Monday May 17, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 17, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        20  14  2.96   34  12   5   307   266  117  101   19   91  217
Los Angeles     20  13  3.42   33   7   8   300   299  124  114   19   99  166
Pittsburgh      18  12  3.43   30   9   9   265   248  115  101   24   87  133
St. Louis       14  19  3.44   33   5   7   312   314  138  119   22  112  135
Cincinnati      20  12  3.53   32   5   7   293   276  130  115   22  102  162
San Diego       16  15  3.69   31   7   4   271   243  124  111   18   99  117
Montreal        12  17  3.77   29   2   5   265   236  127  111   26  127  154
Philadelphia    19   8  3.86   27   8   7   245   247  114  105   16   77  165
San Francisco   11  22  3.98   33   1   6   303   323  168  134   17  122  152
Atlanta         11  22  4.13   33   3   6   292   299  151  134   17  113  190
Houston         16  19  4.31   35   1  10   313   314  166  150   17  174  162
Chicago         14  18  5.27   32   1   6   297   354  200  174   37  120  144

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle (SF)      2   1  0.26  16   0   0   6   0   35   22    1    1    0   12   23
Pat Zachry (CIN)       2   0  1.26  10   3   0   0   0   36   26   10    5    1   13   27
Don Gullett (CIN)      3   2  1.91   6   5   1   0   0   33   29   10    7    3   13   21
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      5   0  1.91   7   6   3   1   1   47   36   11   10    2   13   25
John Candelaria (PIT)  3   2  2.15   5   5   3   0   1   38   26   11    9    4    9   27
Lynn McGlothen (STL)   4   3  2.22   7   7   3   0   1   49   52   15   12    3   11   17
Tom Seaver (NY)        4   2  2.24   8   8   3   0   1   60   46   16   15    2   22   55
Mike Marshall (LA)     3   1  2.49  18   0   0   7   0   43   38   14   12    1   13   31
Jim Rooker (PIT)       4   1  2.52   5   5   1   0   0   36   25   11   10    3   16   12
Randy Jones (SD)       7   2  2.56   9   9   6   0   1   70   57   23   20    3   15   28

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    0    0    0    0    3    3
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  1.04  13   0   0   0   0   17   10    6    2    0   11   10
Dick Ruthven           4   4  2.58   8   8   1   0   0   52   54   15   15    1   18   39
Adrian Devine          0   1  4.15   9   0   0   0   0    9   10    4    4    0    3    9
Roger Moret            0   0  4.23  15   1   0   1   0   28   25   13   13    4    6   18
Andy Messersmith       1   4  4.30   8   7   1   1   0   46   39   23   22    4   23   33
Phil Niekro            3   3  4.39   8   8   1   0   0   53   53   30   26    3   19   42
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  5.40  10   0   0   2   0   17   24   11   10    0    8    7
Carl Morton            0   4  5.48   9   9   0   0   0   48   63   34   29    3   18   14
Elias Sosa             2   3  7.02  12   0   0   2   0   17   21   15   13    2    4   15

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Stone            0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0
Ken Frailing           1   1  0.71   4   2   0   0   0   13   12    3    1    0    5    8
Buddy Schultz          1   1  1.50  14   0   0   2   0   12   12    5    2    0    3    6
Bill Bonham            2   2  3.67   5   5   0   0   0   34   30   16   14    3   20   18
Oscar Zamora           2   0  4.07  11   1   0   0   0   24   22   12   11    5    6    8
Darold Knowles         2   1  4.41  10   0   0   2   0   16   16    8    8    2    7    8
Bruce Sutter           0   1  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    0    1    2
Rick Reuschel          2   3  5.08  10   9   1   1   0   57   67   40   32    7   16   33
Ray Burris             1   4  5.12   9   9   0   0   0   46   61   33   26    5   22   18
Mike Garman            2   2  5.76  18   0   0   1   0   30   35   21   19    1   14   16
Paul Reuschel          1   1  6.89  17   2   0   0   0   33   47   26   25    8   14   14
Tom Dettore            0   1 10.29   4   0   0   0   0    7   11    8    8    3    2    4
Geoff Zahn             0   1 10.80   3   2   0   0   0    8   16   10   10    0    2    4
Ken Crosby             0   0 12.00   7   1   0   0   0   12   20   16   16    3    8    5

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry             2   0  1.26  10   3   0   0   0   36   26   10    5    1   13   27
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  1.85  14   0   0   4   0   24   18    6    5    1    6   21
Don Gullett            3   2  1.91   6   5   1   0   0   33   29   10    7    3   13   21
Gary Nolan             3   2  2.82   8   8   1   0   1   54   45   17   17    7    9   30
Fred Norman            3   1  4.00   7   4   1   0   1   27   24   13   12    2   16   16
Santo Alcala           2   0  4.26   6   2   1   0   1   19   12    9    9    1    6   12
Jack Billingham        4   2  4.34   8   7   1   0   0   46   56   24   22    3   12   13
Pedro Borbon           0   0  5.94  12   0   0   1   0   17   25   12   11    2    6    5
Pat Darcy              1   3  6.15   6   3   0   2   0   26   22   18   18    2   16   11
Will McEnaney          0   1  7.36  10   0   0   0   0   11   19   11    9    0    5    6

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   0  1.80  17   0   0   7   0   25   20    6    5    0    8   12
J.R. Richard           5   3  2.93   9   9   1   0   0   68   48   23   22    2   41   42
Mike Cosgrove          1   2  3.44   8   6   0   0   0   34   38   17   13    1   21    9
Larry Dierker          4   4  3.73   8   8   0   0   0   51   43   24   21    2   19   30
Mike Barlow            2   1  4.09  15   0   0   0   0   22   24   12   10    0   17   11
Joe Niekro             1   5  4.12   9   7   0   0   0   44   44   22   20    2   20   22
Gilberto Rondon        0   1  6.75   5   2   0   0   0   16   16   12   12    4   12    6
Larry Hardy            0   0  7.06  15   0   0   3   0   22   34   19   17    2   10   10
Jose Sosa              0   0  7.36   6   0   0   0   0    7   12    6    6    0    3    5
Tom Griffin            2   1  7.98   7   1   0   0   0   15   19   13   13    3   11   10
Joaquin Andujar        0   2  9.28   4   2   0   0   0   11   16   12   11    1   12    5

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Downing             0   1  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    9    8    3    2    0    2    6
Mike Marshall          3   1  2.49  18   0   0   7   0   43   38   14   12    1   13   31
Stan Wall              0   1  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   10    6    3    3    1    3    5
Charlie Hough          3   0  2.82  13   0   0   1   0   22   19    9    7    2    8   15
Tommy John             1   2  2.84   6   6   0   0   0   38   40   14   12    2   14   17
Rick Rhoden            2   0  3.45   6   5   1   0   0   29   29   12   11    2    8   10
Doug Rau               4   2  3.97   7   7   1   0   0   45   51   20   20    3   15   23
Burt Hooton            3   2  4.02   7   7   2   0   1   47   52   22   21    3   17   27
Don Sutton             4   4  4.15   8   8   3   0   2   56   56   27   26    5   19   32

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          2   0  1.50   8   0   0   1   0   18   15    3    3    0    9    5
Dale Murray            0   2  2.01  16   0   0   2   0   22   14    6    5    0   10    9
Wayne Granger          0   0  2.79  13   0   0   2   0   19   19    7    6    0   11   10
Fred Scherman          2   1  3.60  15   0   0   0   0   20   14    9    8    3    8   12
Dan Warthen            1   3  3.62   7   6   1   0   0   32   24   16   13    3   23   25
Don Carrithers         1   2  3.68   8   1   0   0   0   22   20   12    9    2   19   11
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.72   8   8   1   0   1   56   45   27   23    6   16   36
Woodie Fryman          4   2  4.14   7   7   0   0   0   41   46   22   19    6   12   27
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Clay Kirby             0   2  7.29   6   6   0   0   0   21   24   17   17    4   16   15

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Sanders            1   0  0.93   6   0   0   0   0   10    4    1    1    0    3    3
Bob Apodaca            1   2  2.08  10   0   0   0   0   22   17    5    5    0    7    7
Tom Seaver             4   2  2.24   8   8   3   0   1   60   46   16   15    2   22   55
Skip Lockwood          1   1  2.55   9   0   0   5   0   18   11    5    5    0    7   17
Jon Matlack            4   0  2.87   8   8   4   0   2   60   49   21   19    5   15   35
Jerry Koosman          4   1  3.09   7   6   2   0   0   47   44   18   16    4    9   28
Mickey Lolich          2   4  3.14   7   7   2   0   0   43   46   22   15    2   11   39
Craig Swan             2   2  4.31   5   5   1   0   1   31   31   18   15    4    8   24
Hank Webb              0   1  4.97   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    8    7    2    4    7
Tom Hall               1   1  5.79   5   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    3    0    5    2

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Lonborg            5   0  1.91   7   6   3   1   1   47   36   11   10    2   13   25
Tug McGraw             2   2  2.75  11   0   0   3   0   20   15    7    6    0    9   17
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    6
Gene Garber            1   0  3.54  12   0   0   3   0   20   18    8    8    1    8   19
Larry Christenson      3   1  3.67   6   5   1   0   0   34   37   14   14    4    9   16
Jim Kaat               2   2  4.20   8   7   1   0   0   41   51   23   19    2    6   22
Ron Reed               2   1  4.67  11   0   0   0   0   17   16   10    9    1    9   13
Steve Carlton          3   1  4.70   7   7   3   0   0   44   41   24   23    5   17   34
Tom Underwood          1   1  7.45   7   2   0   0   0   10   16    8    8    0    2    8
Ron Schueler           0   0  8.53   5   0   0   0   0    6   12    7    6    1    1    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              0   0  0.00   9   0   0   5   0   15    7    0    0    0    2    7
Larry Demery           1   0  1.23   8   0   0   1   0   15   13    4    2    0    4    6
John Candelaria        3   2  2.15   5   5   3   0   1   38   26   11    9    4    9   27
Jim Rooker             4   1  2.52   5   5   1   0   0   36   25   11   10    3   16   12
Kent Tekulve           0   0  3.27   6   0   0   0   0   11   15    4    4    0    2   11
Doc Medich             3   3  3.51   7   7   1   0   0   49   48   20   19    4   16   20
Jerry Reuss            4   3  4.19   7   7   3   0   0   54   54   28   25    8   15   26
Bruce Kison            3   3  4.80   7   6   1   0   0   30   33   18   16    1   13   19
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  6.75   8   0   0   2   0    9   10    7    7    1    6    2
Dave Giusti            0   0  8.68   7   0   0   1   0    9   17   12    9    3    4    3

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          3   0  0.82  13   0   0   4   0   22   16    3    2    0    7   13
Alan Foster            0   0  1.93  10   0   0   0   0   19   10    4    4    2   11    5
Randy Jones            7   2  2.56   9   9   6   0   1   70   57   23   20    3   15   28
Dan Spillner           1   5  2.95   8   6   0   0   0   37   37   19   12    4   15   18
Brent Strom            4   1  3.18   8   7   1   0   1   45   34   16   16    3   17   22
Dave Tomlin            0   0  3.38  11   0   0   0   0   13   10    5    5    1    4    5
Rich Folkers           0   1  5.06   6   1   0   0   0   11   15    6    6    0    4    7
Dave Wehrmeister       0   3  7.02   6   3   0   0   0   17   22   14   13    0    8    9
Mike Dupree            0   0  7.80  10   0   0   0   0   15   15   14   13    3    7    5
Bill Greif             1   3  8.06   5   5   0   0   0   22   27   20   20    2   11    5

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           2   1  0.26  16   0   0   6   0   35   22    1    1    0   12   23
Charlie Williams       0   0  1.50  13   0   0   0   0   18   12    3    3    0    9    7
John Montefusco        4   2  2.80   8   8   0   0   0   55   52   18   17    3   20   40
Randy Moffitt          2   1  3.32  14   0   0   0   0   22   26   15    8    2   12    5
Jim Barr               1   3  3.88   8   8   0   0   0   46   56   26   20    2   10   14
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.60   9   5   0   0   0   31   38   24   16    3    5   16
Dave Heaverlo          0   0  4.71  16   0   0   0   0   21   25   15   11    0    3   10
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Ed Halicki             2   6  6.43   8   7   1   0   0   35   45   28   25    4   16   20
John D'Acquisto        0   2 12.21   6   3   0   0   0   14   15   20   19    3   23   10

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Frisella         0   0  1.62  13   0   0   1   0   17   12    3    3    1    5    4
Mike Wallace           1   1  1.96  13   0   0   1   0   18   13    5    4    1   10    8
Lynn McGlothen         4   3  2.22   7   7   3   0   1   49   52   15   12    3   11   17
Al Hrabosky            0   2  2.39  16   0   0   5   0   26   22    9    7    2    4   19
Eric Rasmussen         3   4  2.81  15   0   0   0   0   26   21   10    8    1   11   14
Mike Proly             1   0  3.18  13   0   0   0   0   17   20    8    6    0    6    4
Pete Falcone           2   2  3.51   7   7   1   0   0   41   31   20   16    1   20   27
John Curtis            2   4  4.27  10   5   1   0   0   46   59   22   22    7   17   14
John Denny             1   2  4.46   7   7   0   0   0   40   45   22   20    3   12   16
Bob Forsch             0   1  6.03   7   7   0   0   0   31   39   24   21    3   16   12

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)             7
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  J. Billingham (CIN)       4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  W. Fryman (MON)           4
  J. Koosman (NY)           4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  L. McGlothen (STL)        4
  J. Montefusco (SF)        4

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)           6
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  D. Spillner (SD)          5
  R. Burris (CHI)           4
  M. Caldwell (SF)          4
  J. Curtis (STL)           4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  M. Lolich (NY)            4
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      4
  C. Morton (ATL)           4

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)             6
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          3
  L. McGlothen (STL)        3
  J. Reuss (PIT)            3
  T. Seaver (NY)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  B. Hooton (LA)            2

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)           7
  M. Marshall (LA)          7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           6
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  B. Moose (PIT)            5
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         4
  B. Metzger (SD)           4
  G. Garber (PHI)           3
  L. Hardy (HOU)            3

Shutouts:

  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  S. Alcala (CIN)           1
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       1
  B. Hooton (LA)            1
  R. Jones (SD)             1
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          1
  L. McGlothen (STL)        1
  G. Nolan (CIN)            1
  F. Norman (CIN)           1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)          70.1
  J. Richard (HOU)       67.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         60.1
  J. Matlack (NY)        59.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      56.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         56.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        55.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)     54.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)         54.1
  J. Reuss (PIT)         53.2

Hits:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        67
  C. Morton (ATL)          63
  R. Burris (CHI)          61
  J. Curtis (STL)          59
  R. Jones (SD)            57
  J. Barr (SF)             56
  J. Billingham (CIN)      56
  D. Sutton (LA)           56
  J. Reuss (PIT)           54
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         54

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        40
  C. Morton (ATL)          34
  R. Burris (CHI)          33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          30
  E. Halicki (SF)          28
  J. Reuss (PIT)           28
  S. Rogers (MON)          27
  D. Sutton (LA)           27
  J. Barr (SF)             26
  P. Reuschel (CHI)        26

Home Runs:

  P. Reuschel (CHI)         8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  J. Curtis (STL)           7
  G. Nolan (CIN)            7
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         7
  W. Fryman (MON)           6
  S. Rogers (MON)           6
  R. Burris (CHI)           5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Matlack (NY)           5

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         41
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       23
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     23
  D. Warthen (MON)         23
  R. Burris (CHI)          22
  T. Seaver (NY)           22
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        21
  B. Bonham (CHI)          20
  P. Falcone (STL)         20
  J. Montefusco (SF)       20

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           55
  P. Niekro (ATL)          42
  J. Richard (HOU)         42
  J. Montefusco (SF)       40
  M. Lolich (NY)           39
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         39
  S. Rogers (MON)          36
  J. Matlack (NY)          35
  S. Carlton (PHI)         34
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     33

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