Tuesday July 20, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 20, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        49  45  2.88   94  30  12   842   717  315  270   50  256  608
Philadelphia    59  28  3.21   87  23  23   785   766  307  280   54  211  467
San Diego       46  47  3.58   93  30   9   834   782  376  332   57  292  368
Los Angeles     51  41  3.60   92  24  18   835   808  356  334   68  278  433
Cincinnati      57  35  3.63   92  21  21   833   822  369  336   63  276  453
St. Louis       40  49  3.70   89  16  13   807   797  375  332   62  317  396
Pittsburgh      49  39  3.71   88  23  22   801   779  387  330   64  259  426
Atlanta         42  49  3.73   91  21  16   806   783  391  334   51  302  471
San Francisco   39  55  3.74   94  13  15   847   868  428  352   42  314  423
Houston         48  46  3.88   94  17  21   842   825  419  363   47  451  469
Montreal        27  57  4.17   84   8  13   743   743  403  344   55  359  415
Chicago         37  53  4.53   90   8  21   803   874  460  404   77  292  442

 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)      17   4  2.48  23  23  17   0   4  192  154   61   53    9   24   63
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
Jim Kaat (PHI)         9   4  2.79  21  20   6   0   1  136  136   48   42   11   18   55
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     11   5  2.87  19  18   5   1   1  129  124   47   41   10   32   75
Dave Freisleben (SD)   6   6  2.90  14  13   5   0   3   96   93   34   31    6   35   45

 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   9  2.90  22  21  10   1   3  158  121   59   51   10   57  112
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  3.21  35   0   0   8   0   48   42   19   17    5   15   26
Ray Burris             4  11  4.10  21  20   2   0   0  125  146   70   57   12   52   58
Rick Reuschel          9   7  4.25  22  21   3   1   1  136  131   74   64   12   39   77
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.29  37   1   0   3   0   50   57   26   24    7   14   23
Bill Bonham            6   8  4.72  17  17   3   0   0  103  116   58   54    6   50   54
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
Joe Coleman            0   4  5.12  13   4   0   1   0   32   31   23   18    4   16   27
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   5  3.15  21  21   5   0   1  149  127   55   52   16   17   68
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.26  41   1   0   3   0   69   85   27   25    4   19   28
Will McEnaney          1   4  4.23  35   0   0   5   0   45   62   25   21    2   12   24
Santo Alcala           8   2  4.37  19  12   2   0   1   82   76   42   40    8   39   43
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
Bo McLaughlin          0   0  1.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    1    0    0    4
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.27  42   0   0  15   0   75   63   20   19    4   19   42
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
Gene Pentz             2   1  3.60  23   0   0   3   0   40   37   18   16    3   18   28
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.61  22  13   0   0   0   87   85   51   35    5   48   53
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
Mike Cosgrove          3   4  5.15  18  15   1   0   1   79   90   53   45    6   54   31
Joe Sambito            0   0  5.79   1   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    0    2    2
Gilberto Rondon        2   2  5.93  12   7   0   0   0   44   57   32   29    5   28   14
Tom Griffin            5   3  6.05  20   2   0   0   0   42   44   29   28    4   37   33
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
Doug Rau               9   6  2.96  20  19   5   0   1  137  135   47   45   13   41   59
Rick Rhoden            9   0  2.99  18  17   7   0   2  117  106   41   39   11   33   49
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         4   6  4.61  21   9   1   0   0   80   87   50   41    5   51   42
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
Jerry Koosman         11   6  3.51  20  18   5   0   0  128  122   54   50   10   39   93
Craig Swan             5   8  3.56  16  16   2   0   1  101   94   49   40    8   30   78
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  1.93   9   0   0   0   0   19   17    5    4    0    7   15
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  3.00  32   0   0   5   0   51   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   4  3.56  20  20   8   0   2  139  127   57   55   11   40   94
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  2.38  34   0   0  10   0   45   44   17   12    0   14   21
John Candelaria       10   4  3.02  18  17   6   1   1  125   93   48   42   15   31   80
Kent Tekulve           1   1  3.20  33   0   0   2   0   51   48   20   18    0   13   41
Dave Giusti            0   1  3.54  19   0   0   3   0   28   26   14   11    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  4.50  25   0   0   3   0   32   33   16   16    3   13   13
Rick Langford          0   1  5.09   8   1   0   0   0   18   18   11   10    1   10   13

 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           17   4  2.48  23  23  17   0   4  192  154   61   53    9   24   63
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  1.78  28   1   0   0   0   51   35   12   10    1   23   19
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  12  4.26  22  21   6   0   4  127  126   65   60    7   44   80
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
Bill Greif             1   2  2.93  24   0   0   2   0   28   27   10    9    1    7   13
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
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   9  3.83  20  19   6   0   2  122  134   56   52    8   39   57
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)            17
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          12
  R. Burris (CHI)          11
  B. Hooton (LA)           10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  B. Strom (SD)            10
  P. Falcone (STL)          9
  L. McGlothen (STL)        9
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      9
  S. Rogers (MON)           9

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            17
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     10
  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
  D. Knowles (CHI)          8

Shutouts:

  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  D. Freisleben (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)         192.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      170.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        159.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  158.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       152.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       152.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        148.2
  B. Strom (SD)         148.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      139.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      138.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           154
  J. Barr (SF)            149
  R. Burris (CHI)         146
  P. Niekro (ATL)         144
  D. Sutton (LA)          143
  J. Kaat (PHI)           136
  D. Rau (LA)             135
  L. McGlothen (STL)      134
  J. Richard (HOU)        132
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       131

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        74
  D. Sutton (LA)           74
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  J. Reuss (PIT)           71
  R. Burris (CHI)          70
  E. Halicki (SF)          65
  J. Barr (SF)             64
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  C. Morton (ATL)          64
  J. Richard (HOU)         62

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           16
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      15
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  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)     57
  B. Strom (SD)            55
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        54
  D. Warthen (MON)         53
  R. Burris (CHI)          52
  L. Dierker (HOU)         52
  D. Carrithers (MON)      51

Strikeouts:

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


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