Tuesday July 18, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 18, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     44  40  2.78   84  21  17   758   653  286  234   49  231  453
Pittsburgh      53  31  2.97   84  16  27   779   703  285  257   62  230  479
New York        47  35  3.17   82  16  25   745   670  296  262   62  249  552
Chicago         45  41  3.18   87  34  13   776   720  311  274   62  234  441
Cincinnati      52  32  3.21   84  14  34   768   723  296  274   65  233  430
St. Louis       43  40  3.52   83  37   5   749   701  332  293   53  273  479
San Diego       32  52  3.56   84  22   9   780   704  350  309   73  347  558
Houston         49  39  3.70   88  22  18   798   750  359  328   63  270  548
San Francisco   39  50  3.81   89  24  14   801   731  390  339   71  303  457
Montreal        36  46  3.88   82  21  12   731   687  336  315   51  322  428
Philadelphia    29  55  3.93   84  20   8   755   738  368  330   73  291  527
Atlanta         39  47  4.12   87  23  10   766   802  390  351   82  242  405

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan (CIN)      13   2  1.81  19  19   6   0   2  144  124   36   29    9   27   76
Don Sutton (LA)       11   5  2.02  18  18   8   0   4  147   96   41   33    7   31  102
Jon Matlack (NY)       9   5  2.31  18  16   4   0   2  125  113   41   32    6   35   78
Claude Osteen (LA)     9   7  2.46  17  17   5   0   2  124  113   37   34   11   39   47
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
Ron Bryant (SF)        8   4  2.58  23  16   7   0   3  136  100   45   39    9   49   70
Bob Gibson (STL)      10   5  2.59  18  18  12   0   3  143  113   44   41    9   38  106
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

 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               8  10  3.22  20  20   8   0   1  145  147   63   52    9   34   74
Ron Schueler           3   4  3.58  22  12   1   0   0   93   79   41   37   11   39   64
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  4.76  24   0   0   7   0   34   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   2  9.00   9   0   0   0   0    9   18   10    9    0    4    6

 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  0.87  14   0   0   0   0   10   11    1    1    0    6    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
Fergie Jenkins        12   8  2.86  22  22  16   0   1  186  154   63   59   19   37  119
Tom Phoebus            2   2  3.05  25   1   0   5   0   62   53   24   21    6   29   46
Rick Reuschel          3   3  3.40   7   5   1   0   0   40   35   17   15    3   10   27
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
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.20  29   0   0   4   0   45   48   24   21    2   17   32
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   2  1.69  37   0   0  21   0   48   41   10    9    3   12   28
Gary Nolan            13   2  1.81  19  19   6   0   2  144  124   36   29    9   27   76
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          6   3  3.52  13  12   0   0   0   77   64   32   30    7   33   41
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.61  31   1   0   6   0   57   61   25   23    3   18   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  6.14  16   7   0   0   0   51   64   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  2.81  27   0   0   2   0   58   36   18   18    3   28   54
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
Jerry Reuss            6   8  3.90  17  17   4   0   1  113   94   57   49    8   50  107
Ken Forsch             5   4  3.91  18  17   1   0   0  113  117   52   49   15   38   78
Jim Ray                9   3  4.01  31   0   0   6   0   61   52   30   27    7   24   31
Dave Roberts           8   5  4.16  18  18   5   0   2  123  143   61   57    8   38   68
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             6   3  1.10  31   0   0   9   0   49   26    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
Tommy John             8   4  2.78  17  17   2   0   0  107  106   40   33    6   24   61
Al Downing             5   5  2.98  18  18   4   0   2  118  111   52   39    9   42   74
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  2.18  29   0   0   0   0   45   39   13   11    3   12   28
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  3.66  31   0   0   3   0   52   49   23   21    2   21   33
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   4  5.09   6   6   1   0   0   35   37   20   20    3   12   36
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   4  1.91  22   0   0   7   0   38   27    9    8    5    6   22
Tug McGraw             3   4  2.06  26   0   0  14   0   57   43   17   13    2   17   49
Jon Matlack            9   5  2.31  18  16   4   0   2  125  113   41   32    6   35   78
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  10  4.64  18  18   2   0   0   99  109   54   51    8   37   41
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  5.13  33   0   0   1   0   47   48   29   27    3   28   41
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        5   0  1.22  30   0   0   5   0   44   26    7    6    2   10   30
Dave Giusti            4   4  1.93  34   0   0  14   0   47   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   4  2.74  18  18   5   0   1  138  127   44   42   15   38   67
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
Bob Johnson            2   3  3.69  17   8   0   1   0   71   62   31   29   10   28   49
Luke Walker            3   5  3.90  18  10   2   0   0   62   70   32   27    4   28   31
Gene Garber            0   0  4.26   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    3    2    3
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            8  10  2.89  22  21   9   0   3  159  101   57   51   11   80  109
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
Ron Bryant             8   4  2.58  23  16   7   0   3  136  100   45   39    9   49   70
Randy Moffitt          1   0  2.73  18   0   0   3   0   33   27   10   10    1   12   13
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
Bob Gibson            10   5  2.59  18  18  12   0   3  143  113   44   41    9   38  106
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  3.00  24   0   0   2   0   21   24   12    7    4    9   15
Reggie Cleveland      11   5  3.12  19  19   9   0   3  144  128   57   50   11   37   98
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
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.74  20   0   0   0   0   25   30   15   13    0   12   10
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.76   8   0   0   0   0   11   10    7    6    1    7   12
Al Santorini           4   7  4.84  17   8   0   0   0   61   67   35   33    4   20   28
Tony Cloninger         0   1  4.85  16   0   0   0   0   26   28   16   14    1   19   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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  S. Blass (PIT)           10
  B. Gibson (STL)          10
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  B. Champion (PHI)        10
  W. Fryman (PHI)          10
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10
  J. Billingham (CIN)       9
  C. Kirby (SD)             9
  R. Wise (STL)             9

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         16
  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  S. Arlin (SD)             9
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  M. Torrez (MON)           9
  R. Reed (ATL)             8
  B. Stoneman (MON)         8

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         21
  D. Giusti (PIT)          14
  T. McGraw (NY)           14
  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
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       2
  A. Downing (LA)           2

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      185.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      176.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         159.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       155.2
  C. Kirby (SD)         151.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        147.0
  R. Reed (ATL)         145.1
  R. Cleveland (STL)    144.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        144.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)     143.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        154
  R. Reed (ATL)           147
  R. Wise (STL)           145
  D. Roberts (HOU)        143
  P. Niekro (ATL)         140
  S. Carlton (PHI)        136
  R. Cleveland (STL)      128
  S. Blass (PIT)          127
  C. Kirby (SD)           127
  G. Nolan (CIN)          124

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  R. Wise (STL)            65
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  R. Reed (ATL)            63
  P. Niekro (ATL)          62
  W. Fryman (PHI)          61
  D. Roberts (HOU)         61
  C. Kirby (SD)            59
  S. Arlin (SD)            57
  R. Cleveland (STL)       57

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  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)            80
  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
  J. Reuss (HOU)           50

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        187
  T. Seaver (NY)          121
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        119
  C. Kirby (SD)           115
  S. Arlin (SD)           109
  J. Reuss (HOU)          107
  B. Gibson (STL)         106
  D. Sutton (LA)          102
  R. Cleveland (STL)       98
  B. Stoneman (MON)        96

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