Saturday July 7, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 7, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     53  33  2.99   87  26  19   811   692  309  269   74  263  504
St. Louis       43  39  3.32   82  23  20   729   674  307  269   51  258  426
Chicago         50  36  3.47   86  16  27   781   763  329  301   79  229  485
Houston         46  42  3.62   88  20  18   793   751  358  319   64  296  478
Cincinnati      46  38  3.63   84  18  20   754   746  334  304   62  266  367
New York        34  45  3.69   79  20  17   711   662  325  291   68  264  478
San Francisco   48  39  3.90   87  17  25   775   818  394  336   72  274  399
Montreal        40  40  3.91   80  13  22   717   671  365  311   65  367  443
Philadelphia    38  44  4.00   82  22  13   736   716  356  327   66  336  465
Atlanta         38  49  4.01   88  16  19   796   782  403  355   59  305  430
Pittsburgh      37  44  4.21   81  15  18   721   727  387  337   51  310  405
San Diego       30  54  4.21   84  18  11   731   737  390  342   73  282  438

 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
Steve Renko (MON)      8   5  2.79  16  15   7   1   0  116   91   43   36   13   42   76
Mike Marshall (MON)    7   5  2.81  44   0   0  15   0   86   76   32   27    5   36   59
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  3.38  20  20   4   0   2  133  136   59   50    5   36   64
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
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
Jim Panther            1   2  4.43  16   0   0   0   0   22   23   11   11    0    5    3
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  5.79  27   0   0   2   0   33   26   21   21    7   16   20
Jimmy Freeman          0   1  5.96   6   3   0   0   0   23   24   16   15    4   14   13
Adrian Devine          0   1  7.11   5   1   0   1   0   13   18   11   10    3    4    7
Joe Hoerner            2   2  7.15  18   0   0   1   0   11   15    9    9    1    4    9
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  2.00  28   0   0   8   0   54   53   16   12    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   7  4.68  18  18   1   0   1  102  119   56   53   15   27   37
Dave LaRoche           3   0  5.19  25   0   0   3   0   26   26   16   15    2   11   15
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  4.00  24  17   1   1   1  117  111   54   52   13   36   66
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.42  24   5   0   5   0   53   69   32   26    3   17   25
Dave Tomlin            0   0  5.14   8   0   0   1   0   14    8    8    8    2    8   10
Jim McGlothlin         3   2  5.28  19   8   0   0   0   58   70   35   34    9   22   17
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
J.R. Richard           2   0  2.73   6   3   0   0   0   26   20    9    8    2   11   27
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Dave Roberts           7   7  3.12  21  18   4   0   2  124  140   52   43    8   33   59
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  1.69  30   0   0   8   0   43   27    8    8    4   17   31
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  3.41  19  19   5   0   1  140  117   64   53   17   47   98
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.41  20   0   0   1   0   34   23   15   13    2   23   38
Doug Rau               2   1  4.68  17   1   0   1   0   33   30   17   17    4   16   29

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Renko            8   5  2.79  16  15   7   1   0  116   91   43   36   13   42   76
Mike Marshall          7   5  2.81  44   0   0  15   0   86   76   32   27    5   36   59
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  15   1   0   0   0   44   45   16   15    6   15   39
Jon Matlack            6  10  3.62  17  17   5   0   0  117  102   52   47    8   52   89
Harry Parker           5   2  3.83  14   9   0   0   0   54   51   27   23    4   27   36
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
Tug McGraw             0   4  6.20  32   0   0  11   0   49   57   35   34    7   30   25
Phil Hennigan          0   4  6.23  30   0   0   3   0   43   50   30   30    6   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  1.59   3   2   1   0   0   11   10    2    2    0    5    6
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   7  5.56  20  12   2   0   0   87   95   54   54   13   35   48
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Darrell Brandon        1   2  6.04  15   0   0   0   0   25   25   18   17    2   12   11
Larry Christenson      1   4  6.55  10   9   1   0   0   34   53   25   25    3   20   11

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            5   0  1.48  31   0   0   8   0   43   32   12    7    3   17   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
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
Jim Rooker             2   2  4.39  26   3   0   5   0   55   50   28   27    4   29   42
John Lamb              0   1  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    0    0    1
Bob Johnson            1   1  4.60  27   2   0   1   0   47   59   27   24    4   15   31
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             5  12  3.28  22  17   5   1   2  121  108   52   44   13   37   76
Rich Troedson          4   0  3.39  35   3   0   1   0   58   56   22   22    3   24   34
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.56  30   1   0   6   0   48   48   21   19    4   19   32
Mike Caldwell          3   9  3.84  21  12   3   2   1   89   84   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  4.79  21  11   1   0   1   83   92   50   44   14   27   42
Don Carrithers         1   2  5.68  11   3   0   0   0   32   42   25   20    1   20   19
Charlie Williams       3   0  6.65  12   2   0   0   0   23   32   19   17    2    7   11
John Morris            1   0  8.53   7   0   0   0   0    6   12    8    6    0    3    3
Dave Kingman           0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    6    4

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Orlando Pena           1   1  1.54  11   0   0   3   0   12   12    3    2    2    3    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
Reggie Cleveland      10   5  3.24  17  17   3   0   1  117  116   51   42    7   28   65
Alan Foster            5   5  3.33  18  12   3   0   1   84   81   33   31    8   31   46
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
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  C. Osteen (LA)           10
  J. Reuss (HOU)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  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
  S. Renko (MON)            7
  R. Wise (STL)             7
  N. Briles (PIT)           6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  J. Koosman (NY)           6

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        15
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  T. McGraw (NY)           11
  D. Segui (STL)           11
  J. Brewer (LA)            8
  D. Giusti (PIT)           8
  B. Locker (CHI)           8
  M. Scarce (PHI)           8
  P. Borbon (CIN)           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
  A. Messersmith (LA)   140.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        137.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        157
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        147
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       140
  D. Roberts (HOU)        140
  C. Morton (ATL)         136
  J. Billingham (CIN)     134
  R. Bryant (SF)          134
  K. Forsch (HOU)         133
  R. Reed (ATL)           130
  J. Reuss (HOU)          128

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         83
  R. Reed (ATL)            69
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         68
  A. Messersmith (LA)      64
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  K. Forsch (HOU)          62
  M. Torrez (MON)          60
  B. Gibson (STL)          59
  C. Morton (ATL)          59

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         24
  A. Messersmith (LA)      17
  S. Carlton (PHI)         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
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         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
  A. Messersmith (LA)      98
  J. Reuss (HOU)           97
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         95
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