Friday August 11, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 11, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     55  50  2.74  105  26  21   952   812  359  290   58  283  597
Pittsburgh      66  39  2.88  105  23  35   964   885  357  309   70  292  577
Cincinnati      64  41  3.13  105  19  39   976   921  372  339   82  289  542
New York        56  48  3.13  104  24  26   949   832  369  330   78  320  702
Chicago         57  51  3.17  109  42  19   970   899  388  342   75  287  550
San Diego       42  64  3.57  106  30  13   991   910  442  393   86  446  701
St. Louis       51  53  3.59  104  45   6   933   894  420  372   64  352  581
Philadelphia    40  65  3.61  105  26  12   950   893  422  381   82  355  652
San Francisco   48  61  3.76  109  30  16   978   899  467  409   91  356  550
Montreal        47  57  3.78  104  26  15   927   851  416  389   66  402  564
Houston         60  48  3.79  108  27  23   981   923  452  413   86  344  679
Atlanta         50  59  4.18  110  28  16   975  1018  505  453  104  325  524

 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
Steve Carlton (PHI)   18   6  2.09  28  28  19   0   7  232  165   58   54   12   57  232
Don Sutton (LA)       13   6  2.10  23  23  10   0   6  185  128   53   43    9   35  137
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   4  2.13  19  18   4   0   1  135  129   36   32   11   37   53
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   6  2.18  23  21   5   0   3  165  138   49   40    9   49  107
Claude Osteen (LA)    13   8  2.25  22  22   7   0   3  164  149   45   41   12   45   64
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  3.31  28  26  11   0   0  201  183   85   74   18   23  110
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.42  18   5   1   2   0   47   51   23   18    5   18   16
Ron Reed               9  11  3.88  24  24   8   0   1  167  180   83   72   12   49   91
Pat Jarvis             9   6  3.95  26   5   0   1   0   73   77   36   32    6   26   44
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
Ron Schueler           4   6  4.45  28  16   2   0   0  117  109   64   58   15   53   79
Tom Kelley             5   7  4.47  18  14   2   0   1   91   95   51   45   11   47   45
Cecil Upshaw           2   5  4.53  30   0   0   8   0   44   44   22   22    5   15   18
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
Joe Hoerner            1   2  5.60  18   0   0   1   0   18   25   12   11    1    6   13
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
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
Rick Reuschel          5   4  2.20  11   9   3   0   2   74   65   20   18    3   14   52
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
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            8   7  3.46  20  19   6   0   1  127  133   58   49   12   22   51
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
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
Clay Carroll           5   4  2.32  45   0   0  24   0   66   58   20   17    4   19   34
Tom Hall               5   1  2.43  34   5   1   6   1   89   53   28   24    6   36   99
Pedro Borbon           5   2  3.47  40   1   0   6   0   73   75   30   28    4   19   29
Jack Billingham        7  10  3.48  25  21   5   1   2  145  143   59   56   10   37   82
Wayne Simpson          7   4  3.54  17  16   1   0   0  102   88   42   40   11   39   56
Ed Sprague             3   1  3.59  26   1   0   0   0   43   32   19   17    5   20   14
Jim McGlothlin         5   5  4.14  23  14   2   0   1   96  112   48   44    9   30   51
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Don Gullett            3   7  5.74  21   7   0   2   0   63   78   40   40   10   20   37
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  2.55  28   0   0  11   0   35   24   11   10    1    8   15
Tom Griffin            4   3  2.99  27   4   1   3   1   72   64   26   24    6   23   62
George Culver          3   2  3.11  34   0   0   2   0   72   51   25   25    5   34   65
Larry Dierker         11   6  3.31  21  21   9   0   5  152  150   59   56   10   32   73
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  4.35  22  22   6   0   2  149  173   76   72   13   46   84
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             7   5  1.11  41   0   0  13   0   65   31   12    8    4   20   53
Pete Richert           1   1  2.04  25   0   0   3   0   35   30   11    8    2    8   25
Don Sutton            13   6  2.10  23  23  10   0   6  185  128   53   43    9   35  137
Claude Osteen         13   8  2.25  22  22   7   0   3  164  149   45   41   12   45   64
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
Mike Torrez           13   7  2.97  24  23  11   0   0  173  142   60   57    9   71   84
Bill Stoneman          9   9  3.18  25  25   9   0   2  178  152   67   63   11   72  120
Tom Walker             2   1  3.31  34   0   0   0   0   52   54   22   19    3   19   31
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  6.14  20  10   0   0   0   63   67   46   43    8   56   37
Joe Gilbert            0   1  6.53  18   0   0   0   0   30   29   22   22    3   15   25
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   6  2.18  23  21   5   0   3  165  138   49   40    9   49  107
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  2.83  28   0   0   7   0   48   38   16   15    7   11   31
Tom Seaver            12   9  3.19  23  23   9   0   2  175  154   68   62   15   55  154
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
Bob Rauch              0   1  6.35   6   0   0   0   0    6    7    5    4    0    8    5

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Wilson            1   0  0.96   7   0   0   0   0    9    6    1    1    0    3    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  2.87  14   0   0   1   0   16   14    5    5    2   11   20
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   3  4.40  38   4   0   1   0   76   74   40   37    4   38   54
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  1.93  38   0   0   9   0   56   38   13   12    2   17   38
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
Dock Ellis            10   5  2.75  18  18   3   0   0  118  113   46   36    4   22   66
Bruce Kison            5   4  2.81  22   9   3   3   0   96   71   32   30    7   44   73
Bob Moose              8   6  3.07  20  19   4   1   3  147  140   58   50    8   25   97
Nelson Briles         11   5  3.27  18  17   5   0   1  118  121   55   43   12   28   74
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   5  2.81  30   9   2   2   1  103   99   45   32    5   36   65
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  2.90  19  16   4   0   1  109   87   42   35   10   38   73
Don McMahon            3   3  2.98  37   0   0   4   0   57   36   19   19    5   18   41
Randy Moffitt          1   1  3.19  27   0   0   3   0   48   44   17   17    4   19   26
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
Jerry Johnson          7   5  5.00  34   0   0   7   0   54   50   31   30    3   29   37
Don Carrithers         3   8  5.40  21  12   2   1   0   77   83   51   46    7   35   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   5   0   0   0   0    6    6    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   8  3.65  24  24  10   0   3  173  168   81   70   14   48  108
Rick Wise             10  12  3.73  24  24  13   0   1  176  180   77   73   14   42   83
Dennis Higgins         1   2  4.05  12   1   0   0   0   20   18   13    9    0   19   18
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.15  10   0   0   0   0   13   11    7    6    1    7   14
Al Santorini           6   7  4.32  20  11   1   0   1   81   86   41   39    4   24   40
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.70  26   0   0   0   0   31   37   18   16    0   16   13
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  7.27  11   1   0   0   0   17   20   15   14    4    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
  C. Osteen (LA)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  M. Torrez (MON)          13
  S. Blass (PIT)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  T. Seaver (NY)           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
  M. Torrez (MON)          11
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  L. Dierker (HOU)          9

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         24
  D. Giusti (PIT)          17
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  J. Brewer (LA)           13
  M. Marshall (MON)        12
  F. Gladding (HOU)        11
  J. Aker (CHI)             9
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        9
  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
  P. Niekro (ATL)       201.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         200.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        184.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         184.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)     178.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       176.2
  R. Wise (STL)         176.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        175.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        186
  P. Niekro (ATL)         183
  R. Reed (ATL)           180
  R. Wise (STL)           180
  D. Roberts (HOU)        173
  C. Kirby (SD)           170
  R. Cleveland (STL)      168
  S. Carlton (PHI)        165
  S. Blass (PIT)          157
  T. Seaver (NY)          154

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          85
  R. Reed (ATL)            83
  R. Cleveland (STL)       81
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  R. Wise (STL)            77
  D. Roberts (HOU)         76
  S. Arlin (SD)            73
  C. Kirby (SD)            72
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  J. Marichal (SF)         69

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            95
  C. Kirby (SD)            93
  B. Stoneman (MON)        72
  M. Torrez (MON)          71
  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
  D. Sutton (LA)          137
  B. Gibson (STL)         127
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  B. Stoneman (MON)       120
  J. Reuss (HOU)          119
  P. Niekro (ATL)         110


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