Friday June 15, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 15, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     37  25  3.05   63  18  14   587   515  233  199   51  191  377
Houston         35  29  3.15   64  16  13   583   520  230  204   42  210  347
New York        26  29  3.26   55  15  13   499   446  202  181   42  184  331
St. Louis       28  30  3.30   58  15  15   515   471  222  189   37  190  293
Atlanta         27  34  3.61   62  13  13   563   524  246  226   31  214  290
San Francisco   40  25  3.61   65  14  20   580   589  281  233   50  199  286
Cincinnati      32  28  3.62   60  12  15   538   535  238  216   44  187  266
Chicago         37  25  3.63   62  11  21   557   551  243  225   56  168  366
Montreal        29  25  3.87   54   8  15   484   452  248  208   36  261  307
Philadelphia    24  35  4.01   59  14   8   530   517  259  236   45  241  352
Pittsburgh      24  31  4.43   55   8  15   494   501  277  243   39  224  279
San Diego       20  43  4.47   63  12   7   546   554  300  271   54  232  338

 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  1.81  15   9   3   0   2   85   75   19   17    4   40   63
Tom Seaver (NY)        8   4  1.97  14  14   7   0   1  114   76   27   25   11   28   99
Ron Bryant (SF)       11   3  2.22  16  15   5   0   0  118   95   37   29    6   41   52
Alan Foster (STL)      4   4  2.36  14   8   3   0   1   69   59   19   18    7   22   40
Dave Roberts (HOU)     7   3  2.49  15  13   4   0   2   90   96   31   25    6   22   35
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         2   2  2.95  17   4   1   4   0   61   47   22   20    4   34   53
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   1  4.11  16   3   1   2   0   46   36   21   21    5   21   39
Larry Gura             1   2  4.20  11   2   0   0   0   30   27   14   14    4    5   26
Juan Pizarro           0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    2
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  9.88  17   0   0   2   0   14   23   16   15    2    7    7

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Norman            1   0  0.00   1   1   1   0   1    9    5    0    0    0    5    1
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  2.45  17   0   0   4   0   26   20    8    7    1   16   12
Dave Roberts           7   3  2.49  15  13   4   0   2   90   96   31   25    6   22   35
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  3.09  24   0   0   2   0   32   25   16   11    2   12   26
Ken Forsch             6   6  3.32  17  16   3   0   0  111   99   45   41    9   38   75
Jim York               3   3  3.50  27   0   0   6   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  1.52  21   0   0   6   0   30   19    5    5    2   10   17
Don Sutton             8   4  2.56  14  14   6   0   1  113   93   35   32   12   24   86
George Culver          2   4  2.57  20   0   0   2   0   28   33    9    8    3   11   14
Al Downing             5   3  2.88  13  12   3   0   1   81   58   33   26    5   25   46
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         4   1  3.10  11  11   4   0   0   78   73   35   27    2   31   33
Mike Marshall          7   4  3.20  31   0   0   8   0   59   53   24   21    4   23   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
Jon Matlack            4   8  3.99  13  13   4   0   0   88   82   41   39    7   41   65
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.15   8   0   0   0   0   22   20   10   10    3    7   19
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  1.81  15   9   3   0   2   85   75   19   17    4   40   63
Ken Brett              5   2  2.78  12   7   3   0   1   68   56   25   21    4   26   36
Mac Scarce             0   3  3.10  23   0   0   5   0   29   21   12   10    2   23   29
Barry Lersch           1   2  3.79  20   0   0   1   0   38   40   17   16    3   16   23
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
Bill Wilson            1   2  4.45  25   0   0   2   0   28   22   14   14    4   12   18
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
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
Bob Moose              5   6  3.63  12  12   3   0   1   87   90   38   35    5   28   53
Dock Ellis             5   7  3.70  12  12   1   0   0   83   85   46   34    2   35   62
Jim Rooker             1   1  3.94  20   0   0   5   0   32   26   14   14    2   19   24
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  3.93  30   0   0   1   0   37   35   16   16    3   17   23
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   4  6.29  14   8   0   0   0   59   74   43   41    9   30   32

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             4   0  1.98  27   0   0   4   0   36   29   10    8    1   14   22
Ron Bryant            11   3  2.22  16  15   5   0   0  118   95   37   29    6   41   52
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   4  2.36  14   8   3   0   1   69   59   19   18    7   22   40
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)           11
  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 (CIN)           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
  M. Marshall (MON)         8
  T. McGraw (NY)            8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           7
  D. Giusti (PIT)           7
  B. Locker (CHI)           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
  R. Bryant (SF)        117.2
  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
  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
  D. Roberts (HOU)         96
  R. Bryant (SF)           95
  B. Hooton (CHI)          94

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
  S. Arlin (SD)             9

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           57
  S. Blass (PIT)           50
  M. Torrez (MON)          49
  J. Reuss (HOU)           44
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  R. Bryant (SF)           41
  J. Matlack (NY)          41
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       40
  A. Messersmith (LA)      39
  J. Billingham (CIN)      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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