Friday July 9, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 9, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        45  41  2.96   86  27  12   771   662  293  254   47  237  553
Philadelphia    53  25  3.37   78  19  21   706   703  290  264   50  195  418
Cincinnati      53  31  3.60   84  19  20   760   744  334  304   58  251  414
Los Angeles     46  38  3.63   84  20  18   764   753  328  308   61  262  394
San Diego       43  41  3.63   84  27   9   756   710  348  305   54  266  325
Atlanta         39  44  3.66   83  19  15   738   713  349  300   43  278  435
Pittsburgh      44  35  3.71   79  21  20   720   698  346  297   60  240  374
St. Louis       35  45  3.74   80  15  11   728   725  342  303   57  285  350
San Francisco   34  51  3.82   85  10  14   766   797  399  325   37  296  378
Houston         40  44  4.05   84  12  19   753   749  391  339   44  417  416
Montreal        25  50  4.11   75   6  12   663   649  360  303   49  323  368
Chicago         35  47  4.63   82   6  20   735   816  431  378   73  271  406

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Don Stanhouse (MON)    6   4  2.50  18  10   4   1   1   86   71   27   24    1   43   31
Randy Jones (SD)      16   3  2.53  21  21  15   0   3  174  142   57   49    8   22   57
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
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   5  2.81  19  19   8   0   2  151  124   49   47    7   42  127
J.R. Richard (HOU)     8   9  2.90  20  20   4   0   1  146  116   56   47    8   87  101
Rick Rhoden (LA)       8   0  2.91  17  16   6   0   2  108   99   37   35   10   32   42

 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  2.19  22   0   0   0   0   37   30   19    9    2   21   21
Mike Marshall          0   1  2.30  10   0   0   5   0   16   11    4    4    2    4    7
Andy Messersmith       9   6  2.37  19  18   9   1   3  140  100   44   37    5   49  102
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            9   4  3.49  20  19   4   0   1  142  132   62   55   11   53   96
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
Carl Morton            0   6  5.28  18  16   0   0   0   87  118   62   51    4   35   26
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.43  14   0   0   2   0   21   32   16   15    0    9   10
Frank Lacorte          0   3  6.92   3   2   0   0   0   13   13   11   10    0    5    7

 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           1   1  1.60  22   0   0   3   0   34   22    6    6    0   10   27
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.50  30   0   0   7   0   44   41   19   17    5   14   22
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.22  35   1   0   3   0   49   55   25   23    6   14   23
Rick Reuschel          8   6  4.33  20  19   3   1   1  123  124   69   59   12   35   70
Ray Burris             4  10  4.33  20  19   1   0   0  116  142   68   56   12   47   54
Steve Renko            3   3  4.70  10  10   0   0   0   54   56   33   28    7   14   34
Bill Bonham            6   7  4.93  16  16   2   0   0   95  108   55   52    6   47   49
Paul Reuschel          1   2  4.97  34   2   0   2   0   63   75   37   35    9   26   33
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.06  25   0   0   2   0   21   32   15   12    2    9   15
Joe Coleman            0   4  5.74   8   4   0   1   0   27   27   22   17    4   11   23
Mike Garman            2   4  5.88  31   2   0   1   0   52   61   40   34    4   23   26
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         6   3  2.73  37   0   0   9   0   59   53   21   18    2   15   44
Fred Norman            7   2  2.85  18   9   4   0   2   79   64   26   25    3   33   52
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.05  38   1   0   3   0   65   78   24   22    4   19   24
Gary Nolan             8   4  3.13  19  19   5   0   1  135  111   50   47   16   17   62
Will McEnaney          1   3  4.19  29   0   0   5   0   39   52   21   18    2   11   23
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             2   2  2.01  39   0   0  14   0   67   52   16   15    3   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  4.01  21   0   0   2   0   34   33   16   15    3   17   22
Larry Dierker          8   8  4.07  17  17   3   0   2  111   98   55   50    5   50   73
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  5.15  18  15   1   0   1   79   90   53   45    6   54   31
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   1  1.42   6   0   0   1   0    6    2    1    1    0    2    4
Charlie Hough          7   3  2.13  38   0   0   8   0   76   50   20   18    5   43   51
Rick Rhoden            8   0  2.91  17  16   6   0   2  108   99   37   35   10   32   42
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
Stan Wall              1   2  4.19  19   0   0   1   0   34   36   17   16    5    8   20
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
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
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Don Stanhouse          6   4  2.50  18  10   4   1   1   86   71   27   24    1   43   31
Dale Murray            0   6  2.86  40   0   0   8   0   57   45   23   18    0   17   20
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Woodie Fryman          8   6  3.74  17  17   0   0   0  108  119   53   45    8   39   62
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   3  4.55  14   1   0   0   0   32   39   23   16    2   14   24
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.82  20   8   0   0   0   71   81   47   38    4   46   36
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  5.91  17  13   1   0   0   64   59   48   42    7   48   51

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nino Espinosa          0   1  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    0    0    0    1
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 Myrick             0   0  2.61  10   0   0   0   0   10   10    3    3    0    4    3
Bob Apodaca            1   4  2.68  24   2   0   2   0   54   41   17   16    2   14   27
Tom Seaver             9   5  2.81  19  19   8   0   2  151  124   49   47    7   42  127
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  3.42  15  15   2   0   1   97   88   46   37    8   28   75
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  2.73  30   3   1   4   0   69   57   23   21    3   17   46
Jim Lonborg           10   5  3.06  17  16   5   1   1  115  113   44   39    9   30   66
Tug McGraw             5   4  3.12  30   0   0   5   0   49   50   19   17    3   16   37
Jim Kaat               8   3  3.13  19  18   4   0   0  118  121   47   41   10   18   52
Tom Underwood          5   1  3.41  17   9   1   2   0   63   62   24   24    4   22   33
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  2.36  31   0   0  10   0   42   40   15   11    0   14   19
John Candelaria        7   4  2.97  15  14   5   1   1  106   74   41   35   13   30   67
Bruce Kison            7   4  3.29  17  16   3   0   0  101   91   48   37    8   32   47
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.56  29   0   0   1   0   43   44   19   17    0   13   35
Jim Rooker             7   4  3.66  14  14   4   0   0   93  101   44   38    7   35   39
Doc Medich             5   7  3.81  16  16   3   0   0  106  110   48   45    7   33   59
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
Rick Langford          0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    1    5    5
Larry Demery           5   3  4.50  21   3   0   2   0   52   58   30   26    4   24   29
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.55  24   0   0   3   0   32   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  2.08  36   0   0   8   0   61   52   16   14    2   19   40
Dave Freisleben        6   4  2.49  12  11   5   0   3   87   80   27   24    6   33   41
Randy Jones           16   3  2.53  21  21  15   0   3  174  142   57   49    8   22   57
Alan Foster            3   5  2.78  20  10   2   0   0   74   61   28   23    7   27   18
Brent Strom            8   9  3.23  22  20   5   0   1  131  110   55   47    9   50   57
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  1.84  26   1   0   0   0   49   35   12   10    1   22   17
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.51  36   0   0   8   0   61   61   20   17    4   32   38
Jim Barr               6   6  2.76  18  18   3   0   1  121  127   51   37    3   32   40
Randy Moffitt          4   2  2.77  32   0   0   5   0   55   50   25   17    3   21   18
John Montefusco        7   8  3.13  20  19   3   0   3  129  120   51   45    5   42   88
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.59  40   0   0   1   0   49   54   33   25    2    7   26
Mike Caldwell          0   5  4.72  26   8   0   0   0   69   95   51   36    5   14   33
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Rob Dressler           2   7  4.94  11  11   0   0   0   58   70   39   32    4   19   19
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  2.45  28   0   0   1   0   40   31   12   11    3   23   23
Bill Greif             1   2  2.53  19   0   0   2   0   21   17    7    6    1    6    9
Al Hrabosky            5   5  3.28  36   0   0   7   0   58   52   24   21    5   23   44
John Denny             4   4  3.28  16  16   3   0   2  104  108   45   38    7   31   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)            16
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         10
  J. Koosman (NY)           9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            15
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  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)        13
  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
  L. Dierker (HOU)          2
  E. Halicki (SF)           2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         174.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        150.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      145.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       142.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  140.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       139.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        135.1
  B. Strom (SD)         131.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    129.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        126.0

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         142
  R. Jones (SD)           142
  D. Sutton (LA)          136
  P. Niekro (ATL)         132
  J. Barr (SF)            127
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       124
  T. Seaver (NY)          124
  D. Rau (LA)             122
  J. Kaat (PHI)           121
  J. Montefusco (SF)      120

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           16
  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
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  D. Rau (LA)              11

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         87
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        54
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          53
  L. Dierker (HOU)         50
  B. Strom (SD)            50
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     49
  D. Warthen (MON)         48
  B. Bonham (CHI)          47
  R. Burris (CHI)          47

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          127
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    102
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