Saturday August 19, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 19, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     60  52  2.78  112  28  25  1015   870  382  313   63  297  632
Pittsburgh      70  42  2.93  112  25  37  1025   949  385  334   72  314  603
Cincinnati      70  43  3.12  113  21  41  1046   985  398  362   89  312  581
New York        59  52  3.13  111  24  29  1012   895  394  352   81  342  742
Chicago         60  55  3.27  116  43  21  1031   968  420  374   84  312  593
San Diego       44  68  3.57  112  31  14  1045   955  465  414   91  466  731
St. Louis       55  57  3.61  112  46   8  1001   953  452  401   70  385  629
Philadelphia    43  70  3.61  113  29  12  1022   954  453  410   86  385  696
Houston         65  51  3.72  116  29  25  1053   995  477  435   91  366  723
Montreal        52  60  3.77  112  27  16  1001   916  450  419   73  431  621
San Francisco   51  66  3.81  117  31  18  1048   972  506  444   98  384  589
Atlanta         52  65  4.23  118  31  16  1046  1084  546  491  110  361  556

 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)   20   6  2.12  30  30  21   0   7  250  175   63   59   13   64  242
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
Claude Osteen (LA)    13   8  2.51  23  23   7   0   3  168  157   51   47   13   46   66
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   6  2.60  21  20   4   0   1  146  147   46   42   15   39   56
Tommy John (LA)       11   5  2.61  23  23   4   0   1  152  137   51   44    8   33   99
Steve Blass (PIT)     14   6  2.66  24  24   7   0   1  186  173   61   55   16   55   86
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  12  3.62  26  26  10   0   1  184  187   87   74   12   54   95
Pat Jarvis             9   7  4.03  28   5   0   1   0   80   83   40   36    6   30   48
Ron Schueler           4   7  4.27  29  17   2   0   0  124  114   66   59   16   53   83
Cecil Upshaw           2   5  4.50  32   0   0   8   0   44   46   22   22    5   16   18
Tom Kelley             5   7  4.62  20  14   2   0   1   99  104   57   51   11   54   49
Denny McLain           3   3  4.89  12   7   2   1   0   46   40   25   25    7   15   19
George Stone           4  10  5.09  27  12   2   1   1   87  113   53   49   12   28   49
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  6.63  20   0   0   1   0   19   29   15   14    2    6   15
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
Rick Reuschel          5   5  2.72  12  10   3   0   2   76   71   25   23    3   17   53
Jack Aker              4   4  2.81  32   0   0  11   0   42   37   19   13    2   12   24
Burt Hooton            7  11  2.83  25  25   7   0   2  169  143   61   53   11   65  105
Fergie Jenkins        17  10  2.88  29  29  20   0   4  240  203   81   77   24   51  153
Bill Bonham            1   0  3.16   7   3   0   0   0   26   25   10    9    3   11   16
Milt Pappas            9   7  3.33  21  20   6   0   1  135  139   59   50   13   22   53
Bill Hands             9   8  3.42  26  22   6   0   3  147  139   64   56   10   35   66
Tom Phoebus            3   2  3.50  31   1   0   6   0   72   65   31   28    7   38   53
Juan Pizarro           4   4  3.98  13   6   1   0   0   52   53   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  2.51  46   0   0  24   0   68   61   22   19    4   20   35
Ross Grimsley         10   6  2.60  21  20   4   0   1  146  147   46   42   15   39   56
Tom Hall               6   1  2.64  36   7   1   6   1   99   61   33   29    8   43  107
Pedro Borbon           6   2  3.14  43   1   0   8   0   83   80   31   29    4   21   33
Jack Billingham        9  10  3.21  27  23   7   1   3  163  154   61   58   11   43   93
Wayne Simpson          7   4  3.51  18  17   1   0   0  103   88   42   40   11   39   56
Ed Sprague             3   1  3.69  28   1   0   0   0   46   40   23   19    5   21   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  2.33  31   0   0  13   0   39   27   11   10    1    9   15
George Culver          4   2  2.95  37   0   0   2   0   82   59   27   27    6   36   70
Tom Griffin            4   3  2.97  29   4   1   3   1   76   68   27   25    6   25   65
Larry Dierker         11   7  3.12  23  23   9   0   5  167  163   64   58   10   34   78
Don Wilson             9   8  3.14  22  22   8   0   2  141  124   57   49   11   38  115
Jim Ray               10   5  3.52  41   0   0   7   0   77   59   37   30    8   32   43
Ken Forsch             5   5  3.96  24  20   1   0   0  132  136   62   58   18   50   90
Jerry Reuss            8  10  4.21  22  22   4   0   1  135  122   71   63    9   62  123
Dave Roberts          10   5  4.57  24  24   6   0   2  158  186   84   80   17   48   89
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
Jim Brewer             7   5  1.04  43   0   0  15   0   69   33   12    8    4   22   59
Pete Richert           2   1  1.86  27   0   0   4   0   39   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            11   5  2.61  23  23   4   0   1  152  137   51   44    8   33   99
Al Downing             6   6  2.97  23  22   4   0   2  148  141   63   49   11   51   90
Bill Singer            4  12  3.73  20  19   2   0   2  133  116   67   55    7   44   87
Pete Mikkelsen         3   5  3.77  26   0   0   5   0   45   52   25   19    3   15   31
Ron Perranoski         1   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    4    2
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         13   3  1.16  47   0   0  13   0   85   57   14   11    1   37   71
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  3.23  36   0   0   0   0   56   58   23   20    4   19   35
John Strohmayer        1   1  3.38  38   0   0   3   0   61   60   25   23    3   24   39
Carl Morton            5  10  3.98  20  20   1   0   0  124  121   61   55   13   43   38
Ernie McAnally         2  13  4.20  20  19   3   0   1  114  104   57   53    9   48   62
Balor Moore            4   6  4.56  13  13   3   0   0   77   69   41   39    9   33   84
Steve Renko            1   8  6.00  22  10   0   0   0   66   68   47   44    9   56   42
Denny Lemaster         2   0  7.78  13   0   0   0   0   20   28   17   17    2    6   13
Joe Gilbert            0   1  8.24  19   0   0   0   0   32   37   29   29    3   17   25
Hector Torres          0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    5    2    2    0    0    0

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             4   5  1.85  35   0   0  18   0   78   56   20   16    3   27   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  2.72  20   2   0   0   0   46   46   16   14    2   18   23
Danny Frisella         4   7  2.84  30   0   0   7   0   51   43   18   16    7   11   35
Tom Seaver            14   9  2.99  25  25   9   0   2  192  166   70   64   15   59  169
Brent Strom            0   1  3.48   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    6    4    1    5    7
Gary Gentry            5   8  3.81  25  22   3   0   0  139  131   68   59   17   61   97
Jerry Koosman          8   9  4.10  26  18   3   1   1  123  113   62   56   10   37  113
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.58  14   6   0   0   0   53   50   27   27    7   27   45
Bob Rauch              0   1  5.19   8   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    5    0   10    6
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.52  20   0   0   2   0   31   44   19   19    2    9    9

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Wilson            1   0  0.63  11   0   0   0   0   14    8    1    1    0    5    9
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Steve Carlton         20   6  2.12  30  30  21   0   7  250  175   63   59   13   64  242
Barry Lersch           2   4  3.24  29   5   1   0   0   75   70   30   27    6   26   35
Darrell Brandon        5   5  3.30  31   3   0   2   0   71   78   30   26    5   24   47
Wayne Twitchell        3   4  3.79  40   6   1   1   1   93   86   43   39    4   40   69
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
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  4.98  34  10   1   3   0   87   75   54   48   11   63   53
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
Steve Blass           14   6  2.66  24  24   7   0   1  186  173   61   55   16   55   86
Dock Ellis            10   6  2.72  19  19   3   0   0  126  119   48   38    4   23   71
Bruce Kison            5   4  3.08  23  10   3   3   0   99   79   38   34    7   46   74
Bob Moose              9   7  3.23  22  21   5   1   3  162  158   66   58    8   31  101
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  2.07  44   0   0   2   0   65   59   19   15    1   33   32
Mike Caldwell          6   5  2.66  31  10   3   2   1  112  105   46   33    5   37   69
Clay Kirby            10  13  3.09  29  29   9   0   2  216  182   78   74   18  101  161
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  3.74  34   5   1   4   0   89   77   40   37   13   37   74
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.35  30   0   0   1   0   31   34   15   15    1   24   23
Bill Greif             5  13  4.81  27  19   2   2   1  116  126   70   62   14   39   87
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   1  2.52   3   3   2   0   0   25   22    7    7    2    4   13
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
Steve Stone            5   8  3.06  20  16   4   0   1  109   88   44   37   10   39   73
Don McMahon            3   3  3.09  39   0   0   5   0   58   38   20   20    5   19   41
Jim Barr               4   7  3.17  35  10   4   1   0  122  115   52   43   14   30   60
Frank Reberger         3   2  3.62  13   7   2   0   0   70   65   30   28    6   26   39
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
Jerry Johnson          7   5  4.50  39   0   0   7   0   60   54   33   30    3   35   41
Sam McDowell           8   7  4.57  20  20   4   0   0  128  117   71   65    9   65   94
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  1.91  21   0   0   6   0   38   27   12    8    1   19   33
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
Lowell Palmer          0   1  3.15  13   0   0   0   0   20   15    8    7    1   13   21
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Rick Wise             11  13  3.53  26  26  14   0   2  191  192   80   75   15   47   96
Dennis Higgins         1   2  3.74  14   1   0   0   0   22   18   13    9    0   20   19
Reggie Cleveland      12   9  3.81  25  25  10   0   3  179  178   88   76   15   50  111
Don Durham             1   5  4.66   6   5   0   0   0   29   26   19   15    1   14   19
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.70  26   0   0   0   0   31   37   18   16    0   16   13
Al Santorini           6   8  4.93  22  13   1   0   1   88   97   50   48    4   29   45
Tony Cloninger         0   2  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   29   17   15    2   19   11
John Cumberland        1   1  6.64  12   1   0   0   0   20   21   16   15    5    7    6
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         20
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         17
  S. Blass (PIT)           14
  T. Seaver (NY)           14
  B. Gibson (STL)          13
  M. Marshall (MON)        13
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  C. Osteen (LA)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  M. Torrez (MON)          13

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            15
  B. Champion (PHI)        13
  B. Greif (SD)            13
  C. Kirby (SD)            13
  J. Marichal (SF)         13
  E. McAnally (MON)        13
  R. Wise (STL)            13
  R. Reed (ATL)            12
  B. Singer (LA)           12
  B. Hooton (CHI)          11

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         20
  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
  R. Reed (ATL)            10

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         24
  D. Giusti (PIT)          19
  T. McGraw (NY)           18
  J. Brewer (LA)           15
  F. Gladding (HOU)        13
  M. Marshall (MON)        13
  J. Aker (CHI)            11
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        9
  P. Borbon (CIN)           8
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           8

Shutouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  F. Norman (SD)            4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  B. Gibson (STL)           3

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      250.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      240.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         215.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       210.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         194.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        193.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        192.1
  R. Wise (STL)         191.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       190.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     187.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        203
  R. Wise (STL)           192
  P. Niekro (ATL)         190
  R. Reed (ATL)           187
  D. Roberts (HOU)        186
  C. Kirby (SD)           182
  R. Cleveland (STL)      178
  S. Carlton (PHI)        175
  S. Blass (PIT)          173
  T. Seaver (NY)          166

Runs:

  R. Cleveland (STL)       88
  R. Reed (ATL)            87
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  D. Roberts (HOU)         84
  S. Arlin (SD)            82
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  R. Wise (STL)            80
  C. Kirby (SD)            78
  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
  D. Roberts (HOU)         17
  S. Blass (PIT)           16
  R. Schueler (ATL)        16
  R. Cleveland (STL)       15
  W. Fryman (DET)          15

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)           104
  C. Kirby (SD)           101
  B. Stoneman (MON)        74
  M. Torrez (MON)          74
  B. Hooton (CHI)          65
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  S. Carlton (PHI)         64
  D. Selma (PHI)           63
  J. Reuss (HOU)           62
  G. Gentry (NY)           61

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        242
  T. Seaver (NY)          169
  C. Kirby (SD)           161
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        153
  D. Sutton (LA)          141
  B. Gibson (STL)         135
  S. Arlin (SD)           130
  B. Stoneman (MON)       126
  J. Reuss (HOU)          123
  P. Niekro (ATL)         115


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report