Tuesday August 8, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 8, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     53  49  2.74  102  26  20   925   792  350  281   57  276  577
Pittsburgh      65  38  2.88  103  22  34   946   866  350  303   69  286  568
Cincinnati      63  39  3.07  102  19  38   950   882  356  324   79  277  530
New York        55  47  3.10  102  23  26   932   815  359  321   77  313  693
Chicago         55  50  3.19  106  40  19   943   873  378  334   74  283  543
St. Louis       51  51  3.49  102  45   6   916   867  402  355   61  337  575
San Diego       41  63  3.60  104  29  12   972   893  438  389   84  435  687
Philadelphia    39  64  3.65  103  25  12   932   881  418  378   82  348  638
San Francisco   48  59  3.73  107  30  16   961   879  456  398   88  352  538
Houston         58  47  3.75  105  26  22   955   890  437  398   83  336  661
Montreal        45  56  3.79  101  25  15   901   832  405  379   64  386  550
Atlanta         48  58  4.17  107  27  15   948   991  491  439  103  310  509

 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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   4  2.13  19  18   4   0   1  135  129   36   32   11   37   53
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
Claude Osteen (LA)    12   8  2.25  21  21   7   0   3  156  140   43   39   12   45   63
Tommy John (LA)        9   5  2.61  21  21   3   0   1  138  125   47   40    7   33   91
Bob Gibson (STL)      12   6  2.65  22  22  15   0   3  177  148   55   52   11   54  127
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

 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
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.45  17   5   1   1   0   47   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 Reed               9  11  3.88  24  24   8   0   1  167  180   83   72   12   49   91
Ron Schueler           4   6  4.14  27  15   2   0   0  115  104   59   53   15   51   78
Denny McLain           3   2  4.30  10   5   2   1   0   38   32   18   18    6   11   17
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
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.70  15   1   0   1   0   36   45   25   23    7   14   24
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Joe Hoerner            1   2  6.19  16   0   0   1   0   16   23   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
Jack Aker              4   3  2.48  28   0   0   9   0   36   31   15   10    2    9   19
Rick Reuschel          4   4  2.51  10   8   2   0   1   65   57   20   18    3   13   49
Burt Hooton            7   9  2.75  23  23   7   0   2  157  129   56   48    9   61   97
Fergie Jenkins        15  10  2.92  27  27  19   0   3  225  186   77   73   22   44  142
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
Steve Hamilton         1   0  4.30  20   0   0   0   0   15   20    7    7    1    7   10
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  1.83  43   0   0  23   0   64   51   16   13    3   18   34
Gary Nolan            13   3  2.01  21  21   6   0   2  157  137   44   35   10   29   82
Ross Grimsley         10   4  2.13  19  18   4   0   1  135  129   36   32   11   37   53
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
Pedro Borbon           5   2  3.44  38   1   0   6   0   71   71   29   27    4   19   29
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
Jim McGlothlin         5   5  4.18  22  13   2   0   1   90  106   46   42    9   26   48
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
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  3.23  33   0   0   2   0   70   48   25   25    5   34   64
Larry Dierker         10   6  3.33  20  20   8   0   5  143  140   56   53    9   30   64
Jim Ray               10   4  3.48  39   0   0   7   0   75   57   36   29    8   29   43
Don Wilson             7   8  3.52  20  20   6   0   1  123  112   56   48   11   35   98
Jerry Reuss            8   8  3.72  19  19   4   0   1  126  103   60   52    8   55  117
Ken Forsch             5   5  3.99  23  20   1   0   0  131  136   62   58   18   50   89
Dave Roberts           9   5  4.16  21  21   6   0   2  145  164   71   67   13   44   81
Jim York               0   1  5.47  17   0   0   0   0   25   26   15   15    2   14   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
Ron Perranoski         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    0    0    0    0    2    2
Jim Brewer             6   5  1.17  39   0   0  12   0   62   31   12    8    4   20   51
Pete Richert           1   1  2.04  25   0   0   3   0   35   30   11    8    2    8   25
Don Sutton            13   6  2.14  22  22  10   0   6  177  125   52   42    8   35  127
Claude Osteen         12   8  2.25  21  21   7   0   3  156  140   43   39   12   45   63
Tommy John             9   5  2.61  21  21   3   0   1  138  125   47   40    7   33   91
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   5  4.14  25   0   0   4   0   41   51   25   19    3   15   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  1.39  41   0   0  12   0   71   55   14   11    1   33   57
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  3.41  37   0   0   3   0   61   59   25   23    3   24   38
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  12  4.70  18  17   2   0   0   98   94   55   51    9   42   52
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   5  1.86  31   0   0  15   0   73   53   19   15    3   23   66
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.05  22  20   5   0   3  158  131   45   36    8   44  101
Jim McAndrew           7   3  2.69  17  12   3   1   0   90   73   28   27    8   24   52
Ray Sadecki            2   0  2.70  18   2   0   0   0   40   38   14   12    2   14   20
Danny Frisella         4   7  2.87  27   0   0   7   0   47   38   16   15    7   11   31
Tom Seaver            12   9  3.19  23  23   9   0   2  175  154   68   62   15   55  154
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  3.83  22  22   3   0   0  134  125   65   57   16   59   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
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.07  13   0   0   1   0   15   14    5    5    2   11   19
Darrell Brandon        5   4  3.08  29   2   0   2   0   61   68   25   21    5   21   42
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  3.96  22  12   0   0   0   89   82   40   39    8   30   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  12  4.78  21  21   2   0   0  113  128   63   60   11   41   48
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            10   5  2.75  18  18   3   0   0  118  113   46   36    4   22   66
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   6   0   0   1   0    7    2    2    0    0    4    4
Gary Ross              3   2  2.17  41   0   0   2   0   62   57   19   15    1   33   29
Mike Caldwell          5   4  2.91  29   8   1   2   1   93   88   43   30    5   32   62
Clay Kirby             8  12  3.07  26  26   9   0   2  194  164   70   66   14   89  146
Steve Arlin            8  13  3.22  26  25  10   0   3  184  134   73   66   12   95  126
Fred Norman            6   8  3.29  27  19   6   1   4  131  120   52   48   12   54   92
Mike Corkins           3   6  3.77  32   5   1   3   0   86   74   39   36   12   36   71
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.45  29   0   0   1   0   30   33   15   15    1   24   22
Bill Greif             5  12  4.89  26  18   2   2   1  109  120   66   59   14   38   84
Ed Acosta              3   5  5.67  32   2   0   0   0   60   82   43   38    5   21   38
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
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
Frank Reberger         3   1  2.86  11   5   2   0   0   57   49   20   18    5   21   32
Steve Stone            5   7  2.95  18  16   4   0   1  107   87   42   35   10   38   73
Randy Moffitt          1   1  3.15  26   0   0   3   0   46   40   16   16    3   19   25
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  5.00  34   0   0   7   0   54   50   31   30    3   29   37
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
Diego Segui            3   1  2.45  17   0   0   4   0   29   24   12    8    1   15   26
Bob Gibson            12   6  2.65  22  22  15   0   3  177  148   55   52   11   54  127
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.70  29   0   0   2   0   27   28   13    8    4   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  3.73  24  24  13   0   1  176  180   77   73   14   42   83
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.08  24   0   0   0   0   29   34   15   13    0   13   12
Dennis Higgins         1   2  4.26  11   1   0   0   0   19   17   13    9    0   18   18
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
Tony Cloninger         0   2  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   29   17   15    2   19   11
John Cumberland        0   1  6.75   9   1   0   0   0   12   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)         15
  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
  B. Champion (PHI)        12
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  C. Kirby (SD)            12
  J. Marichal (SF)         12
  E. McAnally (MON)        12
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  W. Fryman (DET)          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)             9
  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:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      224.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      223.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       195.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         193.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         184.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       176.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        176.2
  R. Wise (STL)         176.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        175.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     174.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        186
  R. Reed (ATL)           180
  R. Wise (STL)           180
  P. Niekro (ATL)         178
  C. Kirby (SD)           164
  D. Roberts (HOU)        164
  S. Carlton (PHI)        162
  R. Cleveland (STL)      160
  T. Seaver (NY)          154
  S. Blass (PIT)          149

Runs:

  R. Reed (ATL)            83
  P. Niekro (ATL)          81
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  R. Wise (STL)            77
  R. Cleveland (STL)       74
  S. Arlin (SD)            73
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  D. Roberts (HOU)         71
  C. Kirby (SD)            70
  T. Seaver (NY)           68

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         22
  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
  B. Greif (SD)            14
  C. Kirby (SD)            14

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            95
  C. Kirby (SD)            89
  B. Stoneman (MON)        68
  M. Torrez (MON)          68
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Hooton (CHI)          61
  G. Gentry (NY)           59
  D. Selma (PHI)           59
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        220
  T. Seaver (NY)          154
  C. Kirby (SD)           146
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        142
  B. Gibson (STL)         127
  D. Sutton (LA)          127
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  J. Reuss (HOU)          117
  B. Stoneman (MON)       116
  J. Koosman (NY)         109

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