Friday August 24, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 24, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     79  49  2.71  129  39  28  1194   984  418  360   98  356  747
St. Louis       65  62  3.28  127  37  29  1143  1083  485  416   78  378  669
New York        58  68  3.44  126  39  24  1141  1052  484  436   98  382  775
Cincinnati      76  54  3.47  130  31  34  1176  1121  502  453   99  416  583
San Francisco   70  56  3.58  126  28  34  1131  1121  520  450  105  366  584
Houston         67  63  3.63  130  33  23  1168  1103  519  471   88  459  724
Chicago         61  66  3.73  127  21  33  1141  1152  521  473  113  327  719
Pittsburgh      61  63  3.84  124  23  31  1103  1081  541  471   83  419  640
Montreal        59  67  3.88  126  20  32  1123  1063  568  484  103  553  677
Philadelphia    59  68  3.88  127  44  16  1131  1090  533  488  102  493  744
San Diego       47  80  4.11  127  27  17  1123  1135  597  513  114  430  654
Atlanta         62  68  4.23  131  25  31  1178  1166  626  553  108  465  645

 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   6  2.34  29  23   9   0   4  193  151   57   50   11   83  146
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   7  2.58  70   0   0  25   0  133  115   45   38    8   58   95
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  12  2.65  28  28   6   0   2  200  189   69   59   13   48  153
Nelson Briles (PIT)   12  11  2.67  26  26   7   0   1  185  160   68   55   16   43   77
Tommy John (LA)       12   7  2.69  29  24   4   0   2  170  154   62   51   11   38   83
Steve Renko (MON)     11   8  2.73  26  25   8   1   0  188  143   70   57   19   82  128
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

 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  3.54  31  30   6   0   2  206  202   98   81   13   64   92
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          2   3  6.99  20   1   0   3   0   28   42   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  2.27  23   1   0   0   0   44   44   12   11    1   22   39
Rick Reuschel         12  12  2.65  28  28   6   0   2  200  189   69   59   13   48  153
Bob Locker             6   5  2.68  44   0   0  12   0   81   72   31   24    5   25   56
Bill Bonham            5   4  3.31  34  10   1   5   0  111   90   43   41    9   42   94
Burt Hooton           10  12  3.89  33  27   6   0   1  185  190   86   80   10   60  107
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  2.31  64   0   0  10   0  101  114   30   26    2   29   49
Ross Grimsley         12   7  2.94  30  29   7   1   1  196  196   72   64   17   55   68
Fred Norman            9   5  2.99  16  16   6   0   3  117   92   44   39   11   55   67
Jack Billingham       16   8  3.12  32  32  13   0   7  233  206   89   81   12   77  108
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
Tom Hall               7   4  3.62  42   7   0   7   0   92   68   40   37   11   42   86
Clay Carroll           5   8  3.71  40   5   0  12   0   78   94   41   32    4   23   34
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
Jerry Reuss           14   9  3.37  33  32  10   0   2  224  209   90   84   11   92  144
Larry Dierker          1   1  3.38  12   3   0   0   0   24   22   10    9    3    9   14
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
Tommy John            12   7  2.69  29  24   4   0   2  170  154   62   51   11   38   83
Andy Messersmith      11   8  2.82  28  28   8   0   3  211  169   81   66   21   67  149
Claude Osteen         15   6  2.87  27  27  10   0   3  204  182   73   65   17   50   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  2.58  70   0   0  25   0  133  115   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  2.78  25   0   0   0   0   36   33   18   11    4   16   18
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  13  4.33  26  25   3   0   1  145  124   77   70   13   92  129
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  7.30  25  15   0   1   0   81  107   70   66   12   48   36

 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
Jerry Koosman         10  14  3.15  27  27  10   0   2  206  186   78   72   12   52  114
Jon Matlack           10  15  3.29  27  27  12   0   2  194  168   78   71   13   78  156
Ray Sadecki            3   2  3.30  22   7   1   0   0   85   84   34   31    8   29   62
Harry Parker           7   3  3.52  28   9   0   4   0   77   67   34   30    6   30   52
Buzz Capra             2   6  3.90  18   0   0   2   0   32   25   14   14    3   23   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  1.42   6   0   0   0   0    6    5    1    1    1    2    4
Wayne Twitchell       12   6  2.34  29  23   9   0   4  193  151   57   50   11   83  146
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           11  10  5.04  30  22   5   0   0  154  173   88   86   19   61   81
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   2  1.90  49   0   0  16   0   66   52   19   14    7   24   44
Ramon Hernandez        4   3  2.42  43   0   0   5   0   63   50   20   17    4   17   44
Nelson Briles         12  11  2.67  26  26   7   0   1  185  160   68   55   16   43   77
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  27  17   2   1   1  109  109   59   52    8   54   68
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  3.90  40  13   3   7   1  127  121   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
Rich Troedson          6   4  4.39  44  12   1   1   0  113  125   58   55    6   41   56
Clay Kirby             7  14  4.53  27  24   4   0   2  147  158   88   74   18   50  103
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  5.07  44   0   0   0   0   60   73   39   34    4   24   31

 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
Juan Marichal         10  10  3.64  27  25   8   0   2  166  182   82   67   18   31   70
Tom Bradley           10  11  3.70  25  25   4   0   0  170  157   79   70   18   56  102
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
Diego Segui            6   4  2.71  51   0   0  15   0   73   60   26   22    5   37   65
Mike Nagy              0   1  2.76   3   2   0   0   0   16   16    6    5    1    4    5
Bob Gibson            11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140
Alan Foster           10   6  2.95  27  21   5   0   2  149  142   57   49   13   51   80
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Bryant (SF)           19
  J. Billingham (CIN)      16
  C. Osteen (LA)           15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  D. Gullett (CIN)         14
  J. Reuss (HOU)           14
  R. Cleveland (STL)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  R. Wise (STL)            13

Losses:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  J. Matlack (NY)          15
  M. Caldwell (SD)         14
  C. Kirby (SD)            14
  J. Koosman (NY)          14
  D. Wilson (HOU)          14
  J. Barr (SF)             13
  B. Greif (SD)            13
  B. Moore (MON)           13
  D. Ellis (PIT)           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)          10
  C. Osteen (LA)           10

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)   233.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        224.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        224.1
  R. Bryant (SF)        221.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        219.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      215.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)   210.2
  J. Koosman (NY)       205.2
  C. Morton (ATL)       205.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        233
  J. Reuss (HOU)          209
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        208
  J. Billingham (CIN)     206
  C. Morton (ATL)         202
  D. Roberts (HOU)        200
  R. Wise (STL)           199
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       196
  R. Bryant (SF)          190
  B. Hooton (CHI)         190

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        115
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        105
  C. Morton (ATL)          98
  M. Torrez (MON)          93
  K. Forsch (HOU)          90
  J. Reuss (HOU)           90
  J. Billingham (CIN)      89
  S. Blass (PIT)           89
  C. Kirby (SD)            88
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         88

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
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         19
  S. Renko (MON)           19
  T. Bradley (SF)          18
  K. Forsch (HOU)          18

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          96
  S. Carlton (PHI)         93
  B. Moore (MON)           92
  J. Reuss (HOU)           92
  R. Bryant (SF)           90
  F. Norman (CIN)          84
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       83
  S. Renko (MON)           82
  J. Matlack (NY)          78
  J. Billingham (CIN)      77

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          194
  S. Carlton (PHI)        191
  D. Sutton (LA)          172
  J. Matlack (NY)         156
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       153
  A. Messersmith (LA)     149
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      146
  J. Reuss (HOU)          144
  B. Gibson (STL)         140
  K. Forsch (HOU)         135


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report