Wednesday June 30, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 30, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        39  37  3.07   76  24  11   682   589  263  233   44  218  486
Philadelphia    50  20  3.20   70  19  19   635   623  246  226   42  173  388
Cincinnati      46  29  3.49   75  15  18   673   644  287  261   50  228  370
Pittsburgh      41  29  3.50   70  20  19   640   600  290  249   55  207  330
Los Angeles     42  34  3.68   76  17  17   694   688  301  284   56  236  362
San Diego       39  36  3.69   75  23   8   680   636  315  279   50  238  295
Atlanta         34  41  3.70   75  17  12   667   654  319  274   39  257  391
St. Louis       31  41  3.72   72  12  11   657   656  306  272   53  255  315
San Francisco   31  47  3.73   78  10  13   705   726  362  292   35  260  343
Montreal        24  43  3.96   67   6  11   595   565  307  262   46  283  328
Houston         34  41  3.99   75   9  19   668   658  344  296   37  355  364
Chicago         30  43  4.90   73   4  18   656   755  406  357   72  244  345

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Freisleben (SD)   6   2  2.15  10   9   5   0   3   75   65   19   18    5   28   37
Don Stanhouse (MON)    5   3  2.19  16   8   4   1   1   74   58   20   18    0   34   26
Pat Zachry (CIN)       7   3  2.45  19  11   3   0   1   88   68   29   24    1   37   70
A. Messersmith (ATL)   7   6  2.55  17  16   8   1   3  124   89   40   35    5   43   86
Jim Barr (SF)          6   6  2.59  17  17   3   0   1  115  118   47   33    3   27   39
Randy Jones (SD)      14   3  2.60  19  19  13   0   3  156  126   52   45    8   20   50
Jon Matlack (NY)       9   2  2.81  16  16  10   0   3  122  102   43   38   11   29   70
John Candelaria (PIT)  7   4  2.84  14  13   5   1   1   98   68   36   31   13   27   62
Tommy John (LA)        5   4  2.87  15  15   1   0   0   97  103   35   31    2   28   41
Doug Rau (LA)          6   5  2.87  15  15   2   0   1  103  106   34   33    9   32   44

 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   7  2.90  16  16   4   0   2  109   99   35   35    6   37   62
Phil Niekro            8   4  3.33  18  17   4   0   1  127  116   53   47    8   48   86
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.86  20   0   0   1   0   26   23   12   11    0   11   23
Mike Marshall          0   1  4.32   5   0   0   2   0    8    7    4    4    2    4    4
Roger Moret            3   3  4.71  25  10   1   1   0   71   77   38   37    7   22   29
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
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   5  4.32  14  14   2   0   0   90   98   46   43    6   42   43
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.34  33   1   0   3   0   48   52   25   23    6   14   23
Ray Burris             3  10  4.57  18  17   0   0   0  102  127   63   52   12   43   43
Rick Reuschel          7   5  4.90  18  17   2   1   0  105  113   66   57   11   29   61
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.04  33   2   0   2   0   61   73   36   34    9   26   32
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.31  23   0   0   2   0   20   31   15   12    2    8   14
Steve Renko            2   3  5.40   9   9   0   0   0   47   53   33   28    7   14   28
Mike Garman            2   4  5.81  29   2   0   1   0   48   59   37   31    4   21   24
Joe Coleman            0   3  6.97   5   4   0   0   0   21   24   20   16    4    9   18
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             7   3  2.45  19  11   3   0   1   88   68   29   24    1   37   70
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  2.52  33   0   0   9   0   50   43   16   14    1   11   39
Pedro Borbon           1   1  2.54  34   0   0   3   0   57   65   18   16    4   15   22
Don Gullett            6   3  2.59  11  10   3   0   0   63   62   22   18    4   21   34
Gary Nolan             7   4  3.02  17  17   4   0   1  119   97   41   40   14   16   58
Fred Norman            6   1  3.10  16   7   2   0   2   61   50   22   21    3   30   41
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.13  25   0   0   4   0   32   39   14   11    1   10   18
Santo Alcala           7   2  4.57  15  10   1   0   1   67   62   36   34    7   32   34
Jack Billingham        5   6  4.90  17  15   2   0   1   90  107   55   49   10   30   35
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15
Rich Hinton            0   0  8.59   6   1   0   0   0    7   10    7    7    3    4    4

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   2  1.72  36   0   0  14   0   58   43   12   11    2   15   33
J.R. Richard           7   9  2.98  18  18   3   0   0  130  102   52   43    7   72   88
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.22  17   0   0   0   0   22   22    9    8    0   17    7
Gene Pentz             1   1  3.25  17   0   0   2   0   28   27   11   10    2    9   19
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.72  19  11   0   0   0   73   72   44   30    3   37   43
Larry Dierker          7   7  4.33  15  15   2   0   1   96   88   51   46    5   42   62
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
Mike Cosgrove          3   4  4.63  16  13   1   0   1   68   80   43   35    4   43   26
Tom Griffin            5   2  4.89  17   1   0   0   0   39   37   21   21    3   30   31
Gilberto Rondon        2   2  5.71  11   7   0   0   0   41   53   29   26    5   27   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
Elias Sosa             0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    4    1    0    0    0    0    2
Charlie Hough          7   3  2.45  34   0   0   7   0   66   44   20   18    5   41   47
Tommy John             5   4  2.87  15  15   1   0   0   97  103   35   31    2   28   41
Doug Rau               6   5  2.87  15  15   2   0   1  103  106   34   33    9   32   44
Rick Rhoden            7   0  2.93  15  14   5   0   2   95   87   33   31    9   28   39
Burt Hooton            5   9  4.37  16  16   4   0   1  107  108   54   52   10   31   55
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
Stan Wall              1   2  4.60  16   0   0   1   0   29   33   16   15    5    5   16
Don Sutton             7   7  4.66  16  16   5   0   2  114  119   61   59   12   38   67
Al Downing             0   1  8.04   9   0   0   0   0   16   23   15   14    2    8   12

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          5   3  2.19  16   8   4   1   1   74   58   20   18    0   34   26
Dale Murray            0   6  3.12  35   0   0   7   0   52   44   23   18    0   15   18
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
Steve Rogers           2   5  3.64  11  11   1   0   1   77   67   36   31    8   26   49
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Steve Dunning          0   2  4.10  11   1   0   0   0   26   33   19   12    1    9   20
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.58  28   0   0   1   0   37   36   21   19    5   12   16
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.66  16   8   0   0   0   64   70   39   33    4   40   33
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  1.79  22   1   0   2   0   50   33   11   10    1   13   27
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.96  17   0   0   1   0   23   17    5    5    1    7    9
Skip Lockwood          4   2  2.53  24   0   0   8   0   43   24   13   12    3   21   48
Jon Matlack            9   2  2.81  16  16  10   0   3  122  102   43   38   11   29   70
Mickey Lolich          4   9  2.96  16  15   3   0   1   91   91   42   30    4   30   75
Tom Seaver             8   5  2.98  17  17   7   0   2  133  108   45   44    6   40  111
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
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            3   1  2.49  26   0   0   7   0   43   39   13   12    2   15   41
Ron Reed               6   2  2.86  25   3   1   2   0   63   51   21   20    3   17   44
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
Jim Kaat               8   2  3.06  17  16   4   0   0  106  108   41   36    9   15   51
Tug McGraw             4   4  3.09  26   0   0   5   0   44   43   17   15    2   15   36
Steve Carlton          7   3  3.70  16  16   6   0   1  109  105   46   45    8   31   78
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
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  1.73  25   0   0   9   0   36   30   10    7    0   12   17
Kent Tekulve           0   1  2.80  25   0   0   1   0   35   36   11   11    0    8   31
John Candelaria        7   4  2.84  14  13   5   1   1   98   68   36   31   13   27   62
Bruce Kison            6   4  3.07  15  14   3   0   0   88   81   41   30    6   26   38
Jim Rooker             7   3  3.54  13  13   4   0   0   86   89   40   34    7   34   36
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
Butch Metzger          5   0  2.10  33   0   0   7   0   56   47   15   13    2   18   38
Dave Freisleben        6   2  2.15  10   9   5   0   3   75   65   19   18    5   28   37
Alan Foster            2   4  2.35  18   8   2   0   0   65   49   22   17    6   24   16
Randy Jones           14   3  2.60  19  19  13   0   3  156  126   52   45    8   20   50
Brent Strom            7   7  3.50  19  17   3   0   1  108   92   48   42    8   41   47
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.62  13   2   0   1   0   25   28   16   13    0   17   16
Dan Spillner           2   8  4.94  23   9   0   0   0   75   88   51   41    7   36   40
Rich Folkers           2   1  5.18  20   1   0   0   0   33   38   19   19    5   14   16
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  2.14  23   1   0   0   0   42   30   11   10    1   18   13
Jim Barr               6   6  2.59  17  17   3   0   1  115  118   47   33    3   27   39
Randy Moffitt          4   2  2.75  30   0   0   4   0   52   47   24   16    3   19   17
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  4.03  36   0   0   1   0   45   47   28   20    2    7   24
Ed Halicki             7  10  4.47  18  17   4   0   2  101  106   55   50    7   39   68
Mike Caldwell          0   5  4.76  23   8   0   0   0   64   90   49   34    4   13   27
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Rob Dressler           1   6  4.98   9   9   0   0   0   47   59   33   26    3   14   13
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  2.35  26   0   0   1   0   38   30   11   10    2   20   22
Al Hrabosky            5   5  3.00  34   0   0   7   0   54   48   21   18    5   20   42
Bill Greif             0   2  3.12  16   0   0   2   0   17   14    7    6    1    4    6
Bob Forsch             2   2  3.44  15  15   0   0   0   86   85   41   33    7   32   39
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
John Denny             3   4  3.74  14  14   2   0   1   89   94   44   37    6   26   32
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Pete Falcone           5   7  4.02  15  15   4   0   0   96   86   48   43    9   39   65
Lynn McGlothen         6   7  4.05  15  15   4   0   1   91  106   45   41    6   28   33
John Curtis            5   7  4.30  17  12   2   0   1   88   94   43   42   10   41   31
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  4.47  26   1   0   0   0   48   52   26   24    4   22   27

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            14
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         10
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          9
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  W. Fryman (MON)           8
  J. Kaat (PHI)             8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  S. Alcala (CIN)           7

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            13
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      8
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       5
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  R. Rhoden (LA)            5

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        10
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         9
  B. Moose (PIT)            9
  G. Lavelle (SF)           8
  S. Lockwood (NY)          8
  G. Garber (PHI)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         7
  D. Knowles (CHI)          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)         156.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        132.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      129.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       127.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  123.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       121.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        119.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    117.0
  J. Barr (SF)          114.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        114.0

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         127
  R. Jones (SD)           126
  D. Sutton (LA)          119
  J. Barr (SF)            118
  C. Morton (ATL)         118
  P. Niekro (ATL)         116
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       113
  B. Hooton (LA)          108
  J. Kaat (PHI)           108
  T. Seaver (NY)          108

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        66
  R. Burris (CHI)          63
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  D. Sutton (LA)           61
  J. Billingham (CIN)      55
  E. Halicki (SF)          55
  J. Reuss (PIT)           55
  B. Hooton (LA)           54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          53
  R. Jones (SD)            52

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           14
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      13
  R. Burris (CHI)          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
  B. Hooton (LA)           10

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         72
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       48
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  D. Warthen (MON)         44
  R. Burris (CHI)          43
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        43
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     43
  B. Bonham (CHI)          42
  L. Dierker (HOU)         42
  J. Curtis (STL)          41

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          111
  J. Richard (HOU)         88
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     86
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  J. Montefusco (SF)       80
  S. Carlton (PHI)         78
  M. Lolich (NY)           75
  J. Matlack (NY)          70
  P. Zachry (CIN)          70
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