Tuesday June 22, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 22, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        33  37  3.11   70  21  10   628   552  246  217   39  206  430
Philadelphia    44  19  3.29   63  18  15   571   560  228  209   39  154  345
San Diego       36  29  3.37   65  21   8   588   535  252  220   39  194  245
Cincinnati      42  25  3.52   67  15  15   598   579  256  234   39  203  329
St. Louis       30  36  3.58   66  11  11   606   607  274  241   45  236  287
Pittsburgh      36  26  3.62   62  17  18   566   541  262  228   50  180  294
San Francisco   25  44  3.64   69   7  10   625   627  316  253   33  232  296
Los Angeles     37  31  3.76   68  15  13   622   632  276  260   47  213  328
Atlanta         28  37  3.85   65  12  10   580   586  290  248   35  225  340
Montreal        23  36  3.99   59   5  10   526   487  270  233   43  258  286
Houston         31  36  4.09   67   7  18   597   589  311  271   37  319  310
Chicago         28  37  4.71   65   4  18   583   662  344  305   61  223  291

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry (CIN)       6   2  2.39  17  10   3   0   1   79   63   26   21    1   27   60
Randy Jones (SD)      13   3  2.45  17  17  12   0   3  139  114   45   38    8   17   46
A. Messersmith (ATL)   6   5  2.63  15  14   6   1   3  106   76   35   31    4   40   72
Jim Barr (SF)          5   5  2.74  15  15   2   0   1   99  102   38   30    3   22   33
Doug Rau (LA)          6   4  2.74  14  14   2   0   1   95   98   30   29    7   31   39
Gary Nolan (CIN)       7   3  2.78  15  15   4   0   1  107   86   33   33   10   16   52
Jon Matlack (NY)       8   2  2.80  15  15   9   0   3  113   93   39   35   10   29   64
Tom Seaver (NY)        7   5  2.83  15  15   6   0   2  118   95   38   37    5   38   94
Dick Ruthven (ATL)     8   6  2.91  14  14   3   0   2   93   85   30   30    5   32   59
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   6   0   0   1   0    8    8    3    2    0    5    0
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.40  18   0   0   0   0   30   27   17    8    2   19   16
Andy Messersmith       6   5  2.63  15  14   6   1   3  106   76   35   31    4   40   72
Dick Ruthven           8   6  2.91  14  14   3   0   2   93   85   30   30    5   32   59
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
Carl Morton            0   6  5.14  16  15   0   0   0   82  114   58   47    4   31   26
Roger Moret            2   2  5.31  23   8   1   1   0   58   68   35   34    7   17   23
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.50  12   0   0   2   0   18   29   14   13    0    8    8
Frank Lacorte          0   1  9.82   1   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    2    4

 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  1.37  14   0   0   2   0   20   12    3    3    0    7    9
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Bill Bonham            6   3  3.39  12  12   2   0   0   82   88   34   31    4   37   38
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.44  23   0   0   7   0   37   35   16   14    4   11   18
Oscar Zamora           3   2  4.22  29   1   0   3   0   43   44   22   20    5   14   21
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
Buddy Schultz          1   1  4.67  22   0   0   2   0   17   24   12    9    1    8   10
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.07  28   2   0   2   0   55   66   32   31    9   22   26
Steve Renko            2   2  5.45   7   7   0   0   0   38   43   25   23    6   12   27
Mike Garman            2   4  6.53  25   2   0   1   0   40   52   35   29    4   21   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
Pat Zachry             6   2  2.39  17  10   3   0   1   79   63   26   21    1   27   60
Don Gullett            6   3  2.59  11  10   3   0   0   63   62   22   18    4   21   34
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  2.93  28   0   0   2   0   46   58   16   15    3   12   20
Fred Norman            5   1  3.23  14   6   2   0   2   53   45   20   19    2   27   37
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.45  20   0   0   3   0   29   34   13   11    1    9   17
Rich Hinton            0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    2    1
Santo Alcala           6   2  4.83  13   8   1   0   1   54   50   31   29    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
Ken Forsch             1   2  1.83  34   0   0  13   0   54   43   12   11    2   15   30
Paul Siebert           0   2  2.35  13   0   0   0   0   15   14    5    4    0   12    5
J.R. Richard           7   7  3.09  16  16   3   0   0  117   94   47   40    7   63   79
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.77  18  11   0   0   0   72   71   44   30    3   37   42
Gene Pentz             1   1  3.91  13   0   0   2   0   23   25   11   10    2    8   16
Tom Griffin            5   1  4.15  15   1   0   0   0   35   31   16   16    3   27   25
Larry Dierker          6   6  4.48  13  13   1   0   1   80   74   43   40    5   35   50
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Gilberto Rondon        2   1  5.03   9   5   0   0   0   34   38   20   19    5   21    8
Mike Cosgrove          2   4  5.11  15  12   1   0   1   62   75   41   35    4   38   16
Joaquin Andujar        2   4  5.27  12   9   2   0   1   55   51   34   32    4   33   13
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  2.48  30   0   0   5   0   58   38   18   16    4   38   43
Doug Rau               6   4  2.74  14  14   2   0   1   95   98   30   29    7   31   39
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   7  4.35  14  14   3   0   1   93   98   47   45    8   28   46
Don Sutton             6   7  4.38  15  15   5   0   2  109  113   55   53   10   33   63
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
Stan Wall              1   2  4.82  14   0   0   0   0   28   33   16   15    5    5   14
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
Dale Murray            0   4  3.30  31   0   0   6   0   46   39   19   17    0   15   17
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.44  10  10   1   0   1   71   59   32   27    7   25   44
Woodie Fryman          7   4  3.80  13  13   0   0   0   83   91   40   35    7   30   48
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.82  25   0   0   2   0   31   31   15   13    3   16   15
Don Carrithers         3   5  3.88  14   7   0   0   0   60   61   32   26    3   39   30
Steve Dunning          0   1  4.15   8   0   0   0   0   17   17   11    8    1    6   15
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.46  27   0   0   1   0   34   31   19   17    5   11   15
Clay Kirby             1   5  4.85  11  10   0   0   0   43   38   28   23    7   32   26
Chip Lang              1   0  5.40   7   0   0   0   0   12    6    7    7    1   11    6
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Dan Warthen            1   8  5.59  13  12   1   0   0   58   53   42   36    7   42   47

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Apodaca            1   3  1.91  20   1   0   1   0   47   33   11   10    1   12   22
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.96  17   0   0   1   0   23   17    5    5    1    7    9
Skip Lockwood          3   2  2.09  22   0   0   8   0   39   20   10    9    2   19   43
Jon Matlack            8   2  2.80  15  15   9   0   3  113   93   39   35   10   29   64
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  3.28  15  14   2   0   0   82   88   42   30    4   27   66
Bob Myrick             0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    0    3    2
Craig Swan             3   7  3.52  12  12   2   0   1   79   73   38   31    6   24   61
Jerry Koosman          6   6  4.36  14  13   2   0   0   87   94   44   42    8   26   52
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  2.61  24   0   0   6   0   41   38   13   12    2   13   39
Larry Christenson      7   3  2.92  13  12   2   0   0   77   76   27   25    4   23   29
Jim Lonborg            9   4  2.97  15  14   5   1   1  103  100   39   34    7   28   55
Jim Kaat               7   2  3.00  15  14   4   0   0   93   93   36   31    7   13   45
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.12  24   0   0   4   0   40   41   16   14    2   14   33
Ron Reed               5   2  3.33  21   3   1   0   0   54   45   21   20    3   16   38
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          4   1  3.95  14   6   1   2   0   43   43   19   19    4   13   21
Ron Schueler           0   0  5.40  12   0   0   2   0   15   18   10    9    3    3   11

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   2  1.85  22   0   0   8   0   34   27    9    7    0   12   17
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.17  13  12   2   0   0   71   65   34   25    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  3.45  21   0   0   1   0   29   32   11   11    0    7   23
Larry Demery           4   1  3.89  17   2   0   2   0   44   46   22   19    4   15   25
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
Jerry Reuss            7   5  3.97  13  13   6   0   0   95   94   50   42   10   26   48
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
Rick Langford          0   0  4.26   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    0    4    5
Ramon Hernandez        1   1  4.33  18   0   0   3   0   27   26   13   13    3   13   13

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Freisleben        6   1  1.52   8   7   5   0   3   59   48   11   10    3   21   27
Butch Metzger          4   0  1.52  27   0   0   7   0   47   38   10    8    0   13   30
Alan Foster            2   3  2.21  16   6   2   0   0   61   42   16   15    5   23   14
Randy Jones           13   3  2.45  17  17  12   0   3  139  114   45   38    8   17   46
Brent Strom            6   6  3.42  17  15   2   0   1   92   82   41   35    7   32   41
Dan Spillner           2   6  3.62  19   8   0   0   0   65   69   36   26    5   30   34
Ken Reynolds           0   2  4.50  10   2   0   1   0   18   18   12    9    0   10    9
Rich Folkers           2   1  4.56  15   1   0   0   0   26   29   13   13    3   11   12
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  2.32  31   0   0   7   0   50   48   16   13    4   23   28
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.64  28   0   0   3   0   48   40   22   14    3   18   16
Jim Barr               5   5  2.74  15  15   2   0   1   99  102   38   30    3   22   33
John Montefusco        7   7  2.99  16  16   3   0   3  108   97   39   36    5   31   76
Rob Dressler           1   5  3.86   7   7   0   0   0   40   42   24   17    3   13   10
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.20  20   8   0   0   0   60   77   42   28    4   10   26
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  4.54  31   0   0   0   0   40   44   28   20    2    7   21
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Ed Halicki             5  10  5.23  16  15   2   0   1   83   92   53   48    6   36   50
John D'Acquisto        0   4  5.95  12   6   0   0   0   39   30   28   26    3   44   20

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             0   1  1.20  14   0   0   2   0   15    8    3    2    0    4    6
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  3.22  32   0   0   7   0   50   44   21   18    5   19   40
Bob Forsch             2   2  3.52  14  14   0   0   0   79   80   39   31    7   30   36
John Denny             3   4  3.54  13  13   2   0   1   84   89   40   33    5   23   31
Lynn McGlothen         6   6  3.62  14  14   4   0   1   87  100   39   35    5   27   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
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)            13
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          9
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  J. Kaat (PHI)             7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  G. Nolan (CIN)            7

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          10
  R. Burris (CHI)           9
  M. Lolich (NY)            9
  D. Warthen (MON)          8
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  C. Swan (NY)              7
  J. Curtis (STL)           6

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      6
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       4

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          13
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         8
  S. Lockwood (NY)          8
  M. Marshall (LA)          8
  B. Moose (PIT)            8
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         7
  D. Knowles (CHI)          7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  B. Metzger (SD)           7
  G. Garber (PHI)           6

Shutouts:

  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  R. Jones (SD)             3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  S. Alcala (CIN)           1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         139.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        117.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      116.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       112.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        109.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    108.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        107.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  106.0
  J. Lonborg (PHI)      103.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       102.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           114
  C. Morton (ATL)         114
  R. Burris (CHI)         113
  D. Sutton (LA)          113
  J. Barr (SF)            102
  J. Lonborg (PHI)        100
  L. McGlothen (STL)      100
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       100
  P. Niekro (ATL)          99
  J. Billingham (CIN)      98

Runs:

  C. Morton (ATL)          58
  R. Burris (CHI)          55
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        55
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  E. Halicki (SF)          53
  J. Billingham (CIN)      52
  J. Reuss (PIT)           50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  B. Hooton (LA)           47
  J. Richard (HOU)         47

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         63
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       44
  D. Warthen (MON)         42
  R. Burris (CHI)          41
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     40
  D. Carrithers (MON)      39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          39
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        38
  C. Hough (LA)            38
  T. Seaver (NY)           38

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           94
  J. Richard (HOU)         79
  J. Montefusco (SF)       76
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     72
  M. Lolich (NY)           66
  P. Niekro (ATL)          66
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  J. Matlack (NY)          64
  D. Sutton (LA)           63
  C. Swan (NY)             61


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