Friday June 30, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 30, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     36  32  2.58   68  16  16   617   519  214  177   37  178  367
Chicago         37  29  2.91   66  28  11   595   543  221  192   38  172  338
Pittsburgh      40  25  2.92   65  11  22   604   537  222  196   47  181  376
Cincinnati      41  27  3.36   68  11  26   624   575  255  233   58  189  361
New York        41  26  3.43   67  11  23   605   559  255  231   54  202  447
St. Louis       34  33  3.54   67  30   3   601   562  263  236   43  216  374
Houston         41  28  3.57   69  18  16   625   561  272  248   44  215  422
San Diego       24  44  3.69   68  17   6   632   588  291  259   60  285  440
Montreal        29  38  3.83   67  18  10   595   558  267  253   38  269  339
Philadelphia    24  42  3.89   66  16   7   593   570  279  256   56  225  407
San Francisco   28  46  3.92   74  20  10   668   626  336  291   64  247  405
Atlanta         31  36  4.13   67  16   8   589   611  298  270   62  196  318

 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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    5   2  2.15  11  10   1   0   0   71   66   20   17    8   23   35
Scipio Spinks (STL)    5   4  2.33  15  15   6   0   0  116   93   34   30    5   55   88
Al Downing (LA)        4   4  2.39  14  14   4   0   2   94   84   36   25    3   31   61
Claude Osteen (LA)     7   6  2.46  14  14   3   0   1  102   95   30   28   10   31   38
Steve Stone (SF)       3   7  2.55  15  13   4   0   1   92   73   32   26    6   33   65
Mike Torrez (MON)      9   3  2.58  14  13   8   0   0  101   78   29   29    3   41   49
Jon Matlack (NY)       8   4  2.59  15  13   3   0   1  101   89   35   29    6   30   63
Dock Ellis (PIT)       7   4  2.61  12  12   1   0   0   83   75   26   24    3   11   47

 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               6   8  3.72  16  16   5   0   1  111  113   53   46    9   30   61
Cecil Upshaw           1   3  4.63  17   0   0   5   0   23   22   12   12    3    7    9
Pat Jarvis             6   3  4.85  15   5   0   0   0   43   48   24   23    3   17   24
Mike McQueen           0   1  4.91   9   1   0   1   0   18   20   12   10    4    7    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   6  7.71  16   4   0   1   0   28   51   25   24    5   10   14
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  10   0   0   2   0   12    5    1    0    0    2    7
Rick Reuschel          3   0  1.19   4   2   1   0   0   23   13    3    3    0    3   16
Steve Hamilton         0   0  1.59   8   0   0   0   0    6    6    1    1    0    3    3
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Burt Hooton            6   6  2.61  16  16   6   0   2  114   93   39   33    5   42   65
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  4.63  22   0   0   4   0   35   40   20   18    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  1.40  30   0   0  15   0   39   31    7    6    1    9   22
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  2.88  27   2   1   5   1   59   31   20   19    3   22   69
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.04  28   1   0   6   0   53   52   20   18    3   15   23
Jack Billingham        4   9  4.05  16  14   2   0   1   93   93   43   42    6   26   49
Wayne Simpson          4   2  4.09  10   9   0   0   0   55   48   27   25    5   21   33
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
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  1.80  12   2   1   1   1   40   28    9    8    1    9   37
George Culver          3   1  2.55  21   0   0   2   0   49   33   14   14    3   24   43
Larry Dierker          7   4  2.89  14  14   6   0   4  106   93   35   34    4   20   51
Fred Gladding          2   3  2.89  18   0   0   7   0   19   11    7    6    0    4   11
Ken Forsch             4   2  3.41  15  14   1   0   0   98   94   39   37   11   35   68
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  4.79  24   0   0   6   0   41   42   23   22    6   16   20
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   3  1.27  26   0   0   8   0   43   20    9    6    2   15   29
Don Sutton             9   3  1.55  14  14   6   0   4  116   74   25   20    5   23   85
Al Downing             4   4  2.39  14  14   4   0   2   94   84   36   25    3   31   61
Claude Osteen          7   6  2.46  14  14   3   0   1  102   95   30   28   10   31   38
Tommy John             7   3  2.62  13  13   1   0   0   79   81   28   23    4   20   42
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
Mike Strahler          0   1  3.71   8   0   0   0   0   17   15    8    7    4    7    9
Pete Mikkelsen         1   3  3.90  17   0   0   4   0   28   32   14   12    1    7   19
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   1  5.01  15   0   0   1   0   23   19   16   13    0   14    9
Jose Pena              0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    2

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Tom Walker             1   1  2.78  21   0   0   0   0   32   30   10   10    3    9   21
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
Carl Morton            3   7  4.28  13  13   1   0   0   80   79   41   38    7   26   22
Ernie McAnally         1  10  4.39  14  14   2   0   0   80   78   43   39    7   33   39
Balor Moore            0   2  6.00   2   2   0   0   0   12   11    8    8    1    4   14
Steve Renko            1   6  6.08  14   9   0   0   0   47   54   35   32    4   49   23
Joe Gilbert            0   1  6.14  12   0   0   0   0   22   20   15   15    2   12   21
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         3   2  1.44  18   0   0   6   0   31   20    5    5    3    6   17
Tug McGraw             3   2  1.54  22   0   0  13   0   47   33   12    8    1   13   43
Jon Matlack            8   4  2.59  15  13   3   0   1  101   89   35   29    6   30   63
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   6  4.06  15  15   2   0   0   95   88   48   43   12   42   68
Jerry Koosman          5   3  4.20  16   8   0   1   0   56   52   27   26    5   18   54
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.50  11   2   0   0   0   22   25   13   11    2    8   12
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.68  13   6   0   0   0   50   47   26   26    6   25   43
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.52  20   0   0   2   0   31   44   19   19    2    9    9
Bob Rauch              0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    2    1

 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          9   6  2.74  18  18  10   0   3  144  111   46   44    8   43  159
Barry Lersch           1   3  3.31  19   3   1   0   0   49   44   18   18    6   17   22
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   7  4.64  14  14   2   0   0   78   84   43   40    7   29   34
Dick Selma             1   7  5.15  19  10   1   0   0   65   60   42   37    9   47   32
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  6.32  26   0   0   1   0   31   33   23   22    2   22   29

 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  1.80  21   0   0   3   0   30   28    7    6    1   15   16
Dock Ellis             7   4  2.61  12  12   1   0   0   83   75   26   24    3   11   47
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
Nelson Briles          6   2  2.92  10   9   2   0   1   62   61   27   20    8   12   40
Bob Moose              5   4  3.32  12  11   2   1   1   89   85   39   33    7   12   63
Luke Walker            2   4  3.72  14   7   1   0   0   46   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  2.37  26   0   0   0   0   38   37   13   10    1   19   19
Mike Corkins           0   3  2.82  22   2   1   3   0   45   37   15   14    5   18   37
Fred Norman            5   6  3.10  17  15   5   0   3   99   89   38   34    9   38   67
Steve Arlin            7   7  3.16  17  16   5   0   3  114   85   44   40    7   59   80
Clay Kirby             5   7  3.20  17  17   4   0   1  127  104   49   45   11   60   85
Mike Caldwell          2   4  3.42  22   2   0   2   0   47   50   27   18    5   21   33
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  5.38  17  14   2   1   1   79   90   48   47    9   30   59
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             6   4  2.75  20  13   5   0   2  111   86   40   34    7   41   58
Jim Barr               1   2  3.00  26   2   1   1   0   60   62   24   20    7   14   40
Don McMahon            1   2  3.12  23   0   0   4   0   35   23   12   12    4   10   23
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
Scipio Spinks          5   4  2.33  15  15   6   0   0  116   93   34   30    5   55   88
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.40  17   0   0   2   0   15   16    5    4    3    6    8
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              8   7  3.61  16  16   9   0   0  122  121   52   49   10   26   60
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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  M. Torrez (MON)           9
  R. Cleveland (STL)        8
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  S. McDowell (SF)          8

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  B. Gibson (STL)           8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  M. Torrez (MON)           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
  D. Frisella (NY)          6
  J. Ray (HOU)              6
  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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      144.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      141.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         126.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       125.1
  R. Wise (STL)         122.0
  S. McDowell (SF)      117.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        116.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     116.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        116.1
  S. Spinks (STL)       116.0

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           121
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        117
  R. Reed (ATL)           113
  P. Niekro (ATL)         112
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  D. Roberts (HOU)        107
  R. Cleveland (STL)      105
  C. Kirby (SD)           104
  S. McDowell (SF)        104
  T. Seaver (NY)          104

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         59
  R. Reed (ATL)            53
  R. Wise (STL)            52
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         51
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  J. Marichal (SF)         50
  W. Fryman (PHI)          49
  C. Kirby (SD)            49
  R. Cleveland (STL)       48
  G. Gentry (NY)           48

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  C. Kirby (SD)            60
  S. Arlin (SD)            59
  S. Spinks (STL)          55
  S. McDowell (SF)         54
  S. Renko (MON)           49
  D. Selma (PHI)           47
  B. Stoneman (MON)        47
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  G. Gentry (NY)           42
  B. Hooton (CHI)          42

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        159
  T. Seaver (NY)           96
  S. McDowell (SF)         90
  S. Spinks (STL)          88
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         87
  C. Kirby (SD)            85
  D. Sutton (LA)           85
  S. Arlin (SD)            80
  J. Reuss (HOU)           80
  B. Gibson (STL)          78


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