Monday May 28, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 28, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     28  19  2.96   48  14   9   456   404  171  150   36  145  299
Cincinnati      26  19  3.07   45   9  13   408   396  160  139   27  132  213
Houston         28  20  3.16   48  13  10   441   392  168  155   33  165  257
Chicago         28  18  3.27   46   8  16   415   390  163  151   39  132  282
New York        20  21  3.34   41  10  12   377   341  157  140   34  143  244
San Francisco   31  19  3.39   50  12  14   449   445  206  169   40  153  214
St. Louis       17  24  3.55   41   9  10   365   339  169  144   23  136  197
Atlanta         17  27  3.59   45  10   6   414   404  181  165   17  145  215
Philadelphia    19  25  3.93   44  10   7   399   379  190  174   34  182  273
Pittsburgh      18  21  4.10   39   5  12   356   353  191  162   27  159  198
Montreal        18  21  4.10   39   5   9   349   339  194  159   26  199  210
San Diego       16  32  4.48   48   9   5   420   417  230  209   47  178  271

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)        5   3  1.68  10  10   4   0   1   80   49   17   15    9   20   66
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    4   3  1.69   9   9   1   0   0   64   55   15   12    1   21   54
Don Sutton (LA)        6   3  2.10  11  11   5   0   1   90   75   24   21    9   21   69
Bill Greif (SD)        3   5  2.33  13   8   3   1   1   66   43   22   17    6   17   49
Ron Bryant (SF)        7   3  2.38  12  11   4   0   0   83   71   30   22    5   31   31
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      6   1  2.43  11  11   4   0   1   81   58   25   22    3   37   54
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  3   1  2.50  11   5   1   0   0   50   51   16   14    2   24   36
Carl Morton (ATL)      4   3  2.52  10  10   3   0   1   71   72   23   20    1   18   39
Jerry Koosman (NY)     5   3  2.55   9   9   4   0   1   71   55   23   20    4   24   36
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    4   4  2.66  11  11   2   0   1   71   85   27   21    5   17   30

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Panther            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    0    1
Roric Harrison         0   2  1.59  12   1   0   3   0   34   23    7    6    0   17   34
Carl Morton            4   3  2.52  10  10   3   0   1   71   72   23   20    1   18   39
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Phil Niekro            3   2  2.89  11   3   2   1   0   44   31   16   14    3   18   19
Tom House              0   1  3.09  11   0   0   0   0   12    8    4    4    2    7    5
Gary Gentry            4   4  3.61  11  11   3   0   0   72   69   32   29    6   24   38
Ron Reed               2   5  4.02  10  10   1   0   0   63   64   32   28    2   18   27
Ron Schueler           1   0  4.26  12   0   0   1   0   25   25   12   12    1   11   14
Danny Frisella         0   0  4.61  10   0   0   1   0   14   12    7    7    1    4    7
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
Rick Reuschel          4   3  1.69   9   9   1   0   0   64   55   15   12    1   21   54
Bob Locker             5   2  1.82  16   0   0   4   0   35   32    8    7    3   14   27
Jack Aker              1   3  2.54  16   0   0   9   0   28   24    9    8    3    9   12
Larry Gura             1   1  3.04   7   2   0   0   0   24   21    8    8    3    3   20
Fergie Jenkins         5   3  3.12  12  12   4   0   2   89   81   35   31   15   20   61
Bill Bonham            3   0  3.63  12   2   1   2   0   35   24   14   14    1   17   31
Juan Pizarro           0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    2
Burt Hooton            5   3  4.57  11  11   2   0   1   67   70   36   34    5   24   37
Milt Pappas            2   3  5.36   9   9   0   0   0   49   58   29   29    6   11   19
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  1.98  25   0   0   6   0   41   43   12    9    1   11   25
Roger Nelson           2   2  2.08   6   5   1   0   0   35   29   11    8    2   14    9
Ed Sprague             0   0  2.12  12   0   0   1   0   17   13    4    4    1    6    9
Ross Grimsley          4   4  2.66  11  11   2   0   1   71   85   27   21    5   17   30
Don Gullett            5   3  2.95  11  11   1   0   1   76   66   26   25    5   22   42
Jack Billingham        7   1  2.96  12  12   5   0   2   91   80   33   30    5   27   50
Tom Hall               5   2  4.01  18   0   0   3   0   25   19   14   11    4   16   22
Jim McGlothlin         2   1  4.80   9   4   0   0   0   30   32   16   16    2   11   12
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            6   1  2.43  11  11   4   0   1   81   58   25   22    3   37   54
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Jim York               3   2  2.93  20   0   0   5   0   28   30    9    9    2    9   14
Dave Roberts           5   2  2.94  11  10   3   0   1   70   77   23   23    5   16   25
Don Wilson             4   5  3.09  12  12   4   0   1   87   64   33   30    9   26   52
Fred Gladding          2   0  3.65  13   0   0   1   0   12   14    5    5    2    3    6
Tom Griffin            0   2  3.77   8   3   0   0   0   29   19   13   12    2   16   18
Jim Crawford           1   1  3.86  18   0   0   2   0   21   17   12    9    2   11   20
Ken Forsch             4   5  4.00  13  12   2   0   0   79   80   38   35    7   28   53
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  4.09   9   0   0   0   0   11   11    5    5    0    3    6

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             2   1  1.71  18   0   0   4   0   26   19    5    5    2    8   14
Pete Richert           0   0  1.72  13   0   0   3   0   16   13    3    3    0    5   14
Don Sutton             6   3  2.10  11  11   5   0   1   90   75   24   21    9   21   69
Charlie Hough          1   1  2.33  10   0   0   0   0   19   10    5    5    1   13   22
Al Downing             5   1  2.77  10   9   3   0   1   62   43   25   19    4   17   35
George Culver          2   3  2.95  16   0   0   2   0   21   25    8    7    2    9    9
Andy Messersmith       5   4  3.21  11  11   3   0   0   84   73   37   30    8   27   59
Tommy John             3   2  3.24  10   7   1   0   0   50   57   20   18    1   16   30
Claude Osteen          4   3  3.75  10  10   2   0   0   70   68   31   29    5   21   29
Doug Rau               0   1  6.62   9   0   0   0   0   18   21   13   13    4    8   18

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Walker             2   3  2.89  17   0   0   3   0   28   29   21    9    2   16   24
Ernie McAnally         2   1  3.26   8   8   3   0   0   58   55   28   21    2   24   19
Steve Renko            2   3  3.33   8   7   2   1   0   51   42   23   19    6   18   33
Balor Moore            3   3  4.15  10  10   0   0   0   61   56   31   28    2   44   52
Mike Marshall          5   3  4.28  22   0   0   3   0   40   40   20   19    2   17   30
Mike Torrez            3   5  4.29  10  10   0   0   0   57   60   33   27    7   40   27
Bill Stoneman          0   2  4.96   5   3   0   1   0   16   16   10    9    1   15    4
Joe Gilbert            0   1  5.06  10   0   0   1   0   16   18   10    9    1    9   10
Mickey Scott           0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    1    1    0    1
John Strohmayer        0   0  6.16  11   1   0   0   0   19   18   13   13    2   12   10
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           1   0  0.60   7   0   0   1   0   15   14    2    1    0    2    7
Tom Seaver             5   3  1.68  10  10   4   0   1   80   49   17   15    9   20   66
Jerry Koosman          5   3  2.55   9   9   4   0   1   71   55   23   20    4   24   36
Harry Parker           4   0  3.13   7   6   0   0   0   37   40   16   13    2   15   28
Phil Hennigan          0   2  3.80  14   0   0   2   0   21   18    9    9    1    9   13
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.15   8   0   0   0   0   22   20   10   10    3    7   19
Tug McGraw             0   2  4.35  16   0   0   8   0   31   31   15   15    3   19   14
Jon Matlack            2   6  4.55   9   9   2   0   0   57   60   30   29    5   25   40
Jim McAndrew           3   4  5.30   8   6   0   1   0   37   46   28   22    5   17   19
Tommy Moore            0   1 10.80   3   1   0   0   0    3    6    5    4    1    3    1
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  2.31  15   0   0   5   0   23   14    6    6    0   17   23
Wayne Twitchell        3   1  2.50  11   5   1   0   0   50   51   16   14    2   24   36
Ken Brett              3   1  2.54   8   3   2   0   1   39   27   13   11    2   15   19
Bill Wilson            1   0  3.38  18   0   0   1   0   21   16    8    8    3    9   14
Dick Ruthven           1   4  3.50   8   8   0   0   0   44   41   23   17    2   24   32
Steve Carlton          5   6  3.60  13  13   6   0   1  100   88   45   40   11   34   82
Barry Lersch           1   1  3.94  15   0   0   1   0   30   32   14   13    3   12   18
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Larry Christenson      1   3  6.03   9   8   1   0   0   31   47   21   21    3   18   10
Jim Lonborg            3   5  6.45  12   7   0   0   0   45   49   32   32    7   19   28
Darrell Brandon        0   1  8.59   6   0   0   0   0    7    8    7    7    0    5    7

 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  1.29  14   0   0   4   0   21   11    3    3    0   12   16
Dave Giusti            3   0  1.38  20   0   0   5   0   26   22    8    4    1   10   22
Dock Ellis             4   5  3.22   9   9   1   0   0   64   60   32   23    2   30   47
Bob Johnson            1   0  3.27  14   0   0   0   0   22   23    9    8    1    8   18
Nelson Briles          2   5  3.52   9   9   2   0   0   61   67   34   24    9   18   16
Bob Moose              3   4  3.95   8   8   1   0   1   55   57   27   24    5   17   36
Ramon Hernandez        1   2  4.20  13   0   0   2   0   15   13    7    7    1    9    9
Luke Walker            1   2  4.68   8   4   0   1   0   25   27   15   13    1   14   14
Jim McKee              0   0  7.80   8   0   0   0   0   15   22   13   13    2    7    6
Steve Blass            2   3  7.84   9   9   1   0   0   49   51   43   43    5   34   14

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             3   5  2.33  13   8   3   1   1   66   43   22   17    6   17   49
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.66  18   1   0   4   0   32   31   15   13    3   12   24
Mike Caldwell          2   6  3.86  10   7   3   0   1   54   43   28   23    3   19   33
Fred Norman            1   6  3.91  10  10   1   0   0   69   66   30   30    7   29   42
Gary Ross              1   3  4.30  22   0   0   0   0   29   30   15   14    2   10   17
Rich Troedson          1   0  4.40  22   0   0   0   0   29   29   14   14    3   16   18
Bob Miller             0   0  5.59  12   0   0   0   0   19   22   16   12    3    9    9
Mike Corkins           3   4  5.98  10  10   2   0   0   47   51   31   31    6   31   29
Steve Arlin            2   2  6.23  10   6   0   0   0   43   55   32   30    8   24   28
Clay Kirby             1   5  6.96   9   6   0   0   0   32   47   27   25    6   11   22

 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  1.74  22   0   0   8   0   41   32   10    8    3   17   26
Elias Sosa             4   0  1.75  21   0   0   2   0   26   21    7    5    1   10   11
Ron Bryant             7   3  2.38  12  11   4   0   0   83   71   30   22    5   31   31
Juan Marichal          6   4  2.92  11  11   4   0   1   77   81   34   25    7   16   29
Jim Barr               4   5  3.67  13   9   2   2   1   74   75   32   30    7   16   22
Tom Bradley            3   2  3.89   6   6   1   0   0   37   37   21   16    1   16   20
Jim Willoughby         3   3  4.55  10  10   1   0   1   63   67   37   32   11   19   34
Sam McDowell           1   2  5.24  14   3   0   2   0   34   44   23   20    4   21   31
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  0.79  10   0   0   2   0   11    3    1    1    0    7    5
Diego Segui            1   2  1.45  15   0   0   6   0   19   15    5    3    0    9   15
Alan Foster            3   3  1.83  10   4   2   0   1   39   29    9    8    2   14   23
Bob Gibson             3   5  3.00  10  10   3   0   1   78   70   32   26    7   22   54
Reggie Cleveland       4   4  3.39   9   9   1   0   0   61   62   30   23    4   16   33
Rick Wise              6   2  3.46  10  10   3   0   1   81   76   33   31    4   17   32
Wayne Granger          0   1  3.93  14   0   0   2   0   18   18   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)            7
  J. Marichal (SF)          6
  J. Reuss (HOU)            6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  R. Wise (STL)             6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  A. Downing (LA)           5
  D. Gullett (CIN)          5
  T. Hall (CIN)             5

Losses:

  P. Dobson (ATL)           7
  M. Caldwell (SD)          6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  J. Matlack (NY)           6
  F. Norman (SD)            6
  J. Barr (SF)              5
  N. Briles (PIT)           5
  D. Ellis (PIT)            5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  B. Gibson (STL)           5

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  R. Bryant (SF)            4
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  J. Koosman (NY)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  J. Reuss (HOU)            4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  D. Wilson (HOU)           4

Saves:

  J. Aker (CHI)             9
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  R. Moffitt (SF)           8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  D. Segui (STL)            6
  D. Giusti (PIT)           5
  M. Scarce (PHI)           5
  J. York (HOU)             5
  J. Brewer (LA)            4
  B. Locker (CHI)           4

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  J. Barr (SF)              1
  K. Brett (PHI)            1
  M. Caldwell (SD)          1
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  P. Dobson (ATL)           1
  A. Downing (LA)           1
  A. Foster (STL)           1
  B. Gibson (STL)           1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      100.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)    91.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         90.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       89.1
  D. Wilson (HOU)        87.1
  A. Messersmith (LA)    84.0
  R. Bryant (SF)         83.1
  J. Reuss (HOU)         81.1
  R. Wise (STL)          80.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         80.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         88
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        85
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  J. Marichal (SF)         81
  J. Billingham (CIN)      80
  K. Forsch (HOU)          80
  D. Roberts (HOU)         77
  R. Wise (STL)            76
  J. Barr (SF)             75
  D. Sutton (LA)           75

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         45
  S. Blass (PIT)           43
  K. Forsch (HOU)          38
  A. Messersmith (LA)      37
  J. Willoughby (SF)       37
  B. Hooton (CHI)          36
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         35
  N. Briles (PIT)          34
  J. Marichal (SF)         34
  J. Billingham (CIN)      33

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Willoughby (SF)       11
  N. Briles (PIT)           9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  D. Wilson (HOU)           9
  S. Arlin (SD)             8
  A. Messersmith (LA)       8
  J. Barr (SF)              7

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           44
  M. Torrez (MON)          40
  J. Reuss (HOU)           37
  S. Blass (PIT)           34
  S. Carlton (PHI)         34
  R. Bryant (SF)           31
  M. Corkins (SD)          31
  D. Ellis (PIT)           30
  F. Norman (SD)           29
  K. Forsch (HOU)          28

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         82
  D. Sutton (LA)           69
  T. Seaver (NY)           66
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         61
  A. Messersmith (LA)      59
  B. Gibson (STL)          54
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        54
  J. Reuss (HOU)           54
  K. Forsch (HOU)          53
  B. Moore (MON)           52

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