Sunday July 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 2, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     36  34  2.73   70  16  16   633   540  231  192   42  185  374
Pittsburgh      42  25  2.94   67  11  23   622   556  229  203   48  186  384
Chicago         37  31  2.96   68  29  11   611   562  232  201   42  174  348
Cincinnati      43  27  3.32   70  11  28   642   591  259  237   59  192  373
New York        42  27  3.39   69  12  23   623   571  259  235   54  211  458
St. Louis       37  33  3.48   70  31   5   628   584  270  243   45  221  396
Houston         43  28  3.54   71  19  16   643   576  278  253   45  218  441
Montreal        30  39  3.74   69  19  10   613   573  272  255   39  275  354
San Diego       24  46  3.78   70  18   6   650   607  306  273   64  291  454
Philadelphia    24  45  3.90   69  16   7   620   594  293  269   58  239  427
San Francisco   30  46  3.92   76  20  11   686   645  344  299   65  251  411
Atlanta         31  38  4.11   69  16   8   605   626  307  276   64  204  324

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan (CIN)      11   2  1.90  16  16   6   0   2  123  100   33   26    8   23   60
Don Sutton (LA)        9   4  2.05  15  15   6   0   4  123   82   34   28    7   26   86
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  3.05  18   9   1   0   0   77   63   30   26    8   32   57
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   4  4.70  16   5   0   0   0   44   49   26   23    3   17   25
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  9.82   4   0   0   0   0    4    6    5    4    0    2    3

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              2   0  0.00  11   0   0   2   0   13    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   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    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  2.66  18   0   0   5   0   44   40   16   13    3   17   33
Milt Pappas            5   5  2.95  13  12   3   0   1   76   84   33   25    7   16   41
Fergie Jenkins         9   7  3.08  18  18  13   0   0  149  124   55   51   17   34   93
Bill Hands             6   5  3.20  17  15   5   0   2  101  100   42   36    4   21   47
Juan Pizarro           4   3  3.30  10   5   1   0   0   44   43   17   16    4   20   16
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.50  23   0   0   4   0   36   41   20   18    1   11   23
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  31   0   0  16   0   41   33    8    7    2   10   25
Gary Nolan            11   2  1.90  16  16   6   0   2  123  100   33   26    8   23   60
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            3   2  1.93  13   2   1   1   1   42   30   10    9    1   10   40
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  4.11  15  15   4   0   2  101  113   50   46    5   29   55
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   4  2.05  15  15   6   0   4  123   82   34   28    7   26   86
Pete Richert           0   1  2.45  17   0   0   3   0   22   18    7    6    2    7   15
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
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          5   2  2.38  28   0   0   7   0   42   43   13   11    1   24   33
Mike Torrez            9   4  2.45  15  14   9   0   0  110   86   31   30    4   43   57
Bill Stoneman          7   5  2.73  17  17   7   0   2  125  103   41   38    6   51   85
Tom Walker             1   1  2.78  21   0   0   0   0   32   30   10   10    3    9   21
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  1.85  23   0   0  13   0   49   36   14   10    1   16   45
Jon Matlack            8   4  2.59  15  13   3   0   1  101   89   35   29    6   30   63
Jim McAndrew           5   3  3.16  14   9   2   1   0   68   60   25   24    8   20   43
Tom Seaver            10   4  3.29  15  15   4   0   1  109  104   45   40    9   30   96
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   1 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    2    0    6    2

 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
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
Darrell Brandon        4   1  3.58  19   0   0   1   0   38   43   15   15    4   13   26
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
Woodie Fryman          2   8  4.52  17  14   2   1   2   94  103   52   47   12   27   53
Bill Champion          4   7  4.64  14  14   2   0   0   78   84   43   40    7   29   34
Gary Neibauer          0   2  4.76   4   2   0   0   0   11   10    7    6    0    7    4
Dick Selma             1   7  5.13  20  10   1   0   0   67   62   44   38    9   49   33
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  6.03  28   0   0   1   0   34   36   24   23    2   24   31

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        3   0  1.35  23   0   0   5   0   33   20    6    5    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
Steve Blass            9   2  2.71  14  14   4   0   1  110   97   34   33   11   31   55
Bruce Kison            3   1  2.73  15   5   1   3   0   59   40   19   18    4   27   46
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  4.03  13   8   0   1   0   58   55   28   26    9   26   39
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   4  2.96  23   3   1   3   0   52   42   19   17    7   18   46
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
Fred Norman            5   6  3.38  18  15   5   0   3   99   91   41   37    9   39   67
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  5.01  24   1   0   0   0   47   57   30   26    4   15   29
Bill Greif             3  11  5.70  18  14   2   1   1   79   93   51   50   10   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
Don McMahon            2   2  2.92  24   0   0   4   0   37   23   12   12    4   10   24
Jim Barr               1   2  3.00  26   2   1   1   0   60   62   24   20    7   14   40
Randy Moffitt          1   0  3.72  11   0   0   1   0   19   20    8    8    1    6    7
Juan Marichal          2  10  3.76  14  14   5   0   0  101  101   52   42    7   31   45
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  5.63  25   0   0   4   0   40   43   26   25    3   21   32
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  1.38   8   0   0   3   0   13    9    2    2    0    4   11
Scipio Spinks          5   4  2.33  15  15   6   0   0  116   93   34   30    5   55   88
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.40  18   0   0   2   0   15   17    5    4    3    7    8
Bob Gibson             7   5  2.96  15  15   9   0   2  116   94   41   38    8   30   85
Reggie Cleveland       9   4  3.37  16  16   7   0   2  120  112   51   45   10   34   83
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)           11
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  S. Blass (PIT)            9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  M. Torrez (MON)           9
  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)         16
  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
  B. Stoneman (MON)     125.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        123.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         123.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        123.0
  R. Wise (STL)         122.0
  S. McDowell (SF)      121.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        124
  R. Wise (STL)           121
  P. Niekro (ATL)         118
  R. Reed (ATL)           113
  D. Roberts (HOU)        113
  R. Cleveland (STL)      112
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  S. McDowell (SF)        110
  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
  W. Fryman (PHI)          52
  J. Marichal (SF)         52
  R. Wise (STL)            52
  R. Cleveland (STL)       51
  B. Greif (SD)            51
  D. Roberts (HOU)         50

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
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  B. Greif (SD)            10
  C. Osteen (LA)           10

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            63
  C. Kirby (SD)            60
  S. McDowell (SF)         57
  S. Spinks (STL)          55
  B. Stoneman (MON)        51
  S. Renko (MON)           49
  D. Selma (PHI)           49
  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
  D. Sutton (LA)           86
  B. Gibson (STL)          85
  C. Kirby (SD)            85
  B. Stoneman (MON)        85
  S. Arlin (SD)            84

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