Saturday July 10, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 10, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        46  41  2.95   87  27  12   780   671  295  256   47  242  562
Philadelphia    55  25  3.29   80  20  22   724   717  292  265   51  198  430
Cincinnati      53  32  3.64   85  19  20   769   757  341  311   58  255  415
Atlanta         39  45  3.65   84  19  15   747   720  353  303   46  282  439
Los Angeles     46  39  3.66   85  20  18   772   762  334  314   61  267  397
San Diego       43  43  3.66   86  27   9   772   726  357  314   56  276  337
Pittsburgh      45  35  3.68   80  22  20   729   704  347  298   61  240  380
St. Louis       36  45  3.74   81  15  11   737   733  345  306   58  289  355
San Francisco   34  52  3.87   86  10  14   774   808  407  333   39  298  383
Houston         41  44  4.03   85  12  20   762   756  393  341   44  420  420
Montreal        25  51  4.10   76   6  12   671   657  364  306   49  326  373
Chicago         36  47  4.65   83   6  20   744   827  437  384   74  275  412

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
A. Messersmith (ATL)   9   7  2.43  20  19   9   1   3  148  106   48   40    8   53  106
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  2.66  22  13   3   0   1  101   82   36   30    2   41   77
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   5  2.81  19  19   8   0   2  151  124   49   47    7   42  127
John Candelaria (PIT)  8   4  2.82  16  15   6   1   1  115   80   42   36   14   30   73
J.R. Richard (HOU)     9   9  2.88  21  21   4   0   1  153  121   58   49    8   90  104
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
Mike Marshall          0   1  2.16  11   0   0   5   0   17   12    4    4    2    4    7
Bruce Dal Canton       2   1  2.19  22   0   0   0   0   37   30   19    9    2   21   21
Andy Messersmith       9   7  2.43  20  19   9   1   3  148  106   48   40    8   53  106
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         3   3  3.38  31   0   0   7   0   45   41   19   17    5   15   24
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.20  36   1   0   3   0   49   56   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
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
Steve Renko            3   3  5.19  11  11   0   0   0   59   63   39   34    8   14   38
Joe Coleman            0   4  5.46   9   4   0   1   0   28   30   22   17    4   14   23
Mike Garman            2   4  5.85  32   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  2.66  22  13   3   0   1  101   82   36   30    2   41   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  4.08  30   0   0   5   0   40   53   21   18    2   11   23
Santo Alcala           7   2  4.79  18  11   1   0   1   73   71   41   39    7   35   36
Jack Billingham        6   7  5.04  19  17   3   0   1  100  119   62   56   12   34   41
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15
Rich Hinton            1   1  7.43   9   1   0   0   0   13   22   11   11    4    6    7

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             2   2  1.98  40   0   0  15   0   68   54   16   15    3   17   38
J.R. Richard           9   9  2.88  21  21   4   0   1  153  121   58   49    8   90  104
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
Charlie Hough          7   3  2.19  39   0   0   8   0   78   52   21   19    5   44   52
Elias Sosa             0   1  2.45   7   0   0   1   0    7    3    2    2    0    3    4
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   6  3.29  17  17   1   0   0  107  117   43   39    3   33   44
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  2.91  41   0   0   8   0   59   48   24   19    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
Clay Kirby             1   7  4.71  14  12   0   0   0   57   55   38   30    7   43   39
Don Carrithers         3   6  4.82  20   8   0   0   0   71   81   47   38    4   46   36
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          6   3  2.15  29   0   0   9   0   50   28   14   12    3   22   54
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  2.92  18  17   3   0   1  105  104   48   34    4   36   90
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  2.65  31   3   1   5   0   71   60   23   21    3   17   49
Jim Lonborg           11   5  2.96  18  17   5   1   1  122  117   46   40   10   31   70
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
Steve Carlton          9   3  3.53  18  18   7   0   2  125  118   51   49   10   35   84
Gene Garber            3   2  3.59  29   0   0   7   0   48   49   23   19    3   17   43
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        8   4  2.82  16  15   6   1   1  115   80   42   36   14   30   73
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
Jerry Johnson          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Butch Metzger          5   0  2.15  37   0   0   8   0   63   55   17   15    2   20   44
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   6  3.16  21  11   2   0   0   80   66   33   28    8   31   21
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   9  4.96  27  10   0   0   0   85   96   57   47    9   46   48
Rich Folkers           2   1  5.03  21   1   0   0   0   34   40   21   19    5   15   16
Dave Tomlin            0   1  5.03  26   1   0   0   0   34   35   19   19    3   12   17
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  1.81  27   1   0   0   0   50   35   12   10    1   23   18
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.43  37   0   0   8   0   63   61   20   17    4   33   39
Randy Moffitt          4   3  3.07  33   0   0   5   0   56   53   27   19    4   21   19
John Montefusco        7   8  3.13  20  19   3   0   3  129  120   51   45    5   42   88
Jim Barr               6   6  3.14  19  19   3   0   1  123  134   57   43    4   32   42
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.47  41   0   0   1   0   50   55   33   25    2    7   26
Mike Caldwell          0   5  4.65  27   8   0   0   0   70   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  2.70  20   0   0   2   0   23   20    8    7    1    6   10
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
Pete Falcone           6   8  3.95  17  17   4   0   0  109   96   54   48   10   44   71
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
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)         11
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Koosman (NY)           9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  J. Richard (HOU)          9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            15
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  L. McGlothen (STL)        6
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  R. Rhoden (LA)            6
  D. Freisleben (SD)        5

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  J. Denny (STL)            2
  L. Dierker (HOU)          2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         174.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      153.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        150.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  148.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       142.0
  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
  J. Barr (SF)            134
  P. Niekro (ATL)         132
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       124
  T. Seaver (NY)          124
  D. Rau (LA)             122
  J. Kaat (PHI)           121
  J. Richard (HOU)        121

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           72
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        69
  R. Burris (CHI)          68
  J. Reuss (PIT)           68
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  E. Halicki (SF)          62
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          62
  J. Richard (HOU)         58
  J. Barr (SF)             57

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           16
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      14
  J. Reuss (PIT)           14
  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)         90
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        54
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     53
  P. Niekro (ATL)          53
  L. Dierker (HOU)         50
  B. Strom (SD)            50
  D. Warthen (MON)         48
  B. Bonham (CHI)          47
  R. Burris (CHI)          47

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          127
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    106
  J. Richard (HOU)        104
  P. Niekro (ATL)          96
  M. Lolich (NY)           90
  J. Montefusco (SF)       88
  S. Carlton (PHI)         84
  J. Matlack (NY)          80
  P. Zachry (CIN)          77
  J. Koosman (NY)          76


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