Friday July 14, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 14, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     42  39  2.85   81  20  17   730   629  280  231   49  225  436
Pittsburgh      49  30  3.00   79  16  24   733   658  271  244   60  215  455
Chicago         43  39  3.18   83  33  13   739   688  296  261   58  216  419
New York        46  33  3.21   79  16  24   718   644  286  256   60  238  536
Cincinnati      49  31  3.28   80  13  32   732   684  289  267   63  219  412
St. Louis       42  37  3.41   79  36   5   714   656  303  270   50  260  441
San Diego       30  51  3.63   81  21   9   753   689  344  304   72  336  542
Houston         48  35  3.72   83  21  18   755   708  342  312   60  250  520
San Francisco   37  49  3.75   86  22  14   774   706  372  323   69  290  446
Philadelphia    28  53  3.86   81  20   7   730   715  349  313   68  276  506
Montreal        35  44  3.90   79  21  12   706   660  327  306   50  312  417
Atlanta         37  45  4.13   83  21  10   732   766  375  336   79  237  390

 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   7  2.46  17  17   5   0   2  124  113   37   34   11   39   47
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)    7   3  2.55  14  13   2   0   0   92   92   29   26    9   28   39
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
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  21  11   1   0   0   88   75   37   33   10   38   60
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.68  12   4   1   0   0   37   41   18   15    4   16   14
Pat Jarvis             7   4  3.98  19   5   0   0   0   54   57   27   24    4   20   34
Tom Kelley             5   6  4.19  14  13   2   0   1   86   90   45   40   11   36   42
Cecil Upshaw           1   4  4.86  23   0   0   7   0   33   32   18   18    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  9.00   8   0   0   0   0    7   13    8    7    0    4    5

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              3   0  0.82  18   0   0   4   0   22   13    4    2    1    5   12
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  3.40  23   1   0   5   0   56   53   24   21    6   24   40
Milt Pappas            6   5  3.43  16  15   4   0   1   97  109   46   37    9   19   44
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  1.57  35   0   0  20   0   46   37    9    8    2   11   28
Gary Nolan            13   2  1.82  18  18   6   0   2  138  117   35   28    9   25   71
Ross Grimsley          7   3  2.55  14  13   2   0   0   92   92   29   26    9   28   39
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  2.86  26   0   0   2   0   57   36   18   18    3   28   52
Larry Dierker          8   5  3.13  17  17   7   0   5  124  119   45   43    7   22   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  5.84   9   0   0   0   0   12   15    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  1.95  21   0   0   3   0   28   24    9    6    2    7   19
Don Sutton            10   5  2.09  17  17   7   0   4  138   89   39   32    7   31   96
Claude Osteen          9   7  2.46  17  17   5   0   2  124  113   37   34   11   39   47
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  3.93  21   0   0   4   0   34   39   17   15    1   10   27
Mike Strahler          0   2  4.56  11   1   0   0   0   24   22   17   12    4   14   13
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   1  4.62  16   0   0   1   0   25   20   16   13    0   15    9
Jose Pena              0   0  8.59   5   0   0   0   0    7   13    8    7    1    6    4

 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
Balor Moore            1   3  4.88   5   5   1   0   0   31   32   17   17    2   10   30
Steve Renko            1   6  5.96  16   9   0   0   0   51   58   37   34    5   50   26
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            12   5  2.84  18  18   7   0   2  136  119   49   43   10   42  121
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  3.70  25   3   1   0   0   58   56   26   24    6   20   27
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
Ken Reynolds           0   5  4.21  17   8   0   0   0   58   56   28   27    6   17   38
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
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  5.15  31   0   0   1   0   44   44   27   25    3   25   37
Mac Scarce             0   1  6.43   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    5    5    2    6    8

 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          8   3  3.18  13  12   4   0   1   85   83   37   30   11   17   55
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  10  3.00  21  20   8   0   3  150   99   56   50   11   77  105
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  2.20  17   0   0   3   0   33   25    8    8    1   11   13
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          4  10  3.36  16  16   5   0   0  113  111   54   42    7   31   49
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  2.37  22   0   0   2   0   19   21    7    5    3    9   10
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
Joe Grzenda            1   0  3.80  18   0   0   0   0   21   23    9    9    0   10    7
Rick Wise              9   9  3.97  19  19  10   0   0  138  145   65   61   12   32   68
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
Lowell Palmer          0   1  5.23   7   0   0   0   0   10   10    7    6    1    7   11
John Cumberland        0   1  5.40   4   1   0   0   0    8    7    6    5    1    3    3
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
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
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
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       11
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         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
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10
  J. Billingham (CIN)       9
  B. Champion (PHI)         9
  W. Fryman (PHI)           9
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  B. Hooton (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
  S. Arlin (SD)             8
  B. Stoneman (MON)         8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          7

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         20
  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
  S. Arlin (SD)         150.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       146.2
  C. Kirby (SD)         144.1
  R. Cleveland (STL)    138.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        138.1
  R. Wise (STL)         138.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        138.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     137.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        150
  R. Wise (STL)           145
  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
  L. Dierker (HOU)        119

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  R. Wise (STL)            65
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         62
  R. Reed (ATL)            61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          60
  D. Roberts (HOU)         58
  C. Kirby (SD)            57
  S. Arlin (SD)            56
  W. Fryman (PHI)          55
  B. Greif (SD)            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
  S. Arlin (SD)            11

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            77
  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
  T. Seaver (NY)          121
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        112
  C. Kirby (SD)           110
  S. Arlin (SD)           105
  J. Reuss (HOU)          100
  B. Stoneman (MON)        96
  D. Sutton (LA)           96
  S. McDowell (SF)         94
  R. Cleveland (STL)       93

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