Saturday June 26, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 26, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        36  37  3.10   73  23  10   655   572  256  226   42  212  457
Philadelphia    47  20  3.27   67  18  17   608   600  241  221   41  167  366
Pittsburgh      38  28  3.54   66  18  18   605   574  278  238   52  195  312
Cincinnati      43  28  3.55   71  15  16   633   608  274  250   46  217  354
San Francisco   30  44  3.63   74   8  13   670   681  336  270   34  244  320
Los Angeles     39  33  3.64   72  17  14   658   655  282  266   49  221  344
San Diego       37  34  3.68   71  21   8   639   594  293  261   46  218  272
St. Louis       31  38  3.68   69  12  11   633   634  293  259   50  245  306
Atlanta         33  38  3.72   71  16  11   633   619  306  262   37  245  371
Montreal        23  41  3.98   64   6  10   568   536  296  251   44  278  312
Houston         32  39  4.00   71   8  18   633   624  325  281   37  335  331
Chicago         30  39  4.73   69   4  18   623   703  367  327   69  233  316

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry (CIN)       6   3  2.54  18  11   3   0   1   85   65   29   24    1   36   68
A. Messersmith (ATL)   7   5  2.58  16  15   7   1   3  115   81   37   33    5   40   79
Randy Jones (SD)      13   3  2.69  18  18  12   0   3  147  120   51   44    8   18   48
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
Doug Rau (LA)          6   5  2.87  15  15   2   0   1  103  106   34   33    9   32   44
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
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  2.51  19   0   0   0   0   32   29   19    9    2   21   19
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            7   4  3.37  17  16   4   0   1  120  109   51   45    8   45   81
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
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
Carl Morton            0   6  5.40  17  16   0   0   0   85  118   62   51    4   35   26
Mike Marshall          0   1  6.00   2   0   0   1   0    3    2    2    2    1    1    1
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.30  13   0   0   2   0   20   31   15   14    0    8    9
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  1.13  18   0   0   2   0   24   16    3    3    0    9   15
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.66  25   0   0   7   0   39   36   18   16    5   12   19
Bill Bonham            6   4  3.93  13  13   2   0   0   85   92   40   37    6   39   40
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.05  32   1   0   3   0   47   49   23   21    6   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  5.09  31   2   0   2   0   58   67   34   33    9   24   29
Mike Garman            2   4  6.28  27   2   0   1   0   43   57   36   30    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   3  2.54  18  11   3   0   1   85   65   29   24    1   36   68
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  4.93  16  14   2   0   1   84   99   52   46   10   28   35
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
Joaquin Andujar        3   4  4.52  13  10   3   0   2   64   61   34   32    4   33   16
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
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
Elias Sosa             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Charlie Hough          7   3  2.41  31   0   0   6   0   60   39   18   16    4   38   43
Doug Rau               6   5  2.87  15  15   2   0   1  103  106   34   33    9   32   44
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   5  3.14  33   0   0   6   0   49   41   22   17    0   15   18
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
Chip Lang              1   0  3.63  10   0   0   0   0   17    8    7    7    1   13   10
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Steve Dunning          0   2  3.70  10   1   0   0   0   24   29   17   10    1    8   20
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  4.75  12  10   0   0   0   47   43   30   25    7   37   32
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Dan Warthen            1   8  5.98  14  13   1   0   0   59   56   45   39    7   44   49

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Apodaca            1   3  1.82  21   1   0   1   0   49   33   11   10    1   13   25
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          7   6  4.24  15  14   2   0   0   93   97   46   44    9   30   59
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   4  3.09  26   0   0   5   0   44   43   17   15    2   15   36
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
Tom Underwood          4   1  3.76  15   7   1   2   0   50   51   21   21    4   17   26
Steve Carlton          6   3  3.86  15  15   5   0   1  100   98   44   43    8   29   69
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  2.97  24   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           5   1  3.83  18   2   0   2   0   47   49   23   20    4   16   26
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
Jerry Reuss            7   5  4.19  14  14   6   0   0  101  100   55   47   11   29   48
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   2  1.87   9   8   5   0   3   67   56   15   14    4   24   31
Butch Metzger          5   0  1.92  31   0   0   7   0   52   42   13   11    2   15   34
Alan Foster            2   3  2.20  17   7   2   0   0   61   43   16   15    5   23   14
Randy Jones           13   3  2.69  18  18  12   0   3  147  120   51   44    8   18   48
Brent Strom            6   7  3.64  18  16   2   0   1   99   87   46   40    8   37   42
Dan Spillner           2   7  4.65  22   9   0   0   0   72   82   47   37    6   34   37
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.68  12   2   0   1   0   25   27   16   13    0   15   16
Rich Folkers           2   1  4.97  18   1   0   0   0   29   34   16   16    4   12   15
Dave Tomlin            0   1  5.76  23   1   0   0   0   30   31   19   19    3   11   15
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
Randy Moffitt          4   2  2.75  30   0   0   4   0   52   47   24   16    3   19   17
Jim Barr               6   5  2.81  16  16   2   0   1  106  112   43   33    3   24   35
John Montefusco        7   7  3.08  18  17   3   0   3  117  107   43   40    5   36   80
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            5   5  3.04  33   0   0   7   0   53   47   21   18    5   19   41
Bob Forsch             2   2  3.44  15  15   0   0   0   86   85   41   33    7   32   39
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
  J. Koosman (NY)           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
  D. Spillner (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
  J. Andujar (HOU)          2
  E. Halicki (SF)           2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  R. Rhoden (LA)            2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         147.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        126.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      124.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       121.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       120.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    117.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  115.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        113.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        109.0
  J. Barr (SF)          105.2

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         122
  R. Jones (SD)           120
  C. Morton (ATL)         118
  D. Sutton (LA)          113
  J. Barr (SF)            112
  P. Niekro (ATL)         109
  J. Montefusco (SF)      107
  D. Rau (LA)             106
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       106
  T. Seaver (NY)          103

Runs:

  R. Burris (CHI)          62
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        58
  J. Reuss (PIT)           55
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  E. Halicki (SF)          53
  J. Billingham (CIN)      52
  R. Jones (SD)            51
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  L. Dierker (HOU)         48

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       44
  D. Warthen (MON)         44
  R. Burris (CHI)          42
  J. Curtis (STL)          41
  D. Carrithers (MON)      40
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     40
  B. Bonham (CHI)          39
  L. Dierker (HOU)         39

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          105
  J. Richard (HOU)         84
  P. Niekro (ATL)          81
  J. Montefusco (SF)       80
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     79
  J. Matlack (NY)          70
  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  P. Zachry (CIN)          68
  M. Lolich (NY)           66
  P. Falcone (STL)         63

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