Sunday July 25, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 25, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        50  48  2.87   98  31  13   878   747  328  280   54  264  633
Philadelphia    64  29  3.13   93  25  25   839   815  325  292   57  220  493
Los Angeles     54  43  3.55   97  26  18   882   847  373  348   68  298  452
San Diego       48  50  3.59   98  30  10   880   821  396  351   61  315  388
San Francisco   42  57  3.59   99  16  16   896   893  435  358   44  335  449
Cincinnati      61  36  3.60   97  23  23   877   861  384  351   64  295  470
St. Louis       42  52  3.70   94  16  14   853   850  400  351   66  339  424
Atlanta         44  53  3.75   97  21  17   859   833  416  358   57  330  496
Houston         50  50  3.81  100  18  21   899   874  439  381   51  471  500
Pittsburgh      52  43  3.85   95  24  24   860   850  428  368   71  279  453
Montreal        30  59  4.17   89   9  13   790   785  426  366   56  390  444
Chicago         39  56  4.52   95   8  23   845   915  485  425   78  315  466

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse (MON)    6   4  2.58  20  12   4   1   1  101   83   32   29    2   54   40
Randy Jones (SD)      17   4  2.62  24  24  17   0   4  199  161   66   58    9   26   63
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   6  2.68  22  21   8   0   2  168  133   52   50   10   45  146
Mickey Lolich (NY)     6  10  2.71  20  19   4   0   2  120  111   50   36    4   37   97
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
Doug Rau (LA)         10   6  2.77  21  20   6   0   2  146  141   47   45   13   41   62
Pat Zachry (CIN)       8   3  2.81  24  15   4   0   1  115   93   42   36    4   46   82
Jim Kaat (PHI)        10   4  2.86  23  22   6   0   1  151  154   55   48   12   19   56

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  1.98  10   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    3    0    5    2
Max Leon               1   3  2.14  17   0   0   1   0   21   14    9    5    2    9   11
Bruce Dal Canton       3   3  2.26  28   0   0   1   0   52   37   23   13    4   28   26
Andy Messersmith       9   9  2.90  23  22  10   1   3  164  124   61   53   11   59  117
Mike Marshall          1   1  3.08  17   0   0   6   0   26   23   11    9    3    8   11
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.38  21   0   0   1   0   29   26   13   11    0   13   25
Dick Ruthven          11   8  3.46  22  22   6   0   3  148  144   57   57    9   53   86
Phil Niekro           10   6  3.55  23  22   4   0   1  160  150   75   63   12   65  109
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   4  9.18   5   3   0   0   0   17   23   18   17    1    9    9

 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  3.14  37   0   0   8   0   49   43   19   17    5   17   26
Rick Reuschel          9   8  4.04  23  22   3   1   1  143  135   78   64   12   42   81
Ray Burris             5  11  4.12  22  21   2   0   0  131  152   73   60   12   54   59
Steve Renko            3   4  4.38  13  13   0   0   0   72   75   41   35    8   17   47
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.65  38   1   0   3   0   50   60   28   26    7   14   23
Paul Reuschel          1   2  4.92  35   2   0   2   0   64   75   37   35    9   26   34
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.06  25   0   0   2   0   21   32   15   12    2    9   15
Bill Bonham            6   9  5.16  18  18   3   0   0  106  122   65   61    7   53   56
Mike Garman            2   4  5.25  35   2   0   1   0   58   66   40   34    4   27   29
Joe Coleman            0   4  5.35  16   4   0   2   0   35   33   26   21    4   19   30
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
Fred Norman            8   2  2.61  20  11   5   0   3   93   72   28   27    3   38   62
Rawly Eastwick         7   3  2.62  43   0   0  11   0   65   60   23   19    3   18   46
Pat Zachry             8   3  2.81  24  15   4   0   1  115   93   42   36    4   46   82
Don Gullett            7   3  2.93  15  13   3   1   0   80   77   31   26    5   36   42
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.17  42   1   0   3   0   71   87   27   25    4   19   28
Gary Nolan             9   5  3.35  22  22   5   0   1  156  137   61   58   17   18   71
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  4.92  22  17   3   1   1  108  126   65   59   12   36   46
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15
Rich Hinton            1   2  7.90  10   1   0   0   0   14   23   12   12    4    6    7

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bo McLaughlin          1   0  0.56   2   2   1   0   1   16   12    3    1    0    1    6
Dan Larson             1   1  1.69   2   2   1   0   0   16   12    4    3    0    5   15
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.33  43   0   0  15   0   77   65   21   20    5   20   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             3   1  3.35  25   0   0   3   0   43   40   18   16    3   20   28
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.57  24  13   0   0   0   93   90   53   37    6   49   59
Joe Sambito            0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    1    3    4
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
Mike Cosgrove          3   4  5.04  19  16   1   0   1   86   97   56   48    6   56   33
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
Charlie Hough          8   4  2.37  44   0   0   8   0   84   60   24   22    5   48   54
Elias Sosa             0   3  2.53  10   0   0   1   0   11    6    4    3    0    5    6
Doug Rau              10   6  2.77  21  20   6   0   2  146  141   47   45   13   41   62
Tommy John             6   6  2.93  19  19   2   0   1  123  123   44   40    4   36   53
Rick Rhoden            9   0  3.10  19  18   7   0   2  125  115   45   43   11   37   52
Burt Hooton            6  10  3.93  20  20   5   0   2  135  129   62   59   11   37   69
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
Stan Wall              1   2  4.62  21   0   0   1   0   37   39   20   19    5   10   20
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
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
Don Carrithers         5   6  4.25  22  10   2   0   0   89   94   51   42    5   54   45
Chip Lang              1   1  4.67  14   1   0   0   0   27   22   16   14    2   18   14
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.95  31   0   0   1   0   40   42   25   22    5   14   18
Clay Kirby             1   8  5.00  16  14   0   0   0   67   66   46   37    8   51   43
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  6.26  20  13   1   0   0   69   67   54   48    7   55   55
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  8.10   6   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    6    0    5    4

 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
Bob Apodaca            1   5  2.36  28   2   0   3   0   61   46   22   16    2   17   30
Nino Espinosa          0   1  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    1    0    1    2
Tom Seaver             9   6  2.68  22  21   8   0   2  168  133   52   50   10   45  146
Mickey Lolich          6  10  2.71  20  19   4   0   2  120  111   50   36    4   37   97
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   7  3.42  21  19   6   0   0  137  128   56   52   11   42   99
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  2.18  10   0   0   0   0   21   20    6    5    0    7   17
Ron Reed               8   3  2.59  35   3   1   7   0   76   64   24   22    3   18   57
Jim Lonborg           12   5  2.75  20  19   6   1   1  138  130   48   42   11   32   80
Jim Kaat              10   4  2.86  23  22   6   0   1  151  154   55   48   12   19   56
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.89  33   0   0   5   0   53   52   21   17    3   19   41
Gene Garber            4   2  3.15  33   0   0   8   0   54   50   23   19    3   20   51
Tom Underwood          6   2  3.30  19  11   1   2   0   76   75   28   28    4   26   39
Steve Carlton         11   4  3.41  21  21   9   0   2  148  130   58   56   12   42   95
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.92  17   0   0   2   0   21   22   11    9    3    6   19
Larry Christenson      8   5  4.11  18  17   2   0   0  101  118   51   46    6   31   38

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   5  3.00  35   1   0  10   0   51   54   23   17    1   15   22
Kent Tekulve           1   1  3.13  36   0   0   2   0   55   55   21   19    0   14   43
John Candelaria       10   4  3.33  19  18   6   1   1  130   99   54   48   17   36   84
Bruce Kison            7   6  3.58  19  18   3   0   0  111  104   57   44    9   33   51
Larry Demery           6   3  3.58  24   4   0   2   0   65   64   31   26    4   30   34
Jim Rooker             8   5  3.79  17  17   4   0   0  116  124   56   49    8   44   50
Jerry Reuss           10   5  4.19  19  18   8   1   0  133  136   72   62   14   35   67
Doc Medich             5   9  4.24  18  18   3   0   0  115  126   61   54    9   34   61
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.37  27   0   0   3   0   35   35   17   17    3   13   13
Dave Giusti            0   2  4.97  22   0   0   5   0   29   30   19   16    4   12   13
Rick Langford          0   1  7.20  10   1   0   0   0   20   23   17   16    2   13   15

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          8   0  2.00  44   0   0   8   0   72   65   18   16    2   24   49
Randy Jones           17   4  2.62  24  24  17   0   4  199  161   66   58    9   26   63
Jerry Johnson          0   0  2.84   5   0   0   0   0    6    3    2    2    0    4    6
Dave Freisleben        6   8  3.08  17  15   5   1   3  108  103   40   37    7   42   50
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 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  1.76  29   1   0   0   0   51   37   12   10    1   23   19
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.63  40   0   0   9   0   68   65   23   20    5   35   45
John Montefusco        9   8  2.87  22  21   5   0   3  147  128   53   47    6   45   99
Randy Moffitt          4   3  3.10  35   0   0   5   0   58   56   28   20    4   22   22
Jim Barr               8   6  3.18  22  22   4   0   2  142  153   64   50    7   33   43
Ed Halicki             9  13  4.03  23  22   7   0   4  136  130   66   61    7   49   89
Mike Caldwell          0   6  4.29  32   8   0   1   0   80  102   54   38    5   15   38
Dave Heaverlo          3   2  4.37  44   0   0   1   0   56   60   35   27    2   11   30
Rob Dressler           2   7  4.37  13  13   0   0   0   70   82   43   34    4   24   22
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
John D'Acquisto        2   5  5.31  17  10   0   0   0   63   48   39   37    3   66   35

 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  2.51  27   0   0   2   0   32   31   12    9    1   10   14
Al Hrabosky            5   6  2.87  42   0   0  10   0   69   62   27   22    5   24   54
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         9   9  3.82  21  20   6   0   2  130  138   59   55    8   42   65
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    5    1    8    5
Bob Forsch             5   5  3.87  21  20   0   0   0  119  127   64   51    8   48   52
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
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  J. Kaat (PHI)            10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  D. Rau (LA)              10

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          13
  R. Burris (CHI)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  B. Strom (SD)            11
  P. Falcone (STL)         10
  B. Hooton (LA)           10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  B. Bonham (CHI)           9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          9
  L. McGlothen (STL)        9

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            17
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  E. Halicki (SF)           7
  R. Rhoden (LA)            7
  J. Andujar (HOU)          6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  R. Eastwick (CIN)        11
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  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)         199.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      178.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        168.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  164.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       159.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       158.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        155.2
  J. Kaat (PHI)         151.0
  B. Strom (SD)         150.2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      148.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           161
  J. Kaat (PHI)           154
  J. Barr (SF)            153
  R. Burris (CHI)         152
  P. Niekro (ATL)         150
  D. Sutton (LA)          147
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        144
  D. Rau (LA)             141
  L. McGlothen (STL)      138
  G. Nolan (CIN)          137

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           79
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        78
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  R. Burris (CHI)          73
  J. Reuss (PIT)           72
  E. Halicki (SF)          66
  R. Jones (SD)            66
  J. Billingham (CIN)      65
  B. Bonham (CHI)          65
  J. Richard (HOU)         65

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      17
  G. Nolan (CIN)           17
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  J. Reuss (PIT)           14
  D. Rau (LA)              13
  J. Billingham (CIN)      12
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  J. Kaat (PHI)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)          12

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        107
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       66
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     59
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        56
  B. Strom (SD)            55
  D. Warthen (MON)         55
  R. Burris (CHI)          54
  D. Carrithers (MON)      54
  L. Dierker (HOU)         54

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          146
  J. Richard (HOU)        120
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    117
  P. Niekro (ATL)         109
  J. Koosman (NY)          99
  J. Montefusco (SF)       99
  M. Lolich (NY)           97
  S. Carlton (PHI)         95
  J. Matlack (NY)          91
  E. Halicki (SF)          89


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