Tuesday July 3, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 3, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     51  31  2.96   83  25  18   775   657  294  255   70  255  482
Houston         44  38  3.28   82  20  17   743   677  307  271   52  266  448
St. Louis       40  38  3.39   78  21  19   693   645  298  261   48  251  411
Chicago         48  34  3.43   82  15  27   745   717  311  284   76  228  466
Cincinnati      43  37  3.62   80  17  19   718   713  319  289   58  249  347
New York        33  42  3.68   75  19  16   676   630  304  276   63  251  455
Montreal        36  39  3.81   75  12  19   672   623  338  284   59  344  410
Atlanta         35  47  3.89   83  14  18   751   736  368  325   52  283  396
San Francisco   47  36  3.91   83  17  24   739   787  379  321   71  257  373
Philadelphia    37  41  3.99   78  21  13   699   672  336  310   61  321  440
Pittsburgh      36  41  4.15   77  14  18   688   683  363  317   51  300  391
San Diego       27  53  4.27   80  17   9   695   701  377  330   72  275  421

 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   6  2.78  19  17   4   0   2  117  128   45   36    8   30   54
Mike Marshall (MON)    7   5  2.80  40   0   0  12   0   80   71   30   25    5   33   54
Rick Wise (STL)       10   4  2.87  17  17   7   0   4  135  122   47   43    5   30   57

 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
Carl Morton            7   6  3.45  19  19   4   0   2  128  131   57   49    5   34   62
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
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  0.89  10   1   0   0   0   20   14    2    2    0   12   22
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
Larry Gura             2   2  3.47  15   5   0   0   0   49   47   23   19    6    9   38
Bill Bonham            4   1  3.58  23   4   1   4   0   65   49   26   26    7   26   55
Burt Hooton            8   6  4.19  20  18   5   0   1  118  118   57   55    6   43   63
Milt Pappas            5   6  4.78  17  17   1   0   1   96  113   54   51   15   27   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
Dave Tomlin            0   0  3.00   6   0   0   1   0   12    5    4    4    1    5    9
Pedro Borbon           2   3  3.02  42   0   0   7   0   63   79   24   21    1   19   31
Jack Billingham       11   5  3.54  21  21   7   0   4  145  134   62   57    9   48   73
Tom Hall               5   4  3.83  27   2   0   4   0   54   36   26   23    8   29   49
Don Gullett            8   7  4.09  22  17   1   0   1  114  109   54   52   13   35   64
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.35  23   5   0   5   0   52   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
Dave Roberts           7   6  2.78  19  17   4   0   2  117  128   45   36    8   30   54
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
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  4.88  11   3   0   0   0   31   24   18   17    3   19   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  2.52  24   0   0   2   0   36   38   11   10    4   16   19
Claude Osteen         10   3  3.13  17  17   6   0   2  124  112   46   43   10   39   46
Tommy John             8   4  3.14  18  14   2   0   0   95  101   43   33    5   24   45
Al Downing             6   3  3.17  16  15   4   0   1  105   82   47   37    9   32   53
Andy Messersmith       7   6  3.23  18  18   5   0   1  134  108   58   48   15   46   92
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.41  20   0   0   1   0   34   23   15   13    2   23   38
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  2.80  40   0   0  12   0   80   71   30   25    5   33   54
Steve Renko            7   5  2.93  15  14   6   1   0  107   85   42   35   12   40   69
Ernie McAnally         6   3  3.17  15  15   4   0   0  102  101   51   36    4   39   43
Tom Walker             3   3  3.19  31   0   0   4   0   54   53   31   19    4   25   43
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  3.88  13   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
Jim McAndrew           3   7  5.83  13  11   0   1   0   59   77   49   38    7   25   30
Phil Hennigan          0   4  5.88  29   0   0   3   0   41   46   27   27    5   16   22
Tug McGraw             0   3  6.07  30   0   0  10   0   46   52   32   31    7   29   24
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
Jim Lonborg            7   6  5.36  19  11   2   0   0   82   88   49   49   12   30   46
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
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  2.39  28   0   0   3   0   38   25   13   10    3   12   21
Nelson Briles          6   8  3.03  16  16   5   0   1  110  102   47   37   12   32   43
Dock Ellis             7   8  3.09  16  16   3   0   1  114  107   52   39    2   40   80
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  4.63  26   2   0   1   0   47   58   27   24    4   15   30
Tom Dettore            0   1  4.96  10   1   0   0   0   16   19   11    9    1   12    9
Jim McKee              0   0  7.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   24   16   14    2   11    7
Steve Blass            3   6  9.92  18  14   1   0   0   75   98   83   83    9   66   26

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Jones            1   2  3.09   4   3   1   0   0   23   20   11    8    2    5    8
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
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  4.00  18  16   4   0   1  101  119   56   45   10   20   42
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   5  4.80  20  11   1   0   1   81   90   49   43   14   27   41
Don Carrithers         1   1  5.20  10   2   0   0   0   28   37   21   16    1   15   17
Charlie Williams       3   0  6.86  11   2   0   0   0   21   29   18   16    2    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           2   0  2.05  17   2   0   2   0   31   17    7    7    2   16   16
Tom Murphy             0   3  2.37   6   4   0   0   0   30   23    8    8    1    9   18
Diego Segui            3   3  2.72  31   0   0  11   0   43   40   15   13    2   23   40
Rick Wise             10   4  2.87  17  17   7   0   4  135  122   47   43    5   30   57
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)      11
  C. Osteen (LA)           10
  J. Reuss (HOU)           10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            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
  D. Ellis (PIT)            8
  K. Forsch (HOU)           8
  B. Gibson (STL)           8

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  M. Marshall (MON)        12
  D. Segui (STL)           11
  T. McGraw (NY)           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)             4
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  C. Kirby (SD)             2
  B. Moose (PIT)            2
  C. Morton (ATL)           2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  D. Roberts (HOU)          2

Innings Pitched:

  D. Sutton (LA)        148.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      145.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   145.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      144.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        143.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)       140.1
  J. Reuss (HOU)        140.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       137.0
  R. Wise (STL)         134.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   133.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        137
  J. Billingham (CIN)     134
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       132
  C. Morton (ATL)         131
  D. Roberts (HOU)        128
  R. Bryant (SF)          126
  K. Forsch (HOU)         124
  J. Reuss (HOU)          124
  R. Wise (STL)           122

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  R. Reed (ATL)            61
  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
  M. Pappas (CHI)          15
  D. Sutton (LA)           14
  J. Willoughby (SF)       14
  B. Greif (SD)            13
  D. Gullett (CIN)         13
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  N. Briles (PIT)          12

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           71
  S. Blass (PIT)           66
  M. Torrez (MON)          62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         61
  R. Bryant (SF)           58
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       52
  J. Reuss (HOU)           51
  J. Matlack (NY)          49
  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  J. Billingham (CIN)      48

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
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        91
  B. Moore (MON)           90


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