Tuesday May 1, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 1, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        12   8  2.29   20   6   8   177   128   48   45   12   57  108
San Francisco   19   6  2.66   25   9   6   227   195   81   67   17   78  111
Cincinnati      13   8  2.76   21   5   8   189   171   65   58   11   58   93
Los Angeles     11  12  2.92   23   6   2   216   193   85   70   16   64  154
Houston         15  10  3.00   25   5   6   231   217   81   77   18   83  138
Chicago         13   8  3.59   21   2   8   188   193   80   75   20   47  127
St. Louis        3  16  3.64   19   4   1   173   163   87   70   10   71   99
Philadelphia     9  10  3.72   19   6   3   165   145   71   68   12   71  112
Montreal         8  11  3.93   19   2   4   167   146   94   73   13  107  108
Atlanta          7  14  4.24   21   3   3   189   188   93   89   10   71  110
Pittsburgh       8   8  4.24   16   2   6   151   143   79   71   11   68   78
San Diego        8  15  4.32   23   2   4   198   198  106   95   19   81  131

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Koosman (NY)     4   0  1.06   4   4   3   0   1   34   22    6    4    1    7   14
Tom Seaver (NY)        2   2  1.12   5   5   1   0   0   40   21    5    5    5   11   30
Randy Moffitt (SF)     2   0  1.23  11   0   0   3   0   22   14    5    3    1    8   11
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      4   1  1.50   6   6   3   0   1   48   31   11    8    1   20   34
Jim Barr (SF)          3   1  1.53   7   3   1   2   1   35   23    6    6    3    7   10
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    2   1  1.55   4   4   0   0   0   29   31    5    5    1    4   25
Ron Bryant (SF)        3   1  1.72   6   6   3   0   0   47   39   13    9    2   17   17
Don Gullett (CIN)      3   2  1.90   6   6   1   0   1   47   35   10   10    1   13   27
Don Sutton (LA)        2   2  1.93   5   5   2   0   1   42   32   11    9    2    8   36
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    3   1  2.52   5   5   2   0   1   39   40   11   11    4    6   17

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Frisella         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Roric Harrison         0   0  1.13   6   0   0   1   0   16   12    2    2    0    9   18
Carl Morton            1   2  2.68   5   5   1   0   0   37   37   12   11    1    9   25
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
Gary Gentry            2   2  3.83   6   6   1   0   0   40   33   17   17    2   15   23
Phil Niekro            1   1  4.73   5   0   0   1   0   13   11    7    7    2    8    6
Pat Dobson             2   2  4.82   5   5   1   0   1   28   30   16   15    1   10    9
Ron Reed               0   4  5.65   5   5   0   0   0   29   33   19   18    2    8   16
Ron Schueler           0   0  7.56   5   0   0   1   0    8   10    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  1.32   6   0   0   3   0   14    9    2    2    1    3    5
Rick Reuschel          2   1  1.55   4   4   0   0   0   29   31    5    5    1    4   25
Bob Locker             2   1  2.25   7   0   0   3   0   16   16    5    4    1    4   13
Larry Gura             1   0  2.61   4   1   0   0   0   10    7    3    3    2    2    7
Fergie Jenkins         2   2  4.14   6   6   1   0   1   41   42   21   19    7    8   28
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            2   2  5.68   5   5   1   0   1   25   33   17   16    3    7   14
Dave LaRoche           0   0 12.27   4   0   0   1   0    4    8    6    5    2    0    2

 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  0.64  12   0   0   3   0   14   13    3    1    0    4    5
Don Gullett            3   2  1.90   6   6   1   0   1   47   35   10   10    1   13   27
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        4   0  2.78   6   6   2   0   1   45   39   16   14    2   11   27
Jim McGlothlin         1   0  4.15   4   1   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    0    4    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   8   0   0   2   0    5    7    6    6    2    6    3

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Ray                1   0  0.00   5   0   0   1   0    7    6    0    0    0    4    2
Jerry Reuss            4   1  1.50   6   6   3   0   1   48   31   11    8    1   20   34
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    0    1    3
Jim York               2   1  2.08  11   0   0   4   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
Jim Crawford           1   1  3.48   9   0   0   1   0   10   10    4    4    1    7   11
Mike Cosgrove          0   1  3.60   7   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    1    6    2
Ken Forsch             3   1  3.67   6   6   1   0   0   42   45   17   17    4   12   28
Fred Gladding          2   0  3.68   8   0   0   0   0    7    9    3    3    1    2    2
Don Wilson             1   3  4.14   6   6   1   0   1   41   38   20   19    5   13   24
Tom Griffin            0   1  4.32   4   2   0   0   0   17   10    8    8    2    7    9

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Richert           0   0  1.59   5   0   0   0   0    6    4    1    1    0    0    5
Don Sutton             2   2  1.93   5   5   2   0   1   42   32   11    9    2    8   36
Jim Brewer             1   1  2.61   7   0   0   1   0   10    6    3    3    2    3    4
Charlie Hough          0   1  2.61   5   0   0   0   0   10    4    3    3    1    7   12
Claude Osteen          2   2  2.65   5   5   2   0   0   37   32   12   11    1    7   11
George Culver          1   1  2.70   8   0   0   1   0   10   11    3    3    1    4    7
Al Downing             2   1  2.70   5   4   1   0   0   27   22   12    8    2    7   17
Tommy John             2   2  3.24   6   4   0   0   0   25   33   11    9    0   11   19
Andy Messersmith       1   2  3.38   5   5   1   0   0   37   34   20   14    3   11   31
Doug Rau               0   0  7.15   6   0   0   0   0   11   15    9    9    4    6   12

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Strohmayer        0   0  1.04   3   1   0   0   0    9    4    1    1    1    6    3
Tom Walker             1   2  2.77   9   0   0   3   0   13   12   11    4    2    7   13
Mike Torrez            2   3  3.00   6   6   0   0   0   39   33   19   13    4   30   22
Steve Renko            1   2  3.38   3   3   1   0   0   19   15   11    7    2    5    9
Ernie McAnally         1   0  3.47   3   3   1   0   0   23   18   10    9    0   10   11
Balor Moore            1   1  4.30   6   6   0   0   0   38   32   20   18    2   27   32
Mike Marshall          2   3  5.59  11   0   0   1   0   19   22   12   12    1   14   12
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
Jerry Koosman          4   0  1.06   4   4   3   0   1   34   22    6    4    1    7   14
Tom Seaver             2   2  1.12   5   5   1   0   0   40   21    5    5    5   11   30
Tug McGraw             0   0  1.59   7   0   0   5   0   11   10    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            2   3  3.86   5   5   2   0   0   35   30   15   15    3   20   26
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   4   0   0   2   0    6    3    0    0    0    2    6
Bill Wilson            1   0  0.87   9   0   0   1   0   10    7    1    1    0    3    3
Barry Lersch           0   0  1.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    4    1    1    0    2    9
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0   11    8    3    2    1    9    7
Steve Carlton          4   3  2.59   7   7   5   0   0   59   46   19   17    4   15   46
Dick Ruthven           1   0  2.76   3   3   0   0   0   16   11    5    5    0    7   16
Larry Christenson      1   3  5.71   4   4   1   0   0   17   23   11   11    1   12    5
Jim Lonborg            1   3  6.75   5   5   0   0   0   23   27   17   17    4   12   14
Dick Selma             1   1  7.50   5   0   0   0   0    6    6    5    5    1    3    4
Ken Brett              0   0 10.57   3   0   0   0   0    8   10    9    9    1    6    2

 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   5   0   0   2   0    8    5    0    0    0    3    6
Luke Walker            0   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0    6    5    0    0    0    1    3
Dave Giusti            1   0  0.71   9   0   0   1   0   13   13    3    1    0    5   13
Dock Ellis             3   1  2.87   4   4   1   0   0   31   26   12   10    1   15   23
Bob Moose              2   1  3.06   4   4   1   0   1   32   24   12   11    2   12   20
Bob Johnson            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    0    3    1
Nelson Briles          0   3  4.81   4   4   0   0   0   24   22   16   13    4    6    6
Steve Blass            0   1  8.41   4   4   0   0   0   20   23   19   19    2   14    4
Ramon Hernandez        1   2 10.13   6   0   0   2   0    5   10    6    6    1    5    1
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  0.86   7   2   1   1   1   21    9    2    2    1    5   12
Bob Miller             0   0  2.63   8   0   0   0   0   14   15    8    4    1    5    7
Fred Norman            0   3  3.21   5   5   0   0   0   34   29   12   12    4   11   26
Gary Ross              1   1  3.50  11   0   0   0   0   18   16    8    7    0    7   12
Vicente Romo           1   0  4.20  11   0   0   3   0   15   14    8    7    1    2   12
Steve Arlin            1   1  5.40   5   5   0   0   0   30   37   18   18    4   13   15
Rich Troedson          1   0  5.40  10   0   0   0   0   12   12    7    7    2   12    9
Mike Caldwell          0   3  5.65   4   2   0   0   0   14   17   12    9    2    5   11
Clay Kirby             1   4  6.23   5   5   0   0   0   22   30   17   15    3    9   13
Mike Corkins           2   2  6.63   4   4   1   0   0   19   19   14   14    1   12   14

 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  1.23  11   0   0   3   0   22   14    5    3    1    8   11
Jim Barr               3   1  1.53   7   3   1   2   1   35   23    6    6    3    7   10
Ron Bryant             3   1  1.72   6   6   3   0   0   47   39   13    9    2   17   17
Tom Bradley            2   1  1.74   3   3   1   0   0   21   19    7    4    0    8   12
Elias Sosa             3   0  2.25   7   0   0   0   0    8    6    2    2    1    8    1
Juan Marichal          4   2  2.85   6   6   3   0   1   41   41   17   13    2    7   17
Jim Willoughby         2   1  4.32   6   6   1   0   1   42   38   20   20    8   11   29
Sam McDowell           0   0  5.87   4   1   0   1   0    8    9    6    5    0    8   11
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
Rich Folkers           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    1
Diego Segui            0   1  1.08   7   0   0   1   0    8    3    3    1    0    5    7
Jim Bibby              0   0  1.59   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    1    1    0    6    7
Bob Gibson             0   3  2.57   5   5   2   0   0   42   36   17   12    2   11   29
Rick Wise              3   1  2.59   5   5   2   0   1   42   39   13   12    1    7   11
Wayne Granger          0   1  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    7    6    4    1    4    1
Reggie Cleveland       0   3  4.01   4   4   0   0   0   25   28   14   11    3    8   15
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
Al Santorini           0   0  6.75   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    1    0    0
Scipio Spinks          0   4  7.15   5   5   0   0   0   23   25   21   18    2   16   15

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  C. Kirby (SD)             4
  R. Reed (ATL)             4
  S. Spinks (STL)           4
  N. Briles (PIT)           3
  M. Caldwell (SD)          3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  L. Christenson (PHI)      3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          3

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  T. McGraw (NY)            5
  J. York (HOU)             4
  J. Aker (CHI)             3
  P. Borbon (CIN)           3
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  B. Locker (CHI)           3
  R. Moffitt (SF)           3
  V. Romo (SD)              3
  T. Walker (MON)           3
  J. Barr (SF)              2

Shutouts:

  J. Barr (SF)              1
  J. Billingham (CIN)       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. Koosman (NY)           1
  J. Marichal (SF)          1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       59.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)         48.0
  D. Gullett (CIN)       47.1
  R. Bryant (SF)         47.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)    45.1
  B. Gibson (STL)        42.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         42.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)        41.2
  J. Willoughby (SF)     41.2
  R. Wise (STL)          41.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         46
  K. Forsch (HOU)          45
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         42
  J. Marichal (SF)         41
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        40
  D. Roberts (HOU)         40
  J. Billingham (CIN)      39
  R. Bryant (SF)           39
  R. Wise (STL)            39
  J. Willoughby (SF)       38

Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         21
  S. Spinks (STL)          21
  A. Messersmith (LA)      20
  B. Moore (MON)           20
  J. Willoughby (SF)       20
  D. Wilson (HOU)          20
  S. Blass (PIT)           19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         19
  R. Reed (ATL)            19
  M. Torrez (MON)          19

Home Runs:

  J. Willoughby (SF)        8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  D. Wilson (HOU)           5
  S. Arlin (SD)             4
  N. Briles (PIT)           4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         4
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          4

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          30
  B. Moore (MON)           27
  J. Matlack (NY)          20
  J. Reuss (HOU)           20
  R. Bryant (SF)           17
  S. Spinks (STL)          16
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  D. Ellis (PIT)           15
  G. Gentry (ATL)          15
  S. Blass (PIT)           14

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         46
  D. Sutton (LA)           36
  J. Reuss (HOU)           34
  B. Moore (MON)           32
  A. Messersmith (LA)      31
  T. Seaver (NY)           30
  B. Gibson (STL)          29
  J. Willoughby (SF)       29
  K. Forsch (HOU)          28
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         28


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