League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 10/20/1973

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Ellis,D	Pit	2.25	Messersmith	LA	23-6	Matlack	NYN	234
Gibson	StL	2.33	Morton	Atl	22-8	Seaver	NYN	230
John	LA	2.40	John	LA	20-6	Carlton	Phi	215
Messersmith	LA	2.40	Seaver	NYN	20-9	Sutton	LA	197
Sutton	LA	2.58	Reuss	Hou	19-8	Norman	Cin	193
Seaver	NYN	2.63	Bryant	SF	19-10	Gullett	Cin	189
Matlack	NYN	2.68	Grimsley	Cin	18-9	Reuss	Hou	182
Rooker	Pit	2.79	Osteen	LA	18-10	Koosman	NYN	169
Osteen	LA	2.87	Roberts,DA	Hou	18-10	Messersmith	LA	166
Bryant	SF	2.97	Ellis,D	Pit	16-8	Moore,B	Mon	165
Reuss	Hou	2.99	Norman	Cin	16-11	Jenkins	ChN	159
Jenkins	ChN	3.00	Billingham	Cin	16-13	Billingham	Cin	159


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Marshall,M	Mon	89	Billingham	Cin	301.0	Messersmith	LA	.793
Giusti	Pit	72	Carlton	Phi	289.0	John	LA	.769
Sosa	SF	70	Seaver	NYN	280.2	Morton	Atl	.733
Borbon	Cin	67	Reuss	Hou	279.2	Briles	Pit	.714
Segui	StL	66	Jenkins	ChN	276.1	Reuss	Hou	.704
Scarce	Phi	64	Morton	Atl	274.0	Seaver	NYN	.690
Locker	ChN	63	Roberts,DA	Hou	266.2	Grimsley	Cin	.667
Ross	SD	62	Bryant	SF	266.2	Ellis,D	Pit	.667
Hernandez,R	Pit	61	Messersmith	LA	262.1	Bryant	SF	.655
McGraw	NYN	60	Sutton	LA	262.0	Reed	Atl	.647
Johnson,Bo	Pit	60	Grimsley	Cin	257.0	Osteen	LA	.643
Caldwell	SD	60	Koosman	NYN	253.2	Roberts,DA	Hou	.643


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Carlton	Phi	40	Seaver	NYN	15	Messersmith	LA	5
Billingham	Cin	40	Sutton	LA	14	Bryant	SF	5
Reuss	Hou	40	Gibson	StL	13	Billingham	Cin	5
Bryant	SF	39	Billingham	Cin	13	John	LA	4
Jenkins	ChN	38	Morton	Atl	12	Koosman	NYN	4
Seaver	NYN	36	Messersmith	LA	11	Seaver	NYN	4
Reuschel	ChN	36	Koosman	NYN	11	Gullett	Cin	3
Roberts,DA	Hou	36	Carlton	Phi	11	Niekro,P	Atl	3
Grimsley	Cin	36	Matlack	NYN	10	Osteen	LA	3
Morton	Atl	36	Wise	StL	10	Matlack	NYN	3
3 tied with		35	5 tied with		9	12 tied with		2



Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Giusti	Pit	28	Locker	ChN	.958	Hernandez,R	Pit	10
Marshall,M	Mon	26	Segui	StL	.889	Johnson,Bo	Pit	9
Locker	ChN	23	Frisella	Atl	.833	Hall	Cin	8
McGraw	NYN	19	McGraw	NYN	.826	Scarce	Phi	7
Brewer	LA	18	Scarce	Phi	.813	Jarvis	Mon	6
Segui	StL	16	Giusti	Pit	.800	Hough	LA	6
Sosa	SF	15	Hall	Cin	.800	Crawford,J	Hou	6
Scarce	Phi	13	Caldwell	SD	.800	Culver	Phi	6
Moffitt	SF	13	Brewer	LA	.783	6 tied with		5
Hall	Cin	12	Marshall,M	Mon	.765
Romo	SD	11	Moffitt	SF	.722
Crawford,J	Hou	11	Sosa	SF	.714


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Messersmith	LA	.184	Messersmith	LA	5.9	Messersmith	LA	8.5
Gibson	StL	.193	Gibson	StL	6.2	Gibson	StL	8.8
Sutton	LA	.209	Sutton	LA	6.8	Sutton	LA	9.2
Seaver	NYN	.218	Seaver	NYN	7.3	Seaver	NYN	9.8
Wilson,D	Hou	.225	Wilson,D	Hou	7.4	Rooker	Pit	10.3
Renko	Mon	.229	Rooker	Pit	7.7	John	LA	10.4
Matlack	NYN	.230	Renko	Mon	7.7	Jenkins	ChN	10.4
Rooker	Pit	.231	Matlack	NYN	7.8	Ellis,D	Pit	10.5
Downing,A	LA	.232	Ellis,D	Pit	7.8	Billingham	Cin	10.8
Ellis,D	Pit	.233	Forsch	Hou	7.9	Gullett	Cin	10.9
Forsch	Hou	.235	Downing,A	LA	7.9	Koosman	NYN	11.0
Gullett	Cin	.235	Gullett	Cin	7.9	Bradley	SF	11.0


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Torrez	Mon	118	Marichal	SF	1.6	Moore,B	Mon	8.6
Carlton	Phi	111	Barr	SF	1.6	Matlack	NYN	8.4
Moore,B	Mon	103	Wise	StL	1.9	Seaver	NYN	7.4
Renko	Mon	103	Roberts,DA	Hou	2.0	Gullett	Cin	7.2
Bryant	SF	101	John	LA	2.1	Norman	Cin	7.1
Twitchell	Phi	96	Pappas	ChN	2.1	Rooker	Pit	6.8
Norman	Cin	96	Jenkins	ChN	2.1	Sutton	LA	6.8
Niekro,P	Atl	95	Grimsley	Cin	2.3	Carlton	Phi	6.7
Wilson,D	Hou	94	Ellis,D	Pit	2.3	Twitchell	Phi	6.4
Reuss	Hou	91	Hooton	ChN	2.3	Downing,A	LA	6.3
Matlack	NYN	87	Seaver	NYN	2.3	Gibson	StL	6.3
Harrison	Atl	85	Billingham	Cin	2.4	Harrison	Atl	6.3


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Messersmith	LA	0.93	Bradley	SF	36	Rooker	Pit	5.8
Gibson	StL	0.96	Arlin	SD	34	Bryant	SF	5.5
Sutton	LA	1.02	Kirby	SD	34	Grimsley	Cin	5.3
Seaver	NYN	1.07	Jenkins	ChN	34	Bradley	SF	5.2
Ellis,D	Pit	1.12	Renko	Mon	31	Lonborg	Phi	5.2
John	LA	1.14	Lonborg	Phi	30	John	LA	5.2
Rooker	Pit	1.14	Moore,B	Mon	29	Morton	Atl	5.2
Jenkins	ChN	1.15	Greif	SD	29	Reuss	Hou	5.1
Billingham	Cin	1.18	Norman	Cin	29	Moose	Pit	5.0
Greif	SD	1.19	Gullett	Cin	28	Schueler	Atl	4.9
Gullett	Cin	1.20	Niekro,P	Atl	27	Downing,A	LA	4.9
Bradley	SF	1.20	3 tied with		26	Niekro,P	Atl	4.8


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Carlton	Phi	1239	Gibson	StL	32.40	Carlton	Phi	34
Billingham	Cin	1237	Morton	Atl	31.84	Hooton	ChN	30
Morton	Atl	1178	Seaver	NYN	31.50	Morton	Atl	30
Reuss	Hou	1174	Sutton	LA	31.39	Jenkins	ChN	30
Jenkins	ChN	1138	Roberts,DA	Hou	31.25	Messersmith	LA	29
Seaver	NYN	1134	Messersmith	LA	31.18	Koosman	NYN	29
Bryant	SF	1126	Carlton	Phi	30.98	Seaver	NYN	29
Roberts,DA	Hou	1125	Billingham	Cin	30.92	Billingham	Cin	29
Niekro,P	Atl	1076	Matlack	NYN	30.76	Bryant	SF	29
Grimsley	Cin	1069	Ellis,D	Pit	30.55	Osteen	LA	28
Reuschel	ChN	1062	Briles	Pit	30.12	Reuschel	ChN	28
Matlack	NYN	1046	Jenkins	ChN	29.95	Roberts,DA	Hou	28


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Reuschel	ChN	7-21	Marshall,M	Mon	60	Kirby	SD	157
Carlton	Phi	13-21	Giusti	Pit	58	Lonborg	Phi	155
Greif	SD	8-18	Locker	ChN	48	Carlton	Phi	141
Jenkins	ChN	12-18	Segui	StL	48	Reuschel	ChN	131
Cleveland	StL	8-17	McGraw	NYN	46	Moore,B	Mon	130
Torrez	Mon	8-17	Moffitt	SF	42	Arlin	SD	128
Lonborg	Phi	8-17	Sosa	SF	40	Morton	Atl	127
Hooton	ChN	13-17	Scarce	Phi	37	Wise	StL	125
Kirby	SD	9-16	Brewer	LA	35	Marichal	SF	122
5 tied with		15	Crawford,J	Hou	33	Bradley	SF	120
			Hernandez,R	Pit	33	Reuss	Hou	119
			Walker,T	Mon	32	Billingham	Cin	119


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Lonborg	Phi	132	Morton	Atl	289	Roberts,DA	Hou	59
Kirby	SD	130	Carlton	Phi	286	Billingham	Cin	58
Carlton	Phi	124	Reuschel	ChN	277	Lonborg	Phi	53
Moore,B	Mon	117	Billingham	Cin	275	Grimsley	Cin	52
Billingham	Cin	112	Roberts,DA	Hou	270	Reuss	Hou	51
Arlin	SD	111	Reuss	Hou	266	Carlton	Phi	47
Bradley	SF	111	Grimsley	Cin	256	Wise	StL	46
Marichal	SF	109	Jenkins	ChN	253	Brett,K	Phi	45
Grimsley	Cin	109	Wise	StL	252	Moose	Pit	44
Reuschel	ChN	108	Hooton	ChN	247	Koosman	NYN	41
Wise	StL	106	Kirby	SD	244	Marichal	SF	40
Niekro,P	Atl	102	2 tied with		243	Messersmith	LA	37


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Kirby	SD	17	Sutton	LA	25	Marichal	SF	.500
Lonborg	Phi	13	Morton	Atl	22	Gibson	StL	.529
Carlton	Phi	12	Troedson	SD	20	Billingham	Cin	.579
Greif	SD	10	Roberts,DA	Hou	17	Greif	SD	.588
Grimsley	Cin	10	Reuss	Hou	17	Seaver	NYN	.611
Wilson,B	Phi	9	Harrison	Atl	17	Schueler	Atl	.636
Arlin	SD	9	Reuschel	ChN	16	Wilson,D	Hou	.640
Twitchell	Phi	9	Briles	Pit	16	Griffin,T	Hou	.647
Barr	SF	9	Moore,B	Mon	16	Jenkins	ChN	.667
Reuschel	ChN	9	Bryant	SF	16	Niekro,P	Atl	.682
Jenkins	ChN	9	Bradley	SF	16	Arlin	SD	.684
5 tied with		8	Wilson,D	Hou	16	Morton	Atl	.688


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Ellis,D	Pit	10	Brandon	Phi	14	Grimsley	Cin	7
Morton	Atl	10	Crawford,J	Hou	12	Ruthven	Phi	5
Stoneman	Mon	9	Caldwell	SD	11	Sprague		3
Lonborg	Phi	9	McAnally	Mon	11	Marichal	SF	3
Greif	SD	9	Kirby	SD	11	McGlothlin		2
Blass	Pit	8	Sutton	LA	11	Crawford,J	Hou	2
Reuschel	ChN	8	Reuschel	ChN	11	Hernandez,R	Pit	2
Billingham	Cin	8	Blass	Pit	10	Sosa	SF	2
5 tied with		7	Ruthven	Phi	10	Troedson	SD	2
			Twitchell	Phi	10	Harrison	Atl	2
			Niekro,P	Atl	10	Ellis,D	Pit	2
			Billingham	Cin	10	18 tied with		1


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Foster,A	StL	.143	House	Atl	.231	Osteen	LA	54
Seaver	NYN	.143	Romo	SD	.243	Carlton	Phi	42
Messersmith	LA	.143	McGraw	NYN	.250	Pappas	ChN	33
Norman	Cin	.158	Lersch	Phi	.256	John	LA	33
Rooker	Pit	.167	Ray	Hou	.276	Norman	Cin	30
Briles	Pit	.188	Hough	LA	.314	Morton	Atl	30
Roberts,DA	Hou	.200	Sosa	SF	.316	Moose	Pit	29
Wise	StL	.217	Johnson,Bo	Pit	.317	Brett,K	Phi	29
Arlin	SD	.222	Scott,M	Mon	.320	Torrez	Mon	29
Moose	Pit	.227	Bonham	ChN	.320	Koosman	NYN	29
Torrez	Mon	.231	Hernandez,R	Pit	.333	4 tied with		28
Morton	Atl	.273	Burris	ChN	.333


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Carlton	Phi	1022	Carlton	Phi	901	Sutton	LA	.517
Reuss	Hou	938	Reuss	Hou	853	Gibson	StL	.521
Roberts,DA	Hou	915	Roberts,DA	Hou	851	Harrison	Atl	.524
Bryant	SF	886	Grimsley	Cin	797	Messersmith	LA	.541
Grimsley	Cin	868	Bryant	SF	794	Ellis,D	Pit	.560
Matlack	NYN	851	Matlack	NYN	778	Seaver	NYN	.575
Koosman	NYN	843	Koosman	NYN	769	Briles	Pit	.611
Norman	Cin	802	Norman	Cin	730	Bryant	SF	.611
Gullett	Cin	786	Gullett	Cin	710	Cleveland	StL	.617
Osteen	LA	781	Osteen	LA	704	John	LA	.624
John	LA	714	John	LA	661	Reuss	Hou	.635
Brett,K	Phi	692	Brett,K	Phi	626	Renko	Mon	.637


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Gibson	StL	.183	Gibson	StL	.245	Harrison	Atl	.262
Harrison	Atl	.187	Messersmith	LA	.247	Sutton	LA	.262
Messersmith	LA	.188	Sutton	LA	.255	Ellis,D	Pit	.274
Sutton	LA	.196	Jenkins	ChN	.262	Gibson	StL	.277
Renko	Mon	.217	Harrison	Atl	.262	Messersmith	LA	.293
Greif	SD	.217	Seaver	NYN	.267	Seaver	NYN	.307
Seaver	NYN	.220	Briles	Pit	.268	Bryant	SF	.310
Hall	Cin	.221	Hall	Cin	.273	Cleveland	StL	.318
Wilson,D	Hou	.222	Marichal	SF	.276	Ruthven	Phi	.331
Briles	Pit	.227	Barr	SF	.282	John	LA	.334
Downing,A	LA	.230	Renko	Mon	.284	Reuss	Hou	.335
Jenkins	ChN	.231	Greif	SD	.286	Torrez	Mon	.338


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Roberts,DA	Hou	51	Kirby	SD	13	Jenkins	ChN	24
Brett,K	Phi	41	Carlton	Phi	10	Norman	Cin	24
Grimsley	Cin	41	Lonborg	Phi	6	Gullett	Cin	21
Reuss	Hou	39	Roberts,DA	Hou	6	Arlin	SD	20
Koosman	NYN	36	9 tied with		5	Grimsley	Cin	20
Carlton	Phi	33				Carlton	Phi	19
Gullett	Cin	32				Kirby	SD	18
Billingham	Cin	31				Bradley	SF	18
Matlack	NYN	31				5 tied with		17
Caldwell	SD	30
Wise	StL	28
Moore,B	Mon	28


Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

Carlton	Phi	242	Roberts,DA	Hou	68	Carlton	Phi	352
Roberts,DA	Hou	221	Grimsley	Cin	66	Roberts,DA	Hou	317
Reuss	Hou	209	Carlton	Phi	62	Grimsley	Cin	305
Koosman	NYN	199	Brett,K	Phi	58	Reuss	Hou	286
Matlack	NYN	195	Gullett	Cin	55	Matlack	NYN	279
Grimsley	Cin	194	Reuss	Hou	53	Norman	Cin	275
Bryant	SF	190	Moore,B	Mon	50	Koosman	NYN	274
Osteen	LA	188	Koosman	NYN	50	Gullett	Cin	269
Norman	Cin	180	Matlack	NYN	49	Brett,K	Phi	265
Brett,K	Phi	175	Kirby	SD	46	Osteen	LA	253
Gullett	Cin	170	Norman	Cin	46	Bryant	SF	246
John	LA	161	Lonborg	Phi	45	Moore,B	Mon	233


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Carlton	Phi	94	Morton	Atl	10	Matlack	NYN	174
Moore,B	Mon	82	Lonborg	Phi	9	Carlton	Phi	166
Bryant	SF	73	Carroll	Cin	7	Norman	Cin	144
Reuss	Hou	70	Forsch	Hou	7	Gullett	Cin	140
Torrez	Mon	64	Greif	SD	7	Seaver	NYN	136
Norman	Cin	61	Reuschel	ChN	7	Koosman	NYN	134
Downing,A	LA	59	7 tied with		6	Reuss	Hou	125
Gullett	Cin	59				Gibson	StL	116
Matlack	NYN	59				Ellis,D	Pit	116
Osteen	LA	57				Moore,B	Mon	115
Koosman	NYN	57				Billingham	Cin	115
Brett,K	Phi	56				Sutton	LA	114


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Marichal	SF	4.8	Billingham	Cin	17	Morton	Atl	9
Moose	Pit	4.8	Carlton	Phi	15	Reuss	Hou	9
Reuschel	ChN	4.7	Forsch	Hou	14	Carlton	Phi	9
Stone,G	NYN	4.6	Bryant	SF	14	Osteen	LA	8
Ellis,D	Pit	4.5	Moore,B	Mon	12	Kirby	SD	7
Jenkins	ChN	4.3	Osteen	LA	12	Jones,R	SD	7
Seaver	NYN	3.9	Grimsley	Cin	12	Gullett	Cin	7
Hall	Cin	3.8	Koosman	NYN	11	Grimsley	Cin	7
Gibson	StL	3.7	7 tied with		9	Roberts,DA	Hou	7
Briles	Pit	3.5				McGraw	NYN	6
Wise	StL	3.2				Greif	SD	6
Sutton	LA	3.1				12 tied with		5

League pitching leaders -- National LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/20/1973

League pitching leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 10/20/1973