Monday July 2, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 2, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     51  30  2.95   82  25  18   766   647  290  251   70  254  477
Houston         44  37  3.31   81  20  17   735   668  306  270   52  265  442
St. Louis       38  38  3.40   76  20  18   675   632  292  255   46  246  408
Chicago         48  33  3.41   81  15  27   736   706  303  279   74  223  460
New York        33  41  3.48   74  19  16   668   609  285  258   59  244  449
Cincinnati      42  37  3.63   79  17  18   709   704  316  286   57  244  342
Montreal        35  39  3.82   74  12  18   663   613  330  281   58  340  404
San Francisco   47  35  3.88   82  17  24   731   776  373  315   69  255  369
Atlanta         34  47  3.94   82  13  18   742   726  368  325   52  282  392
Philadelphia    36  41  4.02   77  20  13   690   663  334  308   59  320  439
Pittsburgh      36  39  4.10   75  14  18   672   668  352  306   51  291  387
San Diego       26  53  4.33   79  16   9   686   697  376  330   72  275  420

 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
Steve Renko (MON)      7   5  2.93  15  14   6   1   0  107   85   42   35   12   40   69

 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
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
Danny Frisella         1   0  4.44  26   0   0   6   0   26   26   15   13    1   10   12
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
Jimmy Freeman          0   1  6.38   4   3   0   0   0   18   21   14   13    3   12   11
Adrian Devine          0   1  7.56   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    8    7    2    4    3
Joe Hoerner            1   2  7.59  17   0   0   1   0   11   14    9    9    1    4    7
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            8   7  4.09  22  17   1   0   1  114  109   54   52   13   35   64
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.38  22   5   0   4   0   51   65   31   25    3   16   24
Jim McGlothlin         2   2  5.61  18   7   0   0   0   51   64   33   32    9   19   16
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
Ken Forsch             8   8  3.21  21  20   5   0   0  140  124   56   50   11   43  100
Jerry Reuss           10   5  3.21  20  20   6   0   1  140  124   55   50    4   51   93
Jim Crawford           2   4  3.64  30   0   0   5   0   42   35   22   17    4   16   29
Jim York               3   3  4.40  34   0   0   6   0   43   54   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  5.04  10   3   0   0   0   30   23   18   17    3   18   18

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             4   2  1.73  29   0   0   7   0   42   27    8    8    4   17   30
Pete Richert           1   1  2.22  24   0   0   7   0   28   22    7    7    3   10   19
Don Sutton             9   5  2.37  18  18   8   0   2  148  114   42   39   14   32  112
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
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.18  19   0   0   1   0   34   20   14   12    2   22   37
Andy Messersmith       7   6  3.23  18  18   5   0   1  134  108   58   48   15   46   92
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            7   5  2.93  15  14   6   1   0  107   85   42   35   12   40   69
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  2.51  13   6   1   1   0   57   54   19   16    5   13   31
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
Harry Parker           5   2  3.91  12   9   0   0   0   53   51   27   23    4   25   35
Buzz Capra             0   3  4.50   6   0   0   1   0   12   11    6    6    2   10   13
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   1  1.93   2   2   1   0   0    9    8    2    2    0    4    3
Wayne Twitchell        6   2  1.99  18  12   4   0   2  109   88   28   24    6   52   82
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.70  29   0   0   8   0   37   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
Bill Wilson            1   2  4.11  30   0   0   4   0   35   29   16   16    5   16   20
Barry Lersch           2   3  4.24  24   1   0   1   0   57   64   28   27    4   18   33
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
Larry Christenson      1   4  6.55  10   9   1   0   0   34   53   25   25    3   20   11
Darrell Brandon        1   2  6.56  14   0   0   0   0   23   22   18   17    2   11   10

 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  3.40  28   1   0   6   0   45   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             5   8  4.84  17  14   3   0   2   84   98   51   45    9   29   64
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
Don McMahon            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
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  3.44  21  15   4   2   1  118  119   48   45   11   24   38
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  6.75  10   2   0   0   0   20   27   17   15    1    6   10
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    6    4
John Morris            1   0 10.13   6   0   0   0   0    5   12    8    6    0    3    3

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Orlando Pena           1   0  0.00   9   0   0   2   0    8    8    1    0    0    2    7
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       9   5  3.47  16  16   3   0   1  109  114   51   42    7   26   63
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

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Bryant (SF)           13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  C. Osteen (LA)           10
  J. Reuss (HOU)           10
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  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
  S. Renko (MON)            6
  J. Reuss (HOU)            6
  R. Wise (STL)             6
  K. Brett (PHI)            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. Reuss (HOU)        140.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   139.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       137.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)   133.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        130.1

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
  J. Reuss (HOU)          124
  C. Morton (ATL)         121
  R. Reed (ATL)           121
  D. Roberts (HOU)        120

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  S. Blass (PIT)           77
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  R. Reed (ATL)            61
  J. Billingham (CIN)      59
  A. Messersmith (LA)      58
  B. Gibson (STL)          57
  B. Hooton (CHI)          57
  C. Morton (ATL)          57
  K. Forsch (HOU)          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. Reuss (HOU)           51
  J. Matlack (NY)          49
  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  A. Messersmith (LA)      46

Strikeouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)          112
  T. Seaver (NY)          110
  S. Carlton (PHI)        107
  B. Gibson (STL)         103
  K. Forsch (HOU)         100
  J. Reuss (HOU)           93
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         92
  A. Messersmith (LA)      92
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