Saturday May 22, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 22, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        22  16  2.94   38  13   7   343   294  128  112   21  104  247
Los Angeles     25  13  3.18   38   9   9   349   337  133  123   21  112  186
Pittsburgh      21  14  3.33   35  10  10   316   294  134  117   26   95  159
St. Louis       16  22  3.49   38   6   7   356   358  158  138   26  131  151
Cincinnati      22  15  3.65   37   6   8   335   328  151  136   24  114  180
Montreal        13  19  3.67   32   2   6   292   258  135  119   27  139  170
San Diego       18  18  3.71   36   8   4   318   290  149  131   20  114  139
Philadelphia    22   9  3.75   31   9   9   281   286  126  117   21   88  189
Atlanta         14  24  3.85   38   4   7   337   337  162  144   19  130  218
San Francisco   12  26  4.04   38   1   7   350   370  196  157   20  139  177
Houston         18  22  4.06   40   2  11   362   355  185  163   19  196  183
Chicago         15  20  5.05   35   1   7   330   383  211  185   40  131  166

 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)       3   0  1.41  11   4   1   0   0   45   35   12    7    1   14   33
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
Mike Marshall (LA)     3   1  2.47  21   0   0   8   0   51   43   16   14    1   17   35
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               0   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0    8    1    0    0    0    4    5
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  0.98  14   0   0   0   0   18   10    6    2    0   13   11
Adrian Devine          0   1  2.93  12   0   0   0   0   15   14    5    5    0    4   14
Dick Ruthven           4   5  2.98   9   9   1   0   0   57   60   19   19    2   19   41
Roger Moret            1   0  3.51  16   2   0   1   0   33   32   14   13    4    7   18
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
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  1.93  16   0   0   2   0   14   15    6    3    1    3    9
Bruce Sutter           0   1  2.70   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    0    4    3
Steve Renko            0   0  3.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    1    0    4
Bill Bonham            2   2  3.67   5   5   0   0   0   34   30   16   14    3   20   18
Oscar Zamora           2   0  3.71  12   1   0   0   0   27   24   12   11    5    6   10
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.72  11   0   0   3   0   19   17    8    8    2    8    8
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   2  6.34  19   2   0   0   0   38   52   28   27    8   16   18
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             3   0  1.41  11   4   1   0   0   45   35   12    7    1   14   33
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   1  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    0    0    4    1
Ken Forsch             1   0  1.56  20   0   0   8   0   35   26    7    6    1   10   17
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
Gilberto Rondon        0   1  6.45   6   3   0   0   0   22   25   17   16    4   13    8
Joaquin Andujar        0   2  6.62   5   3   0   0   0   18   19   14   13    1   16    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          5   0  2.36  15   0   0   1   0   27   21    9    7    2   11   18
Mike Marshall          3   1  2.47  21   0   0   8   0   51   43   16   14    1   17   35
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
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  4.48   9   9   3   0   2   62   65   32   31    7   19   33

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          2   0  1.44   9   1   0   1   0   25   18    4    4    0   11    8
Dale Murray            0   3  2.08  19   0   0   3   0   26   18    7    6    0   10    9
Woodie Fryman          5   2  3.49   8   8   0   0   0   49   53   22   19    6   14   34
Wayne Granger          0   0  3.60  14   0   0   2   0   20   20    9    8    0   12   10
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
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.05  16   0   0   0   0   20   14   10    9    3    9   12
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  1.96  12   0   0   6   0   23   13    5    5    0    9   24
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
Jerry Koosman          5   1  2.85   8   7   2   0   0   54   48   19   17    4   12   34
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
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   3  2.84  14   0   0   4   0   25   20    9    8    1   10   22
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  4.53   9   8   1   0   0   46   58   27   23    4    9   25
Ron Reed               2   1  4.95  12   0   0   0   0   20   19   12   11    2   11   16
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              1   0  0.00  12   0   0   6   0   22   11    0    0    0    2   12
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
Bruce Kison            3   3  3.92   8   7   1   0   0   39   41   21   17    1   13   21
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
Ramon Hernandez        1   0  5.11  10   0   0   2   0   12   13    7    7    1    7    4
Dave Giusti            0   0  5.28  10   0   0   1   0   15   19   12    9    3    4    5

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          4   0  0.95  16   0   0   4   0   28   21    4    3    0    7   20
Randy Jones            8   2  2.27  10  10   7   0   1   79   62   25   20    3   15   30
Alan Foster            0   1  2.55  11   1   0   0   0   25   19    7    7    2   13    7
Dan Spillner           1   6  3.00  10   7   0   0   0   45   46   25   15    4   20   21
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  4.40   9   1   0   0   0   14   17    7    7    0    6    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  2.93  17   0   0   0   0   28   28   16    9    2   14    8
Jim Barr               1   4  3.88   9   9   0   0   0   53   63   29   23    3   12   15
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  1.77  14   0   0   1   0   20   14    5    4    1   10   10
Lynn McGlothen         4   3  2.40   8   8   3   0   1   56   59   18   15    4   14   20
Pete Falcone           2   3  3.38   8   8   1   0   0   48   37   22   18    2   24   31
Eric Rasmussen         3   5  3.41  18   0   0   0   0   29   26   13   11    2   12   15
Al Hrabosky            1   3  3.64  19   0   0   5   0   30   24   14   12    3    8   21
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
John Curtis            2   4  4.65  11   6   1   0   0   50   67   26   26    7   20   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)             8
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          6
  W. Fryman (MON)           5
  C. Hough (LA)             5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  J. Rooker (PIT)           5
  J. Billingham (CIN)       4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      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
  J. Barr (SF)              4
  M. Caldwell (SF)          4
  J. Curtis (STL)           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
  S. Lockwood (NY)          6
  B. Moose (PIT)            6
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         5
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         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
  D. Sutton (LA)         62.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)     61.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)         61.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        60.0

Hits:

  C. Morton (ATL)          73
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  R. Burris (CHI)          68
  J. Curtis (STL)          67
  D. Sutton (LA)           65
  J. Barr (SF)             63
  R. Jones (SD)            62
  J. Billingham (CIN)      61
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         60
  L. McGlothen (STL)       59

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        44
  C. Morton (ATL)          36
  R. Burris (CHI)          35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  D. Sutton (LA)           32
  E. Halicki (SF)          31
  S. Rogers (MON)          30
  J. Barr (SF)             29
  J. Billingham (CIN)      28
  M. Caldwell (SF)         28

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
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  R. Burris (CHI)           6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  W. Fryman (MON)           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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