Friday June 11, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 11, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        27  32  3.11   59  18   8   526   471  211  182   37  177  356
Philadelphia    37  15  3.35   52  17  13   468   460  191  174   33  123  280
Cincinnati      36  20  3.49   56  12  12   503   473  212  195   33  172  266
San Diego       29  25  3.58   54  16   6   485   452  223  193   32  162  203
San Francisco   23  35  3.61   58   6  10   532   547  271  213   24  191  261
St. Louis       23  32  3.61   55   9   8   508   511  233  204   35  205  236
Pittsburgh      30  25  3.70   55  16  14   501   472  232  206   45  156  261
Houston         29  30  3.81   59   7  17   529   513  261  224   29  291  267
Atlanta         22  32  3.85   54   8   9   480   472  238  205   30  181  288
Los Angeles     33  25  3.89   58  13  11   532   546  245  230   41  182  277
Montreal        19  30  4.00   49   3   8   441   409  230  196   36  224  240
Chicago         24  31  4.50   55   3  15   500   550  287  250   53  183  245

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry (CIN)       5   1  1.94  15   8   2   0   1   70   54   20   15    1   24   52
Randy Jones (SD)      11   2  2.26  14  14  10   0   2  115   95   36   29    6   15   37
Jon Matlack (NY)       7   1  2.41  13  13   8   0   3  101   78   31   27   10   26   59
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      8   2  2.59  12  11   5   1   1   83   78   27   24    5   19   44
John Montefusco (SF)   7   5  2.65  14  14   3   0   3   98   80   31   29    3   30   72
A. Messersmith (ATL)   4   5  2.66  13  12   4   1   3   88   59   30   26    4   32   63
Doug Rau (LA)          5   3  2.73  12  12   2   0   1   82   84   26   25    5   26   32
L. Christenson (PHI)   7   2  2.77  11  10   2   0   0   65   66   22   20    4   19   24
Gary Nolan (CIN)       5   3  2.77  13  13   3   0   1   91   71   28   28    9   15   43
Jim Barr (SF)          4   4  2.90  13  13   1   0   0   84   90   35   27    3   18   27

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    2    0
Max Leon               1   2  0.61  12   0   0   1   0   15    7    5    1    1    6    8
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.59  17   0   0   0   0   24   18   12    7    1   18   12
Andy Messersmith       4   5  2.66  13  12   4   1   3   88   59   30   26    4   32   63
Adrian Devine          1   1  2.96  18   0   0   1   0   24   22    9    8    0    8   22
Dick Ruthven           6   6  3.20  12  12   2   0   1   76   73   27   27    5   27   50
Phil Niekro            4   4  3.60  12  12   1   0   0   85   77   39   34    6   33   58
Roger Moret            2   2  4.96  21   6   1   1   0   53   59   30   29    6   12   21
Carl Morton            0   5  5.40  13  12   0   0   0   65   88   47   39    4   26   19
Elias Sosa             3   4  6.44  18   0   0   3   0   29   38   25   21    3    9   27
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.50  12   0   0   2   0   18   29   14   13    0    8    8

 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
Joe Coleman            0   1  1.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    2    1    1    0    2    6
Bruce Sutter           0   1  1.98  10   0   0   2   0   14    9    3    3    0    5    4
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Bill Bonham            5   3  3.07  10  10   1   0   0   70   71   27   24    3   35   37
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.21  18   0   0   5   0   28   25   11   10    4   10   12
Oscar Zamora           3   1  3.26  23   1   0   3   0   39   35   16   14    5    8   19
Buddy Schultz          1   1  3.71  19   0   0   2   0   17   20   10    7    1    6   10
Ray Burris             2   8  4.24  14  14   0   0   0   81   96   47   38    8   35   29
Rick Reuschel          5   4  4.34  14  13   2   1   0   85   86   50   41    8   24   44
Steve Renko            2   1  5.20   5   5   0   0   0   28   29   17   16    6    4   16
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.44  25   2   0   1   0   50   62   31   30    9   18   25
Mike Garman            2   4  6.75  22   2   0   1   0   36   48   33   27    3   19   20
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             5   1  1.94  15   8   2   0   1   70   54   20   15    1   24   52
Don Gullett            5   2  2.09   9   8   3   0   0   52   45   15   12    3   17   33
Gary Nolan             5   3  2.77  13  13   3   0   1   91   71   28   28    9   15   43
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  3.13  24   0   0   6   0   37   35   14   13    1   11   26
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.55  23   0   0   2   0   33   42   14   13    3    8   13
Will McEnaney          1   3  4.18  18   0   0   2   0   24   31   13   11    1    9   11
Santo Alcala           6   1  4.26  11   7   1   0   1   51   42   25   24    3   25   25
Jack Billingham        5   3  4.58  13  12   2   0   1   75   84   41   38    8   22   28
Fred Norman            3   1  4.75  11   4   1   0   1   36   34   20   19    2   21   22
Pat Darcy              2   3  5.60   9   4   0   2   0   35   35   22   22    2   20   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   2  2.00  28   0   0  12   0   45   35   11   10    2   15   22
Paul Siebert           0   2  2.31  10   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    3    0   10    4
J.R. Richard           7   5  2.95  14  14   3   0   0  104   82   38   34    5   58   69
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.36  15  11   0   0   0   67   66   39   25    3   34   41
Joaquin Andujar        2   2  3.70   9   6   2   0   1   41   33   19   17    2   24   10
Larry Dierker          6   5  3.73  11  11   1   0   1   72   62   33   30    4   31   47
Gene Pentz             0   0  3.95   8   0   0   2   0   14   15    7    6    0    6    6
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Mike Cosgrove          2   4  4.60  14  11   1   0   1   59   69   36   30    3   36   14
Tom Griffin            4   1  4.70  14   1   0   0   0   31   31   16   16    3   26   20
Gilberto Rondon        2   1  5.03   9   5   0   0   0   34   38   20   19    5   21    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
Charlie Hough          7   1  2.22  24   0   0   3   0   49   32   14   12    2   29   35
Doug Rau               5   3  2.73  12  12   2   0   1   82   84   26   25    5   26   32
Tommy John             2   4  3.44  11  11   0   0   0   65   73   29   25    2   21   28
Rick Rhoden            4   0  3.50  11  10   3   0   1   64   66   26   25    7   18   25
Burt Hooton            5   5  4.31  12  12   3   0   1   79   82   40   38    7   24   40
Mike Marshall          3   3  4.53  28   0   0   8   0   60   60   32   30    2   24   38
Don Sutton             6   6  4.65  13  13   5   0   2   93   99   50   48   10   29   55
Stan Wall              1   2  5.40  12   0   0   0   0   25   29   15   15    5    5   12
Al Downing             0   1  7.36   8   0   0   0   0   15   21   13   12    1    6   12

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dale Murray            0   3  3.32  27   0   0   4   0   38   32   16   14    0   15   13
Don Stanhouse          3   2  3.38  12   4   1   1   0   40   34   16   15    0   22   13
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.44  10  10   1   0   1   71   59   32   27    7   25   44
Woodie Fryman          7   3  3.48  11  11   0   0   0   72   77   31   28    6   22   43
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.54  23   0   0   2   0   28   28   12   11    2   14   14
Don Carrithers         2   4  3.83  12   5   0   0   0   47   45   26   20    3   35   23
Dan Warthen            1   5  4.43  10   9   1   0   0   45   37   28   22    4   35   36
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.80  23   0   0   1   0   30   28   18   16    4   11   14
Steve Dunning          0   1  5.14   4   0   0   0   0   14   15   11    8    1    5   12
Clay Kirby             0   5  5.19   9   9   0   0   0   35   33   25   20    6   26   20
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Chip Lang              1   0  7.27   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    7    7    1   11    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Myrick             0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    0
Bob Apodaca            1   3  1.80  16   1   0   0   0   35   27    8    7    1   10   13
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.86  14   0   0   1   0   19   13    4    4    1    6    7
Jon Matlack            7   1  2.41  13  13   8   0   3  101   78   31   27   10   26   59
Skip Lockwood          2   2  2.59  18   0   0   7   0   31   18   10    9    2   16   30
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Mickey Lolich          2   8  3.03  12  12   2   0   0   71   76   36   24    3   22   59
Tom Seaver             5   5  3.06  13  13   5   0   2  100   88   35   34    4   35   85
Jerry Koosman          6   4  3.87  12  11   2   0   0   77   79   35   33    8   21   47
Hank Webb              0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   16   17    9    8    2    7    7
Craig Swan             2   6  4.73   9   9   1   0   1   53   56   35   28    6   19   39
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            8   2  2.59  12  11   5   1   1   83   78   27   24    5   19   44
Gene Garber            1   1  2.72  20   0   0   5   0   36   34   12   11    1   13   34
Larry Christenson      7   2  2.77  11  10   2   0   0   65   66   22   20    4   19   24
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.12   4   0   0   0   0    9   10    4    3    0    4    9
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.27  19   0   0   4   0   33   31   14   12    2   12   29
Jim Kaat               5   2  3.30  13  12   3   0   0   79   83   34   29    7   11   39
Ron Reed               5   1  3.92  17   2   1   0   0   39   34   18   17    3   12   27
Steve Carlton          5   3  4.04  12  12   5   0   1   82   80   38   37    7   21   51
Tom Underwood          2   1  4.22  12   5   1   2   0   32   31   15   15    3   11   16
Ron Schueler           0   0  5.79   8   0   0   1   0    9   13    7    6    1    1    7

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              2   1  1.27  17   0   0   7   0   28   19    4    4    0    6   15
John Candelaria        5   4  3.38  11  10   4   1   1   72   55   31   27   10   20   50
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.45  11  10   2   0   0   63   59   31   24    5   19   27
Jim Rooker             6   3  3.49  10  10   3   0   0   67   63   28   26    6   24   25
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.86  18   0   0   0   0   26   31   11   11    0    7   22
Doc Medich             4   5  3.98  12  12   2   0   0   81   77   37   36    6   28   41
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
Jerry Reuss            6   5  4.15  11  11   5   0   0   82   83   44   38    9   21   41
Larry Demery           2   1  4.41  14   2   0   1   0   35   37   20   17    3   12   20
Ramon Hernandez        1   1  4.62  16   0   0   2   0   25   25   13   13    3   11   13

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          4   0  1.38  23   0   0   6   0   39   31    8    6    0   11   25
Dave Freisleben        4   1  1.44   5   4   3   0   3   31   30    5    5    1    9   13
Randy Jones           11   2  2.26  14  14  10   0   2  115   95   36   29    6   15   37
Alan Foster            1   3  2.30  14   4   1   0   0   47   33   13   12    3   19   11
Dan Spillner           1   6  3.53  17   7   0   0   0   59   60   33   23    5   28   30
Brent Strom            6   4  3.78  15  13   2   0   1   79   69   38   33    6   28   38
Ken Reynolds           0   1  4.50   7   2   0   0   0   12   13    9    6    0    4    6
Rich Folkers           1   1  4.81  14   1   0   0   0   24   27   13   13    3   11   12
Dave Tomlin            0   0  5.91  19   0   0   0   0   21   22   14   14    2    8   11
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   3  1.79  26   0   0   7   0   45   43   12    9    2   16   26
Charlie Williams       0   0  2.01  19   0   0   0   0   31   23    8    7    0   16    9
John Montefusco        7   5  2.65  14  14   3   0   3   98   80   31   29    3   30   72
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.72  24   0   0   3   0   40   36   20   12    2   17   13
Jim Barr               4   4  2.90  13  13   1   0   0   84   90   35   27    3   18   27
Rob Dressler           1   3  4.21   5   5   0   0   0   26   32   17   12    0   10    6
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  4.33  27   0   0   0   0   35   41   25   17    1    5   19
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.41  16   8   0   0   0   51   69   38   25    4    9   23
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Ed Halicki             4   9  4.94  14  13   2   0   1   75   82   46   41    6   31   46
John D'Acquisto        0   2  8.57   9   3   0   0   0   21   19   21   20    3   27   13

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             0   0  0.00  10   0   0   0   0   11    4    1    0    0    2    2
Eddie Solomon          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    2    0
Mike Wallace           1   1  1.82  21   0   0   1   0   30   24    7    6    1   18   16
Bob Forsch             1   2  3.41  12  12   0   0   0   66   66   31   25    4   25   31
Lynn McGlothen         5   5  3.58  12  12   4   0   1   73   84   33   29    5   24   29
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
Al Hrabosky            3   5  3.74  27   0   0   6   0   43   37   20   18    5   17   32
John Curtis            4   5  3.93  14   9   2   0   1   71   80   32   31    7   30   24
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Pete Falcone           3   5  4.02  11  11   2   0   0   65   56   33   29    2   28   43
John Denny             2   4  4.10  11  11   1   0   0   68   79   37   31    5   20   23
Eric Rasmussen         3   5  4.19  22   0   0   0   0   39   38   20   18    3   20   21

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            11
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  J. Matlack (NY)           7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  S. Alcala (CIN)           6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)           9
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  M. Lolich (NY)            8
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          6
  D. Spillner (SD)          6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  C. Swan (NY)              6
  J. Curtis (STL)           5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            10
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  J. Reuss (PIT)            5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       4
  L. McGlothen (STL)        4
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      4

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          12
  M. Marshall (LA)          8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  S. Lockwood (NY)          7
  B. Moose (PIT)            7
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         6
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         6
  B. Metzger (SD)           6
  G. Garber (PHI)           5
  D. Knowles (CHI)          5

Shutouts:

  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  R. Jones (SD)             2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  S. Alcala (CIN)           1
  J. Andujar (HOU)          1
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         115.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      103.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       100.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        100.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)     98.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         93.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)         91.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)   88.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        85.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      85.0

Hits:

  D. Sutton (LA)           99
  R. Burris (CHI)          96
  R. Jones (SD)            95
  J. Barr (SF)             90
  C. Morton (ATL)          88
  T. Seaver (NY)           88
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        86
  J. Billingham (CIN)      84
  L. McGlothen (STL)       84
  D. Rau (LA)              84

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        50
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  R. Burris (CHI)          47
  C. Morton (ATL)          47
  E. Halicki (SF)          46
  J. Reuss (PIT)           44
  J. Billingham (CIN)      41
  B. Hooton (LA)           40
  J. Niekro (HOU)          39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          39

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  G. Nolan (CIN)            9
  P. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  J. Billingham (CIN)       8
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  J. Koosman (NY)           8
  S. Renko (CHI)            8

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         58
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        36
  B. Bonham (CHI)          35
  R. Burris (CHI)          35
  D. Carrithers (MON)      35
  T. Seaver (NY)           35
  D. Warthen (MON)         35
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  P. Niekro (ATL)          33
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     32

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           85
  J. Montefusco (SF)       72
  J. Richard (HOU)         69
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     63
  M. Lolich (NY)           59
  J. Matlack (NY)          59
  P. Niekro (ATL)          58
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  P. Zachry (CIN)          52
  S. Carlton (PHI)         51


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