Tuesday July 8, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 8, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     48  38  3.01   86  29  11   777   656  285  260   51  232  474
Pittsburgh      50  32  3.15   82  27  14   738   688  291  258   41  294  415
San Diego       39  45  3.18   84  22  10   770   773  337  272   48  259  376
Cincinnati      56  29  3.20   85  18  18   779   734  296  277   56  260  382
New York        42  38  3.22   80  23  14   721   657  299  258   43  285  460
Philadelphia    47  38  3.56   85  19  15   764   679  343  302   60  274  448
St. Louis       39  43  3.65   82  17  20   724   732  347  294   51  286  395
Montreal        34  45  3.72   79  13  14   708   680  335  293   49  331  382
San Francisco   40  44  3.80   84  17  13   745   711  345  315   56  318  421
Atlanta         38  47  3.92   85  22  14   749   798  378  326   57  259  333
Houston         31  57  4.09   88  21  12   782   765  392  355   55  388  465
Chicago         39  47  4.41   86  15  16   761   813  432  373   69  287  460

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       12   4  1.85  18  18  10   0   2  146  106   36   30    6   40  120
Randy Jones (SD)      11   5  1.99  19  18   8   0   4  145  118   40   32    9   23   50
A. Messersmith (LA)   12   5  2.03  23  21  12   1   4  177  136   43   40   11   49  122
Don Gullett (CIN)      9   3  2.10  14  14   7   0   2  111   88   31   26    6   31   72
Don Sutton (LA)       13   8  2.28  22  22   9   0   3  170  132   46   43    9   34  120
Jerry Reuss (PIT)      9   6  2.31  16  16   8   0   4  121  110   34   31    2   45   71
Bob Forsch (STL)       8   7  2.61  18  18   5   0   2  128  111   47   37    9   42   62
Jim Barr (SF)          6   7  2.62  18  16   4   0   2  117  100   39   34    7   32   42
Phil Niekro (ATL)      9   7  2.71  21  19   8   0   1  150  148   53   45   14   35   89
John Montefusco (SF)   6   3  2.72  16  15   5   0   3  109   94   34   33    6   40   87

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pablo Torrealba        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Mike Beard             2   0  2.30  14   0   0   0   0   31   28   12    8    1   11   11
Elias Sosa             0   2  2.41  13   0   0   1   0   19   20    6    5    1    8   13
Phil Niekro            9   7  2.71  21  19   8   0   1  150  148   53   45   14   35   89
Max Leon               1   0  3.63  24   1   0   4   0   45   47   25   18    2   17   27
Carl Morton           10   9  3.72  20  20   6   0   1  143  151   64   59    9   42   34
Tom House              2   2  3.76  30   0   0   8   0   41   35   20   17    1   18   15
Ron Reed               4   5  4.22  10  10   1   0   0   75   93   39   35    1   16   40
Buzz Capra             4   7  4.25  12  12   5   0   0   78   77   41   37    8   28   35
Ray Sadecki            1   1  4.31   9   3   0   0   0   31   34   18   15    3    4    7
Roric Harrison         3   4  4.77  15   7   2   1   0   55   58   33   29    7   19   22
Gary Gentry            1   1  4.95   7   2   0   0   0   20   25   14   11    3    8   10
Mike Thompson          0   2  5.59   9   3   0   0   0   19   21   13   12    0   22   14
Jamie Easterly         1   3  5.81  10   4   0   0   0   26   30   21   17    4   21   11
Blue Moon Odom         0   4 10.13   4   4   0   0   0   16   31   19   18    3   10    5

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Solomon          0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    5    6    1    1    5    2
Steve Stone            6   3  3.08  16  15   3   0   1  102   94   39   35    5   31   61
Rick Reuschel          5  10  3.60  20  20   4   0   0  130  127   64   52    9   38   98
Tom Dettore            2   2  3.72  14   1   0   0   0   29   24   14   12    2   10   13
Ray Burris             7   6  3.90  20  19   3   0   2  122  128   58   53   15   42   69
Bill Bonham            8   6  4.30  20  20   5   0   2  121  126   67   58    9   56   94
Milt Wilcox            0   0  4.67  11   0   0   0   0   17   18   10    9    2    8    8
Geoff Zahn             2   5  4.68  14   8   0   1   0   50   49   30   26    2   23   20
Oscar Zamora           4   2  4.83  34   0   0   7   0   50   62   29   27   11    6   21
Bob Locker             0   1  4.96  22   0   0   0   0   33   38   21   18    3   16   14
Ken Frailing           2   5  6.08  27   0   0   1   0   37   47   30   25    6   17   21
Darold Knowles         3   4  7.43  33   0   0   7   0   46   63   41   38    2   23   28
Burt Hooton            0   2  8.18   3   3   0   0   0   11   18   12   10    2    4    5
Eddie Watt             0   1 13.50   6   0   0   0   0    6   14   11    9    0    8    6

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hall               0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    2    3
Will McEnaney          3   1  1.38  37   0   0   8   0   52   50   10    8    0   11   29
Don Gullett            9   3  2.10  14  14   7   0   2  111   88   31   26    6   31   72
Gary Nolan             8   5  2.82  18  18   5   0   1  128  108   40   40   10   16   49
Clay Carroll           5   4  2.86  28   2   0   3   0   50   51   18   16    2   18   25
Pedro Borbon           4   1  2.86  36   0   0   3   0   66   73   23   21    5   14   19
Pat Darcy              4   5  3.33  12   9   0   0   0   54   61   21   20    2   29   25
Jack Billingham       10   3  3.67  17  17   4   0   0  113  107   47   46   10   43   43
Tom Carroll            2   0  4.29   4   4   0   0   0   21   19   10   10    0   11    4
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  4.38  20   0   0   4   0   37   35   18   18    4   14   27
Clay Kirby             6   3  4.45  14  10   1   0   0   59   60   32   29    6   24   27
Fred Norman            4   3  4.52  19  11   1   0   0   86   80   46   43   11   47   59

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Granger          1   2  2.44  31   0   0   5   0   44   38   15   12    4   17   15
Mike Cosgrove          0   0  2.65  10   0   0   0   0   17   11    5    5    1   18    6
Jim Crawford           0   2  2.83  27   1   0   3   0   48   50   19   15    0   22   11
Ken Forsch             2   6  3.44  26   5   0   2   0   68   73   28   26    4   20   36
Dave Roberts           5  10  3.86  18  16   5   0   0  124  105   56   53    8   49   63
Larry Dierker          8   9  4.03  19  19   8   0   2  127  122   60   57    9   57   80
J.R. Richard           6   3  4.36  16  15   2   0   0   97   82   52   47    3   79   91
Doug Konieczny         4   9  4.42  19  18   3   0   1  112  120   61   55    9   55   61
Joe Niekro             2   4  4.50  23   0   0   2   0   36   36   20   18    2   18   27
Fred Scherman          0   1  4.96  16   0   0   0   0   16   21   11    9    4    4   13
Tom Griffin            3   8  5.33  17  13   3   0   1   79   89   52   47   11   46   56
Jim York               0   2  6.75   8   0   0   0   0    9   11    8    7    0    2    6
Paul Siebert           0   1  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    4    7    5    4    0    1    0

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Messersmith      12   5  2.03  23  21  12   1   4  177  136   43   40   11   49  122
Don Sutton            13   8  2.28  22  22   9   0   3  170  132   46   43    9   34  120
Al Downing             2   0  2.52  14   2   0   1   0   39   30   17   11    2   12   17
Mike Marshall          3   5  2.85  27   0   0   6   0   54   42   20   17    2   22   32
Rick Rhoden            1   0  3.09  13   4   0   0   0   44   44   16   15    2   17   18
Doug Rau               8   7  3.24  21  21   5   0   1  145  121   55   52   11   31   80
Burt Hooton            6   6  4.24  15  14   3   0   2   85   78   45   40    9   26   48
Charlie Hough          0   4  4.56  18   0   0   1   0   24   19   12   12    1   19   15
Jim Brewer             3   1  5.17  20   0   0   2   0   31   41   19   18    2   12   20
Geoff Zahn             0   1  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    3    3    0    5    1
Juan Marichal          0   1 13.50   2   2   0   0   0    6   11    9    9    2    5    1

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Carrithers         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    2    4
Don DeMola             3   2  2.17  31   0   0   1   0   54   42   14   13    3   21   32
Fred Scherman          0   1  2.67   9   5   0   0   0   34   36   13   10    0   19   15
Steve Rogers           5   7  2.79  16  16   5   0   1  116   97   44   36    5   41   55
Dennis Blair           6   9  2.93  16  15   1   0   0   95   75   38   31    6   65   46
Woodie Fryman          6   6  3.08  16  15   6   0   3   99   89   39   34    6   38   67
Dan Warthen            4   2  3.56  22   1   0   3   0   43   39   17   17    0   24   30
Chuck Taylor           1   2  4.53  29   0   0   4   0   46   43   23   23    5   18   22
Dale Murray            2   2  4.88  22   0   0   3   0   28   39   23   15    0    9   10
Steve Renko            4   7  5.11  17  12   1   1   0   81   87   51   46   11   41   51
Dave McNally           3   6  5.24  12  12   0   0   0   77   88   50   45    8   36   36
John Montague          0   1  5.60  12   0   0   2   0   18   23   11   11    4    6    9
Don Stanhouse          0   0  8.31   4   3   0   0   0   13   19   12   12    1   11    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mac Scarce             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Ken Sanders            0   0  1.23   5   0   0   1   0    7    3    1    1    0    0    2
Bob Apodaca            1   1  1.51  22   0   0   7   0   36   25    7    6    1    7   15
Tom Seaver            12   4  1.85  18  18  10   0   2  146  106   36   30    6   40  120
George Stone           2   1  1.91   5   5   1   0   0   33   33   11    7    0   10   14
Rick Baldwin           1   3  3.12  30   0   0   4   0   49   49   19   17    2   21   28
Hank Webb              2   3  3.40  12   5   1   0   0   50   43   24   19    3   30   15
Jon Matlack           10   6  3.55  19  18   4   0   2  124  130   60   49    8   38   86
Randy Tate             3   7  3.64  13  13   1   0   0   77   65   34   31    2   45   47
Jerry Koosman          8   6  3.71  18  18   6   0   3  126  125   59   52    9   55   85
Harry Parker           2   3  4.34  15   1   0   1   0   29   29   14   14    2   16   18
Jerry Cram             0   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    2    2    2
Tom Hall               1   2  5.80  19   2   0   1   0   36   33   25   23    8   20   26
Nino Espinosa          0   1 18.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    8    6    6    0    1    2

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hilgendorf         1   0  1.83  25   0   0   0   0   44   34   13    9    3   14   27
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.41  26   0   0   8   0   56   31   16   15    3   21   24
Joe Hoerner            0   0  2.51  17   0   0   0   0   14   16    4    4    3    4   12
Tom Underwood          9   6  3.02  18  18   5   0   2  122  110   46   41    7   42   65
Jim Lonborg            7   6  3.19  19  19   5   0   2  133  118   56   47    7   34   65
Gene Garber            7   4  3.60  35   0   0   5   0   60   56   26   24    8   16   36
Steve Carlton          7   7  3.66  19  19   8   0   2  128  110   59   52   11   54   82
Larry Christenson      3   1  3.93  11   8   0   1   0   53   50   23   23    4   13   33
Wayne Twitchell        5   9  4.80  19  18   0   0   0   99   98   64   53    8   58   66
Ron Schueler           3   1  5.52  21   3   1   0   0   46   47   29   28    4   15   36
Cy Acosta              0   0  6.23   6   0   0   1   0    9    9    7    6    2    3    2

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Reuss            9   6  2.31  16  16   8   0   4  121  110   34   31    2   45   71
Ken Brett              5   2  2.51   9   9   4   0   1   61   52   17   17    5   22   26
Dave Giusti            3   3  2.58  30   0   0   8   0   45   45   18   13    0   20   17
Larry Demery           4   2  2.85  24   3   0   2   0   60   43   20   19    6   20   35
Sam McDowell           2   1  2.86  14   1   0   0   0   35   30   11   11    0   20   29
Ramon Hernandez        5   2  3.13  24   0   0   3   0   37   41   13   13    0   18   23
Kent Tekulve           0   0  3.18   5   0   0   1   0    6    8    2    2    0    1    2
John Candelaria        3   1  3.22   5   5   2   0   0   36   31   13   13    3    8   35
Dock Ellis             6   5  3.35  14  14   4   0   2   91   98   40   34    5   26   51
Jim Rooker             6   4  3.39  14  14   4   0   0  101   94   46   38   10   48   50
Bruce Kison            7   4  3.48  16  16   5   0   0  103   85   49   40    6   47   55
Bob Moose              0   2  5.88  17   4   0   0   0   41   51   28   27    4   19   21

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Brent Strom            3   2  1.22   6   5   3   0   1   44   29   11    6    2    9   26
Randy Jones           11   5  1.99  19  18   8   0   4  145  118   40   32    9   23   50
Alan Foster            3   1  2.42  17   4   1   0   0   45   41   14   12    1   21   20
Danny Frisella         1   4  3.09  35   0   0   4   0   55   43   20   19    4   26   32
Bill Greif             1   2  3.16  35   0   0   5   0   43   40   25   15    2   21   31
Joe McIntosh           7   7  3.24  18  16   4   0   1  100  106   45   36    3   29   39
Dave Tomlin            1   1  3.40  36   0   0   1   0   42   48   19   16    2   20   19
Rich Folkers           3   6  3.66  25   6   2   0   0   71   81   32   29    3   18   47
Dave Freisleben        3   8  4.12  18  16   2   0   0  103  117   59   47    8   50   44
Dan Spillner           3   7  4.18  19  13   2   0   0   93  105   51   43    9   30   55
Sonny Siebert          3   2  4.39   6   6   0   0   0   27   37   15   13    2   10   10
Larry Hardy            0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    8    6    4    3    2    3

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           4   3  2.26  37   0   0   4   0   52   49   15   13    1   22   32
Jim Barr               6   7  2.62  18  16   4   0   2  117  100   39   34    7   32   42
Dave Heaverlo          1   0  2.70  20   0   0   1   0   30   30    9    9    2   15   14
John Montefusco        6   3  2.72  16  15   5   0   3  109   94   34   33    6   40   87
Randy Moffitt          3   2  3.72  30   0   0   7   0   46   40   19   19    5   16   22
Charlie Williams       3   2  3.86  27   2   0   0   0   58   59   27   25    2   44   31
Pete Falcone           7   6  3.87  16  16   2   0   1   98   84   45   42   10   52   63
Tom Bradley            1   2  4.30   5   3   0   0   0   23   24   13   11    3   11    8
Ed Halicki             3   6  4.41  10   9   3   0   1   65   61   37   32    3   25   58
Mike Caldwell          5   8  4.79  18  17   3   1   0  113  132   66   60   12   23   38
Tommy Toms             0   1  6.10   7   0   0   0   0   10   13    8    7    1    6    6
John D'Acquisto        1   4 11.10   7   6   0   0   0   24   25   33   30    4   32   20

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Garman            2   3  1.82  34   0   0   6   0   40   36   11    8    2   19   22
Al Hrabosky            3   2  1.98  33   0   0  14   0   41   30   14    9    1   12   35
Greg Terlecky          0   0  2.25   9   0   0   0   0   16   15    5    4    0    6    6
Bob Forsch             8   7  2.61  18  18   5   0   2  128  111   47   37    9   42   62
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.27   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    7    4    0    7    8
Ron Reed               5   3  3.32   8   8   3   0   1   57   68   25   21    1   10   34
John Denny             3   3  3.58  10  10   1   0   1   50   59   26   20    1   16   23
Lynn McGlothen        10   6  3.73  18  18   5   0   2  128  124   56   53    9   49   88
Tommy Moore            0   0  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   19   15   10    8    2   12    6
John Curtis            5   7  3.91  18  12   2   0   0   90   93   47   39    9   34   38
Elias Sosa             0   3  3.95  14   1   0   0   0   27   22   14   12    3   14   15
Bob Gibson             2   8  5.13  15  14   1   0   0   95  108   59   54    9   53   47
Mike Barlow            0   0  5.40   7   0   0   0   0    7   11    5    4    0    2    2
Ryan Kurosaki          0   0  7.62   7   0   0   0   0   13   15   11   11    3    7    6
Ron Bryant             0   1 24.55   6   1   0   0   0    4   12   10   10    2    3    3

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League Leaders

Wins:

  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  A. Messersmith (LA)      12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  R. Jones (SD)            11
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  L. McGlothen (STL)       10
  C. Morton (ATL)          10
  D. Gullett (CIN)          9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9

Losses:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        10
  D. Roberts (HOU)         10
  D. Blair (MON)            9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          9
  D. Konieczny (HOU)        9
  C. Morton (ATL)           9
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        9
  M. Caldwell (SF)          8
  D. Freisleben (SD)        8
  B. Gibson (STL)           8

Complete Games:

  A. Messersmith (LA)      12
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  R. Jones (SD)             8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  D. Gullett (CIN)          7
  W. Fryman (MON)           6

Saves:

  A. Hrabosky (STL)        14
  D. Giusti (PIT)           8
  T. House (ATL)            8
  W. McEnaney (CIN)         8
  T. McGraw (PHI)           8
  B. Apodaca (NY)           7
  D. Knowles (CHI)          7
  R. Moffitt (SF)           7
  O. Zamora (CHI)           7
  M. Garman (STL)           6

Shutouts:

  R. Jones (SD)             4
  A. Messersmith (LA)       4
  J. Reuss (PIT)            4
  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  J. Koosman (NY)           3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  B. Bonham (CHI)           2
  R. Burris (CHI)           2

Innings Pitched:

  A. Messersmith (LA)   177.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        170.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       149.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        146.1
  R. Jones (SD)         145.0
  D. Rau (LA)           144.2
  C. Morton (ATL)       142.2
  J. Lonborg (PHI)      132.2
  R. Reed (STL)         131.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     130.0

Hits:

  R. Reed (STL)           161
  C. Morton (ATL)         151
  P. Niekro (ATL)         148
  A. Messersmith (LA)     136
  M. Caldwell (SF)        132
  D. Sutton (LA)          132
  J. Matlack (NY)         130
  R. Burris (CHI)         128
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       127
  B. Bonham (CHI)         126

Runs:

  B. Bonham (CHI)          67
  M. Caldwell (SF)         66
  C. Morton (ATL)          64
  R. Reed (STL)            64
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        64
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       64
  D. Konieczny (HOU)       61
  L. Dierker (HOU)         60
  J. Matlack (NY)          60
  S. Carlton (PHI)         59

Home Runs:

  R. Burris (CHI)          15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  M. Caldwell (SF)         12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  T. Griffin (HOU)         11
  B. Hooton (LA)           11
  A. Messersmith (LA)      11
  F. Norman (CIN)          11
  D. Rau (LA)              11
  S. Renko (MON)           11

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         79
  D. Blair (MON)           65
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       58
  L. Dierker (HOU)         57
  B. Bonham (CHI)          56
  D. Konieczny (HOU)       55
  J. Koosman (NY)          55
  S. Carlton (PHI)         54
  B. Gibson (STL)          53
  P. Falcone (SF)          52

Strikeouts:

  A. Messersmith (LA)     122
  T. Seaver (NY)          120
  D. Sutton (LA)          120
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        98
  B. Bonham (CHI)          94
  J. Richard (HOU)         91
  P. Niekro (ATL)          89
  L. McGlothen (STL)       88
  J. Montefusco (SF)       87
  J. Matlack (NY)          86

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