Wednesday July 4, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 4, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     51  32  2.97   84  25  18   784   669  298  259   71  259  489
Houston         46  38  3.34   84  20  18   761   703  319  282   57  271  458
St. Louis       41  38  3.37   79  22  19   702   655  301  263   49  252  413
Chicago         49  34  3.41   83  15  27   755   728  313  286   76  228  472
Cincinnati      43  38  3.65   81  17  19   727   723  325  295   58  253  355
New York        33  43  3.70   76  19  16   684   639  311  281   64  255  460
Montreal        37  39  3.82   76  12  20   681   630  343  289   62  351  416
San Francisco   48  36  3.89   84  17  25   748   792  381  323   71  263  380
Philadelphia    37  42  3.98   79  21  13   709   681  339  313   62  324  448
Atlanta         35  49  4.03   85  14  18   769   766  391  344   57  293  407
Pittsburgh      36  42  4.19   78  14  18   696   698  374  324   51  304  394
San Diego       28  53  4.24   81  17  10   704   711  379  332   72  275  427

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  6   2  1.96  19  13   4   0   2  115   93   29   25    6   55   86
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    9   4  1.98  17  17   3   0   1  127  112   32   28    6   38   91
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   4  2.09  17  17   8   0   1  138   96   36   32   13   34  115
Don Sutton (LA)        9   5  2.37  18  18   8   0   2  148  114   42   39   14   32  112
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
Mike Marshall (MON)    7   5  2.77  41   0   0  13   0   81   71   30   25    5   33   54
Dave Roberts (HOU)     7   6  2.85  20  17   4   0   2  117  130   46   37    8   31   54
Rick Wise (STL)       10   4  2.87  17  17   7   0   4  135  122   47   43    5   30   57
Jerry Koosman (NY)     7   6  2.93  16  16   5   0   1  123  105   44   40    6   35   70

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Phil Niekro            8   4  2.96  22  12   3   2   0  112   93   46   37   10   52   57
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
Jim Panther            1   2  4.09  15   0   0   0   0   22   22   10   10    0    5    3
Ron Reed               4  11  4.39  19  18   2   1   0  113  130   69   55    6   31   60
Danny Frisella         1   0  4.82  28   0   0   6   0   28   28   17   15    2   11   13
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  5.12  26   0   0   2   0   32   26   18   18    7   13   19
Jimmy Freeman          0   1  5.82   5   3   0   0   0   22   23   15   14    4   12   12
Adrian Devine          0   1  6.94   4   1   0   0   0   12   17   10    9    3    4    6
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  1.86  27   0   0   8   0   53   48   14   11    4   19   39
Rick Reuschel          9   4  1.98  17  17   3   0   1  127  112   32   28    6   38   91
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
Jack Aker              4   5  3.47  29   0   0  12   0   47   50   20   18    6   16   19
Bill Bonham            4   1  3.58  23   4   1   4   0   65   49   26   26    7   26   55
Burt Hooton            8   6  4.03  21  19   5   0   1  125  127   58   56    6   43   66
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
Pedro Borbon           2   4  3.14  43   0   0   7   0   63   80   25   22    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  3.75  28   3   0   4   0   60   40   28   25    8   31   55
Don Gullett            8   7  4.09  22  17   1   0   1  114  109   54   52   13   35   64
Dave Tomlin            0   0  4.38   7   0   0   1   0   12    6    6    6    1    6    9
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.42  24   5   0   5   0   53   69   32   26    3   17   25
Jim McGlothlin         2   2  5.61  18   7   0   0   0   51   64   33   32    9   19   16
Ed Sprague             0   3  5.88  24   0   0   1   0   34   32   22   22    3   19   16

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Jim Ray                5   0  2.84  24   0   0   5   0   38   29   13   12    2   23   14
J.R. Richard           2   0  2.84   5   3   0   0   0   25   20    9    8    2    9   25
Dave Roberts           7   6  2.85  20  17   4   0   2  117  130   46   37    8   31   54
Don Wilson             6   8  3.07  18  18   5   0   1  123   93   49   42   11   44   69
Jerry Reuss           10   5  3.21  20  20   6   0   1  140  124   55   50    4   51   93
Jim Crawford           2   4  3.33  31   0   0   6   0   46   40   22   17    4   16   32
Ken Forsch             8   8  3.44  22  21   5   0   0  146  133   62   56   14   43  103
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
Don Sutton             9   5  2.37  18  18   8   0   2  148  114   42   39   14   32  112
Pete Richert           1   1  2.45  25   0   0   7   0   29   24    8    8    3   10   19
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   4  3.19  17  16   4   0   1  113   92   50   40   10   36   60
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  2.77  41   0   0  13   0   81   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  3.23  32   0   0   4   0   56   54   32   20    5   26   46
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            1   1  4.09  16   0   0   1   0   22   22   12   10    1   11   15
Pat Jarvis             1   0  4.11   9   0   0   0   0   15   11    7    7    1    8    4
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.45  15   2   0   0   0   30   27   15   15    3   18   13
Balor Moore            4   9  4.77  19  18   1   0   0  100   87   57   53    9   76   92
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  2.09  17  17   8   0   1  138   96   36   32   13   34  115
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  3.05  14   0   0   0   0   38   40   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
Jim McAndrew           3   7  5.83  13  11   0   1   0   59   77   49   38    7   25   30
Buzz Capra             0   4  5.84   7   0   0   1   0   12   13    8    8    3   10   13
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  1.96  19  13   4   0   2  115   93   29   25    6   55   86
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.50  30   0   0   8   0   40   27   13   11    2   32   37
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  4.24  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
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.58  31   0   0   4   0   35   31   18   18    6   16   20
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   8  3.81  16  16   4   0   2  111  119   53   47    6   37   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
Tom Dettore            0   1  4.29  11   1   0   0   0   21   26   14   10    1   13   12
Bob Johnson            1   1  4.63  26   2   0   1   0   47   58   27   24    4   15   30
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  3.38  29   1   0   6   0   45   45   19   17    4   18   30
Rich Troedson          4   0  3.39  35   3   0   1   0   58   56   22   22    3   24   34
Mike Caldwell          3   9  3.99  19  12   3   1   1   86   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            7   7  4.09  15  15   3   0   0   95   97   51   43   11   35   60
Elias Sosa             4   1  4.29  36   1   0   6   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             1   3  2.29   7   5   1   0   0   39   33   11   10    2   10   20
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
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  J. Matlack (NY)          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:

  M. Marshall (MON)        13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            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
  K. Forsch (HOU)       146.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      145.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   145.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      144.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        143.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        140.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        137.2
  B. Gibson (STL)       137.0
  R. Wise (STL)         134.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        137
  J. Billingham (CIN)     134
  K. Forsch (HOU)         133
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       132
  C. Morton (ATL)         131
  R. Reed (ATL)           130
  D. Roberts (HOU)        130
  B. Hooton (CHI)         127
  R. Bryant (SF)          126

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  R. Reed (ATL)            69
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  K. Forsch (HOU)          62
  B. Hooton (CHI)          58
  A. Messersmith (LA)      58
  B. Gibson (STL)          57
  B. Moore (MON)           57

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           76
  S. Blass (PIT)           66
  M. Torrez (MON)          62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         61
  R. Bryant (SF)           58
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       55
  P. Niekro (ATL)          52
  J. Reuss (HOU)           51
  J. Matlack (NY)          49
  J. Billingham (CIN)      48

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          115
  D. Sutton (LA)          112
  S. Carlton (PHI)        107
  K. Forsch (HOU)         103
  B. Gibson (STL)         103
  J. Reuss (HOU)           93
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         92
  A. Messersmith (LA)      92
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