Thursday June 24, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 24, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        34  37  3.12   71  22  10   637   560  250  221   40  207  441
Philadelphia    46  19  3.29   65  18  17   589   576  234  215   41  160  356
Cincinnati      42  27  3.52   69  15  15   616   595  265  241   42  208  341
Pittsburgh      36  28  3.54   64  17  18   587   558  270  231   51  190  305
San Diego       36  32  3.57   68  21   8   612   568  275  243   43  208  259
St. Louis       30  37  3.58   67  12  11   615   614  279  245   47  237  295
Los Angeles     39  31  3.67   70  16  14   640   643  277  261   47  218  333
San Francisco   28  44  3.70   72   7  13   652   668  334  268   34  238  306
Atlanta         31  37  3.72   68  15  10   607   600  293  251   36  230  358
Montreal        23  39  3.88   62   6  10   550   509  280  237   43  268  294
Houston         31  38  4.02   69   7  18   615   599  317  275   37  329  320
Chicago         30  37  4.63   67   4  18   605   676  350  311   64  227  305

 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)   7   5  2.58  16  15   7   1   3  115   81   37   33    5   40   79
Doug Rau (LA)          6   4  2.74  14  14   2   0   1   95   98   30   29    7   31   39
Dick Ruthven (ATL)     9   6  2.74  15  15   4   0   2  102   90   31   31    5   35   60
Jon Matlack (NY)       8   2  2.80  15  15   9   0   3  113   93   39   35   10   29   64
Jim Barr (SF)          6   5  2.81  16  16   2   0   1  106  112   43   33    3   24   35
Tom Seaver (NY)        8   5  2.91  16  16   7   0   2  127  103   42   41    6   39  105
L. Christenson (PHI)   7   3  2.92  13  12   2   0   0   77   76   27   25    4   23   29
J.R. Richard (HOU)     7   8  2.96  17  17   3   0   0  125   96   48   41    7   68   84

 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       7   5  2.58  16  15   7   1   3  115   81   37   33    5   40   79
Dick Ruthven           9   6  2.74  15  15   4   0   2  102   90   31   31    5   35   60
Phil Niekro            6   4  3.48  16  15   3   0   1  111  103   48   43    8   41   76
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  1.23  16   0   0   2   0   22   13    3    3    0    8   13
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  3.66  25   0   0   7   0   39   36   18   16    5   12   19
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.03  31   1   0   3   0   45   44   22   20    5   14   22
Rick Reuschel          7   4  4.28  17  16   2   1   0  103  106   58   49    9   29   59
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
Steve Renko            2   2  4.70   8   8   0   0   0   46   49   26   24    7   12   28
Paul Reuschel          1   2  4.98  29   2   0   2   0   56   66   32   31    9   22   26
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
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  2.70  31   0   0   8   0   47   42   15   14    1   11   35
Pedro Borbon           0   1  2.81  30   0   0   2   0   48   60   17   15    3   14   20
Gary Nolan             7   4  3.03  16  16   4   0   1  113   93   38   38   12   16   57
Fred Norman            5   1  3.23  14   6   2   0   2   53   45   20   19    2   27   37
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.38  22   0   0   3   0   29   35   14   11    1   10   17
Rich Hinton            0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    2    1
Santo Alcala           6   2  4.57  14   9   1   0   1   61   54   33   31    6   30   31
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  1.80  35   0   0  13   0   55   43   12   11    2   15   31
Paul Siebert           0   2  2.08  14   0   0   0   0   17   15    5    4    0   13    5
J.R. Richard           7   8  2.96  17  17   3   0   0  125   96   48   41    7   68   84
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.77  18  11   0   0   0   72   71   44   30    3   37   42
Gene Pentz             1   1  3.80  14   0   0   2   0   24   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   7  4.47  14  14   1   0   1   87   81   48   43    5   39   54
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  2.41  31   0   0   6   0   60   39   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             4   4  3.01  14  14   1   0   0   90   94   34   30    2   26   39
Rick Rhoden            6   0  3.06  14  13   5   0   2   88   83   31   30    8   26   38
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   3  2.32  15   7   4   1   1   66   51   19   17    0   33   20
Dale Murray            0   4  3.23  32   0   0   6   0   47   40   21   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   5  3.60  14  14   0   0   0   90   96   41   36    7   32   51
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.77  26   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   2  3.91   9   1   0   0   0   23   26   16   10    1    8   18
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.46  27   0   0   1   0   34   31   19   17    5   11   15
Chip Lang              1   0  4.61   8   0   0   0   0   14    8    7    7    1   12    7
Clay Kirby             1   5  4.85  11  10   0   0   0   43   38   28   23    7   32   26
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             8   5  2.91  16  16   7   0   2  127  103   42   41    6   39  105
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  2.55  25   0   0   7   0   42   38   13   12    2   14   40
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
Ron Reed               6   2  3.07  23   3   1   0   0   59   48   21   20    3   17   39
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.10  25   0   0   5   0   41   41   16   14    2   14   33
Jim Kaat               8   2  3.18  16  15   4   0   0   99  102   40   35    8   14   50
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.72   5   0   0   0   0   10   12    5    4    0    5    9
Steve Carlton          6   3  3.86  15  15   5   0   1  100   98   44   43    8   29   69
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   3  1.84  23   0   0   8   0   34   29   10    7    0   12   17
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.00  23   0   0   1   0   33   36   11   11    0    8   27
John Candelaria        6   4  3.02  13  12   4   1   1   89   65   35   30   12   24   57
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.17  13  12   2   0   0   71   65   34   25    5   21   30
Jim Rooker             6   3  3.72  12  12   3   0   0   77   80   38   32    6   31   32
Larry Demery           4   1  3.89  17   2   0   2   0   44   46   22   19    4   15   25
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
Ramon Hernandez        1   1  4.23  19   0   0   3   0   28   26   13   13    3   13   13
Rick Langford          0   1  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    4    1    4    5

 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  1.82  29   0   0   7   0   49   40   12   10    1   13   32
Alan Foster            2   3  2.20  17   7   2   0   0   61   43   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   7  3.64  18  16   2   0   1   99   87   46   40    8   37   42
Dan Spillner           2   6  4.03  21   8   0   0   0   67   74   40   30    5   32   35
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.68  12   2   0   1   0   25   27   16   13    0   15   16
Rich Folkers           2   1  5.33  17   1   0   0   0   27   33   16   16    4   12   13
Dave Tomlin            0   1  6.26  22   1   0   0   0   27   30   19   19    3    9   14
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       1   0  2.06  21   1   0   0   0   39   27   10    9    1   17   11
Gary Lavelle           2   4  2.29  32   0   0   8   0   51   48   16   13    4   23   29
Jim Barr               6   5  2.81  16  16   2   0   1  106  112   43   33    3   24   35
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.84  29   0   0   4   0   51   46   24   16    3   19   17
John Montefusco        7   7  3.12  17  16   3   0   3  110  102   41   38    5   31   76
Rob Dressler           1   5  4.26   8   8   0   0   0   44   51   28   21    3   14   12
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.29  34   0   0   1   0   42   46   28   20    2    7   23
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.35  21   8   0   0   0   62   82   45   30    4   11   26
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   6  4.08  14  14   4   0   0   90   81   46   41    8   35   63
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
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          9
  J. Kaat (PHI)             8
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      7

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          10
  R. Burris (CHI)           9
  M. Lolich (NY)            9
  J. Richard (HOU)          8
  D. Warthen (MON)          8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          7
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  B. Strom (SD)             7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  R. Rhoden (LA)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5

Saves:

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

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
  R. Rhoden (LA)            2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         139.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        126.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      124.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  115.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        113.0
  J. Matlack (NY)       112.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       111.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    109.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        109.0
  J. Barr (SF)          105.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           114
  C. Morton (ATL)         114
  R. Burris (CHI)         113
  D. Sutton (LA)          113
  J. Barr (SF)            112
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       106
  P. Niekro (ATL)         103
  T. Seaver (NY)          103
  J. Kaat (PHI)           102
  J. Montefusco (SF)      102

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      12
  G. Nolan (CIN)           12
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  R. Burris (CHI)          10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  J. Reuss (PIT)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  S. Renko (CHI)            9
  P. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         68
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       44
  D. Warthen (MON)         42
  R. Burris (CHI)          41
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     40
  D. Carrithers (MON)      39
  L. Dierker (HOU)         39
  T. Seaver (NY)           39
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        38

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          105
  J. Richard (HOU)         84
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     79
  J. Montefusco (SF)       76
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  M. Lolich (NY)           66
  J. Matlack (NY)          64
  P. Falcone (STL)         63
  D. Sutton (LA)           63

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