Sunday August 20, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 20, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     60  53  2.79  113  28  25  1024   881  387  317   64  300  637
Pittsburgh      72  42  2.92  114  26  38  1043   961  390  338   74  321  618
Cincinnati      71  43  3.10  114  21  42  1055   994  399  363   89  313  587
New York        59  53  3.13  112  24  29  1021   906  402  355   81  347  747
Chicago         61  55  3.26  117  43  22  1040   975  423  377   84  317  598
Philadelphia    43  71  3.60  114  29  12  1031   961  456  413   87  386  702
San Diego       44  70  3.61  114  32  14  1063   984  479  426   93  470  745
St. Louis       55  58  3.62  113  46   8  1009   962  457  406   72  385  637
Houston         66  51  3.70  117  30  25  1062   999  478  436   92  369  737
Montreal        53  60  3.73  113  28  16  1010   918  450  419   73  434  628
San Francisco   52  66  3.81  118  31  19  1057   982  509  447   98  386  594
Atlanta         52  66  4.20  119  32  16  1054  1088  547  492  110  363  563

 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
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
Claude Osteen (LA)    13   9  2.62  24  24   7   0   3  175  167   56   51   14   48   70
Ron Bryant (SF)       10   5  2.63  27  20   8   0   3  161  124   54   47   12   55   85
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

 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   8  4.08  30  18   3   0   0  132  118   67   60   16   55   90
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
Jack Aker              4   4  2.68  33   0   0  12   0   44   38   19   13    2   13   25
Rick Reuschel          6   5  2.82  13  11   3   0   2   83   77   28   26    3   21   57
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  2.57  47   0   0  25   0   70   66   23   20    4   20   36
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            5   7  4.64  23   8   0   2   0   78   86   40   40   10   22   50
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
Don Wilson            10   8  3.01  23  23   9   0   2  150  128   58   50   12   41  129
Larry Dierker         11   7  3.12  23  23   9   0   5  167  163   64   58   10   34   78
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
Tommy John            11   5  2.61  23  23   4   0   1  152  137   51   44    8   33   99
Claude Osteen         13   9  2.62  24  24   7   0   3  175  167   56   51   14   48   70
Al Downing             6   6  2.97  23  22   4   0   2  148  141   63   49   11   51   90
Pete Mikkelsen         3   5  3.61  27   0   0   5   0   47   53   25   19    3   16   32
Bill Singer            4  12  3.73  20  19   2   0   2  133  116   67   55    7   44   87
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
Bill Stoneman         10   9  2.98  27  27  10   0   3  196  162   69   65   11   77  133
Mike Torrez           13   8  3.07  25  24  11   0   0  179  149   65   61    9   74   86
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   4  2.56  20  15   4   1   0  113   88   34   32    8   30   60
Ray Sadecki            2   0  2.72  21   2   0   0   0   46   47   20   14    2   18   23
Danny Frisella         4   7  2.91  31   0   0   7   0   53   47   19   17    7   13   36
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  3.78  26  22   3   0   0  140  132   68   59   17   62   99
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  0.57  12   0   0   0   0   16    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  11  4.15  25  15   0   0   0  104   98   49   48   11   37   59
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  4.93  35  10   1   3   0   88   75   54   48   11   63   54
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            11   6  2.82  20  20   3   0   0  131  123   51   41    6   24   75
Bruce Kison            6   4  2.91  24  11   4   3   0  108   84   40   35    7   50   80
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  3.41  24   9   0   2   0   90   83   36   34   13   38   62
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   8   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  2.83  32  11   3   2   1  115  113   49   36    5   37   73
Clay Kirby            10  13  3.09  29  29   9   0   2  216  182   78   74   18  101  161
Fred Norman            6   9  3.38  31  20   7   2   4  146  136   59   55   14   57  107
Steve Arlin            8  15  3.43  28  27  10   0   3  194  145   82   74   14  104  130
Mike Corkins           3   7  3.76  35   5   1   4   0   91   80   43   38   13   40   76
Bill Greif             5  13  4.81  27  19   2   2   1  116  126   70   62   14   39   87
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  4.96  31   0   0   1   0   33   39   18   18    1   24   24
Ed Acosta              3   5  5.49  33   2   0   0   0   62   83   43   38    5   22   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            10   5  2.63  27  20   8   0   3  161  124   54   47   12   55   85
Randy Moffitt          1   1  3.00  30   0   0   4   0   54   52   19   18    4   22   29
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  3.21  36  10   4   2   0  123  116   53   44   14   30   61
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   7   0   0   0   0    8    8    0    0    0    4    3
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  10  3.91  26  26  10   0   3  186  186   93   81   17   50  118
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

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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)         25
  D. Giusti (PIT)          19
  T. McGraw (NY)           18
  J. Brewer (LA)           15
  F. Gladding (HOU)        13
  M. Marshall (MON)        13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  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
  B. Stoneman (MON)     196.0
  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

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        203
  R. Wise (STL)           192
  P. Niekro (ATL)         190
  R. Reed (ATL)           187
  R. Cleveland (STL)      186
  D. Roberts (HOU)        186
  C. Kirby (SD)           182
  S. Carlton (PHI)        175
  S. Blass (PIT)          173
  C. Osteen (LA)          167

Runs:

  R. Cleveland (STL)       93
  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
  R. Cleveland (STL)       17
  G. Gentry (NY)           17
  D. Roberts (HOU)         17
  S. Blass (PIT)           16
  R. Schueler (ATL)        16
  W. Fryman (DET)          15

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)           104
  C. Kirby (SD)           101
  B. Stoneman (MON)        77
  M. Torrez (MON)          74
  B. Hooton (CHI)          65
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  S. Carlton (PHI)         64
  D. Selma (PHI)           63
  G. Gentry (NY)           62
  J. Reuss (HOU)           62

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
  B. Stoneman (MON)       133
  S. Arlin (SD)           130
  D. Wilson (HOU)         129
  J. Reuss (HOU)          123

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