Friday July 6, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 6, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     52  33  2.96   86  26  18   802   683  303  264   72  262  497
St. Louis       42  39  3.35   81  23  19   720   670  306  268   50  255  424
Chicago         50  35  3.47   85  16  27   773   751  325  298   79  229  481
Houston         46  41  3.59   87  20  18   785   741  352  313   64  292  471
Cincinnati      45  38  3.62   83  18  19   745   736  330  300   61  261  364
New York        34  44  3.63   78  20  17   702   650  316  283   66  260  472
San Francisco   48  38  3.88   86  17  25   766   808  388  330   72  268  395
Montreal        39  40  3.94   79  12  22   708   665  364  310   64  365  436
Atlanta         37  49  3.98   87  16  18   787   773  395  348   59  298  423
Philadelphia    38  43  3.99   81  22  13   727   704  351  322   65  329  459
Pittsburgh      37  43  4.15   80  15  18   713   711  379  329   51  307  401
San Diego       29  54  4.23   83  18  10   722   728  387  339   73  279  432

 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)       10   5  2.35  19  19   9   0   2  157  121   44   41   14   33  118
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
Mike Marshall (MON)    7   5  2.81  44   0   0  15   0   86   76   32   27    5   36   59
Dave Roberts (HOU)     7   6  2.85  20  17   4   0   2  117  130   46   37    8   31   54
Jerry Koosman (NY)     7   7  2.87  17  17   6   0   1  132  109   46   42    7   37   76
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
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 Schueler           4   4  4.23  22   3   1   2   1   66   57   33   31    6   25   44
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
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
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
Fergie Jenkins         9   6  3.50  21  21   6   0   2  154  147   68   60   24   27   95
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            5   1  2.13   6   6   5   0   2   51   33   12   12    3   20   21
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
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  3.25  21  21   6   0   1  144  128   58   52    4   56   97
Don Wilson             6   9  3.32  19  19   5   0   1  127   99   55   47   13   47   71
Ken Forsch             8   8  3.44  22  21   5   0   0  146  133   62   56   14   43  103
Jim Crawford           2   4  3.86  33   0   0   6   0   49   43   26   21    5   18   35
Jim Ray                5   1  4.39  26   0   0   5   0   41   38   21   20    3   27   14
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    8    4    4    9
Jim York               3   3  4.69  37   0   0   6   0   48   61   25   25    4   19   22
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  5.40  16   0   0   0   0   22   26   14   13    2    9   12
Tom Griffin            0   3  5.79  12   4   0   0   0   33   28   22   21    3   20   19

 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            10   5  2.35  19  19   9   0   2  157  121   44   41   14   33  118
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  2.81  44   0   0  15   0   86   76   32   27    5   36   59
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  3.43  33   0   0   4   0   58   57   34   22    5   26   48
Pat Jarvis             2   0  3.63  10   0   0   0   0   17   11    7    7    1    8    6
Mike Torrez            5   6  4.23  18  18   1   0   0  113  109   60   53   11   65   57
Joe Gilbert            1   1  4.24  17   0   0   1   0   23   24   13   11    1   12   15
Balor Moore            4   9  4.77  19  18   1   0   0  100   87   57   53    9   76   92
John Strohmayer        0   1  5.57  16   3   0   0   0   32   34   20   20    4   21   15
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   7  2.87  17  17   6   0   1  132  109   46   42    7   37   76
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   6  4.05  15  15   1   0   1   80   78   44   36    6   43   48
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
Barry Lersch           2   3  4.62  25   1   0   1   0   60   69   32   31    6   18   34
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   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    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   7  4.14  18  12   1   1   0   74   72   37   34    5   38   43
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  3.86  20  12   3   1   1   89   83   50   38    5   32   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   9  5.03  18  15   3   0   2   88  106   56   49   10   30   66
Gary Ross              1   4  5.48  31   0   0   0   0   43   49   29   26    3   19   22
Mike Corkins           3   5  5.49  21  10   2   1   0   62   72   45   38    9   35   41

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don McMahon            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    3    2    0    0    0    0    3
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   8  3.44  22  16   4   2   1  126  123   51   48   12   25   44
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             8   8  3.08  18  18   9   0   1  146  125   59   50   11   43  111
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
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)        9
  D. Gullett (CIN)          9
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            12
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  M. Caldwell (SD)          9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  C. Kirby (SD)             9
  B. Moore (MON)            9
  D. Wilson (HOU)           9
  J. Barr (SF)              8
  N. Briles (PIT)           8

Complete Games:

  B. Gibson (STL)           9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  J. Billingham (CIN)       7
  R. Wise (STL)             7
  N. Briles (PIT)           6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  J. Koosman (NY)           6
  F. Norman (CIN)           6

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        15
  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:

  D. Sutton (LA)        157.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      154.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      153.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        150.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)       146.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       146.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)   145.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        144.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        137.2
  R. Wise (STL)         134.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        157
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        147
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       140
  J. Billingham (CIN)     134
  R. Bryant (SF)          134
  K. Forsch (HOU)         133
  C. Morton (ATL)         131
  R. Reed (ATL)           130
  D. Roberts (HOU)        130
  J. Reuss (HOU)          128

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         83
  R. Reed (ATL)            69
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         68
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  K. Forsch (HOU)          62
  M. Torrez (MON)          60
  B. Gibson (STL)          59
  R. Bryant (SF)           58
  B. Hooton (CHI)          58

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         24
  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)          65
  R. Bryant (SF)           62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         62
  J. Reuss (HOU)           56
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       55
  J. Matlack (NY)          52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          52
  F. Norman (CIN)          49

Strikeouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)          118
  S. Carlton (PHI)        115
  T. Seaver (NY)          115
  B. Gibson (STL)         111
  K. Forsch (HOU)         103
  J. Reuss (HOU)           97
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         95
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        93
  A. Messersmith (LA)      92
  B. Moore (MON)           92


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