Monday August 14, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 14, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     57  50  2.74  107  26  23   970   830  364  295   59  285  608
Pittsburgh      68  40  2.92  108  23  37   991   916  369  321   71  298  591
New York        57  49  3.13  106  24  27   967   850  377  336   79  329  715
Cincinnati      66  42  3.15  108  20  39  1002   948  385  351   86  300  549
Chicago         58  52  3.17  111  42  20   989   917  394  348   79  295  566
San Diego       42  66  3.60  108  30  13  1009   928  452  403   89  456  710
St. Louis       52  55  3.61  107  46   6   958   913  433  384   65  363  596
Philadelphia    41  67  3.61  108  27  12   977   914  434  392   85  369  668
Montreal        49  58  3.74  107  26  16   953   866  423  396   69  407  586
Houston         62  49  3.78  111  28  24  1008   952  462  423   87  353  704
San Francisco   49  63  3.79  112  31  16  1003   918  480  422   92  365  565
Atlanta         51  61  4.26  113  29  16  1002  1046  528  474  105  344  536

 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)   19   6  2.05  29  29  20   0   7  241  168   59   55   13   60  240
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
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
Burt Hooton (CHI)      7  10  2.71  24  24   7   0   2  166  138   58   50   11   64  104

 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  4.09  27   5   0   1   0   77   81   39   35    6   27   47
Ron Schueler           4   6  4.45  28  16   2   0   0  117  109   64   58   15   53   79
Cecil Upshaw           2   5  4.50  31   0   0   8   0   44   45   22   22    5   16   18
George Stone           4   9  4.70  26  11   2   1   1   84  107   48   44   10   28   47
Tom Kelley             5   7  4.80  19  14   2   0   1   94  100   56   50   11   50   47
Denny McLain           3   3  5.08  11   6   2   1   0   39   35   22   22    6   13   17
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  5.63  16   1   0   1   0   40   47   27   25    7   22   25
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
Jack Aker              4   4  2.90  31   0   0  10   0   40   37   19   13    2   11   22
Fergie Jenkins        16  10  3.00  28  28  19   0   3  231  194   81   77   24   48  147
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  2.69  35   6   1   6   1   94   58   32   28    7   40  101
Pedro Borbon           6   2  3.27  41   1   0   6   0   77   76   30   28    4   20   30
Jack Billingham        8  10  3.40  26  22   6   1   2  154  151   61   58   11   42   85
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  2.50  29   0   0  12   0   36   24   11   10    1    8   15
Tom Griffin            4   3  2.89  28   4   1   3   1   75   66   26   24    6   24   64
George Culver          3   2  3.01  36   0   0   2   0   75   53   25   25    5   35   66
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
Ken Forsch             5   5  3.96  24  20   1   0   0  132  136   62   58   18   50   90
Jerry Reuss            8  10  4.05  21  21   4   0   1  133  117   68   60    9   59  122
Dave Roberts           9   5  4.58  23  23   6   0   2  151  179   81   77   14   48   86
Jim York               0   1  4.88  19   0   0   0   0   28   28   15   15    2   15   17
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.64  10   0   0   0   0    8    4    9    8    1    8    9
J.R. Richard           1   0  9.00   2   1   0   0   0    4    6    4    4    0    4    5
Joe Gibbon             0   0  9.82   9   0   0   0   0    7   13    9    8    2    5    4

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Perranoski         1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    2    2
Jim Brewer             7   5  1.07  42   0   0  14   0   67   32   12    8    4   21   56
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
Pete Mikkelsen         3   5  3.77  26   0   0   5   0   45   52   25   19    3   15   31
Bill Singer            4  11  3.80  19  18   2   0   2  126  113   65   53    7   40   82
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  1.24  45   0   0  13   0   80   56   14   11    1   35   67
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            4   5  3.98  12  12   3   0   0   75   66   35   33    7   28   79
Carl Morton            5  10  4.23  19  19   1   0   0  117  114   58   55   13   38   36
Ernie McAnally         1  13  4.56  19  18   2   0   0  105   99   57   53    9   43   56
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  1.90  33   0   0  16   0   76   55   20   16    3   25   68
Jon Matlack           10   6  2.18  23  21   5   0   3  165  138   49   40    9   49  107
Ray Sadecki            2   0  2.57  19   2   0   0   0   42   40   14   12    2   15   20
Jim McAndrew           8   3  2.72  18  13   4   1   0   99   79   31   30    8   26   55
Danny Frisella         4   7  2.96  29   0   0   7   0   49   41   18   16    7   11   33
Tom Seaver            13   9  3.08  24  24   9   0   2  184  160   69   63   15   59  163
Gary Gentry            5   8  3.77  23  22   3   0   0  136  126   66   57   16   60   94
Jerry Koosman          8   8  3.85  25  17   3   1   1  119  108   57   51   10   36  109
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  0.84   8   0   0   0   0   11    6    1    1    0    3    7
Steve Carlton         19   6  2.05  29  29  20   0   7  241  168   59   55   13   60  240
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Darrell Brandon        5   4  3.09  30   2   0   2   0   64   71   26   22    5   23   43
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
Mac Scarce             1   1  4.32  16   0   0   1   0   17   16    8    8    2   12   21
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  13  4.86  22  22   2   0   0  117  133   67   63   11   44   49
Dick Selma             2   8  4.95  32  10   1   3   0   84   73   52   46   11   60   51
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  1.78  41   0   0  19   0   56   45   12   11    2   16   40
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  1.93  39   0   0   9   0   56   39   13   12    2   17   38
Bob Miller             4   1  1.96  25   0   0   3   0   37   34    9    8    1   19   16
Dock Ellis            10   6  2.72  19  19   3   0   0  126  119   48   38    4   23   71
Steve Blass           13   6  2.74  23  23   6   0   1  177  169   59   54   16   51   84
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  13  3.15  28  28   9   0   2  209  180   77   73   18   97  158
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  3.72  33   5   1   3   0   87   75   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         2   0  2.50   2   2   2   0   0   18   14    5    5    1    3   12
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
Don McMahon            3   3  2.98  37   0   0   4   0   57   36   19   19    5   18   41
Steve Stone            5   8  3.06  20  16   4   0   1  109   88   44   37   10   39   73
Randy Moffitt          1   1  3.10  28   0   0   3   0   49   45   17   17    4   20   27
Jim Barr               4   6  3.24  34   9   4   1   0  114  108   50   41   13   29   55
Frank Reberger         3   1  3.34  12   6   2   0   0   62   56   25   23    5   24   35
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  4.82  36   0   0   7   0   56   51   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  2.16  19   0   0   4   0   33   26   12    8    1   17   31
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
Rick Wise             11  12  3.55  25  25  14   0   2  185  185   77   73   14   42   88
Reggie Cleveland      12   8  3.65  24  24  10   0   3  173  168   81   70   14   48  108
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
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.70  26   0   0   0   0   31   37   18   16    0   16   13
Al Santorini           6   8  4.80  21  12   1   0   1   86   92   48   46    4   27   43
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)         19
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         16
  S. Blass (PIT)           13
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  C. Osteen (LA)           13
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  M. Torrez (MON)          13
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  B. Gibson (STL)          12

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            14
  B. Champion (PHI)        13
  C. Kirby (SD)            13
  J. Marichal (SF)         13
  E. McAnally (MON)        13
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  B. Singer (LA)           11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         20
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  B. Gibson (STL)          15
  R. Wise (STL)            14
  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)          19
  T. McGraw (NY)           16
  J. Brewer (LA)           14
  M. Marshall (MON)        13
  F. Gladding (HOU)        12
  J. Aker (CHI)            10
  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)      241.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      231.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         208.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       201.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         189.2
  R. Wise (STL)         185.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        184.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        184.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       182.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     178.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        194
  R. Wise (STL)           185
  P. Niekro (ATL)         183
  R. Reed (ATL)           183
  C. Kirby (SD)           180
  D. Roberts (HOU)        179
  S. Blass (PIT)          169
  S. Carlton (PHI)        168
  R. Cleveland (STL)      168
  T. Seaver (NY)          160

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          85
  R. Reed (ATL)            85
  R. Cleveland (STL)       81
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  D. Roberts (HOU)         81
  S. Arlin (SD)            78
  C. Kirby (SD)            77
  R. Wise (STL)            77
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  J. Marichal (SF)         69

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         24
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18
  C. Kirby (SD)            18
  P. Niekro (ATL)          18
  S. Blass (PIT)           16
  G. Gentry (NY)           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)            97
  B. Stoneman (MON)        72
  M. Torrez (MON)          71
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Hooton (CHI)          64
  S. Carlton (PHI)         60
  G. Gentry (NY)           60
  B. Gibson (STL)          60
  D. Selma (PHI)           60

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        240
  T. Seaver (NY)          163
  C. Kirby (SD)           158
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        147
  D. Sutton (LA)          137
  B. Gibson (STL)         129
  S. Arlin (SD)           128
  J. Reuss (HOU)          122
  B. Stoneman (MON)       120
  P. Niekro (ATL)         110

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