Thursday July 22, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 22, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        49  46  2.89   95  30  12   850   727  319  273   50  257  615
Philadelphia    61  28  3.14   89  23  25   803   780  308  280   54  214  474
Cincinnati      58  35  3.59   93  22  21   842   826  369  336   63  276  457
San Diego       47  48  3.59   95  30  10   854   802  385  341   59  305  377
Los Angeles     52  42  3.60   94  24  18   856   826  367  342   68  293  443
Pittsburgh      51  40  3.64   91  24  23   827   798  392  334   64  263  439
Atlanta         43  50  3.71   93  21  17   823   797  396  339   52  310  474
San Francisco   40  55  3.71   95  14  15   856   871  429  353   43  317  429
St. Louis       40  51  3.72   91  16  13   826   823  390  341   65  330  406
Houston         48  48  3.90   96  17  21   858   843  428  372   49  456  481
Montreal        28  58  4.19   86   8  13   761   763  413  354   56  371  429
Chicago         38  54  4.50   92   8  22   820   889  466  410   77  299  456

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Jones (SD)      17   4  2.48  23  23  17   0   4  192  154   61   53    9   24   63
Don Stanhouse (MON)    6   4  2.58  20  12   4   1   1  101   83   32   29    2   54   40
Pat Zachry (CIN)       8   3  2.61  23  14   4   0   1  110   87   38   32    4   43   80
Fred Norman (CIN)      8   2  2.61  20  11   5   0   3   93   72   28   27    3   38   62
Jim Kaat (PHI)        10   4  2.63  22  21   6   0   1  144  143   49   42   11   19   55
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
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   4  2.73  21  21  11   0   4  158  134   55   48   12   36   91
J.R. Richard (HOU)    10  10  2.75  23  23   6   0   1  170  132   62   52    9  102  112
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     11   5  2.87  19  18   5   1   1  129  124   47   41   10   32   75

 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
Mike Beard             0   1  2.03   9   0   0   1   0   13   10    4    3    0    5    1
Bruce Dal Canton       3   2  2.15  26   0   0   1   0   46   34   21   11    3   25   25
Mike Marshall          0   1  2.82  15   0   0   6   0   22   18    9    7    2    7   10
Andy Messersmith       9   9  2.90  22  21  10   1   3  158  121   59   51   10   57  112
Dick Ruthven          11   8  3.24  21  21   6   0   3  144  135   52   52    8   50   82
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            1   7  4.77  20  18   0   0   0  100  130   64   53    5   37   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
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Bruce Sutter           1   2  2.63  25   0   0   3   0   38   27   11   11    1   12   29
Steve Stone            2   2  3.14   6   6   0   0   0   29   25   11   10    1    7   12
Darold Knowles         3   3  3.21  36   0   0   8   0   48   43   19   17    5   16   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
Steve Renko            3   4  4.38  13  13   0   0   0   72   75   41   35    8   17   47
Bill Bonham            6   8  4.72  17  17   3   0   0  103  116   58   54    6   50   54
Joe Coleman            0   4  4.86  15   4   0   2   0   33   31   23   18    4   16   30
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  5.43  34   2   0   1   0   56   64   40   34    4   24   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
Fred Norman            8   2  2.61  20  11   5   0   3   93   72   28   27    3   38   62
Rawly Eastwick         7   3  2.73  41   0   0  10   0   63   58   23   19    3   16   46
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
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.57  24  13   0   0   0   93   90   53   37    6   49   59
Gene Pentz             2   1  3.60  23   0   0   3   0   40   37   18   16    3   18   28
Joaquin Andujar        6   6  3.88  18  15   6   0   4   95   96   44   41    4   43   30
Larry Dierker          9   9  4.18  19  19   3   0   2  123  114   62   57    6   54   80
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Joe Sambito            0   0  5.06   2   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    0    2    3
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
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   2  1.74   9   0   0   1   0   10    3    3    2    0    5    6
Charlie Hough          8   4  2.27  43   0   0   8   0   83   58   23   21    5   48   54
Doug Rau               9   6  2.96  20  19   5   0   1  137  135   47   45   13   41   59
Rick Rhoden            9   0  3.10  19  18   7   0   2  125  115   45   43   11   37   52
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  4.21  20   0   0   1   0   36   38   18   17    5    9   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  21  20   6   0   2  144  147   79   72   15   51   85
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  2.58  20  12   4   1   1  101   83   32   29    2   54   40
Dale Murray            1   8  2.96  47   0   0   9   0   67   58   27   22    0   21   20
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  3.00   5   0   0   0   0    6   10    2    2    0    0    4
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   8  4.03  19  19   0   0   0  121  131   62   54   11   45   74
Chip Lang              1   1  4.50  13   1   0   0   0   24   18   14   12    2   17   14
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  5.55  16   2   0   0   0   36   50   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  1.55  21   0   0   1   0   29   21    6    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  2.48  27   2   0   2   0   58   44   20   16    2   16   30
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
Jon Matlack           10   4  2.73  21  21  11   0   4  158  134   55   48   12   36   91
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  2.53  34   3   1   7   0   75   61   23   21    3   17   54
Jim Kaat              10   4  2.63  22  21   6   0   1  144  143   49   42   11   19   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  3.27  32   0   0   8   0   52   50   23   19    3   19   50
Tom Underwood          6   2  3.30  19  11   1   2   0   76   75   28   28    4   26   39
Steve Carlton         10   4  3.56  20  20   8   0   2  139  127   57   55   11   40   94
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  3.14  34   0   0   2   0   52   49   20   18    0   13   42
Dave Giusti            0   1  3.49  20   0   0   4   0   28   26   14   11    3   10   13
Bruce Kison            7   6  3.58  19  18   3   0   0  111  104   57   44    9   33   51
Larry Demery           6   3  3.68  23   4   0   2   0   64   62   31   26    4   28   33
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
Jerry Reuss           10   5  4.19  19  18   8   1   0  133  136   72   62   14   35   67
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          7   0  2.04  42   0   0   8   0   71   64   18   16    2   24   48
Randy Jones           17   4  2.48  23  23  17   0   4  192  154   61   53    9   24   63
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
Dave Freisleben        6   7  3.24  16  14   5   1   3  100   98   39   36    7   38   46
Jerry Johnson          0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    5    2    2    2    0    4    4
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.25  16   2   0   1   0   30   33   17   14    0   21   17
Dan Spillner           2   9  4.62  29  12   0   0   0   99  109   61   51   10   51   55
Dave Tomlin            0   1  4.62  28   1   0   0   0   37   36   19   19    3   12   18
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

 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        9   8  2.87  22  21   5   0   3  147  128   53   47    6   45   99
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  2.45  32   0   0   1   0   48   40   16   13    3   26   31
Bill Greif             1   2  2.73  26   0   0   2   0   30   28   12    9    1    8   13
Al Hrabosky            5   6  3.03  40   0   0   9   0   65   58   27   22    5   24   50
John Denny             5   4  3.31  18  18   4   0   2  117  117   50   43    9   37   41
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
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    5    1    8    5
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Pete Falcone           6  10  4.03  19  19   4   0   0  121  111   63   54   11   51   77
Eric Rasmussen         3   7  4.31  30   4   0   0   0   65   67   33   31    6   27   33
John Curtis            5   7  4.47  22  12   2   0   1   95   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. Kaat (PHI)            10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  J. Reuss (PIT)           10

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            17
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  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
  G. Garber (PHI)           8
  C. Hough (LA)             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
  F. Norman (CIN)           3
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         192.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      170.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        159.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  158.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       158.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       152.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        148.2
  B. Strom (SD)         148.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    147.1
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      144.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           154
  J. Barr (SF)            149
  D. Sutton (LA)          147
  R. Burris (CHI)         146
  P. Niekro (ATL)         144
  J. Kaat (PHI)           143
  J. Reuss (PIT)          136
  D. Rau (LA)             135
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        135
  J. Matlack (NY)         134

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           79
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        74
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  J. Reuss (PIT)           72
  R. Burris (CHI)          70
  E. Halicki (SF)          65
  J. Barr (SF)             64
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  C. Morton (ATL)          64
  P. Falcone (STL)         63

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
  L. Dierker (HOU)         54
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       54
  D. Warthen (MON)         53
  R. Burris (CHI)          52

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          138
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    112
  J. Richard (HOU)        112
  P. Niekro (ATL)         103
  J. Montefusco (SF)       99
  S. Carlton (PHI)         94
  M. Lolich (NY)           94
  J. Koosman (NY)          93
  J. Matlack (NY)          91
  D. Sutton (LA)           85


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