Thursday August 30, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 30, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     83  51  2.76  135  40  31  1249  1025  441  383  103  381  776
St. Louis       68  65  3.25  133  38  30  1200  1138  504  433   80  398  705
New York        61  71  3.42  132  40  27  1195  1105  502  454  105  396  816
Cincinnati      79  55  3.48  134  33  35  1212  1150  518  468  102  428  612
San Francisco   73  58  3.55  131  30  35  1174  1157  533  463  108  373  609
Houston         68  68  3.67  136  35  23  1227  1161  549  500   91  480  759
Chicago         64  67  3.72  131  21  35  1177  1190  539  487  116  341  745
Philadelphia    62  71  3.86  133  45  17  1188  1145  560  510  114  514  781
Pittsburgh      63  65  3.88  128  23  32  1139  1123  562  491   87  439  662
Montreal        62  70  3.89  132  22  32  1177  1111  594  508  110  565  704
San Diego       48  84  4.15  132  28  17  1164  1192  629  537  119  451  680
Atlanta         64  70  4.26  135  25  33  1216  1211  651  576  114  477  672

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       15   8  1.71  29  29  15   0   3  242  174   52   46   18   50  205
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
Mike Marshall (MON)   10   8  2.62  73   0   0  25   0  137  121   49   40    8   59  100
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  12  2.65  29  29   6   0   2  207  194   72   61   13   48  158
Tommy John (LA)       12   7  2.77  30  25   4   0   2  179  160   66   55   11   40   88
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
A. Messersmith (LA)   11   9  2.81  29  29   8   0   3  218  172   83   68   22   71  154
Nelson Briles (PIT)   12  12  2.81  27  27   7   0   1  189  167   72   59   17   44   78

 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  3.65  32  31   6   0   2  207  209  101   84   13   64   92
Roric Harrison         8   4  3.75  30  16   2   5   0  132  110   62   55   11   79   98
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              3   1  4.42  44   0   0   4   0   59   47   30   29   11   26   34
Gary Neibauer          2   1  4.60   9   1   0   0   0   16   13    9    8    2   10    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   1  2.40  25   1   0   0   0   49   47   14   13    2   23   43
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  3.35  36  11   1   6   0  116   95   47   43    9   47   99
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  4.47  42   0   0  12   0   58   71   31   29    8   20   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  5.96  39   0   0   4   0   45   45   31   30    7   22   29
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       17   8  3.08  33  33  14   0   7  242  210   92   83   13   78  119
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
Dave Roberts          13   9  2.83  32  29   9   0   4  197  212   73   62   11   50   86
Mike Cosgrove          1   1  2.84   9   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    6    2
J.R. Richard           5   1  2.97  14   9   2   0   1   64   44   26   21    2   32   67
Don Wilson             9  15  3.22  32  30   9   1   3  218  170   86   78   18   83  132
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
Ken Forsch             9  10  3.93  40  26   5   3   0  195  190   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   4  4.55  38   0   0   6   0   65   60   34   33    5   37   24
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    8    4    4    9
Juan Pizarro           2   1  4.61  12   0   0   0   0   14   17    7    7    0    4    5
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   6  2.44  50   0   0  18   0   66   50   19   18    6   23   51
Tommy John            12   7  2.77  30  25   4   0   2  179  160   66   55   11   40   88
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  3.16  26  24   5   0   2  171  132   73   60   14   60  101
Charlie Hough          2   2  3.22  26   0   0   2   0   45   29   18   16    2   29   46
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   8  2.62  73   0   0  25   0  137  121   49   40    8   59  100
Pat Jarvis             2   1  2.75  26   0   0   0   0   36   33   18   11    4   16   18
Steve Renko           11   9  3.00  28  27   8   1   0  201  156   80   67   25   84  135
Tom Walker             6   5  3.59  49   0   0   4   0   83   84   48   33    7   40   62
Ernie McAnally         7   7  3.97  24  22   4   0   0  136  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  4.59  30  29   2   0   0  176  179  101   90   15  100   74
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   8  1.71  29  29  15   0   3  242  174   52   46   18   50  205
George Stone           8   3  2.96  22  15   2   1   0  119  117   46   39   13   28   61
Jerry Koosman         11  14  3.05  28  28  10   0   2  212  193   78   72   12   54  121
Jon Matlack           11  15  3.35  28  28  12   0   2  201  177   82   75   14   82  160
Buzz Capra             2   6  3.53  20   0   0   3   0   36   26   14   14    3   24   32
Ray Sadecki            3   3  3.57  23   8   1   0   0   91   91   39   36   10   30   66
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  1.13   8   0   0   0   0    8    6    1    1    1    4    5
Mac Scarce             0   5  2.20  38   0   0   9   0   49   32   16   12    3   39   46
Wayne Twitchell       13   6  2.23  30  24  10   0   5  202  155   57   50   11   85  154
Ken Brett             12   6  3.27  25  19  10   0   1  171  154   69   62   17   62   94
Dick Ruthven           5   9  3.69  21  19   3   1   1  112  102   54   46    9   59   82
George Culver          2   0  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    0    1    2
Steve Carlton         11  16  3.99  34  34  15   0   3  248  247  126  110   28   98  195
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
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
Darrell Brandon        1   4  5.00  28   0   0   2   0   45   40   26   25    3   19   18
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            7   2  1.82  50   0   0  16   0   69   54   19   14    7   25   46
Ramon Hernandez        4   3  2.38  45   0   0   5   0   64   51   20   17    4   19   45
Nelson Briles         12  12  2.81  27  27   7   0   1  189  167   72   59   17   44   78
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  4.39  29  17   2   1   1  113  114   62   55    8   58   69
John Lamb              0   1  5.40  18   0   0   2   0   27   32   20   16    2    8    8
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
Mike Corkins           5   7  4.41  37  10   2   1   0  100  107   65   49   10   55   67
Rich Troedson          6   5  4.45  45  13   1   1   0  117  131   61   58    6   44   59
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           12  11  3.39  27  27   6   0   1  188  167   80   71   18   59  114
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            2   1  1.90  30   0   0   3   0   43   34   11    9    0   16   36
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   5  2.77  53   0   0  15   0   75   61   27   23    5   41   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  3.01  26  26   5   0   2  182  176   74   61   10   49  107
Rick Wise             13  10  3.26  28  28  11   0   4  210  214   92   76   13   45  106
Mike Nagy              0   1  3.27   4   3   0   0   0   22   26    9    8    1    4    7
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)      17
  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
  D. Roberts (HOU)         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)           15
  J. Billingham (CIN)      14
  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)           18
  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)      248.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)   242.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        242.0
  J. Reuss (HOU)        231.0
  R. Bryant (SF)        229.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        224.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      223.0
  D. Wilson (HOU)       218.1
  A. Messersmith (LA)   217.2
  C. Osteen (LA)        212.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        247
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        218
  J. Reuss (HOU)          216
  R. Wise (STL)           214
  D. Roberts (HOU)        212
  J. Billingham (CIN)     210
  C. Morton (ATL)         209
  R. Grimsley (CIN)       203
  R. Bryant (SF)          198
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       194

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        126
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        107
  C. Morton (ATL)         101
  M. Torrez (MON)         101
  J. Reuss (HOU)           96
  C. Kirby (SD)            94
  J. Billingham (CIN)      92
  K. Forsch (HOU)          92
  R. Wise (STL)            92
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         91

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         31
  S. Carlton (PHI)         28
  S. Renko (MON)           25
  S. Arlin (SD)            22
  A. Messersmith (LA)      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)         100
  S. Carlton (PHI)         98
  B. Moore (MON)           95
  J. Reuss (HOU)           95
  R. Bryant (SF)           92
  F. Norman (CIN)          85
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       85
  S. Renko (MON)           84
  D. Wilson (HOU)          83
  J. Matlack (NY)          82

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          205
  S. Carlton (PHI)        195
  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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