Sunday July 16, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 16, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     43  40  2.82   83  21  17   748   646  285  234   49  231  448
Pittsburgh      52  30  2.94   82  16  26   761   682  276  249   60  223  470
Chicago         44  40  3.17   85  33  13   757   702  303  267   60  227  429
New York        47  34  3.20   81  16  25   735   659  294  261   61  247  548
Cincinnati      51  31  3.24   82  14  33   750   702  292  270   63  224  422
St. Louis       42  39  3.49   81  36   5   732   680  319  284   51  271  456
San Diego       31  52  3.59   83  21   9   771   702  349  308   73  344  554
Houston         48  38  3.72   86  21  18   780   735  353  322   62  261  536
San Francisco   38  50  3.85   88  23  14   792   727  390  339   71  301  453
Montreal        36  45  3.88   81  21  12   723   679  333  312   50  319  419
Philadelphia    29  54  3.92   83  20   8   747   729  363  325   72  284  522
Atlanta         38  46  4.12   85  22  10   749   783  382  343   81  241  398

 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)       11   5  2.02  18  18   8   0   4  147   96   41   33    7   31  102
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
Steve Blass (PIT)     10   3  2.71  17  17   5   0   1  133  120   41   40   15   34   64

 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  4.14  20   5   0   0   0   54   59   28   25    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   7  5.77  20   6   0   1   0   48   67   32   31    7   19   27
Denny McLain           0   1  6.57   4   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              4   0  0.75  19   0   0   4   0   24   14    5    2    1    5   12
Steve Hamilton         0   0  1.08  13   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  2.79  20  20   7   0   2  139  113   49   43    7   51   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  3.05  25   1   0   5   0   62   53   24   21    6   29   46
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
Jack Billingham        6   9  3.38  19  16   4   1   2  114  110   44   43    6   29   62
Ed Sprague             2   0  3.44  20   1   0   0   0   34   23   15   13    5   16   11
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
Tom Griffin            3   2  2.63  18   3   1   2   1   55   47   17   16    3   16   45
George Culver          3   1  2.86  26   0   0   2   0   57   36   18   18    3   28   52
Fred Gladding          2   4  2.92  21   0   0   8   0   25   16    9    8    0    7   12
Larry Dierker          8   5  3.13  17  17   7   0   5  124  119   45   43    7   22   57
Don Wilson             5   7  3.41  16  16   4   0   1   98   92   44   37    8   27   74
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  4.01  31   0   0   6   0   61   52   30   27    7   24   31
Dave Roberts           8   4  4.21  17  17   5   0   2  115  132   58   54    7   33   65
Jim York               0   0  5.02  11   0   0   0   0   14   17    8    8    1    7    9
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            11   5  2.02  18  18   8   0   4  147   96   41   33    7   31  102
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  2.28  28   0   0   0   0   43   37   13   11    3   12   27
Mike Torrez            9   5  2.87  18  17   9   0   0  129  109   43   41    6   54   66
Bill Stoneman          8   7  3.08  20  20   8   0   2  143  123   52   49    8   59   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  1.70  21   0   0   7   0   37   26    8    7    4    6   22
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   5  3.48  20  12   1   1   1   88   76   40   34    6   28   85
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  3.64  26   3   1   0   0   59   56   26   24    6   20   28
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  10  4.57  21  16   3   1   2  108  117   61   55   14   36   61
Jim Nash               0   4  4.58   5   4   0   0   0   20   26   17   10    3    6    8
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  5.08  32   0   0   1   0   44   44   27   25    3   25   39
Mac Scarce             0   1  5.63   4   0   0   0   0    8   10    5    5    2    7    9

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        4   0  1.30  28   0   0   5   0   42   26    7    6    2    9   29
Dave Giusti            4   4  1.94  33   0   0  13   0   46   37   10   10    1   15   31
Bob Miller             4   1  2.30  22   0   0   3   0   31   31    9    8    1   16   16
Bruce Kison            4   2  2.63  18   7   2   3   0   79   54   24   23    5   35   63
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  3.42  16  15   2   1   1  116  114   50   44    7   19   81
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  2.05  33   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  3.01  27   5   1   3   0   69   58   26   23    9   27   57
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             5  11  5.06  22  15   2   2   1   91  102   54   51   12   32   68
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               3   2  3.02  29   5   3   1   0   83   83   35   28   10   22   44
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  2.08  11   0   0   3   0   17   14    8    4    1    8   15
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
Don Durham             0   1  3.86   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    2    6
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
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  S. Blass (PIT)           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
  W. Fryman (PHI)          10
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10
  J. Billingham (CIN)       9
  B. Champion (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
  D. Sutton (LA)            8

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         20
  T. McGraw (NY)           14
  D. Giusti (PIT)          13
  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
  D. Sutton (LA)        147.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     143.1
  B. Hooton (CHI)       138.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)    138.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        138.1

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
  B. Stoneman (MON)       123
  R. Cleveland (STL)      121
  S. Blass (PIT)          120

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         18
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  W. Fryman (PHI)          14
  G. Gentry (NY)           14
  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)        59
  D. Selma (PHI)           55
  M. Torrez (MON)          54
  B. Hooton (CHI)          51
  S. Renko (MON)           50
  G. Gentry (NY)           49

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        187
  T. Seaver (NY)          121
  C. Kirby (SD)           115
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        112
  S. Arlin (SD)           105
  D. Sutton (LA)          102
  J. Reuss (HOU)          100
  B. Stoneman (MON)        96
  S. McDowell (SF)         94
  R. Cleveland (STL)       93


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