Thursday July 15, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 15, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        47  42  2.96   89  28  12   797   687  305  262   47  247  576
Philadelphia    57  25  3.25   82  22  22   742   731  295  268   52  203  439
San Diego       43  45  3.64   88  27   9   789   741  362  319   56  281  351
Pittsburgh      47  35  3.66   82  22  21   747   723  353  304   61  243  393
Los Angeles     48  39  3.67   87  21  18   790   778  342  322   65  270  408
Cincinnati      53  34  3.67   87  19  20   787   779  353  321   59  261  425
Atlanta         40  46  3.73   86  19  15   764   742  374  317   48  291  450
St. Louis       37  46  3.75   83  15  12   755   752  355  315   59  297  362
San Francisco   35  53  3.84   88  11  14   792   822  412  338   41  301  388
Houston         42  45  3.97   87  14  20   779   771  396  344   45  430  426
Montreal        26  52  4.05   78   7  13   688   670  368  310   50  330  385
Chicago         36  49  4.62   85   6  20   761   840  444  391   76  277  418

 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
John Candelaria (PIT)  9   4  2.78  17  16   6   1   1  120   84   43   37   14   30   76
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   5  2.80  20  19   8   0   2  151  124   49   47    7   43  127
J.R. Richard (HOU)     9  10  2.90  22  22   5   0   1  161  127   61   52    9   97  105
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
Mike Beard             0   1  2.38   8   0   0   1   0   11   10    4    3    0    5    1
Andy Messersmith       9   7  2.43  20  19   9   1   3  148  106   48   40    8   53  106
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   5  3.64  21  20   4   0   1  146  140   71   59   12   56   99
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  6.55  15   0   0   2   0   22   34   17   16    0    9   11
Frank Lacorte          0   3  8.78   4   2   0   0   0   13   17   14   13    0    6    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  4.29  37   1   0   3   0   50   57   26   24    7   14   23
Ray Burris             4  10  4.33  20  19   1   0   0  116  142   68   56   12   47   54
Rick Reuschel          8   7  4.44  21  20   3   1   1  128  129   73   63   12   36   72
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
Joe Coleman            0   4  4.99  11   4   0   1   0   31   30   22   17    4   14   26
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
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
Rawly Eastwick         6   3  2.61  39   0   0   9   0   62   56   22   18    2   16   46
Pat Zachry             7   3  2.66  22  13   3   0   1  101   82   36   30    2   41   77
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  3.18  20  20   5   0   1  142  119   53   50   16   17   64
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.36  40   1   0   3   0   67   82   27   25    4   19   27
Will McEnaney          1   4  4.20  32   0   0   5   0   41   56   22   19    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  10  2.90  22  22   5   0   1  161  127   61   52    9   97  105
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               8   6  3.09  19  18   4   0   1  128  130   45   44   13   40   57
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  2.88  42   0   0   9   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           3   8  3.81  15  15   2   0   1  104   98   49   44    9   32   71
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         10   6  3.70  19  17   4   0   0  119  117   53   49    9   36   85
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         10   3  3.49  19  19   8   0   2  134  123   54   52   11   40   90
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        9   4  2.78  17  16   6   1   1  120   84   43   37   14   30   76
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  3.91  16   0   0   3   0   23   24   13   10    3    8    8
Rick Langford          0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    1    5    5
Larry Demery           5   3  4.25  22   3   0   2   0   55   60   30   26    4   25   30
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  2.07  39   0   0   8   0   65   57   17   15    2   22   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  10  3.17  23  21   5   0   1  139  117   57   49    9   51   65
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  3.27  20  20   3   0   1  127  141   60   46    6   32   43
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.30  42   0   0   1   0   52   56   33   25    2    8   27
Mike Caldwell          0   6  4.66  28   8   0   0   0   73   99   53   38    5   14   34
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  3.24  37   0   0   8   0   58   52   24   21    5   23   45
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
Bob Forsch             4   4  3.70  19  18   0   0   0  107  110   56   44    8   40   46
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
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
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Koosman (NY)          10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         10
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       9
  J. Kaat (PHI)             9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          11
  R. Burris (CHI)          10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  B. Strom (SD)            10
  B. Hooton (LA)            9
  D. Spillner (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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  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
  D. Murray (MON)           9
  C. Hough (LA)             8
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           8
  B. Metzger (SD)           8

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)      161.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        151.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  148.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       146.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       146.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        141.2
  B. Strom (SD)         139.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      134.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      129.2

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)         142
  R. Jones (SD)           142
  J. Barr (SF)            141
  P. Niekro (ATL)         140
  D. Sutton (LA)          138
  J. Kaat (PHI)           130
  D. Rau (LA)             130
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       129
  J. Richard (HOU)        127
  T. Seaver (NY)          124

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  D. Sutton (LA)           73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  J. Reuss (PIT)           69
  R. Burris (CHI)          68
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  E. Halicki (SF)          62
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  J. Richard (HOU)         61
  J. Barr (SF)             60

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           16
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      14
  J. Reuss (PIT)           14
  D. Sutton (LA)           14
  D. Rau (LA)              13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      12
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         97
  P. Niekro (ATL)          56
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        54
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     53
  B. Strom (SD)            51
  L. Dierker (HOU)         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)        105
  P. Niekro (ATL)          99
  S. Carlton (PHI)         90
  M. Lolich (NY)           90
  J. Montefusco (SF)       88
  J. Koosman (NY)          85
  J. Matlack (NY)          83
  D. Sutton (LA)           78


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