Sunday July 15, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 15, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     59  34  2.88   94  30  20   877   745  323  281   74  277  549
St. Louis       47  42  3.32   89  24  22   795   742  333  293   59  271  471
Cincinnati      51  41  3.59   92  21  22   825   803  360  329   66  293  406
New York        38  49  3.61   87  21  19   784   719  349  314   75  285  526
Chicago         51  41  3.61   92  17  27   830   826  363  333   87  244  517
Houston         50  46  3.63   96  24  18   860   821  387  347   71  323  513
San Francisco   52  41  3.87   93  19  27   829   861  414  356   76  289  432
Philadelphia    41  49  3.99   90  25  13   806   781  387  357   73  374  515
Atlanta         44  51  3.99   96  18  23   868   848  435  385   70  337  469
Montreal        42  46  4.16   88  13  24   786   756  426  363   78  409  483
Pittsburgh      41  47  4.17   88  18  19   784   793  414  363   58  326  445
San Diego       31  60  4.19   91  19  11   800   808  425  372   79  294  475

 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
Don Sutton (LA)       11   5  2.28  20  20  10   0   2  166  128   45   42   14   36  130
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   10   6  2.45  20  20   4   0   1  147  139   45   40    9   41  101
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    9   5  2.61  22  21   5   1   1  141  149   48   41   11   33   49
Steve Renko (MON)      9   5  2.68  17  16   7   1   0  124   95   46   37   14   48   83
Tommy John (LA)        9   4  2.74  20  16   3   0   1  112  111   44   34    5   26   47
Roric Harrison (ATL)   6   2  2.75  22   9   2   4   0   98   74   34   30    7   55   73
Dave Roberts (HOU)     9   7  2.87  23  20   6   0   3  138  154   53   44    8   36   65
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         6   2  2.75  22   9   2   4   0   98   74   34   30    7   55   73
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  3.45  15  14   3   1   0   86   74   36   33    7   34   42
Ron Schueler           5   4  4.00  24   5   2   2   1   81   68   38   36    8   29   56
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  1.48  12   1   0   0   0   24   18    4    4    1   12   26
Bob Locker             5   3  1.96  29   0   0   8   0   55   53   16   12    4   19   40
Rick Reuschel         10   6  2.45  20  20   4   0   1  147  139   45   40    9   41  101
Larry Gura             2   2  3.33  16   5   0   0   0   51   48   23   19    6    9   39
Bill Bonham            4   1  3.42  26   4   1   4   0   68   50   26   26    7   26   57
Fergie Jenkins         9   7  3.67  22  22   6   0   2  159  154   73   65   25   32   98
Jack Aker              4   5  3.88  31   0   0  12   0   49   54   23   21    6   17   21
Burt Hooton            8   8  4.36  23  21   5   0   1  136  148   69   66    8   47   75
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          9   5  2.61  22  21   5   1   1  141  149   48   41   11   33   49
Pedro Borbon           2   4  3.00  45   0   0   7   0   66   82   25   22    1   20   33
Jack Billingham       13   5  3.20  23  23   9   0   5  163  140   63   58    9   54   82
Dave Tomlin            0   0  4.12  10   0   0   1   0   20   12    9    9    3   10   11
Tom Hall               5   4  4.16  30   5   0   4   0   67   47   34   31    8   38   65
Don Gullett            9   8  4.20  27  17   1   2   1  122  118   59   57   14   37   71
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.40  26   5   0   6   0   57   75   34   28    3   19   27
Ed Sprague             1   3  5.12  28   0   0   1   0   39   35   22   22    3   22   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  2.70   3   2   0   0   0   13   10    5    4    1    4    9
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           9   7  2.87  23  20   6   0   3  138  154   53   44    8   36   65
Don Wilson             6  10  3.26  21  21   6   0   1  146  113   61   53   16   52   84
Jerry Reuss           11   7  3.35  24  23   7   0   1  156  142   64   58    5   63  101
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  4.94  17   0   0   0   0   24   26   14   13    2    9   12
Tom Griffin            0   3  5.88  13   4   0   0   0   34   30   23   22    4   21   20

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             4   2  1.70  32   0   0   9   0   48   31    9    9    4   17   36
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         11   5  3.11  20  20   7   0   2  148  139   56   51   11   43   54
Andy Messersmith       8   6  3.20  20  20   6   0   2  149  124   64   53   17   47  105
Al Downing             7   4  3.23  18  17   4   0   1  120   96   53   43   10   41   69
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
Pat Jarvis             2   0  2.82  14   0   0   0   0   22   17   12    7    2   12   10
Mike Marshall          7   6  3.09  48   0   0  17   0   93   87   37   32    6   40   64
Tom Walker             3   3  3.26  38   0   0   4   0   69   64   38   25    7   34   57
Ernie McAnally         6   4  3.70  17  17   4   0   0  109  113   61   45    9   40   46
Mickey Scott           1   2  4.50  14   0   0   0   0   16   14    8    8    3    8    8
Mike Torrez            5   8  4.69  20  20   1   0   0  119  122   69   62   11   69   59
Balor Moore            4  10  4.93  20  19   1   0   0  104   92   61   57   10   77   96
Joe Gilbert            1   2  4.97  21   0   0   1   0   29   30   18   16    1   19   17
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           5   3  2.74  15   8   1   1   0   72   69   25   22    9   20   40
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  11  3.32  19  19   6   0   1  133  107   54   49    8   57   99
Harry Parker           6   2  3.79  16   9   0   1   0   59   54   29   25    4   29   41
Buzz Capra             0   4  4.70   9   0   0   2   0   15   14    8    8    3   11   14
Jim McAndrew           3   7  5.65  16  11   0   1   0   64   83   51   40    7   27   32
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
Dick Ruthven           3   8  3.97  17  17   2   0   1   93   88   49   41    7   49   61
Mike Wallace           1   1  4.02   4   3   1   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    8    7
Steve Carlton          9   9  4.07  23  23   9   0   2  170  169   86   77   16   71  126
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.23  35   0   0   4   0   38   33   18   18    6   20   21
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
John Lamb              0   1  3.60   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    5    4    0    0    1
Luke Walker            5   7  3.69  19  13   2   1   1   83   77   37   34    5   38   48
Bob Moose              6   9  4.02  18  18   4   0   2  119  135   59   53    8   40   73
Jim Rooker             3   2  4.06  27   4   1   5   0   64   55   30   29    5   31   46
Bob Johnson            2   1  4.38  29   2   0   1   0   51   61   28   25    5   19   36
Tom Dettore            0   1  5.96  12   1   0   0   0   23   33   19   15    1   14   13
Jim McKee              0   0  7.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   24   16   14    2   11    7
Steve Blass            3   6 10.27  19  14   1   0   0   75   99   86   86   10   68   26

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Jones            2   3  3.15   6   5   2   0   0   40   32   18   14    3    7   21
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
Mike Caldwell          3   9  3.51  24  12   3   2   1   97   94   50   38    5   33   52
Rich Troedson          4   1  3.73  37   5   0   1   0   72   71   30   30    4   26   40
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
Frank Snook            0   1  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    1    0    0    2
Mike Corkins           3   6  5.59  24  10   2   1   0   68   80   51   42    9   38   43

 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
Randy Moffitt          2   3  2.92  36   0   0  13   0   62   63   23   20    4   21   34
Ron Bryant            13   7  3.11  23  22   5   0   0  159  145   68   55   11   68   79
Jim Barr               7   8  3.39  23  17   4   2   1  133  127   53   50   13   27   47
Juan Marichal          7   5  3.67  19  17   5   0   2  110  123   56   45   10   21   48
Tom Bradley            9   7  3.98  17  17   4   0   0  111  109   57   49   13   38   70
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  4.68  22  11   1   0   1   85   93   50   44   14   28   42
Don Carrithers         1   2  5.14  12   3   0   0   0   35   44   25   20    1   20   23
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  1.98  13   0   0   3   0   14   15    4    3    2    3   11
Rich Folkers           2   1  2.08  20   3   0   2   0   39   29    9    9    3   17   20
Tom Murphy             2   3  2.56   9   7   1   0   0   53   47   16   15    3   12   26
Diego Segui            3   3  2.76  36   0   0  12   0   49   46   17   15    3   23   42
Rick Wise             11   4  2.98  19  19   7   0   4  148  138   54   49    7   34   69
Al Hrabosky            1   0  3.07  12   0   0   0   0   15   12    6    5    0    8   15
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            6   5  3.30  19  13   4   0   1   93   86   36   34   10   31   53
Wayne Granger          2   3  3.80  29   0   0   5   0   43   45   23   18    3   17   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
  C. Osteen (LA)           11
  J. Reuss (HOU)           11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        10
  T. Bradley (SF)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        17
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  D. Segui (STL)           12
  T. McGraw (NY)           11
  J. Brewer (LA)            9
  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
  D. Roberts (HOU)          3
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  C. Kirby (SD)             2
  J. Marichal (SF)          2
  A. Messersmith (LA)       2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      170.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        166.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)   163.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      159.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        159.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)       158.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        156.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       152.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        151.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   149.0

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        169
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        154
  D. Roberts (HOU)        154
  K. Forsch (HOU)         152
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       149
  B. Hooton (CHI)         148
  R. Bryant (SF)          145
  C. Morton (ATL)         142
  J. Reuss (HOU)          142
  J. Billingham (CIN)     140

Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)           86
  S. Carlton (PHI)         86
  K. Forsch (HOU)          73
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         73
  R. Reed (ATL)            71
  B. Hooton (CHI)          69
  M. Torrez (MON)          69
  R. Bryant (SF)           68
  A. Messersmith (LA)      64
  J. Reuss (HOU)           64

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
  D. Gullett (CIN)         14
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         14
  S. Renko (MON)           14

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           77
  S. Carlton (PHI)         71
  M. Torrez (MON)          69
  S. Blass (PIT)           68
  R. Bryant (SF)           68
  J. Reuss (HOU)           63
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       62
  J. Matlack (NY)          57
  P. Niekro (ATL)          56
  R. Harrison (ATL)        55

Strikeouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)          130
  T. Seaver (NY)          129
  S. Carlton (PHI)        126
  B. Gibson (STL)         117
  K. Forsch (HOU)         111
  A. Messersmith (LA)     105
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       101
  J. Reuss (HOU)          101
  J. Matlack (NY)          99
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         98

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