Wednesday July 26, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 26, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     47  42  2.69   89  23  18   803   683  293  240   50  239  481
Pittsburgh      55  33  3.04   88  16  29   815   747  307  275   65  248  497
New York        49  38  3.16   87  18  26   787   704  310  276   65  266  586
Cincinnati      55  33  3.21   88  15  36   803   759  308  286   66  244  447
Chicago         46  44  3.29   91  35  14   810   764  333  296   66  243  464
St. Louis       45  43  3.51   88  40   5   792   747  350  309   56  291  500
San Diego       33  56  3.57   89  23   9   827   751  371  328   76  369  588
San Francisco   41  52  3.72   93  26  14   837   756  399  346   74  317  476
Montreal        40  47  3.76   87  23  14   776   713  346  324   52  334  464
Houston         51  41  3.78   92  23  18   834   786  383  350   67  288  574
Philadelphia    31  57  3.86   88  22   8   791   767  377  339   75  301  548
Atlanta         42  49  4.10   92  24  11   811   852  412  370   86  254  427

 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
Steve Carlton (PHI)   14   6  2.48  24  24  15   0   4  196  148   57   54   12   53  201
Ron Bryant (SF)        9   4  2.48  24  17   8   0   3  145  104   47   40    9   52   75
Bob Gibson (STL)      11   5  2.49  19  19  13   0   3  152  120   45   42   10   41  111
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    8   4  2.50  16  15   3   0   0  108  107   33   30   10   31   46
Steve Stone (SF)       4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
Steve Blass (PIT)     11   4  2.64  19  19   5   0   1  147  136   46   43   15   39   71

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            9   8  3.40  24  22  10   0   0  169  160   72   64   16   18   90
Ron Reed               8  10  3.41  21  21   8   0   1  150  155   68   57    9   37   77
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  3.88  22   5   0   1   0   60   65   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            1   2  8.10  11   0   0   0   0   10   18   10    9    0    4    8

 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   9  3.02  23  23  17   0   1  194  164   69   65   19   40  125
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   4  2.50  16  15   3   0   0  108  107   33   30   10   31   46
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  3.53  21  17   4   1   2  120  116   48   47    6   33   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
Fred Gladding          3   4  2.67  23   0   0   8   0   27   16    9    8    0    8   12
Tom Griffin            3   2  2.73  20   3   1   2   1   56   50   19   17    3   19   46
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  3.82  33   0   0   6   0   64   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  4.29  19  19   5   0   2  128  149   65   61    8   41   69
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
Pete Richert           1   1  1.82  22   0   0   3   0   30   24    9    6    2    7   22
Don Sutton            12   5  1.90  19  19   9   0   5  156  101   41   33    7   32  107
Claude Osteen         10   7  2.30  18  18   6   0   3  133  120   37   34   11   42   51
Tommy John             8   5  2.76  18  18   2   0   0  114  112   42   35    6   26   67
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           11   5  2.72  20  19  10   0   0  146  118   46   44    6   58   73
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
Balor Moore            2   4  4.26   7   7   2   0   0   44   40   21   21    4   13   49
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
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   7  3.16  20  20   8   0   2  151  134   59   53   12   48  129
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         14   6  2.48  24  24  15   0   4  196  148   57   54   12   53  201
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  1.38  32   0   0   6   0   46   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           11   4  2.64  19  19   5   0   1  147  136   46   43   15   39   71
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   3   0   0   0   0    3    0    2    0    0    3    2
Gary Ross              3   1  2.13  35   0   0   1   0   51   45   15   12    1   27   22
Steve Arlin            8  11  2.80  23  22   9   0   3  167  108   59   52   11   82  115
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
Mike Caldwell          3   4  3.30  26   6   0   2   0   74   76   40   27    5   27   51
Clay Kirby             6  11  3.44  23  23   6   0   1  168  148   68   64   13   79  126
Ed Acosta              1   5  4.89  26   1   0   0   0   50   62   31   27    4   18   32
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.91  23   0   0   0   0   26   28   14   14    1   17   21
Bill Greif             5  11  5.01  23  15   2   2   1   92  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
Ron Bryant             9   4  2.48  24  17   8   0   3  145  104   47   40    9   52   75
Steve Stone            4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
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  10  3.71  21  21  12   0   1  155  161   68   64   12   37   76
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)         14
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  R. Cleveland (STL)       11
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  M. Torrez (MON)          11
  C. Osteen (LA)           10

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         17
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  B. Gibson (STL)          13
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  S. Arlin (SD)             9
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  R. Bryant (SF)            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. Carlton (PHI)          4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  R. Bryant (SF)            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)      196.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      194.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       169.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         167.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         167.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        156.0
  R. Wise (STL)         155.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       151.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     151.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        151.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        164
  R. Wise (STL)           161
  P. Niekro (ATL)         160
  R. Reed (ATL)           155
  D. Roberts (HOU)        149
  S. Carlton (PHI)        148
  C. Kirby (SD)           148
  S. Blass (PIT)          136
  R. Cleveland (STL)      135
  T. Seaver (NY)          134

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  C. Kirby (SD)            68
  R. Reed (ATL)            68
  R. Wise (STL)            68
  D. Roberts (HOU)         65
  R. Cleveland (STL)       63
  W. Fryman (PHI)          62
  S. Arlin (SD)            59

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
  C. Kirby (SD)            13
  N. Briles (PIT)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  B. Greif (SD)            12

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            82
  C. Kirby (SD)            79
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  M. Torrez (MON)          58
  D. Selma (PHI)           55
  S. Carlton (PHI)         53
  G. Gentry (NY)           53
  R. Bryant (SF)           52

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        201
  T. Seaver (NY)          129
  C. Kirby (SD)           126
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        125
  S. Arlin (SD)           115
  B. Gibson (STL)         111
  J. Reuss (HOU)          107
  D. Sutton (LA)          107
  B. Stoneman (MON)       104
  R. Cleveland (STL)       98

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