Friday July 13, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 13, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     57  34  2.88   92  29  19   859   730  317  275   74  272  532
St. Louis       45  42  3.34   87  23  22   771   724  326  286   55  268  453
Chicago         51  39  3.51   90  17  27   814   803  347  318   85  239  507
Cincinnati      50  40  3.60   90  20  22   807   788  354  323   64  289  396
Houston         49  45  3.61   94  23  18   847   806  380  340   69  318  507
New York        37  48  3.63   85  21  18   767   706  344  309   74  277  515
San Francisco   51  40  3.87   91  18  27   811   844  407  349   75  287  419
Philadelphia    40  48  4.04   88  23  13   791   772  385  355   73  364  504
Atlanta         42  51  4.06   94  17  22   850   840  433  383   69  330  458
Pittsburgh      40  46  4.09   86  17  19   767   773  400  349   53  317  435
Montreal        42  44  4.13   86  13  24   770   741  416  353   76  404  474
San Diego       31  58  4.20   89  19  11   776   782  415  362   77  291  457

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   5  2.08  19  19   8   0   1  152  107   39   35   15   35  129
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  7   3  2.13  21  15   5   0   2  131  108   36   31    7   62   98
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   10   5  2.17  19  19   4   0   1  141  130   39   34    8   40   98
Don Sutton (LA)       11   5  2.28  20  20  10   0   2  166  128   45   42   14   36  130
Steve Renko (MON)      9   5  2.68  17  16   7   1   0  124   95   46   37   14   48   83
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    8   5  2.72  21  20   4   1   1  132  145   47   40   10   33   47
Tommy John (LA)        9   4  2.74  20  16   3   0   1  112  111   44   34    5   26   47
Ron Bryant (SF)       13   6  2.80  22  21   5   0   0  157  138   62   49   10   68   77
Roric Harrison (ATL)   5   2  2.83  21   8   2   4   0   92   72   33   29    7   49   70
Nelson Briles (PIT)    8   8  2.88  18  18   7   0   1  128  116   51   41   12   32   54

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         5   2  2.83  21   8   2   4   0   92   72   33   29    7   49   70
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Phil Niekro            9   4  3.13  24  14   4   2   0  126  108   53   44   12   56   64
Carl Morton            8   6  3.34  21  21   4   0   2  140  142   63   52    5   41   66
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.58  14  14   3   0   0   83   73   36   33    7   34   42
Ron Schueler           4   4  4.38  23   4   1   2   1   72   63   37   35    7   28   48
Ron Reed               4  11  4.41  20  19   2   1   0  116  133   71   57    7   31   64
Danny Frisella         1   0  4.73  32   0   0   6   0   32   32   19   17    4   12   16
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Jim Panther            1   3  5.04  18   0   0   0   0   25   29   14   14    1    6    4
Tom House              1   1  6.06  30   0   0   2   0   36   29   24   24    9   20   22
Jimmy Freeman          0   2  6.38   8   3   0   0   0   24   27   18   17    5   14   14
Joe Hoerner            2   2  6.39  20   0   0   2   0   13   17    9    9    1    4   10
Adrian Devine          0   1  6.61   8   1   0   3   0   16   21   13   12    3    7    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  2.00  28   0   0   8   0   54   53   16   12    4   19   39
Rick Reuschel         10   5  2.17  19  19   4   0   1  141  130   39   34    8   40   98
Larry Gura             2   2  3.33  16   5   0   0   0   51   48   23   19    6    9   39
Jack Aker              4   5  3.40  30   0   0  12   0   48   50   20   18    6   16   21
Bill Bonham            4   1  3.53  25   4   1   4   0   66   50   26   26    7   26   56
Fergie Jenkins         9   7  3.67  22  22   6   0   2  159  154   73   65   25   32   98
Burt Hooton            8   7  4.08  22  20   5   0   1  132  139   62   60    7   44   72
Milt Pappas            5   7  4.58  19  19   1   0   1  108  126   58   55   16   27   39
Dave LaRoche           3   1  6.43  26   0   0   3   0   28   30   21   20    4   13   18
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   2  2.51   7   7   5   0   2   57   41   16   16    3   24   23
Ross Grimsley          8   5  2.72  21  20   4   1   1  132  145   47   40   10   33   47
Pedro Borbon           2   4  3.09  44   0   0   7   0   64   81   25   22    1   20   31
Jack Billingham       13   5  3.20  23  23   9   0   5  163  140   63   58    9   54   82
Don Gullett            9   7  4.02  26  17   1   2   1  121  115   56   54   13   36   70
Dave Tomlin            0   0  4.12  10   0   0   1   0   20   12    9    9    3   10   11
Tom Hall               5   4  4.14  29   4   0   4   0   63   43   32   29    8   38   61
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.42  25   5   0   6   0   57   75   34   28    3   19   26
Ed Sprague             1   3  5.35  27   0   0   1   0   37   32   22   22    3   19   19
Jim McGlothlin         3   3  5.71  20   9   0   0   0   58   75   39   37    9   22   17

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Juan Pizarro           1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
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   7   3   0   0   0   26   20    9    8    2   13   27
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Dave Roberts           8   7  2.98  22  19   5   0   2  133  150   53   44    8   34   63
Jerry Reuss           11   6  3.10  23  22   7   0   1  154  134   59   53    4   62   99
Don Wilson             6  10  3.26  21  21   6   0   1  146  113   61   53   16   52   84
Ken Forsch             8   8  3.74  24  23   5   0   0  159  152   73   66   16   49  111
Jim Crawford           2   4  3.86  33   0   0   6   0   49   43   26   21    5   18   35
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    8    4    4    9
Jim Ray                5   1  4.64  27   0   0   5   0   43   41   23   22    3   29   16
Jim York               3   4  4.74  39   0   0   6   0   49   63   26   26    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  1.77  31   0   0   8   0   46   30    9    9    4   17   33
Don Sutton            11   5  2.28  20  20  10   0   2  166  128   45   42   14   36  130
Pete Richert           2   1  2.37  26   0   0   7   0   30   24    8    8    3   11   20
George Culver          4   4  2.63  25   0   0   2   0   38   39   12   11    4   17   21
Tommy John             9   4  2.74  20  16   3   0   1  112  111   44   34    5   26   47
Claude Osteen         10   5  3.12  19  19   6   0   2  139  129   53   48   11   43   49
Al Downing             6   4  3.19  17  16   4   0   1  113   92   50   40   10   36   60
Andy Messersmith       8   6  3.20  20  20   6   0   2  149  124   64   53   17   47  105
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            9   5  2.68  17  16   7   1   0  124   95   46   37   14   48   83
Mike Marshall          7   6  3.09  48   0   0  17   0   93   87   37   32    6   40   64
Pat Jarvis             2   0  3.10  13   0   0   0   0   20   17   12    7    2   12    8
Tom Walker             3   3  3.34  36   0   0   4   0   65   61   37   24    6   33   56
Ernie McAnally         6   4  3.70  17  17   4   0   0  109  113   61   45    9   40   46
Mike Torrez            5   7  4.41  19  19   1   0   0  116  116   64   57   11   66   58
Balor Moore            4   9  4.77  19  18   1   0   0  100   87   57   53    9   76   92
Joe Gilbert            1   2  5.14  20   0   0   1   0   28   30   18   16    1   19   16
Mickey Scott           1   2  5.14  13   0   0   0   0   14   13    8    8    3    8    8
John Strohmayer        0   1  5.19  17   3   0   0   0   35   34   20   20    4   22   15
Bill Stoneman          4   5  7.52  17  13   0   1   0   65   88   56   54   11   40   28

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             9   5  2.08  19  19   8   0   1  152  107   39   35   15   35  129
George Stone           4   3  2.80  14   7   1   1   0   64   62   23   20    8   16   33
Jerry Koosman          7   8  3.10  18  18   6   0   1  137  118   52   47    8   37   78
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.18  16   2   0   0   0   51   52   19   18    6   18   42
Jon Matlack            7  10  3.36  18  18   6   0   1  126  103   52   47    8   54   96
Harry Parker           6   2  3.79  16   9   0   1   0   59   54   29   25    4   29   41
Buzz Capra             0   4  5.02   8   0   0   1   0   14   14    8    8    3   11   14
Jim McAndrew           3   7  5.60  15  11   0   1   0   63   81   50   39    7   26   31
Tug McGraw             0   4  5.85  34   0   0  11   0   52   57   35   34    7   30   27
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
Wayne Twitchell        7   3  2.13  21  15   5   0   2  131  108   36   31    7   62   98
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.53  33   0   0   8   0   43   29   14   12    3   34   39
Ken Brett              8   2  2.93  15   9   5   0   1   89   75   33   29    6   35   49
Mike Wallace           1   1  4.02   4   3   1   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    8    7
Dick Ruthven           3   7  4.03  16  16   1   0   1   87   82   47   39    7   44   55
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.23  35   0   0   4   0   38   33   18   18    6   20   21
Steve Carlton          8   9  4.30  22  22   8   0   1  161  166   86   77   16   66  121
Barry Lersch           2   5  5.05  27   1   0   1   0   62   72   36   35    7   20   36
Dick Selma             1   1  5.63   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    5    4
Jim Lonborg            7   7  5.70  21  13   2   0   0   95  105   60   60   14   38   52
Darrell Brandon        1   2  5.81  16   0   0   0   0   26   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   1  1.52  32   0   0   8   0   47   34   13    8    4   19   32
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  2.27  29   0   0   3   0   40   27   13   10    3   13   25
Nelson Briles          8   8  2.88  18  18   7   0   1  128  116   51   41   12   32   54
Dock Ellis             7   9  3.14  18  18   3   0   1  126  123   57   44    3   41   84
Luke Walker            5   7  3.69  19  13   2   1   1   83   77   37   34    5   38   48
John Lamb              0   1  3.72   5   0   0   1   0   10    9    5    4    0    0    1
Bob Moose              6   8  3.92  17  17   4   0   2  115  129   56   50    6   38   71
Tom Dettore            0   1  4.29  11   1   0   0   0   21   26   14   10    1   13   12
Bob Johnson            2   1  4.38  28   2   0   1   0   49   60   27   24    4   17   33
Jim Rooker             2   2  4.39  26   3   0   5   0   55   50   28   27    4   29   42
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            2   2  2.51   5   4   2   0   0   32   24   13    9    2    6   14
Bill Greif             5  12  3.29  23  18   5   1   2  129  114   55   47   13   39   78
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.49  31   1   0   6   0   49   49   21   19    4   20   33
Rich Troedson          4   1  3.53  36   4   0   1   0   66   65   26   26    3   26   37
Mike Caldwell          3   9  3.70  23  12   3   2   1   92   86   50   38    5   32   47
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   6  4.82  19  13   3   0   2   99  104   56   53   13   40   52
Clay Kirby             5  10  4.99  19  16   3   0   2   96  112   60   53   12   30   68
Gary Ross              1   4  5.32  33   0   0   0   0   44   49   29   26    3   20   22
Mike Corkins           3   5  5.83  22  10   2   1   0   63   76   50   41    9   37   41
Frank Snook            0   1 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    1    0    0    1

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don McMahon            0   0  1.69   4   0   0   2   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    3
Ron Bryant            13   6  2.80  22  21   5   0   0  157  138   62   49   10   68   77
Randy Moffitt          2   3  2.87  35   0   0  13   0   60   60   22   19    4   21   33
Jim Barr               7   8  3.39  23  17   4   2   1  133  127   53   50   13   27   47
Tom Bradley            9   7  3.98  17  17   4   0   0  111  109   57   49   13   38   70
Juan Marichal          6   5  4.00  18  16   4   0   1  101  119   56   45   10   20   42
Elias Sosa             4   2  4.02  39   1   0   7   0   56   61   27   25    4   20   33
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
Rich Folkers           2   1  2.08  20   3   0   2   0   39   29    9    9    3   17   20
Orlando Pena           1   1  2.13  12   0   0   3   0   13   15    4    3    2    3   11
Tom Murphy             2   3  2.38   8   6   1   0   0   45   40   13   12    2   11   21
Diego Segui            3   3  2.66  35   0   0  12   0   47   45   16   14    2   23   40
Rick Wise             11   4  2.98  19  19   7   0   4  148  138   54   49    7   34   69
Bob Gibson             8   9  3.14  19  19   9   0   1  152  128   62   53   12   45  117
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
Al Hrabosky            0   0  3.55  11   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    5    0    7   11
Wayne Granger          2   3  4.08  28   0   0   5   0   40   41   23   18    3   16   12
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:

  J. Billingham (CIN)      13
  R. Bryant (SF)           13
  J. Reuss (HOU)           11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  C. Osteen (LA)           10
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        10
  T. Bradley (SF)           9
  D. Gullett (CIN)          9

Losses:

  B. Greif (SD)            12
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  C. Kirby (SD)            10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Wilson (HOU)          10
  M. Caldwell (SD)          9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  D. Ellis (PIT)            9
  B. Gibson (STL)           9
  B. Moore (MON)            9

Complete Games:

  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  J. Billingham (CIN)       9
  B. Gibson (STL)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  S. Renko (MON)            7
  J. Reuss (HOU)            7
  R. Wise (STL)             7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        17
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  D. Segui (STL)           12
  T. McGraw (NY)           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)       5
  R. Wise (STL)             4
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  C. Kirby (SD)             2
  A. Messersmith (LA)       2
  B. Moose (PIT)            2
  C. Morton (ATL)           2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2

Innings Pitched:

  D. Sutton (LA)        166.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)   163.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      161.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      159.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)       158.2
  R. Bryant (SF)        157.1
  J. Reuss (HOU)        154.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       152.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        151.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   149.0

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        166
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        154
  K. Forsch (HOU)         152
  D. Roberts (HOU)        150
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       145
  C. Morton (ATL)         142
  J. Billingham (CIN)     140
  B. Hooton (CHI)         139
  R. Bryant (SF)          138
  R. Wise (STL)           138

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         86
  S. Blass (PIT)           83
  K. Forsch (HOU)          73
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         73
  R. Reed (ATL)            71
  A. Messersmith (LA)      64
  M. Torrez (MON)          64
  J. Billingham (CIN)      63
  C. Morton (ATL)          63
  R. Bryant (SF)           62

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         25
  A. Messersmith (LA)      17
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  M. Pappas (CHI)          16
  D. Wilson (HOU)          16
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         14
  S. Renko (MON)           14
  D. Sutton (LA)           14

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           76
  R. Bryant (SF)           68
  S. Blass (PIT)           66
  S. Carlton (PHI)         66
  M. Torrez (MON)          66
  J. Reuss (HOU)           62
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          56
  J. Billingham (CIN)      54
  J. Matlack (NY)          54

Strikeouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)          130
  T. Seaver (NY)          129
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