Monday July 31, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 31, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     49  46  2.78   95  24  19   853   739  331  263   54  251  517
Pittsburgh      60  35  2.95   95  20  31   878   798  322  288   66  266  535
Chicago         51  46  3.13   98  39  16   872   812  344  303   67  252  498
Cincinnati      57  37  3.14   94  17  36   866   810  330  302   70  262  487
New York        52  41  3.15   93  19  26   840   744  329  294   69  292  628
St. Louis       46  48  3.48   94  42   5   841   799  371  325   57  312  524
San Diego       36  59  3.54   95  25  10   893   811  397  351   80  402  636
San Francisco   44  54  3.67   98  28  15   881   794  412  359   77  329  500
Montreal        42  50  3.75   92  24  15   819   753  365  341   54  350  490
Houston         54  44  3.77   98  25  19   894   840  412  374   72  314  614
Philadelphia    34  61  3.77   95  23   9   854   819  397  358   78  320  589
Atlanta         46  50  4.03   97  24  15   856   897  431  383   89  274  454

 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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    9   4  2.31  17  16   4   0   1  117  115   33   30   10   32   47
Claude Osteen (LA)    11   8  2.37  20  20   7   0   3  148  133   43   39   12   44   58
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
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.38  14   5   1   1   0   43   48   21   16    4   18   15
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
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
Denny McLain           2   1  4.57   8   3   1   1   0   22   20   11   11    5    8   11
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
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        14   9  2.76  25  25  19   0   3  212  171   69   65   19   42  135
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  3.39  35   1   0   6   0   64   65   26   24    3   18   26
Jack Billingham        7  10  3.53  23  19   5   1   2  133  128   55   52    8   35   77
Ed Sprague             3   1  3.55  23   1   0   0   0   38   29   17   15    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  5.65  18   7   0   1   0   57   70   36   36    9   20   31
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          9   6  3.28  19  19   8   0   5  137  134   53   50    8   29   61
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  2.16  24   0   0   3   0   33   28   11    8    2    8   24
Claude Osteen         11   8  2.37  20  20   7   0   3  148  133   43   39   12   44   58
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  3.57  33   0   0   3   0   53   51   23   21    2   22   34
Carl Morton            5   9  4.25  17  17   1   0   0  106  102   53   50   12   34   30
Balor Moore            2   5  4.61   9   9   2   0   0   53   51   29   27    4   19   58
Ernie McAnally         1  11  4.87  16  15   2   0   0   85   85   50   46    7   36   41
Steve Renko            1   7  5.72  18   9   0   0   0   57   61   39   36    6   53   31
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
Brent Strom            0   0  1.35   1   1   0   0   0    7    2    2    1    0    4    7
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         4   5  2.30  25   0   0   7   0   43   34   12   11    6    9   27
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   8  4.02  20  11   0   0   0   81   77   37   36    7   24   49
Mac Scarce             0   1  4.22   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    5    5    2    9   12
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
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
Bob Moose              7   6  3.27  19  18   3   1   2  138  133   58   50    8   24   92
Luke Walker            4   5  3.36  20  11   2   1   0   72   73   32   27    4   29   34
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  13  3.06  25  24  10   0   3  182  130   69   62   12   93  126
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         3   6  5.13  19  10   2   1   0   67   68   42   38    7   29   30
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   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    1
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.52  27   0   0   2   0   25   26   12    7    4   11   19
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
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Reggie Cleveland      12   6  3.25  22  22  10   0   3  163  151   69   59   11   45  104
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  4.39  22   0   0   0   0   27   32   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)         14
  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)            13
  B. Champion (PHI)        11
  B. Greif (SD)            11
  C. Kirby (SD)            11
  J. Marichal (SF)         11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  W. Fryman (PHI)          10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  B. Gibson (STL)          14
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  F. Norman (SD)            3

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      212.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      205.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         182.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       177.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         176.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)    163.1
  R. Wise (STL)         162.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        162.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     160.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       159.2

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        171
  R. Wise (STL)           168
  P. Niekro (ATL)         167
  R. Reed (ATL)           162
  D. Roberts (HOU)        158
  C. Kirby (SD)           153
  S. Carlton (PHI)        152
  R. Cleveland (STL)      151
  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
  S. Arlin (SD)            69
  R. Cleveland (STL)       69
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  C. Kirby (SD)            69
  D. Roberts (HOU)         68
  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)            93
  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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        135
  C. Kirby (SD)           133
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  D. Sutton (LA)          116
  B. Gibson (STL)         114
  J. Reuss (HOU)          112
  B. Stoneman (MON)       109
  R. Cleveland (STL)      104

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