Wednesday August 22, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 22, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     77  49  2.73  127  37  28  1176   973  414  356   98  352  733
St. Louis       64  62  3.29  126  37  29  1132  1072  481  414   76  374  660
New York        57  67  3.46  124  38  24  1122  1035  479  431   97  372  764
Cincinnati      76  52  3.49  128  31  34  1155  1104  493  448   96  408  572
San Francisco   70  55  3.60  125  27  34  1122  1112  519  449  105  364  583
Houston         66  63  3.64  129  32  23  1159  1093  517  469   88  456  719
Chicago         60  65  3.74  125  21  33  1123  1139  514  467  112  320  706
Pittsburgh      61  62  3.85  123  23  31  1095  1077  538  469   82  417  637
Montreal        59  66  3.87  125  20  32  1114  1054  563  479  102  551  667
Philadelphia    58  67  3.90  125  43  16  1113  1074  527  483  101  489  731
San Diego       46  79  4.10  125  27  16  1106  1119  588  504  110  425  646
Atlanta         61  68  4.24  130  25  31  1169  1156  624  551  108  462  643

 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
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   7  2.60  69   0   0  25   0  132  114   45   38    8   58   95
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  12  2.65  28  28   6   0   2  200  189   69   59   13   48  153
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
A. Messersmith (LA)   11   8  2.82  28  28   8   0   3  211  169   81   66   21   67  149

 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   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
Joe Niekro             1   1  3.68   6   0   0   1   0    7    5    3    3    1    3    3
Roric Harrison         7   4  3.77  28  15   2   4   0  124  105   58   52   10   76   89
Ron Schueler           7   7  3.96  32  13   3   2   1  134  119   67   59   16   43   98
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  4.75  42   0   0   4   0   53   44   29   28   10   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  2.77  43   0   0  12   0   78   70   30   24    5   25   55
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            6  10  4.46  25  24   1   0   1  137  165   72   68   18   35   41
Larry Gura             2   4  4.82  20   7   0   0   0   62   74   37   33   10   10   41
Dave LaRoche           4   1  6.09  38   0   0   4   0   44   45   31   30    7   22   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   5  2.99  16  16   6   0   3  117   92   44   39   11   55   67
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  3.70  38   5   0  12   0   75   90   38   31    3   23   33
Tom Hall               7   4  3.71  40   7   0   7   0   90   65   40   37   11   41   85
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
Juan Pizarro           2   1  3.18  10   0   0   0   0   11   13    4    4    0    4    4
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
Ken Forsch             9  10  3.97  36  26   5   3   0  188  180   90   83   18   66  135
Jim Ray                6   1  4.24  35   0   0   6   0   57   53   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   5  5.32  18   5   0   0   0   46   41   30   27    4   26   33
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
Pete Richert           2   1  2.13  33   0   0   7   0   42   35   10   10    5   14   22
Jim Brewer             6   5  2.13  47   0   0  17   0   63   45   16   15    5   20   49
Don Sutton            15   8  2.21  27  27  12   0   3  220  165   61   54   17   46  172
Andy Messersmith      11   8  2.82  28  28   8   0   3  211  169   81   66   21   67  149
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
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   3  1.36   8   8   4   0   2   66   44   11   10    3   20   31
Mike Marshall         10   7  2.60  69   0   0  25   0  132  114   45   38    8   58   95
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  2.90  21  14   2   1   0  112  110   43   36   10   28   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  3.67  27   9   0   4   0   74   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             1   6  5.31  42   2   0  13   0   80   84   49   47   10   43   46
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  1.69   5   0   0   0   0    5    4    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  15  3.83  32  32  15   0   3  240  233  115  102   24   93  191
Mike Wallace           1   1  4.03  10   3   1   0   0   22   25   11   10    1   11   15
Barry Lersch           2   6  4.85  32   2   0   1   0   72   82   40   39    9   22   41
Darrell Brandon        1   4  4.93  26   0   0   2   0   42   37   24   23    2   19   18
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.98  40   0   0   4   0   43   41   27   24    6   25   23
Jim Lonborg           10  10  5.16  29  21   4   0   0  145  164   85   83   18   61   76
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              8  11  3.72  24  23   6   0   3  155  169   70   64   11   51   92
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            9  11  4.76  28  21   6   0   3  149  159   83   79   21   62   79
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  3.14  55   1   0  13   0   83   77   32   29    7   30   52
Jim Barr              10  13  3.47  32  25   7   2   2  187  184   77   72   20   35   66
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      13   6  3.19  24  24   5   0   2  167  163   70   59    9   39  102
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
  R. Cleveland (STL)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  J. Reuss (HOU)           13
  R. Wise (STL)            13

Losses:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  J. Matlack (NY)          15
  M. Caldwell (SD)         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
  E. Sosa (SF)             13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  C. Carroll (CIN)         12
  B. Locker (CHI)          12

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
  B. Moose (PIT)            3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      240.0
  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
  A. Messersmith (LA)   210.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)       205.1
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     200.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        233
  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)        115
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        105
  C. Morton (ATL)          96
  M. Torrez (MON)          93
  K. Forsch (HOU)          90
  S. Blass (PIT)           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)         24
  S. Arlin (SD)            21
  A. Messersmith (LA)      21
  J. Barr (SF)             20
  F. Norman (CIN)          20
  S. Renko (MON)           19
  T. Bradley (SF)          18
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         18

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          96
  S. Carlton (PHI)         93
  B. Moore (MON)           92
  R. Bryant (SF)           90
  J. Reuss (HOU)           89
  F. Norman (CIN)          84
  S. Renko (MON)           82
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       80
  D. Wilson (HOU)          77
  R. Harrison (ATL)        76

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          194
  S. Carlton (PHI)        191
  D. Sutton (LA)          172
  J. Matlack (NY)         154
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       153
  A. Messersmith (LA)     149
  B. Gibson (STL)         140
  J. Reuss (HOU)          139
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      138
  K. Forsch (HOU)         135


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