Tuesday August 1, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 1, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     49  47  2.78   96  24  19   862   747  335  266   55  254  519
Pittsburgh      60  36  2.99   96  20  31   886   812  329  294   66  269  538
Chicago         51  47  3.10   99  39  16   881   820  347  304   67  258  504
New York        53  42  3.12   95  20  26   867   761  335  300   71  299  648
Cincinnati      58  37  3.12   95  18  36   875   817  331  303   71  262  489
St. Louis       47  48  3.48   95  42   6   850   807  375  329   57  314  531
San Diego       38  59  3.54   97  26  11   911   832  404  358   81  408  647
San Francisco   45  54  3.66   99  28  15   890   804  415  362   77  330  502
Philadelphia    35  62  3.69   97  24   9   880   835  401  361   79  327  608
Montreal        43  50  3.71   93  24  15   829   757  367  342   54  356  496
Houston         54  45  3.76   99  25  19   903   845  415  377   73  318  621
Atlanta         46  52  4.14   99  24  15   874   915  451  402   95  286  466

 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  21  19   5   0   3  151  124   44   35    8   44   97
Steve Carlton (PHI)   16   6  2.27  26  26  17   0   5  214  157   58   54   12   55  213
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
Burt Hooton (CHI)      7   8  2.50  22  22   7   0   2  155  125   51   43    7   58   93
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
Scipio Spinks (STL)    5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93

 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 Reed               9  10  3.49  22  22   8   0   1  157  162   72   61    9   42   81
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.63  15   5   1   1   0   45   50   23   18    5   18   16
Ron Schueler           4   5  3.87  25  14   1   0   0  107   96   52   46   14   47   74
Pat Jarvis             9   4  3.92  24   5   0   1   0   67   70   32   29    6   21   42
Tom Kelley             5   7  4.38  16  14   2   0   1   88   91   49   43   11   43   43
Denny McLain           2   1  4.57   8   3   1   1   0   22   20   11   11    5    8   11
Cecil Upshaw           1   4  4.74  27   0   0   8   0   38   38   20   20    5   10   14
George Stone           3   8  5.09  23   8   1   1   0   64   82   38   36    9   23   33
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.57  13   1   0   1   0   32   40   22   20    6   12   23
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Joe Hoerner            1   2  6.23  13   0   0   1   0   13   19   10    9    0    5   11
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
Burt Hooton            7   8  2.50  22  22   7   0   2  155  125   51   43    7   58   93
Jack Aker              4   2  2.67  25   0   0   7   0   30   28   14    9    2    8   16
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
Wayne Simpson          7   4  3.44  16  15   1   0   0   97   84   39   37    9   38   51
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
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  2.42  24   3   1   3   1   63   53   19   17    3   20   55
Fred Gladding          3   5  2.97  25   0   0   8   0   30   20   11   10    1    8   13
George Culver          3   2  3.14  31   0   0   2   0   66   43   23   23    4   34   59
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  4.08  21  20   1   0   0  126  132   61   57   17   49   84
Dave Roberts           9   5  4.17  20  20   6   0   2  138  158   68   64   10   43   76
Jim York               0   1  5.16  16   0   0   0   0   23   24   13   13    2   12   15
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   5  1.26  36   0   0  11   0   57   30   12    8    4   18   45
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  3.09  21  21   4   0   2  137  129   61   47   10   48   85
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          8   3  1.56  39   0   0  12   0   64   50   14   11    1   29   50
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  2.92  23  23   9   0   2  169  139   59   55    8   68  114
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  1.84  30   0   0  15   0   69   52   18   14    2   22   60
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.08  21  19   5   0   3  151  124   44   35    8   44   97
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
Ray Sadecki            2   0  3.03  16   2   0   0   0   33   31   13   11    2   13   18
Tom Seaver            12   8  3.13  21  21   8   0   2  158  138   61   55   13   52  137
Gary Gentry            5   7  3.73  20  20   3   0   0  128  116   58   53   15   56   92
Jerry Koosman          7   7  3.79  23  15   2   1   1  109   97   52   46    8   33  103
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   3   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    1    4
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Steve Carlton         16   6  2.27  26  26  17   0   5  214  157   58   54   12   55  213
Darrell Brandon        5   4  3.24  26   2   0   1   0   58   66   25   21    5   20   41
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
Mac Scarce             0   1  3.97   9   0   0   0   0   11   13    5    5    2    9   14
Ken Reynolds           0   8  4.02  20  11   0   0   0   81   77   37   36    7   24   49
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  4.31  36   2   0   1   0   63   58   32   30    4   33   50
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
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  5.07  29  10   1   2   0   82   71   52   46   11   58   49

 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
Bob Miller             4   1  2.04  24   0   0   3   0   35   33    9    8    1   17   16
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  2.05  34   0   0   6   0   48   33   12   11    2   16   34
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
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
Nelson Briles          9   5  3.42  16  15   5   0   1  105  112   48   40   12   23   66
Bob Johnson            2   3  3.46  20   8   0   1   0   75   67   31   29   10   29   50
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   5   0   0   1   0    6    2    2    0    0    4    4
Gary Ross              3   2  2.05  38   0   0   1   0   57   50   16   13    1   30   24
Steve Arlin            8  13  3.06  25  24  10   0   3  182  130   69   62   12   93  126
Mike Corkins           2   5  3.14  30   5   1   3   0   80   68   31   28   11   32   68
Clay Kirby             8  11  3.15  25  25   8   0   2  186  160   69   65   14   84  140
Mike Caldwell          4   4  3.23  28   7   0   2   0   84   84   43   30    5   31   55
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
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  5.06  28   0   0   1   0   27   30   15   15    1   20   21
Ed Acosta              3   5  5.09  30   2   0   0   0   58   74   37   33    5   21   37
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
Randy Moffitt          1   1  2.63  23   0   0   3   0   41   35   12   12    2   15   21
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
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          7   5  5.36  31   0   0   6   0   50   49   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
Diego Segui            2   1  2.49  15   0   0   4   0   25   20   11    7    1   13   20
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
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           5   7  4.85  19  10   0   0   0   72   80   41   39    4   24   35
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  6.35   7   1   0   0   0   11   12    9    8    2    6    5
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)         16
  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)         17
  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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      214.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      212.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         185.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         182.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       177.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)     169.1
  R. Cleveland (STL)    163.1
  R. Wise (STL)         162.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        162.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       159.2

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        171
  R. Wise (STL)           168
  P. Niekro (ATL)         167
  R. Reed (ATL)           162
  C. Kirby (SD)           160
  D. Roberts (HOU)        158
  S. Carlton (PHI)        157
  R. Cleveland (STL)      151
  S. Blass (PIT)          141
  B. Stoneman (MON)       139

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)        14
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  R. Wise (STL)            13

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            93
  C. Kirby (SD)            84
  B. Stoneman (MON)        68
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  M. Torrez (MON)          60
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  B. Hooton (CHI)          58
  D. Selma (PHI)           58
  G. Gentry (NY)           56
  S. Carlton (PHI)         55

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        213
  C. Kirby (SD)           140
  T. Seaver (NY)          137
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        135
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  D. Sutton (LA)          116
  B. Gibson (STL)         114
  B. Stoneman (MON)       114
  J. Reuss (HOU)          112
  R. Cleveland (STL)      104


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