Sunday July 30, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 30, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     49  45  2.76   94  24  19   845   731  327  259   54  250  514
Pittsburgh      59  35  2.98   94  19  31   869   792  322  288   66  265  531
Cincinnati      57  36  3.11   93  17  36   857   798  323  296   69  260  478
Chicago         50  46  3.16   97  38  16   863   806  344  303   67  252  493
New York        51  41  3.17   92  19  26   831   740  327  293   69  288  618
St. Louis       46  47  3.48   93  42   5   833   789  367  322   57  310  520
San Diego       36  58  3.54   94  24  10   884   801  394  348   80  395  628
San Francisco   43  54  3.68   97  27  15   872   787  410  357   77  329  497
Montreal        42  49  3.75   91  24  15   811   747  361  338   53  342  481
Houston         53  44  3.78   97  24  19   885   832  410  372   72  310  612
Philadelphia    34  60  3.79   94  23   9   845   812  395  356   78  318  584
Atlanta         45  50  4.05   96  24  14   847   890  428  381   88  268  449

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan (CIN)      13   2  1.71  20  20   6   0   2  152  128   38   29    9   28   78
Don Sutton (LA)       12   6  1.89  20  20   9   0   5  162  108   44   34    7   32  116
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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    9   4  2.31  17  16   4   0   1  117  115   33   30   10   32   47
Steve Carlton (PHI)   15   6  2.37  25  25  16   0   5  205  152   57   54   12   54  208
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
Burt Hooton (CHI)      7   8  2.66  21  21   7   0   2  146  119   49   43    7   53   87

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            9   9  3.35  25  23  10   0   0  177  167   77   66   16   20   94
Ron Schueler           4   4  3.43  24  13   1   0   0  105   93   46   40   13   43   73
Ron Reed               9  10  3.49  22  22   8   0   1  157  162   72   61    9   42   81
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.54  13   5   1   0   0   41   46   20   16    4   18   15
Pat Jarvis             9   4  3.71  23   5   0   1   0   63   66   29   26    5   20   39
Tom Kelley             5   6  4.14  15  13   2   0   1   87   90   45   40   11   38   42
Cecil Upshaw           1   4  4.38  26   0   0   8   0   37   36   18   18    4   10   14
George Stone           3   8  5.25  22   8   1   1   0   62   82   38   36    9   23   32
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
Joe Hoerner            1   2  6.75  12   0   0   1   0   12   19   10    9    0    5   10
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    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  2.31  16   0   0   0   0   12   14    3    3    0    6    7
Jack Aker              4   1  2.43  24   0   0   7   0   30   26   13    8    2    7   16
Burt Hooton            7   8  2.66  21  21   7   0   2  146  119   49   43    7   53   87
Rick Reuschel          4   4  2.75   9   7   2   0   1   56   51   19   17    3   11   41
Fergie Jenkins        13   9  2.88  24  24  18   0   2  203  165   69   65   19   42  130
Tom Phoebus            3   2  2.94  27   1   0   5   0   64   54   24   21    6   29   47
Milt Pappas            6   7  3.43  18  17   5   0   1  113  125   52   43   10   21   48
Bill Hands             8   7  3.45  23  19   5   0   2  125  127   55   48    7   29   54
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
Bill Bonham            1   0  4.15   2   2   0   0   0   13   14    7    6    3    4    8
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
Gary Nolan            13   2  1.71  20  20   6   0   2  152  128   38   29    9   28   78
Clay Carroll           4   3  2.09  40   0   0  22   0   56   49   16   13    3   18   30
Ross Grimsley          9   4  2.31  17  16   4   0   1  117  115   33   30   10   32   47
Tom Hall               4   1  2.44  32   3   1   6   1   74   40   21   20    4   29   88
Pedro Borbon           3   2  3.32  34   1   0   6   0   62   62   25   23    3   18   24
Jack Billingham        7   9  3.35  22  18   5   1   2  129  122   50   48    7   33   73
Ed Sprague             3   1  3.41  22   1   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    5   17   11
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  2.49  23   3   1   3   1   61   53   19   17    3   20   53
Fred Gladding          3   5  2.97  25   0   0   8   0   30   20   11   10    1    8   13
George Culver          3   1  3.06  30   0   0   2   0   62   39   21   21    3   33   57
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  3.71  36   0   0   6   0   70   56   36   29    8   26   39
Jerry Reuss            7   8  3.87  18  18   4   0   1  119   99   59   51    8   52  112
Ken Forsch             5   5  4.03  20  19   1   0   0  125  131   60   56   17   46   83
Dave Roberts           9   5  4.17  20  20   6   0   2  138  158   68   64   10   43   76
Jim York               0   1  5.66  15   0   0   0   0   21   24   13   13    2   12   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
J.R. Richard           0   0 18.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    5    4    4    0    3    2

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             6   4  1.30  35   0   0  11   0   55   29   11    8    4   18   44
Don Sutton            12   6  1.89  20  20   9   0   5  162  108   44   34    7   32  116
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  2.93  19  19   2   0   0  120  119   46   39    7   26   71
Al Downing             5   6  3.05  20  20   4   0   2  130  122   58   44    9   45   84
Bill Singer            4   9  3.57  16  15   2   0   2  106   97   54   42    6   29   64
Pete Mikkelsen         2   4  3.65  23   0   0   4   0   37   43   21   15    2   12   27
Mike Strahler          0   2  4.50  12   1   0   0   0   28   27   19   14    4   16   16
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  1.58  38   0   0  12   0   63   50   14   11    1   28   49
Tom Walker             2   1  2.42  31   0   0   0   0   48   44   15   13    3   14   28
Mike Torrez           12   5  2.81  21  20  10   0   0  151  124   49   47    6   60   75
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   9  4.25  17  17   1   0   0  106  102   53   50   12   34   30
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             4   4  2.02  29   0   0  15   0   62   48   18   14    2   21   54
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.08  20  18   5   0   3  143  119   42   33    6   41   90
Danny Frisella         3   5  2.43  24   0   0   7   0   41   32   12   11    6    9   24
Jim McAndrew           6   3  2.88  16  11   2   1   0   81   70   27   26    8   23   49
Tom Seaver            12   8  3.13  21  21   8   0   2  158  138   61   55   13   52  137
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.34  15   2   0   0   0   30   29   13   11    2   12   18
Gary Gentry            5   7  3.73  20  20   3   0   0  128  116   58   53   15   56   92
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
Bob Rauch              0   1  4.91   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    2    0    7    4
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.52  20   0   0   2   0   31   44   19   19    2    9    9

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Wilson            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    2
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   3  3.21  25   2   0   1   0   56   64   24   20    5   19   40
Barry Lersch           1   4  3.44  28   4   1   0   0   68   64   29   26    6   24   32
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          4  10  4.36  23  17   3   1   2  120  131   64   58   15   39   69
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
Mac Scarce             0   1  4.66   7   0   0   0   0   10   12    5    5    2    9   10
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  5.29  28  10   1   2   0   78   70   52   46   11   56   46

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            4   4  1.76  37   0   0  16   0   51   42   11   10    1   16   38
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  2.05  34   0   0   6   0   48   33   12   11    2   16   34
Bob Miller             4   1  2.10  23   0   0   3   0   34   33    9    8    1   16   16
Bruce Kison            5   3  2.71  20   8   3   3   0   90   63   29   27    6   40   68
Steve Blass           11   5  2.81  20  20   5   0   1  151  141   51   47   15   44   73
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
Luke Walker            4   5  3.36  20  11   2   1   0   72   73   32   27    4   29   34
Bob Moose              6   6  3.50  18  17   2   1   1  129  127   58   50    8   23   88
Bob Johnson            2   3  3.59  19   8   0   1   0   73   63   31   29   10   29   49
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   4   0   0   0   0    5    0    2    0    0    4    4
Gary Ross              3   2  2.05  38   0   0   1   0   57   50   16   13    1   30   24
Mike Corkins           2   5  2.97  29   5   1   3   0   79   65   29   26   11   30   67
Steve Arlin            8  12  3.05  24  23   9   0   3  174  120   66   59   12   86  118
Mike Caldwell          4   4  3.23  28   7   0   2   0   84   84   43   30    5   31   55
Clay Kirby             7  11  3.31  24  24   7   0   1  177  153   69   65   14   82  133
Fred Norman            5   7  3.46  25  17   5   1   3  117  107   49   45   12   50   83
Bill Greif             5  11  4.65  24  16   2   2   1   99  108   57   51   12   34   76
Ed Acosta              2   5  4.82  29   1   0   0   0   52   65   32   28    4   19   34
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  5.13  27   0   0   1   0   26   30   15   15    1   20   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
Randy Moffitt          1   1  2.77  22   0   0   3   0   39   34   12   12    2   15   20
Don McMahon            3   3  2.79  31   0   0   4   0   48   27   15   15    4   17   31
Frank Reberger         2   0  2.88   9   3   1   0   0   41   36   14   13    3   19   23
Jim Barr               4   3  2.93  31   7   4   1   0   98   91   39   32   11   24   49
Juan Marichal          4  11  3.47  18  18   5   0   0  125  125   60   48    8   34   54
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  5.83  30   0   0   6   0   46   47   31   30    3   28   34
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
Ray Bare               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    1
Bob Gibson            11   6  2.54  20  20  14   0   3  160  129   48   45   10   45  114
Diego Segui            2   1  2.55  14   0   0   3   0   25   20   11    7    1   13   19
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.63  26   0   0   2   0   24   25   12    7    4   11   17
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
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  11  3.71  22  22  12   0   1  162  168   71   67   13   38   79
Don Durham             0   3  3.86   3   2   0   0   0   14   16    9    6    1    5   10
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.38   9   0   0   0   0   12   10    7    6    1    7   14
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.68  21   0   0   0   0   25   30   15   13    0   13   10
Al Santorini           4   7  4.90  18   9   0   0   0   64   73   37   35    4   22   30
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.06  10   1   0   0   0   16   17   13    9    0   15   13
Tony Cloninger         0   2  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   29   17   15    2   19   11
John Cumberland        0   1  6.55   6   1   0   0   0   11   11    9    8    2    6    4
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
  M. Torrez (MON)          12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  C. Osteen (LA)           11

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            12
  B. Champion (PHI)        11
  B. Greif (SD)            11
  C. Kirby (SD)            11
  J. Marichal (SF)         11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  W. Fryman (PHI)          10
  R. Reed (ATL)            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)          16
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  M. Marshall (MON)        12
  J. Brewer (LA)           11
  F. Gladding (HOU)         8
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           8
  J. Aker (CHI)             7
  D. Frisella (NY)          7
  P. Borbon (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
  P. Niekro (ATL)       177.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         176.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         174.0
  R. Wise (STL)         162.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        162.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     160.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       159.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)    158.1

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           168
  P. Niekro (ATL)         167
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        165
  R. Reed (ATL)           162
  D. Roberts (HOU)        158
  C. Kirby (SD)           153
  S. Carlton (PHI)        152
  R. Cleveland (STL)      144
  S. Blass (PIT)          141
  T. Seaver (NY)          138

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          77
  R. Reed (ATL)            72
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  R. Wise (STL)            71
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  C. Kirby (SD)            69
  D. Roberts (HOU)         68
  S. Arlin (SD)            66
  R. Cleveland (STL)       65
  W. Fryman (PHI)          64

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  K. Forsch (HOU)          17
  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  W. Fryman (PHI)          15
  G. Gentry (NY)           15
  C. Kirby (SD)            14
  R. Schueler (ATL)        13
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  R. Wise (STL)            13

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            86
  C. Kirby (SD)            82
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  M. Torrez (MON)          60
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  G. Gentry (NY)           56
  D. Selma (PHI)           56
  S. Carlton (PHI)         54
  R. Bryant (SF)           53

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        208
  T. Seaver (NY)          137
  C. Kirby (SD)           133
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        130
  S. Arlin (SD)           118
  D. Sutton (LA)          116
  B. Gibson (STL)         114
  J. Reuss (HOU)          112
  B. Stoneman (MON)       109
  R. Cleveland (STL)      102

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