Friday April 27, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, April 27, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        10   8  2.43   18   5   7   159   118   46   43   11   54   95
San Francisco   17   5  2.60   22   8   6   201   171   66   58   17   67   96
Los Angeles      8  11  2.76   19   4   2   176   153   65   54   11   51  124
Cincinnati      12   7  3.00   19   4   8   171   160   64   57   11   53   79
Houston         12  10  3.13   22   4   5   204   191   75   71   16   73  119
St. Louis        2  14  3.67   16   3   1   147   139   73   60    9   56   85
Chicago         10   8  3.69   18   2   5   161   161   71   66   16   40  110
Philadelphia     8   8  3.70   16   6   2   139   123   60   57   11   59   88
Montreal         7   9  3.94   16   2   4   142   125   79   62    6   98   89
San Diego        7  13  4.06   20   2   3   173   162   89   78   17   69  112
Atlanta          7  11  4.17   18   3   3   162   158   79   75    9   61  100
Pittsburgh       8   4  4.22   12   1   6   111   102   57   52    8   50   59

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif (SD)        1   1  0.90   6   2   1   1   1   20    9    2    2    1    4   12
Tom Seaver (NY)        2   2  1.12   5   5   1   0   0   40   21    5    5    5   11   30
Randy Moffitt (SF)     2   0  1.33  10   0   0   3   0   20   12    3    3    1    8   11
Jerry Koosman (NY)     3   0  1.44   3   3   2   0   0   25   18    6    4    1    6   10
Jim Barr (SF)          3   1  1.53   7   3   1   2   1   35   23    6    6    3    7   10
Ron Bryant (SF)        3   1  1.54   5   5   3   0   0   41   33    9    7    2   15   13
Tom Bradley (SF)       2   1  1.74   3   3   1   0   0   21   19    7    4    0    8   12
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      3   1  1.85   5   5   2   0   0   39   24   11    8    1   19   25
Don Gullett (CIN)      3   1  2.03   5   5   1   0   1   40   30    9    9    1   12   23
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    1   1  2.05   3   3   0   0   0   22   24    5    5    1    4   18

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   0  0.64   5   0   0   1   0   14   10    1    1    0    7   16
Phil Niekro            1   0  1.93   4   0   0   1   0    9    6    2    2    1    4    5
Tom House              0   1  3.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    3    2    2    2    4    2
Tom Kelley             0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    2    1
Carl Morton            1   1  3.10   4   4   1   0   0   29   31   11   10    1    9   21
Gary Gentry            2   2  3.19   5   5   1   0   0   37   27   13   13    2   13   22
Pat Dobson             2   2  4.82   5   5   1   0   1   28   30   16   15    1   10    9
Ron Reed               0   3  6.23   4   4   0   0   0   22   24   16   15    2    6   14
Ron Schueler           0   0  8.22   4   0   0   1   0    8    9    7    7    0    4    6
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  9.82   5   0   0   0   0    4    8    5    4    0    2    3
Joe Hoerner            1   1 15.00   5   0   0   0   0    3    6    5    5    0    0    1

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Burris             1   0  0.00   5   1   0   0   0   11    7    0    0    0    7    7
Jack Aker              1   0  1.54   5   0   0   2   0   12    9    2    2    1    3    5
Rick Reuschel          1   1  2.05   3   3   0   0   0   22   24    5    5    1    4   18
Bob Locker             2   1  2.08   6   0   0   2   0   13   13    4    3    1    2   11
Larry Gura             1   0  2.61   4   1   0   0   0   10    7    3    3    2    2    7
Fergie Jenkins         1   2  4.08   5   5   1   0   1   35   33   18   16    5    6   24
Bill Bonham            1   0  4.50   5   0   0   1   0   12    7    6    6    0    7   14
Milt Pappas            1   2  5.33   4   4   0   0   0   25   33   15   15    3    5   12
Burt Hooton            1   2  5.82   4   4   1   0   1   17   20   12   11    1    4   11
Dave LaRoche           0   0 15.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    8    6    5    2    0    1

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Sprague             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    0    3
Pedro Borbon           0   1  0.68  11   0   0   3   0   13   12    3    1    0    3    4
Don Gullett            3   1  2.03   5   5   1   0   1   40   30    9    9    1   12   23
Ross Grimsley          3   1  2.52   5   5   2   0   1   39   40   11   11    4    6   17
Roger Nelson           1   1  2.61   3   3   0   0   0   21   17    7    6    1    9    4
Jack Billingham        3   0  3.47   5   5   1   0   0   36   34   16   14    2   11   18
Jim McGlothlin         1   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    0    3    4
Clay Carroll           0   2  9.53   7   0   0   3   0    6    8    8    6    1    5    3
Tom Hall               1   1 10.80   7   0   0   2   0    5    7    6    6    2    4    3

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Ray                0   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0    6    6    0    0    0    4    2
Jerry Reuss            3   1  1.85   5   5   2   0   0   39   24   11    8    1   19   25
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    0    1    3
Jim York               2   1  2.16  10   0   0   3   0   17   17    4    4    0    5    8
Dave Roberts           1   1  3.06   6   5   0   0   0   32   40   11   11    3    6   15
Ken Forsch             3   1  3.60   5   5   1   0   0   35   36   14   14    4    8   25
Jim Crawford           1   1  3.72   8   0   0   1   0   10    8    4    4    1    7   10
Fred Gladding          1   0  3.86   7   0   0   0   0    7    9    3    3    1    2    2
Mike Cosgrove          0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    1    4    2
Tom Griffin            0   1  4.32   4   2   0   0   0   17   10    8    8    2    7    9
Don Wilson             1   3  4.32   5   5   1   0   1   33   30   17   16    3   10   18

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Richert           0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    0    3
Don Sutton             1   2  2.18   4   4   1   0   1   33   26    9    8    2    6   27
Tommy John             2   1  2.35   5   3   0   0   0   23   27    6    6    0    9   18
Andy Messersmith       1   2  2.67   4   4   1   0   0   30   26   14    9    2    9   29
Al Downing             1   1  2.92   4   4   1   0   0   25   21   12    8    2    6   15
Jim Brewer             1   1  3.00   6   0   0   1   0    9    6    3    3    2    3    3
Claude Osteen          1   2  3.18   4   4   1   0   0   28   24   11   10    1    7    8
George Culver          1   1  3.38   6   0   0   1   0    8    9    3    3    1    4    6
Charlie Hough          0   1  4.26   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    1    3    6
Doug Rau               0   0  4.32   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    0    4    9

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Strohmayer        0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    8    2    0    0    0    6    2
Tom Walker             1   2  2.84   8   0   0   3   0   13   12   11    4    2    6   13
Mike Torrez            2   3  3.00   5   5   0   0   0   33   30   17   11    2   30   20
Ernie McAnally         1   0  3.47   3   3   1   0   0   23   18   10    9    0   10   11
Balor Moore            1   1  3.69   5   5   0   0   0   32   25   15   13    0   23   24
Steve Renko            1   1  4.63   2   2   1   0   0   12   10    6    6    0    4    7
Mike Marshall          1   2  6.43   9   0   0   1   0   14   18   10   10    1   11    6
Joe Gilbert            0   0  7.04   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    7    6    1    5    6
Pat Jarvis             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    2    3    3    0    3    0

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Harry Parker           2   0  0.61   2   2   0   0   0   15    8    1    1    0    4   10
Tom Seaver             2   2  1.12   5   5   1   0   0   40   21    5    5    5   11   30
Jerry Koosman          3   0  1.44   3   3   2   0   0   25   18    6    4    1    6   10
Tug McGraw             0   0  1.93   6   0   0   4   0    9    9    2    2    0    3    8
George Stone           0   0  2.25   3   0   0   1   0    4    5    2    1    0    0    2
Phil Hennigan          0   1  2.35   6   0   0   2   0    8    6    2    2    0    2    1
Ray Sadecki            0   0  2.70   3   0   0   0   0   10    7    3    3    1    3    9
Jon Matlack            1   3  4.18   4   4   2   0   0   28   25   13   13    2   18   17
Jim McAndrew           2   2  5.40   4   4   0   0   0   20   19   12   12    2    7    8

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mac Scarce             0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    5    3    0    0    0    2    5
Bill Wilson            1   0  1.08   7   0   0   1   0    8    6    1    1    0    3    2
Barry Lersch           0   0  1.13   3   0   0   0   0    8    4    1    1    0    1    7
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  1.23   3   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    1    1    6    6
Steve Carlton          4   2  2.47   6   6   5   0   0   51   36   16   14    3   14   37
Larry Christenson      1   2  4.02   3   3   1   0   0   16   18    7    7    1   10    4
Dick Ruthven           0   0  4.82   2   2   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    0    5    8
Jim Lonborg            1   3  6.75   5   5   0   0   0   23   27   17   17    4   12   14
Ken Brett              0   0  7.36   2   0   0   0   0    7    7    6    6    1    4    2
Dick Selma             1   1 10.38   4   0   0   0   0    4    6    5    5    1    2    3

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Lamb              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0
Jim Rooker             1   0  0.00   4   0   0   2   0    6    4    0    0    0    1    5
Luke Walker            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    6    3    0    0    0    1    2
Dave Giusti            1   0  1.04   6   0   0   1   0    9    9    2    1    0    3    7
Ramon Hernandez        1   0  2.08   4   0   0   2   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    1
Bob Moose              2   1  2.66   3   3   1   0   1   24   19    8    7    1    9   16
Bob Johnson            0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    1    1
Dock Ellis             3   0  3.63   3   3   0   0   0   22   20   10    9    1   12   17
Nelson Briles          0   2  6.06   3   3   0   0   0   16   14   13   11    4    5    6
Steve Blass            0   1  7.31   3   3   0   0   0   16   14   13   13    1   12    3
Jim McKee              0   0 24.30   2   0   0   0   0    3    9    9    9    1    4    1

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             1   1  0.90   6   2   1   1   1   20    9    2    2    1    4   12
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.53   9   0   0   2   0   11    7    4    3    1    1    8
Bob Miller             0   0  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   15    8    4    1    5    6
Fred Norman            0   2  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   20   10   10    3    9   21
Rich Troedson          1   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0   11    9    4    4    2   10    8
Gary Ross              1   1  3.63  10   0   0   0   0   17   16    8    7    0    6   11
Mike Caldwell          0   2  4.73   3   2   0   0   0   13   15   10    7    2    5   11
Steve Arlin            1   1  5.19   4   4   0   0   0   26   29   15   15    4   11   13
Clay Kirby             1   4  6.23   5   5   0   0   0   22   30   17   15    3    9   13
Mike Corkins           1   2  7.07   3   3   1   0   0   14   12   11   11    0    9    9

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Morris            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    0    2
Randy Moffitt          2   0  1.33  10   0   0   3   0   20   12    3    3    1    8   11
Elias Sosa             2   0  1.50   5   0   0   0   0    6    4    1    1    1    5    1
Jim Barr               3   1  1.53   7   3   1   2   1   35   23    6    6    3    7   10
Ron Bryant             3   1  1.54   5   5   3   0   0   41   33    9    7    2   15   13
Tom Bradley            2   1  1.74   3   3   1   0   0   21   19    7    4    0    8   12
Juan Marichal          4   1  2.27   5   5   3   0   1   36   35   11    9    2    4   15
Sam McDowell           0   0  4.76   3   1   0   1   0    6    5    4    3    0    6    8
Jim Willoughby         1   1  5.51   5   5   0   0   0   33   34   20   20    8   10   23
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    2    2    0    4    1
Don Carrithers         0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    0    0

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Bibby              0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    3    5
Rich Folkers           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    1
Diego Segui            0   1  1.23   6   0   0   1   0    7    3    3    1    0    3    6
Bob Gibson             0   3  2.57   5   5   2   0   0   42   36   17   12    2   11   29
Rick Wise              2   1  2.76   4   4   1   0   1   33   30   10   10    1    6    9
Wayne Granger          0   1  3.24   5   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    2    1
Alan Foster            0   2  5.14   6   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    0    6   11
John Andrews           0   1  5.40   7   0   0   0   0    7    4    5    4    0    7    2
Reggie Cleveland       0   2  5.40   3   3   0   0   0   17   23   13   10    2    4    8
Scipio Spinks          0   3  6.27   4   4   0   0   0   19   19   15   13    2   13   13
Al Santorini           0   0  9.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    3    1    0    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  J. Barr (SF)              3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  D. Ellis (PIT)            3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         3
  D. Gullett (CIN)          3
  J. Koosman (NY)           3

Losses:

  C. Kirby (SD)             4
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  R. Reed (ATL)             3
  S. Spinks (STL)           3
  M. Torrez (MON)           3
  D. Wilson (HOU)           3
  N. Briles (PIT)           2
  M. Caldwell (SD)          2

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  B. Gibson (STL)           2
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         2
  J. Koosman (NY)           2
  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  J. Reuss (HOU)            2
  J. Barr (SF)              1
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1

Saves:

  T. McGraw (NY)            4
  P. Borbon (CIN)           3
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  R. Moffitt (SF)           3
  T. Walker (MON)           3
  J. York (HOU)             3
  J. Aker (CHI)             2
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  T. Hall (CIN)             2
  P. Hennigan (NY)          2

Shutouts:

  J. Barr (SF)              1
  P. Dobson (ATL)           1
  B. Greif (SD)             1
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         1
  D. Gullett (CIN)          1
  B. Hooton (CHI)           1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          1
  J. Marichal (SF)          1
  B. Moose (PIT)            1
  D. Sutton (LA)            1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       51.0
  B. Gibson (STL)        42.0
  R. Bryant (SF)         41.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         40.1
  D. Gullett (CIN)       40.0
  R. Grimsley (CIN)      39.1
  J. Reuss (HOU)         39.0
  G. Gentry (ATL)        36.2
  J. Billingham (CIN)    36.1
  J. Marichal (SF)       35.2

Hits:

  R. Grimsley (CIN)        40
  D. Roberts (HOU)         40
  S. Carlton (PHI)         36
  K. Forsch (HOU)          36
  B. Gibson (STL)          36
  J. Marichal (SF)         35
  J. Billingham (CIN)      34
  J. Willoughby (SF)       34
  R. Bryant (SF)           33
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         33

Runs:

  J. Willoughby (SF)       20
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         18
  B. Gibson (STL)          17
  C. Kirby (SD)            17
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         17
  M. Torrez (MON)          17
  D. Wilson (HOU)          17
  J. Billingham (CIN)      16
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  P. Dobson (ATL)          16

Home Runs:

  J. Willoughby (SF)        8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  S. Arlin (SD)             4
  N. Briles (PIT)           4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         4
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          4
  J. Barr (SF)              3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          30
  B. Moore (MON)           23
  J. Reuss (HOU)           19
  J. Matlack (NY)          18
  R. Bryant (SF)           15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  G. Gentry (ATL)          13
  S. Spinks (STL)          13
  S. Blass (PIT)           12
  D. Ellis (PIT)           12

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         37
  T. Seaver (NY)           30
  B. Gibson (STL)          29
  A. Messersmith (LA)      29
  D. Sutton (LA)           27
  K. Forsch (HOU)          25
  J. Reuss (HOU)           25
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         24
  B. Moore (MON)           24
  D. Gullett (CIN)         23

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