Wednesday May 9, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 9, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cincinnati      18  11  2.97   29   7   9   264   251   97   87   17   85  142
Los Angeles     17  14  2.99   31   9   4   289   260  112   96   26   78  197
San Francisco   23  10  3.01   33   9   9   302   282  130  101   29  103  142
Houston         20  11  3.01   31   7   9   290   262  104   97   20  110  171
New York        14  14  3.30   28   8   8   254   210  105   93   24   92  177
Chicago         17  13  3.62   30   3  11   271   266  117  109   28   83  192
Montreal        12  13  3.86   25   5   6   221   196  120   95   19  128  128
St. Louis        6  20  3.90   26   5   3   233   236  122  101   16   92  136
Philadelphia    11  15  3.92   26   6   3   244   227  112  106   22   98  172
Atlanta         10  18  3.98   28   5   4   260   249  123  115   12  102  146
San Diego       11  20  4.29   31   4   4   273   262  144  130   31  114  174
Pittsburgh      12  12  4.45   24   4   8   219   221  124  108   17  103  115

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif (SD)        2   2  0.97   9   4   2   1   1   37   17    6    4    2    9   24
Tom Seaver (NY)        3   3  1.60   7   7   2   0   0   56   31   11   10    8   17   51
Jerry Koosman (NY)     5   0  1.79   6   6   4   0   1   50   34   12   10    2   11   26
Ron Bryant (SF)        3   3  1.91   8   8   3   0   0   61   50   21   13    3   24   24
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    2   2  1.91   6   6   0   0   0   42   44   10    9    1   10   39
Dick Ruthven (PHI)     1   1  2.01   5   5   0   0   0   31   23   10    7    0   10   25
Al Downing (LA)        3   1  2.02   6   5   2   0   1   36   24   12    8    2    9   22
Randy Moffitt (SF)     2   0  2.03  16   0   0   5   0   31   23    9    7    3   10   19
Roger Nelson (CIN)     2   1  2.12   4   4   1   0   0   30   25    8    7    1   11    7
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      4   1  2.13   7   7   3   0   1   51   37   15   12    1   21   35

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   0  2.05   8   0   0   2   0   22   15    5    5    0   13   24
Carl Morton            2   3  2.83   7   7   2   0   1   48   50   16   15    1   12   33
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    2    0    5    3
Gary Gentry            3   2  3.31   7   7   2   0   0   49   37   18   18    3   18   27
Tom House              0   1  3.52   7   0   0   0   0    8    4    3    3    2    4    3
Phil Niekro            1   1  4.19   8   0   0   1   0   19   16   11    9    3   13    7
Ron Reed               1   4  4.54   7   7   0   0   0   42   43   24   21    2   13   19
Pat Dobson             2   4  4.61   7   7   1   0   1   41   48   22   21    1   12   12
Ron Schueler           0   0  5.40   6   0   0   1   0   13   13    8    8    0    7   10
Danny Frisella         0   0  6.35   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    4    4    0    3    4
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  1.15   7   1   0   0   0   16   12    2    2    0    9   15
Bob Locker             3   1  1.77   9   0   0   3   0   20   20    5    4    1    8   17
Rick Reuschel          2   2  1.91   6   6   0   0   0   42   44   10    9    1   10   39
Jack Aker              1   1  2.66  10   0   0   5   0   20   16    6    6    3    4    9
Bill Bonham            1   0  2.84   9   0   0   2   0   19    7    6    6    0   12   21
Larry Gura             1   1  3.86   5   2   0   0   0   16   15    7    7    2    3   12
Fergie Jenkins         2   3  3.98   8   8   1   0   1   54   55   28   24    9   16   36
Burt Hooton            4   2  4.75   7   7   2   0   1   42   44   23   22    4   12   25
Milt Pappas            1   3  6.23   6   6   0   0   0   35   45   24   24    6    7   15
Dave LaRoche           1   0  7.50   7   0   0   1   0    6    8    6    5    2    2    3

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Sprague             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    2    4
Pedro Borbon           0   2  0.71  16   0   0   4   0   25   22    5    2    1    8   11
Roger Nelson           2   1  2.12   4   4   1   0   0   30   25    8    7    1   11    7
Ross Grimsley          4   1  2.15   7   7   2   0   1   50   54   14   12    4   10   23
Jack Billingham        5   1  2.87   8   8   3   0   1   60   53   21   19    2   16   37
Don Gullett            3   2  3.20   8   8   1   0   1   56   51   20   20    4   17   32
Tom Hall               3   1  4.85  11   0   0   2   0   13    9    7    7    2    8   12
Jim McGlothlin         1   0  5.02   6   2   0   0   0   14   16    8    8    1    6    7
Clay Carroll           0   3 10.80  11   0   0   3   0   10   18   14   12    2    7    9

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Ray                2   0  0.00   7   0   0   2   0   11    9    0    0    0    6    4
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  1.59   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    1    1    0    2    4
Jim York               2   1  1.77  13   0   0   4   0   20   19    4    4    0    7   10
Jerry Reuss            4   1  2.13   7   7   3   0   1   51   37   15   12    1   21   35
Dave Roberts           3   1  2.79   8   7   1   0   1   48   55   15   15    4   14   19
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  3.00   8   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    2    1    6    2
Fred Gladding          2   0  3.12  10   0   0   1   0    9   10    3    3    1    2    3
Jim Crawford           1   1  3.29  11   0   0   2   0   14   13    5    5    1    7   14
Don Wilson             2   3  3.76   7   7   2   0   1   50   42   22   21    5   15   32
Ken Forsch             3   2  3.83   8   8   1   0   0   54   51   25   23    5   20   35
Tom Griffin            0   1  4.64   6   2   0   0   0   21   15   12   11    2   10   13

 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
George Culver          1   1  1.98  10   0   0   2   0   14   14    3    3    1    5    7
Al Downing             3   1  2.02   6   5   2   0   1   36   24   12    8    2    9   22
Jim Brewer             2   1  2.08  11   0   0   2   0   17    9    4    4    2    5   10
Don Sutton             3   3  2.19   7   7   3   0   1   58   49   17   14    7   11   48
Charlie Hough          0   1  2.31   6   0   0   0   0   12    5    3    3    1    7   14
Tommy John             3   2  3.18   7   5   1   0   0   34   40   14   12    0   13   25
Andy Messersmith       2   3  3.68   7   7   1   0   0   51   49   27   21    6   12   36
Claude Osteen          3   2  3.91   7   7   2   0   0   48   51   22   21    3   10   17
Doug Rau               0   0  5.93   7   0   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    4    6   13

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Strohmayer        0   0  1.42   5   1   0   0   0   13    5    2    2    2    8    5
Tom Walker             1   2  2.77   9   0   0   3   0   13   12   11    4    2    7   13
Steve Renko            2   2  2.93   5   4   2   1   0   31   22   14   10    4   10   15
Ernie McAnally         2   1  3.05   5   5   3   0   0   41   37   18   14    1   11   15
Mike Torrez            3   3  3.20   7   7   0   0   0   45   39   22   16    5   33   24
Balor Moore            1   2  4.57   7   7   0   0   0   43   38   24   22    2   31   35
Mike Marshall          2   3  5.91  13   0   0   1   0   21   25   14   14    2   14   13
Joe Gilbert            0   0  6.23   6   0   0   1   0    9    8    7    6    1    6    7
Bill Stoneman          0   0  6.23   1   1   0   0   0    4    6    4    3    0    4    1
Pat Jarvis             1   0 36.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    4    4    0    4    0

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
George Stone           0   0  1.29   5   0   0   1   0    7    8    2    1    0    0    3
Tom Seaver             3   3  1.60   7   7   2   0   0   56   31   11   10    8   17   51
Harry Parker           2   0  1.71   4   3   0   0   0   21   17    6    4    0    8   17
Jerry Koosman          5   0  1.79   6   6   4   0   1   50   34   12   10    2   11   26
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.70   6   0   0   0   0   15   15    8    8    3    4   13
Jim McAndrew           2   3  4.91   5   5   0   0   0   26   26   20   14    4   11   12
Phil Hennigan          0   2  4.96   9   0   0   2   0   16   14    9    9    1    5   12
Jon Matlack            2   5  4.96   7   7   2   0   0   45   45   25   25    4   23   32
Tug McGraw             0   1  6.00  11   0   0   5   0   15   18   10   10    1   11   10
Hank Webb              0   0 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    2    1    2    1

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mac Scarce             0   1  1.54   7   0   0   2   0   12    7    2    2    0    6   13
Bill Wilson            1   0  1.65  13   0   0   1   0   16   10    3    3    1    8   10
Dick Ruthven           1   1  2.01   5   5   0   0   0   31   23   10    7    0   10   25
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  2.14   7   1   0   0   0   21   19    6    5    1   14   15
Barry Lersch           1   1  3.57   9   0   0   0   0   18   17    7    7    1    3   13
Steve Carlton          4   4  3.77   9   9   5   0   0   72   64   32   30    9   18   58
Larry Christenson      1   3  4.44   5   5   1   0   0   24   32   12   12    2   12    9
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Jim Lonborg            2   4  7.31   8   6   0   0   0   32   38   26   26    6   14   21
Ken Brett              0   0  8.38   4   0   0   0   0   10   11    9    9    1    8    4

 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  1.29   8   0   0   3   0   14    8    2    2    0    7   11
Dave Giusti            1   0  1.88  11   0   0   2   0   14   15    5    3    0    6   16
Luke Walker            1   0  2.20   6   2   0   1   0   16   15    5    4    0    9    9
Bob Johnson            1   0  2.92   7   0   0   0   0   12   12    4    4    0    4    6
Dock Ellis             3   2  3.79   5   5   1   0   0   38   37   18   16    2   19   29
Bob Moose              2   2  3.93   5   5   1   0   1   34   32   16   15    3   12   20
Nelson Briles          1   4  4.23   6   6   1   0   0   38   42   28   18    6   11   12
Ramon Hernandez        1   2  7.36   8   0   0   2   0    7   12    6    6    1    6    1
Steve Blass            1   2  7.83   6   6   1   0   0   33   33   29   29    3   24    8
Jim McKee              0   0 11.88   4   0   0   0   0    8   15   11   11    2    5    3

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             2   2  0.97   9   4   2   1   1   37   17    6    4    2    9   24
Bob Miller             0   0  2.45   9   0   0   0   0   15   15    8    4    1    5    8
Mike Caldwell          1   3  3.16   6   3   1   0   1   26   21   12    9    2    8   18
Vicente Romo           2   0  3.27  13   0   0   3   0   22   18    9    8    2    5   17
Fred Norman            0   4  3.64   7   7   0   0   0   47   42   19   19    5   17   32
Gary Ross              1   2  3.70  16   0   0   0   0   24   20   11   10    1    8   16
Rich Troedson          1   0  5.19  14   0   0   0   0   17   17   10   10    3   15   10
Steve Arlin            1   1  5.63   6   5   0   0   0   32   38   21   20    5   16   16
Mike Corkins           2   3  7.43   6   6   1   0   0   27   32   22   22    4   20   17
Clay Kirby             1   5  8.20   7   6   0   0   0   26   42   26   24    6   11   16

 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
Tom Bradley            2   1  1.74   3   3   1   0   0   21   19    7    4    0    8   12
Elias Sosa             4   0  1.88  13   0   0   0   0   14   10    4    3    1   10    3
Ron Bryant             3   3  1.91   8   8   3   0   0   61   50   21   13    3   24   24
Randy Moffitt          2   0  2.03  16   0   0   5   0   31   23    9    7    3   10   19
Jim Barr               4   2  2.83  10   6   1   2   1   54   49   19   17    6   10   13
Juan Marichal          4   2  2.93   7   7   3   0   1   46   47   21   15    4   11   18
Jim Willoughby         3   2  4.38   8   8   1   0   1   51   54   30   25   11   13   33
Don Carrithers         1   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    0    1    1
Sam McDowell           0   0  7.36   7   1   0   2   0   15   21   14   12    1   12   16
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    2    2    0    4    1

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Diego Segui            0   2  2.08  11   0   0   3   0   13   11    5    3    0    8   11
Reggie Cleveland       2   3  2.55   6   6   1   0   0   42   44   16   12    3   10   29
Rich Folkers           0   0  2.70   3   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    0    4    2
Rick Wise              3   1  2.88   6   6   2   0   1   50   51   18   16    1    8   15
Bob Gibson             1   4  3.27   7   7   2   0   0   55   54   26   20    6   15   38
Alan Foster            0   3  3.86   7   1   0   0   0   14   13    7    6    1    9   13
Wayne Granger          0   1  5.06   8   0   0   0   0   11    9    8    6    1    5    1
John Andrews           0   1  5.40   7   0   0   0   0    7    4    5    4    0    7    2
Al Santorini           0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    8   14    5    5    1    2    2
Scipio Spinks          0   4  7.15   5   5   0   0   0   23   25   21   18    2   16   15
Jim Bibby              0   1 12.27   4   1   0   0   0    7   10   10   10    1    8    8

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  J. Barr (SF)              4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         4
  B. Hooton (CHI)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  J. Reuss (HOU)            4
  E. Sosa (SF)              4
  R. Bryant (SF)            3

Losses:

  C. Kirby (SD)             5
  J. Matlack (NY)           5
  N. Briles (PIT)           4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  P. Dobson (ATL)           4
  B. Gibson (STL)           4
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          4
  F. Norman (SD)            4
  R. Reed (ATL)             4
  S. Spinks (STL)           4

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Koosman (NY)           4
  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  E. McAnally (MON)         3
  J. Reuss (HOU)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  A. Downing (LA)           2
  G. Gentry (ATL)           2

Saves:

  J. Aker (CHI)             5
  T. McGraw (NY)            5
  R. Moffitt (SF)           5
  P. Borbon (CIN)           4
  J. York (HOU)             4
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  B. Locker (CHI)           3
  V. Romo (SD)              3
  J. Rooker (PIT)           3
  D. Segui (STL)            3

Shutouts:

  J. Barr (SF)              1
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  M. Caldwell (SD)          1
  P. Dobson (ATL)           1
  A. Downing (LA)           1
  B. Greif (SD)             1
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         1
  D. Gullett (CIN)          1
  B. Hooton (CHI)           1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       71.2
  R. Bryant (SF)         61.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)    59.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         57.2
  D. Gullett (CIN)       56.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         56.1
  B. Gibson (STL)        55.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       54.1
  J. Barr (SF)           54.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)        54.0

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         64
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         55
  D. Roberts (HOU)         55
  B. Gibson (STL)          54
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        54
  J. Willoughby (SF)       54
  J. Billingham (CIN)      53
  K. Forsch (HOU)          51
  D. Gullett (CIN)         51
  C. Osteen (LA)           51

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         32
  J. Willoughby (SF)       30
  S. Blass (PIT)           29
  N. Briles (PIT)          28
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         28
  A. Messersmith (LA)      27
  B. Gibson (STL)          26
  C. Kirby (SD)            26
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         26
  K. Forsch (HOU)          25

Home Runs:

  J. Willoughby (SF)       11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  J. Barr (SF)              6
  N. Briles (PIT)           6
  B. Gibson (STL)           6
  C. Kirby (SD)             6
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          6

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          33
  B. Moore (MON)           31
  S. Blass (PIT)           24
  R. Bryant (SF)           24
  J. Matlack (NY)          23
  J. Reuss (HOU)           21
  M. Corkins (SD)          20
  K. Forsch (HOU)          20
  D. Ellis (PIT)           19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         18

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         58
  T. Seaver (NY)           51
  D. Sutton (LA)           48
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        39
  B. Gibson (STL)          38
  J. Billingham (CIN)      37
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         36
  A. Messersmith (LA)      36
  K. Forsch (HOU)          35
  B. Moore (MON)           35


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