Friday June 22, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 22, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     44  25  2.94   70  21  15   653   566  248  213   57  218  414
Houston         38  32  3.16   70  17  15   635   572  254  223   45  232  378
St. Louis       32  33  3.25   65  19  15   574   527  243  207   39  213  338
New York        29  33  3.33   62  17  14   559   501  230  207   46  204  379
Cincinnati      36  31  3.57   67  14  17   600   587  260  238   48  200  287
Chicago         41  29  3.64   70  12  24   626   619  273  253   65  189  399
Atlanta         29  40  3.66   70  13  15   634   598  294  258   39  242  328
San Francisco   42  29  3.69   71  16  20   632   652  310  259   58  219  318
Montreal        32  29  3.74   61  10  17   542   498  266  225   41  284  345
Philadelphia    29  36  4.03   65  16  10   583   567  284  261   49  270  389
Pittsburgh      28  36  4.20   64  11  15   573   568  306  267   44  251  327
San Diego       21  48  4.56   69  13   7   598   627  341  303   66  243  364

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    9   4  1.92  15  15   3   0   1  113   97   28   24    5   33   81
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  6   2  1.92  16  10   4   0   2   94   79   22   20    5   43   70
Tom Seaver (NY)        8   4  1.97  14  14   7   0   1  114   76   27   25   11   28   99
Ron Bryant (SF)       11   4  2.34  17  16   5   0   0  123  104   40   32    7   47   54
Don Sutton (LA)        8   4  2.42  16  16   6   0   1  130  104   38   35   13   29  100
Jerry Koosman (NY)     6   5  2.54  14  14   5   0   1  110   89   34   31    5   31   60
Phil Niekro (ATL)      7   4  2.55  18   9   3   2   0   92   68   33   26    8   41   40
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    6   5  2.79  17  16   4   1   1  106  119   39   33    7   21   40
Bob Gibson (STL)       7   6  2.85  15  15   8   0   1  123  101   48   39   10   34   92
Rick Wise (STL)        9   3  2.86  14  14   6   0   3  110   95   39   35    4   24   44

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Panther            0   0  1.20   9   0   0   0   0   15   10    2    2    0    1    3
Phil Niekro            7   4  2.55  18   9   3   2   0   92   68   33   26    8   41   40
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Roric Harrison         2   2  3.06  18   5   1   4   0   71   57   27   24    5   39   56
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.22  18   0   0   4   0   22   18    9    8    1    7    8
Carl Morton            6   6  3.45  16  16   3   0   1  107  109   49   41    5   31   52
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
Ron Reed               4   8  4.11  15  15   2   0   0   96  102   54   44    6   27   50
Ron Schueler           2   3  4.46  18   0   0   2   0   38   37   20   19    3   16   23
Tom House              0   1  4.56  21   0   0   2   0   24   16   12   12    3   11   15
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Joe Hoerner            1   1  5.63  11   0   0   1   0    8   10    5    5    0    1    4
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

 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          9   4  1.92  15  15   3   0   1  113   97   28   24    5   33   81
Bob Locker             5   3  2.14  24   0   0   8   0   46   43   14   11    4   19   36
Jack Aker              2   4  3.00  24   0   0  12   0   39   38   15   13    4   12   17
Fergie Jenkins         7   5  3.38  17  17   5   0   2  125  122   54   47   21   24   81
Larry Gura             2   2  3.79  12   3   0   0   0   38   35   17   16    5    6   32
Bill Bonham            4   1  4.08  18   4   1   2   0   53   42   24   24    6   23   43
Burt Hooton            7   4  4.68  17  16   3   0   1   98  107   53   51    6   36   54
Milt Pappas            3   5  5.21  14  14   0   0   0   78   94   45   45   11   19   30
Dave LaRoche           1   0  8.44  18   0   0   2   0   16   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            2   0  0.00   2   2   2   0   2   18    8    0    0    0    6    2
Dave Tomlin            0   0  1.59   2   0   0   1   0    6    2    1    1    1    1    4
Roger Nelson           2   2  2.08   6   5   1   0   0   35   29   11    8    2   14    9
Pedro Borbon           1   3  2.62  36   0   0   7   0   55   66   19   16    1   15   30
Ross Grimsley          6   5  2.79  17  16   4   1   1  106  119   39   33    7   21   40
Jack Billingham        9   4  3.60  18  18   6   0   3  125  110   53   50    7   44   61
Tom Hall               5   3  3.80  25   0   0   4   0   43   28   21   18    7   24   40
Don Gullett            7   5  4.06  18  15   1   0   1  100   96   46   45   10   30   54
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.67  19   5   0   3   0   44   54   26   23    3   14   21
Ed Sprague             0   2  5.34  20   0   0   1   0   29   25   17   17    3   14   13
Jim McGlothlin         2   2  6.02  14   6   0   0   0   40   50   27   27    7   17   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard           0   0  1.13   2   0   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    1    9
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
Don Wilson             5   7  2.88  16  16   4   0   1  106   80   40   34   10   36   61
Dave Roberts           7   4  2.90  16  14   4   0   2   93  101   36   30    6   26   35
Jim Crawford           2   2  3.03  27   0   0   4   0   39   32   18   13    3   15   28
Jim Ray                3   0  3.03  18   0   0   4   0   30   23   11   10    1   17   13
Jerry Reuss            8   5  3.11  17  17   5   0   1  119  101   45   41    4   47   79
Ken Forsch             7   7  3.28  19  18   4   0   0  123  112   51   45   10   41   86
Jim York               3   3  3.55  29   0   0   6   0   38   43   15   15    2   15   19
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             4   1  1.32  24   0   0   6   0   34   21    5    5    2   15   22
Pete Richert           1   0  1.54  20   0   0   7   0   23   15    4    4    1    8   17
Don Sutton             8   4  2.42  16  16   6   0   1  130  104   38   35   13   29  100
George Culver          2   4  2.57  20   0   0   2   0   28   33    9    8    3   11   14
Claude Osteen          9   3  2.96  15  15   6   0   2  109   99   39   36    8   36   39
Al Downing             5   3  3.07  14  13   3   0   1   91   70   38   31    6   29   51
Tommy John             6   3  3.13  15  11   1   0   0   75   86   36   26    5   22   39
Andy Messersmith       7   5  3.31  15  15   5   0   1  114   98   51   42   13   40   81
Charlie Hough          1   1  3.76  14   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  2.60  25   0   0   4   0   45   42   25   13    2   21   35
Steve Renko            6   3  2.88  12  11   4   1   0   84   64   33   27    8   31   59
Ernie McAnally         5   1  2.96  12  12   4   0   0   85   79   36   28    2   33   35
Mike Marshall          7   5  2.98  34   0   0  10   0   66   60   26   22    4   25   48
Mike Torrez            4   5  3.68  15  15   1   0   0   93   87   44   38    9   56   47
Balor Moore            4   6  3.92  14  14   1   0   0   85   72   40   37    5   57   76
Joe Gilbert            0   1  4.76  11   0   0   1   0   17   18   10    9    1    9   12
Mickey Scott           1   1  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    3    2    3    3
John Strohmayer        0   0  5.57  12   1   0   0   0   21   19   13   13    2   14   12
Bill Stoneman          1   4  7.12  10   8   0   1   0   37   47   30   29    6   28   18
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
Tom Seaver             8   4  1.97  14  14   7   0   1  114   76   27   25   11   28   99
George Stone           3   2  2.08  11   4   1   1   0   43   38   12   10    3    9   24
Jerry Koosman          6   5  2.54  14  14   5   0   1  110   89   34   31    5   31   60
Harry Parker           5   1  3.42  10   7   0   0   0   47   46   22   18    3   22   34
Phil Hennigan          0   3  3.48  23   0   0   3   0   31   26   12   12    2   11   18
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.10   9   0   0   0   0   26   27   12   12    5    8   24
Jon Matlack            4   9  4.12  14  14   4   0   0   94   89   45   43    7   41   70
Tug McGraw             0   2  4.70  23   0   0   9   0   38   37   20   20    3   22   20
Buzz Capra             0   1  4.76   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    6    6
Jim McAndrew           3   5  5.56  10   8   0   1   0   44   58   36   27    5   21   22
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        6   2  1.92  16  10   4   0   2   94   79   22   20    5   43   70
Mac Scarce             0   3  3.00  24   0   0   6   0   30   21   12   10    2   24   30
Ken Brett              6   2  3.16  13   8   4   0   1   77   65   31   27    5   29   42
Barry Lersch           2   2  3.30  21   0   0   1   0   44   44   17   16    3   18   27
Steve Carlton          7   8  4.26  18  18   7   0   1  133  131   68   63   13   56  100
Bill Wilson            1   2  4.26  27   0   0   3   0   32   26   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
Jim Lonborg            4   6  6.19  16   8   0   0   0   57   61   39   39    9   21   36
Larry Christenson      1   4  6.55  10   9   1   0   0   34   53   25   25    3   20   11
Darrell Brandon        0   1  6.89  10   0   0   0   0   16   17   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            4   0  1.25  28   0   0   7   0   36   28   10    5    2   12   26
Jim Rooker             1   1  2.93  23   0   0   5   0   43   30   14   14    2   23   32
Ramon Hernandez        1   2  3.00  23   0   0   2   0   27   18    9    9    3    9   15
Nelson Briles          4   8  3.35  14  14   4   0   1   94   88   45   35   12   30   34
Dock Ellis             6   7  3.44  13  13   2   0   0   92   88   47   35    2   35   70
Bob Moose              5   6  3.46  13  13   3   0   1   94   97   40   36    6   30   58
Luke Walker            3   5  3.75  14   9   1   1   0   58   55   27   24    4   27   35
Bob Johnson            1   1  4.93  22   1   0   0   0   35   42   22   19    2   14   24
Tom Dettore            0   1  6.52   5   1   0   0   0   10   12    7    7    1    8    5
Jim McKee              0   0  7.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   24   16   14    2   11    7
Steve Blass            3   5  9.51  15  13   1   0   0   65   86   69   69    8   52   21

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             4  10  3.08  19  14   5   1   2  102   88   42   35   11   30   66
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.86  25   1   0   4   0   40   42   19   17    4   16   28
Rich Troedson          2   0  3.99  32   0   0   1   0   38   38   17   17    3   18   23
Bob Miller             0   0  4.11  18   0   0   0   0   31   29   18   14    4   12   15
Mike Caldwell          3   9  4.12  16  12   3   0   1   83   77   50   38    5   30   42
Fred Norman            1   7  4.26  12  11   1   0   0   74   72   35   35    9   29   49
Mike Corkins           3   4  5.22  18  10   2   1   0   59   65   38   34    7   33   37
Randy Jones            0   1  5.40   2   1   0   0   0    8    9    5    5    2    2    4
Steve Arlin            3   4  5.72  15   9   1   0   0   68   83   45   43   10   31   38
Gary Ross              1   4  5.97  28   0   0   0   0   38   45   27   25    3   16   20
Clay Kirby             2   8  6.24  14  11   1   0   1   58   79   45   40    8   26   42

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Bryant            11   4  2.34  17  16   5   0   0  123  104   40   32    7   47   54
Randy Moffitt          2   2  2.41  30   0   0  11   0   52   47   17   14    3   20   32
Elias Sosa             4   1  3.21  29   1   0   4   0   42   40   17   15    3   17   25
Jim Barr               5   7  3.63  19  13   3   2   1  102  107   44   41    8   22   33
Tom Bradley            6   5  3.77  12  12   3   0   0   76   76   39   32    8   24   47
Juan Marichal          6   5  3.99  15  15   4   0   1   95  112   53   42   10   19   37
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         3   3  5.17  14  11   1   0   1   70   81   46   40   13   23   34
Charlie Williams       3   0  5.23   7   0   0   0   0   10   11    7    6    1    3    5
Don Carrithers         1   0  6.00   8   0   0   0   0   15   19   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

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Orlando Pena           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    0    0    1    5
Rich Folkers           1   0  0.63  13   0   0   2   0   14    5    1    1    0    9    7
Diego Segui            2   2  1.54  24   0   0   9   0   35   29    8    6    0   19   32
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    1    0    5    6
Tom Murphy             0   2  2.76   4   2   0   0   0   16   15    5    5    1    6    9
Bob Gibson             7   6  2.85  15  15   8   0   1  123  101   48   39   10   34   92
Rick Wise              9   3  2.86  14  14   6   0   3  110   95   39   35    4   24   44
Alan Foster            4   5  2.89  15   9   3   0   1   72   64   24   23    8   26   42
Reggie Cleveland       7   5  3.34  14  14   2   0   1   92   99   43   34    5   23   53
Wayne Granger          1   2  4.03  21   0   0   4   0   29   31   17   13    2   13    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)            9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  J. Reuss (HOU)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  R. Cleveland (STL)        7

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            10
  M. Caldwell (SD)          9
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  N. Briles (PIT)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  C. Kirby (SD)             8
  R. Reed (ATL)             8
  J. Barr (SF)              7
  P. Dobson (NY)            7
  D. Ellis (PIT)            7

Complete Games:

  B. Gibson (STL)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  R. Wise (STL)             6
  R. Bryant (SF)            5
  B. Greif (SD)             5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5

Saves:

  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  R. Moffitt (SF)          11
  M. Marshall (MON)        10
  T. McGraw (NY)            9
  D. Segui (STL)            9
  B. Locker (CHI)           8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           7
  D. Giusti (PIT)           7
  P. Richert (LA)           7
  J. Brewer (LA)            6

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  R. Wise (STL)             3
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  D. Roberts (HOU)          2
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        2
  J. Barr (SF)              1
  K. Brett (PHI)            1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      133.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        130.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      125.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   125.0
  R. Bryant (SF)        123.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)       123.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       123.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        118.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   114.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        114.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        131
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        122
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       119
  K. Forsch (HOU)         112
  J. Marichal (SF)        112
  J. Billingham (CIN)     110
  C. Morton (ATL)         109
  J. Barr (SF)            107
  B. Hooton (CHI)         107
  R. Bryant (SF)          104

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           69
  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         54
  R. Reed (ATL)            54
  J. Billingham (CIN)      53
  B. Hooton (CHI)          53
  J. Marichal (SF)         53
  K. Forsch (HOU)          51
  A. Messersmith (LA)      51
  M. Caldwell (SD)         50

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         21
  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  A. Messersmith (LA)      13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  J. Willoughby (SF)       13
  N. Briles (PIT)          12
  B. Greif (SD)            11
  M. Pappas (CHI)          11
  T. Seaver (NY)           11
  S. Arlin (SD)            10

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           57
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  M. Torrez (MON)          56
  S. Blass (PIT)           52
  R. Bryant (SF)           47
  J. Reuss (HOU)           47
  J. Billingham (CIN)      44
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       43
  K. Forsch (HOU)          41
  J. Matlack (NY)          41

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        100
  D. Sutton (LA)          100
  T. Seaver (NY)           99
  B. Gibson (STL)          92
  K. Forsch (HOU)          86
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         81
  A. Messersmith (LA)      81
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        81
  J. Reuss (HOU)           79
  B. Moore (MON)           76


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