Saturday June 12, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 12, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        28  32  3.08   60  19   8   535   477  212  183   37  180  365
Philadelphia    38  15  3.28   53  17  14   483   471  193  176   33  126  289
Cincinnati      36  21  3.46   57  12  12   512   483  217  197   33  174  278
San Diego       29  26  3.53   55  16   6   500   460  226  196   32  172  211
San Francisco   23  36  3.58   59   6  10   541   549  274  215   24  201  266
St. Louis       24  32  3.62   56   9   9   517   522  237  208   37  211  243
Pittsburgh      31  25  3.62   56  16  15   512   478  234  206   45  160  266
Atlanta         22  33  3.83   55   8   9   491   484  242  209   30  186  295
Houston         29  31  3.84   60   7  17   537   523  266  229   30  294  268
Los Angeles     34  25  3.87   59  14  11   541   551  248  233   42  186  282
Montreal        19  31  4.01   50   3   8   449   416  234  200   39  227  244
Chicago         25  31  4.45   56   3  16   509   558  289  252   53  185  250

 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  0.51  13   0   0   1   0   18    8    5    1    1    8   10
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
Dick Ruthven           6   6  3.20  12  12   2   0   1   76   73   27   27    5   27   50
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.55  19   0   0   1   0   25   23   11   10    0   10   23
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  5.13  14  13   0   0   0   72   98   49   41    4   27   23
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
Darold Knowles         2   1  2.90  19   0   0   6   0   31   29   11   10    4   10   14
Bill Bonham            5   3  3.07  10  10   1   0   0   70   71   27   24    3   35   37
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          6   4  4.25  15  14   2   1   0   91   90   52   43    8   26   47
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  3.05  25   0   0   6   0   38   37   14   13    1   11   28
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.34  24   0   0   2   0   35   44   14   13    3    8   15
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.86  19   0   0   2   0   26   31   13   11    1    9   15
Santo Alcala           6   1  4.26  11   7   1   0   1   51   42   25   24    3   25   25
Jack Billingham        5   4  4.66  14  13   2   0   1   77   90   46   40    8   24   30
Fred Norman            3   1  4.75  11   4   1   0   1   36   34   20   19    2   21   22
Pat Darcy              2   3  5.40  10   4   0   2   0   37   35   22   22    2   20   15

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   2  2.11  29   0   0  12   0   47   38   12   11    2   15   23
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
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
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  3.99  10   7   2   0   1   47   40   23   21    3   27   10
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
Rick Rhoden            5   0  3.44  12  11   4   0   1   73   71   29   28    8   22   30
Tommy John             2   4  3.44  11  11   0   0   0   65   73   29   25    2   21   28
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
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.45  24   0   0   2   0   29   29   12   11    2   15   14
Woodie Fryman          7   3  3.48  11  11   0   0   0   72   77   31   28    6   22   43
Don Carrithers         2   4  3.83  12   5   0   0   0   47   45   26   20    3   35   23
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.60  24   0   0   1   0   31   29   18   16    4   11   15
Dan Warthen            1   6  4.62  11  10   1   0   0   51   42   32   26    7   37   39
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
Craig Swan             3   6  4.19  10  10   2   0   1   62   62   36   29    6   22   48
Hank Webb              0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   16   17    9    8    2    7    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
Gene Garber            1   1  2.58  21   0   0   5   0   38   36   12   11    1   13   35
Jim Lonborg            8   2  2.59  12  11   5   1   1   83   78   27   24    5   19   44
Larry Christenson      7   2  2.77  11  10   2   0   0   65   66   22   20    4   19   24
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.09  20   0   0   4   0   35   34   14   12    2   12   30
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.12   4   0   0   0   0    9   10    4    3    0    4    9
Jim Kaat               5   2  3.30  13  12   3   0   0   79   83   34   29    7   11   39
Ron Reed               5   1  3.52  18   3   1   0   0   46   37   19   18    3   13   32
Steve Carlton          5   3  4.04  12  12   5   0   1   82   80   38   37    7   21   51
Tom Underwood          3   1  4.08  13   5   1   2   0   35   34   16   16    3   12   17
Ron Schueler           0   0  5.40   9   0   0   2   0   10   13    7    6    1    2    8

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   1  1.15  18   0   0   7   0   31   20    4    4    0    8   16
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.10  12  11   2   0   0   70   63   33   24    5   21   30
John Candelaria        5   4  3.38  11  10   4   1   1   72   55   31   27   10   20   50
Jim Rooker             6   3  3.49  10  10   3   0   0   67   63   28   26    6   24   25
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.71  19   0   0   1   0   27   32   11   11    0    7   23
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
Dave Freisleben        4   1  1.31   6   5   3   0   3   41   33    6    6    1   14   17
Butch Metzger          4   0  1.32  24   0   0   6   0   41   33    8    6    0   12   28
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   2  4.80   8   2   0   0   0   15   16   11    8    0    8    7
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
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.59  25   0   0   3   0   42   37   20   12    2   18   15
John Montefusco        7   5  2.65  14  14   3   0   3   98   80   31   29    3   30   72
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  4.21  28   0   0   0   0   36   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   3  7.33  10   4   0   0   0   27   20   24   22    3   36   16

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             0   0  0.00  11   0   0   1   0   12    4    1    0    0    3    4
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  3.71  28   0   0   6   0   44   38   20   18    5   18   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
John Denny             2   4  4.10  11  11   1   0   0   68   79   37   31    5   20   23
Pete Falcone           4   5  4.11  12  12   2   0   0   72   66   37   33    4   32   48
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
  D. Warthen (MON)          6
  J. Curtis (STL)           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
  D. Knowles (CHI)          6
  B. Metzger (SD)           6
  G. Garber (PHI)           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
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      91.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)   88.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        85.0

Hits:

  D. Sutton (LA)           99
  C. Morton (ATL)          98
  R. Burris (CHI)          96
  R. Jones (SD)            95
  J. Barr (SF)             90
  J. Billingham (CIN)      90
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        90
  T. Seaver (NY)           88
  L. McGlothen (STL)       84
  D. Rau (LA)              84

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        52
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  C. Morton (ATL)          49
  R. Burris (CHI)          47
  J. Billingham (CIN)      46
  E. Halicki (SF)          46
  J. Reuss (PIT)           44
  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
  D. Warthen (MON)         37
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        36
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       36
  B. Bonham (CHI)          35
  R. Burris (CHI)          35
  D. Carrithers (MON)      35
  T. Seaver (NY)           35
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  P. Niekro (ATL)          33

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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