Friday August 31, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 31, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     83  52  2.76  136  40  31  1258  1032  444  386  104  386  783
St. Louis       68  66  3.26  134  38  30  1210  1149  510  438   80  402  712
New York        62  71  3.42  133  40  27  1205  1113  506  458  105  397  822
Cincinnati      80  55  3.47  135  33  36  1221  1158  522  471  103  431  622
San Francisco   73  59  3.59  132  30  35  1183  1170  543  472  109  382  616
Houston         69  68  3.66  137  36  23  1236  1165  551  502   92  483  768
Chicago         64  69  3.74  133  21  35  1193  1210  551  496  118  346  759
Pittsburgh      65  65  3.83  130  24  33  1157  1138  564  493   87  449  673
Montreal        63  70  3.86  133  22  33  1186  1117  596  509  110  571  710
Philadelphia    62  72  3.86  134  45  17  1197  1153  565  514  115  522  786
San Diego       48  85  4.20  133  28  17  1173  1205  639  547  120  459  684
Atlanta         65  70  4.26  136  26  33  1225  1219  655  579  115  483  680

 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  2.60  74   0   0  26   0  138  121   49   40    8   59  100
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  13  2.73  30  30   6   0   2  211  202   78   64   14   51  162
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         9   4  3.70  31  17   3   5   0  141  118   66   58   12   85  106
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  2.36  26   1   0   0   0   50   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  13  2.73  30  30   6   0   2  211  202   78   64   14   51  162
Bill Bonham            5   4  3.35  36  11   1   6   0  116   95   47   43    9   47   99
Burt Hooton           11  12  3.90  34  27   6   0   1  187  192   88   81   10   61  108
Fergie Jenkins        12  13  3.95  32  32   7   0   2  230  227  112  101   32   44  145
Jack Aker              4   5  4.40  43   0   0  12   0   59   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  5.77  40   0   0   4   0   48   48   32   31    7   24   32
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
Don Gullett           16   8  3.47  39  24   5   2   2  189  165   77   73   18   52  116
Gary Nolan             0   1  3.48   2   2   0   0   0   10    6    4    4    1    7    3
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  4.16  42   5   0  13   0   80  100   46   37    4   27   38
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
Tom Griffin            1   5  4.60  20   7   1   0   0   61   49   34   31    6   31   48
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
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  1.94  35   0   0   7   0   46   35   10   10    5   16   24
Don Sutton            16   8  2.20  28  28  12   0   3  225  168   62   55   17   47  173
Jim Brewer             6   7  2.71  51   0   0  18   0   66   53   21   20    7   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  3.64  26   2   0   2   0   54   51   22   22    5   26   45

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           6   3  1.19  10  10   5   0   3   83   53   13   11    3   28   41
Mike Marshall         10   8  2.60  74   0   0  26   0  138  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  3.63  24   9   1   0   0   97   98   42   39   10   30   71
Harry Parker           7   3  3.81  30   9   0   4   0   78   70   37   33    6   31   52
Tug McGraw             2   6  5.05  46   2   0  15   0   87   86   51   49   11   45   54
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  2.17  39   0   0   9   0   50   33   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
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
George Culver          2   0  4.05   6   0   0   0   0    7    9    3    3    0    4    3
Barry Lersch           2   6  4.78  33   2   0   1   0   75   84   41   40    9   23   42
Jim Lonborg           12  11  4.93  32  24   5   0   0  168  185   95   92   22   66   92
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  2.31  46   0   0   6   0   66   52   20   17    4   20   47
Nelson Briles         12  12  2.81  27  27   7   0   1  189  167   72   59   17   44   78
Jim Rooker             7   4  2.97  35  12   4   5   3  124  104   46   41    8   44   99
Dock Ellis            11  13  3.11  26  26   3   0   1  180  166   80   62    6   52  113
John Morlan            2   1  3.38   7   6   1   0   0   37   37   14   14    3   20   20
Bob Moose              9  11  3.70  25  24   6   0   3  160  178   72   66   11   54   94
Bob Johnson            3   1  3.75  38   2   0   3   0   74   78   35   31    8   26   53
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  15  3.27  31  26   7   1   3  162  142   72   59   17   51   95
Frank Snook            0   1  3.38  11   0   0   0   0   19   14   10    7    3   11    8
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   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
Mike Corkins           5   7  4.77  38  10   2   1   0  104  112   71   55   11   58   69
Steve Arlin            9  12  4.86  29  22   6   0   3  156  170   89   84   22   65   83
Gary Ross              2   4  5.32  47   0   0   0   0   64   80   43   38    5   26   35

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don McMahon            1   0  2.04  12   0   0   3   0   18   15    4    4    0    4   13
Randy Moffitt          3   3  2.53  46   0   0  13   0   78   70   25   22    6   22   43
Ron Bryant            20   9  3.03  34  32   8   0   0  232  202   94   78   15   97  120
Elias Sosa             7   2  3.07  57   1   0  14   0   85   78   32   29    7   31   55
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  4.11  16   3   0   0   0   46   50   28   21    1   25   29
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.50  18   3   0   3   0   40   45   23   20    4   29   35
Jim Willoughby         4   5  4.87  29  12   1   0   1  102  121   61   55   16   32   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  2.41  31   0   0   4   0   41   46   13   11    2   11   26
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
Diego Segui            6   6  3.03  54   0   0  15   0   77   65   30   26    5   41   72
Mike Nagy              0   1  3.10   5   4   0   0   0   29   31   12   10    1    8   10
Rick Wise             13  10  3.26  28  28  11   0   4  210  214   92   76   13   45  106
Rich Folkers           3   4  3.31  30   7   1   3   0   71   63   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
  D. Gullett (CIN)         16
  C. Osteen (LA)           16
  D. Sutton (LA)           16
  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
  B. Greif (SD)            15
  C. Kirby (SD)            15
  J. Matlack (NY)          15
  D. Wilson (HOU)          15
  J. Barr (SF)             14
  M. Caldwell (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)        26
  J. Brewer (LA)           18
  D. Giusti (PIT)          16
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  D. Segui (STL)           15
  E. Sosa (SF)             14
  C. Carroll (CIN)         13
  B. Locker (CHI)          13
  R. Moffitt (SF)          13
  J. Aker (CHI)            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
  R. Bryant (SF)        231.2
  J. Reuss (HOU)        231.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      230.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        224.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)       218.1
  A. Messersmith (LA)   217.2
  C. Osteen (LA)        212.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        247
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        227
  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)          202
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       202

Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        126
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        112
  C. Morton (ATL)         101
  M. Torrez (MON)         101
  J. Reuss (HOU)           96
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         95
  R. Bryant (SF)           94
  C. Kirby (SD)            94
  J. Billingham (CIN)      92
  K. Forsch (HOU)          92

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         32
  S. Carlton (PHI)         28
  S. Renko (MON)           25
  S. Arlin (SD)            22
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         22
  A. Messersmith (LA)      22
  J. Barr (SF)             21
  F. Norman (CIN)          21
  M. Pappas (CHI)          20
  C. Kirby (SD)            19

Walks:

  M. Torrez (MON)         100
  S. Carlton (PHI)         98
  R. Bryant (SF)           97
  B. Moore (MON)           95
  J. Reuss (HOU)           95
  R. Harrison (ATL)        85
  F. Norman (CIN)          85
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       85
  S. Renko (MON)           84
  D. Wilson (HOU)          83

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          205
  S. Carlton (PHI)        195
  D. Sutton (LA)          173
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       162
  J. Matlack (NY)         160
  A. Messersmith (LA)     154
  W. Twitchell (PHI)      154
  J. Reuss (HOU)          147
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        145
  K. Forsch (HOU)         143

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