Tuesday August 15, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 15, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     58  50  2.77  108  26  24   979   841  370  301   60  287  616
Pittsburgh      68  41  2.95  109  23  37   999   928  377  327   72  303  596
New York        58  49  3.10  107  24  28   976   855  377  336   79  332  718
Cincinnati      67  42  3.13  109  20  39  1011   952  385  351   86  301  557
Chicago         58  53  3.21  112  42  20   997   923  401  355   82  299  573
San Diego       43  66  3.57  109  31  13  1018   934  453  404   89  457  714
Philadelphia    41  68  3.60  109  27  12   986   922  437  394   85  371  676
St. Louis       52  56  3.63  108  46   6   966   924  440  390   66  367  600
Montreal        50  58  3.72  108  26  16   963   874  425  398   69  410  593
Houston         62  50  3.77  112  28  24  1018   963  465  426   87  356  707
San Francisco   50  63  3.80  113  31  17  1012   928  485  427   94  370  571
Atlanta         51  62  4.26  114  29  16  1010  1055  533  478  107  344  541

 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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   5  2.36  20  19   4   0   1  141  138   41   37   13   38   54
Claude Osteen (LA)    13   8  2.51  23  23   7   0   3  168  157   51   47   13   46   66
Tommy John (LA)       10   5  2.64  22  22   3   0   1  143  133   49   42    7   33   94
Mike Caldwell (SD)     6   5  2.66  31  10   3   2   1  112  105   46   33    5   37   69
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  4.09  27   5   0   1   0   77   81   39   35    6   27   47
Ron Schueler           4   7  4.27  29  17   2   0   0  124  114   66   59   16   53   83
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
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
Joe Hoerner            1   2  6.75  19   0   0   1   0   19   29   15   14    2    6   14
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
Tom Phoebus            3   2  3.25  30   1   0   6   0   69   60   28   25    6   37   50
Bill Hands             9   8  3.42  26  22   6   0   3  147  139   64   56   10   35   66
Milt Pappas            8   7  3.46  20  19   6   0   1  127  133   58   49   12   22   51
Bill Bonham            1   0  3.54   5   3   0   0   0   20   20    9    8    3    8   13
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  3.51  18  17   1   0   0  103   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            4   7  5.09  22   7   0   2   0   71   82   40   40   10   21   45
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  30   0   0  12   0   36   25   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  3.26  22  22   9   0   5  160  159   61   58   10   33   76
Don Wilson             8   8  3.35  21  21   7   0   1  132  119   57   49   11   36  110
Jim Ray               10   5  3.52  40   0   0   7   0   77   58   37   30    8   31   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  1.04  43   0   0  15   0   69   33   12    8    4   22   59
Pete Richert           2   1  1.89  26   0   0   3   0   38   32   11    8    2    8   28
Don Sutton            13   6  2.10  23  23  10   0   6  185  128   53   43    9   35  137
Claude Osteen         13   8  2.51  23  23   7   0   3  168  157   51   47   13   46   66
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         12   3  1.22  46   0   0  13   0   81   56   14   11    1   36   68
Mike Torrez           13   7  2.97  24  23  11   0   0  173  142   60   57    9   71   84
Bill Stoneman          9   9  3.13  26  26   9   0   2  187  160   69   65   11   74  126
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  1.86  34   0   0  17   0   77   56   20   16    3   26   68
Jon Matlack           10   6  2.18  23  21   5   0   3  165  138   49   40    9   49  107
Jim McAndrew           9   3  2.53  19  14   4   1   0  107   83   31   30    8   28   58
Ray Sadecki            2   0  2.57  19   2   0   0   0   42   40   14   12    2   15   20
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  0.77   9   0   0   0   0   12    7    1    1    0    3    8
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
Wayne Twitchell        2   4  4.20  39   5   0   1   0   84   81   43   39    4   40   61
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
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  1.89  40   0   0   9   0   57   39   13   12    2   18   39
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  3.08  23  10   3   3   0   99   79   38   34    7   46   74
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   4  3.57  23   9   0   1   0   86   80   36   34   13   36   57
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          6   5  2.66  31  10   3   2   1  112  105   46   33    5   37   69
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  2.95  38   0   0   5   0   58   36   19   19    5   19   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          5  13  3.84  21  21   5   0   0  145  152   74   62   14   40   64
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   6   0   0   0   0    7    7    0    0    0    4    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   9  3.81  25  25  10   0   3  179  178   88   76   15   50  111
Dennis Higgins         1   2  3.86  13   1   0   0   0   21   18   13    9    0   20   19
Lowell Palmer          0   1  3.86  11   0   0   0   0   14   12    7    6    1    7   14
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)           17
  J. Brewer (LA)           15
  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
  B. Stoneman (MON)     187.0
  R. Wise (STL)         185.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        184.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        184.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       182.2

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
  R. Cleveland (STL)      178
  S. Blass (PIT)          169
  S. Carlton (PHI)        168
  T. Seaver (NY)          160

Runs:

  R. Cleveland (STL)       88
  P. Niekro (ATL)          85
  R. Reed (ATL)            85
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  D. Roberts (HOU)         81
  S. Arlin (SD)            78
  C. Kirby (SD)            77
  R. Wise (STL)            77
  J. Marichal (SF)         74
  S. McDowell (SF)         71

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
  R. Schueler (ATL)        16
  R. Cleveland (STL)       15
  W. Fryman (DET)          15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)           101
  C. Kirby (SD)            97
  B. Stoneman (MON)        74
  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
  B. Stoneman (MON)       126
  J. Reuss (HOU)          122
  R. Cleveland (STL)      111

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