Friday July 2, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 2, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        41  37  2.99   78  26  11   700   597  264  233   44  221  503
Philadelphia    50  21  3.30   71  19  19   644   636  256  236   45  178  392
Cincinnati      46  31  3.53   77  16  18   696   674  300  273   51  237  381
Pittsburgh      42  29  3.56   71  20  19   650   611  299  257   57  211  336
Atlanta         35  41  3.65   76  18  12   676   660  321  274   39  261  399
San Diego       41  36  3.66   77  24   9   698   652  321  284   51  243  302
Los Angeles     42  36  3.70   78  17  17   710   709  312  292   58  243  370
San Francisco   31  48  3.74   79  10  13   714   738  369  297   35  264  349
St. Louis       32  42  3.78   74  13  11   674   670  319  283   54  267  329
Montreal        24  44  3.96   68   6  11   603   573  310  265   46  285  332
Houston         36  41  3.99   77  10  19   691   682  354  306   38  368  379
Chicago         30  44  4.85   74   4  18   664   764  408  358   72  247  349

 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
A. Messersmith (ATL)   8   6  2.37  18  17   9   1   3  133   95   42   35    5   47   94
Pat Zachry (CIN)       7   3  2.48  20  12   3   0   1   94   77   32   26    1   39   72
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)      10   2  2.62  17  17  11   0   4  131  107   43   38   11   31   75
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
Dick Ruthven (ATL)     9   7  2.90  16  16   4   0   2  109   99   35   35    6   37   62
Rick Rhoden (LA)       7   0  2.93  15  14   5   0   2   95   87   33   31    9   28   39

 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
Andy Messersmith       8   6  2.37  18  17   9   1   3  133   95   42   35    5   47   94
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.51  19   0   0   0   0   32   29   19    9    2   21   19
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   2   2   0   0   0    6    3    1    0    0    2    2
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  3.40  27   0   0   7   0   42   39   18   16    5   13   20
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.31  34   1   0   3   0   48   54   25   23    6   14   23
Bill Bonham            6   5  4.32  14  14   2   0   0   90   98   46   43    6   42   43
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  24   0   0   2   0   20   32   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   4  6.56   6   4   0   0   0   23   26   21   17    4    9   20
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
Pedro Borbon           1   1  2.45  35   0   0   3   0   59   68   18   16    4   17   22
Pat Zachry             7   3  2.48  20  12   3   0   1   94   77   32   26    1   39   72
Don Gullett            6   3  2.59  11  10   3   0   0   63   62   22   18    4   21   34
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  2.60  34   0   0   9   0   52   46   17   15    1   12   40
Gary Nolan             7   4  3.02  17  17   4   0   1  119   97   41   40   14   16   58
Fred Norman            6   2  3.09  17   8   3   0   2   70   55   25   24    3   32   47
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.74  26   0   0   4   0   34   44   17   14    1   10   19
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   1  9.64   7   1   0   0   0    9   15   10   10    4    6    5

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   2  2.00  37   0   0  14   0   63   48   15   14    2   17   37
J.R. Richard           7   9  3.12  19  19   3   0   0  136  108   56   47    8   77   94
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.13  18   0   0   0   0   23   23    9    8    0   17    8
Gene Pentz             2   1  3.34  18   0   0   2   0   30   29   12   11    2   12   20
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.72  19  11   0   0   0   73   72   44   30    3   37   43
Joaquin Andujar        4   4  4.21  14  11   4   0   2   73   71   36   34    4   36   19
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
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   4   0   0   1   0    4    1    0    0    0    0    2
Charlie Hough          7   3  2.35  35   0   0   7   0   69   45   20   18    5   42   49
Tommy John             5   4  2.87  15  15   1   0   0   97  103   35   31    2   28   41
Rick Rhoden            7   0  2.93  15  14   5   0   2   95   87   33   31    9   28   39
Doug Rau               6   6  3.17  16  16   2   0   1  108  116   39   38   10   36   45
Stan Wall              1   2  4.31  17   0   0   1   0   31   33   16   15    5    6   17
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
Don Sutton             7   8  4.65  17  17   5   0   2  120  129   67   62   13   39   71
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  3.06  36   0   0   7   0   53   44   23   18    0   15   18
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
Woodie Fryman          8   6  3.71  16  16   0   0   0  102  111   47   42    8   36   59
Steve Dunning          0   2  4.10  11   1   0   0   0   26   33   19   12    1    9   20
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.55  17   8   0   0   0   65   70   39   33    4   40   33
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.58  28   0   0   1   0   37   36   21   19    5   12   16
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           10   2  2.62  17  17  11   0   4  131  107   43   38   11   31   75
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          8   6  3.87  16  15   3   0   0  102  100   47   44    9   31   71
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   2  2.64  27   0   0   7   0   44   40   14   13    3   15   41
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  2.84   6   0   0   0   0   13   14    5    4    0    7   10
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
Jim Kaat               8   2  3.06  17  16   4   0   0  106  108   41   36    9   15   51
Tug McGraw             4   4  3.22  27   0   0   5   0   45   44   18   16    3   15   36
Steve Carlton          7   3  3.70  16  16   6   0   1  109  105   46   45    8   31   78
Larry Christenson      8   3  3.71  15  14   2   0   0   87   97   38   36    5   26   31
Tom Underwood          4   1  3.76  15   7   1   2   0   50   51   21   21    4   17   26
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.58  14   0   0   2   0   18   20   11    9    3    5   14

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   3  1.70  26   0   0   9   0   37   31   11    7    0   13   18
John Candelaria        7   4  2.84  14  13   5   1   1   98   68   36   31   13   27   62
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.05  26   0   0   1   0   38   39   13   13    0    9   32
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
Ramon Hernandez        2   1  4.03  20   0   0   3   0   29   27   13   13    3   13   13
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  4.50  15  15   6   0   0  106  106   61   53   13   31   52
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  2.03  34   0   0   8   0   58   47   15   13    2   18   40
Dave Freisleben        6   2  2.15  10   9   5   0   3   75   65   19   18    5   28   37
Alan Foster            3   4  2.50  19   9   2   0   0   72   56   25   20    7   27   18
Randy Jones           14   3  2.60  19  19  13   0   3  156  126   52   45    8   20   50
Brent Strom            8   7  3.38  20  18   4   0   1  117  101   51   44    8   43   50
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   8  3.24  19  18   3   0   3  122  116   49   44    5   39   82
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  3.88  37   0   0   1   0   46   47   28   20    2    7   25
Ed Halicki             7  10  4.47  18  17   4   0   2  101  106   55   50    7   39   68
Mike Caldwell          0   5  4.75  24   8   0   0   0   66   93   50   35    4   14   30
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
Mike Wallace           1   1  2.50  27   0   0   1   0   40   31   12   11    3   23   23
Bill Greif             0   2  3.00  17   0   0   2   0   18   14    7    6    1    4    6
Al Hrabosky            5   5  3.00  34   0   0   7   0   54   48   21   18    5   20   42
Bob Forsch             2   3  3.46  16  16   0   0   0   91   90   45   35    7   33   42
Lynn McGlothen         7   7  3.69  16  16   5   0   2  100  111   45   41    6   30   42
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
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.86   7   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    3
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
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  4.44  27   1   0   0   0   49   52   26   24    4   22   27
John Curtis            5   7  4.77  18  12   2   0   1   89   96   48   47   10   44   32

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            14
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          9
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  W. Fryman (MON)           8
  J. Kaat (PHI)             8
  J. Koosman (NY)           8
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            13
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       5
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  L. McGlothen (STL)        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
  B. Metzger (SD)           8
  G. Garber (PHI)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         7

Shutouts:

  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  R. Jones (SD)             3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  J. Andujar (HOU)          2
  E. Halicki (SF)           2
  L. McGlothen (STL)        2
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  R. Rhoden (LA)            2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         156.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      135.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  132.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        132.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       130.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       127.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    122.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        120.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        119.1
  B. Strom (SD)         117.0

Hits:

  D. Sutton (LA)          129
  R. Burris (CHI)         127
  R. Jones (SD)           126
  J. Barr (SF)            118
  C. Morton (ATL)         118
  J. Montefusco (SF)      116
  P. Niekro (ATL)         116
  D. Rau (LA)             116
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       113
  W. Fryman (MON)         111

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           67
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        66
  R. Burris (CHI)          63
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  J. Reuss (PIT)           61
  J. Richard (HOU)         56
  J. Billingham (CIN)      55
  E. Halicki (SF)          55
  B. Hooton (LA)           54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          53

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           14
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      13
  J. Reuss (PIT)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  J. Curtis (STL)          10
  B. Hooton (LA)           10

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         77
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       48
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     47
  J. Curtis (STL)          44
  D. Warthen (MON)         44
  R. Burris (CHI)          43
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        43
  B. Strom (SD)            43
  B. Bonham (CHI)          42

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          111
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     94
  J. Richard (HOU)         94
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  J. Montefusco (SF)       82
  S. Carlton (PHI)         78
  M. Lolich (NY)           75
  J. Matlack (NY)          75
  P. Zachry (CIN)          72
  J. Koosman (NY)          71

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