Friday June 24, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 24, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Chicago         43  22  3.33   65   7  26   589   558  257  218   38  194  389
Los Angeles     46  23  3.42   69  13  18   627   614  268  238   57  197  402
New York        29  39  3.46   68  15  11   599   556  256  230   46  177  404
Pittsburgh      36  29  3.61   65   9  17   588   532  261  236   53  193  364
San Francisco   32  39  3.65   71  11  15   638   657  309  259   52  231  386
Houston         30  40  3.81   70  12  12   625   605  305  265   41  260  371
St. Louis       36  31  3.89   67  11  12   604   592  292  261   65  215  298
Montreal        28  37  4.20   65  15  10   595   590  318  278   55  249  355
Philadelphia    36  30  4.21   66  11  17   584   618  298  273   63  199  349
Cincinnati      35  31  4.44   66   9  13   583   625  307  288   59  213  317
San Diego       31  42  4.56   73   1  21   667   724  383  338   82  275  339
Atlanta         25  44  5.27   69  11  10   614   691  403  360   76  307  385

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Candelaria (PIT)  8   2  2.06  13  13   2   0   1   92   77   23   21    9   19   51
Steve Rogers (MON)     9   5  2.30  18  18  10   0   3  137  109   44   35    5   36   99
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   10   2  2.40  17  16   3   1   1  105   96   33   28    5   33   65
Don Sutton (LA)        8   2  2.59  14  14   4   0   0  101   78   34   29   10   34   51
Charlie Hough (LA)     4   5  2.74  35   0   0  16   0   72   54   24   22    6   30   63
Tom Seaver (CIN)       8   4  2.79  15  15   6   0   4  113   89   36   35    7   30   84
Burt Hooton (LA)       5   3  2.86  14  14   2   0   1   94   85   34   30    3   28   64
Rollie Fingers (SD)    4   3  2.95  40   0   0  16   0   73   73   27   24    7   22   58
Steve Carlton (PHI)    9   3  2.99  14  14   7   0   1  111   97   41   37   11   33   72
Bob Shirley (SD)       6   7  3.05  16  16   0   0   0   94   93   46   32    8   35   67

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Ruthven           3   3  3.21   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   15    3   17   26
Rick Camp              5   1  3.44  34   0   0   6   0   52   56   27   20    4   30   36
Dave Campbell          0   2  3.76  19   0   0   1   0   26   26   12   11    1   13    9
Andy Messersmith       4   3  4.23  13  13   1   0   0   89   87   45   42   10   33   61
Steve Kline            0   0  4.38   7   0   0   0   0   12    9    6    6    2    5    5
Max Leon               2   2  4.50  12   9   0   0   0   52   57   30   26    5   15   25
Phil Niekro            5   9  4.53  20  19   8   0   2  133  134   72   67   12   67  100
Don Collins            1   5  5.28  17   2   0   2   0   31   32   19   18    2   20   12
Jamie Easterly         2   3  5.83  17   5   0   1   0   54   66   41   35    4   24   32
Buzz Capra             1   7  6.47  21   4   0   0   0   49   55   38   35   11   35   29
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.25  15   0   0   0   0   22   24   18   18    7   14   16
Mike Marshall          1   0  9.00   4   0   0   0   0    6   12    6    6    1    2    6
Mike Beard             0   0  9.64   4   0   0   0   0    5   14   11    5    3    2    1
Frank Lacorte          1   7 11.13  12   7   0   0   0   32   58   43   40    7   27   25
Steve Hargan           0   1 16.20   2   2   0   0   0    3   11    9    6    1    1    2
Joey McLaughlin        0   0 18.00   2   2   0   0   0    5   10   10   10    3    2    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           3   1  0.72  34   0   0  18   0   63   34    8    5    2    9   75
Paul Reuschel          2   0  1.26  26   0   0   3   0   43   32    8    6    3   12   24
Steve Renko            0   0  2.00   4   0   0   1   0    9    8    5    2    2    4    7
Willie Hernandez       3   2  2.02  26   0   0   2   0   49   33   13   11    3    8   33
Rick Reuschel         10   2  2.40  17  16   3   1   1  105   96   33   28    5   33   65
Donnie Moore           3   0  3.44   9   1   0   0   0   18   15    9    7    0   10   14
Bill Bonham            7   6  3.63  16  16   1   0   0  107   95   43   43    6   39   62
Ray Burris             8   6  4.37  17  17   2   0   1   95  115   54   46    9   28   50
Mike Krukow            6   4  5.02  16  15   1   0   1   72   86   46   40    6   34   44
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  8.22   6   0   0   1   0    8   11    9    7    1    3    4
Jim Todd               1   1  9.70  14   0   0   0   0   21   33   29   23    1   14   11

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             1   1  1.59   2   2   1   0   1   17   10    3    3    0    2   12
Pedro Borbon           4   3  2.72  30   0   0   3   0   53   48   17   16    2    8   17
Rawly Eastwick         2   2  2.91  23   0   0   7   0   43   40   14   14    3    8   17
Doug Capilla           0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    1    2    4
Fred Norman            7   3  3.21  14  14   3   0   1   90   70   36   32   12   45   67
Mike Caldwell          0   0  4.01  14   0   0   1   0   25   25   11   11    1    8   11
Jack Billingham        8   3  4.35  15  15   2   0   2   99  119   54   48    7   32   44
Dale Murray            3   2  4.43  25   0   0   1   0   43   52   24   21    4   12   18
Gary Nolan             4   1  4.81   8   8   0   0   0   39   53   22   21    5   12   28
Pat Zachry             3   7  5.04  12  12   3   0   0   75   78   45   42    7   29   36
Santo Alcala           1   1  5.74   7   2   0   0   0   16   22   11   10    1    7    9
Woodie Fryman          2   5  5.97  14   9   0   1   0   57   64   38   38   11   31   41
Paul Moskau            0   0  7.71   1   1   0   0   0    5    8    4    4    1    4    1
Tom Hume               0   3 12.50   8   3   0   0   0   18   32   25   25    3   12   10
Joe Hoerner            0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    2    2    1    1    2

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Sambito            4   2  2.14  26   0   0   1   0   42   29   17   10    2   15   31
Joe Niekro             0   1  2.68  18   0   0   3   0   40   27   15   12    2   21   28
J.R. Richard           6   6  3.25  16  16   7   0   0  122  106   46   44    6   50   83
Ken Forsch             4   5  3.27  27   2   0   7   0   52   55   25   19    2   19   26
Joaquin Andujar        8   4  3.42  15  15   2   0   1   95   87   44   36    3   38   41
Gene Pentz             2   0  3.71  18   0   0   0   0   27   22   11   11    2   18   20
Mark Lemongello        1  10  4.37  14  14   0   0   0   82  100   41   40    9   21   24
Bo McLaughlin          1   3  4.50  15   6   0   1   0   42   43   24   21    4   17   25
Floyd Bannister        3   6  4.66  13  12   3   0   1   75   77   44   39    6   39   68
Doug Konieczny         1   1  6.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   26   15   14    1    8    7
Dan Larson             0   2  6.33  17   1   0   0   0   27   33   23   19    4   14   18

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton             8   2  2.59  14  14   4   0   0  101   78   34   29   10   34   51
Charlie Hough          4   5  2.74  35   0   0  16   0   72   54   24   22    6   30   63
Mike Garman            3   0  2.81  20   0   0   2   0   26   28    9    8    3   10   14
Burt Hooton            5   3  2.86  14  14   2   0   1   94   85   34   30    3   28   64
Elias Sosa             0   1  3.47  16   0   0   0   0   23   18   10    9    6    6   11
Tommy John             8   4  3.54  14  14   4   0   0   86  105   45   34    6   19   47
Doug Rau               6   1  4.12  14  14   0   0   0   87  107   44   40    7   20   58
Rick Rhoden           10   3  4.21  13  13   3   0   0   92   93   44   43   11   27   54
Stan Wall              2   3  4.34  22   0   0   0   0   29   30   15   14    3   11   19
Al Downing             0   1  5.06   8   0   0   0   0   16   16    9    9    2   12   21

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           9   5  2.30  18  18  10   0   3  137  109   44   35    5   36   99
Joe Kerrigan           1   2  2.84  31   0   0   5   0   44   48   18   14    1   18   22
Bill Atkinson          3   1  3.26  22   0   0   3   0   30   30   13   11    5   13   20
Jackie Brown           4   5  3.46  20   9   3   0   1   83   67   37   32    9   32   42
Will McEnaney          1   1  3.62  32   0   0   0   0   50   50   21   20    3   13   23
Don Stanhouse          4   7  4.43  17  13   1   1   1   83   85   49   41    7   42   44
Wayne Twitchell        1   0  4.50   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    6    6    1    0    8
Gerry Hannahs          1   5  4.86   8   7   0   0   0   37   43   27   20    7   17   21
Jeff Terpko            0   1  5.66  13   0   0   0   0   21   28   13   13    2   15   14
Santo Alcala           1   4  7.54   8   6   0   1   0   37   50   31   31    5   11   20
Tom Walker             0   1  7.59   7   0   0   0   0   11   12    9    9    2    3    9
Dan Warthen            2   3  7.97  12   6   1   0   0   35   33   34   31    7   38   26
Stan Bahnsen           1   2  8.80   5   4   0   0   0   15   25   16   15    1   11    7

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry             0   1  1.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    4    1    0    4    4
Bob Apodaca            2   2  2.80  24   0   0   1   0   35   32   12   11    1   11   24
Bob Myrick             0   1  2.97  17   0   0   0   0   30   25   13   10    2   11   17
Tom Seaver             7   3  3.00  13  13   5   0   3   96   79   33   32    7   28   72
Jerry Koosman          5   8  3.16  15  15   4   0   1  111   88   45   39    7   41   89
Skip Lockwood          1   3  3.29  25   0   0  10   0   41   30   15   15    3   12   33
Rick Baldwin           1   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0   13   10    6    5    1    4    6
Jon Matlack            3   8  3.82  14  14   4   0   2   99  101   48   42    9   19   70
Nino Espinosa          4   5  3.91  14  11   1   0   0   74   78   33   32    7   18   37
Craig Swan             4   5  3.96  12  10   1   0   0   61   68   30   27    5   20   35
Jackson Todd           2   2  4.34   9   4   0   0   0   29   35   15   14    3    6   17
Ray Sadecki            0   1  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    3    0

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dan Warthen            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    3    0
Tug McGraw             2   0  1.13   6   0   0   0   0    8   12    1    1    0    4    5
Warren Brusstar        1   1  2.51  20   0   0   2   0   29   22   11    8    2    8   24
Ron Reed               5   2  2.61  27   0   0   6   0   52   51   15   15    4   13   32
Gene Garber            2   4  2.76  32   0   0   8   0   46   34   16   14    5   12   31
Steve Carlton          9   3  2.99  14  14   7   0   1  111   97   41   37   11   33   72
Wayne Twitchell        0   5  4.53  12   8   0   0   0   46   50   27   23    3   25   37
Jim Lonborg            1   1  4.73   6   6   0   0   0   32   35   18   17    5    6   12
Randy Lerch            5   2  4.78  14  14   1   0   0   85   96   48   45   12   33   40
Tom Underwood          3   2  5.13  14   0   0   1   0   33   44   21   19    2   18   20
Larry Christenson      6   5  5.81  15  15   2   0   1   88  109   61   57   12   29   58
Jim Kaat               2   5  6.21  15   9   1   0   0   54   68   39   37    7   15   18

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage           6   4  1.34  33   0   0  12   0   61   36   11    9    3   22   74
John Candelaria        8   2  2.06  13  13   2   0   1   92   77   23   21    9   19   51
Kent Tekulve           4   1  2.30  31   0   0   3   0   43   28   13   11    1   15   27
Grant Jackson          0   1  3.51  19   0   0   1   0   26   23   10   10    3   11   14
Jim Rooker             5   5  3.72  13  13   3   0   2   85   76   36   35   12   32   35
Jerry Reuss            3   7  3.82  15  15   2   0   0   92  101   49   39    4   32   57
Bruce Kison            4   3  4.62  13  12   2   0   1   76   66   45   39    8   22   43
Terry Forster          1   1  5.51  18   0   0   1   0   33   34   22   20    3   15   22
Odell Jones            2   2  5.56  14   4   0   0   0   34   36   21   21    3    9   25
Larry Demery           3   3  5.89  14   8   0   0   0   47   55   31   31    7   16   16

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Siebert           0   0  2.45   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    1    1    4    1
Rollie Fingers         4   3  2.95  40   0   0  16   0   73   73   27   24    7   22   58
Bob Shirley            6   7  3.05  16  16   0   0   0   94   93   46   32    8   35   67
Dan Spillner           2   0  3.51  27   0   0   2   0   41   38   17   16    6   16   20
Dave Tomlin            1   4  4.10  31   0   0   3   0   48   52   22   22    1   14   25
John D'Acquisto        1   1  4.58   7   5   0   0   0   20   16   15   10    1   24   17
Dave Wehrmeister       1   2  4.58  11   0   0   0   0   20   22   10   10    2    7    8
Randy Jones            4   7  4.59  15  15   1   0   0   84  101   45   43    7   17   28
Tom Griffin            5   5  4.80  17  13   0   0   0   84   83   51   45   12   50   38
Bob Owchinko           2   1  4.95  10   8   0   0   0   40   54   23   22    5   14   20
Victor Bernal          1   1  5.31  15   0   0   0   0   20   23   13   12    4    9    6
Butch Metzger          0   0  5.56  17   1   0   0   0   23   27   16   14    5   12    6
Rick Sawyer            4   5  5.60  22   8   0   0   0   72   87   49   45   11   31   27
Dave Freisleben        0   4  6.49   9   4   0   0   0   26   29   20   19    7    8   10
Brent Strom            0   2 12.42   8   3   0   0   0   17   23   25   23    5   12    8

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           5   4  1.42  35   0   0   9   0   57   48   16    9    0   24   47
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  2.31  19   0   0   0   0   39   32   13   10    7    9   17
Randy Moffitt          2   4  2.61  30   0   0   6   0   41   41   15   12    2   16   30
Terry Cornutt          0   2  2.86  21   1   0   0   0   35   28   16   11    3   16   19
Ed Halicki             6   6  3.06  16  16   2   0   1  106   97   42   36   11   28   84
John Montefusco        2   7  3.92  11  11   2   0   0   64   69   39   28    7   19   51
Bob Knepper            1   1  4.05   7   7   1   0   1   40   38   19   18    4   12   22
Charlie Williams       2   1  4.06  28   1   0   0   0   44   47   26   20    4   27   13
Jim Barr               8   5  4.11  16  16   3   0   0  105  125   53   48    6   19   52
John Curtis            2   2  5.07  20   8   1   0   1   50   66   29   28    3   29   18
Lynn McGlothen         2   6  6.04  12  11   2   0   0   57   64   40   38    5   31   33
Tommy Toms             0   1 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    2    1    1    0    1    0

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rawly Eastwick         0   0  1.29   3   0   0   0   0    7    6    1    1    1    3    5
Buddy Schultz          3   1  1.41  17   0   0   0   0   32   29    8    5    2    7   21
Clay Carroll           4   1  2.31  27   0   0   2   0   51   37   16   13    5   11   20
Eric Rasmussen         6   8  3.28  15  15   6   0   2  102   94   40   37   10   23   47
Al Hrabosky            2   2  3.40  26   0   0   6   0   40   38   17   15    2   16   34
John Denny             7   2  3.61  14  14   2   0   1   85   88   38   34    7   33   32
Butch Metzger          1   0  3.64  18   0   0   0   0   30   24   14   12    6   16    8
John Urrea             2   3  3.77  23   0   0   4   0   45   43   23   19    6   14   23
John Sutton            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    4    0    3    5
John D'Acquisto        0   0  4.32   3   2   0   0   0    8    5    4    4    0   10    9
Bob Forsch             8   4  4.76  15  15   2   0   0   91   98   53   48    9   31   37
Pete Falcone           2   6  5.31  15  15   1   0   1   80   87   50   47   14   30   50
Larry Dierker          1   3  5.75   6   5   0   0   0   20   24   13   13    3   12    3
Tom Underwood          0   1 13.50   1   1   0   0   0    3    7    5    5    0    4    3
Doug Capilla           0   0 15.43   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    4    4    0    2    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        10
  R. Rhoden (LA)           10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  S. Rogers (MON)           9
  J. Andujar (HOU)          8
  J. Barr (SF)              8
  J. Billingham (CIN)       8
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       8
  B. Forsch (STL)           8

Losses:

  M. Lemongello (HOU)      10
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  J. Koosman (NY)           8
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        8
  P. Zachry (NY)            8
  B. Capra (ATL)            7
  R. Jones (SD)             7
  F. Lacorte (ATL)          7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7

Complete Games:

  S. Rogers (MON)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        6
  T. Seaver (CIN)           6
  T. John (LA)              4
  J. Koosman (NY)           4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          18
  R. Fingers (SD)          16
  C. Hough (LA)            16
  R. Gossage (PIT)         12
  S. Lockwood (NY)         10
  G. Lavelle (SF)           9
  G. Garber (PHI)           8
  R. Eastwick (STL)         7
  K. Forsch (HOU)           7
  R. Camp (ATL)             6

Shutouts:

  T. Seaver (CIN)           4
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       2
  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        2
  J. Rooker (PIT)           2
  J. Andujar (HOU)          1
  F. Bannister (HOU)        1
  J. Brown (MON)            1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Rogers (MON)       136.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       133.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      121.2
  T. Seaver (CIN)       113.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      111.1
  J. Koosman (NY)       111.0
  B. Bonham (CHI)       106.2
  E. Halicki (SF)       106.0
  J. Barr (SF)          105.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     105.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         134
  J. Barr (SF)            125
  J. Billingham (CIN)     119
  R. Burris (CHI)         115
  L. Christenson (PHI)    109
  S. Rogers (MON)         109
  D. Rau (LA)             107
  J. Richard (HOU)        106
  T. John (LA)            105
  R. Jones (SD)           101

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  L. Christenson (PHI)     61
  J. Billingham (CIN)      54
  R. Burris (CHI)          54
  J. Barr (SF)             53
  B. Forsch (STL)          53
  T. Griffin (SD)          51
  P. Falcone (STL)         50
  J. Reuss (PIT)           49
  R. Sawyer (SD)           49

Home Runs:

  P. Falcone (STL)         14
  L. Christenson (PHI)     12
  T. Griffin (SD)          12
  R. Lerch (PHI)           12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  F. Norman (CIN)          12
  J. Rooker (PIT)          12
  B. Capra (ATL)           11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  W. Fryman (CIN)          11

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          67
  T. Griffin (SD)          50
  J. Richard (HOU)         50
  F. Norman (CIN)          45
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       42
  J. Koosman (NY)          41
  D. Warthen (PHI)         41
  F. Bannister (HOU)       39
  B. Bonham (CHI)          39
  J. Andujar (HOU)         38

Strikeouts:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         100
  S. Rogers (MON)          99
  J. Koosman (NY)          89
  E. Halicki (SF)          84
  T. Seaver (CIN)          84
  J. Richard (HOU)         83
  B. Sutter (CHI)          75
  R. Gossage (PIT)         74
  S. Carlton (PHI)         72
  J. Matlack (NY)          70

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