Friday July 28, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 28, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     49  42  2.71   91  24  19   821   700  301  247   51  243  492
Pittsburgh      57  34  3.00   91  18  30   843   773  314  281   66  258  520
New York        50  40  3.17   90  19  26   813   724  320  286   67  277  605
Cincinnati      56  34  3.18   90  16  36   821   771  313  290   68  246  461
Chicago         47  46  3.22   94  37  14   836   782  338  299   67  248  477
St. Louis       46  44  3.49   90  42   5   809   765  355  314   56  297  507
San Diego       34  57  3.59   91  24   9   844   769  380  337   78  377  598
San Francisco   41  53  3.73   94  26  14   845   764  403  350   77  319  484
Montreal        41  48  3.76   89  24  14   794   732  355  332   52  336  475
Houston         51  43  3.78   94  23  18   852   802  395  358   69  295  587
Philadelphia    33  58  3.78   91  23   8   818   784  383  344   75  311  563
Atlanta         43  49  4.07   93  24  12   820   861  415  371   87  256  433

 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)   15   6  2.37  25  25  16   0   5  205  152   57   54   12   54  208
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
Bob Gibson (STL)      11   6  2.54  20  20  14   0   3  160  129   48   45   10   45  114
Ron Bryant (SF)        9   5  2.55  25  18   8   0   3  152  110   50   43   12   53   81
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
Ron Schueler           4   4  3.43  24  13   1   0   0  105   93   46   40   13   43   73
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.54  13   5   1   0   0   41   46   20   16    4   18   15
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
Denny McLain           1   1  5.52   7   2   1   1   0   15   15    9    9    4    2    6
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
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   7  3.43  18  17   5   0   1  113  125   52   43   10   21   48
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  3.49  33   1   0   6   0   59   62   25   23    3   18   23
Wayne Simpson          6   4  3.70  15  14   0   0   0   88   77   38   36    8   38   49
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jim McGlothlin         4   5  4.67  20  12   1   0   1   79   93   44   41    9   24   45
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  2.67  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
Fred Gladding          3   5  3.29  24   0   0   8   0   27   18   11   10    1    8   12
Larry Dierker          8   6  3.38  18  18   7   0   5  128  126   51   48    8   25   59
Don Wilson             6   7  3.41  18  18   5   0   1  113  104   50   43    9   29   92
Jim Ray                9   4  3.61  35   0   0   6   0   67   54   33   27    7   24   36
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  1.18  34   0   0  11   0   53   27   10    7    3   18   39
Don Sutton            12   5  1.90  19  19   9   0   5  156  101   41   33    7   32  107
Pete Richert           1   1  2.01  23   0   0   3   0   31   26   10    7    2    8   23
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  3.05  20  20   4   0   2  130  122   58   44    9   45   84
Bill Singer            4   8  3.34  15  14   2   0   2  102   90   42   38    6   26   63
Pete Mikkelsen         2   4  3.86  22   0   0   4   0   35   40   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          9   7  3.03  22  22   9   0   2  160  135   57   54    8   63  109
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
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.08  20  18   5   0   3  143  119   42   33    6   41   90
Tug McGraw             3   4  2.12  28   0   0  15   0   59   46   18   14    2   18   52
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   8  3.13  21  21   8   0   2  158  138   61   55   13   52  137
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         15   6  2.37  25  25  16   0   5  205  152   57   54   12   54  208
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
Dock Ellis             9   4  2.91  16  16   2   0   0  105   98   36   34    4   21   58
Nelson Briles          9   4  3.03  15  14   5   0   1  101  102   41   34   12   21   64
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             7  11  3.31  24  24   7   0   1  177  153   69   65   14   82  133
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
Steve Stone            4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.55  25  18   8   0   3  152  110   50   43   12   53   81
Don McMahon            3   3  2.91  30   0   0   4   0   46   27   15   15    4   16   30
Randy Moffitt          1   1  2.92  21   0   0   3   0   37   33   12   12    2   15   18
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   6  2.54  20  20  14   0   3  160  129   48   45   10   45  114
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)         15
  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)         16
  B. Gibson (STL)          14
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  S. Arlin (SD)             9
  B. Stoneman (MON)         9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         22
  D. Giusti (PIT)          15
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  J. Brewer (LA)           11
  M. Marshall (MON)        11
  F. Gladding (HOU)         8
  D. Frisella (NY)          7
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  T. Hall (CIN)             6

Shutouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      205.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      203.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         176.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         174.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       169.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)     160.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       159.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)    158.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        158.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        156.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        165
  R. Wise (STL)           161
  P. Niekro (ATL)         160
  R. Reed (ATL)           155
  C. Kirby (SD)           153
  S. Carlton (PHI)        152
  D. Roberts (HOU)        149
  R. Cleveland (STL)      144
  T. Seaver (NY)          138
  S. Blass (PIT)          136

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  C. Kirby (SD)            69
  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)            14
  R. Schueler (ATL)        13
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  S. Arlin (SD)            12

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            86
  C. Kirby (SD)            82
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  M. Torrez (MON)          58
  D. Selma (PHI)           55
  S. Carlton (PHI)         54
  R. Bryant (SF)           53
  G. Gentry (NY)           53

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        208
  T. Seaver (NY)          137
  C. Kirby (SD)           133
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        130
  S. Arlin (SD)           118
  B. Gibson (STL)         114
  B. Stoneman (MON)       109
  J. Reuss (HOU)          107
  D. Sutton (LA)          107
  R. Cleveland (STL)      102


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