Monday July 19, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 19, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        48  45  2.91   93  29  12   833   712  314  269   49  253  600
Philadelphia    59  27  3.21   86  23  23   777   761  304  277   54  211  461
San Diego       45  47  3.62   92  29   9   825   778  376  332   57  291  367
Los Angeles     50  41  3.63   91  23  18   826   803  354  333   68  277  431
Cincinnati      57  34  3.65   91  21  21   824   812  367  334   63  276  449
Pittsburgh      48  38  3.70   86  23  21   783   763  378  322   63  254  415
St. Louis       40  48  3.70   88  16  13   799   789  372  329   61  314  389
Atlanta         42  48  3.72   90  20  16   798   774  387  330   51  300  466
San Francisco   39  54  3.75   93  13  15   838   861  425  349   42  313  420
Houston         47  45  3.85   92  17  21   825   803  407  353   47  447  459
Montreal        26  57  4.18   83   7  13   734   737  400  341   54  354  409
Chicago         36  53  4.56   89   8  20   794   871  458  402   77  288  435

 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
Pat Zachry (CIN)       8   3  2.61  23  14   4   0   1  110   87   38   32    4   43   80
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   3  2.66  20  20  11   0   4  152  127   52   45   12   35   85
Mickey Lolich (NY)     5  10  2.69  19  18   4   0   2  114  106   48   34    4   36   94
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   6  2.72  21  20   8   0   2  159  127   50   48    8   43  138
J.R. Richard (HOU)    10  10  2.75  23  23   6   0   1  170  132   62   52    9  102  112
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
A. Messersmith (ATL)   9   8  2.81  21  20   9   1   3  150  112   55   47   10   55  107

 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  3.05  14   0   0   6   0   21   18    9    7    2    6   10
Dick Ruthven          11   8  3.18  20  20   6   0   3  139  128   49   49    8   47   80
Phil Niekro           10   5  3.54  22  21   4   0   1  153  144   72   60   12   60  103
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   7  5.07  19  17   0   0   0   94  126   64   53    5   35   28
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
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
Steve Stone            1   2  2.57   5   5   0   0   0   21   19    7    6    1    4    9
Darold Knowles         3   3  3.28  34   0   0   7   0   47   42   19   17    5   15   24
Ray Burris             4  11  4.10  21  20   2   0   0  125  146   70   57   12   52   58
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.29  37   1   0   3   0   50   57   26   24    7   14   23
Rick Reuschel          8   7  4.44  21  20   3   1   1  128  129   73   63   12   36   72
Bill Bonham            6   8  4.72  17  17   3   0   0  103  116   58   54    6   50   54
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
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  5.46  33   2   0   1   0   56   62   40   34    4   23   29
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             8   3  2.61  23  14   4   0   1  110   87   38   32    4   43   80
Rawly Eastwick         7   3  2.73  41   0   0  10   0   63   58   23   19    3   16   46
Fred Norman            7   2  2.89  19  10   4   0   2   84   68   28   27    3   38   58
Don Gullett            6   3  2.93  14  12   3   1   0   74   72   29   24    5   30   39
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
Santo Alcala           8   2  4.37  19  12   2   0   1   82   76   42   40    8   39   43
Will McEnaney          1   4  4.43  34   0   0   5   0   43   60   25   21    2   12   24
Jack Billingham        7   7  4.96  21  17   3   0   1  105  124   64   58   12   34   45
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
Dan Larson             1   0  1.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    5    1    1    0    2    9
Ken Forsch             3   2  2.36  41   0   0  15   0   72   59   20   19    4   19   41
J.R. Richard          10  10  2.75  23  23   6   0   1  170  132   62   52    9  102  112
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.61  22  13   0   0   0   87   85   51   35    5   48   53
Gene Pentz             2   1  3.65  22   0   0   3   0   37   35   17   15    3   17   25
Joaquin Andujar        6   5  3.82  17  14   6   0   4   92   92   42   39    4   41   29
Larry Dierker          9   8  4.02  18  18   3   0   2  116  105   57   52    5   52   76
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
Elias Sosa             0   1  2.16   8   0   0   1   0    8    3    2    2    0    4    5
Charlie Hough          7   4  2.36  41   0   0   8   0   80   55   23   21    5   46   52
Rick Rhoden            9   0  2.99  18  17   7   0   2  117  106   41   39   11   33   49
Doug Rau               8   6  3.09  19  18   4   0   1  128  130   45   44   13   40   57
Tommy John             5   6  3.17  18  18   1   0   0  114  119   44   40    4   35   51
Burt Hooton            6  10  4.01  19  19   5   0   2  128  124   60   57   11   34   65
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
Don Stanhouse          6   4  2.46  19  11   4   1   1   95   76   29   26    2   49   38
Dale Murray            0   8  3.09  46   0   0   9   0   64   55   27   22    0   21   20
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Steve Rogers           3   9  3.81  16  16   2   0   1  111  108   52   47    9   36   75
Woodie Fryman          8   7  3.82  18  18   0   0   0  115  127   57   49   10   40   66
Chip Lang              1   1  4.03  12   1   0   0   0   22   15   12   10    2   15   13
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0    4    8    2    2    0    0    1
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
Clay Kirby             1   7  4.97  15  13   0   0   0   63   63   43   35    8   45   41
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Steve Dunning          0   4  5.60  15   2   0   0   0   35   49   30   22    2   16   28
Dan Warthen            1   8  6.31  19  13   1   0   0   67   66   53   47    7   53   53

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.61  20   0   0   1   0   28   19    5    5    1    7   13
Skip Lockwood          6   3  2.06  31   0   0   9   0   52   29   14   12    3   24   55
Bob Myrick             0   0  2.31  11   0   0   0   0   12   12    3    3    0    4    4
Nino Espinosa          0   1  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    1    0    1    2
Bob Apodaca            1   5  2.54  26   2   0   2   0   57   43   20   16    2   16   29
Jon Matlack           10   3  2.66  20  20  11   0   4  152  127   52   45   12   35   85
Mickey Lolich          5  10  2.69  19  18   4   0   2  114  106   48   34    4   36   94
Tom Seaver             9   6  2.72  21  20   8   0   2  159  127   50   48    8   43  138
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Craig Swan             5   8  3.56  16  16   2   0   1  101   94   49   40    8   30   78
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               7   3  2.57  33   3   1   6   0   74   61   23   21    3   17   53
Jim Kaat               9   4  2.79  21  20   6   0   1  136  136   48   42   11   18   55
Jim Lonborg           11   5  2.87  19  18   5   1   1  129  124   47   41   10   32   75
Tug McGraw             5   4  3.06  31   0   0   5   0   50   50   19   17    3   18   38
Gene Garber            4   2  3.33  31   0   0   7   0   51   50   23   19    3   19   49
Steve Carlton         10   3  3.49  19  19   8   0   2  134  123   54   52   11   40   90
Tom Underwood          5   2  3.69  18  10   1   2   0   68   68   28   28    4   24   34
Larry Christenson      8   4  3.99  17  16   2   0   0   99  112   46   44    6   30   37
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  2.40  33   0   0  10   0   45   44   17   12    0   14   21
John Candelaria        9   4  2.78  17  16   6   1   1  120   84   43   37   14   30   76
Kent Tekulve           1   1  3.45  32   0   0   1   0   47   47   20   18    0   13   38
Dave Giusti            0   0  3.46  18   0   0   3   0   26   25   13   10    3    9   12
Bruce Kison            7   5  3.56  18  17   3   0   0  104   97   54   41    9   33   48
Jim Rooker             7   5  3.75  16  16   4   0   0  108  117   51   45    7   42   45
Doc Medich             5   8  3.90  17  17   3   0   0  111  116   55   48    8   34   61
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
Rick Langford          0   1  6.35   7   0   0   0   0   11   13    8    8    1    6    9

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          6   0  2.04  40   0   0   8   0   66   57   17   15    2   22   47
Randy Jones           16   4  2.61  22  22  16   0   3  183  150   61   53    9   23   62
Dave Freisleben        6   6  2.90  14  13   5   0   3   96   93   34   31    6   35   45
Brent Strom            9  10  3.03  24  22   6   0   1  148  124   59   50    9   55   69
Alan Foster            3   6  3.16  21  11   2   0   0   80   66   33   28    8   31   21
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.50  15   2   0   1   0   28   30   17   14    0   19   16
Dan Spillner           2   9  4.63  28  11   0   0   0   93  105   58   48    9   47   53
Dave Tomlin            0   1  4.79  27   1   0   0   0   36   36   19   19    3   12   17
Rich Folkers           2   1  5.09  22   1   0   0   0   35   44   22   20    5   16   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
Jerry Johnson          0   0 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    2    2    0    2    1

 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  2.57  39   0   0   9   0   67   64   22   19    4   35   43
John Montefusco        8   8  2.99  21  20   4   0   3  138  125   52   46    5   42   93
Randy Moffitt          4   3  3.00  34   0   0   5   0   57   54   27   19    4   21   21
Jim Barr               7   6  3.39  21  21   3   0   1  133  149   64   50    7   33   43
Ed Halicki             9  11  4.32  21  20   6   0   4  119  119   62   57    7   43   78
Dave Heaverlo          3   1  4.39  43   0   0   1   0   53   58   34   26    2    9   28
Mike Caldwell          0   6  4.50  30   8   0   0   0   76  101   54   38    5   14   37
Rob Dressler           2   7  4.66  12  12   0   0   0   64   78   41   33    4   19   22
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
John D'Acquisto        1   5  5.88  16   9   0   0   0   57   46   39   37    3   62   30

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Wallace           2   1  2.25  30   0   0   1   0   44   32   13   11    3   25   26
John Denny             5   4  3.10  17  17   4   0   2  113  112   46   39    7   33   41
Al Hrabosky            5   5  3.14  39   0   0   9   0   63   55   26   22    5   23   49
Bill Greif             1   2  3.16  23   0   0   2   0   26   24   10    9    1    7   11
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0   11    9    4    4    0    7    5
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
Bob Forsch             4   5  3.85  20  19   0   0   0  112  120   61   48    8   45   50
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Pete Falcone           6   9  4.06  18  18   4   0   0  115  103   59   52   11   46   73
Eric Rasmussen         3   7  4.31  30   4   0   0   0   65   67   33   31    6   27   33
John Curtis            5   7  4.48  21  12   2   0   1   94   98   48   47   10   46   34

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            16
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Koosman (NY)          10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       9

Losses:

  R. Burris (CHI)          11
  E. Halicki (SF)          11
  B. Hooton (LA)           10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  B. Strom (SD)            10
  P. Falcone (STL)          9
  S. Rogers (MON)           9
  D. Spillner (SD)          9
  B. Bonham (CHI)           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
  R. Rhoden (LA)            7
  J. Andujar (HOU)          6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  E. Halicki (SF)           6

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  R. Eastwick (CIN)        10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         9
  G. Lavelle (SF)           9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  D. Murray (MON)           9
  C. Hough (LA)             8
  B. Metzger (SD)           8

Shutouts:

  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  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)      170.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        159.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       152.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       152.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  150.1
  B. Strom (SD)         148.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        141.2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      138.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    138.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           150
  J. Barr (SF)            149
  R. Burris (CHI)         146
  P. Niekro (ATL)         144
  D. Sutton (LA)          143
  J. Kaat (PHI)           136
  J. Richard (HOU)        132
  D. Rau (LA)             130
  L. McGlothen (STL)      129
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       129

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           74
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  J. Reuss (PIT)           71
  R. Burris (CHI)          70
  J. Barr (SF)             64
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  C. Morton (ATL)          64
  E. Halicki (SF)          62
  J. Richard (HOU)         62

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)        102
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          60
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     55
  B. Strom (SD)            55
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        54
  D. Warthen (MON)         53
  R. Burris (CHI)          52
  L. Dierker (HOU)         52
  B. Bonham (CHI)          50

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          138
  J. Richard (HOU)        112
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    107
  P. Niekro (ATL)         103
  M. Lolich (NY)           94
  J. Montefusco (SF)       93
  S. Carlton (PHI)         90
  J. Koosman (NY)          85
  J. Matlack (NY)          85
  D. Sutton (LA)           81

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