Wednesday July 7, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 7, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        44  40  3.01   84  26  12   754   650  286  252   47  235  539
Philadelphia    52  25  3.37   77  19  20   697   693  287  261   50  191  415
Cincinnati      51  31  3.56   82  18  20   741   722  322  293   56  249  404
Los Angeles     46  37  3.62   83  20  18   755   743  324  304   61  256  391
San Diego       42  40  3.63   82  26   9   739   695  341  298   53  258  318
Pittsburgh      44  33  3.64   77  20  20   702   674  332  284   58  234  358
Atlanta         38  43  3.66   81  19  14   720   699  341  293   41  276  427
St. Louis       34  45  3.75   79  15  11   719   715  339  300   56  280  347
San Francisco   34  50  3.80   84  10  14   758   788  394  320   36  291  374
Houston         38  44  4.08   82  11  19   735   741  385  333   42  404  404
Montreal        25  48  4.09   73   6  12   647   627  347  294   48  314  361
Chicago         34  46  4.64   80   6  20   717   796  422  370   73  265  392

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse (MON)    6   3  2.18  17   9   4   1   1   83   65   23   20    0   39   31
A. Messersmith (ATL)   9   6  2.37  19  18   9   1   3  140  100   44   37    5   49  102
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   2  2.45  18  18  11   0   4  140  112   43   38   11   33   80
Dave Freisleben (SD)   6   4  2.49  12  11   5   0   3   87   80   27   24    6   33   41
Randy Jones (SD)      15   3  2.51  20  20  14   0   3  165  135   54   46    8   20   51
Pat Zachry (CIN)       7   3  2.63  21  13   3   0   1   99   80   35   29    2   40   77
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
Gary Nolan (CIN)       8   4  2.88  18  18   5   0   1  128  103   43   41   15   17   60

 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
Bruce Dal Canton       2   1  2.29  21   0   0   0   0   35   30   19    9    2   21   21
Andy Messersmith       9   6  2.37  19  18   9   1   3  140  100   44   37    5   49  102
Mike Marshall          0   1  2.45   9   0   0   4   0   15   11    4    4    2    4    7
Mike Beard             0   1  3.12   7   0   0   1   0    9   10    4    3    0    5    0
Dick Ruthven          10   8  3.15  18  18   5   0   3  123  113   43   43    7   43   71
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            1   0  0.00   3   3   0   0   0   12    6    1    0    0    4    7
Bruce Sutter           0   1  1.82  21   0   0   3   0   30   20    6    6    0   10   22
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
Rick Reuschel          8   6  4.33  20  19   3   1   1  123  124   69   59   12   35   70
Bill Bonham            6   6  4.66  15  15   2   0   0   93  100   51   48    6   47   47
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
Don Gullett            6   3  2.54  12  10   3   1   0   64   63   22   18    4   22   34
Pat Zachry             7   3  2.63  21  13   3   0   1   99   80   35   29    2   40   77
Rawly Eastwick         5   3  2.76  36   0   0   9   0   59   53   21   18    2   15   43
Pedro Borbon           2   1  2.81  37   1   0   3   0   64   76   22   20    4   18   24
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  3.86  28   0   0   5   0   37   49   19   16    1   11   21
Jack Billingham        6   6  4.64  18  16   3   0   1   99  115   57   51   12   32   41
Santo Alcala           7   2  4.92  17  11   1   0   1   71   70   41   39    7   34   36
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15
Rich Hinton            1   1  8.71   8   1   0   0   0   10   17   10   10    4    6    6

 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           8   9  2.90  20  20   4   0   1  146  116   56   47    8   87  101
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
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
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
Joaquin Andujar        4   5  4.74  15  12   4   0   2   74   78   42   39    4   36   19
Tom Griffin            5   2  5.01  19   1   0   0   0   41   41   24   23    4   36   33
Mike Cosgrove          3   4  5.08  17  14   1   0   1   73   85   49   41    5   47   28
Gilberto Rondon        2   2  5.93  12   7   0   0   0   44   57   32   29    5   28   14
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  2.19  37   0   0   8   0   74   48   20   18    5   42   51
Rick Rhoden            8   0  2.76  16  15   6   0   2  104   93   34   32   10   31   41
Doug Rau               7   6  3.00  17  17   3   0   1  117  122   40   39   11   38   50
Tommy John             5   5  3.10  16  16   1   0   0  102  111   39   35    3   30   42
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             8   8  4.79  18  18   5   0   2  126  136   72   67   13   44   76
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  2.89  39   0   0   8   0   56   44   23   18    0   17   19
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   7  4.11  13  13   1   0   1   88   85   45   40    8   28   59
Steve Dunning          0   2  4.45  13   1   0   0   0   30   37   22   15    2   12   24
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.78  19   8   0   0   0   70   78   45   37    4   46   35
Clay Kirby             1   6  4.91  13  11   0   0   0   51   50   35   28    7   40   34
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.95  31   0   0   1   0   40   42   25   22    5   14   18
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  1.73  19   0   0   1   0   26   18    5    5    1    7   12
Skip Lockwood          5   3  2.27  28   0   0   9   0   48   26   14   12    3   21   51
Jon Matlack           10   2  2.45  18  18  11   0   4  140  112   43   38   11   33   80
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          9   6  3.92  17  16   3   0   0  110  110   51   48    9   35   76
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  2.16   8   0   0   0   0   17   16    5    4    0    7   13
Ron Reed               6   3  2.75  29   3   1   3   0   69   57   23   21    3   17   46
Tug McGraw             5   4  3.02  29   0   0   5   0   48   46   18   16    3   15   37
Jim Lonborg           10   5  3.06  17  16   5   1   1  115  113   44   39    9   30   66
Jim Kaat               8   3  3.13  19  18   4   0   0  118  121   47   41   10   18   52
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
Steve Carlton          8   3  3.80  17  17   6   0   1  116  111   51   49   10   33   79
Larry Christenson      8   4  4.00  16  15   2   0   0   92  103   43   41    5   29   32
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.26  16   0   0   2   0   19   21   11    9    3    6   17

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   4  2.16  30   0   0  10   0   42   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   4  3.66  14  14   4   0   0   93  101   44   38    7   35   39
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
Rick Langford          0   1  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    1    5    5
Larry Demery           5   2  4.33  20   3   0   2   0   52   58   29   25    4   22   29
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.60  23   0   0   3   0   31   33   16   16    3   13   13
Jerry Reuss            8   5  4.61  16  16   6   0   0  113  115   68   58   14   33   54

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          5   0  1.99  35   0   0   8   0   59   48   15   13    2   18   40
Dave Freisleben        6   4  2.49  12  11   5   0   3   87   80   27   24    6   33   41
Randy Jones           15   3  2.51  20  20  14   0   3  165  135   54   46    8   20   51
Alan Foster            3   5  2.78  20  10   2   0   0   74   61   28   23    7   27   18
Brent Strom            8   8  3.17  21  19   5   0   1  125  106   52   44    8   45   56
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.73  14   2   0   1   0   27   30   17   14    0   18   16
Dan Spillner           2   8  4.99  26   9   0   0   0   79   91   54   44    8   41   44
Rich Folkers           2   1  5.03  21   1   0   0   0   34   40   21   19    5   15   16
Dave Tomlin            0   1  5.34  25   1   0   0   0   32   32   19   19    3   12   16
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  1.91  25   1   0   0   0   47   33   12   10    1   21   15
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.51  36   0   0   8   0   61   61   20   17    4   32   38
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  3.13  20  19   3   0   3  129  120   51   45    5   42   88
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.62  39   0   0   1   0   49   54   33   25    2    7   26
Mike Caldwell          0   5  4.74  25   8   0   0   0   68   95   51   36    5   14   32
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
Ed Halicki             7  11  5.10  19  18   4   0   2  101  111   62   57    7   41   68
John D'Acquisto        0   5  6.47  15   8   0   0   0   49   42   37   35    3   54   24

 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
Lynn McGlothen         7   8  3.63  17  17   6   0   2  109  118   48   44    7   33   46
Bob Forsch             3   3  3.66  17  17   0   0   0   98  100   52   40    7   36   44
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
John Curtis            5   7  4.68  19  12   2   0   1   90   97   48   47   10   45   33
Eric Rasmussen         3   7  4.69  28   2   0   0   0   56   63   31   29    5   22   28

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            15
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         10
  J. Koosman (NY)           9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  W. Fryman (MON)           8
  J. Kaat (PHI)             8

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          11
  R. Burris (CHI)          10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  B. Hooton (LA)            9
  J. Richard (HOU)          9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  P. Falcone (STL)          8
  L. McGlothen (STL)        8
  J. Montefusco (SF)        8
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          8

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            14
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  L. McGlothen (STL)        6
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  R. Rhoden (LA)            6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       5
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        12
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  C. Hough (LA)             8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           8
  B. Metzger (SD)           8
  D. Murray (MON)           8
  G. Garber (PHI)           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
  J. Richard (HOU)      145.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        141.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  140.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       139.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       134.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    129.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        128.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        126.0
  B. Strom (SD)         125.0

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         136
  D. Sutton (LA)          136
  R. Jones (SD)           135
  J. Barr (SF)            127
  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       124
  D. Rau (LA)             122
  J. Kaat (PHI)           121
  J. Montefusco (SF)      120
  L. McGlothen (STL)      118

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           72
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        69
  J. Reuss (PIT)           68
  R. Burris (CHI)          65
  E. Halicki (SF)          62
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          59
  J. Billingham (CIN)      57
  J. Richard (HOU)         56
  L. Dierker (HOU)         55

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           15
  J. Reuss (PIT)           14
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      12
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  D. Rau (LA)              11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         87
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          52
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     49
  D. Warthen (MON)         48
  B. Bonham (CHI)          47
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        47
  D. Carrithers (MON)      46
  L. Dierker (HOU)         46
  J. Curtis (STL)          45

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          119
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    102
  J. Richard (HOU)        101
  P. Niekro (ATL)          91
  J. Montefusco (SF)       88
  M. Lolich (NY)           84
  J. Matlack (NY)          80
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