Monday August 20, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 20, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     77  47  2.74  125  36  28  1158   956  408  352   98  348  724
St. Louis       63  61  3.27  124  36  29  1115  1049  466  405   72  370  649
New York        55  67  3.48  122  37  24  1104  1022  475  427   96  371  757
Cincinnati      76  50  3.49  126  31  34  1139  1086  481  442   95  400  562
Houston         66  61  3.62  127  32  23  1141  1076  507  459   88  451  708
San Francisco   68  55  3.64  123  26  33  1104  1097  516  446  105  362  576
Chicago         58  65  3.73  123  20  32  1105  1116  505  458  109  318  700
Philadelphia    57  66  3.88  123  43  16  1095  1050  511  472   98  484  719
Pittsburgh      59  62  3.89  121  21  31  1077  1062  535  466   80  415  625
Montreal        59  64  3.90  123  20  32  1096  1036  557  475  102  540  655
San Diego       45  78  4.07  123  26  16  1088  1097  576  492  108  424  633
Atlanta         60  67  4.21  128  25  30  1151  1133  611  538  104  452  635

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       15   6  1.76  27  27  14   0   3  225  158   50   44   18   46  194
Don Sutton (LA)       15   7  2.22  26  26  11   0   3  211  160   59   52   17   43  168
Wayne Twitchell (PHI) 12   5  2.34  28  22   9   0   4  185  145   54   48   11   80  138
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  12  2.65  28  28   6   0   2  200  189   69   59   13   48  153
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   7  2.66  67   0   0  25   0  128  113   45   38    8   56   92
Steve Renko (MON)     11   7  2.74  25  24   8   1   0  181  135   67   55   19   76  123
Nelson Briles (PIT)   12  11  2.76  25  25   7   0   1  179  159   68   55   16   43   75
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
Tommy John (LA)       11   7  2.85  28  23   3   0   1  161  151   62   51   11   36   76

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Niekro             1   0  1.80   4   0   0   1   0    5    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   6  3.32  34  23   8   3   1  193  166   82   71   18   73  102
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  5.40   5   1   0   0   0   10    8    6    6    1    5    6
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  12  2.65  28  28   6   0   2  200  189   69   59   13   48  153
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  2.34  61   0   0  10   0   96  110   29   25    2   26   44
Ross Grimsley         12   7  2.95  29  28   7   1   1  189  193   70   62   16   52   64
Fred Norman            9   4  3.07  15  15   6   0   3  111   89   38   38   10   50   62
Jack Billingham       16   8  3.11  31  31  13   0   7  228  200   85   79   11   75  107
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
Clay Carroll           5   6  3.75  37   5   0  12   0   74   89   38   31    3   23   33
Tom Hall               7   4  3.76  39   7   0   7   0   89   63   40   37   11   41   84
Roger Nelson           3   2  3.81  11   8   1   0   0   50   49   25   21    4   21   13
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
J.R. Richard           5   1  2.97  14   9   2   0   1   64   44   26   21    2   32   67
Don Wilson             9  13  3.09  29  27   8   1   3  198  154   76   68   18   74  119
Larry Dierker          1   1  3.38  12   3   0   0   0   24   22   10    9    3    9   14
Jerry Reuss           13   9  3.43  32  31   9   0   2  215  199   88   82   11   89  139
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 Crawford           2   4  4.24  43   0   0   6   0   64   56   35   30    6   31   51
Jim Ray                6   1  4.31  34   0   0   6   0   56   52   28   27    5   33   21
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
Tom Griffin            0   4  5.45  17   4   0   0   0   40   35   27   24    4   25   27
Cecil Upshaw           1   3  5.46  26   0   0   0   0   30   34   20   18    2   14   17

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             6   4  1.90  46   0   0  17   0   62   41   14   13    5   20   49
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  2.85  28  23   3   0   1  161  151   62   51   11   36   76
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
Mike Marshall         10   7  2.66  67   0   0  25   0  128  113   45   38    8   56   92
Steve Renko           11   7  2.74  25  24   8   1   0  181  135   67   55   19   76  123
Pat Jarvis             2   1  2.86  24   0   0   0   0   35   33   18   11    4   15   17
Tom Walker             5   5  3.68  47   0   0   4   0   81   82   48   33    7   40   62
Ernie McAnally         7   7  4.06  22  22   4   0   0  133  151   77   60   12   46   63
Balor Moore            7  12  4.26  25  24   3   0   1  139  116   73   66   12   92  122
Mike Torrez            7  11  4.57  28  27   1   0   0  161  161   93   82   15   96   69
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  20   0   0   0   0   23   26   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  1.76  27  27  14   0   3  225  158   50   44   18   46  194
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          9  14  3.31  26  26   9   0   1  196  179   78   72   12   47  109
Ray Sadecki            2   2  3.57  21   6   0   0   0   76   80   33   30    7   29   58
Harry Parker           7   3  3.68  26   9   0   4   0   73   67   34   30    6   30   48
Buzz Capra             2   5  3.77  17   0   0   2   0   31   23   13   13    3   21   29
Tug McGraw             0   6  5.45  41   2   0  13   0   78   84   49   47   10   43   43
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       12   5  2.34  28  22   9   0   4  185  145   54   48   11   80  138
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  2.42  43   0   0   5   0   63   50   20   17    4   17   44
Nelson Briles         12  11  2.76  25  25   7   0   1  179  159   68   55   16   43   75
Dock Ellis            11  12  2.87  25  25   3   0   1  176  160   74   56    5   51  110
Jim Rooker             6   4  3.05  33  10   3   5   2  109   90   41   37    6   41   90
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  4.29  26  17   2   1   1  107  107   57   51    8   52   67
Tom Dettore            0   1  5.96  12   1   0   0   0   23   33   19   15    1   14   13
John Lamb              0   1  6.00  16   0   0   2   0   24   31   20   16    2    6    6
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  13  3.08  29  24   7   1   3  161  133   64   55   17   49   94
Vicente Romo           2   2  3.55  41   1   0   7   0   71   70   33   28    9   34   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
Don McMahon            1   0  2.51  10   0   0   3   0   14   11    4    4    0    3   10
Randy Moffitt          3   3  2.62  44   0   0  13   0   76   70   25   22    6   22   42
Ron Bryant            18   8  2.88  31  29   7   0   0  212  185   83   68   15   89  108
Elias Sosa             7   2  3.17  54   1   0  12   0   82   77   32   29    7   30   52
Jim Barr               9  13  3.53  31  24   7   2   2  178  174   75   70   20   34   65
Tom Bradley           10  11  3.70  25  25   4   0   0  170  157   79   70   18   56  102
Juan Marichal         10   9  3.80  26  24   7   0   2  156  173   81   66   18   29   69
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  4.56  27  12   1   0   1   97  109   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
Alan Foster           10   6  3.01  26  20   5   0   2  140  131   53   47   11   50   73
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
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
  B. Greif (SD)            13
  C. Kirby (SD)            13
  D. Wilson (HOU)          13
  D. Ellis (PIT)           12
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         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
  J. Koosman (NY)           9
  C. Osteen (LA)            9

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        25
  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)   228.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        224.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        215.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        212.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        211.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      206.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)   203.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     200.1
  D. Wilson (HOU)       198.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        225
  J. Billingham (CIN)     200
  D. Roberts (HOU)        200
  J. Reuss (HOU)          199
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        198
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       193
  C. Morton (ATL)         193
  R. Wise (STL)           191
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       189
  B. Hooton (CHI)         186

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        110
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        101
  C. Morton (ATL)          96
  M. Torrez (MON)          93
  S. Blass (PIT)           89
  K. Forsch (HOU)          89
  J. Reuss (HOU)           88
  J. Billingham (CIN)      85
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         85
  R. Bryant (SF)           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)          96
  B. Moore (MON)           92
  S. Carlton (PHI)         91
  R. Bryant (SF)           89
  J. Reuss (HOU)           89
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       80
  F. Norman (CIN)          79
  S. Renko (MON)           76
  J. Billingham (CIN)      75
  J. Matlack (NY)          75

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          194
  S. Carlton (PHI)        187
  D. Sutton (LA)          168
  J. Matlack (NY)         154
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       153
  A. Messersmith (LA)     144
  B. Gibson (STL)         140
  J. Reuss (HOU)          139
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      138
  K. Forsch (HOU)         135


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