Wednesday August 16, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 16, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     58  51  2.77  109  27  24   988   848  373  304   61  289  620
Pittsburgh      69  41  2.94  110  23  37  1008   937  379  329   72  306  598
New York        58  50  3.10  108  24  28   985   864  380  339   80  333  724
Cincinnati      68  42  3.11  110  20  40  1020   959  387  352   86  305  562
Chicago         58  54  3.31  113  42  20  1005   943  415  369   83  305  579
San Diego       43  67  3.59  110  31  13  1027   944  459  409   90  460  719
Philadelphia    41  69  3.64  110  27  12   995   935  445  402   86  379  681
St. Louis       53  56  3.64  109  46   7   975   933  444  394   68  368  607
Montreal        50  59  3.72  109  26  16   972   883  430  402   69  413  599
Houston         63  50  3.73  113  29  24  1027   968  465  426   87  358  712
San Francisco   51  63  3.83  114  31  18  1021   943  494  434   95  375  575
Atlanta         52  62  4.23  115  30  16  1019  1062  534  479  107  349  546

 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   7  2.14  24  24  11   0   6  194  135   56   46   10   37  141
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   7  2.19  24  22   5   0   3  172  144   51   42    9   50  112
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           11  10  3.21  29  27  12   0   0  210  190   86   75   18   28  115
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
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
Rick Reuschel          5   5  2.72  12  10   3   0   2   76   71   25   23    3   17   53
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   8  3.42  26  22   6   0   3  147  139   64   56   10   35   66
Bill Bonham            1   0  3.43   6   3   0   0   0   21   21    9    8    3    9   13
Milt Pappas            8   7  3.46  20  19   6   0   1  127  133   58   49   12   22   51
Tom Phoebus            3   2  3.50  31   1   0   6   0   72   65   31   28    7   38   53
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
Steve Hamilton         1   0  4.76  22   0   0   0   0   17   24    9    9    1    8   13
Dan McGinn             0   3  5.07  35   0   0   4   0   50   58   32   28    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  3.18  42   1   0   7   0   79   76   30   28    4   21   31
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         6   5  3.96  24  15   2   0   1  102  119   50   45    9   33   55
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
Don Wilson             9   8  3.14  22  22   8   0   2  141  124   57   49   11   38  115
Larry Dierker         11   6  3.26  22  22   9   0   5  160  159   61   58   10   33   76
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   7  2.14  24  24  11   0   6  194  135   56   46   10   37  141
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   8  3.07  25  24  11   0   0  179  149   65   61    9   74   86
Bill Stoneman          9   9  3.13  26  26   9   0   2  187  160   69   65   11   74  126
Tom Walker             2   1  3.25  35   0   0   0   0   53   56   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  5.95  21  10   0   0   0   65   67   46   43    8   56   41
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   7  2.19  24  22   5   0   3  172  144   51   42    9   50  112
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  3.78  24  22   3   0   0  138  129   67   58   17   60   95
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  0.68  10   0   0   0   0   13    8    1    1    0    5    9
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
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
Ken Reynolds           0  10  4.16  24  14   0   0   0   97   91   46   45   10   36   54
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  4.78  23  22   2   0   0  119  135   67   63   11   44   50
Dick Selma             2   8  5.04  33  10   1   3   0   86   75   54   48   11   62   52
Gary Neibauer          0   2  5.27   6   2   0   0   0   14   13    9    8    0   12    5
Bob Terlecki           0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    5    3    3    1    1    2

 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
Bob Miller             5   1  1.88  26   0   0   3   0   38   35    9    8    1   19   16
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  1.88  41   0   0   9   0   57   40   13   12    2   19   39
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  3.23  19  18   5   0   1  125  128   57   45   12   30   76
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   7   0   0   1   0    9    2    2    0    0    4    4
Gary Ross              3   2  2.10  43   0   0   2   0   64   59   19   15    1   33   30
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  3.28  30  19   6   2   4  137  124   54   50   12   57  100
Steve Arlin            8  15  3.43  28  27  10   0   3  194  145   82   74   14  104  130
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
Randy Moffitt          1   1  2.92  29   0   0   4   0   52   50   18   17    4   21   28
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
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         4   8  5.77  22  13   2   1   0   83   93   59   53    8   39   38
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  2.06  20   0   0   5   0   35   27   12    8    1   17   32
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            13   7  2.89  24  24  15   0   3  190  161   65   61   14   61  135
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
  B. Gibson (STL)          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

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            15
  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)          12
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  M. Torrez (MON)          11
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)       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
  P. Borbon (CIN)           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
  P. Niekro (ATL)       210.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         208.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         194.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        193.2
  B. Gibson (STL)       190.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     187.0
  R. Wise (STL)         185.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        184.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        194
  P. Niekro (ATL)         190
  R. Wise (STL)           185
  R. Reed (ATL)           183
  C. Kirby (SD)           180
  D. Roberts (HOU)        179
  R. Cleveland (STL)      178
  S. Blass (PIT)          169
  S. Carlton (PHI)        168
  B. Gibson (STL)         161

Runs:

  R. Cleveland (STL)       88
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  R. Reed (ATL)            85
  S. Arlin (SD)            82
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  D. Roberts (HOU)         81
  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
  G. Gentry (NY)           17
  S. Blass (PIT)           16
  R. Schueler (ATL)        16
  R. Cleveland (STL)       15
  W. Fryman (DET)          15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)           104
  C. Kirby (SD)            97
  B. Stoneman (MON)        74
  M. Torrez (MON)          74
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Hooton (CHI)          64
  D. Selma (PHI)           62
  B. Gibson (STL)          61
  S. Carlton (PHI)         60
  G. Gentry (NY)           60

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        240
  T. Seaver (NY)          163
  C. Kirby (SD)           158
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        147
  D. Sutton (LA)          141
  B. Gibson (STL)         135
  S. Arlin (SD)           130
  B. Stoneman (MON)       126
  J. Reuss (HOU)          122
  P. Niekro (ATL)         115


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