Wednesday August 9, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 9, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     53  50  2.77  103  26  20   933   800  356  287   57  283  584
Pittsburgh      65  39  2.86  104  23  34   955   874  352  304   70  287  571
Cincinnati      64  39  3.06  103  19  39   959   892  359  326   80  280  535
New York        56  47  3.10  103  24  26   941   821  362  324   77  315  696
Chicago         55  51  3.22  107  40  19   952   886  386  340   74  286  546
St. Louis       51  52  3.53  103  45   6   925   878  410  363   62  347  579
San Diego       42  63  3.59  105  29  13   981   899  440  391   86  442  698
Philadelphia    40  64  3.61  104  26  12   941   884  418  378   82  349  650
San Francisco   48  60  3.74  108  30  16   970   889  461  403   90  354  544
Montreal        46  56  3.77  102  25  15   910   838  407  381   65  391  557
Houston         58  48  3.78  106  26  22   963   900  443  404   84  339  665
Atlanta         49  58  4.13  108  28  15   957   997  491  439  103  311  514

 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
Steve Carlton (PHI)   18   6  2.09  28  28  19   0   7  232  165   58   54   12   57  232
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
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
Steve Blass (PIT)     12   6  2.61  22  22   6   0   1  169  157   54   49   16   48   77
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

 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
George Stone           4   8  4.23  25  10   2   1   1   79   97   41   37    9   26   43
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
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
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
Jack Aker              4   4  3.11  29   0   0   9   0   38   36   19   13    2   10   19
Bill Hands             9   7  3.12  25  21   6   0   3  141  133   57   49    7   32   60
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  3.93   4   3   0   0   0   18   20    9    8    3    7   12
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
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.38  34   0   0   4   0   49   54   28   24    2   20   35
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  1.92  44   0   0  24   0   66   54   17   14    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               5   1  2.43  34   5   1   6   1   89   53   28   24    6   36   99
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  2.99  26   4   1   3   1   69   62   25   23    5   22   60
George Culver          3   2  3.11  34   0   0   2   0   72   51   25   25    5   34   65
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   9  3.94  20  20   4   0   1  128  107   64   56    9   57  119
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  5.26  18   0   0   0   0   26   27   15   15    2   14   16
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  3.02  22  21   4   0   2  140  130   61   47   10   49   88
Bill Singer            4  11  3.76  18  17   2   0   2  120  108   62   50    6   39   78
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         10   3  1.34  42   0   0  12   0   74   55   14   11    1   35   59
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  3.99  11  11   3   0   0   68   63   32   30    5   25   72
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
Ray Sadecki            2   0  2.70  18   2   0   0   0   40   38   14   12    2   14   20
Jim McAndrew           8   3  2.72  18  13   4   1   0   99   79   31   30    8   26   55
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         18   6  2.09  28  28  19   0   7  232  165   58   54   12   57  232
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   6  2.61  22  22   6   0   1  169  157   54   49   16   48   77
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             9  12  3.05  27  27   9   0   2  201  170   72   68   16   93  153
Steve Arlin            8  13  3.22  26  25  10   0   3  184  134   73   66   12   95  126
Fred Norman            6   8  3.24  28  19   6   2   4  133  120   52   48   12   57   96
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
Don McMahon            3   3  3.09  36   0   0   4   0   55   36   19   19    5   18   38
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
Juan Marichal          4  13  3.74  20  20   5   0   0  137  142   69   57   12   36   58
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   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    3    2
Diego Segui            3   1  2.45  17   0   0   4   0   29   24   12    8    1   15   26
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.60  30   0   0   2   0   28   29   13    8    4   14   22
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
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  4.25  25   0   0   0   0   30   35   16   14    0   14   13
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
Tony Cloninger         0   2  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   29   17   15    2   19   11
Don Durham             0   5  5.56   5   4   0   0   0   23   22   18   14    1   12   16
John Cumberland        0   1  7.16  10   1   0   0   0   16   19   14   13    3    7    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)         18
  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
  J. Marichal (SF)         13
  B. Champion (PHI)        12
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  C. Kirby (SD)            12
  E. McAnally (MON)        12
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  B. Singer (LA)           11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         19
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  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)         24
  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)          7
  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)      232.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      224.2
  C. Kirby (SD)         200.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       195.1
  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)           170
  S. Carlton (PHI)        165
  D. Roberts (HOU)        164
  R. Cleveland (STL)      160
  S. Blass (PIT)          157
  T. Seaver (NY)          154

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
  C. Kirby (SD)            72
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  D. Roberts (HOU)         71
  J. Marichal (SF)         69

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         22
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18
  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  S. Blass (PIT)           16
  G. Gentry (NY)           16
  C. Kirby (SD)            16
  W. Fryman (DET)          15
  R. Schueler (ATL)        15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  B. Greif (SD)            14

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            95
  C. Kirby (SD)            93
  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)         57

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        232
  T. Seaver (NY)          154
  C. Kirby (SD)           153
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        142
  B. Gibson (STL)         127
  D. Sutton (LA)          127
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  J. Reuss (HOU)          119
  B. Stoneman (MON)       116
  J. Koosman (NY)         109

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