Thursday June 17, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 17, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        32  33  2.94   65  20  10   585   504  220  191   37  189  397
Philadelphia    41  17  3.25   58  18  14   526   507  207  190   34  138  309
San Diego       33  27  3.35   60  19   7   545   496  235  203   35  181  227
Cincinnati      39  23  3.54   62  13  14   555   535  240  218   36  191  299
Pittsburgh      34  25  3.57   59  17  17   539   511  243  214   46  164  281
San Francisco   23  41  3.69   64   6  10   583   587  301  239   28  223  283
Los Angeles     36  27  3.72   63  15  12   581   584  255  240   43  199  304
St. Louis       26  35  3.74   61   9   9   561   574  263  233   42  227  267
Atlanta         24  35  3.83   59   9  10   526   519  258  224   31  203  310
Houston         29  34  3.92   63   7  17   563   547  282  245   33  303  286
Montreal        20  34  4.00   54   4   8   482   445  248  214   41  240  262
Chicago         27  33  4.43   60   4  17   541   596  304  266   56  200  264

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Jones (SD)      12   2  2.10  15  15  11   0   3  124  101   36   29    6   15   40
Jon Matlack (NY)       8   1  2.30  14  14   9   0   3  110   84   32   28   10   27   62
Pat Zachry (CIN)       5   2  2.57  16   9   2   0   1   70   59   25   20    1   25   52
A. Messersmith (ATL)   5   5  2.60  14  13   5   1   3   97   66   32   28    4   35   67
Doug Rau (LA)          6   3  2.65  13  13   2   0   1   88   91   27   26    5   29   36
John Montefusco (SF)   7   6  2.70  15  15   3   0   3  103   86   34   31    3   31   75
Gary Nolan (CIN)       6   3  2.70  14  14   4   0   1  100   78   30   30    9   16   46
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
J.R. Richard (HOU)     7   6  2.91  15  15   3   0   0  111   87   40   36    6   60   75

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               1   3  1.45  15   0   0   1   0   19   12    7    3    1    8   11
Mike Beard             0   1  1.59   4   0   0   1   0    6    4    2    1    0    5    0
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  3.66  14  13   1   0   0   93   87   43   38    7   36   63
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.86  20   0   0   1   0   26   23   12   11    0   11   23
Roger Moret            2   2  4.84  22   7   1   1   0   58   63   32   31    6   17   23
Carl Morton            0   5  5.13  14  13   0   0   0   72   98   49   41    4   27   23
Elias Sosa             3   4  6.23  19   0   0   3   0   30   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            6   3  3.18  11  11   2   0   0   76   78   30   27    4   36   38
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
Don Gullett            6   2  2.11  10   9   3   0   0   60   53   18   14    4   19   34
Pat Zachry             5   2  2.57  16   9   2   0   1   70   59   25   20    1   25   52
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
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.21  26   0   0   2   0   42   52   16   15    3   11   18
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.45  20   0   0   3   0   29   34   13   11    1    9   17
Fred Norman            4   1  3.89  13   5   1   0   1   44   41   20   19    2   26   31
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
Paul Siebert           0   2  1.98  12   0   0   0   0   14   12    4    3    0   11    4
Ken Forsch             1   2  2.06  30   0   0  12   0   48   38   12   11    2   15   24
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
Gene Pentz             0   0  4.08  10   0   0   2   0   18   18    9    8    1    6   14
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
Joaquin Andujar        2   4  4.70  11   8   2   0   1   52   45   29   27    4   30   11
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   2  2.15  27   0   0   4   0   54   33   15   13    3   34   39
Doug Rau               6   3  2.65  13  13   2   0   1   88   91   27   26    5   29   36
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
Don Sutton             6   6  4.24  14  14   5   0   2  102  105   50   48   10   31   59
Mike Marshall          3   3  4.38  29   0   0   8   0   62   62   32   30    2   24   39
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
Steve Dunning          0   1  4.70   6   0   0   0   0   15   15   11    8    1    5   14
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.73  25   0   0   1   0   32   30   19   17    5   11   15
Clay Kirby             0   5  4.91  10   9   0   0   0   37   35   25   20    6   26   20
Dan Warthen            1   7  5.10  12  11   1   0   0   55   49   37   31    7   39   44
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Chip Lang              1   0  6.52   6   0   0   0   0   10    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  1.58  18   1   0   1   0   40   28    8    7    1   10   17
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.86  14   0   0   1   0   19   13    4    4    1    6    7
Skip Lockwood          3   2  2.21  21   0   0   8   0   37   19   10    9    2   18   38
Jon Matlack            8   1  2.30  14  14   9   0   3  110   84   32   28   10   27   62
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
Craig Swan             3   6  3.61  11  11   2   0   1   72   65   36   29    6   22   56
Jerry Koosman          6   5  4.03  13  12   2   0   0   83   85   39   37    8   23   50
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            2   1  2.52  22   0   0   5   0   39   36   12   11    1   13   37
Jim Lonborg            8   3  2.80  13  12   5   1   1   90   85   31   28    5   21   46
Larry Christenson      7   3  2.92  13  12   2   0   0   77   76   27   25    4   23   29
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.06  21   0   0   4   0   35   34   14   12    2   12   30
Jim Kaat               6   2  3.07  14  13   4   0   0   88   87   35   30    7   12   42
Ron Reed               5   1  3.49  19   3   1   0   0   49   41   20   19    3   15   33
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
Larry Demery           3   1  3.76  16   2   0   2   0   41   41   20   17    3   14   22
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             5   5  3.96  13  13   2   0   0   86   88   40   38    7   28   44
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
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        5   1  1.25   7   6   4   0   3   50   40    8    7    2   18   19
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
Charlie Williams       0   0  1.89  20   0   0   0   0   33   23    8    7    0   16    9
Gary Lavelle           2   4  2.20  29   0   0   7   0   49   47   15   12    3   22   28
John Montefusco        7   6  2.70  15  15   3   0   3  103   86   34   31    3   31   75
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.76  27   0   0   3   0   46   40   22   14    3   18   15
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  6.27  11   5   0   0   0   33   23   25   23    3   41   20

 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
Al Hrabosky            4   5  3.47  30   0   0   6   0   47   42   20   18    5   19   37
Bob Forsch             2   2  3.61  13  13   0   0   0   72   72   35   29    6   28   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
John Denny             2   4  3.96  12  12   1   0   0   75   86   40   33    5   23   27
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
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
  D. Warthen (MON)          7
  J. Curtis (STL)           6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  B. Hooton (LA)            6
  L. McGlothen (STL)        6
  J. Montefusco (SF)        6
  J. Niekro (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
  D. Freisleben (SD)        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
  J. Montefusco (SF)    103.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        102.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        100.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)   97.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        93.1
  J. Reuss (PIT)         91.1

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         105
  D. Sutton (LA)          105
  R. Jones (SD)           101
  C. Morton (ATL)          98
  J. Barr (SF)             95
  L. McGlothen (STL)       94
  T. Seaver (NY)           93
  D. Rau (LA)              91
  J. Billingham (CIN)      90
  B. Hooton (LA)           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
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       41
  D. Carrithers (MON)      39
  D. Warthen (MON)         39
  R. Burris (CHI)          37
  B. Bonham (CHI)          36
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  T. Seaver (NY)           36
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     35

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           88
  J. Montefusco (SF)       75
  J. Richard (HOU)         75
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     67
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  M. Lolich (NY)           62
  J. Matlack (NY)          62
  D. Sutton (LA)           59
  S. Carlton (PHI)         57
  C. Swan (NY)             56

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