Tuesday May 22, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 22, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cincinnati      24  16  2.98   40   9  13   363   350  137  120   24  117  195
Los Angeles     24  17  2.99   42  12   7   392   339  149  130   34  127  253
Houston         26  17  3.14   43  11  10   399   356  149  139   28  155  237
New York        19  17  3.23   36  10  11   326   279  131  117   30  113  218
San Francisco   28  17  3.38   45  11  12   405   398  188  152   37  141  197
Chicago         24  17  3.45   41   7  14   370   361  153  142   38  112  252
Atlanta         16  23  3.76   40   8   6   374   365  166  156   17  133  201
St. Louis       13  24  3.79   37   7   8   330   315  162  139   21  129  180
Montreal        16  18  3.96   34   5   8   305   291  166  134   22  174  185
Philadelphia    15  24  4.14   39   8   5   355   344  177  163   30  163  239
Pittsburgh      16  19  4.14   35   5  10   320   313  174  147   23  148  175
San Diego       15  27  4.45   42   9   4   366   362  198  181   40  153  229

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Moffitt (SF)     2   0  1.55  21   0   0   8   0   41   31    9    7    3   15   26
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
Don Sutton (LA)        5   3  2.22  10  10   4   0   1   81   68   23   20    8   21   63
Ron Bryant (SF)        6   3  2.30  11  10   3   0   0   74   63   27   19    4   28   29
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      5   1  2.49  10  10   3   0   1   72   53   23   20    2   33   47
Bill Greif (SD)        3   4  2.50  12   7   3   1   1   58   39   18   16    5   15   40
Al Downing (LA)        5   1  2.54   9   8   3   0   1   57   36   20   16    4   16   31
Jerry Koosman (NY)     5   2  2.54   8   8   4   0   1   64   49   21   18    3   16   32
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
Jim Panther            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
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  3.97   8   0   0   1   0   11    8    5    5    1    3    7
Ron Reed               2   4  4.12   9   9   0   0   0   55   57   28   25    2   15   24
Ron Schueler           1   0  4.50  11   0   0   1   0   24   25   12   12    1   10   14
Pat Dobson             2   7  5.17  10  10   1   0   1   56   71   33   32    1   19   22
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   3  2.84  15   0   0   8   0   25   22    9    8    3    8   11
Larry Gura             1   1  3.32   6   2   0   0   0   22   20    8    8    3    3   17
Fergie Jenkins         4   3  3.47  11  11   3   0   1   80   78   35   31   15   19   55
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  11   0   0   1   0    7   10    6    5    2    3    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           0   3  1.50  23   0   0   6   0   36   38    9    6    1   11   20
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
Ed Sprague             0   0  2.63   9   0   0   1   0   14   12    4    4    1    5    8
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           1   3  6.23  14   2   0   3   0   22   29   17   15    2    8   14

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Ray                2   0  1.84   9   0   0   2   0   15   14    3    3    0    9    7
Jerry Reuss            5   1  2.49  10  10   3   0   1   72   53   23   20    2   33   47
Jim York               3   1  2.81  18   0   0   5   0   26   27    8    8    2    9   13
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
Dave Roberts           4   2  3.08  10   9   2   0   1   61   72   21   21    4   15   24
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.48   8   0   0   0   0   10    8    4    4    0    3    6
Ken Forsch             4   4  3.54  12  11   2   0   0   74   69   31   29    6   27   51
Tom Griffin            0   2  3.77   8   3   0   0   0   29   19   13   12    2   16   18
Fred Gladding          2   0  3.97  12   0   0   1   0   11   13    5    5    2    3    6
Jim Crawford           1   1  4.50  16   0   0   2   0   18   17   12    9    2   11   16

 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             5   3  2.22  10  10   4   0   1   81   68   23   20    8   21   63
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  2.82   7   6   2   1   0   45   34   18   14    6   15   27
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          3   3  4.89  20   0   0   3   0   35   38   20   19    2   16   24
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
Tommy Moore            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1
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
Harry Parker           4   0  2.36   6   5   0   0   0   34   33   12    9    2   12   25
Jerry Koosman          5   2  2.54   8   8   4   0   1   64   49   21   18    3   16   32
Phil Hennigan          0   2  4.26  11   0   0   2   0   19   15    9    9    1    7   13
Jon Matlack            2   5  4.38   8   8   2   0   0   51   54   25   25    4   24   38
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   2  2.45  13   0   0   4   0   22   14    6    6    0   15   22
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  2.64  10   4   1   0   0   44   44   14   13    1   20   28
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  3.20  17   0   0   1   0   20   14    7    7    3    9   14
Steve Carlton          4   6  3.96  12  12   5   0   0   91   84   45   40   11   30   70
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  1.42  13   0   0   4   0   19   10    3    3    0   10   13
Dave Giusti            3   0  1.61  18   0   0   3   0   22   20    8    4    1    9   21
Dock Ellis             3   5  3.26   8   8   1   0   0   58   54   30   21    2   29   43
Bob Johnson            1   0  3.32  11   0   0   0   0   19   19    8    7    1    8   15
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            2   2  7.52   8   8   1   0   0   47   46   39   39    4   31   13
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   4  2.50  12   7   3   1   1   58   39   18   16    5   15   40
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
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.81  15   1   0   3   0   28   30   14   12    3    8   22
Mike Caldwell          2   5  3.94   9   6   3   0   1   46   40   24   20    3   13   28
Rich Troedson          1   0  4.62  19   0   0   0   0   25   24   13   13    3   16   16
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  1.55  21   0   0   8   0   41   31    9    7    3   15   26
Elias Sosa             4   0  2.25  18   0   0   0   0   20   19    7    5    1   10    8
Ron Bryant             6   3  2.30  11  10   3   0   0   74   63   27   19    4   28   29
Juan Marichal          5   4  2.83  10  10   4   0   1   70   73   31   22    6   16   27
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  1.59  14   0   0   5   0   17   13    5    3    0    9   14
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              5   2  3.59   9   9   3   0   1   73   71   31   29    4   15   30
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)            6
  A. Downing (LA)           5
  D. Gullett (CIN)          5
  B. Hooton (CHI)           5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  B. Locker (CHI)           5
  J. Marichal (SF)          5
  J. Reuss (HOU)            5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5

Losses:

  P. Dobson (ATL)           7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  N. Briles (PIT)           5
  M. Caldwell (SD)          5
  D. Ellis (PIT)            5
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  C. Kirby (SD)             5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  J. Matlack (NY)           5
  F. Norman (SD)            5

Complete Games:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Koosman (NY)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  D. Wilson (HOU)           4
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  M. Caldwell (SD)          3
  A. Downing (LA)           3

Saves:

  J. Aker (CHI)             8
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  R. Moffitt (SF)           8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  D. Segui (STL)            5
  J. York (HOU)             5
  J. Brewer (LA)            4
  J. Rooker (PIT)           4
  M. Scarce (PHI)           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)       91.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         81.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       80.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)    77.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)        76.1
  R. Bryant (SF)         74.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         74.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        73.2
  R. Wise (STL)          72.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)         72.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         84
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        78
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         78
  J. Marichal (SF)         73
  D. Roberts (HOU)         72
  P. Dobson (ATL)          71
  R. Wise (STL)            71
  K. Forsch (HOU)          69
  D. Sutton (LA)           68
  C. Morton (ATL)          67

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         45
  S. Blass (PIT)           39
  J. Willoughby (SF)       37
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         35
  P. Dobson (ATL)          33
  N. Briles (PIT)          32
  B. Gibson (STL)          32
  A. Messersmith (LA)      32
  K. Forsch (HOU)          31
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         31

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Willoughby (SF)       11
  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)           31
  S. Carlton (PHI)         30
  D. Ellis (PIT)           29
  R. Bryant (SF)           28
  K. Forsch (HOU)          27
  F. Norman (SD)           26
  M. Corkins (SD)          25

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         70
  D. Sutton (LA)           63
  T. Seaver (NY)           61
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         55
  K. Forsch (HOU)          51
  B. Moore (MON)           49
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        47
  J. Reuss (HOU)           47
  D. Wilson (HOU)          47
  J. Billingham (CIN)      46


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