Friday June 18, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 18, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        33  33  2.92   66  21  10   594   506  222  193   38  191  403
Philadelphia    42  17  3.25   59  18  15   535   517  212  193   36  142  316
San Diego       33  28  3.42   61  19   7   553   506  242  210   37  181  230
Pittsburgh      35  25  3.55   60  17  17   548   518  246  216   48  165  284
Cincinnati      39  24  3.58   63  13  14   563   547  246  224   38  195  305
San Francisco   23  42  3.68   65   6  10   591   593  304  242   30  225  287
Los Angeles     37  27  3.74   64  15  13   590   598  260  245   44  201  311
St. Louis       27  35  3.74   62  10   9   570   582  267  237   44  229  274
Atlanta         24  36  3.85   60   9  10   535   529  264  229   32  206  313
Houston         29  35  3.92   64   7  17   571   555  289  249   34  306  291
Montreal        20  35  4.00   55   4   8   491   458  254  218   41  245  265
Chicago         28  33  4.42   61   4  18   550   608  308  270   56  203  271

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jon Matlack (NY)       8   1  2.30  14  14   9   0   3  110   84   32   28   10   27   62
Randy Jones (SD)      12   3  2.49  16  16  11   0   3  130  110   43   36    8   15   42
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)      9   3  2.76  14  13   5   1   1   98   94   35   30    6   25   52
Tom Seaver (NY)        7   5  2.83  15  15   6   0   2  118   95   38   37    5   38   94
L. Christenson (PHI)   7   3  2.92  13  12   2   0   0   77   76   27   25    4   23   29

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               1   3  1.89  16   0   0   1   0   19   13    8    4    2    8   11
Mike Beard             0   1  2.35   5   0   0   1   0    8    7    3    2    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   6  5.03  15  14   0   0   0   79  104   53   44    4   30   26
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
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.25  22   0   0   7   0   36   33   14   13    4   11   18
Oscar Zamora           3   2  3.35  25   1   0   3   0   40   38   17   15    5   10   19
Buddy Schultz          1   1  3.71  20   0   0   2   0   17   21   10    7    1    6   10
Rick Reuschel          7   4  4.27  16  15   2   1   0   97  100   55   46    8   27   52
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  5.17  27   2   0   2   0   54   65   32   31    9   20   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
Rich Hinton            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1
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  2.98  28   0   0   7   0   42   40   15   14    1   11   28
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.07  27   0   0   2   0   44   56   16   15    3   11   19
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
Santo Alcala           6   2  4.75  12   8   1   0   1   53   47   30   28    5   28   28
Jack Billingham        5   5  5.05  15  14   2   0   1   82   98   52   46   10   28   34
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  2.02  31   0   0  12   0   49   39   12   11    2   15   25
J.R. Richard           7   7  3.09  16  16   3   0   0  117   94   47   40    7   63   79
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.26  16  11   0   0   0   69   67   39   25    3   34   41
Gene Pentz             0   0  3.72  11   0   0   2   0   19   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  2.40  28   0   0   5   0   56   36   17   15    4   34   40
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  3.40  13  12   4   0   1   79   80   31   30    8   23   36
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          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   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
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
Dale Murray            0   4  3.76  29   0   0   4   0   41   39   19   17    0   15   14
Woodie Fryman          7   4  3.80  13  13   0   0   0   83   91   40   35    7   30   48
Steve Dunning          0   1  4.15   7   0   0   0   0   17   15   11    8    1    6   15
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.54  26   0   0   1   0   34   31   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             7   5  2.83  15  15   6   0   2  118   95   38   37    5   38   94
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  2.68  23   0   0   6   0   40   37   13   12    2   13   38
Jim Lonborg            9   3  2.76  14  13   5   1   1   98   94   35   30    6   25   52
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  1.09  20   0   0   8   0   33   22    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        6   4  3.25  12  11   4   1   1   80   60   34   29   12   21   53
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   3  2.49  16  16  11   0   3  130  110   43   36    8   15   42
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  5.40  20   0   0   0   0   23   23   14   14    2    8   12
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  2.16  30   0   0   7   0   50   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   5  3.86   7   7   0   0   0   40   42   24   17    3   13   10
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           5   5  4.09  13  13   3   0   0   81   74   41   37    6   34   55
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)          9
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         7
  J. Reuss (PIT)            7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          10
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  M. Lolich (NY)            8
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  D. Warthen (MON)          7
  J. Curtis (STL)           6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  B. Hooton (LA)            6
  L. McGlothen (STL)        6
  J. Montefusco (SF)        6

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            11
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      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
  D. Knowles (CHI)          7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  B. Metzger (SD)           7
  G. Garber (PHI)           6
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         6

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)         130.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        117.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      116.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       109.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    103.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        102.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        100.0
  J. Lonborg (PHI)       98.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)   97.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      97.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           110
  R. Burris (CHI)         105
  D. Sutton (LA)          105
  C. Morton (ATL)         104
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       100
  J. Billingham (CIN)      98
  J. Barr (SF)             95
  T. Seaver (NY)           95
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         94
  L. McGlothen (STL)       94

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        55
  C. Morton (ATL)          53
  J. Billingham (CIN)      52
  E. Halicki (SF)          51
  R. Burris (CHI)          50
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  J. Richard (HOU)         47
  J. Reuss (PIT)           45
  R. Jones (SD)            43
  P. Niekro (ATL)          43

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      12
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  G. Nolan (CIN)            9
  P. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  J. Curtis (STL)           8
  R. Jones (SD)             8

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         63
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       41
  D. Carrithers (MON)      39
  D. Warthen (MON)         39
  T. Seaver (NY)           38
  R. Burris (CHI)          37
  B. Bonham (CHI)          36
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     35

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           94
  J. Richard (HOU)         79
  J. Montefusco (SF)       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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