Monday May 31, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 31, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        24  24  3.06   48  15   8   432   387  174  147   31  140  296
St. Louis       20  25  3.27   45   8   7   421   410  176  153   29  156  182
Philadelphia    30  11  3.35   41  13  10   373   358  151  139   27  106  234
Pittsburgh      25  19  3.47   44  14  11   397   369  174  153   33  117  201
Cincinnati      28  17  3.49   45   8  11   407   388  174  158   28  138  214
Los Angeles     28  19  3.50   47  10   9   429   426  179  167   29  147  221
San Diego       24  21  3.62   45  12   6   400   377  186  161   25  142  163
San Francisco   18  30  3.66   48   3   8   442   458  228  180   22  172  212
Montreal        16  23  3.85   39   2   7   353   321  173  151   30  174  196
Atlanta         16  30  3.96   46   4   8   409   417  213  180   24  161  255
Houston         21  27  4.22   48   2  14   431   434  228  202   27  247  222
Chicago         20  24  4.75   44   1  12   409   462  247  216   47  155  196

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry (CIN)       4   0  1.17  12   5   2   0   1   54   40   12    7    1   16   42
Randy Jones (SD)      10   2  2.11  12  12   9   0   1   98   79   30   23    3   15   32
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      8   0  2.21  10   9   4   1   1   69   58   19   17    5   18   34
John Montefusco (SF)   6   3  2.23  11  11   2   0   2   81   64   21   20    3   26   56
L. Christenson (PHI)   6   1  2.48   9   8   2   0   0   54   53   15   15    4   15   23
Jim Rooker (PIT)       6   1  2.52   8   8   3   0   0   61   50   19   17    4   18   21
Lynn McGlothen (STL)   5   3  2.52  10  10   4   0   1   71   71   24   20    5   21   27
Doug Rau (LA)          5   2  2.56  10  10   2   0   1   70   71   21   20    3   22   27
Jerry Koosman (NY)     6   1  2.77   9   8   2   0   0   62   54   21   19    5   14   37
Jon Matlack (NY)       5   1  2.83  11  11   6   0   2   83   67   30   26    9   20   47

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Max Leon               1   2  0.71  11   0   0   1   0   13    7    5    1    1    6    5
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.31  16   0   0   0   0   23   17   11    6    0   18   12
Dick Ruthven           5   5  2.89  10  10   1   0   0   62   62   20   20    3   20   44
Andy Messersmith       2   5  3.34  11  10   2   1   1   70   55   30   26    4   30   50
Adrian Devine          0   1  3.43  16   0   0   0   0   21   21    9    8    0    7   19
Phil Niekro            3   4  3.66  11  11   1   0   0   76   69   36   31    5   30   54
Roger Moret            1   1  5.03  18   3   0   1   0   34   39   20   19    4    7   18
Carl Morton            0   5  5.11  12  12   0   0   0   62   81   43   35    4   26   19
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.50  12   0   0   2   0   18   29   14   13    0    8    8
Elias Sosa             3   4  6.75  17   0   0   3   0   28   36   25   21    3    8   26

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Stone            0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0
Ken Frailing           1   1  0.61   5   2   0   0   0   15   13    3    1    0    5    8
Bruce Sutter           0   1  1.93   7   0   0   2   0    9    6    2    2    0    5    3
Steve Renko            1   0  2.38   2   2   0   0   0   11    9    3    3    1    2    7
Oscar Zamora           3   0  3.21  19   1   0   1   0   34   28   14   12    5    7   15
Bill Bonham            3   2  3.35   7   7   0   0   0   48   48   20   18    3   24   25
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.60  15   0   0   5   0   25   21   10   10    4   10   11
Buddy Schultz          1   1  3.78  18   0   0   2   0   17   20   10    7    1    6    9
Ray Burris             1   7  4.46  12  12   0   0   0   67   81   40   33    7   26   24
Rick Reuschel          5   3  4.79  13  12   1   1   0   77   84   49   41    8   22   42
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.98  21   2   0   0   0   44   59   30   29    9   17   21
Mike Garman            2   4  6.95  20   2   0   1   0   34   46   32   26    3   19   18
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
Pat Zachry             4   0  1.17  12   5   2   0   1   54   40   12    7    1   16   42
Don Gullett            3   2  2.67   7   6   1   0   0   34   33   13   10    3   14   21
Gary Nolan             3   3  3.08  11  11   1   0   1   73   59   25   25    8   15   36
Rawly Eastwick         3   3  3.12  20   0   0   6   0   35   32   13   12    1    9   25
Santo Alcala           5   0  3.86   9   5   1   0   1   37   27   17   16    3   17   16
Fred Norman            3   1  4.15   9   4   1   0   1   30   29   15   14    2   16   18
Pedro Borbon           0   0  4.18  19   0   0   2   0   28   39   14   13    3    6   10
Jack Billingham        5   3  4.25  11  10   2   0   1   66   71   33   31    5   18   24
Will McEnaney          0   2  5.19  13   0   0   1   0   17   27   12   10    0    7    9
Pat Darcy              2   3  5.40   8   4   0   2   0   33   31   20   20    2   20   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   1  1.82  25   0   0  10   0   40   31    9    8    2   12   21
J.R. Richard           5   5  3.21  12  12   2   0   0   87   69   33   31    5   52   57
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.24   7   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    3    0   10    2
Joe Niekro             3   5  3.36  13   9   0   0   0   62   54   29   23    3   31   36
Gene Pentz             0   0  3.68   4   0   0   1   0    7    9    3    3    0    2    3
Larry Dierker          4   5  4.39   9   9   0   0   0   55   50   30   27    3   21   32
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Tom Griffin            4   1  4.85  12   1   0   0   0   26   25   14   14    3   21   17
Mike Cosgrove          1   3  5.11  12   9   0   0   0   44   54   31   25    3   31   13
Gilberto Rondon        1   1  5.93   7   4   0   0   0   27   32   19   18    4   19    8
Joaquin Andujar        0   2  6.17   7   4   0   0   0   23   29   18   16    2   18    7
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
Al Downing             0   1  1.69   5   0   0   0   0   11    9    3    2    0    3    7
Charlie Hough          6   0  2.27  18   0   0   1   0   36   27   11    9    2   21   27
Doug Rau               5   2  2.56  10  10   2   0   1   70   71   21   20    3   22   27
Rick Rhoden            3   0  2.92   9   8   2   0   1   52   48   18   17    3   16   18
Tommy John             2   3  3.31   9   9   0   0   0   54   58   22   20    2   18   24
Burt Hooton            4   4  3.95  10  10   3   0   1   66   71   31   29    4   20   36
Mike Marshall          3   3  4.18  25   0   0   8   0   56   58   28   26    2   20   36
Stan Wall              1   1  4.60   9   0   0   0   0   16   12    8    8    4    5    9
Don Sutton             4   5  4.74  10  10   3   0   2   68   72   37   36    9   22   37

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          2   1  3.04  10   2   0   1   0   27   23   10    9    0   13    8
Woodie Fryman          6   2  3.38   9   9   0   0   0   56   57   24   21    6   18   35
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.44  10  10   1   0   1   71   59   32   27    7   25   44
Fred Scherman          2   2  3.60  19   0   0   1   0   25   19   11   10    3   10   14
Dale Murray            0   3  3.64  22   0   0   3   0   30   24   13   12    0   13   11
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.75  19   0   0   2   0   24   26   11   10    1   12   11
Don Carrithers         1   3  3.89  10   3   0   0   0   35   34   21   15    3   27   18
Dan Warthen            1   4  4.03   8   7   1   0   0   38   29   20   17    3   26   29
Chip Lang              1   0  4.26   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    3    1    8    4
Steve Dunning          0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    1    0    1    0
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Clay Kirby             0   3  6.00   7   7   0   0   0   27   28   18   18    4   18   18

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Baldwin           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    0    0    0    3    4
Bob Myrick             0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0
Skip Lockwood          2   2  1.65  15   0   0   7   0   27   16    6    5    0   13   28
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.80  11   0   0   1   0   15    9    3    3    1    4    5
Bob Apodaca            1   3  1.91  14   1   0   0   0   33   27    8    7    1   10   12
Jerry Koosman          6   1  2.77   9   8   2   0   0   62   54   21   19    5   14   37
Jon Matlack            5   1  2.83  11  11   6   0   2   83   67   30   26    9   20   47
Mickey Lolich          2   6  3.03  10  10   2   0   0   59   67   32   20    3   15   52
Tom Seaver             4   4  3.43  11  11   4   0   1   84   76   33   32    4   33   70
Hank Webb              0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   16   17    9    8    2    7    7
Craig Swan             2   4  5.10   7   7   1   0   1   42   45   29   24    6   15   32
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
Jim Lonborg            8   0  2.21  10   9   4   1   1   69   58   19   17    5   18   34
Larry Christenson      6   1  2.48   9   8   2   0   0   54   53   15   15    4   15   23
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    6
Steve Carlton          5   2  3.52  10  10   5   0   1   69   60   28   27    5   19   45
Jim Kaat               3   2  3.57  11  10   2   0   0   63   69   30   25    5   10   36
Gene Garber            1   1  3.58  16   0   0   4   0   28   26   11   11    1   10   27
Tug McGraw             3   3  3.64  17   0   0   4   0   30   28   14   12    2   11   28
Ron Reed               3   1  3.67  14   0   0   0   0   27   22   12   11    2   12   19
Tom Underwood          1   1  5.57  10   4   0   1   0   21   25   13   13    2    7   11
Ron Schueler           0   0  8.53   5   0   0   0   0    6   12    7    6    1    1    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              1   1  1.46  14   0   0   6   0   25   16    4    4    0    4   13
Jim Rooker             6   1  2.52   8   8   3   0   0   61   50   19   17    4   18   21
Larry Demery           2   1  3.04  10   2   0   1   0   27   24   12    9    1    9   14
Doc Medich             4   4  3.36  10  10   2   0   0   70   63   27   26    6   22   34
John Candelaria        3   3  3.40   8   7   3   1   1   50   40   21   19    8   13   32
Bruce Kison            3   4  4.02   9   8   2   0   0   47   50   25   21    2   13   23
Jerry Reuss            5   4  4.09   9   9   4   0   0   66   66   36   30    8   18   33
Ramon Hernandez        1   0  4.41  12   0   0   2   0   16   16    8    8    1   10    8
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.50  12   0   0   1   0   18   19   12    9    3    6    6
Kent Tekulve           0   1  5.00  12   0   0   0   0   18   25   10   10    0    4   17

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Freisleben        2   0  0.00   2   2   2   0   2   18   16    0    0    0    6    5
Butch Metzger          4   0  0.81  19   0   0   6   0   33   24    4    3    0    9   22
Randy Jones           10   2  2.11  12  12   9   0   1   98   79   30   23    3   15   32
Alan Foster            0   2  2.35  12   2   0   0   0   31   24    9    8    2   14    7
Dan Spillner           1   6  3.02  14   7   0   0   0   54   53   28   18    5   26   25
Brent Strom            5   2  3.63  12  10   1   0   1   62   52   26   25    4   23   28
Rich Folkers           1   1  5.40  12   1   0   0   0   20   25   12   12    3    9   11
Dave Tomlin            0   0  6.20  18   0   0   0   0   20   22   14   14    2    8   10
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
Ken Reynolds           0   1  8.53   4   2   0   0   0    6   10    9    6    0    3    3
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       0   0  1.30  17   0   0   0   0   28   19    5    4    0   14    8
Gary Lavelle           2   2  1.52  23   0   0   7   0   41   37   10    7    2   14   25
John Montefusco        6   3  2.23  11  11   2   0   2   81   64   21   20    3   26   56
Randy Moffitt          3   2  3.06  21   0   0   1   0   35   35   20   12    2   17   13
Jim Barr               2   4  3.39  11  11   0   0   0   66   77   32   25    3   15   20
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  3.58  24   0   0   0   0   33   33   18   13    1    5   17
Rob Dressler           1   2  4.20   3   3   0   0   0   15   17    9    7    0    7    3
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.89  13   8   0   0   0   46   64   36   25    4    9   18
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Ed Halicki             2   8  5.81  11  10   1   0   0   53   64   39   34    4   26   33
John D'Acquisto        0   2  9.00   8   3   0   0   0   19   16   20   19    3   27   12

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    0    0
Danny Frisella         0   0  1.53  15   0   0   1   0   18   12    3    3    1    8    4
Mike Wallace           1   1  1.90  17   0   0   1   0   24   21    6    5    1   12   13
Lynn McGlothen         5   3  2.52  10  10   4   0   1   71   71   24   20    5   21   27
Al Hrabosky            3   4  3.05  23   0   0   5   0   38   28   15   13    3   15   26
Pete Falcone           2   4  3.33   9   9   1   0   0   54   43   24   20    2   25   37
Eric Rasmussen         3   5  3.41  18   0   0   0   0   29   26   13   11    2   12   15
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
John Denny             2   3  3.74   9   9   1   0   0   55   62   27   23    4   15   17
John Curtis            3   4  3.94  12   7   2   0   1   59   70   26   26    7   23   20
Bob Forsch             0   1  4.33  10  10   0   0   0   52   55   29   25    4   19   19

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            10
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      6
  W. Fryman (MON)           6
  C. Hough (LA)             6
  J. Koosman (NY)           6
  J. Montefusco (SF)        6
  J. Rooker (PIT)           6
  S. Alcala (CIN)           5
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)           8
  R. Burris (CHI)           7
  M. Lolich (NY)            6
  D. Spillner (SD)          6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      5
  C. Morton (ATL)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)             9
  J. Matlack (NY)           6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          4
  L. McGlothen (STL)        4
  J. Reuss (PIT)            4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  B. Hooton (LA)            3
  J. Rooker (PIT)           3

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          10
  M. Marshall (LA)          8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  S. Lockwood (NY)          7
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         6
  B. Metzger (SD)           6
  B. Moose (PIT)            6
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         5
  D. Knowles (CHI)          5
  G. Garber (PHI)           4

Shutouts:

  D. Freisleben (SD)        2
  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  J. Montefusco (SF)        2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  S. Alcala (CIN)           1
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       1
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  J. Curtis (STL)           1
  B. Hooton (LA)            1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)          98.1
  J. Richard (HOU)       87.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         84.0
  J. Matlack (NY)        82.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)     80.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      77.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        76.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)         73.0
  L. McGlothen (STL)     71.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        70.2

Hits:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        84
  R. Burris (CHI)          81
  C. Morton (ATL)          81
  R. Jones (SD)            79
  J. Barr (SF)             77
  T. Seaver (NY)           76
  D. Sutton (LA)           72
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  B. Hooton (LA)           71
  L. McGlothen (STL)       71

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        49
  C. Morton (ATL)          43
  R. Burris (CHI)          40
  E. Halicki (SF)          39
  D. Sutton (LA)           37
  M. Caldwell (SF)         36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  J. Reuss (PIT)           36
  J. Billingham (CIN)      33
  J. Richard (HOU)         33

Home Runs:

  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  P. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       8
  G. Nolan (CIN)            8
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  R. Burris (CHI)           7
  J. Curtis (STL)           7
  S. Rogers (MON)           7

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         52
  T. Seaver (NY)           33
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        31
  J. Niekro (HOU)          31
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     30
  P. Niekro (ATL)          30
  D. Carrithers (MON)      27
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       27
  R. Burris (CHI)          26
  E. Halicki (SF)          26

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           70
  J. Richard (HOU)         57
  J. Montefusco (SF)       56
  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  M. Lolich (NY)           52
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     50
  J. Matlack (NY)          47
  S. Carlton (PHI)         45
  S. Rogers (MON)          44
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         44

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