Saturday August 12, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 12, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     56  50  2.74  106  26  22   961   821  361  292   58  283  601
Pittsburgh      67  39  2.90  106  23  36   973   896  362  314   71  294  579
New York        57  48  3.11  105  24  27   959   838  370  331   78  324  711
Cincinnati      64  42  3.16  106  19  39   984   934  379  345   84  290  543
Chicago         57  52  3.16  110  42  19   980   908  390  344   77  290  558
San Diego       42  65  3.58  107  30  13  1000   917  447  398   87  452  705
Philadelphia    40  66  3.60  106  26  12   959   900  425  384   84  360  655
St. Louis       51  54  3.61  105  45   6   941   900  426  377   65  358  585
San Francisco   48  62  3.76  110  30  16   986   903  470  412   92  358  555
Montreal        48  57  3.76  105  26  15   936   857  418  391   67  403  572
Houston         61  48  3.76  109  28  23   990   930  453  414   86  345  691
Atlanta         51  59  4.14  111  29  16   984  1021  507  453  104  327  526

 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
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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   5  2.36  20  19   4   0   1  141  138   41   37   13   38   54
Steve Blass (PIT)     12   6  2.61  22  22   6   0   1  169  157   54   49   16   48   77
Tommy John (LA)       10   5  2.64  22  22   3   0   1  143  133   49   42    7   33   94
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  3.31  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              10  11  3.68  25  25   9   0   1  176  183   85   72   12   51   93
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  10  2.71  24  24   7   0   2  166  138   58   50   11   64  104
Fergie Jenkins        15  10  2.92  27  27  19   0   3  225  186   77   73   22   44  142
Jack Aker              4   4  3.08  30   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  4.20  21   0   0   0   0   15   20    7    7    1    7   11
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
Clay Carroll           5   4  2.32  45   0   0  24   0   66   58   20   17    4   19   34
Ross Grimsley         10   5  2.36  20  19   4   0   1  141  138   41   37   13   38   54
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  3.63  27   1   0   0   0   45   36   21   18    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
Don Wilson             8   8  3.35  21  21   7   0   1  132  119   57   49   11   36  110
Jim Ray               10   4  3.48  39   0   0   7   0   75   57   36   29    8   29   43
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            10   5  2.64  22  22   3   0   1  143  133   49   42    7   33   94
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  3.77  26   0   0   5   0   45   52   25   19    3   15   31
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         11   3  1.29  43   0   0  12   0   77   55   14   11    1   35   64
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  4.23  19  19   1   0   0  117  114   58   55   13   38   36
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  1.83  32   0   0  16   0   74   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            13   9  3.08  24  24   9   0   2  184  160   69   63   15   59  163
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  2.81  15   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
Ken Reynolds           0   9  3.90  23  13   0   0   0   97   88   43   42   10   34   54
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
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  4.99  31  10   1   3   0   83   72   52   46   11   60   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  1.82  39   0   0  18   0   54   44   12   11    2   16   40
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              9   6  3.16  21  20   4   1   3  154  150   62   54    8   27   98
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  2.11  42   0   0   2   0   64   59   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
Fred Norman            6   8  3.19  29  19   6   2   4  135  121   52   48   12   57   98
Steve Arlin            8  14  3.37  27  26  10   0   3  190  138   78   71   13  101  128
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   6  3.24  34   9   4   1   0  114  108   50   41   13   29   55
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  4.91  35   0   0   7   0   55   50   31   30    3   30   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  2.37  18   0   0   4   0   30   24   12    8    1   15   28
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.60  30   0   0   2   0   28   29   13    8    4   14   22
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Bob Gibson            12   7  2.81  23  23  15   0   3  183  153   61   57   12   60  129
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
Lowell Palmer          0   1  3.86  11   0   0   0   0   14   12    7    6    1    7   14
Dennis Higgins         1   2  4.05  12   1   0   0   0   20   18   13    9    0   19   18
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
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  M. Torrez (MON)          13
  S. Blass (PIT)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  B. Gibson (STL)          12

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            14
  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)          18
  T. McGraw (NY)           16
  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
  S. Arlin (SD)         189.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        184.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        184.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       182.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     178.1
  R. Reed (ATL)         176.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        186
  P. Niekro (ATL)         183
  R. Reed (ATL)           183
  R. Wise (STL)           180
  D. Roberts (HOU)        173
  C. Kirby (SD)           170
  R. Cleveland (STL)      168
  S. Carlton (PHI)        165
  T. Seaver (NY)          160
  S. Blass (PIT)          157

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          85
  R. Reed (ATL)            85
  R. Cleveland (STL)       81
  S. Arlin (SD)            78
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  R. Wise (STL)            77
  D. Roberts (HOU)         76
  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)           101
  C. Kirby (SD)            93
  B. Stoneman (MON)        72
  M. Torrez (MON)          71
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Hooton (CHI)          64
  B. Gibson (STL)          60
  D. Selma (PHI)           60
  G. Gentry (NY)           59
  T. Seaver (NY)           59

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        232
  T. Seaver (NY)          163
  C. Kirby (SD)           153
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        142
  D. Sutton (LA)          137
  B. Gibson (STL)         129
  S. Arlin (SD)           128
  B. Stoneman (MON)       120
  J. Reuss (HOU)          119
  P. Niekro (ATL)         110


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