Friday June 25, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 25, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        35  37  3.12   72  23  10   646   569  254  224   41  207  447
Philadelphia    47  19  3.28   66  18  17   598   590  238  218   41  162  358
Pittsburgh      37  28  3.50   65  18  18   596   565  272  232   51  191  311
Cincinnati      43  27  3.56   70  15  16   625   605  271  247   46  208  345
San Diego       36  33  3.58   69  21   8   621   576  279  247   44  213  263
Los Angeles     39  32  3.63   71  17  14   649   647  278  262   47  220  338
San Francisco   29  44  3.65   73   8  13   661   675  334  268   34  239  316
Atlanta         32  37  3.68   69  15  11   616   604  294  252   36  234  362
St. Louis       30  38  3.71   68  12  11   623   626  291  257   50  243  302
Montreal        23  40  3.96   63   6  10   559   524  289  246   44  271  300
Houston         31  39  4.05   70   7  18   624   614  325  281   37  335  328
Chicago         30  38  4.65   68   4  18   614   690  357  317   66  228  309

 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
Jim Barr (SF)          6   5  2.81  16  16   2   0   1  106  112   43   33    3   24   35
Jon Matlack (NY)       9   2  2.81  16  16  10   0   3  122  102   43   38   11   29   70
Tom Seaver (NY)        8   5  2.91  16  16   7   0   2  127  103   42   41    6   39  105
Bruce Kison (PIT)      5   4  2.93  14  13   3   0   0   80   72   36   26    5   22   36
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
Mike Marshall          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
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
Roger Moret            3   2  4.87  24   9   1   1   0   65   71   36   35    7   21   26
Carl Morton            0   6  5.14  16  15   0   0   0   82  114   58   47    4   31   26
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  1.21  17   0   0   2   0   22   15    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
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
Ray Burris             3  10  4.78  17  17   0   0   0   98  122   62   52   12   42   39
Paul Reuschel          1   2  4.95  30   2   0   2   0   56   66   32   31    9   22   26
Mike Garman            2   4  6.21  26   2   0   1   0   42   55   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           1   1  2.72  31   0   0   2   0   53   64   18   16    4   14   22
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  3.23  23   0   0   4   0   31   35   14   11    1   10   18
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
Rich Hinton            0   0 10.80   3   1   0   0   0    5    8    6    6    3    2    2

 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  1.86  15   0   0   0   0   19   17    5    4    0   15    7
J.R. Richard           7   8  2.96  17  17   3   0   0  125   96   48   41    7   68   84
Gene Pentz             1   1  3.60  15   0   0   2   0   25   27   11   10    2    8   16
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.77  18  11   0   0   0   72   71   44   30    3   37   42
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
Tom Griffin            5   2  4.66  16   1   0   0   0   37   36   19   19    3   27   28
Mike Cosgrove          2   4  5.11  15  12   1   0   1   62   75   41   35    4   38   16
Gilberto Rondon        2   1  5.26  10   6   0   0   0   38   44   25   22    5   25   11
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   8  4.06  15  15   4   0   1  102  102   48   46    8   30   51
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  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Chip Lang              1   0  3.86   9   0   0   0   0   16    8    7    7    1   13    9
Steve Dunning          0   2  3.91   9   1   0   0   0   23   26   16   10    1    8   18
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.58  28   0   0   1   0   37   36   21   19    5   12   16
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.74  15   8   0   0   0   63   70   39   33    4   40   32
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            9   2  2.81  16  16  10   0   3  122  102   43   38   11   29   70
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
Jim Lonborg            9   4  2.97  15  14   5   1   1  103  100   39   34    7   28   55
Larry Christenson      8   3  3.00  14  13   2   0   0   84   89   30   28    4   24   30
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  4.76  13   0   0   2   0   17   19   11    9    3    4   12

 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
Bruce Kison            5   4  2.93  14  13   3   0   0   80   72   36   26    5   22   36
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
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
Butch Metzger          4   0  1.79  30   0   0   7   0   50   40   12   10    1   15   32
Dave Freisleben        6   2  1.87   9   8   5   0   3   67   56   15   14    4   24   31
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
Ed Halicki             6  10  4.71  17  16   3   0   2   92   99   53   48    6   37   60
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
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
Eddie Solomon          0   0  1.29   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    1    1    0    3    1
Mike Wallace           1   1  2.41  25   0   0   1   0   37   30   11   10    2   20   22
Bill Greif             0   1  2.81  15   0   0   2   0   16   11    6    5    1    4    6
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
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
John Curtis            5   7  4.30  17  12   2   0   1   88   94   43   42   10   41   31
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  4.87  24   1   0   0   0   44   51   26   24    4   22   24

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            13
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          9
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          9
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  J. Kaat (PHI)             8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      7

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  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
  M. Marshall (ATL)         9
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           8
  S. Lockwood (NY)          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
  E. Halicki (SF)           2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  R. Rhoden (LA)            2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         139.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        126.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      124.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       121.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  115.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        113.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       111.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    109.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        109.0
  J. Barr (SF)          105.2

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         122
  R. Jones (SD)           114
  C. Morton (ATL)         114
  D. Sutton (LA)          113
  J. Barr (SF)            112
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       106
  P. Niekro (ATL)         103
  T. Seaver (NY)          103
  B. Hooton (LA)          102
  J. Kaat (PHI)           102

Runs:

  R. Burris (CHI)          62
  C. Morton (ATL)          58
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        58
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  E. Halicki (SF)          53
  J. Billingham (CIN)      52
  J. Reuss (PIT)           50
  L. Dierker (HOU)         48
  B. Hooton (LA)           48
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48

Home Runs:

  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      12
  G. Nolan (CIN)           12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  J. Curtis (STL)          10
  J. Reuss (PIT)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  S. Renko (CHI)            9
  P. Reuschel (CHI)         9

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          105
  J. Richard (HOU)         84
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     79
  J. Montefusco (SF)       76
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  J. Matlack (NY)          70
  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  M. Lolich (NY)           66
  P. Falcone (STL)         63
  D. Sutton (LA)           63


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