Tuesday July 13, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 13, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        46  42  2.99   88  27  12   788   682  304  262   47  246  567
Philadelphia    56  25  3.25   81  21  22   733   726  292  265   51  198  433
San Diego       43  44  3.66   87  27   9   780   734  360  317   56  279  343
Cincinnati      53  33  3.67   86  19  20   778   768  349  317   59  260  421
Atlanta         40  45  3.68   85  19  15   756   728  361  309   47  287  445
Los Angeles     47  39  3.69   86  20  18   781   773  340  320   64  269  403
Pittsburgh      46  35  3.70   81  22  21   738   716  352  303   61  242  388
St. Louis       36  46  3.79   82  15  11   746   744  354  314   59  294  359
San Francisco   35  52  3.83   87  11  14   783   810  407  333   39  300  385
Houston         42  44  3.98   86  13  20   771   765  393  341   44  423  425
Montreal        25  52  4.07   77   7  12   679   664  365  307   49  327  379
Chicago         36  48  4.61   84   6  20   753   834  439  386   75  276  413

 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
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
Dave Freisleben (SD)   6   5  2.62  13  12   5   0   3   93   86   30   27    6   35   45
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   2  2.64  19  19  11   0   4  146  119   48   43   11   35   83
Pat Zachry (CIN)       7   3  2.66  22  13   3   0   1  101   82   36   30    2   41   77
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   5  2.80  20  19   8   0   2  151  124   49   47    7   43  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
Jim Kaat (PHI)         9   3  2.91  20  19   5   0   1  127  130   47   41   10   18   55

 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       3   1  2.11  23   0   0   0   0   38   30   19    9    2   23   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
Mike Marshall          0   1  3.12  12   0   0   5   0   17   15    8    6    2    5    7
Dick Ruthven          10   8  3.26  19  19   5   0   3  130  118   47   47    8   45   77
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   1  0.51   4   4   0   0   0   18   11    2    1    1    4    8
Bruce Sutter           1   1  1.75  23   0   0   3   0   36   23    7    7    0   11   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  32   0   0   7   0   45   42   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  5.34  10   4   0   1   0   29   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
Pat Zachry             7   3  2.66  22  13   3   0   1  101   82   36   30    2   41   77
Rawly Eastwick         6   3  2.69  38   0   0   9   0   60   55   22   18    2   15   45
Don Gullett            6   3  2.71  13  11   3   1   0   70   67   26   21    5   26   37
Fred Norman            7   2  2.85  18   9   4   0   2   79   64   26   25    3   33   52
Gary Nolan             8   4  3.13  19  19   5   0   1  135  111   50   47   16   17   62
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.39  39   1   0   3   0   66   82   27   25    4   19   26
Will McEnaney          1   3  4.02  31   0   0   5   0   40   54   21   18    2   12   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
Joaquin Andujar        5   5  4.23  16  13   5   0   3   83   87   42   39    4   39   24
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
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  3.18  18  17   3   0   1  119  125   43   42   12   39   52
Tommy John             5   6  3.29  17  17   1   0   0  107  117   43   39    3   33   44
Burt Hooton            6   9  4.05  18  18   5   0   2  120  116   56   54   11   33   60
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             9   8  4.74  19  18   5   0   2  129  138   73   68   14   44   78
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
Steve Rogers           2   8  3.86  14  14   2   0   1   96   92   46   41    8   29   65
Chip Lang              1   1  3.98  11   1   0   0   0   20   11   11    9    2   15   12
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
Bob Myrick             0   0  2.61  10   0   0   0   0   10   10    3    3    0    4    3
Bob Apodaca            1   5  2.63  25   2   0   2   0   55   43   20   16    2   15   29
Jon Matlack           10   2  2.64  19  19  11   0   4  146  119   48   43   11   35   83
Tom Seaver             9   5  2.80  20  19   8   0   2  151  124   49   47    7   43  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  4.00  18  16   3   0   0  110  112   52   49    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 Kaat               9   3  2.91  20  19   5   0   1  127  130   47   41   10   18   55
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
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           1   1  3.53  30   0   0   1   0   43   44   19   17    0   13   36
Jim Rooker             7   4  3.78  15  15   4   0   0  100  111   48   42    7   37   43
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  4.60  17  16   6   1   0  115  117   69   59   14   33   57

 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  2.09  38   0   0   8   0   65   57   17   15    2   21   46
Randy Jones           16   3  2.53  21  21  15   0   3  174  142   57   49    8   22   57
Dave Freisleben        6   5  2.62  13  12   5   0   3   93   86   30   27    6   35   45
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
Ed Halicki             8  11  4.68  20  19   5   0   3  110  113   62   57    7   43   70
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
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  2.34  29   0   0   1   0   42   31   13   11    3   24   24
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
Bill Greif             1   2  3.47  21   0   0   2   0   23   22   10    9    1    6   10
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.60   8   0   0   0   0   10    9    4    4    0    7    3
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
Lynn McGlothen         7   8  3.85  18  17   6   0   2  110  122   51   47    7   34   46
Bob Forsch             3   4  3.92  18  17   0   0   0   99  102   55   43    8   37   44
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
Eric Rasmussen         3   7  4.30  29   3   0   0   0   61   65   31   29    5   24   31
John Curtis            5   7  4.68  19  12   2   0   1   90   97   48   47   10   45   33

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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. Kaat (PHI)             9
  J. Koosman (NY)           9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  J. Richard (HOU)          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
  J. Andujar (HOU)          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
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  E. Halicki (SF)           3
  R. Jones (SD)             3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  J. Denny (STL)            2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         174.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      153.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        151.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  148.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       146.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       142.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        135.1
  B. Strom (SD)         131.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      129.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    129.1

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         142
  R. Jones (SD)           142
  D. Sutton (LA)          138
  J. Barr (SF)            134
  P. Niekro (ATL)         132
  J. Kaat (PHI)           130
  D. Rau (LA)             125
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       124
  T. Seaver (NY)          124
  L. McGlothen (STL)      122

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           73
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        69
  J. Reuss (PIT)           69
  R. Burris (CHI)          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)           14
  J. Billingham (CIN)      12
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  D. Rau (LA)              12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12
  B. Hooton (LA)           11
  J. Matlack (NY)          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)          83
  D. Sutton (LA)           78
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         77

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