Tuesday June 26, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 26, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     48  26  2.85   75  24  16   698   591  257  221   58  228  432
Houston         42  33  3.15   75  18  17   680   609  273  238   48  253  403
New York        30  36  3.30   66  18  14   595   533  243  218   47  217  402
St. Louis       34  36  3.36   70  19  16   621   577  268  232   43  228  370
Chicago         44  30  3.50   74  14  25   663   643  279  258   65  204  421
Cincinnati      38  34  3.64   72  15  18   642   632  285  260   53  223  309
Atlanta         31  42  3.66   74  13  16   668   627  308  272   42  251  353
Montreal        33  33  3.76   66  10  18   587   543  292  245   52  299  368
San Francisco   42  33  3.88   75  16  20   668   707  340  288   62  235  344
Philadelphia    33  37  4.00   70  17  13   630   604  304  280   57  297  413
Pittsburgh      31  38  4.15   69  12  15   618   616  330  285   46  270  355
San Diego       23  51  4.45   74  14   8   643   661  360  318   68  263  392

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    9   4  1.96  16  16   3   0   1  120  104   30   26    5   36   87
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   4  1.97  15  15   8   0   1  123   84   29   27   12   29  105
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  6   2  2.17  17  11   4   0   2  100   84   27   24    6   47   75
Don Sutton (LA)        9   4  2.26  17  17   7   0   2  139  106   38   35   13   30  105
Phil Niekro (ATL)      8   4  2.47  19   9   3   2   0   95   68   33   26    8   41   44
Ron Bryant (SF)       11   5  2.52  18  17   5   0   0  129  112   44   36    7   51   59
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    7   5  2.67  18  17   4   1   1  111  124   40   33    7   27   42
Mike Marshall (MON)    7   5  2.70  37   0   0  11   0   73   64   26   22    4   28   51
Jerry Koosman (NY)     6   6  2.75  15  15   5   0   1  115   96   39   35    5   33   64
Rick Wise (STL)        9   3  2.78  15  15   6   0   3  120  103   41   37    4   27   52

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Panther            0   0  1.06  10   0   0   0   0   17   11    2    2    0    1    3
Phil Niekro            8   4  2.47  19   9   3   2   0   95   68   33   26    8   41   44
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.04  20   0   0   5   0   24   18    9    8    1    7    9
Roric Harrison         2   2  3.06  18   5   1   4   0   71   57   27   24    5   39   56
Carl Morton            6   6  3.35  17  17   3   0   1  113  113   50   42    5   33   56
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
Ron Reed               4   9  4.01  16  16   2   0   0  103  110   56   46    6   27   55
Ron Schueler           3   3  4.50  20   1   0   2   0   50   47   26   25    4   21   32
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
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  9.82   5   0   0   0   0    4    8    5    4    0    2    3
Jimmy Freeman          0   1 11.57   2   2   0   0   0    7   10    9    9    2    8    6

 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  1.96  16  16   3   0   1  120  104   30   26    5   36   87
Bob Locker             5   3  2.14  24   0   0   8   0   46   43   14   11    4   19   36
Jack Aker              2   5  3.02  25   0   0  12   0   42   42   16   14    4   14   17
Fergie Jenkins         7   5  3.24  18  18   5   0   2  133  126   56   48   21   25   84
Larry Gura             2   2  3.79  12   3   0   0   0   38   35   17   16    5    6   32
Bill Bonham            4   1  4.00  19   4   1   3   0   54   42   24   24    6   23   45
Burt Hooton            8   4  4.37  18  17   4   0   1  107  111   54   52    6   39   59
Milt Pappas            4   5  4.67  15  15   1   0   1   87   99   45   45   11   24   34
Dave LaRoche           2   0  7.94  19   0   0   2   0   17   23   16   15    2    8    9
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            3   0  0.33   3   3   3   0   2   27   15    1    1    1    9    5
Roger Nelson           2   2  2.08   6   5   1   0   0   35   29   11    8    2   14    9
Ross Grimsley          7   5  2.67  18  17   4   1   1  111  124   40   33    7   27   42
Pedro Borbon           1   3  2.84  38   0   0   7   0   57   71   21   18    1   16   30
Jack Billingham        9   5  3.74  19  19   6   0   3  130  119   59   54    8   45   65
Tom Hall               5   4  4.13  26   1   0   4   0   48   32   25   22    8   27   46
Don Gullett            7   6  4.21  19  16   1   0   1  105  100   50   49   12   32   56
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.28  20   5   0   4   0   48   57   26   23    3   15   23
Dave Tomlin            0   0  4.32   4   0   0   1   0    8    4    4    4    1    3    5
Jim McGlothlin         2   2  5.88  15   6   0   0   0   41   51   27   27    7   17   13
Ed Sprague             0   2  5.97  22   0   0   1   0   32   30   21   21    3   18   15

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard           1   0  1.29   3   1   0   0   0   14    9    2    2    0    4   15
Larry Dierker          0   0  2.61   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    4    3    1    3    8
Jim Ray                4   0  2.62  21   0   0   5   0   34   24   11   10    1   21   14
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Jim Crawford           2   2  2.93  28   0   0   5   0   40   32   18   13    3   15   29
Dave Roberts           7   4  2.97  17  15   4   0   2  100  108   42   33    8   29   39
Don Wilson             5   8  3.00  17  17   4   0   1  114   86   45   38   10   42   63
Jerry Reuss            9   5  3.16  18  18   5   0   1  125  109   48   44    4   48   84
Ken Forsch             8   7  3.20  20  19   5   0   0  132  119   53   47   11   43   91
Jim York               3   3  3.76  31   0   0   6   0   41   47   17   17    2   16   20
Tom Griffin            0   2  3.77   8   3   0   0   0   29   19   13   12    2   16   18
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  4.50  14   0   0   0   0   18   21   10    9    1    6   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  1.30  25   0   0   7   0   35   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             9   4  2.26  17  17   7   0   2  139  106   38   35   13   30  105
George Culver          2   4  2.79  21   0   0   2   0   29   34   10    9    3   13   15
Al Downing             6   3  2.88  15  14   4   0   1  100   77   40   32    6   31   53
Tommy John             7   3  2.90  16  12   2   0   0   84   89   37   27    5   23   42
Claude Osteen         10   3  2.91  16  16   6   0   2  118  106   41   38    8   37   42
Andy Messersmith       7   6  3.31  16  16   5   0   1  122  103   54   45   14   43   85
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
Mike Marshall          7   5  2.70  37   0   0  11   0   73   64   26   22    4   28   51
Steve Renko            6   4  3.02  13  12   4   1   0   89   72   37   30   10   33   63
Ernie McAnally         5   2  3.10  13  13   4   0   0   90   86   42   31    3   35   37
Tom Walker             3   3  3.14  27   0   0   4   0   49   46   29   17    4   23   39
Mike Torrez            4   5  3.68  15  15   1   0   0   93   87   44   38    9   56   47
Balor Moore            4   7  4.05  16  15   1   0   0   91   78   44   41    7   61   82
Mickey Scott           1   1  4.70   7   0   0   0   0    8    6    4    4    3    3    5
Joe Gilbert            0   1  4.91  12   0   0   1   0   18   21   12   10    1   10   13
John Strohmayer        0   1  5.19  13   2   0   0   0   26   23   15   15    3   15   12
Bill Stoneman          2   4  6.54  11   9   0   1   0   43   53   33   31    8   28   19
Pat Jarvis             1   0  8.10   5   0   0   0   0    7    7    6    6    0    7    0

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             9   4  1.97  15  15   8   0   1  123   84   29   27   12   29  105
George Stone           3   2  2.08  11   4   1   1   0   43   38   12   10    3    9   24
Jerry Koosman          6   6  2.75  15  15   5   0   1  115   96   39   35    5   33   64
Harry Parker           5   1  3.42  10   7   0   0   0   47   46   22   18    3   22   34
Phil Hennigan          0   4  3.48  25   0   0   3   0   34   29   13   13    2   12   19
Ray Sadecki            0   0  3.68  10   0   0   0   0   29   29   12   12    5   11   26
Jon Matlack            4  10  4.06  15  15   4   0   0  102   92   48   46    7   45   77
Tug McGraw             0   2  4.43  25   0   0   9   0   41   41   20   20    3   23   22
Buzz Capra             0   1  4.76   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    6    6
Jim McAndrew           3   5  5.01  11   9   0   1   0   50   63   38   28    5   22   23
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  2.17  17  11   4   0   2  100   84   27   24    6   47   75
Mac Scarce             0   3  2.57  27   0   0   8   0   35   24   12   10    2   30   33
Ken Brett              7   2  3.03  14   9   5   0   1   86   72   33   29    6   33   45
Barry Lersch           2   2  3.30  21   0   0   1   0   44   44   17   16    3   18   27
Bill Wilson            1   2  4.24  29   0   0   4   0   34   28   16   16    5   16   20
Steve Carlton          7   8  4.24  19  19   7   0   1  140  136   71   66   15   57  105
Dick Ruthven           2   5  4.43  13  13   0   0   0   65   69   40   32    5   36   43
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Jim Lonborg            5   6  6.02  17   9   0   0   0   64   68   43   43   10   25   40
Darrell Brandon        1   2  6.41  12   0   0   0   0   20   20   15   14    1   10   10
Larry Christenson      1   4  6.55  10   9   1   0   0   34   53   25   25    3   20   11

 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            5   0  1.15  29   0   0   7   0   39   28   10    5    2   13   27
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  2.38  26   0   0   2   0   34   23   12    9    3   10   21
Jim Rooker             1   1  2.93  23   0   0   5   0   43   30   14   14    2   23   32
Nelson Briles          5   8  3.15  15  15   5   0   1  103   96   46   36   12   31   40
Dock Ellis             6   7  3.28  14  14   2   0   0   99   96   49   36    2   38   73
Bob Moose              5   7  3.74  14  14   3   0   1   99  105   45   41    6   33   62
Luke Walker            3   6  4.22  15  10   1   1   0   60   60   31   28    4   30   37
Bob Johnson            1   1  4.97  23   2   0   0   0   38   46   24   21    3   14   25
Tom Dettore            0   1  5.40   8   1   0   0   0   15   17   11    9    1   11    9
Jim McKee              0   0  7.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   24   16   14    2   11    7
Steve Blass            3   5  9.44  16  13   1   0   0   69   91   72   72    9   56   22

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             4  11  3.02  20  15   5   1   2  110   96   45   37   12   32   67
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.48  27   1   0   5   0   44   43   19   17    4   18   29
Rich Troedson          3   0  4.09  33   1   0   1   0   44   43   20   20    3   21   26
Mike Caldwell          3   9  4.10  17  12   3   0   1   83   78   50   38    5   31   42
Bob Miller             0   0  4.11  18   0   0   0   0   31   29   18   14    4   12   15
Fred Norman            1   7  4.26  12  11   1   0   0   74   72   35   35    9   29   49
Randy Jones            0   2  5.02   3   2   0   0   0   14   16   10    8    2    5    7
Mike Corkins           3   4  5.13  19  10   2   1   0   60   66   38   34    7   33   39
Clay Kirby             3   8  5.40  15  12   2   0   2   67   82   45   40    8   27   55
Steve Arlin            3   5  5.78  16  10   1   0   0   76   88   51   49   11   38   42
Gary Ross              1   4  5.90  29   0   0   0   0   40   48   29   26    3   17   21

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Bryant            11   5  2.52  18  17   5   0   0  129  112   44   36    7   51   59
Randy Moffitt          2   2  2.83  32   0   0  11   0   54   54   20   17    4   20   32
Jim Barr               5   7  3.63  19  13   3   2   1  102  107   44   41    8   22   33
Juan Marichal          6   5  3.97  16  15   4   0   1   95  113   53   42   10   19   38
Elias Sosa             4   1  4.00  32   1   0   4   0   45   49   22   20    4   17   27
Tom Bradley            6   6  4.01  13  13   3   0   0   83   85   45   37   10   27   51
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         3   4  5.03  17  11   1   0   1   73   84   47   41   13   25   38
Don Carrithers         1   1  5.32   9   1   0   0   0   22   28   18   13    1   11   16
Charlie Williams       3   0  5.82   8   1   0   0   0   17   16   12   11    1    6    8
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    6    4
John Morris            0   0 12.46   5   0   0   0   0    4   11    8    6    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   5   0   0   1   0    5    5    1    0    0    1    5
Rich Folkers           1   0  1.27  15   1   0   2   0   21   13    3    3    1   10   13
Diego Segui            3   3  2.52  27   0   0   9   0   39   35   13   11    1   22   35
Tom Murphy             0   3  2.70   5   3   0   0   0   23   19    7    7    1    8   14
Rick Wise              9   3  2.78  15  15   6   0   3  120  103   41   37    4   27   52
Alan Foster            4   5  3.03  16  10   3   0   1   77   69   27   26    8   28   43
Bob Gibson             7   7  3.28  16  16   8   0   1  129  113   56   47   11   37   97
Reggie Cleveland       7   5  3.34  14  14   2   0   1   92   99   43   34    5   23   53
Wayne Granger          2   2  3.86  23   0   0   4   0   33   34   18   14    3   14   10
Al Hrabosky            0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    7    7    4    3    0    5    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
  C. Osteen (LA)           10
  J. Billingham (CIN)       9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  J. Reuss (HOU)            9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  K. Forsch (HOU)           8
  B. Hooton (CHI)           8

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            11
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  M. Caldwell (SD)          9
  R. Reed (ATL)             9
  N. Briles (PIT)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  C. Kirby (SD)             8
  D. Wilson (HOU)           8
  J. Barr (SF)              7
  P. Dobson (NY)            7

Complete Games:

  B. Gibson (STL)           8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  R. Wise (STL)             6
  K. Brett (PHI)            5
  N. Briles (PIT)           5
  R. Bryant (SF)            5

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  R. Wise (STL)             3
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  C. Kirby (SD)             2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  D. Roberts (HOU)          2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      140.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        139.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      133.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)       132.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   130.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       129.0
  R. Bryant (SF)        128.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        125.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        123.1
  A. Messersmith (LA)   122.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        136
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        126
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       124
  J. Billingham (CIN)     119
  K. Forsch (HOU)         119
  B. Gibson (STL)         113
  J. Marichal (SF)        113
  C. Morton (ATL)         113
  R. Bryant (SF)          112
  B. Hooton (CHI)         111

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           72
  S. Carlton (PHI)         71
  J. Billingham (CIN)      59
  B. Gibson (STL)          56
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         56
  R. Reed (ATL)            56
  B. Hooton (CHI)          54
  A. Messersmith (LA)      54
  K. Forsch (HOU)          53
  J. Marichal (SF)         53

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         21
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  A. Messersmith (LA)      14
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  J. Willoughby (SF)       13
  N. Briles (PIT)          12
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  D. Gullett (CIN)         12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  S. Arlin (SD)            11

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           61
  S. Carlton (PHI)         57
  S. Blass (PIT)           56
  M. Torrez (MON)          56
  R. Bryant (SF)           51
  J. Reuss (HOU)           48
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       47
  J. Billingham (CIN)      45
  J. Matlack (NY)          45
  K. Forsch (HOU)          43

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        105
  T. Seaver (NY)          105
  D. Sutton (LA)          105
  B. Gibson (STL)          97
  K. Forsch (HOU)          91
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        87
  A. Messersmith (LA)      85
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         84
  J. Reuss (HOU)           84
  B. Moore (MON)           82


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