Saturday August 18, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 18, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     76  47  2.75  124  36  28  1149   951  407  351   97  347  722
St. Louis       62  61  3.30  123  35  29  1106  1042  466  405   72  368  644
New York        54  66  3.50  120  36  24  1079  1001  466  419   94  367  735
Cincinnati      75  49  3.53  124  30  34  1115  1070  476  437   95  394  552
Houston         65  60  3.62  125  31  23  1123  1067  500  452   87  444  694
San Francisco   67  54  3.63  121  26  33  1085  1077  507  438  101  356  563
Chicago         58  64  3.74  122  19  32  1096  1112  503  456  108  318  687
Philadelphia    56  66  3.89  122  42  16  1086  1042  508  469   98  481  711
Pittsburgh      58  61  3.90  119  20  31  1060  1045  525  460   78  411  615
Montreal        58  63  3.91  121  20  31  1076  1017  550  468  101  529  640
San Diego       45  77  4.10  122  26  16  1080  1091  575  492  108  420  629
Atlanta         60  66  4.22  127  25  30  1143  1126  608  536  103  450  632

 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
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  11  2.68  27  27   5   0   2  191  185   67   57   12   48  140
Steve Renko (MON)     11   7  2.74  25  24   8   1   0  181  135   67   55   19   76  123
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   7  2.75  65   0   0  24   0  124  112   45   38    8   54   88
Nelson Briles (PIT)   12  11  2.76  25  25   7   0   1  179  159   68   55   16   43   75
Dock Ellis (PIT)      11  11  2.78  24  24   3   0   1  171  155   67   53    4   50  109
Bob Gibson (STL)      11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140
Claude Osteen (LA)    14   6  2.82  26  26   9   0   3  195  174   69   61   17   48   69

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Niekro             1   0  2.08   3   0   0   1   0    4    3    1    1    0    1    1
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  3.34  27  14   2   4   0  121   97   51   45    9   74   87
Gary Gentry            4   6  3.43  16  14   3   1   0   87   74   37   33    7   35   42
Carl Morton           11   9  3.60  30  29   6   0   2  198  193   96   79   13   61   90
Ron Schueler           7   7  3.91  31  12   3   2   1  129  113   64   56   15   41   96
Danny Frisella         1   2  4.20  42   0   0   8   0   45   40   27   21    5   23   27
Ron Reed               4  11  4.41  20  19   2   1   0  116  133   71   57    7   31   64
Tom House              2   1  4.76  41   0   0   4   0   51   42   28   27    9   24   29
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Gary Neibauer          1   0  6.23   4   1   0   0   0    9    8    6    6    1    3    4
Joe Hoerner            2   2  6.39  20   0   0   2   0   13   17    9    9    1    4   10
Adrian Devine          1   3  7.33  18   1   0   3   0   27   41   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
Max Leon               1   2  8.16   9   0   0   0   0   14   17   14   13    3    6   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  2.16  22   1   0   0   0   42   41   11   10    1   21   38
Rick Reuschel         12  11  2.68  27  27   5   0   2  191  185   67   57   12   48  140
Bob Locker             5   5  2.82  42   0   0  11   0   77   70   30   24    5   25   54
Bill Bonham            5   4  3.38  33   9   1   5   0  104   86   41   39    8   39   85
Burt Hooton           10  11  3.87  32  26   6   0   1  179  186   83   77   10   57  105
Fergie Jenkins        10  12  3.93  29  29   6   0   2  206  198  101   90   30   42  129
Jack Aker              4   5  4.34  41   0   0  12   0   58   69   30   28    8   19   25
Milt Pappas            5  10  4.41  24  23   1   0   1  131  154   68   64   17   35   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           6   4  2.42  60   0   0  10   0   93  108   29   25    2   25   43
Ross Grimsley         12   6  2.98  28  27   6   1   1  181  189   68   60   16   51   63
Fred Norman            9   4  3.07  15  15   6   0   3  111   89   38   38   10   50   62
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  3.50  36  21   4   2   2  167  143   67   65   17   49  102
Roger Nelson           3   2  3.81  11   8   1   0   0   50   49   25   21    4   21   13
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  4.43  11   0   0   1   0   22   18   11   11    4   11   13
Ed Sprague             1   3  5.12  28   0   0   1   0   39   35   22   22    3   22   19
Jim McGlothlin         3   3  6.68  24   9   0   0   0   63   91   52   47   13   23   18

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
Dave Roberts          12   9  2.88  30  27   8   0   4  181  200   68   58   10   46   82
Don Wilson             9  13  3.09  29  27   8   1   3  198  154   76   68   18   74  119
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
Larry Dierker          1   1  3.38  12   3   0   0   0   24   22   10    9    3    9   14
Juan Pizarro           2   1  3.60   9   0   0   0   0   10   13    4    4    0    3    3
Ken Forsch             9  10  3.93  35  26   5   3   0  188  178   89   82   18   66  135
Jim Ray                6   1  4.31  34   0   0   6   0   56   52   28   27    5   33   21
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.38  42   0   0   6   0   62   56   35   30    6   31   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  5.54  16   4   0   0   0   39   35   27   24    4   25   26

 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
Claude Osteen         14   6  2.82  26  26   9   0   3  195  174   69   61   17   48   69
Tommy John            11   7  2.92  27  22   3   0   1  154  147   61   50   10   35   75
Andy Messersmith      11   8  2.92  27  27   8   0   3  204  162   79   66   21   66  144
Al Downing             9   7  2.95  24  22   5   0   2  159  120   65   52   11   55   95
George Culver          4   4  3.00  28   0   0   2   0   42   45   15   14    4   21   23
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.26  24   0   0   1   0   39   24   16   14    2   26   41
Doug Rau               4   1  3.86  23   1   0   1   0   44   45   19   19    5   19   37

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           4   2  1.21   7   7   4   0   2   60   36    8    8    3   19   27
Steve Renko           11   7  2.74  25  24   8   1   0  181  135   67   55   19   76  123
Mike Marshall         10   7  2.75  65   0   0  24   0  124  112   45   38    8   54   88
Pat Jarvis             2   1  2.91  23   0   0   0   0   34   32   18   11    4   15   17
Tom Walker             5   4  3.40  46   0   0   4   0   79   77   45   30    7   40   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  5.40  19   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  2.83  20  13   2   1   0  105  101   40   33   10   27   57
Jon Matlack           10  15  3.18  26  26  12   0   2  190  160   74   67   12   75  154
Jerry Koosman          8  14  3.47  25  25   8   0   1  187  173   77   72   12   45  102
Ray Sadecki            2   2  3.57  21   6   0   0   0   76   80   33   30    7   29   58
Harry Parker           7   3  3.59  25   9   0   4   0   73   65   33   29    6   30   47
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   3   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    4
Wayne Twitchell       11   5  2.31  27  21   8   0   4  176  137   51   45   11   77  130
Mac Scarce             0   4  2.40  35   0   0   8   0   45   30   14   12    3   37   43
Ken Brett             12   5  3.12  22  16  10   0   1  147  130   56   51   11   52   77
Dick Ruthven           5   9  3.69  21  19   3   1   1  112  102   54   46    9   59   82
Steve Carlton         11  14  3.74  31  31  15   0   3  236  225  110   98   23   91  187
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  10  5.16  29  21   4   0   0  145  164   85   83   18   61   76
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  1.76  48   0   0  16   0   66   51   18   13    6   24   44
Ramon Hernandez        4   3  2.17  42   0   0   5   0   62   46   18   15    4   17   43
Nelson Briles         12  11  2.76  25  25   7   0   1  179  159   68   55   16   43   75
Dock Ellis            11  11  2.78  24  24   3   0   1  171  155   67   53    4   50  109
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 Moose              7  11  3.95  23  22   5   0   2  146  163   70   64   11   51   87
Bob Johnson            2   1  4.07  35   2   0   2   0   66   71   34   30    8   22   45
Luke Walker            7   9  4.37  25  17   2   1   1  105  106   57   51    8   50   65
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  3.60  40   1   0   7   0   70   68   33   28    9   33   42
Mike Caldwell          5  13  3.83  38  13   3   6   1  125  118   67   53    6   46   68
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
Clay Kirby             7  13  4.34  26  23   4   0   2  141  149   82   68   15   49   99
Rich Troedson          5   4  4.44  43  11   1   1   0  105  119   55   52    5   38   53
Mike Corkins           5   7  4.78  35  10   2   1   0   92  102   65   49   10   55   58
Steve Arlin            8  11  4.87  27  20   5   0   3  140  152   80   76   20   62   76
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  2.54  43   0   0  13   0   74   67   24   21    5   22   40
Ron Bryant            18   8  2.88  31  29   7   0   0  212  185   83   68   15   89  108
Don McMahon            0   0  3.00   8   0   0   3   0   12   10    4    4    0    3    9
Elias Sosa             7   2  3.15  53   1   0  12   0   80   75   31   28    6   28   49
Jim Barr               9  13  3.53  31  24   7   2   2  178  174   75   70   20   34   65
Juan Marichal         10   8  3.63  25  23   7   0   2  151  164   76   61   16   29   67
Tom Bradley           10  11  3.78  24  24   4   0   0  164  155   77   69   18   52   97
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  26  12   1   0   1   95  106   55   49   14   31   46
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  2.15  27   0   0   3   0   38   32   11    9    0   15   29
Ed Sprague             0   0  2.57   7   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    1    3    1
Orlando Pena           3   3  2.75  27   0   0   4   0   36   41   13   11    2   11   21
Mike Nagy              0   1  2.76   3   2   0   0   0   16   16    6    5    1    4    5
Diego Segui            5   4  2.79  50   0   0  15   0   71   60   26   22    5   34   63
Bob Gibson            11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140
Rick Wise             13   8  3.03  25  25  11   0   4  196  191   76   66   10   42   96
Reggie Cleveland      12   6  3.14  23  23   4   0   2  158  155   66   55    7   38   96
Rich Folkers           3   4  3.18  27   7   1   2   0   68   56   25   24    6   26   36
Alan Foster            9   6  3.22  25  19   4   0   1  131  124   53   47   11   48   68
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)           18
  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
  J. Barr (SF)             13
  M. Caldwell (SD)         13
  C. Kirby (SD)            13
  D. Wilson (HOU)          13
  B. Greif (SD)            12
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         12
  B. Moore (MON)           12

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  T. Seaver (NY)           14
  J. Billingham (CIN)      13
  B. Gibson (STL)          13
  J. Matlack (NY)          12
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  K. Brett (PHI)           10
  C. Osteen (LA)            9
  J. Reuss (HOU)            9

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        24
  J. Brewer (LA)           17
  D. Giusti (PIT)          16
  D. Segui (STL)           15
  T. McGraw (NY)           13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  C. Carroll (CIN)         12
  E. Sosa (SF)             12
  B. Locker (CHI)          11

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)      236.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)   221.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        212.2
  R. Bryant (SF)        212.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        211.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        209.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      206.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)   203.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)       198.1
  C. Morton (ATL)       197.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        225
  D. Roberts (HOU)        200
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        198
  J. Billingham (CIN)     193
  C. Morton (ATL)         193
  J. Reuss (HOU)          192
  R. Wise (STL)           191
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       189
  B. Hooton (CHI)         186
  R. Bryant (SF)          185

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        110
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        101
  C. Morton (ATL)          96
  M. Torrez (MON)          90
  S. Blass (PIT)           89
  K. Forsch (HOU)          89
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         85
  J. Billingham (CIN)      83
  R. Bryant (SF)           83
  B. Hooton (CHI)          83

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         30
  S. Carlton (PHI)         23
  A. Messersmith (LA)      21
  S. Arlin (SD)            20
  J. Barr (SF)             20
  F. Norman (CIN)          19
  S. Renko (MON)           19
  T. Bradley (SF)          18
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         18

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          92
  S. Carlton (PHI)         91
  R. Bryant (SF)           89
  B. Moore (MON)           87
  J. Reuss (HOU)           85
  F. Norman (CIN)          79
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       77
  S. Renko (MON)           76
  J. Matlack (NY)          75
  J. Billingham (CIN)      74

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        187
  T. Seaver (NY)          182
  D. Sutton (LA)          168
  J. Matlack (NY)         154
  A. Messersmith (LA)     144
  B. Gibson (STL)         140
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       140
  K. Forsch (HOU)         135
  J. Reuss (HOU)          135
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      130


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