Thursday August 3, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 3, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     51  47  2.83   98  25  19   880   767  346  277   57  260  533
Pittsburgh      61  37  2.97   98  20  32   902   837  340  298   67  272  544
Chicago         53  48  3.07  102  40  17   909   834  353  310   68  265  520
New York        53  44  3.14   97  21  26   885   778  344  309   74  303  660
Cincinnati      58  38  3.19   96  18  36   883   833  341  313   73  265  495
St. Louis       48  49  3.49   97  44   6   867   825  382  336   57  320  539
San Diego       40  59  3.50   99  27  12   931   848  409  362   82  415  660
Philadelphia    37  62  3.66   99  24  11   898   849  405  365   80  333  620
Montreal        44  52  3.68   96  24  15   857   781  376  350   54  371  516
San Francisco   45  56  3.72  101  28  15   907   822  430  375   80  336  510
Houston         55  45  3.73  100  26  19   912   851  416  378   74  321  627
Atlanta         46  54  4.16  101  24  15   894   935  462  413   98  295  480

 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  3.59  23  23   8   0   1  165  173   77   66   11   46   87
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   5  4.61  28   0   0   8   0   41   41   21   21    5   12   15
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  17   0   0   0   0   12   15    3    3    0    7    7
Burt Hooton            7   8  2.50  22  22   7   0   2  155  125   51   43    7   58   93
Rick Reuschel          4   4  2.51  10   8   2   0   1   65   57   20   18    3   13   49
Jack Aker              4   3  2.67  26   0   0   7   0   34   30   15   10    2    9   19
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             9   7  3.22  24  20   6   0   3  134  128   55   48    7   31   57
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             9   5  2.72  20  20   3   0   1  129  122   46   39    7   29   78
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          9   3  1.41  40   0   0  12   0   70   53   14   11    1   33   55
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  3.32  34   0   0   3   0   57   54   23   21    2   23   36
Carl Morton            5  10  4.30  18  18   1   0   0  111  108   56   53   12   37   33
Balor Moore            2   5  4.61   9   9   2   0   0   53   51   29   27    4   19   58
Ernie McAnally         1  11  4.61  17  16   2   0   0   92   88   51   47    7   39   47
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  3.12  17   2   0   0   0   35   34   14   12    2   14   19
Tom Seaver            12   9  3.23  22  22   9   0   2  167  147   66   60   15   52  145
Bob Rauch              0   1  3.38   5   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    8    5
Gary Gentry            5   8  3.78  21  21   3   0   0  133  121   61   56   16   58   94
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
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
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.14  11   0   0   1   0   14   13    5    5    2   10   18
Darrell Brandon        5   4  3.24  26   2   0   1   0   58   66   25   21    5   20   41
Barry Lersch           2   4  3.24  29   5   1   0   0   75   70   30   27    6   26   35
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
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  2.01  35   0   0   7   0   49   33   12   11    2   16   35
Bob Miller             4   1  2.04  24   0   0   3   0   35   33    9    8    1   17   16
Steve Blass           12   5  2.71  21  21   5   0   1  160  149   52   48   15   47   74
Bruce Kison            5   3  2.71  20   8   3   3   0   90   63   29   27    6   40   68
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  2.02  39   0   0   2   0   58   50   16   13    1   30   25
Steve Arlin            8  13  3.06  25  24  10   0   3  182  130   69   62   12   93  126
Clay Kirby             8  11  3.15  25  25   8   0   2  186  160   69   65   14   84  140
Mike Corkins           3   5  3.19  31   5   1   3   0   85   71   33   30   12   33   70
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  4.57  25  17   2   2   1  104  114   60   53   12   37   79
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
Frank Reberger         2   1  2.64  10   4   1   0   0   48   40   16   14    3   19   25
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
Don McMahon            3   3  2.86  33   0   0   4   0   50   29   16   16    4   18   32
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  12  3.60  23  23  13   0   1  172  174   73   69   13   40   82
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
  S. Blass (PIT)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  M. Torrez (MON)          12
  C. Osteen (LA)           11

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            13
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  B. Champion (PHI)        11
  B. Greif (SD)            11
  C. Kirby (SD)            11
  J. Marichal (SF)         11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  W. Fryman (DET)          10
  C. Morton (MON)          10

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         17
  B. Gibson (STL)          15
  R. Wise (STL)            13
  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
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        7

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
  B. Hands (CHI)            3
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          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
  R. Wise (STL)         172.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)     169.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        167.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        167.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       166.2

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           174
  R. Reed (ATL)           173
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        171
  P. Niekro (ATL)         171
  C. Kirby (SD)           160
  D. Roberts (HOU)        158
  S. Carlton (PHI)        157
  R. Cleveland (STL)      151
  S. Blass (PIT)          149
  T. Seaver (NY)          147

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          78
  R. Reed (ATL)            77
  R. Wise (STL)            73
  S. McDowell (SF)         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
  G. Gentry (NY)           16
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  W. Fryman (DET)          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
  G. Gentry (NY)           58
  B. Hooton (CHI)          58
  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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