Thursday June 14, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 14, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     37  24  3.05   62  18  14   579   505  229  196   50  186  372
Houston         34  29  3.17   63  16  12   574   511  228  202   41  206  344
New York        25  29  3.29   54  14  13   490   440  200  179   41  181  324
St. Louis       28  29  3.30   57  14  15   507   462  219  186   35  188  287
Chicago         37  24  3.56   61  11  21   549   538  235  217   54  166  358
San Francisco   39  25  3.63   64  14  19   570   580  278  230   49  196  280
Atlanta         26  34  3.64   61  12  13   554   518  243  224   31  208  283
Cincinnati      31  28  3.68   59  11  15   529   530  238  216   44  182  265
Montreal        28  25  3.91   53   8  14   475   446  245  206   36  257  301
Philadelphia    24  34  4.02   58  14   8   520   508  255  232   43  235  347
Pittsburgh      24  30  4.39   54   8  15   486   492  271  237   39  220  276
San Diego       20  42  4.45   62  12   7   538   544  295  266   53  230  335

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    7   4  1.74  13  13   3   0   1   98   83   22   19    2   28   73
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  5   2  1.90  14   8   3   0   2   76   68   18   16    3   36   58
Tom Seaver (NY)        8   4  1.97  14  14   7   0   1  114   76   27   25   11   28   99
Ron Bryant (SF)       10   3  2.17  15  14   5   0   0  108   86   34   26    5   38   47
Alan Foster (STL)      4   3  2.23  13   7   2   0   1   61   50   16   15    5   20   34
Dave Roberts (HOU)     6   3  2.51  14  12   4   0   2   82   88   29   23    5   18   33
Phil Niekro (ATL)      6   2  2.55  15   6   3   2   0   71   50   23   20    5   31   27
Don Sutton (LA)        8   4  2.56  14  14   6   0   1  113   93   35   32   12   24   86
Jerry Koosman (NY)     5   5  2.69  12  12   4   0   1   94   79   31   28    5   29   45
Bill Greif (SD)        4   8  2.71  17  12   5   1   2   93   72   34   28    8   29   62

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Panther            0   0  1.80   6   0   0   0   0   10    7    2    2    0    1    1
Phil Niekro            6   2  2.55  15   6   3   2   0   71   50   23   20    5   31   27
Tom House              0   1  2.84  18   0   0   1   0   19   10    6    6    3    9   11
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Roric Harrison         1   2  3.12  16   3   0   4   0   52   41   19   18    4   28   46
Carl Morton            6   4  3.27  14  14   3   0   1   94   94   38   34    2   30   48
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.60  15   0   0   4   0   20   15    8    8    1    7    8
Ron Reed               4   7  3.84  14  14   2   0   0   94   93   45   40    6   25   49
Ron Schueler           1   2  4.67  16   0   0   2   0   35   33   18   18    2   15   19
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  9.82   5   0   0   0   0    4    8    5    4    0    2    3
Joe Hoerner            1   1 12.27   7   0   0   0   0    4    8    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          7   4  1.74  13  13   3   0   1   98   83   22   19    2   28   73
Bob Locker             5   2  2.14  21   0   0   7   0   42   39   13   10    3   17   33
Jack Aker              2   4  2.86  21   0   0  10   0   35   34   13   11    4    9   16
Fergie Jenkins         7   4  3.35  16  16   5   0   2  118  111   51   44   19   23   79
Bill Bonham            4   0  3.73  15   2   1   2   0   41   30   17   17    3   19   35
Juan Pizarro           0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    2
Larry Gura             1   2  4.67  10   2   0   0   0   27   25   14   14    4    5   22
Burt Hooton            6   3  4.80  15  14   2   0   1   84   94   47   45    6   30   48
Milt Pappas            3   5  5.33  13  13   0   0   0   73   89   43   43   11   18   28
Dave LaRoche           1   0  7.24  16   0   0   2   0   14   18   12   11    2    7    7

 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           1   3  2.52  34   0   0   7   0   54   62   18   15    1   15   29
Ross Grimsley          5   5  2.99  15  14   3   1   1   90  103   36   30    7   20   36
Jack Billingham        8   3  3.29  16  16   6   0   3  115  100   45   42    7   38   58
Don Gullett            6   4  3.76  16  13   1   0   1   89   84   38   37    7   28   52
Tom Hall               5   3  4.15  24   0   0   3   0   39   28   21   18    7   24   35
Clay Carroll           2   4  4.75  18   5   0   3   0   42   51   25   22    3   14   21
Ed Sprague             0   2  5.53  19   0   0   1   0   28   25   17   17    3   14   12
Jim McGlothlin         2   2  6.39  13   6   0   0   0   38   48   27   27    7   15   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Ray                2   0  2.49  16   0   0   4   0   25   19    8    7    1   16   12
Dave Roberts           6   3  2.51  14  12   4   0   2   82   88   29   23    5   18   33
Larry Dierker          0   0  2.61   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    4    3    1    3    8
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Jerry Reuss            7   5  3.09  16  16   5   0   1  111   93   42   38    4   44   77
Don Wilson             5   6  3.09  14  14   4   0   1   99   73   37   34    9   31   56
Jim Crawford           2   2  3.13  23   0   0   2   0   32   25   16   11    2   12   25
Ken Forsch             6   6  3.32  17  16   3   0   0  111   99   45   41    9   38   75
Jim York               3   3  3.53  26   0   0   5   0   36   39   14   14    2   13   18
Tom Griffin            0   2  3.77   8   3   0   0   0   29   19   13   12    2   16   18
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    8    4    4    9
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  4.76  12   0   0   0   0   17   21   10    9    1    5   11

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Richert           0   0  1.33  17   0   0   6   0   20   14    3    3    0    5   16
Jim Brewer             2   1  1.55  20   0   0   6   0   29   19    5    5    2    9   16
George Culver          2   3  2.36  19   0   0   2   0   27   29    8    7    2   10   13
Don Sutton             8   4  2.56  14  14   6   0   1  113   93   35   32   12   24   86
Al Downing             5   3  2.87  12  11   3   0   1   75   52   30   24    5   22   43
Claude Osteen          7   3  3.24  13  13   4   0   1   94   88   36   34    7   29   36
Andy Messersmith       6   5  3.33  14  14   4   0   1  105   91   48   39   11   39   73
Tommy John             5   3  3.46  14  10   1   0   0   68   79   36   26    5   20   38
Charlie Hough          1   1  3.81  13   0   0   0   0   26   15   13   11    2   17   28
Doug Rau               1   1  6.33  12   0   0   0   0   21   25   15   15    4   11   23

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Walker             3   3  2.79  24   0   0   4   0   42   41   25   13    2   21   35
Steve Renko            5   3  3.03  11  10   4   1   0   77   61   32   26    8   26   52
Ernie McAnally         3   1  3.20  10  10   4   0   0   70   68   32   25    2   28   27
Mike Marshall          7   4  3.26  30   0   0   7   0   58   52   24   21    4   22   43
Balor Moore            4   5  4.05  13  13   0   0   0   80   69   39   36    4   57   70
Mike Torrez            3   5  4.20  13  13   0   0   0   75   76   41   35    8   49   37
Joe Gilbert            0   1  5.06  10   0   0   1   0   16   18   10    9    1    9   10
Bill Stoneman          1   2  5.58   8   6   0   1   0   31   34   20   19    3   23   15
John Strohmayer        0   0  6.16  11   1   0   0   0   19   18   13   13    2   12   10
Mickey Scott           1   1  7.36   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    2    3    2
Pat Jarvis             1   0 20.25   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    6    6    0    7    0

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Buzz Capra             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    0    0    0    2    3
Tom Seaver             8   4  1.97  14  14   7   0   1  114   76   27   25   11   28   99
George Stone           1   2  2.00   9   2   0   1   0   27   26    7    6    2    3   13
Jerry Koosman          5   5  2.69  12  12   4   0   1   94   79   31   28    5   29   45
Harry Parker           5   0  2.98   9   6   0   0   0   42   44   18   14    2   18   31
Phil Hennigan          0   3  3.21  21   0   0   3   0   28   19   10   10    2    9   16
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.15   8   0   0   0   0   22   20   10   10    3    7   19
Jon Matlack            3   8  4.22  12  12   3   0   0   79   76   39   37    6   38   58
Jim McAndrew           3   4  4.89   9   7   0   1   0   42   52   31   23    5   20   21
Tug McGraw             0   2  5.29  19   0   0   8   0   34   36   20   20    3   22   17
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
Wayne Twitchell        5   2  1.90  14   8   3   0   2   76   68   18   16    3   36   58
Ken Brett              5   2  2.78  12   7   3   0   1   68   56   25   21    4   26   36
Mac Scarce             0   3  2.86  22   0   0   5   0   28   19   11    9    1   23   29
Barry Lersch           1   2  3.79  20   0   0   1   0   38   40   17   16    3   16   23
Bill Wilson            1   1  3.86  24   0   0   2   0   28   22   12   12    4   10   18
Steve Carlton          6   7  3.93  16  16   7   0   1  121  114   58   53   12   43   92
Dick Ruthven           1   5  4.04  11  11   0   0   0   56   57   33   25    3   30   37
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Larry Christenson      1   4  6.55  10   9   1   0   0   34   53   25   25    3   20   11
Jim Lonborg            3   6  7.03  15   7   0   0   0   49   57   38   38    9   19   30
Darrell Brandon        0   1  7.90   9   0   0   0   0   14   16   13   12    0    7    9

 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
Dave Giusti            3   0  1.14  25   0   0   7   0   32   24    8    4    1   11   25
Tom Dettore            0   0  2.70   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    1    3
Bob Moose              5   5  3.35  11  11   3   0   1   81   83   33   30    5   26   51
Nelson Briles          3   7  3.35  12  12   3   0   0   83   79   41   31   12   26   28
Ramon Hernandez        1   2  3.63  20   0   0   2   0   22   17    9    9    3    9   14
Dock Ellis             5   7  3.70  12  12   1   0   0   83   85   46   34    2   35   62
Jim Rooker             1   1  3.90  19   0   0   5   0   30   24   13   13    2   17   23
Luke Walker            2   4  4.54  12   7   0   1   0   42   42   23   21    4   22   25
Bob Johnson            1   0  5.08  20   0   0   0   0   28   34   17   16    1   12   20
Jim McKee              0   0  7.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   24   16   14    2   11    7
Steve Blass            3   4  9.34  13  12   1   0   0   62   77   64   64    7   50   18

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             4   8  2.71  17  12   5   1   2   93   72   34   28    8   29   62
Vicente Romo           2   1  2.97  24   1   0   4   0   39   38   15   13    3   15   27
Rich Troedson          2   0  3.96  29   0   0   1   0   36   35   16   16    3   17   22
Mike Caldwell          3   8  4.02  14  11   3   0   1   78   70   43   35    4   28   42
Fred Norman            1   7  4.26  12  11   1   0   0   74   72   35   35    9   29   49
Bob Miller             0   0  4.44  14   0   0   0   0   24   23   16   12    3   11   11
Mike Corkins           3   4  5.37  14  10   2   1   0   54   57   36   32    6   33   33
Gary Ross              1   4  5.71  26   0   0   0   0   35   41   23   22    2   15   18
Clay Kirby             2   7  6.24  13  10   1   0   1   53   72   39   37    7   25   41
Steve Arlin            2   3  6.35  13   7   0   0   0   51   64   38   36    8   28   30

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             4   0  2.00  26   0   0   3   0   36   29   10    8    1   14   21
Ron Bryant            10   3  2.17  15  14   5   0   0  108   86   34   26    5   38   47
Randy Moffitt          2   2  2.61  28   0   0  11   0   48   43   16   14    3   19   30
John Morris            0   0  3.38   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    2    1    0    2    3
Tom Bradley            5   4  3.68  10  10   2   0   0   64   65   33   26    4   18   36
Juan Marichal          6   5  3.79  14  14   4   0   1   90  104   49   38    9   18   33
Jim Barr               4   6  4.00  17  12   2   2   1   90   99   42   40    8   22   26
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         3   3  4.95  12  11   1   0   1   67   76   43   37   13   21   34
Don Carrithers         1   0  6.43   6   0   0   0   0   14   17   15   10    1    7    8
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    6    4
Charlie Williams       3   0  9.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    9    7    6    1    2    3

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Folkers           1   0  0.73  12   0   0   2   0   12    3    1    1    0    8    6
Diego Segui            2   2  1.16  22   0   0   9   0   31   22    6    4    0   17   28
Al Hrabosky            0   0  2.08   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    1    0    3    4
Alan Foster            4   3  2.23  13   7   2   0   1   61   50   16   15    5   20   34
Bob Gibson             5   6  3.00  13  13   6   0   1  105   86   42   35   10   30   76
Rick Wise              8   3  3.01  13  13   5   0   2  105   93   39   35    4   24   41
Wayne Granger          1   2  3.46  19   0   0   4   0   26   26   14   10    2    8    7
Reggie Cleveland       6   4  3.47  12  12   1   0   0   80   88   40   31    4   21   44
Tom Murphy             0   1  3.86   3   1   0   0   0    9   10    4    4    1    4    6
Scipio Spinks          1   5  4.89   8   8   0   0   0   39   39   25   21    4   25   25
Al Santorini           0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    8   14    5    5    1    2    2
John Andrews           0   1  5.91   8   0   0   0   0   11    8    8    7    2    9    2
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:

  R. Bryant (SF)           10
  J. Billingham (CIN)       8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  R. Wise (STL)             8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          7
  M. Marshall (MON)         7
  C. Osteen (LA)            7
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         7
  J. Reuss (HOU)            7

Losses:

  M. Caldwell (SD)          8
  B. Greif (SD)             8
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Dobson (NY)            7
  D. Ellis (PIT)            7
  C. Kirby (SD)             7
  F. Norman (SD)            7
  R. Reed (ATL)             7

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  B. Gibson (STL)           6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  R. Bryant (SF)            5
  B. Greif (SD)             5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5
  J. Reuss (HOU)            5
  R. Wise (STL)             5

Saves:

  R. Moffitt (SF)          11
  J. Aker (CHI)            10
  D. Segui (STL)            9
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           7
  D. Giusti (PIT)           7
  B. Locker (CHI)           7
  M. Marshall (MON)         7
  J. Brewer (LA)            6
  P. Richert (LA)           6

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  D. Roberts (HOU)          2
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        2
  R. Wise (STL)             2
  J. Barr (SF)              1
  K. Brett (PHI)            1
  M. Caldwell (SD)          1
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      121.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      118.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   115.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        114.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        112.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)       111.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        110.2
  R. Bryant (SF)        108.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)   105.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       105.0

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        114
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        111
  J. Marichal (SF)        104
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       103
  J. Billingham (CIN)     100
  J. Barr (SF)             99
  K. Forsch (HOU)          99
  B. Hooton (CHI)          94
  C. Morton (ATL)          94
  R. Reed (ATL)            93

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           64
  S. Carlton (PHI)         58
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         51
  J. Marichal (SF)         49
  A. Messersmith (LA)      48
  B. Hooton (CHI)          47
  D. Ellis (PIT)           46
  J. Billingham (CIN)      45
  K. Forsch (HOU)          45
  R. Reed (ATL)            45

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  J. Willoughby (SF)       13
  N. Briles (PIT)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  A. Messersmith (LA)      11
  M. Pappas (CHI)          11
  T. Seaver (NY)           11
  B. Gibson (STL)          10
  K. Forsch (HOU)           9

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           57
  S. Blass (PIT)           50
  M. Torrez (MON)          49
  J. Reuss (HOU)           44
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  A. Messersmith (LA)      39
  J. Billingham (CIN)      38
  R. Bryant (SF)           38
  K. Forsch (HOU)          38
  J. Matlack (NY)          38

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           99
  S. Carlton (PHI)         92
  D. Sutton (LA)           86
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         79
  J. Reuss (HOU)           77
  B. Gibson (STL)          76
  K. Forsch (HOU)          75
  A. Messersmith (LA)      73
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  B. Moore (MON)           70

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