Thursday May 31, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 31, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     30  19  2.98   50  15  10   474   422  178  157   39  149  308
Cincinnati      27  21  3.06   48  10  13   433   423  169  147   29  139  220
Houston         29  22  3.28   51  14  10   466   421  192  170   36  179  275
Chicago         30  19  3.30   49   9  17   442   418  176  162   43  135  300
New York        21  22  3.31   43  11  12   394   350  162  145   36  147  269
San Francisco   32  20  3.37   52  12  15   467   460  213  175   41  160  221
St. Louis       19  25  3.42   44  10  12   392   358  174  149   26  147  223
Atlanta         17  30  3.62   48  10   6   438   426  194  176   19  157  230
Pittsburgh      21  21  3.90   42   7  13   383   371  195  166   27  169  221
Montreal        19  22  4.06   41   5  10   366   353  200  165   27  205  225
Philadelphia    19  27  4.17   46  10   7   415   412  208  192   35  191  280
San Diego       17  33  4.42   50   9   6   438   432  237  215   49  183  283

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    5   3  1.60  10  10   2   0   0   73   60   16   13    1   22   59
Tom Seaver (NY)        6   3  1.71  11  11   5   0   1   89   52   19   17   10   22   82
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
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  3   1  2.50  11   5   1   0   0   50   51   16   14    2   24   36
Jerry Koosman (NY)     5   3  2.55   9   9   4   0   1   71   55   23   20    4   24   36
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    5   4  2.59  12  12   3   0   1   80   92   29   23    6   18   30
Al Downing (LA)        5   1  2.77  10   9   3   0   1   62   43   25   19    4   17   35
Jerry Reuss (HOU)      6   2  2.87  12  12   4   0   1   82   61   29   26    3   40   54

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Panther            0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    7    3    0    0    0    0    1
Roric Harrison         0   2  1.59  12   1   0   3   0   34   23    7    6    0   17   34
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
Carl Morton            4   4  2.95  11  11   3   0   1   76   78   29   25    2   23   42
Tom House              0   1  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   12    8    4    4    2    7    5
Gary Gentry            4   5  3.60  12  12   3   0   0   80   73   35   32    7   30   42
Ron Reed               2   6  4.00  11  11   1   0   0   70   73   36   31    2   19   35
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  5.08  11  10   1   0   1   57   73   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          5   3  1.60  10  10   2   0   0   73   60   16   13    1   22   59
Bob Locker             5   2  1.96  17   0   0   5   0   37   36   11    8    3   14   29
Jack Aker              1   3  2.54  16   0   0   9   0   28   24    9    8    3    9   12
Larry Gura             1   1  2.81   8   2   0   0   0   26   21    8    8    3    3   22
Fergie Jenkins         6   3  3.36  13  13   4   0   2   96   91   40   36   17   20   67
Bill Bonham            3   0  3.47  13   2   1   2   0   36   25   14   14    1   19   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   4  5.50  10  10   0   0   0   54   66   33   33    8   11   22
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
Roger Nelson           2   2  2.08   6   5   1   0   0   35   29   11    8    2   14    9
Pedro Borbon           0   3  2.09  26   0   0   6   0   43   46   13   10    1   12   26
Ross Grimsley          5   4  2.59  12  12   3   0   1   80   92   29   23    6   18   30
Don Gullett            5   3  2.95  12  12   1   0   1   82   74   28   27    6   23   47
Jack Billingham        7   1  2.96  12  12   5   0   2   91   80   33   30    5   27   50
Ed Sprague             0   1  3.50  13   0   0   1   0   18   16    7    7    1    8    9
Tom Hall               5   2  3.86  19   0   0   3   0   26   20   14   11    4   17   22
Jim McGlothlin         2   1  4.80   9   4   0   0   0   30   32   16   16    2   11   12
Clay Carroll           1   4  4.88  15   3   0   3   0   28   34   18   15    2    9   15

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim York               3   2  2.83  21   0   0   5   0   29   31    9    9    2   10   15
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Jerry Reuss            6   2  2.87  12  12   4   0   1   82   61   29   26    3   40   54
Dave Roberts           5   3  2.92  12  11   3   0   1   71   81   29   23    5   16   25
Don Wilson             4   5  3.09  12  12   4   0   1   87   64   33   30    9   26   52
Jim Ray                2   0  3.10  12   0   0   2   0   20   17    7    7    1   13    9
Jim Crawford           1   1  3.52  19   0   0   2   0   23   19   14    9    2   11   21
Ken Forsch             5   5  3.70  14  13   3   0   0   88   83   39   36    7   32   59
Tom Griffin            0   2  3.77   8   3   0   0   0   29   19   13   12    2   16   18
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.11  15   0   0   1   0   15   17    7    7    3    4    9
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  4.96  11   0   0   0   0   16   21   10    9    1    5   11

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             2   1  1.67  19   0   0   5   0   27   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             4   2  3.24  11   8   1   0   0   58   66   23   21    2   18   35
Claude Osteen          5   3  3.78  11  11   3   0   0   79   77   35   33    7   23   33
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
Mike Torrez            3   5  4.10  11  11   0   0   0   64   66   35   29    7   42   33
Mike Marshall          5   4  4.15  24   0   0   4   0   43   42   21   20    3   18   32
Balor Moore            3   3  4.15  10  10   0   0   0   61   56   31   28    2   44   52
Bill Stoneman          1   2  4.70   6   4   0   1   0   23   22   13   12    1   18   11
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             6   3  1.71  11  11   5   0   1   89   52   19   17   10   22   82
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  3.63  15   0   0   2   0   22   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   7  4.48  10  10   2   0   0   64   66   33   32    6   27   49
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  2.22  16   0   0   5   0   24   14    6    6    0   18   24
Wayne Twitchell        3   1  2.50  11   5   1   0   0   50   51   16   14    2   24   36
Ken Brett              3   2  3.30   9   4   2   0   1   44   36   18   16    2   17   21
Dick Ruthven           1   4  3.50   8   8   0   0   0   44   41   23   17    2   24   32
Barry Lersch           1   1  3.82  16   0   0   1   0   31   33   14   13    3   12   18
Steve Carlton          5   7  3.94  14  14   6   0   1  105  101   51   46   11   37   85
Bill Wilson            1   0  4.22  19   0   0   1   0   21   19   10   10    3   10   14
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  6.36  13   7   0   0   0   47   51   33   33    8   19   29
Darrell Brandon        0   1 10.24   7   0   0   0   0   10   13   11   11    0    7    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  1.17  15   0   0   5   0   23   13    3    3    0   12   20
Dave Giusti            3   0  1.38  20   0   0   5   0   26   22    8    4    1   10   22
Nelson Briles          3   5  3.20  10  10   3   0   0   70   70   35   25    9   20   21
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
Bob Moose              4   4  3.68   9   9   2   0   1   64   65   29   26    5   23   43
Luke Walker            2   2  3.94   9   5   0   1   0   32   32   16   14    1   16   21
Ramon Hernandez        1   2  4.20  13   0   0   2   0   15   13    7    7    1    9    9
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
Mike Caldwell          3   6  3.50  11   8   3   0   1   62   49   30   24    3   21   38
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.58  19   1   0   4   0   33   32   15   13    3   12   24
Rich Troedson          1   0  4.06  24   0   0   1   0   31   30   14   14    3   16   20
Gary Ross              1   3  4.30  22   0   0   0   0   29   30   15   14    2   10   17
Fred Norman            1   7  4.38  11  11   1   0   0   72   72   35   35    9   29   47
Bob Miller             0   0  5.06  13   0   0   0   0   21   22   16   12    3   11    9
Steve Arlin            2   2  5.96  11   6   0   0   0   45   56   32   30    8   25   28
Mike Corkins           3   4  5.98  10  10   2   0   0   47   51   31   31    6   31   29
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
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
Randy Moffitt          2   1  2.40  23   0   0   8   0   41   35   13   11    3   18   26
Juan Marichal          6   4  2.92  11  11   4   0   1   77   81   34   25    7   16   29
Tom Bradley            4   2  3.43   7   7   1   0   0   45   41   23   17    1   17   25
Jim Barr               4   5  3.53  14  10   2   2   1   82   83   34   32    8   19   24
Jim Willoughby         3   3  4.55  10  10   1   0   1   63   67   37   32   11   19   34
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.91  16   3   0   3   0   37   44   23   20    4   23   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           1   0  0.73  11   0   0   2   0   12    3    1    1    0    8    6
Diego Segui            1   2  1.25  16   0   0   7   0   22   15    5    3    0   10   19
Alan Foster            3   3  1.94  11   5   2   0   1   46   37   11   10    4   16   29
Bob Gibson             3   6  3.00  11  11   4   0   1   87   76   35   29    8   25   60
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  3.72  15   0   0   3   0   19   18   11    8    1    8    2
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          1   4  5.65   6   6   0   0   0   29   30   21   18    2   20   23
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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  J. Marichal (SF)          6
  J. Reuss (HOU)            6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  R. Wise (STL)             6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  A. Downing (LA)           5

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  J. Aker (CHI)             9
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  R. Moffitt (SF)           8
  D. Segui (STL)            7
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6
  J. Brewer (LA)            5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           5
  B. Locker (CHI)           5
  J. Rooker (PIT)           5
  M. Scarce (PHI)           5

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)      105.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       96.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)    91.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         90.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         89.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        87.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)        87.1
  B. Gibson (STL)        87.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)    84.0
  R. Bryant (SF)         83.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        101
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        92
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         91
  J. Barr (SF)             83
  K. Forsch (HOU)          83
  J. Marichal (SF)         81
  D. Roberts (HOU)         81
  J. Billingham (CIN)      80
  C. Morton (ATL)          78
  C. Osteen (LA)           77

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         51
  S. Blass (PIT)           43
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         40
  K. Forsch (HOU)          39
  A. Messersmith (LA)      37
  J. Willoughby (SF)       37
  B. Hooton (CHI)          36
  R. Reed (ATL)            36
  N. Briles (PIT)          35
  G. Gentry (ATL)          35

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         17
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Willoughby (SF)       11
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  N. Briles (PIT)           9
  F. Norman (SD)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  D. Wilson (HOU)           9
  S. Arlin (SD)             8
  J. Barr (SF)              8

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           44
  M. Torrez (MON)          42
  J. Reuss (HOU)           40
  S. Carlton (PHI)         37
  S. Blass (PIT)           34
  K. Forsch (HOU)          32
  R. Bryant (SF)           31
  M. Corkins (SD)          31
  D. Ellis (PIT)           30
  G. Gentry (ATL)          30

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         85
  T. Seaver (NY)           82
  D. Sutton (LA)           69
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         67
  B. Gibson (STL)          60
  K. Forsch (HOU)          59
  A. Messersmith (LA)      59
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        59
  J. Reuss (HOU)           54
  B. Moore (MON)           52

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