Tuesday May 18, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 18, 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     21  13  3.32   34   8   8   309   302  124  114   19  103  169
Pittsburgh      19  12  3.35   31  10   9   274   254  116  102   24   89  136
St. Louis       14  20  3.45   34   5   7   321   319  142  123   23  113  139
Cincinnati      20  13  3.59   33   5   7   301   286  135  120   23  106  165
San Diego       17  15  3.73   32   7   4   282   252  130  117   18  101  123
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  23  3.99   34   1   6   314   333  175  139   18  126  163
Atlanta         12  22  4.05   34   3   6   302   303  153  136   18  120  201
Houston         16  20  4.26   36   1  10   323   321  169  153   17  180  164
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  0.49  17   0   0   6   0   37   26    4    2    1   12   25
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
Jim Rooker (PIT)       5   1  2.22   6   6   2   0   0   45   31   12   11    3   18   15
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
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   5   0   0   0   0    7    0    0    0    0    3    5
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
Phil Niekro            3   3  4.20   9   9   1   0   0   60   56   32   28    4   25   49
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
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             3   3  6.27  13   0   0   2   0   19   22   15   13    2    5   17

 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   3  4.53   9   8   1   0   0   52   61   28   26    4   16   16
Pedro Borbon           0   0  5.79  13   0   0   1   0   19   30   13   12    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  1.67  18   0   0   7   0   27   21    6    5    0    9   13
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
Joe Niekro             1   5  4.12   9   7   0   0   0   44   44   22   20    2   20   22
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Joaquin Andujar        0   2  6.62   5   3   0   0   0   18   19   14   13    1   16    6
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  7.47   8   1   0   0   0   16   19   13   13    3   12   10

 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
Rick Rhoden            3   0  2.63   7   6   2   0   1   38   32   12   11    2   12   13
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
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             5   1  2.22   6   6   2   0   0   45   31   12   11    3   18   15
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          4   0  0.72  14   0   0   4   0   25   17    3    2    0    7   16
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
Dave Tomlin            0   0  3.14  12   0   0   0   0   14   10    5    5    1    4    5
Brent Strom            4   1  3.58   9   8   1   0   1   50   40   20   20    3   19   24
Rich Folkers           0   1  4.97   7   1   0   0   0   13   16    7    7    0    4    8
Dave Wehrmeister       0   3  7.02   6   3   0   0   0   17   22   14   13    0    8    9
Bill Greif             1   3  8.06   5   5   0   0   0   22   27   20   20    2   11    5
Mike Dupree            0   0  8.40  11   0   0   0   0   15   16   15   14    3    7    5

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           2   1  0.49  17   0   0   6   0   37   26    4    2    1   12   25
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   2  3.42  15   0   0   0   0   24   28   16    9    2   14    6
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  5.95   9   8   1   0   0   42   49   31   28    4   18   28
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
Eric Rasmussen         3   4  2.67  16   0   0   0   0   27   21   10    8    1   11   15
Mike Proly             1   0  3.18  13   0   0   0   0   17   20    8    6    0    6    4
Al Hrabosky            0   3  3.29  17   0   0   5   0   27   24   12   10    3    5   21
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  5.21   8   8   0   0   0   38   42   25   22    3   16   13

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)             7
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  J. Rooker (PIT)           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

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
  P. Niekro (ATL)        60.0
  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

Hits:

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

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        40
  C. Morton (ATL)          34
  R. Burris (CHI)          33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  E. Halicki (SF)          31
  J. Billingham (CIN)      28
  J. Reuss (PIT)           28
  S. Rogers (MON)          27
  D. Sutton (LA)           27
  J. Barr (SF)             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
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25
  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

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           55
  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  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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