Tuesday August 28, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 28, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     82  50  2.72  133  40  30  1232  1008  430  372  100  375  766
St. Louis       67  64  3.28  131  38  30  1182  1124  501  430   79  389  696
New York        60  70  3.46  130  39  26  1177  1088  501  453  105  390  799
Cincinnati      78  55  3.49  133  32  35  1203  1146  515  466  101  427  601
San Francisco   72  58  3.57  130  29  35  1165  1151  532  462  108  371  602
Houston         67  67  3.67  134  34  23  1210  1144  541  493   91  477  752
Chicago         64  66  3.71  130  21  35  1169  1180  532  482  115  334  737
Philadelphia    61  70  3.85  131  45  17  1170  1124  550  501  108  508  767
Montreal        61  69  3.86  130  22  32  1159  1094  581  497  107  561  697
Pittsburgh      63  64  3.87  127  23  32  1131  1112  557  486   86  433  658
San Diego       48  83  4.16  131  28  17  1156  1184  626  534  119  448  674
Atlanta         63  70  4.27  134  25  32  1207  1201  647  572  113  473  667

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       15   7  1.74  28  28  14   0   3  233  165   51   45   18   47  196
Don Sutton (LA)       16   8  2.20  28  28  12   0   3  225  168   62   55   17   47  173
Wayne Twitchell (PHI) 13   6  2.23  30  24  10   0   5  202  155   57   50   11   85  154
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  12  2.65  29  29   6   0   2  207  194   72   61   13   48  158
Nelson Briles (PIT)   12  11  2.67  26  26   7   0   1  185  160   68   55   16   43   77
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   7  2.67  72   0   0  25   0  135  117   47   40    8   59   97
Tommy John (LA)       12   7  2.69  29  24   4   0   2  170  154   62   51   11   38   83
Steve Renko (MON)     11   9  2.79  27  26   8   1   0  197  150   74   61   22   83  133
Claude Osteen (LA)    16   6  2.79  28  28  11   0   3  213  187   74   66   17   53   78
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  3.31  36  24   8   4   1  204  178   86   75   19   75  111
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
Roric Harrison         8   4  3.78  29  16   2   4   0  131  110   62   55   11   79   97
Ron Schueler           7   7  4.08  33  14   3   2   1  139  128   71   63   17   46  100
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  4.70  43   0   0   4   0   54   44   29   28   10   24   30
Gary Neibauer          2   1  4.91   8   1   0   0   0   15   13    9    8    2    8    7
Pat Dobson             3   7  4.99  12  10   1   0   1   58   73   33   32    1   19   23
Joe Niekro             1   2  5.84   8   0   0   1   0   12   13    8    8    1    4    5
Joe Hoerner            2   2  6.39  20   0   0   2   0   13   17    9    9    1    4   10
Adrian Devine          2   3  6.98  22   1   0   4   0   30   43   24   23    6   12   13
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  2.18  24   1   0   0   0   45   44   12   11    1   22   42
Bob Locker             7   5  2.52  46   0   0  13   0   86   76   31   24    5   27   59
Rick Reuschel         12  12  2.65  29  29   6   0   2  207  194   72   61   13   48  158
Bill Bonham            5   4  3.28  35  10   1   6   0  112   90   43   41    9   42   95
Fergie Jenkins        12  12  3.87  31  31   7   0   2  223  218  107   96   31   44  138
Burt Hooton           11  12  3.90  34  27   6   0   1  187  192   88   81   10   61  108
Jack Aker              4   5  4.34  41   0   0  12   0   58   69   30   28    8   19   25
Milt Pappas            6  10  4.61  26  25   1   0   1  141  172   76   72   20   38   42
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  2.26  66   0   0  11   0  103  114   30   26    2   31   50
Fred Norman           10   5  2.89  17  17   6   0   3  125   98   45   40   12   56   73
Ross Grimsley         12   8  3.08  31  30   7   1   1  202  203   77   69   18   58   70
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           15   8  3.55  38  23   5   2   2  182  161   75   72   17   50  110
Tom Hall               7   4  3.58  43   7   0   7   0   93   68   40   37   11   42   87
Roger Nelson           3   2  3.81  11   8   1   0   0   50   49   25   21    4   21   13
Clay Carroll           5   8  4.04  41   5   0  12   0   78   96   44   35    4   26   34
Dave Tomlin            0   1  4.38  13   0   0   1   0   25   19   12   12    4   14   16
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  2.92  31  28   8   0   4  188  207   71   61   11   50   84
J.R. Richard           5   1  2.97  14   9   2   0   1   64   44   26   21    2   32   67
Don Wilson             9  15  3.19  31  29   9   1   3  214  164   84   76   18   81  128
Larry Dierker          1   1  3.38  12   3   0   0   0   24   22   10    9    3    9   14
Jerry Reuss           14  10  3.51  34  33  10   0   2  231  216   96   90   12   95  147
Juan Pizarro           2   1  3.55  11   0   0   0   0   13   14    5    5    0    4    5
Ken Forsch             9  10  3.94  39  26   5   3   0  194  189   92   85   18   68  143
Jim Crawford           2   4  4.39  45   0   0   6   0   66   62   37   32    6   31   51
Jim Ray                6   3  4.43  37   0   0   6   0   63   58   32   31    5   36   23
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  5.05  19   6   0   0   0   52   45   32   29    5   28   39
Cecil Upshaw           1   3  5.34  28   0   0   0   0   30   34   20   18    2   14   18

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Richert           3   1  1.99  34   0   0   7   0   45   35   10   10    5   16   22
Don Sutton            16   8  2.20  28  28  12   0   3  225  168   62   55   17   47  173
Jim Brewer             6   5  2.20  48   0   0  17   0   65   47   17   16    5   21   50
Tommy John            12   7  2.69  29  24   4   0   2  170  154   62   51   11   38   83
Claude Osteen         16   6  2.79  28  28  11   0   3  213  187   74   66   17   53   78
Andy Messersmith      11   9  2.81  29  29   8   0   3  218  172   83   68   22   71  154
George Culver          4   4  3.00  28   0   0   2   0   42   45   15   14    4   21   23
Al Downing             9   7  3.01  25  23   5   0   2  165  125   68   55   12   59   99
Charlie Hough          1   2  3.38  25   0   0   2   0   43   28   18   16    2   28   44
Doug Rau               4   1  4.08  25   1   0   2   0   46   47   21   21    5   21   40

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           5   3  1.20   9   9   5   0   3   75   47   11   10    3   22   35
Mike Marshall         10   7  2.67  72   0   0  25   0  135  117   47   40    8   59   97
Pat Jarvis             2   1  2.78  25   0   0   0   0   36   33   18   11    4   16   18
Steve Renko           11   9  2.79  27  26   8   1   0  197  150   74   61   22   83  133
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  14  4.36  27  26   3   0   1  153  130   81   74   14   95  135
Mike Torrez            8  11  4.49  29  28   2   0   0  170  174   96   85   15   97   72
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   7  1.74  28  28  14   0   3  233  165   51   45   18   47  196
George Stone           8   3  2.96  22  15   2   1   0  119  117   46   39   13   28   61
Jerry Koosman         10  14  3.15  27  27  10   0   2  206  186   78   72   12   52  114
Jon Matlack           11  15  3.35  28  28  12   0   2  201  177   82   75   14   82  160
Ray Sadecki            3   3  3.57  23   8   1   0   0   91   91   39   36   10   30   66
Buzz Capra             2   6  3.78  19   0   0   2   0   33   25   14   14    3   23   31
Harry Parker           7   3  3.81  30   9   0   4   0   78   70   37   33    6   31   52
Tug McGraw             1   6  5.18  45   2   0  15   0   83   85   50   48   11   44   53
Jim McAndrew           3   8  5.54  20  12   0   1   0   75  101   57   46    8   28   37
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  1.29   7   0   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    1    4    5
Wayne Twitchell       13   6  2.23  30  24  10   0   5  202  155   57   50   11   85  154
Mac Scarce             0   5  2.23  37   0   0   9   0   48   32   16   12    3   39   46
Ken Brett             12   5  3.26  24  18  10   0   1  163  145   66   59   14   58   84
Dick Ruthven           5   9  3.69  21  19   3   1   1  112  102   54   46    9   59   82
Steve Carlton         11  16  3.90  33  33  15   0   3  244  240  121  106   26   96  192
Mike Wallace           1   1  4.03  10   3   1   0   0   22   25   11   10    1   11   15
Barry Lersch           2   6  4.78  33   2   0   1   0   75   84   41   40    9   23   42
Darrell Brandon        1   4  4.85  27   0   0   2   0   43   37   24   23    2   19   18
Jim Lonborg           12  10  4.95  31  23   5   0   0  162  181   91   89   21   61   88
Bill Wilson            1   3  4.98  40   0   0   4   0   43   41   27   24    6   25   23
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  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    0    1    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            7   2  1.82  50   0   0  16   0   69   54   19   14    7   25   46
Ramon Hernandez        4   3  2.42  44   0   0   5   0   63   50   20   17    4   18   44
Nelson Briles         12  11  2.67  26  26   7   0   1  185  160   68   55   16   43   77
Dock Ellis            11  13  3.11  26  26   3   0   1  180  166   80   62    6   52  113
Jim Rooker             6   4  3.20  34  11   3   5   2  115   97   46   41    8   41   94
John Morlan            2   1  3.21   6   5   1   0   0   34   33   12   12    3   15   18
Bob Moose              9  11  3.70  25  24   6   0   3  160  178   72   66   11   54   94
Bob Johnson            2   1  3.93  37   2   0   3   0   71   75   35   31    8   25   51
Luke Walker            7   9  4.38  28  17   2   1   1  111  112   61   54    8   56   68
John Lamb              0   1  5.84  17   0   0   2   0   25   31   20   16    2    6    7
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            4   3  3.03  13  12   4   0   1   89   87   38   30    8   23   49
Bill Greif             7  14  3.11  30  25   7   1   3  162  139   69   56   17   49   95
Frank Snook            0   1  3.68  10   0   0   0   0   15   10    9    6    3    9    7
Mike Caldwell          5  14  3.83  42  13   3   7   1  129  125   70   55    6   48   72
Vicente Romo           2   2  3.93  43   1   0   7   0   76   75   38   33   10   37   45
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
Mike Corkins           5   7  4.56  36  10   2   1   0   97  105   65   49   10   55   64
Clay Kirby             7  15  4.67  28  25   4   0   2  152  168   94   79   19   55  105
Steve Arlin            9  12  4.86  29  22   6   0   3  156  170   89   84   22   65   83
Gary Ross              2   4  5.40  46   0   0   0   0   63   79   43   38    5   25   34

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don McMahon            1   0  2.30  11   0   0   3   0   16   11    4    4    0    3   11
Randy Moffitt          3   3  2.58  45   0   0  13   0   77   70   25   22    6   22   43
Ron Bryant            20   8  2.86  33  31   8   0   0  230  198   88   73   15   92  117
Elias Sosa             7   2  3.12  56   1   0  14   0   84   78   32   29    7   31   53
Tom Bradley           11  11  3.51  26  26   5   0   1  179  161   79   70   18   57  107
Juan Marichal         10  11  3.54  28  26   8   0   2  173  187   83   68   19   31   74
Jim Barr              10  14  3.67  33  26   7   2   2  189  188   82   77   21   36   67
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  4.53  28  12   1   0   1  101  117   57   51   15   31   48
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  1.94  29   0   0   3   0   42   34   11    9    0   16   35
Ed Sprague             0   0  2.25   8   0   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    4    2
Orlando Pena           3   3  2.43  30   0   0   4   0   41   46   13   11    2   11   26
Diego Segui            6   4  2.66  52   0   0  15   0   74   60   26   22    5   39   68
Bob Gibson            11  10  2.81  24  24  13   0   1  189  154   70   59   12   54  140
Alan Foster           11   6  2.96  28  22   6   0   2  158  148   60   52   13   52   83
Reggie Cleveland      13   7  3.17  25  25   5   0   2  173  172   74   61   10   42  104
Mike Nagy              0   1  3.27   4   3   0   0   0   22   26    9    8    1    4    7
Rick Wise             13  10  3.30  27  27  11   0   4  202  205   90   74   12   45  101
Rich Folkers           3   4  3.31  29   7   1   3   0   71   61   27   26    6   26   37
Tom Murphy             3   6  3.83  16  12   2   0   0   80   79   35   34    5   21   37
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
John Andrews           0   1  5.25   9   0   0   0   0   12    9    8    7    2   10    3
Al Santorini           0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    8   14    5    5    1    2    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)           20
  J. Billingham (CIN)      16
  C. Osteen (LA)           16
  D. Sutton (LA)           16
  D. Gullett (CIN)         15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  J. Reuss (HOU)           14
  R. Cleveland (STL)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       13

Losses:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  C. Kirby (SD)            15
  J. Matlack (NY)          15
  D. Wilson (HOU)          15
  J. Barr (SF)             14
  M. Caldwell (SD)         14
  B. Greif (SD)            14
  J. Koosman (NY)          14
  B. Moore (MON)           14
  D. Ellis (PIT)           13

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
  C. Osteen (LA)           11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  K. Brett (PHI)           10
  J. Koosman (NY)          10

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MON)        25
  J. Brewer (LA)           17
  D. Giusti (PIT)          16
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  D. Segui (STL)           15
  E. Sosa (SF)             14
  B. Locker (CHI)          13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            12
  C. Carroll (CIN)         12

Shutouts:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       7
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        5
  D. Roberts (HOU)          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)      244.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   233.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        232.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        231.0
  R. Bryant (SF)        229.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        224.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      223.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)   217.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)       214.1
  C. Osteen (LA)        212.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        240
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        218
  J. Reuss (HOU)          216
  D. Roberts (HOU)        207
  J. Billingham (CIN)     206
  R. Wise (STL)           205
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       203
  C. Morton (ATL)         202
  R. Bryant (SF)          198
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       194

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        121
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        107
  C. Morton (ATL)          98
  J. Reuss (HOU)           96
  M. Torrez (MON)          96
  C. Kirby (SD)            94
  K. Forsch (HOU)          92
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         91
  R. Wise (STL)            90
  S. Arlin (SD)            89

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         31
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  S. Arlin (SD)            22
  A. Messersmith (LA)      22
  S. Renko (MON)           22
  J. Barr (SF)             21
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         21
  F. Norman (CIN)          21
  M. Pappas (CHI)          20
  C. Kirby (SD)            19

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)          97
  S. Carlton (PHI)         96
  B. Moore (MON)           95
  J. Reuss (HOU)           95
  R. Bryant (SF)           92
  F. Norman (CIN)          85
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       85
  S. Renko (MON)           83
  J. Matlack (NY)          82
  D. Wilson (HOU)          81

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          196
  S. Carlton (PHI)        192
  D. Sutton (LA)          173
  J. Matlack (NY)         160
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       158
  A. Messersmith (LA)     154
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      154
  J. Reuss (HOU)          147
  K. Forsch (HOU)         143
  B. Gibson (STL)         140

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