Saturday July 1, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 1, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     36  33  2.65   69  16  16   625   529  222  184   40  182  372
Pittsburgh      41  25  2.92   66  11  22   613   545  225  199   48  182  380
Chicago         37  30  2.93   67  29  11   603   550  225  196   40  172  344
Cincinnati      42  27  3.34   69  11  27   633   582  257  235   58  191  367
New York        42  26  3.38   68  12  23   614   563  255  231   54  203  453
St. Louis       36  33  3.49   69  31   4   619   576  267  240   44  219  387
Houston         42  28  3.55   70  19  16   634   568  274  250   44  215  430
San Diego       24  45  3.68   69  18   6   641   594  294  262   61  289  444
Montreal        29  39  3.78   68  19  10   604   566  269  254   39  271  347
Philadelphia    24  44  3.86   68  16   7   611   587  286  262   58  231  421
San Francisco   29  46  3.93   75  20  10   677   636  341  296   65  250  408
Atlanta         31  37  4.13   68  16   8   597   620  302  274   63  200  320

 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
Mike Torrez (MON)      9   4  2.45  15  14   9   0   0  110   86   31   30    4   43   57
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
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
Burt Hooton (CHI)      6   6  2.61  16  16   6   0   2  114   93   39   33    5   42   65

 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   7  3.44  18  17   8   0   0  131  118   55   50   13   16   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
Mike McQueen           0   1  4.50  10   1   0   1   0   20   21   12   10    4    8   11
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
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  7.45  17   4   0   1   0   29   53   25   24    5   11   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
Bill Hands             6   4  3.05  16  14   5   0   2   97   95   38   33    3   21   44
Fergie Jenkins         9   7  3.08  18  18  13   0   0  149  124   55   51   17   34   93
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
Ed Sprague             2   0  3.90  18   1   0   0   0   30   23   15   13    5   15   10
Jack Billingham        4   9  3.92  17  14   2   1   1   96   95   43   42    6   26   52
Wayne Simpson          4   2  4.09  10   9   0   0   0   55   48   27   25    5   21   33
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
Don Wilson             5   5  3.39  13  13   4   0   1   80   73   36   30    5   24   58
Ken Forsch             4   2  3.41  15  14   1   0   0   98   94   39   37   11   35   68
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  1.24  27   0   0   8   0   44   20    9    6    2   16   30
Don Sutton             9   3  1.55  14  14   6   0   4  116   74   25   20    5   23   85
Claude Osteen          7   6  2.46  14  14   3   0   1  102   95   30   28   10   31   38
Pete Richert           0   1  2.61  16   0   0   3   0   21   15    7    6    2    7   14
Tommy John             7   3  2.62  13  13   1   0   0   79   81   28   23    4   20   42
Al Downing             4   5  2.92  15  15   4   0   2   99   93   44   32    6   33   64
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   4  2.45  15  14   9   0   0  110   86   31   30    4   43   57
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
Jerry Koosman          6   3  3.62  17   9   1   1   1   65   56   27   26    5   19   60
Gary Gentry            3   6  4.06  15  15   2   0   0   95   88   48   43   12   42   68
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
Steve Carlton          9   6  2.74  18  18  10   0   3  144  111   46   44    8   43  159
Barry Lersch           1   3  3.22  20   3   1   0   0   50   45   18   18    6   18   22
Darrell Brandon        4   1  3.38  18   0   0   1   0   35   40   13   13    4   12   24
Jim Nash               0   3  3.45   3   3   0   0   0   16   19    9    6    1    3    6
Ken Reynolds           0   4  3.50  14   5   0   0   0   44   36   17   17    4   13   27
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
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  5.13  20  10   1   0   0   67   62   44   38    9   49   33
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  6.21  27   0   0   1   0   33   35   24   23    2   23   30

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        3   0  0.88  22   0   0   4   0   31   16    4    3    1    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
Dave Giusti            2   4  2.62  27   0   0  10   0   34   29   10   10    1   12   21
Bruce Kison            2   1  2.68  14   4   1   3   0   54   35   17   16    4   23   43
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  3.25  13  12   2   1   1   97   90   41   35    7   13   66
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   8  3.15  18  17   6   0   3  123   91   47   43    8   63   84
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
Randy Moffitt          1   0  3.72  11   0   0   1   0   19   20    8    8    1    6    7
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  4.30  18  18   4   0   0  121  110   63   58    9   57   92
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  1.50   7   0   0   2   0   12    9    2    2    0    4    9
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             7   5  2.96  15  15   9   0   2  116   94   41   38    8   30   85
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           4   6  4.25  15   6   0   0   0   53   55   27   25    3   14   24
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
  S. Arlin (SD)             8
  W. Fryman (PHI)           8
  R. Reed (ATL)             8
  B. Champion (PHI)         7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          7
  C. Kirby (SD)             7

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         13
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  B. Gibson (STL)           9
  M. Torrez (MON)           9
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  R. Cleveland (STL)        7
  B. Stoneman (MON)         7
  S. Arlin (SD)             6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          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:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      149.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      144.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       130.2
  C. Kirby (SD)         126.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         123.0
  R. Wise (STL)         122.0
  S. McDowell (SF)      121.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        116.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     116.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        116.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        124
  R. Wise (STL)           121
  P. Niekro (ATL)         118
  R. Reed (ATL)           113
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  S. McDowell (SF)        110
  D. Roberts (HOU)        107
  R. Cleveland (STL)      105
  C. Kirby (SD)           104
  T. Seaver (NY)          104

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         63
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         55
  P. Niekro (ATL)          55
  R. Reed (ATL)            53
  R. Wise (STL)            52
  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)         17
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  W. Fryman (PHI)          12
  G. Gentry (NY)           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:

  S. Arlin (SD)            63
  C. Kirby (SD)            60
  S. McDowell (SF)         57
  S. Spinks (STL)          55
  S. Renko (MON)           49
  D. Selma (PHI)           49
  B. Stoneman (MON)        47
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  M. Torrez (MON)          43
  G. Gentry (NY)           42

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        159
  T. Seaver (NY)           96
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         93
  S. McDowell (SF)         92
  S. Spinks (STL)          88
  B. Gibson (STL)          85
  C. Kirby (SD)            85
  D. Sutton (LA)           85
  S. Arlin (SD)            84
  J. Reuss (HOU)           80


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