Thursday July 5, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 5, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     51  33  2.97   85  25  18   793   676  301  262   72  261  491
St. Louis       41  39  3.37   80  22  19   711   663  304  266   50  253  416
Houston         46  39  3.37   85  20  18   769   712  326  288   60  275  461
Chicago         49  35  3.45   84  15  27   764   741  320  293   78  228  478
Cincinnati      44  38  3.64   82  17  19   736   731  328  298   60  257  358
New York        34  43  3.65   77  19  17   693   646  314  281   65  258  466
Montreal        37  40  3.86   77  12  20   690   643  350  296   63  357  422
San Francisco   48  37  3.89   85  17  25   757   803  385  327   71  267  388
Philadelphia    38  42  3.94   80  22  13   718   692  343  314   62  325  456
Atlanta         36  49  4.03   86  15  18   778   771  395  348   59  297  414
Pittsburgh      37  42  4.16   79  15  18   705   705  376  326   51  304  398
San Diego       29  53  4.19   82  18  10   713   713  379  332   72  276  429

 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
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   4  2.09  17  17   8   0   1  138   96   36   32   13   34  115
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    9   5  2.25  18  18   3   0   1  132  122   37   33    7   38   93
Don Sutton (LA)        9   5  2.37  18  18   8   0   2  148  114   42   39   14   32  112
Ron Bryant (SF)       13   5  2.69  21  20   5   0   0  150  134   58   45   10   62   74
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    7   5  2.73  20  19   4   1   1  125  140   45   38    9   32   44
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
Mike Marshall (MON)    7   5  2.90  42   0   0  13   0   84   75   32   27    5   35   55
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
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Roric Harrison         4   2  2.95  20   7   2   4   0   85   65   32   28    7   45   67
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  1.61  11   1   0   0   0   22   17    4    4    1   12   24
Bob Locker             5   3  1.86  27   0   0   8   0   53   48   14   11    4   19   39
Rick Reuschel          9   5  2.25  18  18   3   0   1  132  122   37   33    7   38   93
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  3.56  24   4   1   4   0   66   49   26   26    7   26   56
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  5.47  24   0   0   3   0   25   25   16   15    2   11   13
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  2.73  20  19   4   1   1  125  140   45   38    9   32   44
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            9   7  4.02  23  17   1   0   1  116  109   54   52   13   36   65
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
Jerry Reuss           10   5  3.21  20  20   6   0   1  140  124   55   50    4   51   93
Don Wilson             6   9  3.32  19  19   5   0   1  127   99   55   47   13   47   71
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  4.23  35   0   0   6   0   45   55   21   21    2   16   21
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  4.50  15   0   0   0   0   20   23   11   10    2    7   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
Tommy John             8   4  3.14  18  14   2   0   0   95  101   43   33    5   24   45
Claude Osteen         10   4  3.14  18  18   6   0   2  132  119   49   46   11   41   47
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  4.94  16   1   0   1   0   31   30   17   17    4   16   29

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          7   5  2.90  42   0   0  13   0   84   75   32   27    5   35   55
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
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  6.04  14  11   0   1   0   57   70   40   38    9   36   25
Mickey Scott           1   2  6.17  10   0   0   0   0   12   11    8    8    3    6    7

 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            6  10  3.62  17  17   5   0   0  117  102   52   47    8   52   89
Harry Parker           5   2  3.88  13   9   0   0   0   53   51   27   23    4   25   35
Tug McGraw             0   3  5.69  31   0   0  11   0   49   54   32   31    7   29   25
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
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          8   9  4.34  21  21   8   0   1  153  157   83   74   15   62  115
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          7   8  2.95  17  17   6   0   1  119  109   49   39   12   32   47
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
Steve Arlin            5   5  4.67  18  12   3   0   2   94   93   51   49   11   40   51
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
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   2   0   0   1   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    2
Ron Bryant            13   5  2.69  21  20   5   0   0  150  134   58   45   10   62   74
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   2  4.33  37   1   0   6   0   52   57   27   25    4   19   29
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   1  0.87  10   0   0   2   0   10   10    2    1    1    2    9
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
Bob Gibson             7   8  3.15  17  17   8   0   1  137  118   57   48   11   41  103
Alan Foster            5   5  3.33  18  12   3   0   1   84   81   33   31    8   31   46
Reggie Cleveland       9   5  3.47  16  16   3   0   1  109  114   51   42    7   26   63
Wayne Granger          2   2  3.76  25   0   0   4   0   38   37   20   16    3   15   10
Al Hrabosky            0   0  4.09   9   0   0   0   0   11   11    6    5    0    6   11
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)           13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      11
  C. Osteen (LA)           10
  J. Reuss (HOU)           10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  D. Gullett (CIN)          9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9

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
  D. Wilson (HOU)           9
  N. Briles (PIT)           8
  D. Ellis (PIT)            8
  K. Forsch (HOU)           8

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  T. McGraw (NY)           11
  D. Segui (STL)           11
  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
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      153.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        150.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        148.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)       146.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      145.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   145.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        140.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        137.2
  B. Gibson (STL)       137.0
  R. Wise (STL)         134.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        157
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       140
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        137
  J. Billingham (CIN)     134
  R. Bryant (SF)          134
  K. Forsch (HOU)         133
  C. Morton (ATL)         131
  R. Reed (ATL)           130
  D. Roberts (HOU)        130
  B. Hooton (CHI)         127

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         83
  R. Reed (ATL)            69
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         63
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  K. Forsch (HOU)          62
  R. Bryant (SF)           58
  B. Hooton (CHI)          58
  A. Messersmith (LA)      58
  B. Gibson (STL)          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
  R. Bryant (SF)           62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         62
  M. Torrez (MON)          62
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       55
  J. Matlack (NY)          52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          52
  J. Reuss (HOU)           51
  J. Billingham (CIN)      48

Strikeouts:

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