Saturday July 15, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 15, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     42  40  2.84   82  20  17   739   639  283  233   49  231  442
Pittsburgh      50  30  2.97   80  16  25   742   664  272  245   60  218  457
New York        47  33  3.18   80  16  25   727   648  287  257   61  242  541
Chicago         43  40  3.19   84  33  13   748   697  300  265   60  221  424
Cincinnati      50  31  3.27   81  13  33   741   694  291  269   63  223  417
St. Louis       42  38  3.49   80  36   5   723   672  315  280   50  267  447
San Diego       30  52  3.61   82  21   9   762   696  346  306   72  340  549
Houston         48  36  3.74   84  21  18   763   718  347  317   62  253  524
San Francisco   37  50  3.84   87  22  14   783   714  383  334   69  300  451
Philadelphia    29  53  3.86   82  20   8   739   721  353  317   70  280  515
Montreal        36  44  3.88   80  21  12   715   671  329  308   50  316  419
Atlanta         38  45  4.10   84  22  10   741   775  377  338   80  237  392

 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
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
Steve Carlton (PHI)   12   6  2.65  22  22  13   0   3  176  136   55   52   12   48  187
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            9   7  3.18  22  20  10   0   0  156  140   62   55   15   16   85
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  3.28  24   1   0   5   0   58   53   24   21    6   26   41
Milt Pappas            6   5  3.43  16  15   4   0   1   97  109   46   37    9   19   44
Bill Hands             7   7  3.61  20  18   5   0   2  117  120   53   47    7   27   50
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.01  28   0   0   4   0   43   43   21   19    2   14   29
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
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  2.60  31   2   1   6   1   66   35   20   19    3   24   77
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         4   5  4.86  19  12   1   0   1   76   93   44   41    9   24   42
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   4  3.91  18  17   1   0   0  113  117   52   49   15   38   78
Jerry Reuss            5   8  3.98  16  16   3   0   1  104   90   54   46    8   46  100
Jim Ray                9   3  3.99  30   0   0   6   0   59   50   29   26    7   22   30
Dave Roberts           8   4  4.21  17  17   5   0   2  115  132   58   54    7   33   65
Jim York               0   0  5.40  10   0   0   0   0   13   16    8    8    1    7    8
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  1.13  30   0   0   9   0   48   24    9    6    2   18   35
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
Al Downing             5   5  2.98  18  18   4   0   2  118  111   52   39    9   42   74
Tommy John             8   4  3.03  16  16   2   0   0   98  101   39   33    6   24   56
Bill Singer            3   8  3.43  14  13   2   0   2   94   83   40   36    6   25   62
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          7   2  1.80  34   0   0   9   0   55   45   13   11    1   26   41
Tom Walker             2   1  2.40  27   0   0   0   0   41   36   13   11    3   11   27
Mike Torrez            9   5  2.87  18  17   9   0   0  129  109   43   41    6   54   66
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  2.06  26   0   0  14   0   57   43   17   13    2   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            4   6  3.71  18  18   2   0   0  116  104   53   48   14   49   83
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  2.65  22  22  13   0   3  176  136   55   52   12   48  187
Darrell Brandon        5   2  3.23  23   1   0   1   0   47   59   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  4.86  25  10   1   1   0   76   66   47   41   10   55   44
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  2.05  31   0   0  12   0   44   35   10   10    1   15   29
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             8   4  2.87  14  14   1   0   0   91   83   31   29    3   15   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  3.24  23  15   5   1   3  106   98   42   38   10   44   75
Clay Kirby             6   9  3.27  21  21   5   0   1  151  127   59   55   12   71  115
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
Steve Stone            4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
Randy Moffitt          1   0  2.73  18   0   0   3   0   33   27   10   10    1   12   13
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
Don McMahon            3   3  3.05  29   0   0   4   0   44   27   15   15    4   14   28
Juan Marichal          4  10  3.36  16  16   5   0   0  113  111   54   42    7   31   49
Frank Reberger         0   0  4.13   7   1   0   0   0   24   19   11   11    3    8   16
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Sam McDowell           8   7  4.57  20  20   4   0   0  128  117   71   65    9   65   94
Don Carrithers         2   6  5.62  18   9   1   1   0   58   61   40   36    7   29   27
Jerry Johnson          6   5  6.00  29   0   0   5   0   45   47   31   30    3   28   32
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  2.33  23   0   0   2   0   19   21    7    5    3    9   11
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   9  3.97  19  19  10   0   0  138  145   65   61   12   32   68
Tony Cloninger         0   1  4.50  15   0   0   0   0   26   27   15   13    1   19   11
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.76   8   0   0   0   0   11   10    7    6    1    7   12
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.81  19   0   0   0   0   24   29   15   13    0   12    9
Al Santorini           4   7  4.84  17   8   0   0   0   61   67   35   33    4   20   28
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
  P. Niekro (ATL)           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
  C. Kirby (SD)             9
  R. Wise (STL)             9

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)        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)           14
  D. Giusti (PIT)          12
  J. Brewer (LA)            9
  M. Marshall (MON)         9
  F. Gladding (HOU)         8
  D. Frisella (NY)          7
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  T. Hall (CIN)             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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      176.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      175.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       155.2
  C. Kirby (SD)         151.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         150.0
  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
  P. Niekro (ATL)         140
  R. Reed (ATL)           137
  S. Carlton (PHI)        136
  D. Roberts (HOU)        132
  C. Kirby (SD)           127
  R. Cleveland (STL)      121
  S. Blass (PIT)          120
  B. Hands (CHI)          120

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  R. Wise (STL)            65
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          62
  R. Reed (ATL)            61
  C. Kirby (SD)            59
  D. Roberts (HOU)         58
  S. Arlin (SD)            56
  S. Carlton (PHI)         55
  W. Fryman (PHI)          55

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            77
  C. Kirby (SD)            71
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  B. Stoneman (MON)        57
  D. Selma (PHI)           55
  M. Torrez (MON)          54
  S. Renko (MON)           50
  G. Gentry (NY)           49
  S. Carlton (PHI)         48

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        187
  T. Seaver (NY)          121
  C. Kirby (SD)           115
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        112
  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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