Sunday June 17, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 17, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     39  25  3.02   65  19  14   605   529  238  203   53  206  384
Houston         36  30  3.15   66  16  14   601   537  238  210   42  217  360
New York        28  29  3.20   57  16  14   517   457  205  184   42  191  347
St. Louis       29  31  3.33   60  16  15   532   492  232  197   38  199  312
Cincinnati      34  29  3.55   63  13  16   565   556  245  223   46  191  277
Chicago         39  26  3.67   65  12  22   583   577  257  238   58  179  377
Atlanta         28  36  3.67   65  13  14   590   548  264  241   36  228  309
San Francisco   40  27  3.74   67  14  20   596   616  297  248   54  204  297
Montreal        29  27  3.88   56   8  15   502   468  257  216   37  272  316
Philadelphia    26  35  4.06   61  14   9   548   539  270  247   47  256  368
Pittsburgh      25  33  4.34   58   9  15   519   522  285  250   39  234  291
San Diego       20  45  4.48   65  12   7   562   580  313  280   57  235  342

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    8   4  1.78  14  14   3   0   1  106   91   25   21    3   31   78
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
Don Sutton (LA)        8   4  2.44  15  15   6   0   1  122   98   36   33   12   28   90
Dave Roberts (HOU)     7   3  2.49  15  13   4   0   2   90   96   31   25    6   22   35
Phil Niekro (ATL)      6   3  2.55  16   7   3   2   0   78   55   27   22    7   36   32
Jerry Koosman (NY)     6   5  2.63  13  13   5   0   1  103   84   33   30    5   31   54
Bill Greif (SD)        4   9  2.72  18  13   5   1   2   99   82   36   30    9   29   64

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Panther            0   0  1.29   8   0   0   0   0   14    9    2    2    0    1    3
Phil Niekro            6   3  2.55  16   7   3   2   0   78   55   27   22    7   36   32
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
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.43  16   0   0   4   0   21   16    8    8    1    7    8
Carl Morton            6   5  3.51  15  15   3   0   1  100  102   44   39    4   30   51
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
Ron Reed               4   7  3.84  14  14   2   0   0   94   93   45   40    6   25   49
Tom House              0   1  3.98  20   0   0   2   0   20   11    9    9    3   11   12
Ron Schueler           2   2  4.54  17   0   0   2   0   38   36   19   19    3   15   23
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Jimmy Freeman          0   0  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    4    4    4    4    0    6    4
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  9.82   5   0   0   0   0    4    8    5    4    0    2    3
Joe Hoerner            1   1 11.25   8   0   0   0   0    4    8    5    5    0    1    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          8   4  1.78  14  14   3   0   1  106   91   25   21    3   31   78
Bob Locker             5   2  2.09  22   0   0   8   0   43   40   13   10    3   18   33
Jack Aker              2   4  3.28  22   0   0  10   0   36   36   15   13    4   11   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
Burt Hooton            7   3  4.63  16  15   3   0   1   93  101   50   48    6   34   51
Milt Pappas            3   5  5.21  14  14   0   0   0   78   94   45   45   11   19   30
Dave LaRoche           1   0  9.88  17   0   0   2   0   14   23   16   15    2    7    7
Juan Pizarro           0   1 11.25   2   0   0   0   0    4    6    5    5    1    1    3

 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  2.65  35   0   0   7   0   54   65   19   16    1   15   29
Ross Grimsley          6   5  2.81  16  15   4   1   1   99  111   37   31    7   21   38
Jack Billingham        9   3  3.22  17  17   6   0   3  120  103   46   43    7   39   59
Tom Hall               5   3  3.80  25   0   0   4   0   43   28   21   18    7   24   40
Don Gullett            6   5  3.80  17  14   1   0   1   95   89   41   40    8   29   54
Dave Tomlin            0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    1    1
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
J.R. Richard           0   0  1.93   1   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    0    0    5
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
Jim Crawford           2   2  2.78  25   0   0   3   0   36   29   16   11    2   14   26
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Jim Ray                3   0  3.03  18   0   0   4   0   30   23   11   10    1   17   13
Don Wilson             5   6  3.05  15  15   4   0   1  100   75   37   34    9   32   58
Jerry Reuss            7   5  3.09  16  16   5   0   1  111   93   42   38    4   44   77
Ken Forsch             6   7  3.38  18  17   3   0   0  114  104   49   43    9   41   80
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
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  4.50  13   0   0   0   0   18   21   10    9    1    5   11
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    8    4    4    9

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             3   1  1.39  22   0   0   6   0   32   20    5    5    2   14   19
Pete Richert           0   0  1.74  18   0   0   6   0   21   15    4    4    1    7   16
Don Sutton             8   4  2.44  15  15   6   0   1  122   98   36   33   12   28   90
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          8   3  3.23  14  14   5   0   1  100   95   39   36    8   34   37
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   5  3.19  32   0   0   8   0   62   57   26   22    4   25   44
Mike Torrez            3   5  3.86  14  14   0   0   0   84   80   42   36    8   53   42
Balor Moore            4   5  4.05  13  13   0   0   0   80   69   39   36    4   57   70
Mickey Scott           1   1  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    3    2    3    3
Joe Gilbert            0   1  5.06  10   0   0   1   0   16   18   10    9    1    9   10
John Strohmayer        0   0  5.57  12   1   0   0   0   21   19   13   13    2   14   12
Bill Stoneman          1   3  6.89   9   7   0   1   0   33   40   26   25    4   26   15
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
George Stone           2   2  1.84  10   3   0   1   0   34   30    8    7    2    7   18
Tom Seaver             8   4  1.97  14  14   7   0   1  114   76   27   25   11   28   99
Jerry Koosman          6   5  2.63  13  13   5   0   1  103   84   33   30    5   31   54
Harry Parker           5   0  2.98   9   6   0   0   0   42   44   18   14    2   18   31
Phil Hennigan          0   3  3.10  22   0   0   3   0   29   21   10   10    2   10   17
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  5.19  20   0   0   9   0   35   36   20   20    3   22   18
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           2   2  3.30  21   0   0   1   0   44   44   17   16    3   18   27
Steve Carlton          7   7  4.16  17  17   7   0   1  128  122   64   59   13   51   99
Bill Wilson            1   2  4.35  26   0   0   3   0   31   25   15   15    4   14   20
Dick Ruthven           1   5  4.42  12  12   0   0   0   59   64   37   29    4   33   40
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  1.10  26   0   0   7   0   33   25    8    4    1   11   25
Nelson Briles          4   7  3.02  13  13   4   0   1   92   83   41   31   12   27   34
Jim Rooker             1   1  3.47  21   0   0   5   0   36   27   14   14    2   21   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
Luke Walker            2   5  4.25  13   8   0   1   0   49   49   26   23    4   25   26
Bob Johnson            1   0  4.91  21   0   0   0   0   29   35   17   16    1   13   20
Jim McKee              0   0  7.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   24   16   14    2   11    7
Tom Dettore            0   1  9.00   3   1   0   0   0    6   10    6    6    0    4    4
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   9  2.72  18  13   5   1   2   99   82   36   30    9   29   64
Vicente Romo           2   1  2.97  24   1   0   4   0   39   38   15   13    3   15   27
Rich Troedson          2   0  3.99  32   0   0   1   0   38   38   17   17    3   18   23
Mike Caldwell          3   9  4.20  15  12   3   0   1   81   76   50   38    5   30   42
Bob Miller             0   0  4.21  16   0   0   0   0   26   23   16   12    3   11   11
Fred Norman            1   7  4.26  12  11   1   0   0   74   72   35   35    9   29   49
Mike Corkins           3   4  5.33  16  10   2   1   0   54   58   36   32    6   33   33
Gary Ross              1   4  5.65  27   0   0   0   0   37   43   24   23    2   15   20
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
Randy Jones            0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    4    2    2    1    0    0

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             4   0  2.11  28   0   0   4   0   38   32   11    9    1   15   23
Ron Bryant            11   3  2.22  16  15   5   0   0  118   95   37   29    6   41   52
Randy Moffitt          2   2  2.55  29   0   0  11   0   49   44   16   14    3   19   31
Jim Barr               4   7  3.98  18  12   2   2   1   93  101   43   41    8   22   27
Juan Marichal          6   5  3.99  15  15   4   0   1   95  112   53   42   10   19   37
Tom Bradley            5   5  4.14  11  11   2   0   0   67   72   38   31    7   20   39
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         3   3  5.11  13  11   1   0   1   69   78   45   39   13   22   34
Don Carrithers         1   0  6.14   7   0   0   0   0   15   18   15   10    1    7    9
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    6    4
John Morris            0   0  9.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    7    5    3    0    2    3
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
Orlando Pena           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    0    0    1    2
Rich Folkers           1   0  0.73  12   0   0   2   0   12    3    1    1    0    8    6
Diego Segui            2   2  1.09  23   0   0   9   0   33   25    6    4    0   18   30
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    1    0    5    6
Alan Foster            4   4  2.36  14   8   3   0   1   69   59   19   18    7   22   40
Bob Gibson             6   6  2.92  14  14   7   0   1  114   93   45   37   10   32   86
Rick Wise              8   3  3.01  13  13   5   0   2  105   93   39   35    4   24   41
Reggie Cleveland       6   5  3.70  13  13   1   0   0   83   96   43   34    5   21   47
Tom Murphy             0   1  3.86   3   1   0   0   0    9   10    4    4    1    4    6
Wayne Granger          1   2  4.33  20   0   0   4   0   27   28   17   13    2   11    7
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)       9
  C. Osteen (LA)            8
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  R. Wise (STL)             8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  B. Hooton (CHI)           7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          7

Losses:

  M. Caldwell (SD)          9
  B. Greif (SD)             9
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  J. Barr (SF)              7
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Dobson (NY)            7
  D. Ellis (PIT)            7
  K. Forsch (HOU)           7
  C. Kirby (SD)             7

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  R. Moffitt (SF)          11
  J. Aker (CHI)            10
  T. McGraw (NY)            9
  D. Segui (STL)            9
  B. Locker (CHI)           8
  M. Marshall (MON)         8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           7
  D. Giusti (PIT)           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
  N. Briles (PIT)           1
  M. Caldwell (SD)          1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      127.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        121.2
  J. Billingham (CIN)   120.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      118.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        117.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)       114.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        114.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       114.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        110.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     106.0

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        122
  J. Marichal (SF)        112
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       111
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        111
  K. Forsch (HOU)         104
  J. Billingham (CIN)     103
  C. Morton (ATL)         102
  J. Barr (SF)            101
  B. Hooton (CHI)         101
  D. Sutton (LA)           98

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           64
  S. Carlton (PHI)         64
  J. Marichal (SF)         53
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         51
  M. Caldwell (SD)         50
  B. Hooton (CHI)          50
  K. Forsch (HOU)          49
  A. Messersmith (LA)      48
  J. Billingham (CIN)      46
  D. Ellis (PIT)           46

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           57
  M. Torrez (MON)          53
  S. Carlton (PHI)         51
  S. Blass (PIT)           50
  J. Reuss (HOU)           44
  R. Bryant (SF)           41
  K. Forsch (HOU)          41
  J. Matlack (NY)          41
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       40
  J. Billingham (CIN)      39

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         99
  T. Seaver (NY)           99
  D. Sutton (LA)           90
  B. Gibson (STL)          86
  K. Forsch (HOU)          80
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         79
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        78
  J. Reuss (HOU)           77
  A. Messersmith (LA)      73
  B. Moore (MON)           70

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