Saturday July 29, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 29, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     49  43  2.69   92  24  19   829   710  308  248   52  245  501
Pittsburgh      58  35  3.00   93  18  31   860   785  321  287   66  265  527
Cincinnati      56  35  3.14   91  16  36   838   783  317  292   68  250  466
Chicago         48  46  3.20   95  37  15   845   790  340  300   67  248  481
New York        50  41  3.20   91  19  26   822   734  326  292   69  284  611
St. Louis       46  45  3.49   91  42   5   817   772  358  317   57  298  511
San Diego       35  57  3.55   92  24  10   861   782  383  340   79  385  611
San Francisco   42  53  3.71   95  26  15   854   776  405  352   77  325  491
Montreal        42  48  3.76   90  24  15   803   740  358  335   52  339  480
Philadelphia    34  59  3.76   93  23   9   836   800  388  349   77  316  579
Houston         52  43  3.76   95  23  19   861   808  397  360   69  298  596
Atlanta         43  50  4.05   94  24  12   829   868  420  373   87  260  437

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan (CIN)      13   2  1.71  20  20   6   0   2  152  128   38   29    9   28   78
Don Sutton (LA)       12   6  1.89  20  20   9   0   5  162  108   44   34    7   32  116
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   5  2.08  20  18   5   0   3  143  119   42   33    6   41   90
Claude Osteen (LA)    11   7  2.28  19  19   7   0   3  142  127   40   36   12   43   56
Steve Carlton (PHI)   15   6  2.37  25  25  16   0   5  205  152   57   54   12   54  208
Ross Grimsley (CIN)    8   4  2.50  16  15   3   0   0  108  107   33   30   10   31   46
Steve Stone (SF)       4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
Bob Gibson (STL)      11   6  2.54  20  20  14   0   3  160  129   48   45   10   45  114
Ron Bryant (SF)        9   5  2.55  25  18   8   0   3  152  110   50   43   12   53   81
Burt Hooton (CHI)      7   8  2.66  21  21   7   0   2  146  119   49   43    7   53   87

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            9   9  3.35  25  23  10   0   0  177  167   77   66   16   20   94
Ron Reed               8  10  3.41  21  21   8   0   1  150  155   68   57    9   37   77
Ron Schueler           4   4  3.43  24  13   1   0   0  105   93   46   40   13   43   73
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.54  13   5   1   0   0   41   46   20   16    4   18   15
Pat Jarvis             8   4  3.88  22   5   0   1   0   60   65   29   26    5   20   37
Tom Kelley             5   6  4.14  15  13   2   0   1   87   90   45   40   11   38   42
Cecil Upshaw           1   4  4.63  25   0   0   7   0   35   34   18   18    4   10   13
George Stone           3   8  5.02  21   7   1   1   0   57   71   34   32    8   21   29
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
Denny McLain           1   1  5.52   7   2   1   1   0   15   15    9    9    4    2    6
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.60  12   1   0   1   0   27   34   19   17    4   10   19
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
Joe Hoerner            1   2  8.10  11   0   0   0   0   10   18   10    9    0    4    8

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Steve Hamilton         0   0  2.31  16   0   0   0   0   12   14    3    3    0    6    7
Jack Aker              4   1  2.51  23   0   0   6   0   29   24   13    8    2    7   16
Burt Hooton            7   8  2.66  21  21   7   0   2  146  119   49   43    7   53   87
Fergie Jenkins        13   9  2.88  24  24  18   0   2  203  165   69   65   19   42  130
Tom Phoebus            2   2  3.03  26   1   0   5   0   62   53   24   21    6   29   47
Rick Reuschel          3   4  3.28   8   6   1   0   0   47   45   19   17    3   11   33
Milt Pappas            6   7  3.43  18  17   5   0   1  113  125   52   43   10   21   48
Bill Hands             8   7  3.45  23  19   5   0   2  125  127   55   48    7   29   54
Bill Bonham            1   0  3.86   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    3    0    4
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
Dan McGinn             0   3  4.17  30   0   0   4   0   45   48   24   21    2   17   33
Larry Gura             0   0 20.25   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    3    3    1    2    2
Joe Decker             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1    0    1    0

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Clay Carroll           4   2  1.67  39   0   0  22   0   54   47   11   10    3   14   30
Gary Nolan            13   2  1.71  20  20   6   0   2  152  128   38   29    9   28   78
Ross Grimsley          8   4  2.50  16  15   3   0   0  108  107   33   30   10   31   46
Tom Hall               4   1  2.60  31   2   1   6   1   66   35   20   19    3   24   77
Pedro Borbon           3   2  3.32  34   1   0   6   0   62   62   25   23    3   18   24
Jack Billingham        7   9  3.35  22  18   5   1   2  129  122   50   48    7   33   73
Ed Sprague             3   1  3.41  22   1   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    5   17   11
Wayne Simpson          6   4  3.70  15  14   0   0   0   88   77   38   36    8   38   49
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jim McGlothlin         4   5  4.67  20  12   1   0   1   79   93   44   41    9   24   45
Don Gullett            3   5  5.96  17   7   0   1   0   54   69   36   36    9   20   28
Joe Gibbon             0   0 54.00   2   0   0   0   0    0    3    2    2    1    1    1

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Griffin            3   2  2.52  22   3   1   3   1   61   52   19   17    3   20   51
George Culver          3   1  3.22  29   0   0   2   0   59   38   21   21    3   30   56
Fred Gladding          3   5  3.29  24   0   0   8   0   27   18   11   10    1    8   12
Larry Dierker          8   6  3.38  18  18   7   0   5  128  126   51   48    8   25   59
Don Wilson             6   7  3.41  18  18   5   0   1  113  104   50   43    9   29   92
Jim Ray                9   4  3.61  35   0   0   6   0   67   54   33   27    7   24   36
Jerry Reuss            7   8  3.87  18  18   4   0   1  119   99   59   51    8   52  112
Ken Forsch             5   5  4.03  20  19   1   0   0  125  131   60   56   17   46   83
Dave Roberts           8   5  4.29  19  19   5   0   2  128  149   65   61    8   41   69
Jim York               0   0  4.91  14   0   0   0   0   18   20   10   10    2   10   13
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.64  10   0   0   0   0    8    4    9    8    1    8    9
Joe Gibbon             0   0  9.82   9   0   0   0   0    7   13    9    8    2    5    4

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             6   3  1.18  34   0   0  11   0   53   27   10    7    3   18   39
Don Sutton            12   6  1.89  20  20   9   0   5  162  108   44   34    7   32  116
Pete Richert           1   1  2.01  23   0   0   3   0   31   26   10    7    2    8   23
Claude Osteen         11   7  2.28  19  19   7   0   3  142  127   40   36   12   43   56
Tommy John             8   5  2.76  18  18   2   0   0  114  112   42   35    6   26   67
Al Downing             5   6  3.05  20  20   4   0   2  130  122   58   44    9   45   84
Bill Singer            4   8  3.34  15  14   2   0   2  102   90   42   38    6   26   63
Pete Mikkelsen         2   4  3.65  23   0   0   4   0   37   43   21   15    2   12   27
Mike Strahler          0   2  4.56  11   1   0   0   0   24   22   17   12    4   14   13
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   1  4.62  16   0   0   1   0   25   20   16   13    0   15    9
Jose Pena              0   0  8.59   5   0   0   0   0    7   13    8    7    1    6    4

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          7   3  1.58  38   0   0  12   0   63   50   14   11    1   28   49
Tom Walker             2   1  2.47  30   0   0   0   0   47   43   15   13    3   12   28
Mike Torrez           12   5  2.81  21  20  10   0   0  151  124   49   47    6   60   75
Bill Stoneman          9   7  3.03  22  22   9   0   2  160  135   57   54    8   63  109
John Strohmayer        1   1  3.61  32   0   0   3   0   52   51   23   21    2   22   34
Carl Morton            5   8  4.27  16  16   1   0   0   99   96   50   47   11   33   29
Ernie McAnally         1  11  4.87  16  15   2   0   0   85   85   50   46    7   36   41
Balor Moore            2   5  5.01   8   8   2   0   0   47   47   27   26    4   14   51
Steve Renko            1   6  5.53  17   9   0   0   0   55   59   37   34    5   50   29
Joe Gilbert            0   1  7.23  14   0   0   0   0   24   22   19   19    3   15   22
Denny Lemaster         2   0  7.78  13   0   0   0   0   20   28   17   17    2    6   13

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.08  20  18   5   0   3  143  119   42   33    6   41   90
Tug McGraw             3   4  2.12  28   0   0  15   0   59   46   18   14    2   18   52
Danny Frisella         3   5  2.43  24   0   0   7   0   41   32   12   11    6    9   24
Jim McAndrew           6   3  2.99  15  10   2   1   0   75   66   26   25    8   22   44
Tom Seaver            12   8  3.13  21  21   8   0   2  158  138   61   55   13   52  137
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.34  15   2   0   0   0   30   29   13   11    2   12   18
Gary Gentry            5   7  3.73  20  20   3   0   0  128  116   58   53   15   56   92
Jerry Koosman          7   6  3.77  22  14   1   1   1  100   91   48   42    8   31   96
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.58  14   6   0   0   0   53   50   27   27    7   27   45
Bob Rauch              0   1  4.91   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    2    0    7    4
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.52  20   0   0   2   0   31   44   19   19    2    9    9

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Wilson            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    2
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Steve Carlton         15   6  2.37  25  25  16   0   5  205  152   57   54   12   54  208
Darrell Brandon        5   3  3.21  25   2   0   1   0   56   64   24   20    5   19   40
Barry Lersch           1   3  3.58  27   3   1   0   0   60   57   27   24    6   23   28
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
Ken Reynolds           0   7  4.21  19  10   0   0   0   73   71   35   34    7   22   46
Woodie Fryman          4  10  4.36  23  17   3   1   2  120  131   64   58   15   39   69
Jim Nash               0   4  4.58   5   4   0   0   0   20   26   17   10    3    6    8
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  4.61  35   1   0   1   0   55   51   30   28    3   31   44
Bill Champion          4  11  4.72  19  19   2   0   0  103  115   57   54    9   38   43
Dick Selma             2   8  4.75  27  10   1   2   0   78   66   47   41   10   55   45
Gary Neibauer          0   2  4.76   4   2   0   0   0   11   10    7    6    0    7    4
Mac Scarce             0   1  5.00   6   0   0   0   0    9   11    5    5    2    9   10

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            4   4  1.76  37   0   0  16   0   51   42   11   10    1   16   38
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  2.05  34   0   0   6   0   48   33   12   11    2   16   34
Bob Miller             4   1  2.10  23   0   0   3   0   34   33    9    8    1   16   16
Steve Blass           11   5  2.81  20  20   5   0   1  151  141   51   47   15   44   73
Bruce Kison            4   3  2.90  19   7   2   3   0   81   56   28   26    6   40   64
Dock Ellis             9   4  2.91  16  16   2   0   0  105   98   36   34    4   21   58
Nelson Briles          9   4  3.03  15  14   5   0   1  101  102   41   34   12   21   64
Luke Walker            4   5  3.36  20  11   2   1   0   72   73   32   27    4   29   34
Bob Moose              6   6  3.50  18  17   2   1   1  129  127   58   50    8   23   88
Bob Johnson            2   3  3.59  19   8   0   1   0   73   63   31   29   10   29   49
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6
Gene Garber            0   0  7.11   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    5    5    3    3    3

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Severinsen          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    0    2    0    0    3    2
Gary Ross              3   1  1.98  36   0   0   1   0   55   49   15   12    1   28   23
Mike Corkins           2   5  2.97  29   5   1   3   0   79   65   29   26   11   30   67
Steve Arlin            8  12  3.05  24  23   9   0   3  174  120   66   59   12   86  118
Fred Norman            5   7  3.20  24  16   5   1   3  113  102   44   40   11   48   80
Clay Kirby             7  11  3.31  24  24   7   0   1  177  153   69   65   14   82  133
Mike Caldwell          3   4  3.40  27   7   0   2   0   77   79   42   29    5   31   52
Ed Acosta              2   5  4.67  28   1   0   0   0   52   64   31   27    4   18   34
Bill Greif             5  11  5.01  23  15   2   2   1   92  102   54   51   12   32   68
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  5.13  25   0   0   1   0   26   29   15   15    1   18   21
Tom Phoebus            0   1  7.94   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    5    5    2    6    8
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  8.31   5   0   0   0   0    4    7    4    4    1    3    5
Ron Taylor             0   0 12.60   4   0   0   0   0    5    9    7    7    5    0    0

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Stone            4   7  2.51  16  14   4   0   1   97   78   33   27    7   33   68
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.55  25  18   8   0   3  152  110   50   43   12   53   81
Frank Reberger         2   0  2.88   9   3   1   0   0   41   36   14   13    3   19   23
Don McMahon            3   3  2.91  30   0   0   4   0   46   27   15   15    4   16   30
Randy Moffitt          1   1  2.92  21   0   0   3   0   37   33   12   12    2   15   18
Jim Barr               3   3  3.16  30   6   3   1   0   88   88   38   31   11   23   47
Juan Marichal          4  10  3.28  17  17   5   0   0  121  118   56   44    8   32   53
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Sam McDowell           8   7  4.57  20  20   4   0   0  128  117   71   65    9   65   94
Don Carrithers         2   6  5.62  18   9   1   1   0   58   61   40   36    7   29   27
Jerry Johnson          6   5  5.83  30   0   0   6   0   46   47   31   30    3   28   34
John Cumberland        0   4  8.64   9   6   0   0   0   25   38   29   24    6    7    8
Charlie Williams       0   2  8.68   3   2   0   0   0    9   14   10    9    3    3    3

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Diego Segui            2   0  2.21  13   0   0   3   0   20   17    9    5    1    9   17
Bob Gibson            11   6  2.54  20  20  14   0   3  160  129   48   45   10   45  114
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.74  25   0   0   2   0   23   24   12    7    4   10   16
Reggie Cleveland      12   5  3.18  21  21  10   0   3  158  144   65   56   11   43  102
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Rick Wise             10  11  3.71  22  22  12   0   1  162  168   71   67   13   38   79
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.38   9   0   0   0   0   12   10    7    6    1    7   14
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.74  20   0   0   0   0   25   30   15   13    0   12   10
Al Santorini           4   7  4.90  18   9   0   0   0   64   73   37   35    4   22   30
Don Durham             0   2  5.00   2   1   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    1    3    8
Tony Cloninger         0   2  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   29   17   15    2   19   11
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
John Cumberland        0   1  6.10   5   1   0   0   0   10   10    8    7    2    4    3
Santiago Guzman        0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Don Shaw               0   1  9.00   8   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    3    1    3    0
Lance Clemons          0   1 10.13   3   1   0   0   0    5    8    7    6    1    5    2
Tim Plodinec           0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    3    1    1    0    0    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         13
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  M. Torrez (MON)          12
  S. Blass (PIT)           11
  B. Gibson (STL)          11
  C. Osteen (LA)           11

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            12
  B. Champion (PHI)        11
  B. Greif (SD)            11
  C. Kirby (SD)            11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  R. Wise (STL)            11
  W. Fryman (PHI)          10
  J. Marichal (SF)         10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10
  J. Billingham (CIN)       9

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         18
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  B. Gibson (STL)          14
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  S. Arlin (SD)             9
  B. Stoneman (MON)         9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         22
  D. Giusti (PIT)          16
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  M. Marshall (MON)        12
  J. Brewer (LA)           11
  F. Gladding (HOU)         8
  D. Frisella (NY)          7
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           7
  J. Aker (CHI)             6
  P. Borbon (CIN)           6

Shutouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  C. Osteen (LA)            3

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      205.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      203.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       177.1
  C. Kirby (SD)         176.2
  S. Arlin (SD)         174.0
  R. Wise (STL)         162.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        162.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)     160.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       159.2
  R. Cleveland (STL)    158.1

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)           168
  P. Niekro (ATL)         167
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        165
  R. Reed (ATL)           155
  C. Kirby (SD)           153
  S. Carlton (PHI)        152
  D. Roberts (HOU)        149
  R. Cleveland (STL)      144
  S. Blass (PIT)          141
  T. Seaver (NY)          138

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          77
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  R. Wise (STL)            71
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  C. Kirby (SD)            69
  R. Reed (ATL)            68
  S. Arlin (SD)            66
  R. Cleveland (STL)       65
  D. Roberts (HOU)         65
  W. Fryman (PHI)          64

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  K. Forsch (HOU)          17
  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  W. Fryman (PHI)          15
  G. Gentry (NY)           15
  C. Kirby (SD)            14
  R. Schueler (ATL)        13
  T. Seaver (NY)           13
  R. Wise (STL)            13

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            86
  C. Kirby (SD)            82
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  M. Torrez (MON)          60
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  G. Gentry (NY)           56
  D. Selma (PHI)           55
  S. Carlton (PHI)         54
  R. Bryant (SF)           53

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        208
  T. Seaver (NY)          137
  C. Kirby (SD)           133
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        130
  S. Arlin (SD)           118
  D. Sutton (LA)          116
  B. Gibson (STL)         114
  J. Reuss (HOU)          112
  B. Stoneman (MON)       109
  R. Cleveland (STL)      102

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