Sunday May 20, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 20, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         26  15  2.92   41  11  10   382   327  134  124   25  147  226
Cincinnati      23  16  2.95   39   9  12   354   342  133  116   23  116  191
Los Angeles     23  17  3.03   41  11   7   383   333  148  129   34  124  247
New York        19  16  3.18   35  10  11   317   271  126  112   30  108  213
San Francisco   26  17  3.37   43  10  11   387   379  181  145   35  138  191
Chicago         24  16  3.45   40   7  14   360   349  149  138   35  106  247
Atlanta         16  22  3.68   39   8   6   365   351  159  149   16  129  196
St. Louis       12  24  3.81   36   7   7   321   309  159  136   21  126  172
Montreal        15  18  4.01   33   5   8   294   281  163  131   21  170  175
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       15  26  4.42   41   9   4   358   352  193  176   39  152  223

 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 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
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      5   1  2.49  10  10   3   0   1   72   53   23   20    2   33   47
Dave Roberts (HOU)     4   1  2.51   9   8   2   0   1   57   62   16   16    4   14   21
Al Downing (LA)        5   1  2.54   9   8   3   0   1   57   36   20   16    4   16   31
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
Phil Niekro            3   1  2.82  10   2   2   1   0   38   24   14   12    3   16   17
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Carl Morton            3   3  2.89   9   9   2   0   1   62   67   22   20    1   15   36
Tom House              0   1  3.18  10   0   0   0   0   11    8    4    4    2    7    5
Gary Gentry            4   3  3.59  10  10   3   0   0   68   57   27   27    6   22   35
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.86   7   0   0   1   0    9    5    4    4    0    3    5
Ron Reed               2   4  4.12   9   9   0   0   0   55   57   28   25    2   15   24
Ron Schueler           1   0  4.57  10   0   0   1   0   22   22   11   11    1    9   13
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  1.54  22   0   0   5   0   35   36    9    6    1   11   18
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   3  2.57  10  10   2   0   1   67   78   25   19    5   15   30
Don Gullett            5   2  2.90  10  10   1   0   1   71   62   23   23    4   22   41
Tom Hall               3   2  4.91  14   0   0   3   0   18   14   10   10    4   11   16
Jim McGlothlin         2   0  4.94   8   3   0   0   0   24   24   13   13    2   10   11
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
Jim York               3   1  1.82  17   0   0   5   0   25   23    5    5    0    9   13
Jerry Reuss            5   1  2.49  10  10   3   0   1   72   53   23   20    2   33   47
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
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.48   8   0   0   0   0   10    8    4    4    0    3    6
Tom Griffin            0   2  3.95   7   3   0   0   0   27   19   13   12    2   14   17
Jim Crawford           1   1  4.50  15   0   0   2   0   16   16   11    8    1   11   15

 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             5   1  2.54   9   8   3   0   1   57   36   20   16    4   16   31
Charlie Hough          1   1  3.14   9   0   0   0   0   14    8    5    5    1   10   16
George Culver          1   3  3.26  14   0   0   2   0   19   23    8    7    2    8    8
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  3.67   9   9   2   0   0   61   59   27   25    5   17   25
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  2.19  14   0   0   3   0   25   26   18    6    2   14   20
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
Balor Moore            3   2  3.81   9   9   0   0   0   57   50   26   24    2   40   49
Mike Torrez            3   5  4.44   9   9   0   0   0   51   52   31   25    5   39   27
John Strohmayer        0   0  4.67   9   1   0   0   0   17   14    9    9    2   11    9
Joe Gilbert            0   1  4.80   9   0   0   1   0   15   16    9    8    1    9   10
Mike Marshall          2   3  5.23  19   0   0   3   0   31   34   19   18    2   15   21
Bill Stoneman          0   2  6.08   3   3   0   0   0   13   13   10    9    1   14    3
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
Fred Norman            1   5  3.67   9   9   1   0   0   61   57   25   25    6   26   39
Mike Caldwell          2   5  3.94   9   6   3   0   1   46   40   24   20    3   13   28
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
Charlie Williams       0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Randy Moffitt          2   0  1.69  20   0   0   7   0   37   29    9    7    3   14   24
Ron Bryant             5   3  1.97  10   9   3   0   0   69   55   23   15    3   27   27
Elias Sosa             4   0  2.25  18   0   0   0   0   20   19    7    5    1   10    8
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
Tom Bradley            2   2  3.82   5   5   1   0   0   31   29   18   13    1   14   18
Jim Willoughby         3   3  4.55  10  10   1   0   1   63   67   37   32   11   19   34
Sam McDowell           1   1  5.60  12   2   0   2   0   27   33   19   17    3   19   25
Don Carrithers         1   0  7.56   5   0   0   0   0    8   12    8    7    1    1    4
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    6    4

 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  0.82   8   0   0   2   0   11    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   5  3.34   9   9   2   0   0   70   66   32   26    7   20   46
Reggie Cleveland       3   4  3.50   8   8   1   0   0   54   56   26   21    3   16   31
Rick Wise              4   2  3.62   8   8   3   0   1   65   66   28   26    4   12   24
Wayne Granger          0   1  4.15  13   0   0   1   0   17   17   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
  A. Downing (LA)           5
  D. Gullett (CIN)          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

Losses:

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

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
  M. Caldwell (SD)          3
  A. Downing (LA)           3
  G. Gentry (ATL)           3
  B. Greif (SD)             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
  J. Reuss (HOU)         72.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         72.0
  D. Gullett (CIN)       71.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        70.0
  B. Gibson (STL)        70.0

Hits:

  R. Grimsley (CIN)        78
  S. Carlton (PHI)         76
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         68
  C. Morton (ATL)          67
  J. Willoughby (SF)       67
  J. Barr (SF)             66
  B. Gibson (STL)          66
  R. Wise (STL)            66
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  P. Dobson (ATL)          64

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  J. Willoughby (SF)       37
  S. Blass (PIT)           35
  N. Briles (PIT)          32
  B. Gibson (STL)          32
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         32
  A. Messersmith (LA)      32
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         31
  M. Torrez (MON)          31
  B. Hooton (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
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          7
  A. Messersmith (LA)       7

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           40
  M. Torrez (MON)          39
  J. Reuss (HOU)           33
  S. Blass (PIT)           28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         28
  R. Bryant (SF)           27
  D. Ellis (PIT)           26
  F. Norman (SD)           26
  M. Corkins (SD)          25
  K. Forsch (HOU)          25

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         66
  T. Seaver (NY)           61
  D. Sutton (LA)           57
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         51
  B. Moore (MON)           49
  K. Forsch (HOU)          48
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        47
  J. Reuss (HOU)           47
  D. Wilson (HOU)          47
  J. Billingham (CIN)      46

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