Friday May 18, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 18, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         24  15  2.87   39  10  10   364   311  126  116   24  140  215
Los Angeles     22  16  2.96   38  10   7   352   310  135  116   30  111  231
Cincinnati      21  15  3.03   36   9  10   327   317  125  110   22  109  175
New York        19  15  3.17   34  10  11   307   257  122  108   28  106  206
San Francisco   26  15  3.32   41   9  11   371   362  171  137   33  135  176
Chicago         23  15  3.39   38   7  13   343   321  140  129   35   98  237
Atlanta         15  21  3.62   36   7   6   333   316  142  134   14  120  184
St. Louis       11  23  3.84   34   7   6   304   297  152  130   20  119  166
Montreal        14  17  4.02   31   5   7   276   264  155  123   20  158  161
Philadelphia    13  22  4.15   35   6   5   319   309  161  147   27  150  219
Pittsburgh      14  18  4.24   32   5   9   293   289  162  138   20  134  159
San Diego       14  24  4.38   38   7   4   333   332  179  162   37  137  206

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)        5   3  1.57   9   9   4   0   1   74   40   14   13    9   19   61
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    3   3  1.68   8   8   1   0   0   59   53   14   11    1   16   47
Randy Moffitt (SF)     2   0  1.70  19   0   0   7   0   37   28    9    7    3   13   23
Ron Bryant (SF)        5   3  1.97  10   9   3   0   0   69   55   23   15    3   27   27
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      5   1  2.04   9   9   3   0   1   66   46   18   15    2   29   43
Jerry Koosman (NY)     5   1  2.04   7   7   4   0   1   57   41   16   13    3   14   29
Bill Greif (SD)        3   3  2.26  11   6   3   1   1   52   33   15   13    4   15   35
Don Sutton (LA)        4   3  2.38   9   9   3   0   1   72   62   22   19    8   18   57
Al Downing (LA)        4   1  2.45   8   7   2   0   1   48   33   17   13    2   14   29
Dave Roberts (HOU)     4   1  2.51   9   8   2   0   1   57   62   16   16    4   14   21

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   1  2.00  11   0   0   3   0   27   20    6    6    0   17   32
Carl Morton            3   3  2.59   8   8   2   0   1   56   57   17   16    1   15   33
Gary Gentry            4   2  3.03   9   9   3   0   0   65   49   22   22    5   21   35
Tom House              0   1  3.12   8   0   0   0   0    9    4    3    3    2    5    4
Phil Niekro            2   1  3.18   9   1   1   1   0   28   21   12   10    3   13   13
Tom Kelley             0   1  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    4    4    0    6    3
Ron Reed               2   4  4.12   9   9   0   0   0   55   57   28   25    2   15   24
Danny Frisella         0   0  4.32   6   0   0   1   0    8    5    4    4    0    3    5
Ron Schueler           1   0  4.41   8   0   0   1   0   16   15    8    8    0    7   11
Pat Dobson             2   6  4.58   9   9   1   0   1   53   64   28   27    1   16   20
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
Rick Reuschel          3   3  1.68   8   8   1   0   0   59   53   14   11    1   16   47
Bob Locker             4   1  1.88  11   0   0   3   0   24   21    6    5    2    9   20
Jack Aker              1   2  2.82  13   0   0   7   0   22   21    8    7    3    4    9
Bill Bonham            2   0  2.89  10   1   1   2   0   28   14    9    9    1   16   27
Larry Gura             1   1  3.32   6   2   0   0   0   22   20    8    8    3    3   17
Fergie Jenkins         4   3  3.48  10  10   3   0   1   72   68   32   28   12   16   51
Burt Hooton            5   2  4.53   8   8   2   0   1   50   49   26   25    5   13   30
Milt Pappas            1   3  6.12   8   8   0   0   0   43   55   29   29    6   10   17
Dave LaRoche           1   0  6.14   9   0   0   1   0    7    8    6    5    2    2    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Sprague             0   0  1.00   7   0   0   0   0    9    7    1    1    0    5    4
Pedro Borbon           0   3  1.64  20   0   0   5   0   33   34    9    6    1   11   17
Roger Nelson           2   2  2.14   5   5   1   0   0   34   29   11    8    2   12    9
Jack Billingham        7   1  2.55  10  10   5   0   2   78   64   25   22    3   23   46
Ross Grimsley          4   2  2.87   9   9   2   0   1   60   67   23   19    5   15   26
Don Gullett            4   2  3.02   9   9   1   0   1   63   57   21   21    4   19   36
Jim McGlothlin         1   0  4.96   7   2   0   0   0   16   19    9    9    1    6    8
Tom Hall               3   2  5.00  13   0   0   2   0   18   14   10   10    4   11   16
Clay Carroll           0   3  7.56  13   1   0   3   0   17   26   16   14    2    7   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Ray                2   0  1.69   8   0   0   2   0   11   10    2    2    0    7    4
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  1.74   7   0   0   0   0   10    7    2    2    0    2    6
Jim York               2   1  1.93  16   0   0   5   0   23   22    5    5    0    9   12
Jerry Reuss            5   1  2.04   9   9   3   0   1   66   46   18   15    2   29   43
Dave Roberts           4   1  2.51   9   8   2   0   1   57   62   16   16    4   14   21
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Ken Forsch             4   3  3.21  10  10   2   0   0   70   61   27   25    6   25   48
Don Wilson             3   4  3.34   9   9   3   0   1   67   50   26   25    6   21   42
Fred Gladding          2   0  3.48  11   0   0   1   0   10   11    4    4    2    2    6
Tom Griffin            0   2  3.95   7   3   0   0   0   27   19   13   12    2   14   17
Jim Crawford           1   1  5.02  14   0   0   2   0   14   15   11    8    1   11   14

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Richert           0   0  1.13   9   0   0   1   0    8    5    1    1    0    1    8
Jim Brewer             2   1  1.99  15   0   0   4   0   23   15    5    5    2    7   12
George Culver          1   2  2.12  12   0   0   2   0   17   18    5    4    1    7    7
Don Sutton             4   3  2.38   9   9   3   0   1   72   62   22   19    8   18   57
Al Downing             4   1  2.45   8   7   2   0   1   48   33   17   13    2   14   29
Charlie Hough          1   1  2.63   8   0   0   0   0   14    7    4    4    1    9   14
Tommy John             3   2  3.00   8   5   1   0   0   36   40   14   12    0   14   26
Andy Messersmith       4   3  3.34   9   9   2   0   0   67   61   32   25    7   21   43
Claude Osteen          3   3  3.98   8   8   2   0   0   54   54   26   24    5   13   22
Doug Rau               0   0  5.93   8   0   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    4    7   13

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Walker             2   2  2.14  13   0   0   3   0   21   23   17    5    2   11   19
Steve Renko            2   2  2.87   6   5   2   1   0   38   28   16   12    5   12   20
Ernie McAnally         2   1  3.11   6   6   3   0   0   46   44   21   16    1   12   16
John Strohmayer        0   0  3.24   8   1   0   0   0   17   10    6    6    2   11    8
Balor Moore            2   2  4.25   8   8   0   0   0   49   43   25   23    2   36   40
Mike Torrez            3   5  4.44   9   9   0   0   0   51   52   31   25    5   39   27
Bill Stoneman          0   1  4.50   2   2   0   0   0   12   11    7    6    0   10    3
Joe Gilbert            0   1  5.54   8   0   0   1   0   13   15    9    8    1    8    9
Mike Marshall          2   3  5.65  17   0   0   2   0   29   34   19   18    2   15   19
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             5   3  1.57   9   9   4   0   1   74   40   14   13    9   19   61
Jerry Koosman          5   1  2.04   7   7   4   0   1   57   41   16   13    3   14   29
Harry Parker           4   0  2.36   6   5   0   0   0   34   33   12    9    2   12   25
Tug McGraw             0   1  4.50  14   0   0   8   0   22   22   11   11    1   13   13
Phil Hennigan          0   2  4.67  10   0   0   2   0   17   15    9    9    1    5   12
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.70   6   0   0   0   0   15   15    8    8    3    4   13
Jim McAndrew           3   3  4.73   6   6   0   0   0   32   36   23   17    4   14   17
Jon Matlack            2   5  4.96   7   7   2   0   0   45   45   25   25    4   23   32
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
Wayne Twitchell        1   1  2.29   9   3   0   0   0   35   33   10    9    1   19   22
Mac Scarce             0   1  2.65  11   0   0   4   0   17   11    5    5    0   12   18
Dick Ruthven           1   3  3.05   7   7   0   0   0   38   33   18   13    0   20   30
Bill Wilson            1   0  3.26  16   0   0   1   0   19   14    7    7    3    9   14
Steve Carlton          4   6  3.84  11  11   5   0   0   84   76   41   36    9   28   66
Barry Lersch           1   1  4.10  12   0   0   0   0   26   28   13   12    3   10   17
Ken Brett              1   1  4.29   6   1   0   0   0   21   20   12   10    2   11    9
Larry Christenson      1   3  5.59   8   7   1   0   0   29   42   18   18    2   16   10
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Jim Lonborg            2   4  6.50  10   6   0   0   0   36   40   26   26    6   15   23
Darrell Brandon        0   1 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    6    6    0    5    6

 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  0.98  12   0   0   4   0   18    9    2    2    0    8   13
Dave Giusti            2   0  1.86  16   0   0   2   0   19   19    8    4    1    7   19
Bob Johnson            1   0  2.55  10   0   0   0   0   18   17    6    5    0    7   12
Dock Ellis             3   4  3.46   7   7   1   0   0   52   48   26   20    2   26   39
Bob Moose              3   3  3.72   7   7   1   0   1   48   50   21   20    3   16   30
Nelson Briles          1   5  3.91   7   7   2   0   0   48   50   31   21    7   14   14
Luke Walker            1   2  4.68   8   4   0   1   0   25   27   15   13    1   14   14
Ramon Hernandez        1   2  5.11  11   0   0   2   0   12   13    7    7    1    8    6
Steve Blass            1   2  8.15   7   7   1   0   0   39   40   35   35    3   28    9
Jim McKee              0   0  9.28   6   0   0   0   0   11   16   11   11    2    6    3

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             3   3  2.26  11   6   3   1   1   52   33   15   13    4   15   35
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.29  14   1   0   3   0   27   26   12   10    3    7   22
Gary Ross              1   2  3.67  18   0   0   0   0   27   24   12   11    1    8   16
Bob Miller             0   0  4.02  10   0   0   0   0   16   18   11    7    2    5    8
Mike Caldwell          2   4  4.06   8   5   2   0   1   38   35   21   17    2   12   22
Fred Norman            0   5  4.13   8   8   0   0   0   52   51   24   24    6   24   35
Rich Troedson          1   0  4.81  18   0   0   0   0   24   24   13   13    3   16   15
Steve Arlin            1   1  5.29   7   5   0   0   0   34   40   22   20    5   17   18
Mike Corkins           3   3  5.80   7   7   2   0   0   36   38   23   23    5   22   19
Clay Kirby             1   5  7.90   8   6   0   0   0   27   43   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
Randy Moffitt          2   0  1.70  19   0   0   7   0   37   28    9    7    3   13   23
Ron Bryant             5   3  1.97  10   9   3   0   0   69   55   23   15    3   27   27
Elias Sosa             4   0  2.37  17   0   0   0   0   19   18    7    5    1   10    7
Tom Bradley            2   2  2.63   4   4   1   0   0   27   24   11    8    0   12   18
Juan Marichal          4   4  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   61   64   28   19    5   15   25
Jim Barr               4   3  3.77  11   7   1   2   1   57   58   26   24    7   13   13
Jim Willoughby         3   3  4.55  10  10   1   0   1   63   67   37   32   11   19   34
Sam McDowell           1   0  5.47  11   2   0   2   0   26   32   18   16    2   19   22
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    6    4
Don Carrithers         1   0  9.95   4   0   0   0   0    6   11    8    7    1    1    1

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    1    3
Rich Folkers           0   0  0.90   7   0   0   2   0   10    2    1    1    0    5    5
Diego Segui            1   2  1.69  13   0   0   4   0   16   12    5    3    0    9   12
Alan Foster            2   3  2.08   9   3   1   0   1   30   24    8    7    1   13   19
Bob Gibson             2   4  3.14   8   8   2   0   0   63   61   28   22    6   17   42
Rick Wise              4   2  3.62   8   8   3   0   1   65   66   28   26    4   12   24
Reggie Cleveland       2   4  3.72   7   7   1   0   0   46   50   23   19    3   12   29
Wayne Granger          0   1  4.41  12   0   0   0   0   16   16   11    8    1    8    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   2  9.56   6   3   0   0   0   16   19   17   17    2   17   12

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       7
  R. Bryant (SF)            5
  B. Hooton (CHI)           5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  J. Reuss (HOU)            5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  J. Barr (SF)              4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  A. Downing (LA)           4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4

Losses:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  P. Dobson (ATL)           6
  N. Briles (PIT)           5
  C. Kirby (SD)             5
  J. Matlack (NY)           5
  F. Norman (SD)            5
  M. Torrez (MON)           5
  M. Caldwell (SD)          4
  R. Cleveland (STL)        4
  D. Ellis (PIT)            4

Complete Games:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Koosman (NY)           4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  G. Gentry (ATL)           3
  B. Greif (SD)             3
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          3
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  E. McAnally (MON)         3

Saves:

  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  J. Aker (CHI)             7
  R. Moffitt (SF)           7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           5
  J. York (HOU)             5
  J. Brewer (LA)            4
  J. Rooker (PIT)           4
  M. Scarce (PHI)           4
  D. Segui (STL)            4
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       2
  J. Barr (SF)              1
  M. Caldwell (SD)          1
  P. Dobson (ATL)           1
  A. Downing (LA)           1
  A. Foster (STL)           1
  B. Greif (SD)             1
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         1
  D. Gullett (CIN)          1
  B. Hooton (CHI)           1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       84.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)    77.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         74.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       72.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         72.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)        70.0
  R. Bryant (SF)         68.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)    67.1
  D. Wilson (HOU)        67.1
  J. Reuss (HOU)         66.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         76
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         68
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        67
  J. Willoughby (SF)       67
  R. Wise (STL)            66
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  P. Dobson (ATL)          64
  J. Marichal (SF)         64
  D. Roberts (HOU)         62
  D. Sutton (LA)           62

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  J. Willoughby (SF)       37
  S. Blass (PIT)           35
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         32
  A. Messersmith (LA)      32
  N. Briles (PIT)          31
  M. Torrez (MON)          31
  M. Pappas (CHI)          29
  P. Dobson (ATL)          28
  B. Gibson (STL)          28

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  J. Willoughby (SF)       11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  J. Barr (SF)              7
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  A. Messersmith (LA)       7
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  B. Gibson (STL)           6

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          39
  B. Moore (MON)           36
  J. Reuss (HOU)           29
  S. Blass (PIT)           28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         28
  R. Bryant (SF)           27
  D. Ellis (PIT)           26
  K. Forsch (HOU)          25
  F. Norman (SD)           24
  J. Billingham (CIN)      23

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         66
  T. Seaver (NY)           61
  D. Sutton (LA)           57
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         51
  K. Forsch (HOU)          48
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        47
  J. Billingham (CIN)      46
  A. Messersmith (LA)      43
  J. Reuss (HOU)           43
  B. Gibson (STL)          42

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