Saturday July 22, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 22, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     47  41  2.70   88  23  18   794   677  291  238   50  237  472
Pittsburgh      54  33  3.06   87  16  28   806   738  305  274   65  247  493
New York        49  37  3.13   86  17  26   779   697  305  271   63  264  580
Cincinnati      55  32  3.21   87  15  36   795   749  305  283   66  242  444
Chicago         46  43  3.25   90  34  14   802   754  327  290   66  240  458
St. Louis       45  42  3.51   87  39   5   784   739  347  306   56  288  497
San Diego       33  54  3.54   87  23   9   809   732  360  318   75  357  575
San Francisco   40  52  3.75   92  25  14   828   752  397  345   74  314  471
Houston         50  41  3.77   91  23  18   825   778  378  346   67  284  572
Montreal        38  47  3.82   85  21  14   758   706  344  322   51  331  445
Philadelphia    30  57  3.90   87  21   8   782   762  377  339   75  300  542
Atlanta         41  49  4.13   91  24  10   802   842  410  368   86  253  424

 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
Jon Matlack (NY)       9   5  2.24  19  17   4   0   2  133  115   42   33    6   38   87
Claude Osteen (LA)    10   7  2.30  18  18   6   0   3  133  120   37   34   11   42   51
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  3.41  21  21   8   0   1  150  155   68   57    9   37   77
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  3.64  23  12   1   0   0   96   84   43   39   12   41   67
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
Denny McLain           1   1  5.65   6   2   1   0   0   14   15    9    9    4    2    6
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
Joe Hoerner            0   2  8.38  10   0   0   0   0   10   18   10    9    0    4    7

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Jack Aker              4   0  2.36  21   0   0   5   0   27   20   10    7    2    6   15
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   4  3.28   8   6   1   0   0   47   45   19   17    3   11   33
Milt Pappas            6   6  3.54  17  16   4   0   1  104  117   50   41    9   21   44
Bill Hands             7   7  3.58  22  18   5   0   2  118  120   53   47    7   29   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  1.62  38   0   0  22   0   50   43   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             3   0  3.34  21   1   0   0   0   35   23   15   13    5   16   11
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
Wayne Simpson          6   3  3.59  14  13   0   0   0   83   71   35   33    7   36   44
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
Don Wilson             6   7  3.29  17  17   5   0   1  107   98   46   39    9   28   86
Larry Dierker          8   6  3.38  18  18   7   0   5  128  126   51   48    8   25   59
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  1.21  33   0   0  10   0   52   27   10    7    3   18   37
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            4   8  3.34  15  14   2   0   2  102   90   42   38    6   26   63
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  1.69  37   0   0  11   0   59   48   14   11    1   27   46
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            5   8  4.27  16  16   1   0   0   99   96   50   47   11   33   29
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
Tug McGraw             3   4  2.01  27   0   0  15   0   58   44   17   13    2   17   52
Danny Frisella         3   5  2.15  23   0   0   7   0   38   28   10    9    5    8   22
Jon Matlack            9   5  2.24  19  17   4   0   2  133  115   42   33    6   38   87
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  4.53  22  16   3   1   2  111  121   62   56   14   37   62
Jim Nash               0   4  4.58   5   4   0   0   0   20   26   17   10    3    6    8
Bill Champion          4  11  4.72  19  19   2   0   0  103  115   57   54    9   38   43
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  5.03  34   0   0   1   0   48   49   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  1.85  35   0   0  14   0   49   41   11   10    1   15   33
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   6  3.52  17  16   2   1   1  123  122   55   48    7   22   84
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  2.13  35   0   0   1   0   51   45   15   12    1   27   22
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
Fred Norman            5   7  3.20  24  16   5   1   3  113  102   44   40   11   48   80
Clay Kirby             6  10  3.22  22  22   6   0   1  162  140   62   58   12   74  122
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
Frank Reberger         1   0  3.00   8   2   1   0   0   33   24   12   11    3   13   18
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
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  2.33  12   0   0   3   0   19   17    9    5    1    9   16
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  2.74  25   0   0   2   0   23   24   12    7    4   10   16
Reggie Cleveland      11   5  3.25  20  20   9   0   3  149  135   63   54   11   41   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
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
Tony Cloninger         0   2  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   29   17   15    2   19   11
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. Champion (PHI)        11
  B. Greif (SD)            11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  S. Arlin (SD)            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)         22
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  D. Giusti (PIT)          14
  M. Marshall (MON)        11
  J. Brewer (LA)           10
  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. Reed (ATL)         150.1
  R. Cleveland (STL)    149.1

Hits:

  R. Reed (ATL)           155
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        154
  R. Wise (STL)           153
  P. Niekro (ATL)         151
  S. Carlton (PHI)        143
  D. Roberts (HOU)        143
  C. Kirby (SD)           140
  R. Cleveland (STL)      135
  B. Stoneman (MON)       130
  S. Blass (PIT)          127

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  P. Niekro (ATL)          70
  R. Reed (ATL)            68
  R. Wise (STL)            65
  R. Cleveland (STL)       63
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  W. Fryman (PHI)          62
  C. Kirby (SD)            62
  D. Roberts (HOU)         61
  K. Forsch (HOU)          58

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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