Tuesday June 15, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 15, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        31  32  2.99   63  20  10   562   494  216  187   37  185  377
Philadelphia    39  17  3.31   56  17  14   508   496  204  187   34  134  302
San Diego       32  27  3.39   59  18   7   536   489  233  202   34  177  225
Cincinnati      39  22  3.50   61  13  14   548   523  235  213   36  188  292
Pittsburgh      33  25  3.60   58  17  16   530   497  240  212   45  163  277
San Francisco   23  39  3.67   62   6  10   567   571  292  231   26  214  276
St. Louis       25  35  3.76   60   9   9   552   564  260  231   42  223  259
Los Angeles     35  26  3.84   61  15  11   558   568  253  238   42  189  291
Atlanta         24  34  3.84   58   9  10   518   512  254  221   31  195  308
Houston         29  33  3.88   62   7  17   554   539  276  239   32  300  278
Montreal        20  33  3.95   53   4   8   474   435  242  208   40  238  257
Chicago         26  33  4.43   59   3  17   535   589  301  263   55  199  263

 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)      12   2  2.10  15  15  11   0   3  124  101   36   29    6   15   40
Don Gullett (CIN)      6   2  2.11  10   9   3   0   0   60   53   18   14    4   19   34
Jon Matlack (NY)       8   1  2.30  14  14   9   0   3  110   84   32   28   10   27   62
A. Messersmith (ATL)   5   5  2.60  14  13   5   1   3   97   66   32   28    4   35   67
John Montefusco (SF)   7   5  2.65  14  14   3   0   3   98   80   31   29    3   30   72
Gary Nolan (CIN)       6   3  2.70  14  14   4   0   1  100   78   30   30    9   16   46
Doug Rau (LA)          5   3  2.73  12  12   2   0   1   82   84   26   25    5   26   32
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      8   3  2.80  13  12   5   1   1   90   85   31   28    5   21   46
Tom Seaver (NY)        6   5  2.90  14  14   5   0   2  109   93   36   35    4   36   88

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    3    2    0    0    0    3    0
Max Leon               1   3  1.45  15   0   0   1   0   19   12    7    3    1    8   11
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.59  17   0   0   0   0   24   18   12    7    1   18   12
Andy Messersmith       5   5  2.60  14  13   5   1   3   97   66   32   28    4   35   67
Dick Ruthven           7   6  3.23  13  13   2   0   1   84   81   30   30    5   29   53
Phil Niekro            4   4  3.68  13  13   1   0   0   93   86   43   38    7   35   63
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.86  20   0   0   1   0   26   23   12   11    0   11   23
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
Bruce Sutter           0   1  1.88  11   0   0   2   0   14   10    3    3    0    6    5
Joe Coleman            0   1  2.25   2   2   0   0   0   12    8    3    3    2    5    8
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
Oscar Zamora           3   2  3.38  24   1   0   3   0   40   38   17   15    5    9   19
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.48  21   0   0   6   0   34   32   14   13    4   11   16
Buddy Schultz          1   1  3.71  20   0   0   2   0   17   21   10    7    1    6   10
Rick Reuschel          6   4  4.25  15  14   2   1   0   91   90   52   43    8   26   47
Ray Burris             3   8  4.31  15  15   0   0   0   86  105   50   41    8   37   31
Steve Renko            2   1  4.86   6   6   0   0   0   33   35   20   18    6    9   21
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.03  26   2   0   2   0   54   64   31   30    9   19   26
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            6   2  2.11  10   9   3   0   0   60   53   18   14    4   19   34
Gary Nolan             6   3  2.70  14  14   4   0   1  100   78   30   30    9   16   46
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  3.05  27   0   0   7   0   41   40   15   14    1   11   28
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.45  20   0   0   3   0   29   34   13   11    1    9   17
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.62  25   0   0   2   0   37   47   16   15    3    9   15
Fred Norman            4   1  4.07  12   5   1   0   1   42   39   20   19    2   26   27
Jack Billingham        5   4  4.66  14  13   2   0   1   77   90   46   40    8   24   30
Santo Alcala           6   2  4.75  12   8   1   0   1   53   47   30   28    5   28   28
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   2  2.06  30   0   0  12   0   48   38   12   11    2   15   24
Paul Siebert           0   2  2.25  11   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    3    0   11    4
J.R. Richard           7   6  2.91  15  15   3   0   0  111   87   40   36    6   60   75
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.26  16  11   0   0   0   69   67   39   25    3   34   41
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  3.99  10   7   2   0   1   47   40   23   21    3   27   10
Larry Dierker          6   6  4.19  12  12   1   0   1   77   69   39   36    4   34   49
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
Gene Pentz             0   0  4.91   9   0   0   2   0   15   18    9    8    1    6    7
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  2.20  25   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             3   4  3.39  12  12   1   0   0   74   82   32   28    2   23   33
Rick Rhoden            5   0  3.44  12  11   4   0   1   73   71   29   28    8   22   30
Burt Hooton            5   6  4.14  13  13   3   0   1   87   90   42   40    7   25   44
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
Don Stanhouse          4   2  2.76  13   5   2   1   1   49   37   16   15    0   25   15
Dale Murray            0   3  3.15  28   0   0   4   0   40   34   16   14    0   15   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
Don Carrithers         2   5  3.67  13   6   0   0   0   54   52   28   22    3   39   28
Woodie Fryman          7   4  3.92  12  12   0   0   0   78   84   37   34    7   26   47
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  4.70   6   0   0   0   0   15   15   11    8    1    5   14
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  1.66  17   1   0   1   0   38   28    8    7    1   10   16
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.86  14   0   0   1   0   19   13    4    4    1    6    7
Jon Matlack            8   1  2.30  14  14   9   0   3  110   84   32   28   10   27   62
Skip Lockwood          2   2  2.56  19   0   0   8   0   32   18   10    9    2   16   30
Tom Seaver             6   5  2.90  14  14   5   0   2  109   93   36   35    4   36   88
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Mickey Lolich          3   8  3.03  13  13   2   0   0   77   81   38   26    3   25   62
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   3  2.80  13  12   5   1   1   90   85   31   28    5   21   46
Larry Christenson      7   3  3.00  12  11   2   0   0   72   73   26   24    4   22   28
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.06  21   0   0   4   0   35   34   14   12    2   12   30
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
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.72   5   0   0   0   0   10   12    5    4    0    5    9
Steve Carlton          6   3  3.83  13  13   5   0   1   89   87   39   38    7   22   57
Tom Underwood          3   1  4.08  13   5   1   2   0   35   34   16   16    3   12   17
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.85  11   0   0   2   0   13   15    8    7    2    3    9

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Langford          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Bob Moose              3   1  1.11  19   0   0   8   0   32   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
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.71  19   0   0   1   0   27   32   11   11    0    7   23
Jerry Reuss            7   5  3.84  12  12   6   0   0   91   89   45   39    9   22   46
Jim Rooker             6   3  3.91  11  11   3   0   0   71   75   33   31    6   25   29
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
Larry Demery           3   1  4.17  15   2   0   1   0   37   38   20   17    3   13   21
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  1.25  25   0   0   7   0   43   34    8    6    0   12   29
Dave Freisleben        4   1  1.31   6   5   3   0   3   41   33    6    6    1   14   17
Alan Foster            2   3  2.09  15   5   2   0   0   56   39   14   13    4   19   14
Randy Jones           12   2  2.10  15  15  11   0   3  124  101   36   29    6   15   40
Brent Strom            6   5  3.57  16  14   2   0   1   86   73   40   34    7   29   39
Dan Spillner           1   6  3.66  18   8   0   0   0   64   69   36   26    5   30   34
Rich Folkers           2   1  4.56  15   1   0   0   0   26   29   13   13    3   11   12
Ken Reynolds           0   2  4.76   9   2   0   0   0   17   17   12    9    0   10    9
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  1.71  27   0   0   7   0   47   43   12    9    2   19   28
Charlie Williams       0   0  1.89  20   0   0   0   0   33   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   5  3.01  14  14   1   0   0   90   95   38   30    3   22   32
Rob Dressler           1   4  3.86   6   6   0   0   0   33   36   21   14    1   11    6
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.42  18   8   0   0   0   57   75   41   28    4   10   25
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  4.70  29   0   0   0   0   38   43   28   20    2    7   20
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Ed Halicki             4  10  5.47  15  14   2   0   1   76   87   51   46    6   33   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  0.69  12   0   0   1   0   13    6    2    1    0    3    5
Eddie Solomon          0   0  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    1    1    0    3    0
Mike Wallace           1   1  2.55  24   0   0   1   0   35   30   11   10    2   20   20
Bob Forsch             2   2  3.61  13  13   0   0   0   72   72   35   29    6   28   33
Al Hrabosky            3   5  3.63  29   0   0   6   0   45   39   20   18    5   18   33
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
Lynn McGlothen         5   6  3.78  13  13   4   0   1   81   94   38   34    5   26   32
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
John Curtis            4   6  4.13  15  10   2   0   1   76   86   36   35    8   33   27
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  4.53  23   1   0   0   0   44   46   24   22    4   21   23

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          8
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  J. Reuss (PIT)            7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          7

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          10
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  M. Lolich (NY)            8
  J. Curtis (STL)           6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  B. Hooton (LA)            6
  L. McGlothen (STL)        6
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            11
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       4
  L. McGlothen (STL)        4

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  R. Jones (SD)             3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  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)         124.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      111.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       109.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        108.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        100.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)     98.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)   97.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        93.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         93.0
  J. Reuss (PIT)         91.1

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         105
  R. Jones (SD)           101
  D. Sutton (LA)           99
  C. Morton (ATL)          98
  J. Barr (SF)             95
  L. McGlothen (STL)       94
  T. Seaver (NY)           93
  J. Billingham (CIN)      90
  B. Hooton (LA)           90
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        90

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        52
  E. Halicki (SF)          51
  R. Burris (CHI)          50
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  C. Morton (ATL)          49
  J. Billingham (CIN)      46
  J. Reuss (PIT)           45
  P. Niekro (ATL)          43
  B. Hooton (LA)           42
  M. Caldwell (SF)         41

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. Curtis (STL)           8
  J. Koosman (NY)           8

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         60
  D. Carrithers (MON)      39
  R. Burris (CHI)          37
  D. Warthen (MON)         37
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        36
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       36
  T. Seaver (NY)           36
  B. Bonham (CHI)          35
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          35

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           88
  J. Richard (HOU)         75
  J. Montefusco (SF)       72
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     67
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  M. Lolich (NY)           62
  J. Matlack (NY)          62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         57
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         53

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