Friday July 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 23, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        49  47  2.89   96  30  12   861   734  322  276   53  259  624
Philadelphia    62  28  3.12   90  24  25   812   786  309  281   55  214  479
Los Angeles     53  42  3.56   95  25  18   865   830  367  342   68  294  445
Cincinnati      59  35  3.56   94  23  21   851   833  370  337   63  281  461
San Diego       47  49  3.60   96  30  10   862   807  390  345   61  309  381
San Francisco   41  55  3.67   96  15  15   865   875  429  353   43  317  429
Atlanta         43  51  3.70   94  21  17   832   803  399  342   52  317  481
Pittsburgh      51  41  3.72   92  24  23   835   813  403  345   66  265  442
St. Louis       40  52  3.72   92  16  13   835   834  394  345   66  331  411
Houston         48  49  3.88   97  17  21   867   848  431  374   49  461  489
Montreal        29  58  4.15   87   8  13   772   770  415  356   56  373  437
Chicago         39  54  4.48   93   8  23   829   898  469  413   77  302  459

 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
Jim Kaat (PHI)        10   4  2.63  22  21   6   0   1  144  143   49   42   11   19   55
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   6  2.68  22  21   8   0   2  168  133   52   50   10   45  146
Mickey Lolich (NY)     5  10  2.69  19  18   4   0   2  114  106   48   34    4   36   94
J.R. Richard (HOU)    10  11  2.73  24  24   6   0   1  178  136   65   54    9  107  120
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   4  2.73  21  21  11   0   4  158  134   55   48   12   36   91
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     12   5  2.75  20  19   6   1   1  138  130   48   42   11   32   80
John Montefusco (SF)   9   8  2.87  22  21   5   0   3  147  128   53   47    6   45   99

 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  1.98  10   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    3    0    5    2
Bruce Dal Canton       3   2  2.08  27   0   0   1   0   48   34   21   11    3   27   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   6  3.55  23  22   4   0   1  160  150   75   63   12   65  109
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  2.43  26   0   0   4   0   41   30   11   11    1   13   31
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             5  11  4.12  22  21   2   0   0  131  152   73   60   12   54   59
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
Santo Alcala           9   2  4.04  20  13   3   0   1   91   83   43   41    8   44   47
Will McEnaney          1   4  4.23  35   0   0   5   0   45   62   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
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  11  2.73  24  24   6   0   1  178  136   65   54    9  107  120
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
Gene Pentz             2   1  3.51  24   0   0   3   0   41   38   18   16    3   18   28
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.57  24  13   0   0   0   93   90   53   37    6   49   59
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
Tommy John             6   6  2.93  19  19   2   0   1  123  123   44   40    4   36   53
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
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            2   8  2.91  48   0   0   9   0   68   58   27   22    0   21   20
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  3.00   5   0   0   0   0    6   10    2    2    0    0    4
Steve Rogers           3   9  3.64  17  17   2   0   1  121  115   54   49    9   38   83
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
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   4  2.18  32   0   0   9   0   54   30   15   13    4   24   56
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
Tom Seaver             9   6  2.68  22  21   8   0   2  168  133   52   50   10   45  146
Mickey Lolich          5  10  2.69  19  18   4   0   2  114  106   48   34    4   36   94
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           12   5  2.75  20  19   6   1   1  138  130   48   42   11   32   80
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  3.10  35   0   0   2   0   52   50   20   18    0   13   43
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
Jerry Reuss           10   5  4.19  19  18   8   1   0  133  136   72   62   14   35   67
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.24  26   0   0   3   0   34   33   16   16    3   13   13
Doc Medich             5   9  4.24  18  18   3   0   0  115  126   61   54    9   34   61
Rick Langford          0   1  7.11   9   1   0   0   0   19   22   16   15    2   12   15

 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  11  3.11  25  23   6   0   1  151  127   61   52   11   55   70
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
Dave Tomlin            0   1  4.50  29   1   0   0   0   38   37   19   19    3   12   19
Ken Reynolds           0   3  4.60  17   2   0   1   0   31   33   20   16    0   25   18
Dan Spillner           2   9  4.62  29  12   0   0   0   99  109   61   51   10   51   55
Rich Folkers           2   1  4.70  23   1   0   0   0   38   45   22   20    5   16   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  1.78  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               8   6  3.18  22  22   4   0   2  142  153   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  2.94  41   0   0   9   0   67   60   27   22    5   24   52
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   8  4.40  31   5   0   0   0   72   76   37   35    7   28   36
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. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  J. Koosman (NY)          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
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  B. Strom (SD)            11
  P. Falcone (STL)         10
  B. Hooton (LA)           10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  L. Dierker (HOU)          9
  L. McGlothen (STL)        9
  D. Medich (PIT)           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
  J. Barr (SF)              2

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         192.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      178.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        168.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       159.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  158.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       158.0
  B. Strom (SD)         150.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        148.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    147.1
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      144.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           154
  J. Barr (SF)            153
  R. Burris (CHI)         152
  P. Niekro (ATL)         150
  D. Sutton (LA)          147
  J. Kaat (PHI)           143
  J. Reuss (PIT)          136
  J. Richard (HOU)        136
  D. Rau (LA)             135
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        135

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           79
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        74
  R. Burris (CHI)          73
  J. Reuss (PIT)           72
  E. Halicki (SF)          65
  J. Richard (HOU)         65
  J. Barr (SF)             64
  J. Billingham (CIN)      64
  C. Morton (ATL)          64

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)        107
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       62
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     57
  B. Strom (SD)            55
  R. Burris (CHI)          54
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        54
  L. Dierker (HOU)         54
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       54
  D. Warthen (MON)         53

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          146
  J. Richard (HOU)        120
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    112
  P. Niekro (ATL)         109
  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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