Sunday May 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 23, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        22  17  2.95   39  13   7   351   302  133  115   21  109  251
Los Angeles     26  13  3.21   39   9   9   359   347  138  128   21  115  192
Pittsburgh      22  15  3.31   37  11  10   334   312  141  123   26   99  166
St. Louis       16  23  3.44   39   6   7   366   370  161  140   26  135  156
Cincinnati      23  15  3.56   38   7   8   344   331  151  136   24  114  185
Philadelphia    23   9  3.67   32   9   9   292   294  128  119   23   91  197
Montreal        14  19  3.68   33   2   6   301   265  139  123   28  145  176
Atlanta         15  25  3.69   40   4   8   356   347  165  146   20  135  226
San Diego       18  19  3.88   37   8   4   327   303  160  141   22  119  142
San Francisco   13  27  4.00   40   2   7   369   386  205  164   20  152  188
Houston         18  23  4.08   41   2  11   371   368  191  168   19  200  187
Chicago         16  21  5.08   37   1   8   347   408  225  196   44  133  176

 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
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
John Montefusco (SF)   5   3  2.51  10  10   1   0   1   72   61   21   20    3   24   52
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
Jim Rooker (PIT)       5   1  2.61   7   7   2   0   0   52   41   17   15    3   18   16

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  0.98  14   0   0   0   0   18   10    6    2    0   13   11
Max Leon               0   1  1.08   8   0   0   1   0    8    2    1    1    0    5    5
Dick Ruthven           5   5  2.89  10  10   1   0   0   62   62   20   20    3   20   44
Adrian Devine          0   1  2.93  12   0   0   0   0   15   14    5    5    0    4   14
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  3.65  10  10   1   0   0   69   60   32   28    4   27   52
Elias Sosa             3   4  4.97  15   0   0   3   0   25   28   17   14    2    6   23
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

 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  2.08   6   0   0   1   0    9    6    2    2    0    5    3
Oscar Zamora           3   0  3.30  14   1   0   0   0   30   25   12   11    5    6   13
Steve Renko            0   0  3.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    1    0    4
Bill Bonham            2   2  3.70   6   6   0   0   0   41   40   19   17    3   20   23
Darold Knowles         2   1  4.58  12   0   0   3   0   20   19   10   10    4    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
Paul Reuschel          1   2  6.02  20   2   0   0   0   40   55   28   27    8   16   19
Mike Garman            2   3  7.03  19   1   0   1   0   32   44   30   25    3   15   17
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
Jack Billingham        5   3  3.86  10   9   2   0   1   61   64   28   26    4   16   21
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
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
Gene Pentz             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Ken Forsch             1   0  1.54  21   0   0   8   0   35   27    7    6    1   11   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  3.83  11   8   0   0   0   52   49   26   22    2   25   28
Paul Siebert           0   2  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    2    0    4    1
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Joaquin Andujar        0   2  5.96   6   4   0   0   0   23   27   17   15    1   18    6
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
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
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  2.64   8   7   2   0   1   44   38   14   13    2   13   17
Charlie Hough          5   0  2.86  16   0   0   1   0   28   24   11    9    2   13   19
Stan Wall              1   1  3.09   7   0   0   0   0   12    7    4    4    1    3    6
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
Chip Lang              1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    3    3
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
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.05  16   0   0   0   0   20   14   10    9    3    9   12
Don Carrithers         1   2  4.18   9   2   0   0   0   28   26   16   13    3   22   14
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  2.25  12   0   0   0   0   24   19    6    6    0    9   10
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   3  4.30   6   6   1   0   1   38   38   23   18    4   12   26
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             3   3  2.63  15   0   0   4   0   27   22    9    8    1   10   25
Gene Garber            1   0  3.09  14   0   0   3   0   23   21    8    8    1    9   23
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
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  5.29   9   3   0   1   0   17   20   10   10    2    4   10
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
Larry Demery           1   1  2.61   9   1   0   1   0   21   21    9    6    0    7    9
Jim Rooker             5   1  2.61   7   7   2   0   0   52   41   17   15    3   18   16
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.00   9   0   0   0   0   15   18    5    5    0    2   14
John Candelaria        3   2  3.21   6   6   3   0   1   42   34   17   15    6    9   30
Jerry Reuss            5   3  3.73   8   8   4   0   0   63   60   29   26    8   16   31
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
Dave Giusti            0   0  5.06  11   0   0   1   0   16   19   12    9    3    6    6
Ramon Hernandez        1   0  5.11  11   0   0   2   0   12   13    7    7    1    8    4

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Reynolds           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
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  2.85  11   7   0   0   0   47   48   25   15    4   20   22
Brent Strom            4   2  3.93  11   9   1   0   1   55   47   25   24    4   21   26
Rich Folkers           0   1  4.32  10   1   0   0   0   17   19    8    8    1    6   10
Dave Tomlin            0   0  6.23  15   0   0   0   0   17   15   12   12    2    8    7
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        5   3  2.51  10  10   1   0   1   72   61   21   20    3   24   52
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  4.13  20   0   0   0   0   28   30   18   13    1    5   15
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.95  11   6   0   0   0   36   48   30   20    3    6   17
Ed Halicki             2   7  6.31  10   9   1   0   0   46   57   36   32    4   24   29
John D'Acquisto        0   2  9.00   8   3   0   0   0   19   16   20   19    3   27   12
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   4  3.62  20   0   0   5   0   32   28   15   13    3   10   22
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
Bob Forsch             0   1  4.50   9   9   0   0   0   46   50   27   23    3   18   17
John Curtis            2   4  4.65  11   6   1   0   0   50   67   26   26    7   20   16

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)             8
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  W. Fryman (MON)           5
  C. Hough (LA)             5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  J. Montefusco (SF)        5
  J. Reuss (PIT)            5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  J. Rooker (PIT)           5

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)           7
  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
  J. Reuss (PIT)            4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  B. Hooton (LA)            3
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          3
  L. McGlothen (STL)        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. Billingham (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

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)          79.1
  J. Richard (HOU)       75.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)     71.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         69.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        69.0
  J. Matlack (NY)        65.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        63.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      62.2
  J. Reuss (PIT)         62.2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)       62.1

Hits:

  C. Morton (ATL)          73
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  R. Burris (CHI)          68
  J. Curtis (STL)          67
  D. Sutton (LA)           65
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  J. Barr (SF)             63
  R. Jones (SD)            62
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         62
  J. Montefusco (SF)       61

Runs:

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

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
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       27
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     27
  P. Niekro (ATL)          27
  R. Burris (CHI)          25
  J. Niekro (HOU)          25
  T. Seaver (NY)           25
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        24
  P. Falcone (STL)         24
  E. Halicki (SF)          24

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           63
  J. Montefusco (SF)       52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          52
  J. Richard (HOU)         49
  M. Lolich (NY)           45
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         44
  S. Rogers (MON)          42
  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        38
  J. Matlack (NY)          37


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