Friday July 21, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 21, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     46  41  2.70   87  23  17   785   669  288  235   49  236  470
Pittsburgh      54  32  3.05   86  16  28   797   726  299  270   65  244  488
New York        49  36  3.14   85  17  26   771   694  303  269   63  259  571
Cincinnati      54  32  3.21   86  15  35   786   740  302  280   66  239  441
Chicago         46  42  3.21   89  34  14   794   739  320  283   65  237  452
St. Louis       45  41  3.49   86  39   5   775   728  339  300   55  282  495
San Diego       33  53  3.54   86  23   9   800   726  357  315   74  351  569
San Francisco   39  52  3.79   91  24  14   819   747  396  345   74  309  469
Houston         49  41  3.79   90  22  18   816   772  376  344   66  283  560
Montreal        37  47  3.86   84  21  13   749   701  343  321   51  328  439
Philadelphia    30  56  3.90   86  21   8   774   751  373  335   74  298  539
Atlanta         40  49  4.10   90  24  10   792   829  403  361   85  248  417

 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)       12   5  1.90  19  19   9   0   5  156  101   41   33    7   32  107
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
Bob Gibson (STL)      11   5  2.49  19  19  13   0   3  152  120   45   42   10   41  111
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
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
George Stone           3   8  5.02  21   7   1   1   0   57   71   34   32    8   21   29
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
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  0.69  20   0   0   5   0   26   15    5    2    1    5   15
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
Bill Bonham            1   0  3.86   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    3    0    4
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
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
Jack Billingham        6   9  3.54  20  17   4   1   2  119  116   48   47    6   32   67
Pedro Borbon           3   2  3.55  32   1   0   6   0   58   62   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  5.96  17   7   0   1   0   54   69   36   36    9   20   28
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  2.80  19   3   1   2   1   55   48   18   17    3   18   45
Fred Gladding          2   4  2.88  22   0   0   8   0   25   16    9    8    0    8   12
George Culver          3   1  3.22  29   0   0   2   0   59   38   21   21    3   30   56
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   5  4.13  19  18   1   0   0  120  127   58   55   17   41   80
Dave Roberts           8   5  4.16  18  18   5   0   2  123  143   61   57    8   38   68
Jim York               0   0  4.67  13   0   0   0   0   17   19    9    9    1    9   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
Don Sutton            12   5  1.90  19  19   9   0   5  156  101   41   33    7   32  107
Pete Richert           1   1  1.95  21   0   0   3   0   28   24    9    6    2    7   19
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   3  1.75  36   0   0  10   0   57   47   14   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  3.15  21  21   8   0   2  151  130   56   53    8   63  104
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  2.01  27   0   0  15   0   58   44   17   13    2   17   52
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          7   5  3.30  21  13   1   1   1   95   83   41   35    7   29   91
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  3.17  24   1   0   1   0   48   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   6  4.18  18   9   0   0   0   65   62   31   30    7   20   42
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  1.39  31   0   0   5   0   45   28    8    7    2   12   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
Steve Blass           10   4  2.74  18  18   5   0   1  138  127   44   42   15   38   67
Bruce Kison            4   3  2.90  19   7   2   3   0   81   56   28   26    6   40   64
Dock Ellis             8   4  3.09  15  15   1   0   0   96   91   35   33    4   20   51
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  3.64  18   8   0   1   0   72   63   31   29   10   29   49
Luke Walker            3   5  3.72  19  10   2   1   0   65   71   32   27    4   28   33
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6
Gene Garber            0   0  7.11   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    5    5    3    3    3

 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  2.03  34   0   0   1   0   49   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           2   5  3.18  28   5   1   3   0   71   61   28   25   10   27   58
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  3.30  26   6   0   2   0   74   76   40   27    5   27   51
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  2.75  20   0   0   3   0   36   31   11   11    2   14   16
Don McMahon            3   3  2.91  30   0   0   4   0   46   27   15   15    4   16   30
Jim Barr               3   3  3.16  30   6   3   1   0   88   88   38   31   11   23   47
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            11   5  2.49  19  19  13   0   3  152  120   45   42   10   41  111
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
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       11
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  S. Blass (PIT)           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)          13
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  S. Arlin (SD)             9
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  M. Torrez (MON)           9
  R. Reed (ATL)             8

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         21
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  D. Giusti (PIT)          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)            5
  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
  D. Sutton (LA)        156.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       151.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     151.1
  R. Wise (STL)         147.1
  R. Reed (ATL)         145.1

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
  B. Stoneman (MON)       130
  R. Cleveland (STL)      128
  S. Blass (PIT)          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
  K. Forsch (HOU)          58
  S. Arlin (SD)            57

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  K. Forsch (HOU)          17
  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  S. Blass (PIT)           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
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  S. Spinks (STL)          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
  B. Gibson (STL)         111
  S. Arlin (SD)           109
  J. Reuss (HOU)          107
  D. Sutton (LA)          107
  B. Stoneman (MON)       104
  R. Cleveland (STL)       98


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