh      39  21  2.87   60  10  22   561   502  204  179   45  169  348
New York        37  25  3.40   62  10  21   561   515  235  212   48  189  413
Cincinnati      38  25  3.45   63   9  24   576   536  242  221   56  174  331
Houston         38  26  3.49   64  17  15   581   517  249  225   39  206  396
St. Louis       29  32  3.59   61  26   3   545   518  239  217   40  198  343
San Diego       21  41  3.59   62  16   5   574   523  256  229   51  260  391
Montreal        27  34  3.74   61  17   9   542   499  239  225   35  253  305
Philadelphia    22  38  3.81   60  15   6   541   516  247  229   53  199  378
San Francisco   24  45  4.03   69  17  10   622   584  324  279   59  228  381
Atlanta         29  32  4.18   61  14   8   538   559  276  250   55  187  294

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        8   3  1.68  13  13   5   0   3  107   72   25   20    5   21   76
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
Tommy John (LA)        7   3  2.32  12  12   1   0   0   78   76   24   20    2   18   42
Dock Ellis (PIT)       7   3  2.39  11  11   1   0   0   75   68   22   20    3    8   43
Scipio Spinks (STL)    4   4  2.44  14  14   5   0   0  107   88   33   29    4   52   84
Mike Torrez (MON)      8   3  2.49  13  12   8   0   0   94   68   26   26    3   39   46
Steve Stone (SF)       3   7  2.55  15  13   4   0   1   92   73   32   26    6   33   65

 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  3.21  16   7   0   0   0   62   53   25   22    6   27   47
Phil Niekro            7   6  3.38  16  15   8   0   0  117  103   49   44   11   14   67
Tom Kelley             5   5  3.62  12  12   2   0   1   82   81   38   33    9   35   41
Ron Reed               5   7  3.87  14  14   4   0   1   95   98   48   41    7   29   53
Mike McQueen           0   1  4.50   7   1   0   1   0   14   13    9    7    3    6    7
Pat Jarvis             6   2  4.54  14   5   0   0   0   42   46   22   21    3   16   24
Cecil Upshaw           1   2  4.95  15   0   0   5   0   20   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
George Stone           1   5  7.01  15   3   0   1   0   26   45   20   20    4   10   13
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
Joe Hoerner            0   1 12.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    5    4    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   7   0   0   1   0    9    2    1    0    0    2    6
Steve Hamilton         0   0  0.00   6   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    2    3
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Tom Phoebus            2   1  2.31  16   0   0   5   0   39   31   13   10    3   14   30
Burt Hooton            6   5  2.59  15  15   6   0   2  108   87   35   31    5   40   62
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   3  2.91  15  13   5   0   2   96   90   34   31    3   21   44
Fergie Jenkins         8   6  3.00  16  16  11   0   0  132  111   48   44   14   31   81
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.90  19   0   0   4   0   28   27   14   12    0   10   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           4   1  1.54  28   0   0  14   0   35   30    7    6    1    9   19
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  2.26  24   2   1   4   1   56   26   15   14    3   20   66
Pedro Borbon           2   1  2.98  26   1   0   6   0   51   48   18   17    3   13   23
Jack Billingham        4   8  4.11  15  13   1   0   1   85   85   40   39    6   22   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  5.24  16  11   1   0   1   67   81   42   39    9   20   39
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
Larry Dierker          7   4  2.78  13  13   6   0   4  100   86   32   31    4   19   50
Don Wilson             4   5  3.09  11  11   3   0   1   70   62   30   24    5   21   49
Fred Gladding          1   3  3.12  16   0   0   7   0   17   11    7    6    0    4   11
Ken Forsch             4   2  3.47  14  13   1   0   0   91   89   37   35    9   35   65
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  4.31  23   0   0   6   0   40   39   20   19    4   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  1.30  25   0   0   8   0   42   19    7    6    2   14   29
Don Sutton             8   3  1.68  13  13   5   0   3  107   72   25   20    5   21   76
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             7   3  2.32  12  12   1   0   0   78   76   24   20    2   18   42
Pete Richert           0   1  3.38  14   0   0   3   0   16   13    7    6    2    5   12
Bill Singer            3   7  3.40  13  13   2   0   2   93   82   39   35    6   21   60
Pete Mikkelsen         1   3  4.37  15   0   0   4   0   23   27   12   11    1    6   16
Mike Strahler          0   1  5.56   6   0   0   0   0   11   14    8    7    4    6    6
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   1  5.59  13   0   0   1   0   19   18   15   12    0    9    8

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Walker             1   1  2.28  19   0   0   0   0   28   25    7    7    2    8   21
Mike Torrez            8   3  2.49  13  12   8   0   0   94   68   26   26    3   39   46
Mike Marshall          4   1  2.50  25   0   0   6   0   36   40   12   10    1   21   27
Bill Stoneman          6   5  3.01  15  15   6   0   2  108   88   37   36    6   44   74
John Strohmayer        1   1  3.76  25   0   0   3   0   41   39   18   17    2   18   24
Ernie McAnally         1   9  3.87  13  13   2   0   0   77   70   37   33    7   32   37
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
Tug McGraw             3   2  1.55  21   0   0  12   0   46   33   12    8    1   13   43
Danny Frisella         2   2  1.78  16   0   0   5   0   25   18    5    5    3    4   16
Jon Matlack            7   4  2.57  14  12   3   0   1   95   82   32   27    4   29   59
Jim McAndrew           5   3  3.09  12   7   2   1   0   58   52   21   20    6   18   40
Tom Seaver             9   4  3.41  14  14   3   0   1  100   97   43   38    9   30   86
Gary Gentry            3   5  3.74  14  14   2   0   0   91   77   43   38   10   41   64
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.31  12   6   0   0   0   48   43   23   23    6   22   42
Jerry Koosman          4   3  4.60  15   7   0   1   0   47   45   25   24    5   15   45
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.74   9   2   0   0   0   19   24   12   10    2    8    9
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.52  20   0   0   2   0   31   44   19   19    2    9    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          8   6  2.66  17  17   9   0   3  135  104   42   40    8   37  146
Barry Lersch           1   3  3.00  17   3   1   0   0   45   37   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  3.68  18   0   0   1   0   22   23   11    9    3    6   20
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   8  4.48  14  14   2   0   2   88  101   49   44   12   24   48
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  0.64  19   0   0   4   0   28   15    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             7   3  2.39  11  11   1   0   0   75   68   22   20    3    8   43
Steve Blass            9   1  2.66  13  13   4   0   1  102   89   31   30   11   30   52
Dave Giusti            1   4  2.70  26   0   0  10   0   33   27   10   10    1   12   20
Bob Moose              5   3  3.27  11  10   2   1   1   83   77   35   30    6   11   53
Nelson Briles          5   2  3.42   9   8   1   0   0   53   58   27   20    8   11   37
Luke Walker            2   3  3.53  11   7   1   0   0   43   48   21   17    2   22   22
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  2.52  21   1   0   3   0   36   26   11   10    4   14   29
Gary Ross              0   1  2.57  24   0   0   0   0   35   34   12   10    1   19   16
Mike Caldwell          1   4  2.93  21   1   0   2   0   40   40   21   13    3   21   28
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
Fred Norman            4   6  3.15  15  14   5   0   3   91   81   36   32    8   35   62
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.22  17   0   0   0   0   21   22   10   10    1   15   16
Ed Acosta              1   4  4.84  22   1   0   0   0   45   53   28   24    4   14   28
Bill Greif             3  10  4.96  15  14   2   0   1   74   82   42   41    8   28   54
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
Don McMahon            1   2  3.12  23   0   0   4   0   35   23   12   12    4   10   23
Jim Barr               0   2  3.18  25   1   0   1   0   51   54   22   18    5   12   35
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  4.64  14   7   1   1   0   52   48   31   27    6   21   24
Randy Moffitt          0   0  5.11   9   0   0   1   0   12   15    7    7    1    5    6
Jerry Johnson          4   5  5.89  23   0   0   3   0   37   38   25   24    3   21   31
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
Scipio Spinks          4   4  2.44  14  14   5   0   0  107   88   33   29    4   52   84
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.57  16   0   0   2   0   14   16    5    4    3    6    7
Bob Gibson             5   5  2.95  13  13   7   0   2   98   81   34   32    7   25   71
Reggie Cleveland       7   4  3.31  14  14   6   0   2  103   97   44   38    8   32   73
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Rick Wise              7   7  3.74  15  15   8   0   0  113  114   50   47   10   26   56
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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8
  S. McDowell (SF)          8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  M. Torrez (MON)           8
  S. Arlin (SD)             7
  R. Cleveland (STL)        7

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            10
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  E. McAnally (MON)         9
  J. Billingham (CIN)       8
  W. Fryman (PHI)           8
  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)          9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  M. Torrez (MON)           8
  R. Wise (STL)             8
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  R. Cleveland (STL)        6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  B. Hooton (CHI)           6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         14
  T. McGraw (NY)           12
  D. Giusti (PIT)          10
  J. Brewer (LA)            8
  F. Gladding (HOU)         7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  M. Marshall (MON)         6
  J. Ray (HOU)              6
  D. Frisella (NY)          5
  T. Phoebus (CHI)          5

Shutouts:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        2
  A. Downing (LA)           2
  W. Fryman (PHI)           2
  B. Gibson (STL)           2
  B. Hands (CHI)            2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      135.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      132.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       117.1
  R. Wise (STL)         113.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         110.2
  S. McDowell (SF)      108.2
  B. Hooton (CHI)       107.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        107.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     107.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        107.1

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           114
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        111
  S. Carlton (PHI)        104
  P. Niekro (ATL)         103
  W. Fryman (PHI)         101
  D. Roberts (HOU)        101
  R. Reed (ATL)            98
  R. Cleveland (STL)       97
  T. Seaver (NY)           97
  S. McDowell (SF)         96

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         57
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  R. Wise (STL)            50
  W. Fryman (PHI)          49
  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         48
  R. Reed (ATL)            48
  D. Roberts (HOU)         47
  R. Cleveland (STL)       44
  G. Gentry (NY)           43

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         14
  W. Fryman (PHI)          12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  G. Gentry (NY)           10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  K. Forsch (HOU)           9
  B. Johnson (PIT)          9
  T. Kelley (ATL)           9
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)       9

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            55
  S. Spinks (STL)          52
  C. Kirby (SD)            50
  S. McDowell (SF)         49
  S. Renko (MON)           49
  D. Selma (PHI)           44
  B. Stoneman (MON)        44
  G. Gentry (NY)           41
  B. Hooton (CHI)          40
  M. Torrez (MON)          39

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  T. Seaver (NY)           86
  S. McDowell (SF)         84
  S. Spinks (STL)          84
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  J. Reuss (HOU)           77
  D. Sutton (LA)           76
  B. Stoneman (MON)        74
  R. Cleveland (STL)       73
  C. Kirby (SD)            73

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