Saturday June 19, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 19, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        33  34  2.95   67  21  10   603   516  227  198   39  194  410
Philadelphia    42  18  3.26   60  18  15   544   527  216  197   36  147  327
San Diego       33  29  3.39   62  19   7   561   516  243  211   37  184  232
Pittsburgh      35  25  3.55   60  17  17   548   518  246  216   48  165  284
Cincinnati      40  24  3.57   64  13  15   572   555  249  227   39  195  314
San Francisco   24  42  3.63   66   7  10   600   600  304  242   30  225  288
St. Louis       28  35  3.68   63  10  10   579   586  267  237   44  232  275
Los Angeles     37  28  3.72   65  15  13   598   605  262  247   44  203  315
Atlanta         26  36  3.85   62  11  10   553   551  272  237   33  214  321
Houston         29  35  3.92   64   7  17   571   555  289  249   34  306  291
Montreal        21  35  3.94   56   5   8   500   467  255  219   41  248  269
Chicago         28  35  4.63   63   4  18   566   634  329  291   61  216  281

 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)   6   5  2.63  15  14   6   1   3  106   76   35   31    4   40   72
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
Jim Barr (SF)          5   5  2.74  15  15   2   0   1   99  102   38   30    3   22   33
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      9   3  2.76  14  13   5   1   1   98   94   35   30    6   25   52
Gary Nolan (CIN)       7   3  2.78  15  15   4   0   1  107   86   33   33   10   16   52
Tom Seaver (NY)        7   5  2.83  15  15   6   0   2  118   95   38   37    5   38   94

 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       6   5  2.63  15  14   6   1   3  106   76   35   31    4   40   72
Dick Ruthven           7   6  3.23  13  13   2   0   1   84   81   30   30    5   29   53
Phil Niekro            5   4  3.78  15  14   2   0   0  102   99   48   43    8   39   66
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  1.65  12   0   0   2   0   16   11    3    3    0    7    6
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  3.92  27   1   0   3   0   41   40   20   18    5   12   20
Buddy Schultz          1   1  4.15  21   0   0   2   0   17   23   11    8    1    8   10
Rick Reuschel          7   4  4.27  16  15   2   1   0   97  100   55   46    8   27   52
Ray Burris             3   9  4.52  16  16   0   0   0   92  113   55   46   10   41   35
Steve Renko            2   1  4.86   6   6   0   0   0   33   35   20   18    6    9   21
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.07  28   2   0   2   0   55   66   32   31    9   22   26
Mike Garman            2   4  6.46  24   2   0   1   0   39   50   34   28    4   20   22
Joe Coleman            0   2  8.59   3   3   0   0   0   15   18   14   14    4    6   10
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             7   3  2.78  15  15   4   0   1  107   86   33   33   10   16   52
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  2.84  29   0   0   8   0   44   40   15   14    1   11   31
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   3  2.53  29   0   0   5   0   57   38   18   16    4   35   41
Doug Rau               6   3  2.65  13  13   2   0   1   88   91   27   26    5   29   36
Tommy John             3   4  3.17  13  13   1   0   0   82   87   33   29    2   24   36
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          5   2  2.48  14   6   3   1   1   58   46   17   16    0   28   19
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  1.64  19   1   0   1   0   44   30    9    8    1   11   20
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.77  15   0   0   1   0   20   14    4    4    1    6    8
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   9  3.32  14  14   2   0   0   81   88   42   30    4   27   65
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
Tug McGraw             4   3  2.89  22   0   0   4   0   37   36   14   12    2   13   31
Larry Christenson      7   3  2.92  13  12   2   0   0   77   76   27   25    4   23   29
Jim Kaat               6   2  3.07  14  13   4   0   0   88   87   35   30    7   12   42
Ron Reed               5   2  3.53  20   3   1   0   0   51   42   21   20    3   15   35
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.72   5   0   0   0   0   10   12    5    4    0    5    9
Steve Carlton          6   3  3.91  14  14   5   0   1   94   94   42   41    7   26   65
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  1.20  26   0   0   7   0   45   35    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   6  3.42  17  15   2   0   1   92   82   41   35    7   32   41
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
Jim Barr               5   5  2.74  15  15   2   0   1   99  102   38   30    3   22   33
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.76  27   0   0   3   0   46   40   22   14    3   18   15
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  0.66  13   0   0   2   0   14    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
John Curtis            5   6  3.72  16  11   2   0   1   85   90   36   35    8   36   28
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
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
  G. Nolan (CIN)            7
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         7
  J. Reuss (PIT)            7

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          10
  R. Burris (CHI)           9
  M. Lolich (NY)            9
  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
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      6
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       4
  D. Freisleben (SD)        4

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          12
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         8
  S. Lockwood (NY)          8
  M. Marshall (LA)          8
  B. Moose (PIT)            8
  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. Barr (SF)              1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         130.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        117.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      116.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       109.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        107.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  106.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    103.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       102.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        102.0
  J. Barr (SF)           98.2

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         113
  R. Jones (SD)           110
  D. Sutton (LA)          105
  C. Morton (ATL)         104
  J. Barr (SF)            102
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       100
  P. Niekro (ATL)          99
  J. Billingham (CIN)      98
  T. Seaver (NY)           95
  S. Carlton (PHI)         94

Runs:

  R. Burris (CHI)          55
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        55
  C. Morton (ATL)          53
  J. Billingham (CIN)      52
  E. Halicki (SF)          51
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  J. Richard (HOU)         47
  J. Reuss (PIT)           45
  R. Jones (SD)            43

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         63
  R. Burris (CHI)          41
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       41
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     40
  D. Carrithers (MON)      39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          39
  D. Warthen (MON)         39
  T. Seaver (NY)           38
  B. Bonham (CHI)          36
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        36

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           94
  J. Richard (HOU)         79
  J. Montefusco (SF)       75
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     72
  P. Niekro (ATL)          66
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  M. Lolich (NY)           65
  J. Matlack (NY)          62
  D. Sutton (LA)           59
  C. Swan (NY)             56


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