Sunday July 4, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 4, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        43  38  2.98   81  26  12   728   623  274  241   46  228  524
Philadelphia    52  22  3.30   74  19  20   670   666  270  246   47  183  402
Cincinnati      48  31  3.54   79  17  18   714   693  310  281   52  242  386
Pittsburgh      43  31  3.56   74  20  19   677   641  313  268   57  223  347
Atlanta         36  42  3.60   78  19  12   693   672  324  277   39  266  407
San Diego       42  37  3.60   79  25   9   715   671  326  286   51  246  305
Los Angeles     43  37  3.68   80  18  17   728   727  318  298   60  248  377
San Francisco   32  49  3.71   81  10  14   732   752  375  302   35  279  358
St. Louis       33  43  3.72   76  14  11   692   685  323  286   54  273  339
Montreal        25  45  3.99   70   6  12   620   594  322  275   46  296  345
Houston         36  43  4.10   79  10  19   707   703  370  322   42  386  389
Chicago         31  46  4.83   77   5  18   690   786  422  370   73  260  371

 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
Don Stanhouse (MON)    6   3  2.18  17   9   4   1   1   83   65   23   20    0   39   31
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
Randy Jones (SD)      15   3  2.51  20  20  14   0   3  165  135   54   46    8   20   51
Jim Barr (SF)          6   6  2.59  17  17   3   0   1  115  118   47   33    3   27   39
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

 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
Mike Marshall          0   1  3.18   6   0   0   2   0   11    9    4    4    2    4    6
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
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   2  7.27   2   1   0   0   0    9    8    7    7    0    5    5

 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  2.03  20   0   0   2   0   27   20    6    6    0    9   17
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.56  29   0   0   7   0   43   41   19   17    5   14   22
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.22  35   1   0   3   0   49   55   25   23    6   14   23
Ray Burris             4  10  4.28  19  18   1   0   0  111  136   65   53   12   44   51
Bill Bonham            6   6  4.66  15  15   2   0   0   93  100   51   48    6   47   47
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  5.06  25   0   0   2   0   21   32   15   12    2    9   15
Steve Renko            2   3  5.40   9   9   0   0   0   47   53   33   28    7   14   28
Mike Garman            2   4  6.12  30   2   0   1   0   50   60   40   34    4   22   25
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             8   4  2.88  18  18   5   0   1  128  103   43   41   15   17   60
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
Joe Niekro             3   7  3.86  20  11   0   0   0   75   75   46   32    4   40   46
Gene Pentz             2   1  3.90  20   0   0   2   0   32   31   15   14    3   15   21
Joaquin Andujar        4   4  4.21  14  11   4   0   2   73   71   36   34    4   36   19
Larry Dierker          7   8  4.43  16  16   2   0   1  102   98   55   50    5   46   65
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   5   0   0   1   0    6    1    0    0    0    0    4
Charlie Hough          7   3  2.28  36   0   0   7   0   71   47   20   18    5   42   50
Rick Rhoden            8   0  2.76  16  15   6   0   2  104   93   34   32   10   31   41
Tommy John             5   5  3.10  16  16   1   0   0  102  111   39   35    3   30   42
Doug Rau               6   6  3.17  16  16   2   0   1  108  116   39   38   10   36   45
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  4.45  18   0   0   1   0   32   35   17   16    5    6   18
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          6   3  2.18  17   9   4   1   1   83   65   23   20    0   39   31
Dale Murray            0   6  3.04  37   0   0   8   0   53   44   23   18    0   17   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  2.31  26   0   0   9   0   47   24   13   12    3   21   50
Bob Myrick             0   0  2.45   8   0   0   0   0    7    7    2    2    0    4    2
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  10  2.93  17  16   3   0   1   98   97   46   32    4   32   84
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Craig Swan             5   7  3.51  14  14   2   0   1   92   86   43   36    8   26   70
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
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  2.63   7   0   0   0   0   14   15    5    4    0    7   11
Ron Reed               6   2  2.84  28   3   1   3   0   67   55   22   21    3   17   46
Jim Kaat               8   3  2.97  18  17   4   0   0  112  115   42   37    9   15   52
Jim Lonborg           10   4  2.98  16  15   5   1   1  109  106   41   36    7   30   61
Tug McGraw             5   4  3.09  28   0   0   5   0   47   46   18   16    3   15   37
Gene Garber            3   2  3.20  28   0   0   7   0   45   45   20   16    3   16   41
Tom Underwood          4   1  3.51  16   8   1   2   0   56   56   22   22    4   19   30
Larry Christenson      8   3  3.71  15  14   2   0   0   87   97   38   36    5   26   31
Steve Carlton          8   3  3.80  17  17   6   0   1  116  111   51   49   10   33   79
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  1.98  28   0   0   9   0   41   37   13    9    0   13   19
John Candelaria        7   4  2.84  14  13   5   1   1   98   68   36   31   13   27   62
Bruce Kison            7   4  2.84  16  15   3   0   0   95   83   41   30    6   29   40
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.12  27   0   0   1   0   40   41   15   14    0   11   33
Jim Rooker             7   3  3.54  13  13   4   0   0   86   89   40   34    7   34   36
Doc Medich             5   6  3.94  15  15   2   0   0   98  100   46   43    7   33   52
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
Ramon Hernandez        2   1  4.35  21   0   0   3   0   31   32   15   15    3   13   13
Larry Demery           5   2  4.41  19   3   0   2   0   51   56   29   25    4   20   28
Jerry Reuss            7   5  4.50  15  15   6   0   0  106  106   61   53   13   31   52
Rick Langford          0   1  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    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           15   3  2.51  20  20  14   0   3  165  135   54   46    8   20   51
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
Randy Moffitt          4   2  2.60  31   0   0   5   0   55   49   24   16    3   19   18
Gary Lavelle           2   4  2.73  34   0   0   8   0   56   56   20   17    4   31   33
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
Rob Dressler           2   6  4.75  10  10   0   0   0   53   64   35   28    3   17   18
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
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  2.57  18   0   0   2   0   21   17    7    6    1    5    8
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   8  4.05  16  16   4   0   0  102   91   52   46    9   40   67
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)            15
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  W. Fryman (MON)           8
  J. Kaat (PHI)             8
  J. Koosman (NY)           8
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      8

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            14
  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
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  B. Moose (PIT)            9
  G. Lavelle (SF)           8
  B. Metzger (SD)           8
  D. Murray (MON)           8
  G. Garber (PHI)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             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)         165.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        141.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      135.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  132.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       130.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        128.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       127.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    122.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        120.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      117.2

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         136
  R. Jones (SD)           135
  D. Sutton (LA)          129
  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)          65
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  J. Reuss (PIT)           61
  J. Richard (HOU)         56
  J. Billingham (CIN)      55
  L. Dierker (HOU)         55
  E. Halicki (SF)          55
  B. Hooton (LA)           54

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           15
  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
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Curtis (STL)          10

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         77
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  B. Bonham (CHI)          47
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        47
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     47
  L. Dierker (HOU)         46
  D. Warthen (MON)         45
  R. Burris (CHI)          44
  J. Curtis (STL)          44

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          119
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     94
  J. Richard (HOU)         94
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  M. Lolich (NY)           84
  J. Montefusco (SF)       82
  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  J. Matlack (NY)          75
  P. Zachry (CIN)          72
  J. Koosman (NY)          71


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