Wednesday June 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 23, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        34  37  3.12   71  22  10   637   560  250  221   40  207  441
Philadelphia    45  19  3.27   64  18  16   580   565  230  211   40  158  351
Cincinnati      42  26  3.50   68  15  15   607   586  260  236   40  207  332
San Diego       36  31  3.50   67  21   8   604   552  267  235   43  205  250
St. Louis       30  37  3.58   67  12  11   615   614  279  245   47  237  295
Pittsburgh      36  27  3.59   63  17  18   575   549  268  229   50  186  298
San Francisco   27  44  3.69   71   7  12   643   658  329  264   33  236  303
Los Angeles     38  31  3.71   69  16  13   631   635  276  260   47  216  330
Atlanta         30  37  3.76   67  14  10   598   595  292  250   36  227  357
Montreal        23  38  3.92   61   5  10   542   504  278  236   43  263  293
Houston         31  37  4.04   68   7  18   606   591  312  272   37  324  316
Chicago         29  37  4.72   66   4  18   592   669  349  310   63  226  299

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry (CIN)       6   2  2.39  17  10   3   0   1   79   63   26   21    1   27   60
Randy Jones (SD)      13   3  2.45  17  17  12   0   3  139  114   45   38    8   17   46
A. Messersmith (ATL)   7   5  2.58  16  15   7   1   3  115   81   37   33    5   40   79
Doug Rau (LA)          6   4  2.74  14  14   2   0   1   95   98   30   29    7   31   39
Gary Nolan (CIN)       7   3  2.78  15  15   4   0   1  107   86   33   33   10   16   52
Jon Matlack (NY)       8   2  2.80  15  15   9   0   3  113   93   39   35   10   29   64
Jim Barr (SF)          6   5  2.81  16  16   2   0   1  106  112   43   33    3   24   35
Tom Seaver (NY)        8   5  2.91  16  16   7   0   2  127  103   42   41    6   39  105
Dick Ruthven (ATL)     8   6  2.91  14  14   3   0   2   93   85   30   30    5   32   59
L. Christenson (PHI)   7   3  2.92  13  12   2   0   0   77   76   27   25    4   23   29

 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
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.40  18   0   0   0   0   30   27   17    8    2   19   16
Andy Messersmith       7   5  2.58  16  15   7   1   3  115   81   37   33    5   40   79
Dick Ruthven           8   6  2.91  14  14   3   0   2   93   85   30   30    5   32   59
Phil Niekro            6   4  3.48  16  15   3   0   1  111  103   48   43    8   41   76
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.86  20   0   0   1   0   26   23   12   11    0   11   23
Carl Morton            0   6  5.14  16  15   0   0   0   82  114   58   47    4   31   26
Roger Moret            2   2  5.31  23   8   1   1   0   58   68   35   34    7   17   23
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.50  12   0   0   2   0   18   29   14   13    0    8    8
Frank Lacorte          0   1  9.82   1   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    4    0    2    4

 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
Bruce Sutter           0   1  1.35  15   0   0   2   0   20   12    3    3    0    7   10
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Bill Bonham            6   3  3.39  12  12   2   0   0   82   88   34   31    4   37   38
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.76  24   0   0   7   0   38   36   18   16    5   12   18
Oscar Zamora           4   2  4.12  30   1   0   3   0   44   44   22   20    5   14   21
Rick Reuschel          7   4  4.28  17  16   2   1   0  103  106   58   49    9   29   59
Ray Burris             3   9  4.52  16  16   0   0   0   92  113   55   46   10   41   35
Buddy Schultz          1   1  4.67  22   0   0   2   0   17   24   12    9    1    8   10
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.07  28   2   0   2   0   55   66   32   31    9   22   26
Steve Renko            2   2  5.45   7   7   0   0   0   38   43   25   23    6   12   27
Mike Garman            2   4  6.53  25   2   0   1   0   40   52   35   29    4   21   22
Joe Coleman            0   2  8.59   3   3   0   0   0   15   18   14   14    4    6   10
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             6   2  2.39  17  10   3   0   1   79   63   26   21    1   27   60
Don Gullett            6   3  2.59  11  10   3   0   0   63   62   22   18    4   21   34
Gary Nolan             7   3  2.78  15  15   4   0   1  107   86   33   33   10   16   52
Rawly Eastwick         4   3  2.82  30   0   0   8   0   45   41   15   14    1   11   31
Pedro Borbon           0   1  2.83  29   0   0   2   0   48   60   17   15    3   13   20
Fred Norman            5   1  3.23  14   6   2   0   2   53   45   20   19    2   27   37
Will McEnaney          1   3  3.45  21   0   0   3   0   29   34   14   11    1   10   17
Rich Hinton            0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    2    1
Santo Alcala           6   2  4.57  14   9   1   0   1   61   54   33   31    6   30   31
Jack Billingham        5   5  5.05  15  14   2   0   1   82   98   52   46   10   28   34
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   2  1.80  35   0   0  13   0   55   43   12   11    2   15   31
Paul Siebert           0   2  2.35  13   0   0   0   0   15   14    5    4    0   12    5
J.R. Richard           7   8  2.96  17  17   3   0   0  125   96   48   41    7   68   84
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.77  18  11   0   0   0   72   71   44   30    3   37   42
Gene Pentz             1   1  3.91  13   0   0   2   0   23   25   11   10    2    8   16
Tom Griffin            5   1  4.15  15   1   0   0   0   35   31   16   16    3   27   25
Larry Dierker          6   6  4.48  13  13   1   0   1   80   74   43   40    5   35   50
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Gilberto Rondon        2   1  5.03   9   5   0   0   0   34   38   20   19    5   21    8
Mike Cosgrove          2   4  5.11  15  12   1   0   1   62   75   41   35    4   38   16
Joaquin Andujar        2   4  5.27  12   9   2   0   1   55   51   34   32    4   33   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
Charlie Hough          7   3  2.48  30   0   0   5   0   58   38   18   16    4   38   43
Doug Rau               6   4  2.74  14  14   2   0   1   95   98   30   29    7   31   39
Rick Rhoden            6   0  3.06  14  13   5   0   2   88   83   31   30    8   26   38
Tommy John             3   4  3.17  13  13   1   0   0   82   87   33   29    2   24   36
Burt Hooton            5   7  4.35  14  14   3   0   1   93   98   47   45    8   28   46
Don Sutton             6   7  4.38  15  15   5   0   2  109  113   55   53   10   33   63
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
Stan Wall              1   2  4.82  14   0   0   0   0   28   33   16   15    5    5   14
Al Downing             0   1  7.36   8   0   0   0   0   15   21   13   12    1    6   12

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          5   2  2.48  14   6   3   1   1   58   46   17   16    0   28   19
Dale Murray            0   4  3.23  32   0   0   6   0   47   40   21   17    0   15   17
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.44  10  10   1   0   1   71   59   32   27    7   25   44
Woodie Fryman          7   5  3.60  14  14   0   0   0   90   96   41   36    7   32   51
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.77  26   0   0   2   0   31   31   15   13    3   16   15
Don Carrithers         3   5  3.88  14   7   0   0   0   60   61   32   26    3   39   30
Steve Dunning          0   2  3.91   9   1   0   0   0   23   26   16   10    1    8   18
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.46  27   0   0   1   0   34   31   19   17    5   11   15
Chip Lang              1   0  4.61   8   0   0   0   0   14    8    7    7    1   12    7
Clay Kirby             1   5  4.85  11  10   0   0   0   43   38   28   23    7   32   26
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Dan Warthen            1   8  5.59  13  12   1   0   0   58   53   42   36    7   42   47

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Apodaca            1   3  1.91  20   1   0   1   0   47   33   11   10    1   12   22
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.96  17   0   0   1   0   23   17    5    5    1    7    9
Skip Lockwood          3   2  2.09  22   0   0   8   0   39   20   10    9    2   19   43
Jon Matlack            8   2  2.80  15  15   9   0   3  113   93   39   35   10   29   64
Tom Seaver             8   5  2.91  16  16   7   0   2  127  103   42   41    6   39  105
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Mickey Lolich          3   9  3.28  15  14   2   0   0   82   88   42   30    4   27   66
Bob Myrick             0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    0    3    2
Craig Swan             3   7  3.52  12  12   2   0   1   79   73   38   31    6   24   61
Jerry Koosman          6   6  4.36  14  13   2   0   0   87   94   44   42    8   26   52
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
Gene Garber            2   1  2.55  25   0   0   7   0   42   38   13   12    2   14   40
Larry Christenson      7   3  2.92  13  12   2   0   0   77   76   27   25    4   23   29
Jim Lonborg            9   4  2.97  15  14   5   1   1  103  100   39   34    7   28   55
Jim Kaat               7   2  3.00  15  14   4   0   0   93   93   36   31    7   13   45
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.12  24   0   0   4   0   40   41   16   14    2   14   33
Ron Reed               6   2  3.21  22   3   1   0   0   56   46   21   20    3   16   39
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.72   5   0   0   0   0   10   12    5    4    0    5    9
Steve Carlton          6   3  3.86  15  15   5   0   1  100   98   44   43    8   29   69
Tom Underwood          4   1  3.95  14   6   1   2   0   43   43   19   19    4   13   21
Ron Schueler           0   0  5.40  12   0   0   2   0   15   18   10    9    3    3   11

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   3  1.84  23   0   0   8   0   34   29   10    7    0   12   17
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.17  13  12   2   0   0   71   65   34   25    5   21   30
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.23  22   0   0   1   0   31   33   11   11    0    7   24
John Candelaria        6   4  3.25  12  11   4   1   1   80   60   34   29   12   21   53
Jim Rooker             6   3  3.72  12  12   3   0   0   77   80   38   32    6   31   32
Larry Demery           4   1  3.89  17   2   0   2   0   44   46   22   19    4   15   25
Doc Medich             5   5  3.96  13  13   2   0   0   86   88   40   38    7   28   44
Jerry Reuss            7   5  3.97  13  13   6   0   0   95   94   50   42   10   26   48
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
Rick Langford          0   0  4.26   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    0    4    5
Ramon Hernandez        1   1  4.33  18   0   0   3   0   27   26   13   13    3   13   13

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Freisleben        6   1  1.52   8   7   5   0   3   59   48   11   10    3   21   27
Butch Metzger          4   0  1.82  29   0   0   7   0   49   40   12   10    1   13   32
Alan Foster            2   3  2.21  16   6   2   0   0   61   42   16   15    5   23   14
Randy Jones           13   3  2.45  17  17  12   0   3  139  114   45   38    8   17   46
Dan Spillner           2   6  3.51  20   8   0   0   0   67   71   36   26    5   31   34
Brent Strom            6   7  3.64  18  16   2   0   1   99   87   46   40    8   37   42
Ken Reynolds           0   2  4.05  11   2   0   1   0   20   19   12    9    0   13    9
Rich Folkers           2   1  5.40  16   1   0   0   0   27   31   16   16    4   12   13
Dave Tomlin            0   1  6.75  21   1   0   0   0   25   28   19   19    3    9   13
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       0   0  1.89  20   0   0   0   0   33   23    8    7    0   16    9
Gary Lavelle           2   4  2.32  31   0   0   7   0   50   48   16   13    4   23   28
Jim Barr               6   5  2.81  16  16   2   0   1  106  112   43   33    3   24   35
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.84  29   0   0   4   0   51   46   24   16    3   19   17
John Montefusco        7   7  3.12  17  16   3   0   3  110  102   41   38    5   31   76
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.20  20   8   0   0   0   60   77   42   28    4   10   26
Rob Dressler           1   5  4.26   8   8   0   0   0   44   51   28   21    3   14   12
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.32  33   0   0   1   0   42   45   28   20    2    7   23
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Ed Halicki             5  10  5.23  16  15   2   0   1   83   92   53   48    6   36   50
John D'Acquisto        0   4  5.95  12   6   0   0   0   39   30   28   26    3   44   20

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             0   1  1.20  14   0   0   2   0   15    8    3    2    0    4    6
Eddie Solomon          0   0  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    1    1    0    3    0
Mike Wallace           1   1  2.55  24   0   0   1   0   35   30   11   10    2   20   20
Al Hrabosky            4   5  3.22  32   0   0   7   0   50   44   21   18    5   19   40
Bob Forsch             2   2  3.52  14  14   0   0   0   79   80   39   31    7   30   36
John Denny             3   4  3.54  13  13   2   0   1   84   89   40   33    5   23   31
Lynn McGlothen         6   6  3.62  14  14   4   0   1   87  100   39   35    5   27   33
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
John Curtis            5   6  3.72  16  11   2   0   1   85   90   36   35    8   36   28
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Pete Falcone           5   6  4.08  14  14   4   0   0   90   81   46   41    8   35   63
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  4.53  23   1   0   0   0   44   46   24   22    4   21   23

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            13
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          9
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  J. Kaat (PHI)             7
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      7

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          10
  R. Burris (CHI)           9
  M. Lolich (NY)            9
  J. Richard (HOU)          8
  D. Warthen (MON)          8
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  B. Strom (SD)             7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  C. Swan (NY)              7

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)           9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  R. Rhoden (LA)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          13
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         8
  S. Lockwood (NY)          8
  M. Marshall (LA)          8
  B. Moose (PIT)            8
  G. Garber (PHI)           7
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         7
  D. Knowles (CHI)          7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  B. Metzger (SD)           7

Shutouts:

  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  R. Jones (SD)             3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  F. Norman (CIN)           2
  R. Rhoden (LA)            2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         139.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        126.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      124.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  115.0
  J. Matlack (NY)       112.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       111.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    109.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        109.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        107.0
  J. Barr (SF)          105.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           114
  C. Morton (ATL)         114
  R. Burris (CHI)         113
  D. Sutton (LA)          113
  J. Barr (SF)            112
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       106
  P. Niekro (ATL)         103
  T. Seaver (NY)          103
  J. Montefusco (SF)      102
  J. Lonborg (PHI)        100

Runs:

  C. Morton (ATL)          58
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        58
  R. Burris (CHI)          55
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  E. Halicki (SF)          53
  J. Billingham (CIN)      52
  J. Reuss (PIT)           50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  B. Hooton (LA)           47

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      12
  J. Billingham (CIN)      10
  R. Burris (CHI)          10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  G. Nolan (CIN)           10
  J. Reuss (PIT)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  P. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         68
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       44
  D. Warthen (MON)         42
  R. Burris (CHI)          41
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     40
  D. Carrithers (MON)      39
  T. Seaver (NY)           39
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        38
  C. Hough (LA)            38

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          105
  J. Richard (HOU)         84
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     79
  J. Montefusco (SF)       76
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  M. Lolich (NY)           66
  J. Matlack (NY)          64
  P. Falcone (STL)         63
  D. Sutton (LA)           63


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