Wednesday August 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 2, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     50  47  2.86   97  24  19   871   764  346  277   57  257  526
Pittsburgh      60  37  3.00   97  20  31   892   829  339  297   67  269  542
Chicago         52  47  3.12  100  39  17   887   824  351  308   68  259  506
New York        53  43  3.13   96  21  26   876   770  340  305   73  299  656
Cincinnati      58  38  3.19   96  18  36   883   833  341  313   73  265  495
San Diego       39  59  3.50   98  27  11   920   839  404  358   81  411  654
St. Louis       48  48  3.51   96  43   6   857   819  380  334   57  318  536
Philadelphia    36  62  3.68   98  24  10   889   843  404  364   80  330  615
Houston         55  45  3.73  100  26  19   912   851  416  378   74  321  627
Montreal        43  51  3.73   94  24  15   835   766  372  346   54  360  500
San Francisco   45  55  3.73  100  28  15   899   817  427  373   80  335  508
Atlanta         46  53  4.15  100  24  15   883   921  456  407   96  289  473

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan (CIN)      13   3  2.01  21  21   6   0   2  157  137   44   35   10   29   82
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   5  2.08  21  19   5   0   3  151  124   44   35    8   44   97
Don Sutton (LA)       12   6  2.25  21  21   9   0   5  168  119   52   42    8   34  120
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
Scipio Spinks (STL)    5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Ron Bryant (SF)        9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
Bob Gibson (STL)      12   6  2.70  21  21  15   0   3  167  141   53   50   10   49  119

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            9  10  3.25  26  24  10   0   0  185  171   78   67   17   20  100
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
Pat Jarvis             9   4  3.92  24   5   0   1   0   67   70   32   29    6   21   42
Ron Schueler           4   5  4.11  26  14   1   0   0  107   97   55   49   14   49   74
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  6.59  14   0   0   1   0   14   20   11   10    0    6   12
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  2.92  28   1   0   6   0   65   54   24   21    6   29   47
Bill Hands             8   7  3.45  23  19   5   0   2  125  127   55   48    7   29   54
Milt Pappas            7   7  3.57  19  18   5   0   1  118  128   56   47   11   22   50
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  31   0   0   4   0   45   49   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   3  2.01  21  21   6   0   2  157  137   44   35   10   29   82
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
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
Pedro Borbon           3   2  3.76  36   1   0   6   0   65   68   29   27    4   19   26
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jim McGlothlin         4   5  4.65  21  12   1   0   1   81   97   45   42    9   25   47
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
Don Wilson             7   7  3.24  19  19   6   0   1  122  110   51   44   10   32   98
Larry Dierker          9   6  3.28  19  19   8   0   5  137  134   53   50    8   29   61
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
Pete Richert           1   1  2.16  24   0   0   3   0   33   28   11    8    2    8   24
Don Sutton            12   6  2.25  21  21   9   0   5  168  119   52   42    8   34  120
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         3   4  4.02  24   0   0   4   0   40   49   24   18    3   13   30
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  2.37  32   0   0   0   0   49   46   15   13    3   15   30
Bill Stoneman          9   7  2.92  23  23   9   0   2  169  139   59   55    8   68  114
Mike Torrez           12   6  2.95  22  21  10   0   0  156  131   54   51    6   63   77
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   9  3.23  22  22   9   0   2  167  147   66   60   15   52  145
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  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    4    1    1    0    1    5
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
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.65  10   0   0   0   0   12   13    5    5    2    9   16
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
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  4.62  20  20   2   0   0  109  121   59   56   10   40   46
Gary Neibauer          0   2  4.76   4   2   0   0   0   11   10    7    6    0    7    4
Dick Selma             2   8  5.01  30  10   1   3   0   83   71   52   46   11   59   50

 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   5  2.90  17  17   2   0   0  109  110   44   35    4   21   61
Bob Moose              7   6  3.27  19  18   3   1   2  138  133   58   50    8   24   92
Luke Walker            4   5  3.39  21  11   2   1   0   74   75   33   28    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  3.57  21   8   0   1   0   76   70   32   30   11   29   51
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
Fred Norman            6   7  3.21  26  18   6   1   4  126  114   49   45   12   53   90
Mike Caldwell          4   4  3.23  28   7   0   2   0   84   84   43   30    5   31   55
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
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
Don McMahon            3   3  2.74  32   0   0   4   0   49   28   15   15    4   17   32
Frank Reberger         2   0  2.88   9   3   1   0   0   41   36   14   13    3   19   23
Steve Stone            4   7  2.95  17  15   4   0   1  101   83   40   33    9   37   71
Jim Barr               4   4  3.06  32   7   4   1   0  100   93   41   34   12   25   49
Randy Moffitt          1   1  3.27  24   0   0   3   0   41   39   15   15    2   15   22
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  5.19  32   0   0   6   0   52   50   31   30    3   28   35
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
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Bob Gibson            12   6  2.70  21  21  15   0   3  167  141   53   50   10   49  119
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
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  M. Torrez (MON)          12
  S. Blass (PIT)           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
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         17
  B. Gibson (STL)          15
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  B. Stoneman (MON)         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
  F. Norman (SD)            4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      214.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      212.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         185.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       185.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         182.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)     169.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        167.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        167.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       166.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)    163.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        171
  P. Niekro (ATL)         171
  R. Wise (STL)           168
  R. Reed (ATL)           162
  C. Kirby (SD)           160
  D. Roberts (HOU)        158
  S. Carlton (PHI)        157
  R. Cleveland (STL)      151
  T. Seaver (NY)          147
  S. Blass (PIT)          141

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          78
  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
  T. Seaver (NY)           66

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            93
  C. Kirby (SD)            84
  B. Stoneman (MON)        68
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  M. Torrez (MON)          63
  D. Selma (PHI)           59
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  B. Hooton (CHI)          58
  G. Gentry (NY)           56
  S. Carlton (PHI)         55

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        213
  T. Seaver (NY)          145
  C. Kirby (SD)           140
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        135
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  D. Sutton (LA)          120
  B. Gibson (STL)         119
  B. Stoneman (MON)       114
  J. Reuss (HOU)          112
  R. Cleveland (STL)      104

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