Thursday July 13, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 13, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     42  38  2.81   80  20  17   721   612  271  225   49  222  429
Pittsburgh      48  30  3.01   78  15  24   724   654  269  242   59  213  450
Chicago         42  39  3.12   82  33  13   730   676  288  253   55  213  414
New York        45  33  3.22   78  15  24   709   639  284  254   59  233  527
Cincinnati      48  31  3.29   79  13  31   723   675  286  264   63  216  411
St. Louis       42  36  3.38   78  36   5   705   644  297  265   50  256  437
San Diego       30  50  3.64   80  20   9   744   687  341  301   71  331  534
Houston         48  34  3.71   82  21  18   747   697  337  308   60  249  515
San Francisco   36  49  3.80   85  22  13   765   696  371  323   69  289  441
Philadelphia    28  52  3.81   80  20   7   722   706  341  306   66  271  495
Montreal        34  44  3.94   78  20  12   697   655  326  305   50  310  411
Atlanta         37  44  4.07   82  21  10   724   750  366  327   75  233  384

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan (CIN)      13   2  1.82  18  18   6   0   2  138  117   35   28    9   25   71
Don Sutton (LA)       10   5  2.09  17  17   7   0   4  138   89   39   32    7   31   96
Claude Osteen (LA)     9   6  2.32  16  16   5   0   2  120  106   33   31   11   37   45
Jon Matlack (NY)       9   5  2.49  17  15   4   0   2  116  103   40   32    6   33   74
Steve Stone (SF)       4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
Steve Carlton (PHI)   12   6  2.52  21  21  13   0   3  171  131   51   48   10   47  182
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    6   3  2.56  13  12   2   0   0   84   85   27   24    9   26   38
Bob Gibson (STL)       9   5  2.63  17  17  11   0   3  134  104   42   39    9   37   93
Scipio Spinks (STL)    5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Burt Hooton (CHI)      7   8  2.71  19  19   7   0   2  136  109   47   41    7   48   83

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.13  11   3   1   0   0   32   35   14   11    1   13    8
Phil Niekro            8   7  3.25  21  19   9   0   0  147  131   60   53   14   16   83
Ron Reed               7  10  3.30  19  19   7   0   1  136  137   61   50    9   34   72
Ron Schueler           3   4  3.39  20  11   1   0   0   88   74   37   33   10   38   60
Pat Jarvis             7   4  3.98  19   5   0   0   0   54   57   27   24    4   20   34
Tom Kelley             5   6  4.04  13  13   2   0   1   85   89   43   38   10   35   42
Cecil Upshaw           1   3  4.41  22   0   0   7   0   33   29   16   16    4    9   12
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.60  12   1   0   1   0   27   34   19   17    4   10   19
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
George Stone           3   6  5.93  19   5   0   1   0   41   61   28   27    6   15   21
Denny McLain           0   1  6.94   3   2   1   0   0   12   15    9    9    4    2    4
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
Joe Hoerner            0   1 10.13   7   0   0   0   0    5    8    7    6    0    4    5

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              2   0  0.86  17   0   0   4   0   21   13    4    2    1    5   11
Steve Hamilton         0   0  1.13  12   0   0   0   0    8   10    1    1    0    5    6
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Burt Hooton            7   8  2.71  19  19   7   0   2  136  109   47   41    7   48   83
Rick Reuschel          3   2  2.83   6   4   1   0   0   35   27   13   11    2    9   25
Fergie Jenkins        11   8  2.97  21  21  15   0   1  176  150   62   58   18   35  112
Tom Phoebus            2   2  3.04  22   1   0   5   0   53   50   21   18    5   23   38
Milt Pappas            6   5  3.15  15  14   4   0   1   91  100   41   32    7   17   42
Bill Hands             7   6  3.45  19  17   5   0   2  112  112   49   43    5   25   48
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.20  27   0   0   4   0   41   42   21   19    2   13   27
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  1.42  34   0   0  19   0   44   35    8    7    2   10   28
Gary Nolan            13   2  1.82  18  18   6   0   2  138  117   35   28    9   25   71
Ross Grimsley          6   3  2.56  13  12   2   0   0   84   85   27   24    9   26   38
Tom Hall               4   1  2.77  30   2   1   5   1   62   32   20   19    3   23   74
Ed Sprague             2   0  3.44  20   1   0   0   0   34   23   15   13    5   16   11
Jack Billingham        5   9  3.59  18  15   3   1   2  105  102   43   42    6   28   57
Wayne Simpson          5   3  3.60  12  11   0   0   0   70   58   30   28    6   28   38
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.81  30   1   0   6   0   54   58   25   23    3   17   23
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jim McGlothlin         3   5  4.94  18  11   1   0   1   71   86   42   39    9   21   40
Don Gullett            3   5  6.18  15   7   0   0   0   51   63   35   35    9   19   26
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
Fred Gladding          2   3  2.66  20   0   0   8   0   24   15    8    7    0    5   12
Tom Griffin            3   2  2.77  17   2   1   2   1   49   41   16   15    3   12   42
George Culver          3   1  2.85  25   0   0   2   0   54   34   17   17    3   28   47
Larry Dierker          8   4  3.01  16  16   7   0   5  120  111   41   40    7   21   57
Don Wilson             5   6  3.47  15  15   4   0   1   91   85   41   35    8   27   67
Ken Forsch             5   3  3.71  17  16   1   0   0  107  108   47   44   13   36   75
Jerry Reuss            5   8  3.98  16  16   3   0   1  104   90   54   46    8   46  100
Jim Ray                9   3  4.06  29   0   0   6   0   58   50   29   26    7   21   30
Dave Roberts           8   4  4.21  17  17   5   0   2  115  132   58   54    7   33   65
Jim York               0   0  6.35   8   0   0   0   0   11   14    8    8    1    7    7
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.64  10   0   0   0   0    8    4    9    8    1    8    9
Joe Gibbon             0   0  9.82   9   0   0   0   0    7   13    9    8    2    5    4

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             5   3  1.16  29   0   0   9   0   47   23    9    6    2   18   34
Pete Richert           1   1  2.08  20   0   0   3   0   26   22    9    6    2    7   18
Don Sutton            10   5  2.09  17  17   7   0   4  138   89   39   32    7   31   96
Claude Osteen          9   6  2.32  16  16   5   0   2  120  106   33   31   11   37   45
Tommy John             8   4  3.03  16  16   2   0   0   98  101   39   33    6   24   56
Al Downing             5   5  3.06  17  17   4   0   2  112  103   50   38    9   40   71
Bill Singer            3   7  3.40  13  13   2   0   2   93   82   39   35    6   21   60
Pete Mikkelsen         1   4  3.90  20   0   0   4   0   32   36   16   14    1    9   24
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   1  4.62  16   0   0   1   0   25   20   16   13    0   15    9
Mike Strahler          0   2  4.63  10   1   0   0   0   23   21   15   12    4   14   13
Jose Pena              0   0  7.11   4   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    5    1    6    3

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          6   2  1.90  33   0   0   9   0   52   44   13   11    1   24   41
Tom Walker             2   1  2.40  27   0   0   0   0   41   36   13   11    3   11   27
Mike Torrez            9   5  2.86  17  16   9   0   0  123   99   41   39    6   52   64
Bill Stoneman          8   6  2.95  19  19   8   0   2  137  116   48   45    8   57   96
John Strohmayer        1   1  3.81  30   0   0   3   0   50   48   23   21    2   20   31
Carl Morton            4   8  4.50  15  15   1   0   0   92   92   49   46   11   31   26
Ernie McAnally         1  11  4.87  16  15   2   0   0   85   85   50   46    7   36   41
Steve Renko            1   6  5.96  16   9   0   0   0   51   58   37   34    5   50   26
Balor Moore            0   3  6.45   4   4   0   0   0   22   27   16   16    2    8   24
Joe Gilbert            0   1  7.23  14   0   0   0   0   24   22   19   19    3   15   22
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   3  1.78  20   0   0   7   0   35   25    8    7    4    6   21
Tug McGraw             3   4  1.98  25   0   0  13   0   55   42   16   12    1   17   49
Jon Matlack            9   5  2.49  17  15   4   0   2  116  103   40   32    6   33   74
Tom Seaver            11   5  2.90  17  17   6   0   2  127  114   47   41    9   37  112
Jim McAndrew           6   3  2.99  15  10   2   1   0   75   66   26   25    8   22   44
Jerry Koosman          6   4  3.31  19  11   1   1   1   82   66   33   30    6   23   79
Gary Gentry            3   6  3.95  17  17   2   0   0  109  101   53   48   14   45   78
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.13  12   2   0   0   0   24   26   13   11    2    8   14
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.58  14   6   0   0   0   53   50   27   27    7   27   45
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         12   6  2.52  21  21  13   0   3  171  131   51   48   10   47  182
Darrell Brandon        4   2  3.30  22   1   0   1   0   46   58   21   17    4   17   34
Barry Lersch           1   3  3.65  24   3   1   0   0   57   54   25   23    6   20   24
Ken Reynolds           0   4  3.74  16   7   0   0   0   55   51   23   23    5   16   36
Jim Nash               0   4  3.78   4   4   0   0   0   17   21   13    7    2    5    7
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
Woodie Fryman          3   9  4.25  20  15   3   1   2  106  114   55   50   13   34   59
Bill Champion          4   9  4.60  17  17   2   0   0   94  104   51   48    7   33   38
Gary Neibauer          0   2  4.76   4   2   0   0   0   11   10    7    6    0    7    4
Dick Selma             1   8  5.05  24  10   1   0   0   73   66   47   41   10   52   40
Mac Scarce             0   1  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    5    8    3    3    1    2    4
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  5.40  30   0   0   1   0   42   44   27   25    3   25   35

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        4   0  1.31  27   0   0   5   0   41   26    7    6    2    9   29
Dave Giusti            3   4  2.14  30   0   0  11   0   42   32   10   10    1   15   27
Bob Miller             4   1  2.30  22   0   0   3   0   31   31    9    8    1   16   16
Bruce Kison            3   2  2.70  17   6   2   3   0   70   50   22   21    5   31   57
Steve Blass           10   3  2.71  17  17   5   0   1  133  120   41   40   15   34   64
Dock Ellis             7   4  3.00  13  13   1   0   0   84   80   30   28    3   12   47
Nelson Briles          7   3  3.32  12  11   3   0   1   76   79   35   28   10   15   50
Bob Moose              5   5  3.50  15  14   2   1   1  108  102   48   42    7   18   76
Luke Walker            3   5  3.53  17   9   2   0   0   59   62   28   23    4   27   30
Bob Johnson            2   3  3.71  16   8   0   1   0   68   59   30   28    9   27   48
Gene Garber            0   0  6.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    2    2    0
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6

 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              3   1  2.06  32   0   0   1   0   48   43   14   11    1   25   21
Steve Arlin            7   9  3.00  20  19   7   0   3  141   97   53   47   10   72   97
Mike Corkins           1   5  3.00  26   4   1   3   0   63   53   23   21    8   24   54
Fred Norman            5   6  3.30  22  15   5   1   3  104   98   42   38   10   43   73
Clay Kirby             6   8  3.30  20  20   5   0   1  144  120   57   53   12   68  110
Mike Caldwell          3   4  3.49  25   5   0   2   0   67   70   38   26    5   26   48
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.07  22   0   0   0   0   24   24   11   11    1   15   20
Ed Acosta              1   5  4.99  25   1   0   0   0   49   62   31   27    4   16   31
Bill Greif             4  11  5.24  21  15   2   2   1   88  101   54   51   12   31   66
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
Randy Moffitt          1   0  2.43  16   0   0   2   0   30   21    8    8    1   10   11
Don McMahon            3   2  2.44  28   0   0   4   0   44   26   12   12    4   12   28
Steve Stone            4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
Ron Bryant             7   4  2.76  22  15   6   0   2  127   96   45   39    9   47   66
Jim Barr               2   2  2.78  28   4   2   1   0   74   70   28   23    8   21   42
Juan Marichal          3  10  3.54  15  15   5   0   0  107  105   53   42    7   31   46
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Frank Reberger         0   0  4.50   6   0   0   0   0   18   16    9    9    3    5   13
Sam McDowell           8   7  4.57  20  20   4   0   0  128  117   71   65    9   65   94
Jerry Johnson          6   5  5.24  28   0   0   5   0   45   45   27   26    3   26   32
Don Carrithers         2   6  5.86  17   9   1   1   0   55   61   40   36    7   27   25
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  1.76  10   0   0   3   0   15   13    7    3    1    6   12
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.00  21   0   0   2   0   18   19    5    4    3    9    9
Bob Gibson             9   5  2.63  17  17  11   0   3  134  104   42   39    9   37   93
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Reggie Cleveland      11   4  2.99  18  18   9   0   3  138  121   52   46   10   36   93
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Rick Wise              9   8  3.74  18  18  10   0   0  137  140   61   57   12   29   68
Joe Grzenda            1   0  3.98  17   0   0   0   0   20   21    9    9    0    9    7
Tony Cloninger         0   1  4.24  14   0   0   0   0   23   21   13   11    1   16   10
Al Santorini           4   6  4.40  16   7   0   0   0   59   63   31   29    4   18   27
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
Lowell Palmer          0   1  6.48   6   0   0   0   0    8    8    7    6    1    7    9
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
John Cumberland        0   1  9.64   3   1   0   0   0    5    6    6    5    1    3    2
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:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       11
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  T. Seaver (NY)           11
  S. Blass (PIT)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  B. Gibson (STL)           9
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  C. Osteen (LA)            9

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10
  S. Arlin (SD)             9
  J. Billingham (CIN)       9
  B. Champion (PHI)         9
  W. Fryman (PHI)           9
  B. Hooton (CHI)           8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  M. Torrez (MON)           9
  B. Stoneman (MON)         8
  S. Arlin (SD)             7
  L. Dierker (HOU)          7

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         19
  T. McGraw (NY)           13
  D. Giusti (PIT)          11
  J. Brewer (LA)            9
  M. Marshall (MON)         9
  F. Gladding (HOU)         8
  D. Frisella (NY)          7
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  J. Ray (HOU)              6

Shutouts:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       2
  R. Bryant (SF)            2
  A. Downing (LA)           2

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      175.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      171.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       146.2
  C. Kirby (SD)         144.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         141.0
  R. Cleveland (STL)    138.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        138.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        138.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     137.1
  R. Wise (STL)         137.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        150
  R. Wise (STL)           140
  R. Reed (ATL)           137
  D. Roberts (HOU)        132
  S. Carlton (PHI)        131
  P. Niekro (ATL)         131
  R. Cleveland (STL)      121
  S. Blass (PIT)          120
  C. Kirby (SD)           120
  S. McDowell (SF)        117

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         62
  R. Reed (ATL)            61
  R. Wise (STL)            61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          60
  D. Roberts (HOU)         58
  C. Kirby (SD)            57
  W. Fryman (PHI)          55
  B. Greif (SD)            54
  J. Reuss (HOU)           54

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         18
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  G. Gentry (NY)           14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  K. Forsch (HOU)          13
  W. Fryman (PHI)          13
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  C. Kirby (SD)            12
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  C. Morton (MON)          11

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            72
  C. Kirby (SD)            68
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  B. Stoneman (MON)        57
  D. Selma (PHI)           52
  M. Torrez (MON)          52
  S. Renko (MON)           50
  B. Hooton (CHI)          48
  R. Bryant (SF)           47

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        182
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        112
  T. Seaver (NY)          112
  C. Kirby (SD)           110
  J. Reuss (HOU)          100
  S. Arlin (SD)            97
  B. Stoneman (MON)        96
  D. Sutton (LA)           96
  S. McDowell (SF)         94
  R. Cleveland (STL)       93

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