Sunday August 6, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 6, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     53  48  2.77  101  26  20   907   784  348  279   57  267  555
Pittsburgh      64  38  2.90  102  21  34   937   863  348  302   69  285  563
New York        55  45  3.11  100  23  26   912   797  350  315   75  307  676
Cincinnati      61  39  3.15  100  18  38   922   864  354  323   79  273  522
Chicago         54  50  3.17  105  40  18   934   863  373  329   72  282  538
San Diego       41  61  3.46  102  29  12   956   868  416  367   82  423  677
St. Louis       49  51  3.50  100  45   6   894   848  395  348   59  323  554
Philadelphia    39  63  3.64  102  25  12   924   872  414  374   81  345  635
Houston         58  46  3.72  104  26  22   947   881  429  391   81  329  655
San Francisco   46  59  3.73  105  29  15   943   865  449  391   84  346  526
Montreal        45  55  3.76  100  25  15   893   821  399  373   61  382  542
Atlanta         47  57  4.12  105  26  15   931   972  478  426  100  304  503

 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  2.05  22  20   5   0   3  158  131   45   36    8   44  101
Don Sutton (LA)       13   6  2.14  22  22  10   0   6  177  125   52   42    8   35  127
Steve Carlton (PHI)   17   6  2.18  27  27  18   0   6  223  162   58   54   12   56  220
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   4  2.23  18  17   4   0   1  125  122   35   31   11   34   51
Claude Osteen (LA)    12   8  2.25  21  21   7   0   3  156  140   43   39   12   45   63
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
Steve Blass (PIT)     12   5  2.71  21  21   5   0   1  160  149   52   48   15   47   74

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro           10  10  3.23  27  25  11   0   0  195  178   81   70   17   20  107
Ron Reed               9  10  3.59  23  23   8   0   1  165  173   77   66   11   46   87
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.63  16   5   1   1   0   45   51   23   18    5   18   16
Pat Jarvis             9   5  3.78  25   5   0   1   0   69   72   33   29    6   23   43
Ron Schueler           4   6  4.14  27  15   2   0   0  115  104   59   53   15   51   78
Denny McLain           2   2  4.40   9   4   1   1   0   29   25   14   14    5   10   16
Tom Kelley             5   7  4.43  17  14   2   0   1   89   94   50   44   11   44   44
Cecil Upshaw           1   5  4.61  28   0   0   8   0   41   41   21   21    5   12   15
George Stone           3   8  4.78  24   9   1   1   0   70   91   41   37    9   25   38
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.40  14   1   0   1   0   33   41   22   20    6   12   23
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Joe Hoerner            1   2  6.60  15   0   0   1   0   15   22   12   11    1    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
Rick Reuschel          4   4  2.51  10   8   2   0   1   65   57   20   18    3   13   49
Steve Hamilton         1   0  2.57  19   0   0   0   0   14   17    4    4    0    7   10
Jack Aker              4   3  2.60  27   0   0   8   0   35   30   15   10    2    9   19
Burt Hooton            7   9  2.75  23  23   7   0   2  157  129   56   48    9   61   97
Fergie Jenkins        14  10  2.93  26  26  19   0   3  218  180   75   71   21   43  137
Bill Hands             9   7  3.22  24  20   6   0   3  134  128   55   48    7   31   57
Tom Phoebus            3   2  3.25  30   1   0   6   0   69   60   28   25    6   37   50
Milt Pappas            7   7  3.57  19  18   5   0   1  118  128   56   47   11   22   50
Bill Bonham            1   0  4.00   3   3   0   0   0   18   20    9    8    3    6   12
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.04  33   0   0   4   0   49   51   26   22    2   20   35
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
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
Clay Carroll           5   3  1.95  42   0   0  23   0   60   51   16   13    3   18   32
Gary Nolan            13   3  2.01  21  21   6   0   2  157  137   44   35   10   29   82
Ross Grimsley         10   4  2.23  18  17   4   0   1  125  122   35   31   11   34   51
Tom Hall               4   1  2.53  33   4   1   6   1   82   46   26   23    5   33   94
Ed Sprague             3   1  3.38  24   1   0   0   0   40   30   17   15    5   18   12
Jack Billingham        7  10  3.48  24  20   5   1   2  140  134   57   54    9   35   81
Wayne Simpson          7   4  3.54  17  16   1   0   0  102   88   42   40   11   39   56
Pedro Borbon           4   2  3.70  37   1   0   6   0   66   69   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   6  5.46  20   7   0   2   0   61   74   37   37   10   20   36
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
Fred Gladding          3   5  2.70  27   0   0  10   0   33   22   11   10    1    8   15
Tom Griffin            3   3  2.81  25   4   1   3   1   67   60   23   21    5   21   60
George Culver          3   2  3.18  32   0   0   2   0   68   46   24   24    4   34   62
Don Wilson             7   7  3.24  19  19   6   0   1  122  110   51   44   10   32   98
Larry Dierker         10   6  3.33  20  20   8   0   5  143  140   56   53    9   30   64
Jim Ray               10   4  3.53  38   0   0   7   0   74   57   36   29    8   28   42
Jerry Reuss            8   8  3.72  19  19   4   0   1  126  103   60   52    8   55  117
Ken Forsch             5   5  4.09  22  20   1   0   0  128  133   62   58   18   49   86
Dave Roberts           9   5  4.16  21  21   6   0   2  145  164   71   67   13   44   81
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  1.23  38   0   0  12   0   59   30   12    8    4   19   45
Don Sutton            13   6  2.14  22  22  10   0   6  177  125   52   42    8   35  127
Pete Richert           1   1  2.16  24   0   0   3   0   33   28   11    8    2    8   24
Claude Osteen         12   8  2.25  21  21   7   0   3  156  140   43   39   12   45   63
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  10  3.45  17  16   2   0   2  115  101   56   44    6   33   74
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  2.66  33   0   0   0   0   51   50   17   15    3   16   31
Mike Torrez           12   7  3.08  23  22  10   0   0  164  139   59   56    8   68   83
Bill Stoneman          9   8  3.10  24  24   9   0   2  174  146   64   60   11   68  116
John Strohmayer        1   1  3.17  36   0   0   3   0   60   56   23   21    2   23   37
Balor Moore            3   5  4.09  10  10   3   0   0   62   57   30   28    4   22   67
Carl Morton            5  10  4.30  18  18   1   0   0  111  108   56   53   12   37   33
Ernie McAnally         1  11  4.61  17  16   2   0   0   92   88   51   47    7   39   47
Steve Renko            1   8  6.24  19  10   0   0   0   62   67   46   43    8   55   36
Joe Gilbert            0   1  6.99  17   0   0   0   0   28   29   22   22    3   15   24
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  2.05  22  20   5   0   3  158  131   45   36    8   44  101
Danny Frisella         4   6  2.60  26   0   0   7   0   45   36   14   13    6   10   30
Jim McAndrew           7   3  2.69  17  12   3   1   0   90   73   28   27    8   24   52
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
Jerry Koosman          8   7  3.65  24  16   3   1   1  118  104   54   48    9   35  109
Gary Gentry            5   8  3.78  21  21   3   0   0  133  121   61   56   16   58   94
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            1   0  1.00   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    1    1    0    2    6
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Steve Carlton         17   6  2.18  27  27  18   0   6  223  162   58   54   12   56  220
Darrell Brandon        5   4  3.12  28   2   0   2   0   61   68   25   21    5   21   42
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.14  12   0   0   1   0   14   13    5    5    2   11   18
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  4.10  21  12   0   0   0   86   81   40   39    8   28   51
Woodie Fryman          4  10  4.36  23  17   3   1   2  120  131   64   58   15   39   69
Wayne Twitchell        2   2  4.50  37   3   0   1   0   68   65   36   34    4   33   53
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
Dick Selma             2   8  5.01  30  10   1   3   0   83   71   52   46   11   59   50
Gary Neibauer          0   2  5.68   5   2   0   0   0   13   13    9    8    0   11    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            4   4  1.72  38   0   0  17   0   52   43   11   10    1   16   39
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  1.88  37   0   0   8   0   53   34   12   11    2   16   36
Bob Miller             4   1  1.96  25   0   0   3   0   37   34    9    8    1   19   16
Steve Blass           12   5  2.71  21  21   5   0   1  160  149   52   48   15   47   74
Bruce Kison            5   4  2.73  21   9   3   3   0   96   69   31   29    7   42   73
Dock Ellis             9   5  2.90  17  17   2   0   0  109  110   44   35    4   21   61
Bob Moose              8   6  3.07  20  19   4   1   3  147  140   58   50    8   25   97
Nelson Briles         10   5  3.19  17  16   5   0   1  113  116   52   40   12   26   70
Luke Walker            4   5  3.39  21  11   2   1   0   74   75   33   28    4   29   34
Bob Johnson            3   3  3.51  22   9   0   1   0   82   76   34   32   12   34   54
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  2.11  40   0   0   2   0   60   54   18   14    1   31   27
Mike Caldwell          5   4  2.91  29   8   1   2   1   93   88   43   30    5   32   62
Steve Arlin            8  13  3.06  25  24  10   0   3  182  130   69   62   12   93  126
Clay Kirby             8  12  3.07  26  26   9   0   2  194  164   70   66   14   89  146
Mike Corkins           3   5  3.19  31   5   1   3   0   85   71   33   30   12   33   70
Fred Norman            6   8  3.29  27  19   6   1   4  131  120   52   48   12   54   92
Bill Greif             5  11  4.57  25  17   2   2   1  104  114   60   53   12   37   79
Ed Acosta              3   5  5.01  31   2   0   0   0   59   76   38   33    5   21   37
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  5.06  28   0   0   1   0   27   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
Jim Willoughby         1   0  2.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    9    2    2    1    1    6
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
Steve Stone            4   7  2.95  17  15   4   0   1  101   83   40   33    9   37   71
Randy Moffitt          1   1  3.07  25   0   0   3   0   44   39   15   15    2   16   24
Jim Barr               4   5  3.20  33   8   4   1   0  107  104   47   38   12   28   50
Don McMahon            3   3  3.21  35   0   0   4   0   53   35   19   19    5   18   36
Juan Marichal          4  12  3.60  19  19   5   0   0  130  133   64   52   10   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   7  4.92  20  11   2   1   0   75   77   46   41    7   33   33
Jerry Johnson          7   5  5.13  33   0   0   6   0   53   50   31   30    3   29   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   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    1    2
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.42  28   0   0   2   0   26   26   12    7    4   11   20
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
Diego Segui            2   1  2.73  16   0   0   4   0   26   22   12    8    1   13   21
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Reggie Cleveland      12   7  3.40  23  23  10   0   3  169  160   74   64   13   46  106
Rick Wise             10  12  3.60  23  23  13   0   1  172  174   73   69   13   40   82
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.23  23   0   0   0   0   28   32   15   13    0   13   11
Al Santorini           6   7  4.32  20  11   1   0   1   81   86   41   39    4   24   40
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.38   9   0   0   0   0   12   10    7    6    1    7   14
Don Durham             0   4  4.71   4   3   0   0   0   21   21   15   11    1    7   14
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  7.15   8   1   0   0   0   11   13   10    9    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)         17
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         14
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  S. Blass (PIT)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  C. Osteen (LA)           12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  M. Torrez (MON)          12

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         18
  B. Gibson (STL)          15
  R. Wise (STL)            13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  C. Kirby (SD)             9

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         23
  D. Giusti (PIT)          17
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  J. Brewer (LA)           12
  M. Marshall (MON)        12
  F. Gladding (HOU)        10
  J. Aker (CHI)             8
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        8
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           8
  D. Frisella (NY)          7

Shutouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          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)      223.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      218.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       195.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         193.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         182.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        176.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     174.1
  R. Wise (STL)         172.1
  R. Cleveland (STL)    169.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        167.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        180
  P. Niekro (ATL)         178
  R. Wise (STL)           174
  R. Reed (ATL)           173
  C. Kirby (SD)           164
  D. Roberts (HOU)        164
  S. Carlton (PHI)        162
  R. Cleveland (STL)      160
  S. Blass (PIT)          149
  T. Seaver (NY)          147

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          81
  R. Reed (ATL)            77
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         75
  R. Cleveland (STL)       74
  R. Wise (STL)            73
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  D. Roberts (HOU)         71
  C. Kirby (SD)            70
  S. Arlin (SD)            69
  T. Seaver (NY)           66

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         21
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18
  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  G. Gentry (NY)           16
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  W. Fryman (DET)          15
  R. Schueler (ATL)        15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  C. Kirby (SD)            14
  R. Cleveland (STL)       13

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            93
  C. Kirby (SD)            89
  B. Stoneman (MON)        68
  M. Torrez (MON)          68
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Hooton (CHI)          61
  D. Selma (PHI)           59
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  G. Gentry (NY)           58
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        220
  C. Kirby (SD)           146
  T. Seaver (NY)          145
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        137
  D. Sutton (LA)          127
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  B. Gibson (STL)         119
  J. Reuss (HOU)          117
  B. Stoneman (MON)       116
  J. Koosman (NY)         109


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