Friday May 21, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 21, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        21  16  2.99   37  13   6   334   290  127  111   21  101  238
Los Angeles     24  13  3.16   37   9   9   336   325  128  118   19  109  181
St. Louis       15  22  3.43   37   6   7   347   346  152  132   25  127  147
Pittsburgh      20  14  3.48   34  10  10   300   283  131  116   26   95  154
Philadelphia    22   8  3.64   30   9   9   272   274  119  110   17   83  182
Montreal        13  18  3.66   31   2   6   283   252  131  115   27  135  167
Cincinnati      21  15  3.70   36   5   8   326   319  149  134   24  113  174
San Diego       18  17  3.73   35   8   4   309   281  146  128   20  110  134
Atlanta         13  24  3.92   37   4   6   328   327  160  143   19  128  217
San Francisco   12  25  4.07   37   1   7   341   363  193  154   19  137  175
Houston         18  21  4.10   39   2  11   349   341  179  159   19  192  177
Chicago         15  19  5.18   34   1   7   314   370  207  181   38  127  154

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle (SF)      2   1  0.95  19   0   0   7   0   38   29    6    4    1   12   25
Pat Zachry (CIN)       2   0  1.26  10   3   0   0   0   36   26   10    5    1   13   27
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      6   0  2.19   8   7   3   1   1   53   45   14   13    3   13   27
Jim Rooker (PIT)       5   1  2.22   6   6   2   0   0   45   31   12   11    3   18   15
Randy Jones (SD)       8   2  2.27  10  10   7   0   1   79   62   25   20    3   15   30
Lynn McGlothen (STL)   4   3  2.40   8   8   3   0   1   56   59   18   15    4   14   20
Tom Seaver (NY)        4   3  2.60   9   9   4   0   1   69   53   21   20    3   25   63
Tommy John (LA)        2   2  2.60   7   7   0   0   0   45   45   15   13    2   14   20
Rick Rhoden (LA)       3   0  2.63   7   6   2   0   1   38   32   12   11    2   12   13
Mike Marshall (LA)     3   1  2.74  20   0   0   8   0   46   40   16   14    1   16   33

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               0   0  0.00   6   0   0   0   0    7    1    0    0    0    3    5
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  0.98  14   0   0   0   0   18   10    6    2    0   13   11
Adrian Devine          0   1  2.92  11   0   0   0   0   12   11    4    4    0    4   13
Dick Ruthven           4   5  2.98   9   9   1   0   0   57   60   19   19    2   19   41
Andy Messersmith       2   4  3.60   9   8   2   1   1   55   42   23   22    4   27   37
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
Carl Morton            0   4  5.37  10  10   0   0   0   52   73   36   31    3   18   15
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  5.40  10   0   0   2   0   17   24   11   10    0    8    7
Elias Sosa             3   4  5.91  14   0   0   2   0   21   25   16   14    2    5   21

 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  1.46  15   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
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.72  11   0   0   3   0   19   17    8    8    2    8    8
Oscar Zamora           2   0  4.07  11   1   0   0   0   24   22   12   11    5    6    8
Bruce Sutter           0   1  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    0    1    2
Ray Burris             1   5  4.88  10  10   0   0   0   52   68   35   28    6   25   21
Rick Reuschel          3   3  5.17  11  10   1   1   0   63   73   44   36    7   18   38
Mike Garman            2   2  5.76  18   0   0   1   0   30   35   21   19    1   14   16
Paul Reuschel          1   1  6.82  18   2   0   0   0   34   49   27   26    8   15   16
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  2.36  16   0   0   5   0   27   21    8    7    1    7   21
Don Gullett            3   2  2.67   7   6   1   0   0   34   33   13   10    3   14   21
Gary Nolan             3   3  3.08   9   9   1   0   1   61   50   21   21    8   11   32
Santo Alcala           3   0  3.91   7   3   1   0   1   25   18   11   11    1    8   13
Fred Norman            3   1  4.34   8   4   1   0   1   29   28   15   14    2   16   17
Jack Billingham        4   3  4.53   9   8   1   0   0   52   61   28   26    4   16   16
Pedro Borbon           0   0  5.40  14   0   0   1   0   20   32   13   12    2    6    6
Pat Darcy              1   3  5.72   7   3   0   2   0   28   25   18   18    2   16   13
Will McEnaney          0   2  6.28  12   0   0   0   0   14   25   12   10    0    6    8

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Siebert           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    2    1
Ken Forsch             1   0  1.80  19   0   0   8   0   30   22    7    6    1    9   13
J.R. Richard           5   4  2.85  10  10   2   0   0   76   56   25   24    3   41   49
Mike Cosgrove          1   2  3.62   9   7   0   0   0   37   42   21   15    1   24    9
Larry Dierker          4   4  3.73   8   8   0   0   0   51   43   24   21    2   19   30
Joe Niekro             2   5  3.81  10   8   0   0   0   50   47   25   21    2   24   25
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Tom Griffin            3   1  6.05   9   1   0   0   0   19   22   13   13    3   15   12
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

 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
Charlie Hough          4   0  2.55  14   0   0   1   0   25   21    9    7    2    9   16
Tommy John             2   2  2.60   7   7   0   0   0   45   45   15   13    2   14   20
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
Mike Marshall          3   1  2.74  20   0   0   8   0   46   40   16   14    1   16   33
Doug Rau               4   2  3.51   8   8   1   0   0   51   59   20   20    3   16   24
Burt Hooton            4   2  3.54   8   8   3   0   1   56   58   23   22    3   18   32
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   3  2.19  18   0   0   3   0   25   16    7    6    0   10    9
Wayne Granger          0   0  2.79  13   0   0   2   0   19   19    7    6    0   11   10
Woodie Fryman          5   2  3.49   8   8   0   0   0   49   53   22   19    6   14   34
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
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.68   9   9   1   0   1   64   52   30   26    7   22   42
Don Carrithers         1   2  3.68   8   1   0   0   0   22   20   12    9    2   19   11
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  0.84   7   0   0   1   0   11    4    1    1    0    3    3
Skip Lockwood          2   1  2.14  11   0   0   5   0   21   13    5    5    0    9   21
Bob Apodaca            1   2  2.42  11   0   0   0   0   22   18    6    6    0    8    8
Tom Seaver             4   3  2.60   9   9   4   0   1   69   53   21   20    3   25   63
Jon Matlack            4   0  2.88   9   9   4   0   2   66   54   23   21    6   17   37
Mickey Lolich          2   5  3.06   8   8   2   0   0   50   55   24   17    2   13   45
Jerry Koosman          4   1  3.09   7   6   2   0   0   47   44   18   16    4    9   28
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            6   0  2.19   8   7   3   1   1   53   45   14   13    3   13   27
Tug McGraw             2   2  2.63  13   0   0   4   0   24   18    8    7    0   10   21
Larry Christenson      4   1  3.12   7   6   1   0   0   40   43   14   14    4   13   19
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    6
Gene Garber            1   0  3.38  13   0   0   3   0   21   19    8    8    1    8   20
Steve Carlton          4   1  4.08   8   8   4   0   0   53   49   25   24    5   18   41
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
Tom Underwood          1   1  7.20   8   2   0   1   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  11   0   0   6   0   18    8    0    0    0    2   10
Jim Rooker             5   1  2.22   6   6   2   0   0   45   31   12   11    3   18   15
Larry Demery           1   1  2.61   9   1   0   1   0   21   21    9    6    0    7    9
Kent Tekulve           0   0  2.63   8   0   0   0   0   14   16    4    4    0    2   14
John Candelaria        3   2  3.21   6   6   3   0   1   42   34   17   15    6    9   30
Doc Medich             3   4  3.93   8   8   1   0   0   53   54   24   23    4   18   23
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        1   0  5.11  10   0   0   2   0   12   13    7    7    1    7    4
Dave Giusti            0   0  6.57   9   0   0   1   0   12   19   12    9    3    4    4

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          4   0  1.00  15   0   0   4   0   27   21    4    3    0    7   18
Alan Foster            0   0  1.93  10   0   0   0   0   19   10    4    4    2   11    5
Randy Jones            8   2  2.27  10  10   7   0   1   79   62   25   20    3   15   30
Dan Spillner           1   6  3.07   9   7   0   0   0   44   46   25   15    4   19   20
Brent Strom            4   1  3.44  10   8   1   0   1   52   40   20   20    3   19   25
Dave Tomlin            0   0  3.78  14   0   0   0   0   17   13    7    7    2    5    7
Rich Folkers           0   1  4.61   8   1   0   0   0   14   17    7    7    0    5    9
Dave Wehrmeister       0   4  7.45   7   4   0   0   0   19   27   17   16    0   11   10
Bill Greif             1   3  8.06   5   5   0   0   0   22   27   20   20    2   11    5
Mike Dupree            0   0  9.19  12   0   0   0   0   16   18   17   16    4    7    5

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           2   1  0.95  19   0   0   7   0   38   29    6    4    1   12   25
Charlie Williams       0   0  1.64  15   0   0   0   0   22   17    4    4    0   13    7
John Montefusco        4   3  2.92   9   9   0   0   0   62   58   21   20    3   21   46
Randy Moffitt          2   2  3.16  16   0   0   0   0   26   28   16    9    2   14    7
Jim Barr               1   3  3.88   8   8   0   0   0   46   56   26   20    2   10   14
Dave Heaverlo          1   0  4.21  19   0   0   0   0   26   27   16   12    1    4   12
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.46  10   6   0   0   0   36   46   28   18    3    6   17
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 10.69   7   3   0   0   0   16   16   20   19    3   24   11
Rob Dressler           0   1 54.00   1   1   0   0   0    1    5    7    6    0    3    1

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Danny Frisella         0   0  1.62  14   0   0   1   0   17   12    3    3    1    8    4
Mike Wallace           1   1  1.96  13   0   0   1   0   18   13    5    4    1   10    8
Lynn McGlothen         4   3  2.40   8   8   3   0   1   56   59   18   15    4   14   20
Eric Rasmussen         3   5  2.89  17   0   0   0   0   28   23   11    9    1   12   15
Pete Falcone           2   3  3.38   8   8   1   0   0   48   37   22   18    2   24   31
John Denny             2   2  3.65   8   8   1   0   0   49   56   23   20    3   13   17
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
Al Hrabosky            0   3  3.90  18   0   0   5   0   28   24   14   12    3    7   21
John Curtis            2   4  4.27  10   5   1   0   0   46   59   22   22    7   17   14
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)             8
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          6
  W. Fryman (MON)           5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  J. Rooker (PIT)           5
  J. Billingham (CIN)       4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  B. Hooton (LA)            4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)             7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  B. Hooton (LA)            3
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          3
  L. McGlothen (STL)        3
  J. Reuss (PIT)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)           8
  M. Marshall (LA)          8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  B. Moose (PIT)            6
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         5
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  T. McGraw (PHI)           4
  B. Metzger (SD)           4
  G. Garber (PHI)           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
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      1
  G. Nolan (CIN)            1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)          79.1
  J. Richard (HOU)       75.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         69.1
  J. Matlack (NY)        65.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        63.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      62.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)     61.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)         61.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        60.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)       57.1

Hits:

  C. Morton (ATL)          73
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  R. Burris (CHI)          68
  R. Jones (SD)            62
  J. Billingham (CIN)      61
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         60
  J. Curtis (STL)          59
  L. McGlothen (STL)       59
  D. Rau (LA)              59
  B. Hooton (LA)           58

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        44
  C. Morton (ATL)          36
  R. Burris (CHI)          35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  E. Halicki (SF)          31
  S. Rogers (MON)          30
  J. Billingham (CIN)      28
  M. Caldwell (SF)         28
  J. Reuss (PIT)           28
  P. Reuschel (CHI)        27

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         41
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     27
  R. Burris (CHI)          25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25
  T. Seaver (NY)           25
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        24
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       24
  P. Falcone (STL)         24
  J. Niekro (HOU)          24
  D. Warthen (MON)         23

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           63
  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  J. Richard (HOU)         49
  J. Montefusco (SF)       46
  M. Lolich (NY)           45
  S. Rogers (MON)          42
  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         41
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        38
  J. Matlack (NY)          37


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