Saturday May 19, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 19, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         25  15  2.83   40  11  10   373   317  127  117   25  142  220
Los Angeles     22  16  3.04   39  10   7   364   321  142  123   31  117  241
Cincinnati      22  15  3.06   37   9  11   336   324  129  114   23  113  181
New York        19  16  3.18   35  10  11   317   271  126  112   30  108  213
San Francisco   26  16  3.30   42  10  11   379   370  173  139   33  135  183
Chicago         24  16  3.45   40   7  14   360   349  149  138   35  106  247
Atlanta         15  21  3.65   37   7   6   346   333  149  140   14  123  190
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    14  23  4.12   37   7   5   337   323  168  154   28  160  228
Pittsburgh      15  18  4.13   33   5   9   303   298  163  139   21  139  163
San Diego       14  25  4.54   39   7   4   341   341  189  172   38  149  213

 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
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
Jack Billingham (CIN)  7   1  2.55  10  10   5   0   2   78   64   25   22    3   23   46

 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  2.89   9   9   2   0   1   62   67   22   20    1   15   36
Gary Gentry            4   2  3.03   9   9   3   0   0   65   49   22   22    5   21   35
Phil Niekro            2   1  3.18   9   1   1   1   0   28   21   12   10    3   13   13
Tom Kelley             0   1  3.48   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    4    4    0    6    4
Ron Schueler           1   0  3.92   9   0   0   1   0   21   20    9    9    0    9   12
Tom House              0   1  4.00   9   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    2    6    5
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
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
Bob Locker             5   1  1.59  13   0   0   3   0   28   26    6    5    2   10   22
Rick Reuschel          3   3  1.68   8   8   1   0   0   59   53   14   11    1   16   47
Jack Aker              1   2  2.74  14   0   0   8   0   23   21    8    7    3    5   10
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
Bill Bonham            2   0  3.98  11   2   1   2   0   32   22   14   14    1   17   29
Burt Hooton            5   3  4.50   9   9   2   0   1   56   60   29   28    5   16   33
Juan Pizarro           0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    2
Milt Pappas            1   3  6.12   8   8   0   0   0   43   55   29   29    6   10   17
Dave LaRoche           1   0  6.14  10   0   0   1   0    7    9    6    5    2    3    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Sprague             0   0  0.84   8   0   0   1   0   11    9    1    1    0    5    7
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         2   0  4.94   8   3   0   0   0   24   24   13   13    2   10   11
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
Don Wilson             4   4  3.07  10  10   4   0   1   76   56   27   26    7   23   47
Ken Forsch             4   3  3.21  10  10   2   0   0   70   61   27   25    6   25   48
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  1.59  10   0   0   1   0   11    7    2    2    0    4   12
Jim Brewer             2   1  1.96  16   0   0   4   0   23   15    5    5    2    7   13
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
George Culver          1   2  2.65  13   0   0   2   0   17   19    6    5    1    7    7
Charlie Hough          1   1  3.14   9   0   0   0   0   14    8    5    5    1   10   16
Tommy John             3   2  3.30   9   6   1   0   0   44   47   18   16    1   16   29
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
Jon Matlack            2   5  4.38   8   8   2   0   0   51   54   25   25    4   24   38
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
Tug McGraw             0   2  5.19  15   0   0   8   0   26   27   15   15    3   14   14
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  2.25  12   0   0   4   0   20   12    5    5    0   15   21
Wayne Twitchell        1   1  2.29   9   3   0   0   0   35   33   10    9    1   19   22
Ken Brett              2   1  3.00   7   2   1   0   1   30   23   12   10    2   13   14
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  4.39  13   0   0   0   0   27   30   14   13    3   11   17
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   5  7.03  11   7   0   0   0   40   46   31   31    7   19   24
Darrell Brandon        0   1 10.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    7    7    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            3   0  1.69  17   0   0   2   0   21   20    8    4    1    9   20
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
Nelson Briles          1   5  3.67   8   8   2   0   0   54   58   32   22    8   17   15
Bob Moose              3   3  3.72   7   7   1   0   1   48   50   21   20    3   16   30
Ramon Hernandez        1   2  4.30  12   0   0   2   0   15   13    7    7    1    8    8
Luke Walker            1   2  4.68   8   4   0   1   0   25   27   15   13    1   14   14
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  3.54  19   0   0   0   0   28   25   12   11    1   10   17
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
Bob Miller             0   0  4.91  11   0   0   0   0   18   20   14   10    2    8    9
Steve Arlin            1   1  5.59   8   5   0   0   0   37   44   25   23    6   21   22
Mike Corkins           3   4  6.57   8   8   2   0   0   37   40   27   27    5   25   20
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   4  3.58  12   8   2   2   1   65   66   28   26    7   13   20
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
  B. Locker (CHI)           5
  J. Reuss (HOU)            5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  J. Barr (SF)              4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  A. Downing (LA)           4

Losses:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  P. Dobson (ATL)           6
  N. Briles (PIT)           5
  C. Kirby (SD)             5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  J. Matlack (NY)           5
  F. Norman (SD)            5
  M. Torrez (MON)           5
  J. Barr (SF)              4
  M. Caldwell (SD)          4

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  J. Aker (CHI)             8
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  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
  K. Brett (PHI)            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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       84.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)    77.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)        76.1
  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
  J. Reuss (HOU)         66.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         76
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         68
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        67
  C. Morton (ATL)          67
  J. Willoughby (SF)       67
  J. Barr (SF)             66
  R. Wise (STL)            66
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  P. Dobson (ATL)          64
  J. Marichal (SF)         64

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  J. Willoughby (SF)       37
  S. Blass (PIT)           35
  N. Briles (PIT)          32
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         32
  A. Messersmith (LA)      32
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         31
  M. Torrez (MON)          31
  B. Hooton (CHI)          29
  M. Pappas (CHI)          29

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  J. Willoughby (SF)       11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  N. Briles (PIT)           8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  J. Barr (SF)              7
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          7
  A. Messersmith (LA)       7
  D. Wilson (HOU)           7

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
  M. Corkins (SD)          25
  K. Forsch (HOU)          25
  J. Matlack (NY)          24

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
  D. Wilson (HOU)          47
  J. Billingham (CIN)      46
  A. Messersmith (LA)      43
  J. Reuss (HOU)           43


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