Wednesday August 8, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 8, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     71  43  2.75  115  35  26  1070   877  381  327   87  329  676
St. Louis       61  53  3.22  114  34  29  1020   953  416  365   69  337  585
Cincinnati      69  47  3.51  116  28  32  1043   995  445  407   88  372  520
New York        51  60  3.54  111  31  24   997   924  437  392   89  342  671
Houston         59  58  3.62  117  29  19  1052  1002  471  423   83  409  644
Chicago         56  58  3.64  114  18  31  1024  1028  455  414  102  290  643
San Francisco   62  50  3.64  112  24  31  1001  1005  471  405   91  339  524
Philadelphia    52  61  3.89  113  36  16  1008   961  470  436   92  457  660
Pittsburgh      55  56  3.90  111  19  29   988   973  491  428   68  388  572
Montreal        55  57  3.93  112  19  29   998   938  510  436   91  499  595
San Diego       38  75  4.24  113  25  13   992  1015  544  467  103  379  586
Atlanta         53  64  4.28  118  22  26  1063  1063  576  506  100  425  587

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       13   6  1.90  24  24  12   0   2  195  141   47   41   16   42  168
Wayne Twitchell (PHI) 10   4  2.09  25  19   7   0   4  164  125   43   38    9   74  121
Don Sutton (LA)       14   7  2.26  25  25  11   0   3  203  153   57   51   17   43  163
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12   9  2.37  25  25   5   0   2  183  168   54   48   11   46  134
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   6  2.53  61   0   0  22   0  117  103   38   33    7   52   79
Tommy John (LA)       11   6  2.74  25  20   3   0   1  141  132   54   43    8   33   64
Bob Gibson (STL)      11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140
Steve Renko (MON)     11   7  2.81  23  22   8   1   0  166  124   63   52   17   70  113
A. Messersmith (LA)   11   7  2.83  25  25   8   0   3  191  147   73   60   19   61  136
Dock Ellis (PIT)      11   9  2.84  22  22   3   0   1  155  145   63   49    3   45  104

 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
Phil Niekro           11   5  3.42  31  20   6   3   1  169  147   74   64   15   71   89
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.43  16  14   3   1   0   87   74   37   33    7   35   42
Carl Morton            9   9  3.86  26  26   5   0   2  175  180   91   75   13   54   80
Ron Schueler           7   6  3.94  29  10   3   2   1  119  104   59   52   15   37   92
Danny Frisella         1   1  4.22  40   0   0   7   0   43   37   26   20    5   22   25
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
Gary Neibauer          0   0  5.40   1   1   0   0   0    5    6    3    3    1    2    2
Max Leon               1   2  5.54   7   0   0   0   0   13   14    9    8    2    5    9
Joe Hoerner            2   2  6.39  20   0   0   2   0   13   17    9    9    1    4   10
Adrian Devine          1   3  7.46  15   1   0   3   0   25   36   22   21    5   12   11
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
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  1.80  18   1   0   0   0   35   30    8    7    1   19   34
Bob Locker             5   4  2.04  38   0   0  10   0   71   65   22   16    4   21   51
Rick Reuschel         12   9  2.37  25  25   5   0   2  183  168   54   48   11   46  134
Bill Bonham            4   3  3.67  31   7   1   5   0   88   75   37   36    8   34   72
Fergie Jenkins        10  11  3.79  28  28   6   0   2  202  191   96   85   30   37  125
Jack Aker              4   5  3.93  37   0   0  12   0   55   64   26   24    7   17   24
Burt Hooton            9  10  4.15  28  24   5   0   1  161  169   79   74    9   56   93
Milt Pappas            5  10  4.62  23  22   1   0   1  125  148   68   64   17   31   41
Larry Gura             2   4  4.82  20   7   0   0   0   62   74   37   33   10   10   41
Dave LaRoche           4   1  4.95  35   0   0   4   0   40   38   23   22    4   18   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
Pedro Borbon           5   4  2.53  56   0   0   9   0   85  100   27   24    2   24   39
Fred Norman            9   2  2.74  13  13   6   0   3  102   78   31   31    8   46   56
Ross Grimsley         11   6  2.88  26  25   6   1   1  169  175   62   54   16   47   59
Roger Nelson           3   2  2.96  10   8   1   0   0   49   47   20   16    4   20   13
Jack Billingham       15   8  3.28  28  28  12   0   6  203  178   80   74   11   67   93
Gary Nolan             0   1  3.48   2   2   0   0   0   10    6    4    4    1    7    3
Don Gullett           13   8  3.69  34  19   3   2   2  151  131   64   62   15   46   95
Tom Hall               6   4  3.69  36   7   0   6   0   85   60   38   35    9   41   83
Clay Carroll           3   6  3.93  35   5   0  12   0   69   85   37   30    3   20   32
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

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard           3   1  2.64  11   6   1   0   1   44   36   18   13    2   20   49
Juan Pizarro           2   1  2.70   8   0   0   0   0   10   11    3    3    0    3    3
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Don Wilson             8  12  2.95  27  25   8   1   3  183  137   68   60   16   67  108
Dave Roberts          11   9  3.04  28  25   7   0   3  172  195   68   58   10   45   77
Larry Dierker          0   1  3.10   9   3   0   0   0   20   17    8    7    3    6   13
Jerry Reuss           12   8  3.38  29  28   8   0   1  195  179   79   73    9   79  127
Ken Forsch             9   9  3.92  30  26   5   0   0  177  169   84   77   18   63  124
Jim Ray                5   1  4.32  31   0   0   5   0   50   45   25   24    4   30   17
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.38  40   0   0   6   0   62   55   35   30    6   29   51
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   3  5.46  26   0   0   0   0   30   34   20   18    2   14   17
Tom Griffin            0   4  5.68  15   4   0   0   0   38   35   27   24    4   24   25

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             4   4  1.94  42   0   0  15   0   56   37   13   12    5   18   45
Pete Richert           2   1  2.01  31   0   0   7   0   40   33    9    9    4   13   22
Don Sutton            14   7  2.26  25  25  11   0   3  203  153   57   51   17   43  163
Tommy John            11   6  2.74  25  20   3   0   1  141  132   54   43    8   33   64
Andy Messersmith      11   7  2.83  25  25   8   0   3  191  147   73   60   19   61  136
Claude Osteen         12   5  2.88  23  23   8   0   2  172  155   63   55   14   44   61
George Culver          4   4  3.00  28   0   0   2   0   42   45   15   14    4   21   23
Al Downing             9   6  3.07  22  21   5   0   2  150  114   63   51   10   53   90
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.35  23   0   0   1   0   38   24   16   14    2   26   41
Doug Rau               3   1  4.23  20   1   0   1   0   38   37   18   18    4   17   31

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           3   1  1.05   5   5   4   0   2   43   24    5    5    1   14   18
Mike Marshall         10   6  2.53  61   0   0  22   0  117  103   38   33    7   52   79
Pat Jarvis             2   0  2.70  21   0   0   0   0   30   26   16    9    3   15   14
Steve Renko           11   7  2.81  23  22   8   1   0  166  124   63   52   17   70  113
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            6  10  4.49  22  21   2   0   1  120  100   64   60   10   83  109
Mike Torrez            6  11  4.55  24  24   1   0   0  142  143   82   72   12   83   62
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   6  1.90  24  24  12   0   2  195  141   47   41   16   42  168
George Stone           7   3  2.63  18  11   2   1   0   96   92   33   28    9   23   49
Jon Matlack            9  14  3.30  24  24  10   0   2  172  140   70   63   12   69  137
Jerry Koosman          8  12  3.35  23  23   7   0   1  175  154   70   65   11   44   98
Ray Sadecki            2   1  3.49  20   5   0   0   0   70   75   30   27    6   26   51
Harry Parker           7   2  3.50  23   9   0   4   0   69   62   31   27    5   30   46
Buzz Capra             2   5  4.62  15   0   0   2   0   25   21   13   13    3   19   22
Tug McGraw             0   4  5.27  39   2   0  13   0   70   75   43   41   10   38   39
Jim McAndrew           3   8  5.73  18  12   0   1   0   71   97   56   45    8   27   35
Phil Hennigan          0   4  6.23  30   0   0   3   0   43   50   30   30    6   16   22
John Strohmayer        0   0  9.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    9    7    6    1    3    2
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       10   4  2.09  25  19   7   0   4  164  125   43   38    9   74  121
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.42  34   0   0   8   0   45   29   14   12    3   36   43
Mike Wallace           1   1  2.95   9   3   1   0   0   21   23    8    7    1   10   13
Ken Brett             11   4  3.31  20  14   8   0   1  130  114   53   48   11   47   72
Dick Ruthven           5   9  3.69  21  19   3   1   1  112  102   54   46    9   59   82
Steve Carlton         10  13  3.87  29  29  13   0   3  218  208  105   94   21   87  171
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.81  37   0   0   4   0   39   36   21   21    6   23   21
Darrell Brandon        1   3  5.08  24   0   0   2   0   39   34   23   22    2   18   17
Barry Lersch           2   6  5.14  29   2   0   1   0   68   79   40   39    9   21   38
Jim Lonborg            9   9  5.19  26  18   3   0   0  127  143   73   73   16   55   65
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   3   0   0   0   0    1    9    6    6    1    2    2

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            6   1  1.48  42   0   0  14   0   61   45   15   10    5   21   39
Ramon Hernandez        4   2  1.54  38   0   0   5   0   58   39   13   10    3   16   40
Dock Ellis            11   9  2.84  22  22   3   0   1  155  145   63   49    3   45  104
Nelson Briles         10  11  2.84  23  23   7   0   1  165  146   63   52   16   41   66
John Morlan            1   0  3.06   3   3   0   0   0   18   19    6    6    0    9    9
Jim Rooker             5   4  3.28  31   8   2   5   1   93   78   38   34    5   38   76
Bob Johnson            2   1  3.78  33   2   0   2   0   64   67   31   27    6   22   43
Bob Moose              6  10  4.06  21  20   4   0   2  131  147   65   59    8   46   81
Luke Walker            7   9  4.22  23  17   2   1   1  102  102   54   48    8   46   63
John Lamb              0   1  5.79  15   0   0   2   0   23   29   19   15    1    6    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  3.09   7   0   0   0   0   12    8    7    4    2    7    5
Randy Jones            2   3  3.19   9   8   2   0   0   62   58   26   22    7   12   35
Bill Greif             7  12  3.24  27  22   7   1   3  153  129   63   55   17   46   90
Mike Caldwell          3  13  3.73  32  13   3   4   1  116  110   61   48    6   39   64
Vicente Romo           2   2  3.78  37   1   0   6   0   64   63   32   27    8   32   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
Rich Troedson          5   4  4.63  41   9   1   1   0   91  103   49   47    5   32   48
Clay Kirby             7  12  4.64  24  21   4   0   2  126  138   79   65   15   43   91
Steve Arlin            6  10  4.81  24  18   5   0   3  127  139   71   68   16   55   68
Mike Corkins           3   7  5.40  30  10   2   1   0   80   94   64   48   10   49   52
Gary Ross              2   4  5.43  42   0   0   0   0   56   72   39   34    4   23   29

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Moffitt          2   3  2.77  40   0   0  13   0   68   66   24   21    5   21   39
Ron Bryant            16   8  2.97  29  27   6   0   0  197  175   79   65   15   85  101
Jim Barr               9  10  3.14  28  21   7   2   2  166  155   62   58   15   33   60
Juan Marichal          9   7  3.46  23  21   6   0   2  138  147   68   53   14   26   61
Elias Sosa             7   2  3.52  50   1   0  10   0   72   71   30   28    6   25   45
Tom Bradley            9  11  3.69  22  22   4   0   0  151  143   70   62   15   51   92
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
Mike Nagy              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    0    1
Ed Sprague             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    2    0
Orlando Pena           3   1  1.82  22   0   0   4   0   30   31    8    6    2    9   19
Al Hrabosky            1   0  1.89  22   0   0   3   0   33   26    8    7    0   14   26
Diego Segui            4   3  2.70  45   0   0  15   0   60   52   20   18    4   28   52
Bob Gibson            11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140
Rick Wise             13   6  2.94  23  23  10   0   4  181  171   66   59   10   37   82
Reggie Cleveland      12   6  3.13  21  21   4   0   2  144  143   60   50    7   37   84
Alan Foster            9   6  3.19  23  17   4   0   1  119  113   46   42   11   41   61
Rich Folkers           3   4  3.31  25   7   1   2   0   65   55   25   24    6   26   33
Tom Murphy             2   5  3.41  13  11   2   0   0   74   74   29   28    5   15   32
Wayne Granger          2   4  4.24  33   0   0   5   0   47   50   29   22    3   21   14
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:

  R. Bryant (SF)           16
  J. Billingham (CIN)      15
  D. Sutton (LA)           14
  D. Gullett (CIN)         13
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  R. Wise (STL)            13
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  C. Osteen (LA)           12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12
  J. Reuss (HOU)           12

Losses:

  J. Matlack (NY)          14
  M. Caldwell (SD)         13
  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  C. Kirby (SD)            12
  J. Koosman (NY)          12
  D. Wilson (HOU)          12
  T. Bradley (SF)          11
  N. Briles (PIT)          11
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  B. Gibson (STL)          13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  R. Wise (STL)            10
  K. Brett (PHI)            8
  A. Messersmith (LA)       8
  C. Osteen (LA)            8

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        22
  J. Brewer (LA)           15
  D. Segui (STL)           15
  D. Giusti (PIT)          14
  T. McGraw (NY)           13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  C. Carroll (CIN)         12
  B. Locker (CHI)          10
  E. Sosa (SF)             10

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        4
  R. Wise (STL)             4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  B. Greif (SD)             3
  A. Messersmith (LA)       3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3
  D. Roberts (HOU)          3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      218.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   203.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        203.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      201.2
  R. Bryant (SF)        196.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        194.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        194.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   190.2
  B. Gibson (STL)       189.0
  D. Wilson (HOU)       183.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        208
  D. Roberts (HOU)        195
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        191
  C. Morton (ATL)         180
  J. Reuss (HOU)          179
  J. Billingham (CIN)     178
  R. Bryant (SF)          175
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       175
  R. Wise (STL)           171
  K. Forsch (HOU)         169

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        105
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         96
  C. Morton (ATL)          91
  S. Blass (PIT)           89
  K. Forsch (HOU)          84
  M. Torrez (MON)          82
  J. Billingham (CIN)      80
  R. Bryant (SF)           79
  B. Hooton (CHI)          79
  C. Kirby (SD)            79

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         30
  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  A. Messersmith (LA)      19
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18
  B. Greif (SD)            17
  F. Norman (CIN)          17
  M. Pappas (CHI)          17
  S. Renko (MON)           17
  D. Sutton (LA)           17
  S. Arlin (SD)            16

Walks:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         87
  R. Bryant (SF)           85
  B. Moore (MON)           83
  M. Torrez (MON)          83
  J. Reuss (HOU)           79
  F. Norman (CIN)          75
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       74
  S. Blass (PIT)           73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  S. Renko (MON)           70

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        171
  T. Seaver (NY)          168
  D. Sutton (LA)          163
  B. Gibson (STL)         140
  J. Matlack (NY)         137
  A. Messersmith (LA)     136
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       134
  J. Reuss (HOU)          127
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        125
  K. Forsch (HOU)         124

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