Sunday July 22, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 22, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     63  37  2.89  101  31  22   943   795  348  303   80  295  590
St. Louis       51  45  3.24   96  27  23   864   804  356  311   61  294  509
Cincinnati      57  42  3.44   99  23  26   888   850  371  340   70  316  445
Chicago         52  46  3.61   98  17  28   888   878  389  356   94  256  550
New York        42  51  3.65   93  24  21   836   764  377  339   85  299  570
Houston         52  50  3.65  102  25  18   916   873  412  372   75  354  552
San Francisco   56  43  3.77   99  21  30   884   907  428  370   80  307  464
Philadelphia    46  51  3.94   97  27  16   867   836  410  379   80  398  562
Pittsburgh      46  49  4.05   95  19  22   848   848  437  382   60  343  480
Atlanta         45  57  4.11  103  18  24   931   931  486  425   79  369  504
Montreal        44  51  4.14   95  13  25   846   810  455  389   82  434  516
San Diego       33  65  4.26   98  21  12   859   876  470  407   88  320  508

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       11   5  2.02  21  21  10   0   1  170  120   43   38   16   38  147
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  8   3  2.29  22  16   5   0   2  138  113   40   35    9   62  103
Don Sutton (LA)       12   6  2.39  22  22  11   0   3  181  139   51   48   15   37  143
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   10   7  2.55  21  21   4   0   1  152  144   49   43    9   42  101
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   5  2.59  23  22   5   1   1  149  155   50   43   13   34   52
Nelson Briles (PIT)    9   9  2.71  20  20   7   0   1  143  125   53   43   14   34   61
Dave Roberts (HOU)    10   7  2.82  24  21   7   0   3  147  165   55   46    9   37   68
Tommy John (LA)        9   5  2.82  22  17   3   0   1  118  116   47   37    7   28   53
Mike Marshall (MON)    8   6  2.85  53   0   0  18   0  101   91   37   32    6   43   70
Ken Brett (PHI)        9   3  2.86  17  11   6   0   1  104   87   38   33    7   40   55

 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         6   3  2.86  23  10   2   4   0  101   77   38   32    8   59   73
Carl Morton            8   7  3.30  23  23   4   0   2  155  160   73   57    7   44   71
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.43  16  14   3   1   0   87   74   37   33    7   35   42
Phil Niekro            9   5  3.52  26  16   4   2   0  138  124   63   54   13   60   74
Ron Schueler           5   5  4.13  25   6   2   2   1   89   78   46   41   10   32   63
Max Leon               0   1  4.15   2   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    0    2    2
Ron Reed               4  11  4.41  20  19   2   1   0  116  133   71   57    7   31   64
Danny Frisella         1   0  4.41  34   0   0   6   0   35   33   19   17    4   15   17
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Tom House              1   1  5.31  34   0   0   2   0   41   32   24   24    9   23   24
Jim Panther            2   3  5.72  20   0   0   0   0   28   36   18   18    3    8    7
Joe Hoerner            2   2  6.39  20   0   0   2   0   13   17    9    9    1    4   10
Jimmy Freeman          0   2  6.96  11   4   0   1   0   32   42   26   25    6   18   18
Adrian Devine          0   2  8.15  11   1   0   3   0   18   26   17   16    3   10    8
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  1.37  13   1   0   0   0   26   20    4    4    1   14   30
Bob Locker             5   4  2.21  33   0   0   8   0   61   60   21   15    4   20   44
Rick Reuschel         10   7  2.55  21  21   4   0   1  152  144   49   43    9   42  101
Bill Bonham            4   1  3.31  28   4   1   5   0   73   53   27   27    7   27   63
Larry Gura             2   3  3.51  17   6   0   0   0   56   57   26   22    7   10   41
Fergie Jenkins         9   8  3.63  24  24   6   0   2  178  164   80   72   29   34  109
Jack Aker              4   5  3.93  33   0   0  12   0   50   57   24   22    7   17   22
Milt Pappas            5   8  4.34  20  20   1   0   1  116  133   59   56   16   29   40
Burt Hooton            9   8  4.46  24  22   5   0   1  141  154   73   70    9   49   79
Dave LaRoche           3   1  6.14  28   0   0   3   0   29   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
Fred Norman            7   2  1.94   9   9   6   0   3   74   52   16   16    3   32   35
Ross Grimsley         10   5  2.59  23  22   5   1   1  149  155   50   43   13   34   52
Roger Nelson           2   2  2.68   7   6   1   0   0   37   32   14   11    3   17    9
Pedro Borbon           2   4  2.91  47   0   0   9   0   68   82   25   22    1   20   34
Jack Billingham       14   6  3.02  25  25  10   0   6  179  153   65   60    9   62   88
Don Gullett           10   8  4.03  29  17   1   2   1  130  123   60   58   14   38   77
Tom Hall               6   4  4.06  31   6   0   4   0   75   54   37   34    9   40   75
Dave Tomlin            0   0  4.12  10   0   0   1   0   20   12    9    9    3   10   11
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.27  28   5   0   8   0   59   77   34   28    3   19   28
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  2.25   4   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    1
J.R. Richard           2   0  2.63   8   3   0   0   0   27   21    9    8    2   13   28
Larry Dierker          0   0  2.70   3   2   0   0   0   13   10    5    4    1    4    9
Dave Roberts          10   7  2.82  24  21   7   0   3  147  165   55   46    9   37   68
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Jerry Reuss           11   8  3.30  26  25   7   0   1  172  155   69   63    7   68  116
Don Wilson             6  11  3.37  23  22   6   0   1  155  121   66   58   16   59   87
Ken Forsch             8   9  3.83  26  25   5   0   0  169  162   79   72   16   59  117
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.09  35   0   0   6   0   55   47   30   25    6   24   41
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           1   2  5.19  21   0   0   0   0   26   28   16   15    2   10   16
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
Pete Richert           2   1  2.00  28   0   0   7   0   36   29    8    8    3   13   21
Jim Brewer             4   3  2.01  36   0   0  11   0   49   35   12   11    4   18   37
Don Sutton            12   6  2.39  22  22  11   0   3  181  139   51   48   15   37  143
Tommy John             9   5  2.82  22  17   3   0   1  118  116   47   37    7   28   53
Claude Osteen         11   5  3.03  21  21   7   0   2  155  146   59   52   12   43   54
George Culver          4   4  3.05  26   0   0   2   0   38   41   14   13    4   19   21
Al Downing             8   4  3.15  19  18   4   0   1  129   99   55   45   10   46   73
Andy Messersmith       9   6  3.22  22  22   6   0   2  165  135   70   59   19   50  121
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.28  21   0   0   1   0   36   23   15   13    2   24   38
Doug Rau               3   1  4.17  18   1   0   1   0   37   32   17   17    4   17   29

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           0   0  2.25   1   1   0   0   0    8    4    2    2    0    3    2
Pat Jarvis             2   0  2.55  17   0   0   0   0   25   19   12    7    2   13   11
Mike Marshall          8   6  2.85  53   0   0  18   0  101   91   37   32    6   43   70
Steve Renko            9   6  3.07  19  18   7   1   0  138  106   57   47   15   54   95
Craig Caskey           0   0  3.18   2   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    1    1    1
Tom Walker             3   4  3.28  40   0   0   4   0   71   68   39   26    7   36   58
Ernie McAnally         7   5  3.81  19  19   4   0   0  120  129   67   51   11   43   56
Mickey Scott           1   2  4.50  14   0   0   0   0   16   14    8    8    3    8    8
Mike Torrez            5   9  4.58  21  21   1   0   0  126  127   73   64   11   74   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   6  7.54  19  14   0   1   0   68   92   59   57   11   41   28

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Strohmayer        0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    1
Tom Seaver            11   5  2.02  21  21  10   0   1  170  120   43   38   16   38  147
George Stone           5   3  2.74  15   8   1   1   0   72   69   25   22    9   20   40
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.14  17   2   0   0   0   52   52   19   18    6   18   43
Jerry Koosman          8   9  3.40  20  20   6   0   1  151  132   62   57   11   40   87
Jon Matlack            7  12  3.45  20  20   7   0   1  141  114   60   54   11   58  106
Harry Parker           6   2  3.67  18   9   0   3   0   61   54   29   25    4   29   43
Buzz Capra             1   4  4.86  11   0   0   2   0   17   15    9    9    3   13   16
Jim McAndrew           3   7  5.65  16  11   0   1   0   64   83   51   40    7   27   32
Tug McGraw             0   4  6.17  35   1   0  11   0   58   67   42   40   10   34   31
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        8   3  2.29  22  16   5   0   2  138  113   40   35    9   62  103
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.42  34   0   0   8   0   45   29   14   12    3   36   43
Ken Brett              9   3  2.86  17  11   6   0   1  104   87   38   33    7   40   55
Dick Ruthven           4   8  3.92  19  17   2   1   1   96   92   50   42    8   50   63
Mike Wallace           1   1  4.02   4   3   1   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    8    7
Steve Carlton          9  10  4.22  25  25   9   0   2  183  183   95   86   18   76  144
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.23  35   0   0   4   0   38   33   18   18    6   20   21
Darrell Brandon        1   2  4.94  19   0   0   2   0   31   26   18   17    2   14   13
Jim Lonborg            9   7  5.04  23  15   3   0   0  111  121   62   62   15   46   61
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
Larry Christenson      1   4  6.55  10   9   1   0   0   34   53   25   25    3   20   11
Dave Wallace           0   0 54.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    3    2    2    0    1    1

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            6   1  1.39  36   0   0  10   0   52   36   13    8    4   19   33
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  2.08  32   0   0   3   0   43   31   13   10    3   15   27
Nelson Briles          9   9  2.71  20  20   7   0   1  143  125   53   43   14   34   61
Dock Ellis             8   9  3.09  19  19   3   0   1  134  130   59   46    3   43   88
Jim Rooker             4   2  3.56  28   5   2   5   1   73   61   30   29    5   34   54
Luke Walker            6   8  4.00  21  15   2   1   1   92   89   47   41    5   42   54
Bob Moose              6   9  4.06  19  18   4   0   2  120  136   60   54    8   41   73
Bob Johnson            2   1  4.17  30   2   0   1   0   54   62   29   25    5   19   39
John Lamb              0   1  4.32   9   0   0   2   0   17   15    9    8    0    2    3
Tom Dettore            0   1  5.96  12   1   0   0   0   23   33   19   15    1   14   13
John Morlan            0   0  6.23   1   1   0   0   0    4    7    3    3    0    1    2
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
Frank Snook            0   1  2.45   3   0   0   0   0    4    2    4    1    0    3    3
Randy Jones            2   3  3.38   7   6   2   0   0   48   41   22   18    4    7   24
Bill Greif             5  12  3.44  24  19   5   1   2  131  118   58   50   13   42   80
Mike Caldwell          3  10  3.79  27  12   3   3   1  102  100   55   43    6   35   55
Vicente Romo           2   1  3.81  32   1   0   6   0   50   51   23   21    5   22   33
Rich Troedson          4   2  4.07  38   6   0   1   0   80   82   36   36    5   29   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            6   7  4.34  21  15   5   0   3  116  116   59   56   14   46   62
Clay Kirby             6  11  5.02  21  18   3   0   2  108  124   70   60   14   33   77
Mike Corkins           3   7  5.58  25  10   2   1   0   71   85   57   44   10   42   44
Gary Ross              1   4  5.67  36   0   0   0   0   46   56   33   29    4   20   22

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don McMahon            0   0  1.42   5   0   0   3   0    6    6    1    1    0    2    5
Randy Moffitt          2   3  2.92  36   0   0  13   0   62   63   23   20    4   21   34
Ron Bryant            14   7  3.08  25  23   5   0   0  167  151   70   57   11   74   86
Jim Barr               8   9  3.25  25  19   6   2   1  150  141   57   54   15   30   54
Tom Bradley            9   8  3.67  19  19   4   0   0  128  123   60   52   13   43   77
Juan Marichal          8   5  3.72  20  18   5   0   2  119  130   60   49   12   23   52
Elias Sosa             5   2  3.88  43   1   0   9   0   60   64   28   26    4   21   38
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
Rich Folkers           3   1  1.99  22   4   1   2   0   50   37   12   11    3   19   23
Al Hrabosky            1   0  2.14  16   0   0   1   0   21   14    6    5    0   10   20
Orlando Pena           1   1  2.41  15   0   0   3   0   19   21    6    5    2    7   15
Diego Segui            4   3  2.58  39   0   0  12   0   52   49   17   15    3   24   45
Tom Murphy             2   3  2.72  10   8   1   0   0   60   55   19   18    4   12   27
Bob Gibson            10   9  2.96  21  21  11   0   1  170  138   65   56   12   50  125
Rick Wise             11   5  3.10  20  20   7   0   4  154  149   60   53    8   35   72
Reggie Cleveland      10   5  3.15  18  18   3   0   1  123  121   53   43    7   33   73
Alan Foster            6   6  3.28  20  14   4   0   1   99   93   39   36   10   33   55
Wayne Granger          2   4  3.92  30   0   0   5   0   44   47   24   19    3   18   13
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)      14
  R. Bryant (SF)           14
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  C. Osteen (LA)           11
  J. Reuss (HOU)           11
  T. Seaver (NY)           11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  B. Gibson (STL)          10
  R. Grimsley (CIN)        10

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  J. Matlack (NY)           7
  F. Norman (CIN)           7
  C. Osteen (LA)            7
  S. Renko (MON)            7

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        18
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  D. Segui (STL)           12
  J. Brewer (LA)           11
  T. McGraw (NY)           11
  D. Giusti (PIT)          10
  P. Borbon (CIN)           9
  E. Sosa (SF)              9
  C. Carroll (CIN)          8

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  R. Wise (STL)             4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3
  D. Roberts (HOU)          3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  B. Greif (SD)             2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  C. Kirby (SD)             2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      183.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        181.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)   179.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      178.1
  J. Reuss (HOU)        172.0
  B. Gibson (STL)       170.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        169.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)       169.0
  R. Bryant (SF)        166.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   164.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        183
  D. Roberts (HOU)        165
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        164
  K. Forsch (HOU)         162
  C. Morton (ATL)         160
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       155
  J. Reuss (HOU)          155
  B. Hooton (CHI)         154
  J. Billingham (CIN)     153
  R. Bryant (SF)          151

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         95
  S. Blass (PIT)           86
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         80
  K. Forsch (HOU)          79
  B. Hooton (CHI)          73
  C. Morton (ATL)          73
  M. Torrez (MON)          73
  R. Reed (ATL)            71
  R. Bryant (SF)           70
  C. Kirby (SD)            70

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         29
  A. Messersmith (LA)      19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         18
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  M. Pappas (CHI)          16
  T. Seaver (NY)           16
  D. Wilson (HOU)          16
  J. Barr (SF)             15
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         15
  S. Renko (MON)           15

Walks:

  B. Moore (MON)           77
  S. Carlton (PHI)         76
  R. Bryant (SF)           74
  M. Torrez (MON)          74
  S. Blass (PIT)           68
  J. Reuss (HOU)           68
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       62
  F. Norman (CIN)          61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          60

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          147
  S. Carlton (PHI)        144
  D. Sutton (LA)          143
  B. Gibson (STL)         125
  A. Messersmith (LA)     121
  K. Forsch (HOU)         117
  J. Reuss (HOU)          116
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        109
  J. Matlack (NY)         106
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      103


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