Sunday June 27, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 27, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        37  37  3.10   74  23  10   664   579  259  229   44  212  466
Philadelphia    48  20  3.25   68  18  18   617   608  243  223   41  169  376
Cincinnati      44  28  3.53   72  15  17   642   612  276  252   47  220  360
Pittsburgh      38  29  3.55   67  18  18   613   578  282  242   52  197  319
San Diego       38  34  3.65   72  22   8   648   599  295  263   46  222  277
Los Angeles     40  33  3.70   73  17  15   667   665  290  274   52  227  349
Atlanta         33  39  3.70   72  17  11   642   627  309  264   37  248  378
St. Louis       31  39  3.72   70  12  11   641   642  299  265   51  247  310
San Francisco   30  45  3.74   75   8  13   678   697  348  282   34  253  326
Montreal        24  41  3.96   65   6  11   577   544  299  254   45  280  316
Houston         32  40  3.97   72   8  18   642   630  329  283   37  340  337
Chicago         30  40  4.83   70   4  18   632   719  380  339   71  235  322

 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   6  2.55  17  16   8   1   3  124   89   40   35    5   43   86
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
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     10   4  2.98  16  15   5   1   1  109  106   41   36    7   30   61

 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   6  2.55  17  16   8   1   3  124   89   40   35    5   43   86
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  2.08  19   0   0   2   0   26   20    6    6    0    9   16
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.48  26   0   0   7   0   41   38   18   16    5   12   20
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
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
Rick Reuschel          7   5  4.90  18  17   2   1   0  105  113   66   57   11   29   61
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.22  32   2   0   2   0   59   70   36   34    9   26   30
Mike Garman            2   4  5.87  28   2   0   1   0   46   57   36   30    4   21   23
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  2.59  32   0   0   9   0   49   42   15   14    1   11   38
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            6   1  3.15  15   7   2   0   2   60   49   22   21    3   30   40
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
Paul Siebert           0   2  1.69  16   0   0   0   0   21   17    5    4    0   16    7
Ken Forsch             1   2  1.80  35   0   0  13   0   55   43   12   11    2   15   31
J.R. Richard           7   9  2.98  18  18   3   0   0  130  102   52   43    7   72   88
Gene Pentz             1   1  3.33  16   0   0   2   0   27   27   11   10    2    8   18
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  2.56  32   0   0   6   0   63   43   20   18    5   39   44
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
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
Don Sutton             7   7  4.66  16  16   5   0   2  114  119   61   59   12   38   67
Stan Wall              1   2  4.76  15   0   0   1   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  3.00  34   0   0   7   0   51   42   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          8   5  3.63  15  15   0   0   0   97  103   44   39    8   34   55
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  2.43  23   0   0   8   0   41   22   12   11    3   19   45
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
Craig Swan             4   7  3.34  13  13   2   0   1   86   78   39   32    7   24   68
Bob Myrick             0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    0    3    2
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
Ron Reed               6   2  2.90  24   3   1   1   0   62   50   21   20    3   17   43
Jim Lonborg           10   4  2.98  16  15   5   1   1  109  106   41   36    7   30   61
Larry Christenson      8   3  3.00  14  13   2   0   0   84   89   30   28    4   24   30
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  1.78  24   0   0   8   0   35   29   10    7    0   12   17
Kent Tekulve           0   1  2.80  25   0   0   1   0   35   36   11   11    0    8   31
Bruce Kison            5   4  2.93  14  13   3   0   0   80   72   36   26    5   22   36
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
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
Doc Medich             5   6  4.14  14  14   2   0   0   91   92   44   42    7   30   47
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            7   7  3.50  19  17   3   0   1  108   92   48   42    8   41   47
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  2.03  22   1   0   0   0   40   28   10    9    1   18   11
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
Gary Lavelle           2   4  2.83  33   0   0   8   0   54   54   20   17    4   27   32
John Montefusco        7   7  3.08  18  17   3   0   3  117  107   43   40    5   36   80
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.25  35   0   0   1   0   42   46   28   20    2    7   23
Rob Dressler           1   5  4.26   8   8   0   0   0   44   51   28   21    3   14   12
Mike Caldwell          0   5  4.62  22   8   0   0   0   62   85   47   32    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  6.70  13   7   0   0   0   43   36   34   32    3   48   23

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Solomon          0   0  1.00   6   0   0   0   0    9    7    1    1    0    4    3
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
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
Lynn McGlothen         6   7  4.05  15  15   4   0   1   91  106   45   41    6   28   33
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  4.66  25   1   0   0   0   46   52   26   24    4   22   26

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            13
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         10
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          9
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  W. Fryman (MON)           8
  J. Kaat (PHI)             8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  J. Koosman (NY)           7

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      8
  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)         9
  M. Marshall (ATL)         9
  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
  J. Richard (HOU)      129.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        126.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  123.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       121.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       120.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    117.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        114.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        113.0
  J. Lonborg (PHI)      108.2

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         122
  R. Jones (SD)           120
  D. Sutton (LA)          119
  C. Morton (ATL)         118
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       113
  J. Barr (SF)            112
  P. Niekro (ATL)         109
  J. Montefusco (SF)      107
  J. Lonborg (PHI)        106
  L. McGlothen (STL)      106

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        66
  R. Burris (CHI)          62
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  D. Sutton (LA)           61
  J. Reuss (PIT)           55
  E. Halicki (SF)          53
  J. Billingham (CIN)      52
  J. Richard (HOU)         52
  R. Jones (SD)            51
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         72
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       48
  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  D. Warthen (MON)         44
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     43
  R. Burris (CHI)          42
  J. Curtis (STL)          41
  B. Strom (SD)            41
  D. Carrithers (MON)      40
  B. Bonham (CHI)          39

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          105
  J. Richard (HOU)         88
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     86
  P. Niekro (ATL)          81
  J. Montefusco (SF)       80
  J. Matlack (NY)          70
  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  C. Swan (NY)             68
  P. Zachry (CIN)          68
  D. Sutton (LA)           67


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