Wednesday May 23, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 23, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cincinnati      25  16  2.98   41   9  13   372   359  140  123   24  120  197
Los Angeles     24  18  3.01   43  12   7   401   347  153  134   35  132  258
Houston         26  18  3.14   44  11  10   407   361  153  142   29  158  240
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         25  17  3.41   42   7  14   380   369  155  144   38  118  256
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  19  3.95   35   5   8   315   297  170  138   22  184  190
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       16  27  4.42   43   9   5   375   369  201  184   42  157  240

 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
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    4   3  2.57  10  10   2   0   1   67   78   25   19    5   15   30

 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  1.53  14   0   0   3   0   29   27    6    5    2   12   23
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            3   0  3.63  12   2   1   2   0   35   24   14   14    1   17   31
Burt Hooton            5   3  4.35  10  10   2   0   1   62   65   31   30    5   20   34
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
Ross Grimsley          4   3  2.57  10  10   2   0   1   67   78   25   19    5   15   30
Jack Billingham        7   1  2.61  11  11   5   0   2   86   73   28   25    3   26   47
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               4   2  4.82  15   0   0   3   0   19   14   10   10    4   11   17
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  1.62  10   0   0   2   0   17   14    3    3    0   10    7
Jerry Reuss            5   1  2.49  10  10   3   0   1   72   53   23   20    2   33   47
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Don Wilson             4   4  3.06  11  11   4   0   1   82   59   30   28    8   25   49
Jim York               3   2  3.08  19   0   0   5   0   26   29    9    9    2    9   14
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  1.85  17   0   0   4   0   24   18    5    5    2    7   14
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   4  3.48  10  10   2   0   0   75   66   36   29    8   26   47
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   3  2.70  15   0   0   3   0   27   27   20    8    2   16   23
Steve Renko            2   2  2.82   7   6   2   1   0   45   34   18   14    6   15   27
Ernie McAnally         2   1  2.98   7   7   3   0   0   54   49   23   18    1   20   18
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  3.68  16   1   0   4   0   29   30   14   12    3    9   23
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            2   1  5.63   9   5   0   0   0   40   47   27   25    8   22   26
Mike Corkins           3   4  6.00   9   9   2   0   0   42   44   28   28    5   27   26
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
  V. Romo (SD)              4
  J. Rooker (PIT)           4
  M. Scarce (PHI)           4

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
  J. Billingham (CIN)    86.1
  D. Wilson (HOU)        82.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         81.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       80.1
  A. Messersmith (LA)    75.0
  R. Bryant (SF)         74.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         74.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        73.2
  R. Wise (STL)          72.2

Hits:

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

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         45
  S. Blass (PIT)           39
  J. Willoughby (SF)       37
  A. Messersmith (LA)      36
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         35
  P. Dobson (ATL)          33
  N. Briles (PIT)          32
  B. Gibson (STL)          32
  K. Forsch (HOU)          31
  B. Hooton (CHI)          31

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Willoughby (SF)       11
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  S. Arlin (SD)             8
  N. Briles (PIT)           8
  A. Messersmith (LA)       8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  D. Wilson (HOU)           8
  J. Barr (SF)              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
  M. Corkins (SD)          27
  K. Forsch (HOU)          27
  J. Billingham (CIN)      26

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
  D. Wilson (HOU)          49
  J. Billingham (CIN)      47
  A. Messersmith (LA)      47
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        47


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