Sunday July 29, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 29, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     65  39  2.85  105  32  23   979   823  361  310   81  308  618
St. Louis       55  47  3.18  102  29  26   917   849  370  324   64  305  536
Cincinnati      61  44  3.44  105  24  28   942   894  392  360   75  337  470
Houston         54  52  3.64  106  25  18   951   901  425  385   77  370  571
New York        44  54  3.70   98  26  21   879   814  402  361   87  314  596
Chicago         53  50  3.70  103  17  29   933   940  418  384   97  268  574
San Francisco   59  45  3.73  104  23  30   929   941  447  385   83  322  489
Philadelphia    47  56  3.93  103  29  16   919   886  434  401   84  423  598
Pittsburgh      50  50  4.00  100  19  25   893   898  454  397   62  359  509
Montreal        48  52  4.10  100  14  27   890   854  475  405   85  454  539
Atlanta         47  60  4.20  108  19  25   973   978  516  454   84  385  526
San Diego       35  69  4.24  104  23  12   914   933  495  431   93  337  535

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       12   5  1.96  22  22  11   0   1  179  129   44   39   16   40  155
Wayne Twitchell (PHI)  9   3  2.15  23  17   6   0   3  147  118   40   35    9   64  110
Don Sutton (LA)       12   7  2.37  23  23  11   0   3  186  146   55   49   15   37  151
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   10   8  2.60  22  22   4   0   1  159  150   52   46   10   42  111
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   6  2.70  24  23   5   1   1  157  163   54   47   15   40   53
Tommy John (LA)       10   5  2.70  23  18   3   0   1  127  122   48   38    7   30   58
Mike Marshall (MON)    9   6  2.76  56   0   0  20   0  108   97   38   33    7   47   74
Roric Harrison (ATL)   6   3  2.78  24  11   2   4   0  107   82   39   33    8   60   76
Bob Gibson (STL)      11   9  2.82  22  22  12   0   1  179  144   66   56   12   51  132
Nelson Briles (PIT)   10   9  2.89  21  21   7   0   1  150  133   58   48   15   37   62

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         6   3  2.78  24  11   2   4   0  107   82   39   33    8   60   76
Tom Kelley             0   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    7    5
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.43  16  14   3   1   0   87   74   37   33    7   35   42
Phil Niekro           10   5  3.65  28  18   5   2   0  153  143   71   62   15   62   81
Carl Morton            8   8  3.67  24  24   4   0   2  159  165   81   65    9   48   72
Danny Frisella         1   0  4.06  37   0   0   7   0   38   34   19   17    4   17   19
Ron Schueler           5   6  4.37  26   7   2   2   1   95   84   51   46   11   34   69
Ron Reed               4  11  4.41  20  19   2   1   0  116  133   71   57    7   31   64
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Tom House              1   1  5.18  35   0   0   2   0   42   32   24   24    9   23   24
Max Leon               0   2  6.14   5   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    5    0    3    3
Jim Panther            2   3  6.14  21   0   0   0   0   29   39   20   20    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  7.15  12   4   0   1   0   34   44   28   27    6   21   18
Adrian Devine          1   2  7.32  12   1   0   3   0   20   27   17   16    3   11   10
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  1.74  16   1   0   0   0   31   26    6    6    1   18   30
Bob Locker             5   4  2.18  35   0   0   9   0   66   62   22   16    4   21   46
Rick Reuschel         10   8  2.60  22  22   4   0   1  159  150   52   46   10   42  111
Bill Bonham            4   1  3.56  29   5   1   5   0   78   62   31   31    8   30   64
Fergie Jenkins         9   9  3.78  25  25   6   0   2  183  171   85   77   29   34  111
Jack Aker              4   5  4.03  35   0   0  12   0   51   60   25   23    7   17   22
Larry Gura             2   4  4.18  18   7   0   0   0   60   67   32   28    8   10   41
Burt Hooton            9   8  4.33  26  22   5   0   1  148  160   74   71    9   51   83
Milt Pappas            5   9  4.51  21  21   1   0   1  118  140   63   59   16   30   41
Dave LaRoche           4   1  5.71  31   0   0   3   0   35   36   23   22    4   14   22
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            8   2  2.07  10  10   6   0   3   83   56   19   19    4   35   41
Roger Nelson           3   2  2.25   8   7   1   0   0   44   39   15   11    3   19   13
Ross Grimsley         10   6  2.70  24  23   5   1   1  157  163   54   47   15   40   53
Pedro Borbon           2   4  2.76  50   0   0   9   0   72   85   25   22    1   20   36
Jack Billingham       15   6  2.97  26  26  11   0   6  188  160   67   62    9   64   89
Tom Hall               6   4  3.87  32   7   0   4   0   81   58   38   35    9   41   79
Don Gullett           11   8  4.08  31  17   1   2   1  132  125   62   60   14   40   80
Dave Tomlin            0   0  4.12  10   0   0   1   0   20   12    9    9    3   10   11
Clay Carroll           2   5  4.14  31   5   0  10   0   63   80   35   29    3   20   30
Ed Sprague             1   3  5.12  28   0   0   1   0   39   35   22   22    3   22   19
Jim McGlothlin         3   3  5.97  21   9   0   0   0   60   78   42   40   10   22   17
Gary Nolan             0   1  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    1    4    2

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Juan Pizarro           2   0  1.00   5   0   0   0   0    9    8    1    1    0    2    3
Larry Dierker          0   0  2.51   4   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    1    4    9
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
J.R. Richard           2   0  2.87   9   4   0   0   0   31   24   11   10    2   13   36
Dave Roberts          10   8  2.89  25  22   7   0   3  153  170   58   49    9   41   69
Don Wilson             6  12  3.31  24  23   6   0   1  163  128   68   60   16   63   91
Jerry Reuss           11   8  3.43  27  26   7   0   1  179  163   74   68    9   72  117
Ken Forsch             9   9  3.78  27  25   5   0   0  171  162   79   72   16   60  118
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.23  36   0   0   6   0   55   47   31   26    6   26   41
Jim Ray                5   1  4.50  28   0   0   5   0   44   41   23   22    3   29   17
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    8    4    4    9
Jim York               3   4  4.74  39   0   0   6   0   49   63   26   26    4   19   22
Cecil Upshaw           1   2  5.06  22   0   0   0   0   27   29   16   15    2   10   17
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   3  1.99  37   0   0  12   0   50   35   12   11    4   18   38
Pete Richert           2   1  2.08  29   0   0   7   0   39   32    9    9    4   13   21
Don Sutton            12   7  2.37  23  23  11   0   3  186  146   55   49   15   37  151
Tommy John            10   5  2.70  23  18   3   0   1  127  122   48   38    7   30   58
Claude Osteen         11   5  3.03  21  21   7   0   2  155  146   59   52   12   43   54
Andy Messersmith      10   6  3.06  23  23   7   0   2  174  138   72   59   19   55  124
George Culver          4   4  3.12  27   0   0   2   0   40   44   15   14    4   21   22
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.19  22   0   0   1   0   37   23   15   13    2   25   40
Al Downing             8   5  3.19  20  19   4   0   1  135  105   59   48   10   49   80
Doug Rau               3   1  4.14  19   1   0   1   0   37   32   17   17    4   17   30

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           1   0  1.06   2   2   1   0   1   17    5    2    2    0    5    5
Mike Marshall          9   6  2.76  56   0   0  20   0  108   97   38   33    7   47   74
Pat Jarvis             2   0  2.76  20   0   0   0   0   29   26   16    9    3   15   13
Steve Renko           10   6  2.94  20  19   7   1   0  144  108   57   47   15   58  101
Tom Walker             4   4  3.47  42   0   0   4   0   73   72   41   28    7   37   59
Ernie McAnally         7   5  3.70  20  20   4   0   0  126  137   69   52   11   44   59
Craig Caskey           0   0  3.72   3   1   0   0   0   10   10    4    4    1    2    3
Mike Torrez            5  10  4.81  22  22   1   0   0  127  131   78   68   12   77   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
Mickey Scott           1   2  5.89  15   0   0   0   0   18   20   12   12    3    9   10
Bill Stoneman          4   6  7.33  20  14   0   1   0   70   92   59   57   11   42   28

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver            12   5  1.96  22  22  11   0   1  179  129   44   39   16   40  155
George Stone           6   3  2.66  16   9   2   1   0   81   77   28   24    9   21   43
Jerry Koosman          8  10  3.31  21  21   6   0   1  158  135   63   58   11   42   93
Ray Sadecki            1   1  3.49  18   3   0   0   0   59   61   25   23    6   24   46
Jon Matlack            7  13  3.66  21  21   7   0   1  145  124   66   59   11   61  110
Harry Parker           6   2  3.73  20   9   0   3   0   63   55   30   26    5   29   44
Buzz Capra             1   4  4.58  12   0   0   2   0   18   16    9    9    3   13   17
Jim McAndrew           3   7  5.62  17  11   0   1   0   66   85   52   41    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
John Strohmayer        0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    4    7    6    6    1    2    1

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Twitchell        9   3  2.15  23  17   6   0   3  147  118   40   35    9   64  110
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.42  34   0   0   8   0   45   29   14   12    3   36   43
Ken Brett              9   4  3.04  18  12   6   0   1  112   97   43   38    8   44   60
Mike Wallace           1   1  3.32   7   3   1   0   0   19   21    8    7    1    9   10
Dick Ruthven           4   9  3.92  20  18   2   1   1  103   97   53   45    9   52   73
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.15  36   0   0   4   0   39   35   18   18    6   20   21
Steve Carlton          9  11  4.16  26  26  10   0   2  192  191   99   89   18   83  149
Jim Lonborg            9   7  4.97  24  16   3   0   0  116  126   64   64   15   51   64
Darrell Brandon        1   3  5.25  21   0   0   2   0   36   31   22   21    2   17   14
Barry Lersch           2   6  5.29  28   2   0   1   0   66   78   40   39    9   21   38
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 40.50   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    3    3    0    1    1

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            6   1  1.27  39   0   0  13   0   57   40   13    8    4   20   37
Ramon Hernandez        3   2  1.94  34   0   0   3   0   46   33   13   10    3   15   31
Nelson Briles         10   9  2.89  21  21   7   0   1  150  133   58   48   15   37   62
Dock Ellis             9   9  2.97  20  20   3   0   1  142  138   61   47    3   43   93
Jim Rooker             4   3  3.47  29   6   2   5   1   80   68   32   31    5   36   61
Luke Walker            7   8  3.94  22  16   2   1   1   98   96   49   43    6   46   58
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 Morlan            0   0  4.22   2   2   0   0   0   11   15    5    5    0    6    4
John Lamb              0   1  5.12  12   0   0   2   0   19   21   13   11    0    3    5
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
Frank Snook            0   1  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    1    0    3    3
Randy Jones            2   3  3.00   8   7   2   0   0   57   49   23   19    4   10   32
Bill Greif             6  12  3.34  25  20   6   1   2  140  123   60   52   14   45   82
Mike Caldwell          3  12  3.75  29  13   3   3   1  113  108   60   47    6   36   61
Rich Troedson          5   2  3.76  39   7   1   1   0   89   91   37   37    5   29   47
Vicente Romo           2   2  4.07  34   1   0   6   0   55   56   27   25    7   26   35
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   8  4.50  22  16   5   0   3  122  128   64   61   16   47   65
Clay Kirby             6  11  5.12  22  19   3   0   2  109  126   72   62   14   37   77
Mike Corkins           3   7  5.52  27  10   2   1   0   73   87   58   45   10   43   47
Gary Ross              1   4  6.32  37   0   0   0   0   47   61   37   33    4   20   22

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Moffitt          2   3  2.92  36   0   0  13   0   62   63   23   20    4   21   34
Ron Bryant            15   7  2.97  26  24   6   0   0  176  155   72   58   12   77   94
Jim Barr               9   9  3.06  26  20   7   2   2  159  145   57   54   15   31   59
Juan Marichal          8   6  3.65  21  19   5   0   2  126  136   63   51   12   25   57
Tom Bradley            9   9  3.79  20  20   4   0   0  135  128   65   57   14   48   80
Elias Sosa             6   2  3.88  45   1   0   9   0   63   66   29   27    5   22   39
Don McMahon            0   0  4.32   6   0   0   3   0    8    9    4    4    0    3    6
Don Carrithers         1   2  4.50  13   3   0   0   0   40   47   27   20    1   21   25
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         4   5  4.83  23  12   1   0   1   88  100   53   47   14   29   42
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
Ed Sprague             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Al Hrabosky            1   0  1.85  19   0   0   2   0   24   18    6    5    0   11   22
Orlando Pena           2   1  2.08  17   0   0   3   0   22   22    6    5    2    8   16
Diego Segui            4   3  2.45  41   0   0  14   0   55   50   17   15    3   25   49
Rich Folkers           3   2  2.56  23   5   1   2   0   56   42   17   16    4   22   27
Bob Gibson            11   9  2.82  22  22  12   0   1  179  144   66   56   12   51  132
Tom Murphy             2   3  2.95  11   9   1   0   0   64   61   22   21    5   13   28
Rick Wise             11   6  3.04  21  21   8   0   4  163  157   62   55    9   35   75
Alan Foster            7   6  3.12  21  15   4   0   1  107   99   40   37   10   36   57
Reggie Cleveland      11   5  3.15  19  19   3   0   1  129  128   55   45    7   33   76
Wayne Granger          2   4  3.83  31   0   0   5   0   45   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)      15
  R. Bryant (SF)           15
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       11
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  D. Gullett (CIN)         11
  C. Osteen (LA)           11
  J. Reuss (HOU)           11
  R. Wise (STL)            11

Losses:

  J. Matlack (NY)          13
  M. Caldwell (SD)         12
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  D. Wilson (HOU)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  C. Kirby (SD)            11
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  J. Koosman (NY)          10
  B. Moore (MON)           10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10

Complete Games:

  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  J. Billingham (CIN)      11
  T. Seaver (NY)           11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  R. Wise (STL)             8
  J. Barr (SF)              7
  N. Briles (PIT)           7
  J. Matlack (NY)           7
  A. Messersmith (LA)       7

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        20
  D. Segui (STL)           14
  D. Giusti (PIT)          13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  J. Brewer (LA)           12
  T. McGraw (NY)           11
  C. Carroll (CIN)         10
  P. Borbon (CIN)           9
  B. Locker (CHI)           9

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
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  B. Greif (SD)             2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      192.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   188.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        186.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      183.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       179.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        178.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        178.2
  R. Bryant (SF)        175.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   173.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)       171.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        191
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        171
  D. Roberts (HOU)        170
  C. Morton (ATL)         165
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       163
  J. Reuss (HOU)          163
  K. Forsch (HOU)         162
  J. Billingham (CIN)     160
  B. Hooton (CHI)         160
  R. Wise (STL)           157

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         99
  S. Blass (PIT)           86
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         85
  C. Morton (ATL)          81
  K. Forsch (HOU)          79
  M. Torrez (MON)          78
  B. Hooton (CHI)          74
  J. Reuss (HOU)           74
  R. Bryant (SF)           72
  C. Kirby (SD)            72

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         29
  A. Messersmith (LA)      19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         18
  S. Arlin (SD)            16
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  M. Pappas (CHI)          16
  T. Seaver (NY)           16
  D. Wilson (HOU)          16
  J. Barr (SF)             15
  N. Briles (PIT)          15

Walks:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         83
  R. Bryant (SF)           77
  B. Moore (MON)           77
  M. Torrez (MON)          77
  J. Reuss (HOU)           72
  S. Blass (PIT)           68
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  F. Norman (CIN)          64
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       64
  D. Wilson (HOU)          63

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          155
  D. Sutton (LA)          151
  S. Carlton (PHI)        149
  B. Gibson (STL)         132
  A. Messersmith (LA)     124
  K. Forsch (HOU)         118
  J. Reuss (HOU)          117
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        111
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       111
  J. Matlack (NY)         110


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