Tuesday August 21, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 21, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     77  48  2.73  126  37  28  1167   961  410  354   98  351  728
St. Louis       63  62  3.29  125  36  29  1123  1064  477  410   74  373  654
New York        56  67  3.46  123  38  24  1113  1026  476  428   97  371  761
Cincinnati      76  51  3.51  127  31  34  1147  1098  487  447   95  403  566
San Francisco   69  55  3.61  124  27  33  1113  1102  517  447  105  363  582
Houston         66  62  3.64  128  32  23  1150  1084  513  465   88  454  712
Chicago         59  65  3.73  124  21  32  1114  1126  509  462  110  319  705
Montreal        59  65  3.89  124  20  32  1105  1045  560  477  102  548  660
Pittsburgh      60  62  3.89  122  22  31  1086  1071  538  469   82  417  632
Philadelphia    58  66  3.90  124  43  16  1104  1060  519  478  100  486  725
San Diego       45  79  4.11  124  26  16  1097  1112  585  501  109  425  643
Atlanta         61  67  4.23  129  25  31  1160  1146  618  545  105  458  639

 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   8  2.21  27  27  12   0   3  220  165   61   54   17   46  172
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  2.65  68   0   0  25   0  129  113   45   38    8   56   92
Steve Renko (MON)     11   8  2.73  26  25   8   1   0  188  143   70   57   19   82  128
Nelson Briles (PIT)   12  11  2.76  25  25   7   0   1  179  159   68   55   16   43   75
Ron Bryant (SF)       19   8  2.81  32  30   8   0   0  221  190   84   69   15   90  114
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  1.69   5   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  3.27  35  23   8   4   1  196  171   82   71   18   74  103
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
Roric Harrison         7   4  3.77  28  15   2   4   0  124  105   58   52   10   76   89
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
Gary Neibauer          2   0  4.26   6   1   0   0   0   13    8    6    6    1    8    7
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
Joe Hoerner            2   2  6.39  20   0   0   2   0   13   17    9    9    1    4   10
Adrian Devine          1   3  7.24  19   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        11  12  3.93  30  30   7   0   2  215  208  105   94   31   43  134
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  2.40  62   0   0  10   0   97  113   30   26    2   27   45
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  3.53  37  22   4   2   2  173  152   71   68   17   49  104
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   1  4.70  12   0   0   1   0   23   18   12   12    4   13   14
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  14  3.16  30  28   8   1   3  205  157   80   72   18   77  123
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 Ray                6   1  4.31  34   0   0   6   0   56   52   28   27    5   33   21
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.39  44   0   0   6   0   66   61   37   32    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
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   8  2.21  27  27  12   0   3  220  165   61   54   17   46  172
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  2.65  68   0   0  25   0  129  113   45   38    8   56   92
Steve Renko           11   8  2.73  26  25   8   1   0  188  143   70   57   19   82  128
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  4.03  23  22   4   0   0  134  152   77   60   12   48   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
Ray Sadecki            3   2  3.30  22   7   1   0   0   85   84   34   31    8   29   62
Jerry Koosman          9  14  3.31  26  26   9   0   1  196  179   78   72   12   47  109
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  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    4    2    1    1    1    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  3.21  23  17  10   0   1  154  137   62   55   12   54   82
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
George Culver          1   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    0    1
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            2   1  3.41   5   5   1   0   0   32   33   12   12    3   12   18
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
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
Randy Jones            3   3  3.26  12  11   3   0   1   80   79   36   29    8   20   45
Vicente Romo           2   2  3.75  42   1   0   7   0   72   73   35   30    9   34   43
Mike Caldwell          5  14  3.95  39  13   3   6   1  125  120   69   55    6   47   69
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  4.56  36  10   2   1   0   97  105   65   49   10   55   64
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            19   8  2.81  32  30   8   0   0  221  190   84   69   15   90  114
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  2.25   8   0   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    4    2
Orlando Pena           3   3  2.65  28   0   0   4   0   37   43   13   11    2   11   22
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   9  3.11  26  26  11   0   4  200  199   85   69   12   44   99
Reggie Cleveland      12   6  3.14  23  23   4   0   2  158  155   66   55    7   38   96
Rich Folkers           3   4  3.36  28   7   1   2   0   70   59   27   26    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)           19
  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
  M. Caldwell (SD)         14
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  J. Koosman (NY)          14
  D. Wilson (HOU)          14
  J. Barr (SF)             13
  B. Greif (SD)            13
  C. Kirby (SD)            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)           12
  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
  R. Bryant (SF)        221.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        219.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        215.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      215.0
  D. Wilson (HOU)       205.1
  A. Messersmith (LA)   203.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     200.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        225
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        208
  J. Billingham (CIN)     200
  D. Roberts (HOU)        200
  J. Reuss (HOU)          199
  R. Wise (STL)           199
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       193
  C. Morton (ATL)         193
  R. Bryant (SF)          190
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       189

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        110
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        105
  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. Wise (STL)            85

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         31
  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)           90
  J. Reuss (HOU)           89
  S. Renko (MON)           82
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       80
  F. Norman (CIN)          79
  D. Wilson (HOU)          77
  R. Harrison (ATL)        76

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          194
  S. Carlton (PHI)        187
  D. Sutton (LA)          172
  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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