Monday July 5, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 5, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        43  39  3.03   82  26  12   736   632  281  248   47  229  527
Philadelphia    52  23  3.34   75  19  20   679   678  276  252   49  184  410
Cincinnati      49  31  3.52   80  18  18   723   701  312  283   54  244  392
San Diego       42  38  3.56   80  26   9   723   676  327  286   51  248  311
Pittsburgh      43  32  3.61   75  20  19   685   649  321  275   57  228  352
Atlanta         37  42  3.62   79  19  13   702   680  330  282   40  270  415
Los Angeles     44  37  3.64   81  19  17   737   729  318  298   60  249  380
San Francisco   33  49  3.71   82  10  14   741   763  379  306   35  284  363
St. Louis       33  44  3.75   77  14  11   701   697  329  292   55  273  340
Houston         37  43  4.06   80  10  19   716   713  373  323   42  390  393
Montreal        25  46  4.06   71   6  12   629   603  333  284   48  306  351
Chicago         32  46  4.76   78   5  19   699   789  422  370   73  260  378

 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
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
Jim Barr (SF)          6   6  2.76  18  18   3   0   1  121  127   51   37    3   32   40
Rick Rhoden (LA)       8   0  2.76  16  15   6   0   2  104   93   34   32   10   31   41
Bruce Kison (PIT)      7   4  2.84  16  15   3   0   0   95   83   41   30    6   29   40

 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       2   1  2.43  20   0   0   0   0   33   29   19    9    2   21   21
Dick Ruthven          10   7  2.68  17  17   5   0   3  118  104   35   35    6   39   67
Mike Marshall          0   1  2.92   7   0   0   3   0   12    9    4    4    2    4    7
Phil Niekro            8   4  3.49  19  18   4   0   1  134  124   59   52    9   52   91
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
Steve Renko            3   3  4.70  10  10   0   0   0   54   56   33   28    7   14   34
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
Joe Coleman            0   4  6.04   7   4   0   1   0   25   26   21   17    4    9   21
Mike Garman            2   4  6.12  30   2   0   1   0   50   60   40   34    4   22   25
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        6   6  4.64  18  16   3   0   1   99  115   57   51   12   32   41
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  1.93  38   0   0  14   0   65   51   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             4   7  3.65  21  12   0   0   0   81   82   49   33    4   44   50
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            6   9  4.03  17  17   5   0   2  116  110   54   52   10   32   58
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
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
Chip Lang              1   1  3.98  11   1   0   0   0   20   11   11    9    2   15   12
Steve Rogers           2   6  4.07  12  12   1   0   1   80   75   41   36    8   28   54
Steve Dunning          0   2  4.45  13   1   0   0   0   30   37   22   15    2   12   24
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.54  18   8   0   0   0   67   72   40   34    4   41   34
Clay Kirby             1   5  4.75  12  10   0   0   0   47   43   30   25    7   37   32
Fred Scherman          2   2  5.08  30   0   0   1   0   39   41   25   22    5   14   17
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Dan Warthen            1   8  6.10  16  13   1   0   0   62   57   48   42    7   48   50

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.80  18   0   0   1   0   25   17    5    5    1    7   10
Skip Lockwood          5   2  2.27  27   0   0   9   0   48   24   13   12    3   21   51
Jon Matlack           10   2  2.62  17  17  11   0   4  131  107   43   38   11   31   75
Bob Apodaca            1   4  2.70  23   2   0   2   0   53   40   17   16    2   14   27
Bob Myrick             0   0  2.89   9   0   0   0   0    9    9    3    3    0    4    3
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   5  3.06  17  16   5   1   1  115  113   44   39    9   30   66
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
Gene Garber            3   2  3.59  29   0   0   7   0   48   49   23   19    3   17   43
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  4.50  15   0   0   2   0   18   21   11    9    3    5   15

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   4  2.18  29   0   0   9   0   41   38   14   10    0   14   19
Bruce Kison            7   4  2.84  16  15   3   0   0   95   83   41   30    6   29   40
John Candelaria        7   4  2.97  15  14   5   1   1  106   74   41   35   13   30   67
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.35  28   0   0   1   0   40   41   16   15    0   12   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
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
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.65  22   0   0   3   0   31   33   16   16    3   13   13
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   8  3.17  21  19   5   0   1  125  106   52   44    8   45   56
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
Gary Lavelle           3   4  2.59  35   0   0   8   0   59   58   20   17    4   31   37
Randy Moffitt          4   2  2.60  31   0   0   5   0   55   49   24   16    3   19   18
Jim Barr               6   6  2.76  18  18   3   0   1  121  127   51   37    3   32   40
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  3.05  35   0   0   7   0   56   49   22   19    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   7  4.69  28   2   0   0   0   56   63   31   29    5   22   28
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
  B. Strom (SD)             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
  B. Hooton (LA)            5

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        11
  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
  B. Hooton (LA)            2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         165.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        141.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      135.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       134.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  132.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       130.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        128.1
  B. Strom (SD)         125.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    122.1
  J. Barr (SF)          120.2

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         136
  R. Jones (SD)           135
  D. Sutton (LA)          129
  J. Barr (SF)            127
  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       120
  C. Morton (ATL)         118
  T. Seaver (NY)          118
  J. Montefusco (SF)      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
  P. Niekro (ATL)          59
  J. Billingham (CIN)      57
  J. Richard (HOU)         56
  L. Dierker (HOU)         55
  E. Halicki (SF)          55

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           15
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      13
  J. Reuss (PIT)           13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      12
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Curtis (STL)          10

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         77
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          52
  D. Warthen (MON)         48
  B. Bonham (CHI)          47
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        47
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     47
  L. Dierker (HOU)         46
  B. Strom (SD)            45
  R. Burris (CHI)          44

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          119
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     94
  J. Richard (HOU)         94
  P. Niekro (ATL)          91
  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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