Wednesday June 28, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 28, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     36  30  2.48   66  16  16   600   500  198  165   32  168  360
Chicago         36  28  2.91   64  28  10   578   528  214  187   38  167  328
Pittsburgh      39  24  2.95   63  10  22   586   527  218  192   47  177  369
New York        40  25  3.37   65  11  22   588   534  243  220   50  194  436
Cincinnati      41  25  3.39   66  10  26   603   556  248  227   58  181  345
Houston         40  27  3.51   67  18  15   607   542  261  237   39  213  414
St. Louis       32  33  3.60   65  28   3   583   550  260  233   42  213  366
Montreal        29  36  3.69   65  18  10   578   538  251  237   36  262  327
San Diego       22  44  3.72   66  17   5   610   569  282  252   58  277  422
Philadelphia    23  41  3.88   64  15   7   575   557  271  248   55  215  391
San Francisco   26  46  3.94   72  18  10   650   608  330  285   60  243  399
Atlanta         30  35  4.11   65  15   8   572   591  288  261   58  194  311

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        9   3  1.55  14  14   6   0   4  116   74   25   20    5   23   85
Gary Nolan (CIN)      10   2  1.93  15  15   6   0   2  117   93   32   25    8   23   57
Claude Osteen (LA)     7   5  2.11  13  13   3   0   1   98   90   25   23    7   30   36
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    5   2  2.15  11  10   1   0   0   71   66   20   17    8   23   35
Tommy John (LA)        7   3  2.32  12  12   1   0   0   78   76   24   20    2   18   42
Al Downing (LA)        4   4  2.39  14  14   4   0   2   94   84   36   25    3   31   61
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
Steve Stone (SF)       3   7  2.55  15  13   4   0   1   92   73   32   26    6   33   65
Jon Matlack (NY)       7   4  2.57  14  12   3   0   1   95   82   32   27    4   29   59

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hardin             1   0  2.29   8   1   0   0   0   20   20    6    5    1    9    7
Ron Schueler           3   2  3.06  17   8   1   0   0   71   58   27   24    7   29   54
Phil Niekro            7   6  3.30  17  16   8   0   0  125  112   51   46   12   14   72
Tom Kelley             5   5  3.62  12  12   2   0   1   82   81   38   33    9   35   41
Ron Reed               5   8  3.87  15  15   4   0   1  102  106   51   44    7   30   56
Mike McQueen           0   1  4.20   8   1   0   1   0   15   14    9    7    3    6    8
Pat Jarvis             6   3  4.85  15   5   0   0   0   43   48   24   23    3   17   24
Cecil Upshaw           1   3  5.14  16   0   0   5   0   21   21   12   12    3    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   8   0   0   1   0   10    2    1    0    0    2    6
Rick Reuschel          2   0  1.76   3   1   1   0   0   15   11    3    3    0    1   10
Steve Hamilton         0   0  1.80   7   0   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    0    2    3
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Burt Hooton            6   5  2.59  15  15   6   0   2  108   87   35   31    5   40   62
Tom Phoebus            2   1  2.72  17   0   0   5   0   43   38   16   13    3   15   33
Milt Pappas            5   5  2.75  12  12   3   0   1   75   82   30   23    6   16   41
Fergie Jenkins         9   6  3.00  17  17  12   0   0  141  117   51   47   15   34   87
Bill Hands             6   4  3.05  16  14   5   0   2   97   95   38   33    3   21   44
Juan Pizarro           4   3  3.30  10   5   1   0   0   44   43   17   16    4   20   16
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.93  21   0   0   4   0   34   36   17   15    1   11   22
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  1.47  29   0   0  15   0   37   30    7    6    1    9   20
Gary Nolan            10   2  1.93  15  15   6   0   2  117   93   32   25    8   23   57
Ross Grimsley          5   2  2.15  11  10   1   0   0   71   66   20   17    8   23   35
Tom Hall               4   1  2.67  26   2   1   5   1   57   28   18   17    3   21   68
Pedro Borbon           2   1  2.94  27   1   0   6   0   52   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            3   3  6.08  12   5   0   0   0   37   46   25   25    8   14   22
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  1.85  11   2   1   0   1   39   27    9    8    1    9   35
George Culver          3   0  2.06  20   0   0   2   0   48   30   11   11    2   24   42
Larry Dierker          7   4  2.78  13  13   6   0   4  100   86   32   31    4   19   50
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
Don Wilson             4   5  3.57  12  12   3   0   1   71   66   34   28    5   24   50
Jim York               0   0  3.68   5   0   0   0   0    7    5    3    3    0    7    5
Jerry Reuss            5   7  3.86  13  13   3   0   1   89   72   46   38    7   37   80
Dave Roberts           7   3  4.23  14  14   4   0   2   94  107   47   44    4   27   47
Jim Ray                7   1  4.31  23   0   0   6   0   40   39   20   19    4   15   19
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
Jose Pena              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    1
Jim Brewer             5   2  1.30  25   0   0   8   0   42   19    7    6    2   14   29
Don Sutton             9   3  1.55  14  14   6   0   4  116   74   25   20    5   23   85
Claude Osteen          7   5  2.11  13  13   3   0   1   98   90   25   23    7   30   36
Tommy John             7   3  2.32  12  12   1   0   0   78   76   24   20    2   18   42
Al Downing             4   4  2.39  14  14   4   0   2   94   84   36   25    3   31   61
Pete Richert           0   1  3.00  15   0   0   3   0   18   14    7    6    2    6   13
Bill Singer            3   7  3.40  13  13   2   0   2   93   82   39   35    6   21   60
Pete Mikkelsen         1   3  4.01  16   0   0   4   0   25   27   12   11    1    7   17
Mike Strahler          0   1  4.73   7   0   0   0   0   13   15    8    7    4    6    7
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   1  5.06  14   0   0   1   0   21   18   15   12    0   11    9

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Walker             1   1  2.15  20   0   0   0   0   29   26    7    7    2    8   21
Mike Marshall          4   2  2.40  27   0   0   7   0   41   43   13   11    1   24   33
Mike Torrez            9   3  2.58  14  13   8   0   0  101   78   29   29    3   41   49
Bill Stoneman          7   5  2.85  16  16   7   0   2  117   96   38   37    6   47   78
John Strohmayer        1   1  3.59  26   0   0   3   0   43   41   18   17    2   18   26
Ernie McAnally         1   9  3.87  13  13   2   0   0   77   70   37   33    7   32   37
Carl Morton            3   7  4.28  13  13   1   0   0   80   79   41   38    7   26   22
Joe Gilbert            0   1  5.89  11   0   0   0   0   18   17   12   12    1   11   19
Balor Moore            0   1  6.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    6    4    4    1    0    6
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  1.54  22   0   0  13   0   47   33   12    8    1   13   43
Danny Frisella         3   2  1.59  17   0   0   5   0   28   19    5    5    3    5   17
Jon Matlack            7   4  2.57  14  12   3   0   1   95   82   32   27    4   29   59
Tom Seaver            10   4  3.29  15  15   4   0   1  109  104   45   40    9   30   96
Jim McAndrew           5   3  3.32  13   8   2   1   0   62   55   24   23    8   19   41
Gary Gentry            3   5  3.74  14  14   2   0   0   91   77   43   38   10   41   64
Jerry Koosman          5   3  4.20  16   8   0   1   0   56   52   27   26    5   18   54
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.31  12   6   0   0   0   48   43   23   23    6   22   42
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.71  10   2   0   0   0   21   25   13   11    2    8   11
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
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Jim Nash               0   2  2.25   2   2   0   0   0   12   11    6    3    0    3    3
Steve Carlton          8   6  2.66  17  17   9   0   3  135  104   42   40    8   37  146
Barry Lersch           1   3  3.45  18   3   1   0   0   47   44   18   18    6   16   21
Darrell Brandon        4   1  3.48  17   0   0   1   0   34   40   13   13    4   11   23
Gary Neibauer          0   1  3.72   3   1   0   0   0   10    9    5    4    0    4    3
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.04  13   4   0   0   0   36   32   16   16    3   12   19
Woodie Fryman          2   8  4.38  16  14   2   1   2   90  101   49   44   12   24   51
Bill Champion          4   6  4.65  13  13   2   0   0   72   79   40   37    6   28   33
Dick Selma             1   7  5.15  19  10   1   0   0   65   60   42   37    9   47   32
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  6.23  25   0   0   1   0   30   32   22   21    2   20   28

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        3   0  0.59  21   0   0   4   0   30   15    3    2    0    8   25
Bob Miller             4   1  1.86  20   0   0   3   0   29   28    7    6    1   15   16
Dock Ellis             7   3  2.39  11  11   1   0   0   75   68   22   20    3    8   43
Bruce Kison            2   1  2.68  14   4   1   3   0   54   35   17   16    4   23   43
Dave Giusti            1   4  2.70  26   0   0  10   0   33   27   10   10    1   12   20
Steve Blass            9   2  2.71  14  14   4   0   1  110   97   34   33   11   31   55
Bob Moose              5   4  3.32  12  11   2   1   1   89   85   39   33    7   12   63
Nelson Briles          5   2  3.42   9   8   1   0   0   53   58   27   20    8   11   37
Luke Walker            2   4  3.77  13   7   1   0   0   45   49   23   19    2   23   23
Bob Johnson            1   3  4.08  12   8   0   1   0   57   53   28   26    9   26   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
Al Severinsen          0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    0    2    0    0    2    1
Gary Ross              1   1  2.43  25   0   0   0   0   37   35   12   10    1   19   19
Mike Corkins           0   3  2.82  22   2   1   3   0   45   37   15   14    5   18   37
Mike Caldwell          1   4  2.93  21   1   0   2   0   40   40   21   13    3   21   28
Fred Norman            4   6  3.13  16  15   5   0   3   98   89   38   34    9   38   65
Steve Arlin            7   7  3.16  17  16   5   0   3  114   85   44   40    7   59   80
Clay Kirby             5   7  3.35  16  16   4   0   1  116   99   47   43   11   52   77
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.43  18   0   0   0   0   22   23   11   11    1   15   18
Ed Acosta              1   4  4.80  23   1   0   0   0   45   54   28   24    4   14   28
Bill Greif             3  11  5.49  16  14   2   0   1   77   88   48   47    9   30   56
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             5   4  2.64  19  12   4   0   2  102   76   36   30    5   39   57
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
Sam McDowell           8   5  4.14  17  17   4   0   0  117  104   59   54    8   54   90
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Randy Moffitt          0   0  4.40  10   0   0   1   0   14   16    7    7    1    6    6
Don Carrithers         2   5  4.94  15   8   1   1   0   55   54   34   30    7   25   25
Jerry Johnson          5   5  5.68  24   0   0   3   0   38   40   25   24    3   21   31
Frank Reberger         0   0  7.45   3   0   0   0   0   10   12    8    8    3    1    7
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
Diego Segui            2   0  1.74   6   0   0   1   0   10    8    2    2    0    4    6
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.40  17   0   0   2   0   15   16    5    4    3    6    8
Scipio Spinks          4   4  2.44  14  14   5   0   0  107   88   33   29    4   52   84
Bob Gibson             6   5  2.87  14  14   8   0   2  107   87   37   34    7   28   78
Reggie Cleveland       8   4  3.37  15  15   7   0   2  112  105   48   42    9   33   76
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  4.93  14   5   0   0   0   46   49   27   25    3   13   21
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.96  14   0   0   0   0   16   19    9    9    0    7    7
Tony Cloninger         0   1  5.12  12   0   0   0   0   19   20   13   11    1   13    7
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
Lowell Palmer          0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    5    6    5    4    1    3    7
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
John Cumberland        0   1 13.50   1   1   0   0   0    3    6    6    5    1    1    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)           10
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  S. Blass (PIT)            9
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  M. Torrez (MON)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  R. Cleveland (STL)        8
  S. McDowell (SF)          8
  S. Arlin (SD)             7

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            11
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  E. McAnally (MON)         9
  J. Billingham (CIN)       8
  W. Fryman (PHI)           8
  R. Reed (ATL)             8
  S. Arlin (SD)             7
  C. Kirby (SD)             7
  C. Morton (MON)           7
  J. Reuss (HOU)            7

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  B. Gibson (STL)           8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  M. Torrez (MON)           8
  R. Wise (STL)             8
  R. Cleveland (STL)        7
  B. Stoneman (MON)         7
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  B. Hooton (CHI)           6

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         15
  T. McGraw (NY)           13
  D. Giusti (PIT)          10
  J. Brewer (LA)            8
  F. Gladding (HOU)         7
  M. Marshall (MON)         7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  J. Ray (HOU)              6
  D. Frisella (NY)          5
  T. Hall (CIN)             5

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      141.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      135.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       125.1
  S. McDowell (SF)      117.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        116.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     116.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        116.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         115.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         114.0
  R. Wise (STL)         113.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        117
  R. Wise (STL)           114
  P. Niekro (ATL)         112
  D. Roberts (HOU)        107
  R. Reed (ATL)           106
  R. Cleveland (STL)      105
  S. Carlton (PHI)        104
  S. McDowell (SF)        104
  T. Seaver (NY)          104
  W. Fryman (PHI)         101

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         59
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         51
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  R. Reed (ATL)            51
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  R. Wise (STL)            50
  W. Fryman (PHI)          49
  R. Cleveland (STL)       48
  B. Greif (SD)            48
  C. Kirby (SD)            47

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         15
  W. Fryman (PHI)          12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  C. Kirby (SD)            11
  G. Gentry (NY)           10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  K. Forsch (HOU)           9
  B. Greif (SD)             9

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            59
  S. McDowell (SF)         54
  C. Kirby (SD)            52
  S. Spinks (STL)          52
  S. Renko (MON)           49
  D. Selma (PHI)           47
  B. Stoneman (MON)        47
  G. Gentry (NY)           41
  M. Torrez (MON)          41
  B. Hooton (CHI)          40

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  T. Seaver (NY)           96
  S. McDowell (SF)         90
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         87
  D. Sutton (LA)           85
  S. Spinks (STL)          84
  S. Arlin (SD)            80
  J. Reuss (HOU)           80
  B. Gibson (STL)          78
  B. Stoneman (MON)        78

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