Saturday August 5, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 5, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     52  48  2.80  100  25  20   898   778  348  279   57  266  548
Pittsburgh      62  38  2.94  100  20  33   919   849  346  300   68  279  554
Chicago         54  49  3.09  104  40  18   926   852  361  318   70  270  528
New York        54  45  3.12   99  22  26   903   790  348  313   74  305  670
Cincinnati      61  38  3.15   99  18  38   912   855  350  319   76  271  511
San Diego       41  60  3.45  101  29  12   948   856  410  363   82  421  673
St. Louis       48  51  3.54   99  44   6   885   842  395  348   59  323  549
Philadelphia    39  62  3.61  101  25  12   916   861  408  368   81  340  630
Montreal        45  53  3.68   98  25  15   875   800  384  358   57  375  529
Houston         57  45  3.70  102  26  21   930   864  420  382   77  326  639
San Francisco   45  58  3.74  103  28  15   925   842  440  384   83  342  515
Atlanta         46  57  4.13  104  25  15   921   965  475  423  100  304  496

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan (CIN)      13   3  2.01  21  21   6   0   2  157  137   44   35   10   29   82
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   5  2.05  22  20   5   0   3  158  131   45   36    8   44  101
Steve Carlton (PHI)   17   6  2.18  27  27  18   0   6  223  162   58   54   12   56  220
Ross Grimsley (CIN)   10   4  2.23  18  17   4   0   1  125  122   35   31   11   34   51
Claude Osteen (LA)    12   8  2.25  21  21   7   0   3  156  140   43   39   12   45   63
Don Sutton (LA)       12   6  2.25  21  21   9   0   5  168  119   52   42    8   34  120
Burt Hooton (CHI)      7   8  2.50  22  22   7   0   2  155  125   51   43    7   58   93
Scipio Spinks (STL)    5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Ron Bryant (SF)        9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
Bob Gibson (STL)      12   6  2.70  21  21  15   0   3  167  141   53   50   10   49  119

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            9  10  3.25  26  24  10   0   0  185  171   78   67   17   20  100
Ron Reed               9  10  3.59  23  23   8   0   1  165  173   77   66   11   46   87
Jim Hardin             2   0  3.63  16   5   1   1   0   45   51   23   18    5   18   16
Pat Jarvis             9   5  3.78  25   5   0   1   0   69   72   33   29    6   23   43
Ron Schueler           4   6  4.14  27  15   2   0   0  115  104   59   53   15   51   78
Denny McLain           2   2  4.40   9   4   1   1   0   29   25   14   14    5   10   16
Tom Kelley             5   7  4.43  17  14   2   0   1   89   94   50   44   11   44   44
Cecil Upshaw           1   5  4.61  28   0   0   8   0   41   41   21   21    5   12   15
George Stone           3   8  4.78  24   9   1   1   0   70   91   41   37    9   25   38
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.40  14   1   0   1   0   33   41   22   20    6   12   23
Jim Nash               1   1  5.46  11   4   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   25   10
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Joe Hoerner            1   2  6.60  15   0   0   1   0   15   22   12   11    1    6   12
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Hamilton         1   0  2.08  18   0   0   0   0   13   15    3    3    0    7    8
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Burt Hooton            7   8  2.50  22  22   7   0   2  155  125   51   43    7   58   93
Rick Reuschel          4   4  2.51  10   8   2   0   1   65   57   20   18    3   13   49
Jack Aker              4   3  2.60  27   0   0   8   0   35   30   15   10    2    9   19
Tom Phoebus            3   2  2.85  29   1   0   6   0   66   57   24   21    6   30   47
Fergie Jenkins        14  10  2.93  26  26  19   0   3  218  180   75   71   21   43  137
Bill Hands             9   7  3.22  24  20   6   0   3  134  128   55   48    7   31   57
Milt Pappas            7   7  3.57  19  18   5   0   1  118  128   56   47   11   22   50
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.99  32   0   0   4   0   47   49   24   21    2   18   34
Bill Bonham            1   0  4.00   3   3   0   0   0   18   20    9    8    3    6   12
Juan Pizarro           4   4  4.06  12   6   1   0   0   51   52   24   23    7   28   18
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           5   3  1.95  42   0   0  23   0   60   51   16   13    3   18   32
Gary Nolan            13   3  2.01  21  21   6   0   2  157  137   44   35   10   29   82
Ross Grimsley         10   4  2.23  18  17   4   0   1  125  122   35   31   11   34   51
Tom Hall               4   1  2.53  33   4   1   6   1   82   46   26   23    5   33   94
Wayne Simpson          7   4  3.44  16  15   1   0   0   97   84   39   37    9   38   51
Jack Billingham        7  10  3.48  24  20   5   1   2  140  134   57   54    9   35   81
Ed Sprague             3   1  3.55  23   1   0   0   0   38   29   17   15    5   17   11
Pedro Borbon           4   2  3.70  37   1   0   6   0   66   69   29   27    4   19   26
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jim McGlothlin         4   5  4.65  21  12   1   0   1   81   97   45   42    9   25   47
Don Gullett            3   5  5.59  19   7   0   2   0   58   70   36   36    9   20   31
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  2.42  24   3   1   3   1   63   53   19   17    3   20   55
Fred Gladding          3   5  2.70  27   0   0  10   0   33   22   11   10    1    8   15
George Culver          3   2  3.14  31   0   0   2   0   66   43   23   23    4   34   59
Don Wilson             7   7  3.24  19  19   6   0   1  122  110   51   44   10   32   98
Larry Dierker          9   6  3.28  19  19   8   0   5  137  134   53   50    8   29   61
Jim Ray               10   4  3.66  37   0   0   6   0   71   57   36   29    8   27   39
Jerry Reuss            8   8  3.72  19  19   4   0   1  126  103   60   52    8   55  117
Ken Forsch             5   5  4.08  21  20   1   0   0  126  132   61   57   17   49   84
Dave Roberts           9   5  4.16  21  21   6   0   2  145  164   71   67   13   44   81
Jim York               0   1  5.16  16   0   0   0   0   23   24   13   13    2   12   15
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
J.R. Richard           0   0 18.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    5    4    4    0    3    2

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             6   5  1.23  38   0   0  12   0   59   30   12    8    4   19   45
Pete Richert           1   1  2.16  24   0   0   3   0   33   28   11    8    2    8   24
Claude Osteen         12   8  2.25  21  21   7   0   3  156  140   43   39   12   45   63
Don Sutton            12   6  2.25  21  21   9   0   5  168  119   52   42    8   34  120
Tommy John             9   5  2.72  20  20   3   0   1  129  122   46   39    7   29   78
Al Downing             5   6  3.09  21  21   4   0   2  137  129   61   47   10   48   85
Bill Singer            4  10  3.45  17  16   2   0   2  115  101   56   44    6   33   74
Pete Mikkelsen         3   4  4.02  24   0   0   4   0   40   49   24   18    3   13   30
Mike Strahler          0   2  4.50  12   1   0   0   0   28   27   19   14    4   16   16
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          9   3  1.41  40   0   0  12   0   70   53   14   11    1   33   55
Tom Walker             2   1  2.66  33   0   0   0   0   51   50   17   15    3   16   31
Mike Torrez           12   6  2.95  22  21  10   0   0  156  131   54   51    6   63   77
Bill Stoneman          9   8  3.10  24  24   9   0   2  174  146   64   60   11   68  116
John Strohmayer        1   1  3.20  35   0   0   3   0   59   55   23   21    2   23   37
Balor Moore            3   5  4.09  10  10   3   0   0   62   57   30   28    4   22   67
Carl Morton            5  10  4.30  18  18   1   0   0  111  108   56   53   12   37   33
Ernie McAnally         1  11  4.61  17  16   2   0   0   92   88   51   47    7   39   47
Steve Renko            1   7  5.72  18   9   0   0   0   57   61   39   36    6   53   31
Joe Gilbert            0   1  7.03  15   0   0   0   0   24   23   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
Brent Strom            0   0  1.35   1   1   0   0   0    7    2    2    1    0    4    7
Tug McGraw             4   4  1.84  30   0   0  15   0   69   52   18   14    2   22   60
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.05  22  20   5   0   3  158  131   45   36    8   44  101
Danny Frisella         4   6  2.60  26   0   0   7   0   45   36   14   13    6   10   30
Jim McAndrew           7   3  2.69  17  12   3   1   0   90   73   28   27    8   24   52
Ray Sadecki            2   0  3.12  17   2   0   0   0   35   34   14   12    2   14   19
Tom Seaver            12   9  3.23  22  22   9   0   2  167  147   66   60   15   52  145
Bob Rauch              0   1  3.38   5   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    8    5
Gary Gentry            5   8  3.78  21  21   3   0   0  133  121   61   56   16   58   94
Jerry Koosman          7   7  3.79  23  15   2   1   1  109   97   52   46    8   33  103
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.58  14   6   0   0   0   53   50   27   27    7   27   45
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            1   0  1.13   5   0   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    2    5
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.08  15   0   0   3   0   22   21    6    5    2    5   12
Steve Carlton         17   6  2.18  27  27  18   0   6  223  162   58   54   12   56  220
Darrell Brandon        5   4  3.13  27   2   0   2   0   60   68   25   21    5   21   42
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.14  11   0   0   1   0   14   13    5    5    2   10   18
Barry Lersch           2   4  3.24  29   5   1   0   0   75   70   30   27    6   26   35
Chris Short            1   1  3.91  19   0   0   1   0   23   24   12   10    3    8   20
Ken Reynolds           0   8  4.10  21  12   0   0   0   86   81   40   39    8   28   51
Wayne Twitchell        2   1  4.31  36   2   0   1   0   63   58   32   30    4   33   50
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
Bill Champion          4  11  4.62  20  20   2   0   0  109  121   59   56   10   40   46
Gary Neibauer          0   2  4.76   4   2   0   0   0   11   10    7    6    0    7    4
Dick Selma             2   8  5.01  30  10   1   3   0   83   71   52   46   11   59   50

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            4   4  1.72  38   0   0  17   0   52   43   11   10    1   16   39
Bob Miller             4   1  1.96  25   0   0   3   0   37   34    9    8    1   19   16
Ramon Hernandez        5   0  1.98  36   0   0   7   0   50   33   12   11    2   16   35
Steve Blass           12   5  2.71  21  21   5   0   1  160  149   52   48   15   47   74
Bruce Kison            5   4  2.73  21   9   3   3   0   96   69   31   29    7   42   73
Dock Ellis             9   5  2.90  17  17   2   0   0  109  110   44   35    4   21   61
Nelson Briles         10   5  3.19  17  16   5   0   1  113  116   52   40   12   26   70
Bob Moose              7   6  3.27  19  18   3   1   2  138  133   58   50    8   24   92
Luke Walker            4   5  3.39  21  11   2   1   0   74   75   33   28    4   29   34
Bob Johnson            2   3  3.57  21   8   0   1   0   76   70   32   30   11   29   51
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   5   0   0   1   0    6    2    2    0    0    4    4
Gary Ross              3   2  2.02  39   0   0   2   0   58   50   16   13    1   30   25
Mike Caldwell          5   4  2.91  29   8   1   2   1   93   88   43   30    5   32   62
Steve Arlin            8  13  3.06  25  24  10   0   3  182  130   69   62   12   93  126
Clay Kirby             8  12  3.07  26  26   9   0   2  194  164   70   66   14   89  146
Mike Corkins           3   5  3.19  31   5   1   3   0   85   71   33   30   12   33   70
Fred Norman            6   7  3.21  26  18   6   1   4  126  114   49   45   12   53   90
Bill Greif             5  11  4.57  25  17   2   2   1  104  114   60   53   12   37   79
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  5.06  28   0   0   1   0   27   30   15   15    1   20   21
Ed Acosta              3   5  5.09  30   2   0   0   0   58   74   37   33    5   21   37
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
Frank Reberger         2   1  2.64  10   4   1   0   0   48   40   16   14    3   19   25
Ron Bryant             9   5  2.67  26  19   8   0   3  155  117   53   46   12   54   82
Steve Stone            4   7  2.95  17  15   4   0   1  101   83   40   33    9   37   71
Jim Barr               4   4  3.06  32   7   4   1   0  100   93   41   34   12   25   49
Randy Moffitt          1   1  3.07  25   0   0   3   0   44   39   15   15    2   16   24
Don McMahon            3   3  3.16  34   0   0   4   0   51   32   18   18    5   18   32
Juan Marichal          4  12  3.60  19  19   5   0   0  130  133   64   52   10   34   54
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         3   7  4.92  20  11   2   1   0   75   77   46   41    7   33   33
Jerry Johnson          7   5  5.13  33   0   0   6   0   53   50   31   30    3   29   35
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
Ray Bare               0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    1    2
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.42  28   0   0   2   0   26   26   12    7    4   11   20
Scipio Spinks          5   5  2.67  16  16   6   0   0  118   96   39   35    5   59   93
Bob Gibson            12   6  2.70  21  21  15   0   3  167  141   53   50   10   49  119
Diego Segui            2   1  2.73  16   0   0   4   0   26   22   12    8    1   13   21
Charlie Hudson         0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    5    1
Reggie Cleveland      12   7  3.40  23  23  10   0   3  169  160   74   64   13   46  106
Rick Wise             10  12  3.60  23  23  13   0   1  172  174   73   69   13   40   82
Joe Grzenda            1   0  4.23  23   0   0   0   0   28   32   15   13    0   13   11
Lowell Palmer          0   1  4.38   9   0   0   0   0   12   10    7    6    1    7   14
Don Durham             0   4  4.71   4   3   0   0   0   21   21   15   11    1    7   14
Al Santorini           5   7  4.85  19  10   0   0   0   72   80   41   39    4   24   35
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.06  10   1   0   0   0   16   17   13    9    0   15   13
Tony Cloninger         0   2  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   29   17   15    2   19   11
John Cumberland        0   1  7.15   8   1   0   0   0   11   13   10    9    2    6    5
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)         17
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         14
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  S. Blass (PIT)           12
  R. Cleveland (STL)       12
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  C. Osteen (LA)           12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  M. Torrez (MON)          12

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            13
  C. Kirby (SD)            12
  J. Marichal (SF)         12
  R. Wise (STL)            12
  B. Champion (PHI)        11
  B. Greif (SD)            11
  E. McAnally (MON)        11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  W. Fryman (DET)          10
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         10

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         18
  B. Gibson (STL)          15
  R. Wise (STL)            13
  S. Arlin (SD)            10
  R. Cleveland (STL)       10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  M. Torrez (MON)          10
  C. Kirby (SD)             9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)         23
  D. Giusti (PIT)          17
  T. McGraw (NY)           15
  J. Brewer (LA)           12
  M. Marshall (MON)        12
  F. Gladding (HOU)        10
  J. Aker (CHI)             8
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           8
  D. Frisella (NY)          7
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        7

Shutouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  F. Norman (SD)            4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  B. Hands (CHI)            3
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          3

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      223.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      218.0
  C. Kirby (SD)         193.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       185.1
  S. Arlin (SD)         182.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)     174.1
  R. Wise (STL)         172.1
  R. Cleveland (STL)    169.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        167.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        167.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        180
  R. Wise (STL)           174
  R. Reed (ATL)           173
  P. Niekro (ATL)         171
  C. Kirby (SD)           164
  D. Roberts (HOU)        164
  S. Carlton (PHI)        162
  R. Cleveland (STL)      160
  S. Blass (PIT)          149
  T. Seaver (NY)          147

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          78
  R. Reed (ATL)            77
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         75
  R. Cleveland (STL)       74
  R. Wise (STL)            73
  S. McDowell (SF)         71
  D. Roberts (HOU)         71
  C. Kirby (SD)            70
  S. Arlin (SD)            69
  T. Seaver (NY)           66

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         21
  K. Forsch (HOU)          17
  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  G. Gentry (NY)           16
  S. Blass (PIT)           15
  W. Fryman (DET)          15
  R. Schueler (ATL)        15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  C. Kirby (SD)            14
  R. Cleveland (STL)       13

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            93
  C. Kirby (SD)            89
  B. Stoneman (MON)        68
  S. McDowell (SF)         65
  M. Torrez (MON)          63
  D. Selma (PHI)           59
  S. Spinks (STL)          59
  G. Gentry (NY)           58
  B. Hooton (CHI)          58
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        220
  C. Kirby (SD)           146
  T. Seaver (NY)          145
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        137
  S. Arlin (SD)           126
  D. Sutton (LA)          120
  B. Gibson (STL)         119
  J. Reuss (HOU)          117
  B. Stoneman (MON)       116
  R. Cleveland (STL)      106

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