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Friday July 16, 1976
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National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 16, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        47  43  2.95   90  28  12   806   695  309  264   48  249  579
Philadelphia    57  26  3.23   83  23  22   751   737  296  269   53  203  439
Los Angeles     49  39  3.64   88  22  18   799   783  343  323   66  270  411
San Diego       43  46  3.64   89  28   9   798   749  366  323   57  282  356
Pittsburgh      48  35  3.64   83  23  21   756   733  355  306   61  245  398
Cincinnati      54  34  3.65   88  19  20   797   788  356  323   59  266  434
St. Louis       38  46  3.73   84  15  13   764   759  357  317   59  299  371
Atlanta         40  47  3.78   87  19  15   772   749  381  324   50  293  454
San Francisco   36  53  3.80   89  12  14   801   828  412  338   41  301  396
Houston         43  45  3.95   88  14  21   788   780  399  346   45  432  432
Montreal        26  53  4.05   79   7  13   698   678  372  314   51  338  392
Chicago         36  50  4.61   86   6  20   769   850  448  394   77  280  422

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse (MON)    6   4  2.46  19  11   4   1   1   95   76   29   26    2   49   38
Randy Jones (SD)      16   4  2.61  22  22  16   0   3  183  150   61   53    9   23   62
Dave Freisleben (SD)   6   5  2.62  13  12   5   0   3   93   86   30   27    6   35   45
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   3  2.66  20  20  11   0   4  152  127   52   45   12   35   85
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
Jim Kaat (PHI)         9   4  2.79  21  20   6   0   1  136  136   48   42   11   18   55
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   5  2.80  20  19   8   0   2  151  124   49   47    7   43  127
A. Messersmith (ATL)   9   8  2.81  21  20   9   1   3  150  112   55   47   10   55  107
J.R. Richard (HOU)     9  10  2.90  22  22   5   0   1  161  127   61   52    9   97  105

 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  1.91  24   0   0   0   0   42   31   19    9    2   23   24
Mike Beard             0   1  2.03   9   0   0   1   0   13   10    4    3    0    5    1
Andy Messersmith       9   8  2.81  21  20   9   1   3  150  112   55   47   10   55  107
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  2.21  24   0   0   3   0   37   25    9    9    1   12   27
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         3   3  3.35  33   0   0   7   0   46   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
Joe Coleman            0   4  4.83  12   4   0   1   0   32   30   22   17    4   15   27
Steve Renko            3   4  4.85  12  12   0   0   0   65   71   41   35    8   15   41
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
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         7   3  2.60  40   0   0   9   0   62   57   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  2.89  19  10   4   0   2   84   68   28   27    3   38   58
Gary Nolan             8   4  3.18  20  20   5   0   1  142  119   53   50   16   17   64
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.26  41   1   0   3   0   69   85   27   25    4   19   28
Will McEnaney          1   4  4.14  33   0   0   5   0   41   57   23   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  4.94  20  17   3   0   1  102  119   62   56   12   34   43
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
Gene Pentz             2   1  3.65  22   0   0   3   0   37   35   17   15    3   17   25
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.65  21  12   0   0   0   81   82   49   33    4   44   50
Larry Dierker          9   8  4.02  18  18   3   0   2  116  105   57   52    5   52   76
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            10   8  4.50  20  19   6   0   2  138  143   74   69   15   44   81
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   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Don Stanhouse          6   4  2.46  19  11   4   1   1   95   76   29   26    2   49   38
Dale Murray            0   7  3.15  43   0   0   9   0   60   50   26   21    0   19   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  2.10  30   0   0   9   0   51   28   14   12    3   23   55
Bob Apodaca            1   5  2.54  26   2   0   2   0   57   43   20   16    2   16   29
Bob Myrick             0   0  2.61  10   0   0   0   0   10   10    3    3    0    4    3
Jon Matlack           10   3  2.66  20  20  11   0   4  152  127   52   45   12   35   85
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   4  2.79  21  20   6   0   1  136  136   48   42   11   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
Jerry Reuss            9   5  4.42  18  17   7   1   0  124  127   71   61   14   35   62
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.55  24   0   0   3   0   32   33   16   16    3   13   13

 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   4  2.61  22  22  16   0   3  183  150   61   53    9   23   62
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
Ed Halicki             9  11  4.32  21  20   6   0   4  119  119   62   57    7   43   78
Mike Caldwell          0   6  4.66  28   8   0   0   0   73   99   53   38    5   14   34
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  3.10  38   0   0   9   0   61   52   24   21    5   23   48
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         8   8  3.79  19  18   6   0   2  116  129   53   49    7   36   52
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
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          9
  E. Halicki (SF)           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)            16
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            7
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  E. Halicki (SF)           6
  J. Kaat (PHI)             6
  L. McGlothen (STL)        6

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  M. Marshall (ATL)        13
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         9
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  D. Murray (MON)           9
  C. Hough (LA)             8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           8
  B. Metzger (SD)           8

Shutouts:

  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  D. Freisleben (SD)        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)         183.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      161.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       152.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        151.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  150.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       146.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        141.2
  B. Strom (SD)         139.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        138.0
  J. Kaat (PHI)         135.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           150
  D. Sutton (LA)          143
  R. Burris (CHI)         142
  J. Barr (SF)            141
  P. Niekro (ATL)         140
  J. Kaat (PHI)           136
  D. Rau (LA)             130
  L. McGlothen (STL)      129
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       129
  J. Matlack (NY)         127

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           74
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  J. Reuss (PIT)           71
  R. Burris (CHI)          68
  J. Billingham (CIN)      62
  E. Halicki (SF)          62
  C. Morton (ATL)          62
  R. Jones (SD)            61
  J. Richard (HOU)         61

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           16
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      14
  J. Reuss (PIT)           14
  D. Rau (LA)              13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      12
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  J. Matlack (NY)          12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         97
  P. Niekro (ATL)          56
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     55
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        54
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       54
  L. Dierker (HOU)         52
  B. Strom (SD)            51
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       49
  D. Warthen (MON)         48
  B. Bonham (CHI)          47

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          127
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    107
  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)          85
  D. Sutton (LA)           81


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