Sunday July 1, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 1, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     51  29  2.93   81  25  18   758   641  286  247   69  252  473
Houston         44  36  3.26   80  20  17   726   656  298  263   51  261  438
St. Louis       37  38  3.39   75  20  17   666   623  288  251   46  245  402
Chicago         48  33  3.41   81  15  27   736   706  303  279   74  223  460
New York        33  40  3.50   73  19  16   658   602  283  256   58  242  446
Cincinnati      41  37  3.65   78  17  18   700   696  314  284   56  241  337
Montreal        34  39  3.86   73  11  18   653   606  329  280   58  337  401
San Francisco   46  35  3.86   81  17  23   722   766  368  310   67  253  365
Atlanta         34  46  3.88   81  13  18   733   712  359  316   49  278  385
Philadelphia    36  40  3.97   76  20  13   682   653  327  301   58  315  436
Pittsburgh      36  39  4.10   75  14  18   672   668  352  306   51  291  387
San Diego       25  53  4.33   78  16   8   677   687  371  326   71  273  415

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    9   4  1.98  17  17   3   0   1  127  112   32   28    6   38   91
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  6   2  1.99  18  12   4   0   2  109   88   28   24    6   52   82
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   4  2.00  16  16   8   0   1  130   90   31   29   13   30  110
Don Sutton (LA)        9   5  2.37  18  18   8   0   2  148  114   42   39   14   32  112
Phil Niekro (ATL)      8   4  2.54  21  11   3   2   0  110   85   40   31    9   49   57
Ron Bryant (SF)       13   5  2.63  20  19   5   0   0  144  126   55   42   10   58   68
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    7   5  2.66  19  18   4   1   1  118  132   42   35    7   29   42
Dave Roberts (HOU)     7   5  2.87  18  16   4   0   2  110  120   44   35    8   30   48
Jerry Koosman (NY)     7   6  2.93  16  16   5   0   1  123  105   44   40    6   35   70
Dock Ellis (PIT)       7   7  3.01  15  15   3   0   1  108  101   49   36    2   38   78

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            8   4  2.54  21  11   3   2   0  110   85   40   31    9   49   57
Roric Harrison         3   2  2.83  19   6   1   4   0   76   60   28   24    5   41   60
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Jim Panther            1   1  3.05  14   0   0   0   0   21   19    7    7    0    4    3
Danny Frisella         1   0  3.55  25   0   0   6   0   25   23   12   10    1    9   10
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
Carl Morton            6   6  3.71  18  18   3   0   1  119  121   57   49    5   33   58
Ron Reed               4  10  4.21  18  17   2   1   0  109  121   61   51    6   27   57
Ron Schueler           3   4  4.89  21   2   0   2   0   57   55   33   31    6   24   35
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Tom House              0   1  5.16  24   0   0   2   0   30   24   17   17    6   12   16
Adrian Devine          0   1  6.14   2   1   0   0   0    7   10    6    5    1    4    3
Joe Hoerner            1   1  6.52  16   0   0   1   0   10   11    7    7    0    4    4
Jimmy Freeman          0   1  8.03   3   2   0   0   0   12   16   12   11    2    9    9
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  1.04   9   1   0   0   0   17   12    2    2    0   10   18
Bob Locker             5   3  1.93  26   0   0   8   0   51   48   14   11    4   19   37
Rick Reuschel          9   4  1.98  17  17   3   0   1  127  112   32   28    6   38   91
Jack Aker              3   5  3.35  28   0   0  12   0   46   48   19   17    6   16   18
Fergie Jenkins         8   6  3.41  20  20   5   0   2  145  137   63   55   23   26   92
Bill Bonham            4   1  3.53  22   4   1   4   0   64   47   25   25    7   26   54
Larry Gura             2   2  3.61  14   5   0   0   0   47   45   23   19    6    9   37
Burt Hooton            8   6  4.19  20  18   5   0   1  118  118   57   55    6   43   63
Milt Pappas            5   5  4.52  16  16   1   0   1   94  108   47   47   13   24   35
Dave LaRoche           3   0  5.96  23   0   0   3   0   23   25   16   15    2   11   12
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
Roger Nelson           2   2  2.08   6   5   1   0   0   35   29   11    8    2   14    9
Fred Norman            4   1  2.16   5   5   4   0   2   42   28   10   10    2   16   15
Ross Grimsley          7   5  2.66  19  18   4   1   1  118  132   42   35    7   29   42
Pedro Borbon           2   3  3.02  42   0   0   7   0   63   79   24   21    1   19   31
Jack Billingham       10   5  3.50  20  20   7   0   4  139  126   59   54    8   45   71
Tom Hall               5   4  3.83  27   2   0   4   0   54   36   26   23    8   29   49
Dave Tomlin            0   0  3.86   5   0   0   1   0    9    4    4    4    1    3    6
Don Gullett            7   7  4.20  21  17   1   0   1  111  107   54   52   13   34   61
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.38  22   5   0   4   0   51   65   31   25    3   16   24
Jim McGlothlin         2   2  5.96  17   6   0   0   0   45   58   31   30    8   17   14
Ed Sprague             0   3  6.06  23   0   0   1   0   33   32   22   22    3   19   15

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard           1   0  2.21   4   2   0   0   0   20   13    5    5    0    7   21
Larry Dierker          0   0  2.61   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    4    3    1    3    8
Jim Ray                4   0  2.80  23   0   0   5   0   35   26   12   11    2   21   14
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Dave Roberts           7   5  2.87  18  16   4   0   2  110  120   44   35    8   30   48
Don Wilson             6   8  3.07  18  18   5   0   1  123   93   49   42   11   44   69
Jerry Reuss           10   5  3.08  19  19   6   0   1  134  117   50   46    4   49   89
Jim Crawford           2   3  3.15  29   0   0   5   0   40   32   19   14    3   15   29
Ken Forsch             8   8  3.21  21  20   5   0   0  140  124   56   50   11   43  100
Jim York               3   3  4.43  33   0   0   6   0   43   52   21   21    2   16   20
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
Tom Griffin            0   2  5.16   9   3   0   0   0   30   23   18   17    3   17   18

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             4   1  1.30  28   0   0   7   0   42   25    6    6    3   17   30
Don Sutton             9   5  2.37  18  18   8   0   2  148  114   42   39   14   32  112
Pete Richert           1   1  2.39  23   0   0   7   0   26   22    7    7    3    9   18
George Culver          4   4  2.73  23   0   0   2   0   33   37   11   10    4   16   18
Tommy John             8   3  3.05  17  13   2   0   0   89   95   40   30    5   24   42
Claude Osteen         10   3  3.13  17  17   6   0   2  124  112   46   43   10   39   46
Al Downing             6   3  3.17  16  15   4   0   1  105   82   47   37    9   32   53
Andy Messersmith       7   6  3.23  17  17   5   0   1  128  105   56   46   15   45   89
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.24  18   0   0   1   0   33   19   14   12    2   22   37
Doug Rau               1   1  5.10  15   1   0   1   0   30   30   17   17    4   16   28

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          7   5  2.68  39   0   0  11   0   77   67   27   23    5   30   51
Steve Renko            6   5  3.14  14  13   5   1   0   97   78   41   34   12   37   66
Tom Walker             3   3  3.19  31   0   0   4   0   54   53   31   19    4   25   43
Ernie McAnally         5   3  3.27  14  14   4   0   0   96   95   46   35    3   38   40
Mickey Scott           1   1  3.60   9   0   0   0   0   10    9    4    4    3    4    6
Mike Torrez            4   6  4.04  17  17   1   0   0  105  100   54   47   11   62   53
Joe Gilbert            0   1  4.29  15   0   0   1   0   21   21   12   10    1   10   15
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.45  15   2   0   0   0   30   27   15   15    3   18   13
Balor Moore            4   9  4.53  18  17   1   0   0   97   84   53   49    7   71   90
Pat Jarvis             1   0  4.85   8   0   0   0   0   13    9    7    7    1    8    3
Bill Stoneman          3   5  6.45  13  10   0   1   0   52   63   39   37    8   34   21

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             9   4  2.00  16  16   8   0   1  130   90   31   29   13   30  110
George Stone           4   2  2.79  12   5   1   1   0   48   48   18   15    5   11   29
Jerry Koosman          7   6  2.93  16  16   5   0   1  123  105   44   40    6   35   70
Ray Sadecki            0   0  3.08  13   0   0   0   0   38   39   13   13    5   14   34
Jon Matlack            5  10  3.81  16  16   5   0   0  111   97   49   47    7   49   84
Buzz Capra             0   2  3.86   5   0   0   1   0   12   10    5    5    1   10   12
Harry Parker           5   2  3.91  12   9   0   0   0   53   51   27   23    4   25   35
Phil Hennigan          0   4  4.81  28   0   0   3   0   39   37   21   21    3   15   20
Tug McGraw             0   3  4.84  29   0   0  10   0   45   48   25   24    5   25   22
Jim McAndrew           3   6  5.47  12  10   0   1   0   54   69   43   33    7   23   28
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
Mike Wallace           1   0  1.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    7    1    1    0    0    3
Wayne Twitchell        6   2  1.99  18  12   4   0   2  109   88   28   24    6   52   82
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.78  28   0   0   8   0   36   25   13   11    2   32   33
Ken Brett              7   2  3.03  14   9   5   0   1   86   72   33   29    6   33   45
Dick Ruthven           3   5  3.89  14  14   1   0   1   74   71   40   32    5   39   46
Barry Lersch           2   3  4.10  23   1   0   1   0   53   57   25   24    4   18   30
Bill Wilson            1   2  4.11  30   0   0   4   0   35   29   16   16    5   16   20
Steve Carlton          7   9  4.55  20  20   7   0   1  144  146   79   73   15   61  107
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Jim Lonborg            6   6  5.77  18  10   1   0   0   73   79   47   47   10   29   45
Darrell Brandon        1   2  5.91  13   0   0   0   0   21   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  1.51  30   0   0   8   0   42   31   12    7    3   16   27
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  2.25  27   0   0   3   0   36   24   12    9    3   12   21
Dock Ellis             7   7  3.01  15  15   3   0   1  108  101   49   36    2   38   78
Nelson Briles          6   8  3.03  16  16   5   0   1  110  102   47   37   12   32   43
Bob Moose              6   7  3.43  15  15   4   0   2  108  111   45   41    6   34   68
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.83  25   2   0   5   0   52   41   23   22    4   27   40
Luke Walker            4   6  4.16  17  11   1   1   0   67   67   34   31    5   35   40
Bob Johnson            1   1  4.89  25   2   0   1   0   42   53   26   23    4   15   29
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  9.54  17  13   1   0   0   73   97   77   77    9   60   25

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             4  12  3.38  21  16   5   1   2  115  103   51   43   13   35   72
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.48  27   1   0   5   0   44   43   19   17    4   18   29
Rich Troedson          3   0  3.60  34   2   0   1   0   50   48   20   20    3   24   29
Mike Caldwell          3   9  4.01  18  12   3   0   1   85   80   50   38    5   31   44
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
Clay Kirby             4   8  4.88  16  13   3   0   2   76   88   46   41    8   27   59
Randy Jones            0   2  5.02   3   2   0   0   0   14   16   10    8    2    5    7
Mike Corkins           3   5  5.11  20  10   2   1   0   62   68   42   35    9   34   40
Steve Arlin            4   5  5.17  17  11   2   0   1   85   91   51   49   11   39   49
Gary Ross              1   4  5.66  30   0   0   0   0   41   49   29   26    3   19   22

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Bryant            13   5  2.63  20  19   5   0   0  144  126   55   42   10   58   68
Randy Moffitt          2   3  2.87  35   0   0  13   0   60   60   22   19    4   21   33
Jim Barr               6   7  3.39  20  14   4   2   1  112  113   45   42    9   23   35
Juan Marichal          6   5  3.84  17  15   4   0   1   98  114   53   42   10   19   40
Tom Bradley            6   7  4.29  14  14   3   0   0   86   92   49   41   11   29   53
Elias Sosa             4   1  4.32  35   1   0   5   0   50   55   26   24    4   19   28
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         4   4  4.81  19  11   1   0   1   77   86   47   41   13   26   39
Don Carrithers         1   1  5.20  10   2   0   0   0   28   37   21   16    1   15   17
Charlie Williams       3   0  5.85   9   2   0   0   0   20   24   15   13    1    6   10
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           1   0  0.00   8   0   0   1   0    8    7    1    0    0    2    6
Rich Folkers           1   0  1.23  16   1   0   2   0   22   13    3    3    1   12   14
Diego Segui            3   3  2.32  30   0   0  10   0   43   38   13   11    1   23   40
Tom Murphy             0   3  2.37   6   4   0   0   0   30   23    8    8    1    9   18
Rick Wise              9   4  3.08  16  16   6   0   3  126  115   47   43    5   29   56
Alan Foster            5   5  3.13  17  11   3   0   1   83   77   31   29    8   30   46
Bob Gibson             7   8  3.15  17  17   8   0   1  137  118   57   48   11   41  103
Reggie Cleveland       8   5  3.40  15  15   3   0   1  101  106   47   38    7   25   58
Wayne Granger          2   2  4.28  24   0   0   4   0   34   36   20   16    3   15   10
Scipio Spinks          1   5  4.89   8   8   0   0   0   39   39   25   21    4   25   25
Al Hrabosky            0   0  5.00   8   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    5    0    6   10
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Bryant (SF)           13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  C. Osteen (LA)           10
  J. Reuss (HOU)           10
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  R. Cleveland (STL)        8
  K. Forsch (HOU)           8

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10
  M. Caldwell (SD)          9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  B. Moore (MON)            9
  N. Briles (PIT)           8
  K. Forsch (HOU)           8
  B. Gibson (STL)           8
  C. Kirby (SD)             8

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  M. Marshall (MON)        11
  T. McGraw (NY)           10
  D. Segui (STL)           10
  D. Giusti (PIT)           8
  B. Locker (CHI)           8
  M. Scarce (PHI)           8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           7
  J. Brewer (LA)            7

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       4
  R. Wise (STL)             3
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  C. Kirby (SD)             2
  B. Moose (PIT)            2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  D. Roberts (HOU)          2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2

Innings Pitched:

  D. Sutton (LA)        148.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      145.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      144.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        143.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)       140.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   139.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       137.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        134.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        130.1
  A. Messersmith (LA)   128.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        137
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       132
  J. Billingham (CIN)     126
  R. Bryant (SF)          126
  K. Forsch (HOU)         124
  C. Morton (ATL)         121
  R. Reed (ATL)           121
  D. Roberts (HOU)        120
  B. Gibson (STL)         118

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  S. Blass (PIT)           77
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  R. Reed (ATL)            61
  J. Billingham (CIN)      59
  B. Gibson (STL)          57
  B. Hooton (CHI)          57
  C. Morton (ATL)          57
  K. Forsch (HOU)          56
  A. Messersmith (LA)      56

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         23
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  A. Messersmith (LA)      15
  D. Sutton (LA)           14
  B. Greif (SD)            13
  D. Gullett (CIN)         13
  M. Pappas (CHI)          13
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  J. Willoughby (SF)       13
  N. Briles (PIT)          12

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           71
  M. Torrez (MON)          62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         61
  S. Blass (PIT)           60
  R. Bryant (SF)           58
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       52
  J. Matlack (NY)          49
  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  J. Reuss (HOU)           49
  J. Billingham (CIN)      45

Strikeouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)          112
  T. Seaver (NY)          110
  S. Carlton (PHI)        107
  B. Gibson (STL)         103
  K. Forsch (HOU)         100
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         92
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        91
  B. Moore (MON)           90
  A. Messersmith (LA)      89
  J. Reuss (HOU)           89


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report