Wednesday August 15, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 15, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     76  45  2.73  122  36  28  1133   935  400  344   95  344  713
St. Louis       62  59  3.32  121  35  29  1084  1023  458  400   72  362  626
Cincinnati      74  48  3.48  122  30  34  1097  1047  463  424   92  388  543
New York        53  65  3.53  118  35  24  1060   985  463  416   93  361  719
Houston         64  59  3.60  123  31  22  1105  1050  490  442   84  437  681
San Francisco   65  53  3.64  118  26  31  1059  1053  497  428   99  350  552
Chicago         56  63  3.74  119  18  31  1069  1086  491  444  106  307  672
Pittsburgh      57  60  3.90  117  20  30  1042  1025  515  452   74  401  602
Montreal        57  62  3.91  119  20  31  1058   999  540  460   98  521  628
Philadelphia    55  64  3.92  119  40  16  1061  1019  500  462   96  473  690
San Diego       43  77  4.14  120  26  14  1058  1070  570  487  108  411  620
Atlanta         58  65  4.24  124  25  28  1116  1107  597  526  103  437  615

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       15   6  1.78  26  26  14   0   3  213  151   48   42   16   45  182
Don Sutton (LA)       15   7  2.22  26  26  11   0   3  211  160   59   52   17   43  168
Wayne Twitchell (PHI) 11   5  2.31  27  21   8   0   4  176  137   51   45   11   77  130
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   7  2.56  64   0   0  24   0  123  108   40   35    8   53   86
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  11  2.68  27  27   5   0   2  191  185   67   57   12   48  140
Steve Renko (MON)     11   7  2.75  24  23   8   1   0  174  129   65   53   18   73  118
A. Messersmith (LA)   11   7  2.76  26  26   8   0   3  199  154   74   61   20   64  141
Dock Ellis (PIT)      11  11  2.78  24  24   3   0   1  171  155   67   53    4   50  109
Nelson Briles (PIT)   11  11  2.81  24  24   7   0   1  173  153   65   54   16   41   68
Bob Gibson (STL)      11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140

 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
Phil Niekro           13   5  3.33  33  22   8   3   1  187  159   79   69   17   73  101
Roric Harrison         7   4  3.36  26  13   2   4   0  115   94   49   43    9   68   82
Gary Neibauer          1   0  3.38   3   1   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    2    4
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.43  16  14   3   1   0   87   74   37   33    7   35   42
Carl Morton           10   9  3.68  29  28   6   0   2  191  190   95   78   13   58   86
Ron Schueler           7   7  4.09  30  11   3   2   1  123  110   63   56   15   39   93
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  4.71  40   0   0   4   0   50   40   27   26    9   24   27
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
Joe Niekro             0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    1    0
Max Leon               1   2  7.07   8   0   0   0   0   14   16   12   11    3    6   10
Adrian Devine          1   3  7.43  17   1   0   3   0   27   40   23   22    5   12   12
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  2.01  21   1   0   0   0   40   38   10    9    1   21   37
Bob Locker             5   4  2.30  40   0   0  10   0   74   67   25   19    5   23   54
Rick Reuschel         12  11  2.68  27  27   5   0   2  191  185   67   57   12   48  140
Bill Bonham            4   4  3.57  32   8   1   5   0   96   83   40   38    8   35   76
Jack Aker              4   5  3.72  40   0   0  12   0   58   65   26   24    7   18   25
Fergie Jenkins        10  12  3.93  29  29   6   0   2  206  198  101   90   30   42  129
Burt Hooton            9  11  4.02  31  25   5   0   1  170  179   82   76    9   57  100
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  6.02  37   0   0   4   0   43   43   30   29    6   21   26
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  2.50  59   0   0  10   0   90  107   29   25    2   25   41
Fred Norman            9   3  2.81  14  14   6   0   3  109   84   34   34    9   48   61
Roger Nelson           3   2  2.96  10   8   1   0   0   49   47   20   16    4   20   13
Ross Grimsley         12   6  2.98  28  27   6   1   1  181  189   68   60   16   51   63
Jack Billingham       16   8  3.14  30  30  13   0   7  221  193   83   77   11   74  101
Gary Nolan             0   1  3.48   2   2   0   0   0   10    6    4    4    1    7    3
Don Gullett           14   8  3.59  35  20   4   2   2  160  137   66   64   16   48   99
Tom Hall               7   4  3.83  38   7   0   7   0   87   62   40   37   11   41   83
Clay Carroll           4   6  3.84  36   5   0  12   0   70   87   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
Larry Dierker          1   1  2.74  11   3   0   0   0   23   19    8    7    3    9   14
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Dave Roberts          12   9  2.89  29  26   8   0   4  181  200   68   58   10   46   81
Don Wilson             9  12  2.91  28  26   8   1   3  192  147   70   62   16   70  115
J.R. Richard           4   1  3.13  13   8   1   0   1   55   42   24   19    2   29   58
Jerry Reuss           13   8  3.32  31  30   9   0   2  209  192   83   77   10   85  135
Juan Pizarro           2   1  3.60   9   0   0   0   0   10   13    4    4    0    3    3
Ken Forsch             9  10  4.03  33  26   5   2   0  183  176   89   82   18   66  130
Jim Ray                5   1  4.35  33   0   0   6   0   52   47   26   25    4   32   19
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.38  41   0   0   6   0   62   56   35   30    6   30   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             5   4  1.96  45   0   0  17   0   60   40   14   13    5   20   48
Pete Richert           2   1  2.13  32   0   0   7   0   42   34   10   10    5   14   22
Don Sutton            15   7  2.22  26  26  11   0   3  211  160   59   52   17   43  168
Andy Messersmith      11   7  2.76  26  26   8   0   3  199  154   74   61   20   64  141
Claude Osteen         14   5  2.83  25  25   9   0   3  188  169   67   59   16   47   66
Tommy John            11   7  2.92  27  22   3   0   1  154  147   61   50   10   35   75
Al Downing             9   7  2.99  23  22   5   0   2  157  119   65   52   11   55   94
George Culver          4   4  3.00  28   0   0   2   0   42   45   15   14    4   21   23
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.35  23   0   0   1   0   38   24   16   14    2   26   41
Doug Rau               4   1  3.95  22   1   0   1   0   43   43   19   19    5   19   35

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           4   1  0.88   6   6   4   0   2   51   28    5    5    1   16   22
Mike Marshall         10   7  2.56  64   0   0  24   0  123  108   40   35    8   53   86
Steve Renko           11   7  2.75  24  23   8   1   0  174  129   65   53   18   73  118
Pat Jarvis             2   1  2.91  23   0   0   0   0   34   32   18   11    4   15   17
Tom Walker             4   4  3.43  45   0   0   4   0   79   77   45   30    7   39   61
Ernie McAnally         7   7  4.06  22  22   4   0   0  133  151   77   60   12   46   63
Balor Moore            6  12  4.40  24  23   3   0   1  133  113   72   65   12   87  116
Mike Torrez            7  11  4.63  27  26   1   0   0  154  153   90   79   14   92   65
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  5.48  18   0   0   0   0   23   25   14   14    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  7.28  24  15   0   1   0   80  107   69   65   12   47   34

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver            15   6  1.78  26  26  14   0   3  213  151   48   42   16   45  182
George Stone           7   3  2.99  19  12   2   1   0   96   96   39   32   10   25   49
Jon Matlack            9  15  3.29  25  25  11   0   2  181  150   73   66   12   71  147
Jerry Koosman          8  14  3.47  25  25   8   0   1  187  173   77   72   12   45  102
Harry Parker           7   2  3.53  24   9   0   4   0   71   64   32   28    5   30   46
Ray Sadecki            2   2  3.57  21   6   0   0   0   76   80   33   30    7   29   58
Buzz Capra             2   5  3.77  17   0   0   2   0   31   23   13   13    3   21   29
Tug McGraw             0   5  5.09  40   2   0  13   0   74   78   44   42   10   42   41
Jim McAndrew           3   8  5.70  19  12   0   1   0   73   99   57   46    8   28   36
Phil Hennigan          0   4  6.23  30   0   0   3   0   43   50   30   30    6   16   22
John Strohmayer        0   0  8.10   7   0   0   0   0   10   13   10    9    2    4    5
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
Ron Diorio             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    2
Wayne Twitchell       11   5  2.31  27  21   8   0   4  176  137   51   45   11   77  130
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.42  34   0   0   8   0   45   29   14   12    3   36   43
Ken Brett             12   4  3.17  21  15   9   0   1  139  121   54   49   11   49   74
Dick Ruthven           5   9  3.69  21  19   3   1   1  112  102   54   46    9   59   82
Steve Carlton         10  14  3.81  30  30  14   0   3  227  216  107   96   22   88  176
Mike Wallace           1   1  4.03  10   3   1   0   0   22   25   11   10    1   11   15
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.78  39   0   0   4   0   43   39   24   23    6   25   23
Barry Lersch           2   6  4.92  31   2   0   1   0   71   81   40   39    9   22   40
Jim Lonborg           10   9  5.19  28  20   4   0   0  139  160   82   80   17   60   71
Darrell Brandon        1   4  5.31  25   0   0   2   0   39   36   24   23    2   18   17
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 22.09   4   0   0   0   0    4   13    9    9    1    2    2

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            6   1  1.73  46   0   0  15   0   62   48   17   12    5   22   42
Ramon Hernandez        4   3  2.17  42   0   0   5   0   62   46   18   15    4   17   43
Dock Ellis            11  11  2.78  24  24   3   0   1  171  155   67   53    4   50  109
Nelson Briles         11  11  2.81  24  24   7   0   1  173  153   65   54   16   41   68
Jim Rooker             5   4  3.32  32   9   2   5   1  100   85   41   37    6   40   85
John Morlan            1   1  3.57   4   4   0   0   0   23   24    9    9    1   10   11
Bob Johnson            2   1  3.86  34   2   0   2   0   65   69   32   28    7   22   45
Bob Moose              7  10  3.93  22  21   5   0   2  140  155   67   61    9   48   84
Luke Walker            7   9  4.31  24  17   2   1   1  104  105   56   50    8   47   64
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
Randy Jones            3   3  2.79  11  10   3   0   1   77   72   31   24    7   20   43
Frank Snook            0   1  2.84   8   0   0   0   0   13    8    7    4    2    7    6
Bill Greif             7  12  3.22  28  23   7   1   3  154  129   63   55   17   46   90
Vicente Romo           2   2  3.63  39   1   0   6   0   69   68   33   28    9   33   42
Mike Caldwell          5  13  3.86  36  13   3   5   1  121  115   66   52    6   44   67
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  4.44  42  10   1   1   0   99  112   52   49    5   36   52
Clay Kirby             7  13  4.50  25  22   4   0   2  134  144   81   67   15   48   95
Steve Arlin            7  11  4.91  26  20   5   0   3  139  151   80   76   20   61   74
Mike Corkins           4   7  4.99  34  10   2   1   0   88   97   65   49   10   52   57
Gary Ross              2   4  5.25  43   0   0   0   0   58   73   39   34    4   23   30

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Moffitt          3   3  2.58  42   0   0  13   0   73   66   24   21    5   21   40
Ron Bryant            17   8  2.84  30  28   7   0   0  206  181   80   65   15   87  105
Elias Sosa             7   2  3.29  51   1   0  10   0   77   73   31   28    6   26   47
Jim Barr               9  12  3.34  30  23   7   2   2  175  167   70   65   19   33   63
Don McMahon            0   0  3.48   7   0   0   3   0   10   10    4    4    0    3    8
Juan Marichal         10   8  3.63  25  23   7   0   2  151  164   76   61   16   29   67
Tom Bradley            9  11  3.91  23  23   4   0   0  156  149   76   68   17   52   96
Don Carrithers         1   2  4.26  15   3   0   0   0   44   49   28   21    1   23   29
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         4   5  4.66  25  12   1   0   1   93  102   54   48   14   31   44
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
Al Hrabosky            1   1  2.21  26   0   0   3   0   37   32   11    9    0   14   28
Mike Nagy              0   1  2.45   2   1   0   0   0   11    9    4    3    1    3    1
Orlando Pena           3   2  2.53  25   0   0   4   0   32   35   11    9    2    9   19
Ed Sprague             0   0  2.57   7   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    1    3    1
Bob Gibson            11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140
Diego Segui            5   3  2.96  49   0   0  15   0   67   57   24   22    5   32   60
Rick Wise             13   8  3.03  25  25  11   0   4  196  191   76   66   10   42   96
Rich Folkers           3   4  3.21  26   7   1   2   0   67   56   25   24    6   26   35
Alan Foster            9   6  3.22  25  19   4   0   1  131  124   53   47   11   48   68
Reggie Cleveland      12   6  3.23  22  22   4   0   2  151  152   64   54    7   38   89
Tom Murphy             2   6  3.94  14  12   2   0   0   75   77   34   33    5   19   34
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)           17
  J. Billingham (CIN)      16
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  D. Gullett (CIN)         14
  C. Osteen (LA)           14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  J. Reuss (HOU)           13
  R. Wise (STL)            13
  K. Brett (PHI)           12

Losses:

  J. Matlack (NY)          15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  J. Koosman (NY)          14
  M. Caldwell (SD)         13
  C. Kirby (SD)            13
  J. Barr (SF)             12
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  B. Moore (MON)           12
  D. Wilson (HOU)          12

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  T. Seaver (NY)           14
  J. Billingham (CIN)      13
  B. Gibson (STL)          13
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  K. Brett (PHI)            9
  C. Osteen (LA)            9
  J. Reuss (HOU)            9

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        24
  J. Brewer (LA)           17
  D. Giusti (PIT)          15
  D. Segui (STL)           15
  T. McGraw (NY)           13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  C. Carroll (CIN)         12
  P. Borbon (CIN)          10
  B. Locker (CHI)          10

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       7
  D. Roberts (HOU)          4
  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
  C. Osteen (LA)            3

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      227.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)   221.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        212.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        211.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        209.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      206.0
  R. Bryant (SF)        205.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   198.2
  R. Wise (STL)         196.0
  D. Wilson (HOU)       191.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        216
  D. Roberts (HOU)        200
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        198
  J. Billingham (CIN)     193
  J. Reuss (HOU)          192
  R. Wise (STL)           191
  C. Morton (ATL)         190
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       189
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       185
  R. Bryant (SF)          181

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        107
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        101
  C. Morton (ATL)          95
  M. Torrez (MON)          90
  S. Blass (PIT)           89
  K. Forsch (HOU)          89
  J. Billingham (CIN)      83
  J. Reuss (HOU)           83
  B. Hooton (CHI)          82
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         82

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         30
  S. Carlton (PHI)         22
  S. Arlin (SD)            20
  A. Messersmith (LA)      20
  J. Barr (SF)             19
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18
  F. Norman (CIN)          18
  S. Renko (MON)           18
  T. Bradley (SF)          17
  B. Greif (SD)            17

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          92
  S. Carlton (PHI)         88
  R. Bryant (SF)           87
  B. Moore (MON)           87
  J. Reuss (HOU)           85
  F. Norman (CIN)          77
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       77
  J. Billingham (CIN)      74
  S. Blass (PIT)           73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          73

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          182
  S. Carlton (PHI)        176
  D. Sutton (LA)          168
  J. Matlack (NY)         147
  A. Messersmith (LA)     141
  B. Gibson (STL)         140
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       140
  J. Reuss (HOU)          135
  K. Forsch (HOU)         130
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      130


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