Thursday August 2, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 2, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     67  41  2.85  109  33  24  1015   842  373  321   84  321  644
St. Louis       58  49  3.16  107  33  27   960   889  383  337   65  318  554
Cincinnati      64  45  3.57  109  25  30   977   942  424  388   83  352  488
New York        47  57  3.60  104  28  23   934   859  415  373   87  329  633
Houston         56  54  3.60  110  26  19   989   937  438  396   81  386  593
Chicago         55  53  3.67  108  17  31   975   983  434  398   97  277  605
San Francisco   60  47  3.74  107  24  30   954   966  459  396   87  326  498
Philadelphia    51  57  3.84  108  33  16   964   918  444  411   86  439  632
Pittsburgh      51  54  3.95  105  19  26   935   926  469  410   64  373  535
Montreal        51  55  4.04  106  16  27   945   902  498  424   88  473  560
San Diego       36  70  4.22  106  24  12   932   948  505  437   95  346  544
Atlanta         49  63  4.37  113  20  25  1018  1038  564  494   95  416  558

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       13   5  1.87  23  23  12   0   2  188  133   44   39   16   40  166
Wayne Twitchell (PHI) 10   3  2.02  24  18   7   0   4  156  120   40   35    9   69  116
Don Sutton (LA)       13   7  2.34  24  24  11   0   3  196  151   57   51   17   43  159
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   11   8  2.54  23  23   4   0   1  167  156   53   47   10   45  117
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   6  2.64  58   0   0  20   0  113  101   38   33    7   48   75
Tommy John (LA)       10   6  2.76  24  19   3   0   1  134  125   51   41    7   32   62
Bob Gibson (STL)      11  10  2.84  23  23  13   0   1  187  153   69   59   12   53  139
Dave Roberts (HOU)    11   8  2.86  26  23   7   0   3  160  178   60   51   10   41   71
Steve Renko (MON)     10   6  2.88  21  20   7   1   0  150  113   59   48   15   60  104
Dock Ellis (PIT)      10   9  2.91  21  21   3   0   1  148  141   62   48    3   44   99

 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   4  3.27  25  12   2   4   0  110   88   46   40    9   66   78
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.43  16  14   3   1   0   87   74   37   33    7   35   42
Phil Niekro           10   5  3.63  29  19   5   2   0  159  147   74   64   15   68   84
Carl Morton            8   9  3.91  25  25   4   0   2  166  176   88   72   11   53   74
Ron Schueler           6   6  4.08  27   8   3   2   1  104   91   54   47   13   36   79
Danny Frisella         1   1  4.39  39   0   0   7   0   41   37   26   20    5   21   23
Ron Reed               4  11  4.41  20  19   2   1   0  116  133   71   57    7   31   64
Tom House              2   1  4.94  38   0   0   2   0   47   38   27   26    9   24   26
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Joe Hoerner            2   2  6.39  20   0   0   2   0   13   17    9    9    1    4   10
Max Leon               0   2  6.55   6   0   0   0   0   11   13    9    8    2    5    8
Jim Panther            2   3  7.63  23   0   0   0   0   31   45   26   26    3    9    8
Jimmy Freeman          0   2  7.71  13   5   0   1   0   37   50   33   32    7   25   20
Adrian Devine          1   2  7.83  14   1   0   3   0   23   35   21   20    5   11   11
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  1.64  17   1   0   0   0   33   27    6    6    1   18   33
Bob Locker             5   4  2.10  36   0   0  10   0   69   63   22   16    4   21   47
Rick Reuschel         11   8  2.54  23  23   4   0   1  167  156   53   47   10   45  117
Bill Bonham            4   2  3.56  30   6   1   5   0   83   70   34   33    8   33   68
Fergie Jenkins        10   9  3.80  26  26   6   0   2  190  177   88   80   29   36  116
Jack Aker              4   5  3.98  36   0   0  12   0   54   63   26   24    7   17   24
Burt Hooton            9   9  4.19  27  23   5   0   1  155  166   76   72    9   52   90
Larry Gura             2   4  4.40  19   7   0   0   0   61   71   34   30    8   10   41
Milt Pappas            5  10  4.62  22  22   1   0   1  123  147   67   63   16   30   41
Dave LaRoche           4   1  5.35  33   0   0   4   0   37   37   23   22    4   14   25
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           3   2  2.22   9   7   1   0   0   45   40   15   11    3   19   13
Fred Norman            8   2  2.26  11  11   6   0   3   88   63   22   22    5   38   43
Pedro Borbon           3   4  2.81  52   0   0   9   0   77   93   27   24    2   21   38
Ross Grimsley         10   6  2.99  25  24   5   1   1  160  167   61   53   15   46   55
Jack Billingham       15   7  3.24  27  27  11   0   6  194  170   75   70   11   65   92
Tom Hall               6   4  3.83  34   7   0   5   0   82   59   38   35    9   41   79
Don Gullett           12   8  3.92  33  18   2   2   1  142  129   64   62   15   44   88
Clay Carroll           3   5  4.11  33   5   0  11   0   66   83   36   30    3   20   31
Dave Tomlin            0   0  4.12  10   0   0   1   0   20   12    9    9    3   10   11
Ed Sprague             1   3  5.12  28   0   0   1   0   39   35   22   22    3   22   19
Jim McGlothlin         3   3  6.75  23   9   0   0   0   61   88   51   46   13   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
J.R. Richard           3   0  2.23  10   5   1   0   1   40   29   11   10    2   16   45
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Dave Roberts          11   8  2.86  26  23   7   0   3  160  178   60   51   10   41   71
Juan Pizarro           2   1  2.89   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    3    3    0    3    3
Don Wilson             6  12  3.29  25  23   6   1   1  164  129   68   60   16   63   91
Jerry Reuss           11   8  3.34  28  27   7   0   1  186  170   75   69    9   75  119
Ken Forsch             9   9  3.74  28  25   5   0   0  173  162   79   72   16   61  120
Larry Dierker          0   1  3.86   5   3   0   0   0   16   13    8    7    3    5   11
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.32  37   0   0   6   0   58   53   33   28    6   29   46
Jim Ray                5   1  4.40  29   0   0   5   0   47   43   24   23    4   30   17
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    8    4    4    9
Cecil Upshaw           1   2  4.60  24   0   0   0   0   29   31   16   15    2   11   17
Jim York               3   4  4.74  39   0   0   6   0   49   63   26   26    4   19   22
Tom Griffin            0   3  5.88  14   4   0   0   0   34   30   25   22    4   23   20

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             4   3  1.92  39   0   0  13   0   52   36   12   11    4   18   41
Pete Richert           2   1  2.08  29   0   0   7   0   39   32    9    9    4   13   21
Don Sutton            13   7  2.34  24  24  11   0   3  196  151   57   51   17   43  159
Tommy John            10   6  2.76  24  19   3   0   1  134  125   51   41    7   32   62
Claude Osteen         12   5  2.97  22  22   8   0   2  164  150   61   54   13   44   59
George Culver          4   4  3.00  28   0   0   2   0   42   45   15   14    4   21   23
Andy Messersmith      10   6  3.06  23  23   7   0   2  174  138   72   59   19   55  124
Al Downing             8   6  3.26  21  20   4   0   1  141  109   63   51   10   52   84
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.35  23   0   0   1   0   38   24   16   14    2   26   41
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           2   0  0.69   3   3   2   0   2   26   12    2    2    0    8    8
Mike Marshall         10   6  2.64  58   0   0  20   0  113  101   38   33    7   48   75
Pat Jarvis             2   0  2.76  20   0   0   0   0   29   26   16    9    3   15   13
Steve Renko           10   6  2.88  21  20   7   1   0  150  113   59   48   15   60  104
Tom Walker             4   4  3.36  44   0   0   4   0   78   75   44   29    7   39   61
Ernie McAnally         7   6  3.98  21  21   4   0   0  129  145   74   57   12   46   62
Balor Moore            5  10  4.54  21  20   2   0   1  113   96   61   57   10   79  100
Mike Torrez            5  11  4.66  23  23   1   0   0  135  136   80   70   12   81   60
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  5.32  17   0   0   0   0   22   23   13   13    3    9   11
Craig Caskey           0   0  5.73   4   1   0   0   0   11   12    7    7    2    3    3
Bill Stoneman          4   7  7.53  21  15   0   1   0   75   99   66   63   12   44   31

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver            13   5  1.87  23  23  12   0   2  188  133   44   39   16   40  166
George Stone           7   3  2.60  17  10   2   1   0   90   85   30   26    9   22   48
Ray Sadecki            2   1  3.21  19   4   0   0   0   67   68   26   24    6   26   50
Jerry Koosman          8  11  3.31  22  22   6   0   1  166  145   66   61   11   43   95
Jon Matlack            7  14  3.51  22  22   8   0   1  154  128   67   60   11   64  117
Harry Parker           6   2  3.66  22   9   0   4   0   66   59   31   27    5   29   44
Jim McAndrew           3   7  5.62  17  11   0   1   0   66   85   52   41    7   27   32
Tug McGraw             0   4  5.68  37   2   0  12   0   65   72   43   41   10   38   38
Buzz Capra             1   5  5.79  13   0   0   2   0   19   17   12   12    3   16   17
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
John Strohmayer        0   0 10.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    9    7    6    1    3    2
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       10   3  2.02  24  18   7   0   4  156  120   40   35    9   69  116
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.42  34   0   0   8   0   45   29   14   12    3   36   43
Ken Brett             10   4  3.19  19  13   7   0   1  121  106   48   43   10   45   67
Mike Wallace           1   1  3.32   7   3   1   0   0   19   21    8    7    1    9   10
Dick Ruthven           5   9  3.69  21  19   3   1   1  112  102   54   46    9   59   82
Steve Carlton         10  11  3.98  27  27  11   0   3  201  197   99   89   18   84  159
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.15  36   0   0   4   0   39   35   18   18    6   20   21
Darrell Brandon        1   3  4.97  22   0   0   2   0   38   32   22   21    2   17   16
Jim Lonborg            9   8  4.98  25  17   3   0   0  123  135   68   68   15   53   64
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  1.56  40   0   0  13   0   58   43   15   10    5   20   37
Ramon Hernandez        3   2  1.75  36   0   0   4   0   51   34   13   10    3   15   36
Dock Ellis            10   9  2.91  21  21   3   0   1  148  141   62   48    3   44   99
Nelson Briles         10  10  2.93  22  22   7   0   1  157  140   61   51   16   39   62
Jim Rooker             4   4  3.50  30   7   2   5   1   87   73   35   34    5   38   70
Bob Johnson            2   1  3.79  31   2   0   1   0   59   65   29   25    5   20   40
Bob Moose              6  10  3.91  20  19   4   0   2  127  141   61   55    8   43   78
Luke Walker            7   8  3.94  22  16   2   1   1   98   96   49   43    6   46   58
John Morlan            0   0  4.22   2   2   0   0   0   11   15    5    5    0    6    4
John Lamb              0   1  4.64  14   0   0   2   0   21   22   15   11    0    4    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   7 10.40  20  15   1   0   0   77   99   89   89   10   73   26

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Snook            0   1  2.45   5   0   0   0   0    7    5    5    2    1    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  3.95  35   1   0   6   0   57   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   9  4.67  23  17   5   0   3  125  134   68   65   16   53   67
Clay Kirby             7  11  4.81  23  20   4   0   2  118  132   77   63   15   40   84
Mike Corkins           3   7  5.52  27  10   2   1   0   73   87   58   45   10   43   47
Gary Ross              1   4  6.19  38   0   0   0   0   48   62   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  2.89  38   0   0  13   0   65   64   24   21    5   21   37
Ron Bryant            15   8  3.07  27  25   6   0   0  182  161   76   62   13   79   96
Jim Barr               9  10  3.20  27  21   7   2   2  163  153   62   58   15   33   59
Juan Marichal          9   6  3.48  22  20   6   0   2  135  144   64   52   13   25   60
Tom Bradley            9   9  3.79  20  20   4   0   0  135  128   65   57   14   48   80
Elias Sosa             6   2  3.90  46   1   0   9   0   65   68   30   28    6   22   40
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  1.98  20   0   0   3   0   27   22    7    6    0   11   23
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  10  2.84  23  23  13   0   1  187  153   69   59   12   53  139
Tom Murphy             2   4  2.88  12  10   2   0   0   72   67   24   23    5   15   30
Reggie Cleveland      12   5  2.94  20  20   4   0   2  138  133   55   45    7   35   81
Rick Wise             12   6  3.04  22  22   9   0   4  172  166   65   58    9   37   77
Alan Foster            8   6  3.28  22  16   4   0   1  113  106   44   41   11   41   58
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)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  D. Gullett (CIN)         12
  C. Osteen (LA)           12
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        11

Losses:

  J. Matlack (NY)          14
  M. Caldwell (SD)         12
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  D. Wilson (HOU)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  C. Kirby (SD)            11
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  R. Reed (ATL)            11
  M. Torrez (MON)          11
  J. Barr (SF)             10

Complete Games:

  B. Gibson (STL)          13
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  J. Billingham (CIN)      11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  R. Wise (STL)             9
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  C. Osteen (LA)            8
  J. Barr (SF)              7
  K. Brett (PHI)            7

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        4
  R. Wise (STL)             4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3
  D. Roberts (HOU)          3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  R. Cleveland (STL)        2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      201.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        196.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)   194.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      189.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        187.2
  B. Gibson (STL)       187.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        185.2
  R. Bryant (SF)        181.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   173.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)       173.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        197
  D. Roberts (HOU)        178
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        177
  C. Morton (ATL)         176
  J. Billingham (CIN)     170
  J. Reuss (HOU)          170
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       167
  B. Hooton (CHI)         166
  R. Wise (STL)           166
  K. Forsch (HOU)         162

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         99
  S. Blass (PIT)           89
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         88
  C. Morton (ATL)          88
  M. Torrez (MON)          80
  K. Forsch (HOU)          79
  C. Kirby (SD)            77
  R. Bryant (SF)           76
  B. Hooton (CHI)          76
  J. Billingham (CIN)      75

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         29
  A. Messersmith (LA)      19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         18
  D. Sutton (LA)           17
  S. Arlin (SD)            16
  N. Briles (PIT)          16
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  M. Pappas (CHI)          16
  T. Seaver (NY)           16
  D. Wilson (HOU)          16

Walks:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         84
  M. Torrez (MON)          81
  R. Bryant (SF)           79
  B. Moore (MON)           79
  J. Reuss (HOU)           75
  S. Blass (PIT)           73
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       69
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  F. Norman (CIN)          67
  R. Harrison (ATL)        66

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          166
  S. Carlton (PHI)        159
  D. Sutton (LA)          159
  B. Gibson (STL)         139
  A. Messersmith (LA)     124
  K. Forsch (HOU)         120
  J. Reuss (HOU)          119
  J. Matlack (NY)         117
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       117
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        116

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