Thursday July 20, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 20, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     45  41  2.73   86  22  17   776   664  288  235   49  235  465
Pittsburgh      54  31  2.97   85  16  28   788   712  288  260   63  230  483
New York        48  36  3.17   84  17  25   762   686  302  268   62  258  562
Cincinnati      53  32  3.19   85  15  34   777   728  297  275   66  235  434
Chicago         45  42  3.21   88  34  13   785   731  317  280   62  237  445
St. Louis       44  41  3.51   85  38   5   766   721  338  299   54  279  490
San Diego       32  53  3.55   85  23   9   791   717  353  312   73  350  565
Houston         49  40  3.71   89  22  18   807   758  365  333   64  273  557
San Francisco   39  51  3.80   90  24  14   810   739  393  342   73  304  461
Montreal        37  46  3.86   83  21  13   740   692  338  317   51  324  431
Philadelphia    30  55  3.90   85  21   8   766   745  370  332   73  295  535
Atlanta         40  48  4.14   89  23  10   783   825  401  360   84  246  415

 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
Claude Osteen (LA)    10   7  2.30  18  18   6   0   3  133  120   37   34   11   42   51
Jon Matlack (NY)       9   5  2.31  18  16   4   0   2  125  113   41   32    6   35   78
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    8   3  2.41  15  14   3   0   0  101   97   30   27   10   30   43
Steve Stone (SF)       4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
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)   13   6  2.59  23  23  14   0   3  187  143   57   54   12   52  195
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
Ron Reed               8  10  3.22  20  20   8   0   1  145  147   63   52    9   34   74
Phil Niekro            9   8  3.45  23  21  10   0   0  162  151   70   62   16   17   88
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.54  13   5   1   0   0   41   46   20   16    4   18   15
Ron Schueler           3   4  3.58  22  12   1   0   0   93   79   41   37   11   39   64
Pat Jarvis             8   4  3.94  21   5   0   0   0   59   64   29   26    5   20   37
Tom Kelley             5   6  4.19  14  13   2   0   1   86   90   45   40   11   36   42
Cecil Upshaw           1   4  4.63  25   0   0   7   0   35   34   18   18    4   10   13
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  6.08   5   2   1   0   0   13   15    9    9    4    2    6
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
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Steve Hamilton         0   0  2.45  15   0   0   0   0   11   14    3    3    0    6    7
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  3.03  26   1   0   5   0   62   53   24   21    6   29   47
Rick Reuschel          3   3  3.40   7   5   1   0   0   40   35   17   15    3   10   27
Milt Pappas            6   6  3.54  17  16   4   0   1  104  117   50   41    9   21   44
Bill Hands             7   7  3.59  21  18   5   0   2  118  120   53   47    7   28   51
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.17  30   0   0   4   0   45   48   24   21    2   17   33
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          8   3  2.41  15  14   3   0   0  101   97   30   27   10   30   43
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  2.78  28   0   0   2   0   58   37   18   18    3   28   55
Fred Gladding          2   4  2.92  21   0   0   8   0   25   16    9    8    0    7   12
Larry Dierker          8   6  3.38  18  18   7   0   5  128  126   51   48    8   25   59
Don Wilson             5   7  3.41  16  16   4   0   1   98   92   44   37    8   27   74
Jim Ray                9   3  3.88  32   0   0   6   0   63   52   30   27    7   24   33
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
Dave Roberts           8   5  4.16  18  18   5   0   2  123  143   61   57    8   38   68
Jim York               0   0  4.41  12   0   0   0   0   16   17    8    8    1    7   13
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  1.06  32   0   0   9   0   51   26    9    6    2   18   36
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         10   7  2.30  18  18   6   0   3  133  120   37   34   11   42   51
Tommy John             8   4  2.78  17  17   2   0   0  107  106   40   33    6   24   61
Al Downing             5   6  2.89  19  19   4   0   2  125  115   54   40    9   43   81
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  1.77  35   0   0  10   0   56   45   13   11    1   26   43
Tom Walker             2   1  2.18  29   0   0   0   0   45   39   13   11    3   12   28
Mike Torrez           10   5  2.83  19  18   9   0   0  137  114   45   43    6   56   67
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
Jim McAndrew           6   3  2.99  15  10   2   1   0   75   66   26   25    8   22   44
Tom Seaver            12   6  3.02  19  19   7   0   2  143  127   54   48   10   46  123
Jerry Koosman          6   5  3.48  20  12   1   1   1   88   76   40   34    6   28   85
Gary Gentry            5   6  3.52  19  19   3   0   0  125  111   54   49   14   53   89
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.91  13   2   0   0   0   25   27   13   11    2    9   16
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         13   6  2.59  23  23  14   0   3  187  143   57   54   12   52  195
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          9   3  3.26  14  13   4   0   1   91   91   40   33   12   17   57
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  3.72  19  10   2   1   0   65   71   32   27    4   28   33
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
Clay Kirby             6  10  3.22  22  22   6   0   1  162  140   62   58   12   74  122
Fred Norman            5   6  3.24  23  15   5   1   3  106   98   42   38   10   44   75
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   1  2.91  19   0   0   3   0   34   28   11   11    2   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  3.28  17  17   5   0   0  121  118   56   44    8   32   53
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
Rick Wise             10   9  3.73  20  20  11   0   1  147  153   65   61   12   34   73
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.38   9   0   0   0   0   12   10    7    6    1    7   14
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.74  20   0   0   0   0   25   30   15   13    0   12   10
Tony Cloninger         0   1  4.85  16   0   0   0   0   26   28   16   14    1   19   11
Al Santorini           4   7  4.90  18   9   0   0   0   64   73   37   35    4   22   30
Don Durham             0   2  5.00   2   1   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    1    3    8
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
John Cumberland        0   1  6.10   5   1   0   0   0   10   10    8    7    2    4    3
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:

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

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         16
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          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
  M. Marshall (MON)        10
  J. Brewer (LA)            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
  C. Osteen (LA)            3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      187.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      185.2
  C. Kirby (SD)         162.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       161.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         159.0
  R. Wise (STL)         147.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        147.0
  R. Reed (ATL)         145.1
  R. Cleveland (STL)    144.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        144.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        154
  R. Wise (STL)           153
  P. Niekro (ATL)         151
  R. Reed (ATL)           147
  S. Carlton (PHI)        143
  D. Roberts (HOU)        143
  C. Kirby (SD)           140
  R. Cleveland (STL)      128
  S. Blass (PIT)          127
  T. Seaver (NY)          127

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  P. Niekro (ATL)          70
  R. Wise (STL)            65
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  R. Reed (ATL)            63
  C. Kirby (SD)            62
  W. Fryman (PHI)          61
  D. Roberts (HOU)         61
  S. Arlin (SD)            57
  S. Carlton (PHI)         57

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  W. Fryman (PHI)          14
  G. Gentry (NY)           14
  N. Briles (PIT)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  C. Kirby (SD)            12

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            80
  C. Kirby (SD)            74
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  B. Stoneman (MON)        59
  M. Torrez (MON)          56
  D. Selma (PHI)           55
  G. Gentry (NY)           53
  S. Carlton (PHI)         52
  B. Hooton (CHI)          51

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        195
  T. Seaver (NY)          123
  C. Kirby (SD)           122
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        119
  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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