Thursday July 27, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 27, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     48  42  2.68   90  24  18   812   690  296  242   51  240  486
Pittsburgh      56  34  3.02   90  17  30   834   766  313  280   66  257  513
New York        50  39  3.17   89  19  26   805   718  317  283   66  272  597
Cincinnati      56  33  3.18   89  16  36   812   765  310  287   67  244  453
Chicago         47  45  3.23   93  36  14   827   774  336  297   66  248  473
St. Louis       46  43  3.50   89  41   5   801   756  352  311   56  293  504
San Diego       33  57  3.62   90  23   9   835   764  379  336   77  374  591
San Francisco   41  52  3.72   93  26  14   837   756  399  346   74  317  476
Houston         51  42  3.76   93  23  18   843   794  389  352   68  294  579
Montreal        40  48  3.80   88  23  14   785   727  354  331   52  336  470
Philadelphia    32  58  3.83   90  22   8   809   780  383  344   75  310  556
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)      10   5  2.08  20  18   5   0   3  143  119   42   33    6   41   90
Claude Osteen (LA)    11   7  2.28  19  19   7   0   3  142  127   40   36   12   43   56
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
Steve Hamilton         0   0  2.45  15   0   0   0   0   11   14    3    3    0    6    7
Jack Aker              4   1  2.60  22   0   0   5   0   28   23   13    8    2    7   15
Burt Hooton            7   8  2.66  21  21   7   0   2  146  119   49   43    7   53   87
Fergie Jenkins        13   9  2.88  24  24  18   0   2  203  165   69   65   19   42  130
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        7   9  3.35  22  18   5   1   2  129  122   50   48    7   33   73
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  2.67  21   3   1   2   1   57   51   19   17    3   19   47
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   4  3.72  34   0   0   6   0   65   54   33   27    7   24   34
Jerry Reuss            6   8  3.90  17  17   4   0   1  113   94   57   49    8   50  107
Ken Forsch             5   5  4.03  20  19   1   0   0  125  131   60   56   17   46   83
Dave Roberts           8   5  4.29  19  19   5   0   2  128  149   65   61    8   41   69
Jim York               0   0  4.91  14   0   0   0   0   18   20   10   10    2   10   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         11   7  2.28  19  19   7   0   3  142  127   40   36   12   43   56
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  2.47  30   0   0   0   0   47   43   15   13    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  3.61  32   0   0   3   0   52   51   23   21    2   22   34
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            2   5  5.01   8   8   2   0   0   47   47   27   26    4   14   51
Steve Renko            1   6  5.53  17   9   0   0   0   55   59   37   34    5   50   29
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
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.08  20  18   5   0   3  143  119   42   33    6   41   90
Danny Frisella         3   5  2.15  23   0   0   7   0   38   28   10    9    5    8   22
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
Gary Gentry            5   6  3.52  19  19   3   0   0  125  111   54   49   14   53   89
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.62  14   2   0   0   0   27   28   13   11    2   10   18
Jerry Koosman          7   6  3.77  22  14   1   1   1  100   91   48   42    8   31   96
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  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    6    3

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Wilson            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
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  3.58  27   3   1   0   0   60   57   27   24    6   23   28
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
Ken Reynolds           0   7  4.21  19  10   0   0   0   73   71   35   34    7   22   46
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
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  4.61  35   1   0   1   0   55   51   30   28    3   31   44
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             2   8  4.79  26  10   1   1   0   77   66   47   41   10   55   44
Mac Scarce             0   1  5.19   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    2    8    9

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  1.71  33   0   0   6   0   47   31   10    9    2   15   32
Dave Giusti            4   4  1.80  36   0   0  15   0   50   41   11   10    1   16   36
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
Nelson Briles          9   4  3.03  15  14   5   0   1  101  102   41   34   12   21   64
Dock Ellis             8   4  3.09  15  15   1   0   0   96   91   35   33    4   20   51
Bob Moose              6   6  3.50  18  17   2   1   1  129  127   58   50    8   23   88
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  12  3.05  24  23   9   0   3  174  120   66   59   12   86  118
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  4.83  27   1   0   0   0   50   62   31   27    4   18   32
Bill Greif             5  11  5.01  23  15   2   2   1   92  102   54   51   12   32   68
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  5.19  24   0   0   0   0   26   29   15   15    1   18   21
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      12   5  3.18  21  21  10   0   3  158  144   65   56   11   43  102
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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         13
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  C. Osteen (LA)           11
  M. Torrez (MON)          11

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            12
  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)         18
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  B. Gibson (STL)          13
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  S. Arlin (SD)             9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  R. Bryant (SF)            8

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         22
  D. Giusti (PIT)          15
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  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
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  C. Osteen (LA)            3

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      203.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      196.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         174.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       169.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         167.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)    158.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        156.0
  R. Wise (STL)         155.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       151.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     151.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        165
  R. Wise (STL)           161
  P. Niekro (ATL)         160
  R. Reed (ATL)           155
  D. Roberts (HOU)        149
  S. Carlton (PHI)        148
  C. Kirby (SD)           148
  R. Cleveland (STL)      144
  S. Blass (PIT)          136
  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
  S. Arlin (SD)            66
  R. Cleveland (STL)       65
  D. Roberts (HOU)         65
  W. Fryman (PHI)          62

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
  S. Arlin (SD)            12
  N. Briles (PIT)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            86
  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
  B. Hooton (CHI)          53

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        201
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        130
  T. Seaver (NY)          129
  C. Kirby (SD)           126
  S. Arlin (SD)           118
  B. Gibson (STL)         111
  J. Reuss (HOU)          107
  D. Sutton (LA)          107
  B. Stoneman (MON)       104
  R. Cleveland (STL)      102

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