Saturday July 3, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 3, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        42  37  2.98   79  26  11   710   607  266  235   45  223  511
Philadelphia    51  21  3.28   72  19  19   653   645  258  238   45  180  397
Pittsburgh      42  30  3.54   72  20  19   659   622  302  259   57  214  341
Cincinnati      47  31  3.57   78  16  18   705   687  308  280   51  241  384
Atlanta         36  41  3.60   77  19  12   685   665  321  274   39  263  404
San Diego       41  37  3.63   78  24   9   706   662  324  285   51  246  304
Los Angeles     43  36  3.67   79  18  17   719   715  313  293   59  246  372
St. Louis       33  42  3.73   75  14  11   683   677  319  283   54  271  335
San Francisco   31  49  3.73   80  10  13   723   745  373  300   35  276  352
Montreal        24  45  4.02   69   6  11   611   587  319  273   46  289  340
Houston         36  42  4.06   78  10  19   699   691  363  315   41  379  385
Chicago         30  45  4.81   75   4  18   673   771  411  360   73  251  355

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Freisleben (SD)   6   3  2.07  11  10   5   0   3   83   75   22   19    5   31   39
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
Dick Ruthven (ATL)    10   7  2.68  17  17   5   0   3  118  104   35   35    6   39   67
Rick Rhoden (LA)       8   0  2.76  16  15   6   0   2  104   93   34   32   10   31   41
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

 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          10   7  2.68  17  17   5   0   3  118  104   35   35    6   39   67
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  3.38  28   0   0   7   0   43   39   18   16    5   13   21
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   6  4.67  19  18   2   1   0  114  120   69   59   12   33   66
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           2   1  2.37  36   0   0   3   0   61   68   18   16    4   17   22
Pat Zachry             7   3  2.48  20  12   3   0   1   94   77   32   26    1   39   72
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  2.50  35   0   0   9   0   54   48   18   15    1   13   41
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   2  3.09  17   8   3   0   2   70   55   25   24    3   32   47
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.96  27   0   0   4   0   36   49   19   16    1   11   20
Jack Billingham        5   6  4.90  17  15   2   0   1   90  107   55   49   10   30   35
Santo Alcala           7   2  5.06  16  11   1   0   1   69   68   41   39    7   34   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  3.26  19   0   0   2   0   30   29   12   11    2   12   20
Joe Niekro             3   7  3.86  20  11   0   0   0   75   75   46   32    4   40   46
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
Tom Griffin            5   2  5.03  18   1   0   0   0   39   38   22   22    4   34   32
Mike Cosgrove          3   4  5.08  17  14   1   0   1   73   85   49   41    5   47   28
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
Rick Rhoden            8   0  2.76  16  15   6   0   2  104   93   34   32   10   31   41
Tommy John             5   4  2.87  15  15   1   0   0   97  103   35   31    2   28   41
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
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  3.90  12   1   0   0   0   28   34   19   12    1    9   21
Steve Rogers           2   6  4.07  12  12   1   0   1   80   75   41   36    8   28   54
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.55  17   8   0   0   0   65   70   39   33    4   40   33
Clay Kirby             1   5  4.75  12  10   0   0   0   47   43   30   25    7   37   32
Fred Scherman          2   2  5.21  29   0   0   1   0   38   40   25   22    5   13   17
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Dan Warthen            1   8  5.69  15  13   1   0   0   62   57   45   39    7   45   50

 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          5   2  2.47  25   0   0   8   0   44   24   13   12    3   21   48
Jon Matlack           10   2  2.62  17  17  11   0   4  131  107   43   38   11   31   75
Tom Seaver             8   5  2.92  18  18   7   0   2  142  118   47   46    7   42  119
Mickey Lolich          4   9  2.96  16  15   3   0   1   91   91   42   30    4   30   75
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  2.95  26   3   1   2   0   64   53   22   21    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             5   4  3.09  28   0   0   5   0   47   46   18   16    3   15   37
Tom Underwood          4   1  3.51  16   8   1   2   0   56   56   22   22    4   19   30
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
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   4  1.85  27   0   0   9   0   39   34   12    8    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
Doc Medich             5   6  3.94  15  15   2   0   0   98  100   46   43    7   33   52
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
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   3  2.07  11  10   5   0   3   83   75   22   19    5   31   39
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  4.90  24   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  2.00  24   1   0   0   0   45   31   12   10    1   20   15
Jim Barr               6   6  2.59  17  17   3   0   1  115  118   47   33    3   27   39
Gary Lavelle           2   4  2.73  34   0   0   8   0   56   56   20   17    4   31   33
Randy Moffitt          4   2  2.75  30   0   0   4   0   52   47   24   16    3   19   17
John Montefusco        7   8  3.24  19  18   3   0   3  122  116   49   44    5   39   82
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  3.86  38   0   0   1   0   47   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   5  6.75  14   8   0   0   0   47   40   37   35    3   54   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
John Denny             4   4  3.40  15  15   3   0   2   98  101   44   37    6   30   38
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
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)         10
  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
  R. Rhoden (LA)            6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       5
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          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
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          3
  J. Andujar (HOU)          2
  J. Denny (STL)            2
  E. Halicki (SF)           2
  L. McGlothen (STL)        2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         156.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        141.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      135.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  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
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      117.2

Hits:

  D. Sutton (LA)          129
  R. Burris (CHI)         127
  R. Jones (SD)           126
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       120
  J. Barr (SF)            118
  C. Morton (ATL)         118
  T. Seaver (NY)          118
  J. Montefusco (SF)      116
  P. Niekro (ATL)         116
  D. Rau (LA)             116

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        69
  D. Sutton (LA)           67
  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
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  J. Curtis (STL)          10
  B. Hooton (LA)           10

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         77
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        47
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     47
  D. Warthen (MON)         45
  J. Curtis (STL)          44
  R. Burris (CHI)          43
  B. Strom (SD)            43
  B. Bonham (CHI)          42

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          119
  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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