Thursday July 29, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 29, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        51  51  2.82  102  31  14   918   786  336  288   55  276  665
Philadelphia    66  31  3.10   97  25  26   879   844  337  303   58  231  517
Los Angeles     55  44  3.57   99  27  18   899   865  382  357   69  304  465
Cincinnati      63  38  3.62  101  24  24   913   900  406  367   65  310  489
San Francisco   44  58  3.62  102  16  16   922   922  448  371   45  345  458
San Diego       49  53  3.66  102  31  10   914   859  417  372   65  330  400
St. Louis       42  54  3.68   96  16  14   871   866  406  356   66  349  435
Houston         52  51  3.72  103  21  21   927   889  442  383   51  478  513
Pittsburgh      55  43  3.73   98  25  24   892   877  430  370   71  289  470
Atlanta         45  54  3.76   99  22  17   877   853  424  366   57  337  504
Montreal        33  60  4.06   93  10  15   825   815  433  372   57  406  463
Chicago         41  59  4.36  100   9  23   894   950  495  433   81  329  491

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Norman (CIN)      9   2  2.38  21  12   6   0   3  102   79   31   27    3   41   68
Don Stanhouse (MON)    7   4  2.45  21  13   5   1   1  110   90   33   30    2   58   46
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   6  2.53  23  22   8   0   2  178  140   52   50   10   49  156
Randy Jones (SD)      18   4  2.54  25  25  18   0   4  209  168   67   59    9   26   66
Mickey Lolich (NY)     6  10  2.59  21  20   4   0   2  129  119   51   37    4   39  100
J.R. Richard (HOU)    11  11  2.59  25  25   7   0   1  187  140   66   54    9  108  123
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     12   5  2.70  21  20   6   1   1  147  135   50   44   11   33   87
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   5  2.74  22  22  11   0   4  164  140   57   50   12   36   97
Doug Rau (LA)         10   6  2.77  21  20   6   0   2  146  141   47   45   13   41   62
Pat Zachry (CIN)       9   3  2.83  25  16   4   0   1  121   98   45   38    4   48   86

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  1.88  11   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    3    0    5    2
Bruce Dal Canton       3   3  2.26  28   0   0   1   0   52   37   23   13    4   28   26
Max Leon               1   3  2.82  18   0   0   1   0   22   17   11    7    2   11   11
Andy Messersmith       9   9  2.90  23  22  10   1   3  164  124   61   53   11   59  117
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.06  22   0   0   1   0   32   26   13   11    0   13   26
Mike Marshall          1   1  3.08  17   0   0   6   0   26   23   11    9    3    8   11
Dick Ruthven          11   8  3.46  22  22   6   0   3  148  144   57   57    9   53   86
Phil Niekro           11   6  3.47  24  23   5   0   1  169  157   77   65   12   68  115
Roger Moret            3   3  4.71  25  10   1   1   0   71   77   38   37    7   22   29
Carl Morton            1   8  4.93  21  19   0   0   0  104  140   68   57    5   39   29
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
Bruce Sutter           2   2  2.32  27   0   0   4   0   43   31   11   11    1   14   31
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Steve Stone            2   3  3.03   7   7   0   0   0   36   27   13   12    2    8   16
Darold Knowles         3   4  3.06  39   0   0   8   0   50   43   20   17    5   18   28
Ray Burris             6  11  3.86  23  22   3   0   1  140  155   73   60   12   55   64
Rick Reuschel          9   8  3.89  24  23   3   1   1  153  145   80   66   13   44   86
Steve Renko            3   5  4.27  14  14   0   0   0   78   79   43   37    8   22   48
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.65  38   1   0   3   0   50   60   28   26    7   14   23
Bill Bonham            6   9  4.88  19  19   3   0   0  114  131   67   62    7   55   59
Paul Reuschel          1   2  4.91  36   2   0   2   0   66   77   38   36   10   27   37
Joe Coleman            0   4  5.02  18   4   0   2   0   38   35   26   21    4   19   31
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.06  25   0   0   2   0   21   32   15   12    2    9   15
Mike Garman            2   4  5.16  36   2   0   1   0   59   68   40   34    4   27   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            9   2  2.38  21  12   6   0   3  102   79   31   27    3   41   68
Rawly Eastwick         7   3  2.42  45   0   0  12   0   71   64   23   19    3   18   48
Pat Zachry             9   3  2.83  25  16   4   0   1  121   98   45   38    4   48   86
Don Gullett            7   3  2.93  15  13   3   1   0   80   77   31   26    5   36   42
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.04  44   1   0   3   0   74   90   29   25    4   21   31
Gary Nolan             9   5  3.35  22  22   5   0   1  156  137   61   58   17   18   71
Will McEnaney          1   4  4.05  36   0   0   5   0   47   62   25   21    2   12   25
Santo Alcala           9   3  4.40  21  14   3   0   1   94   91   48   46    8   46   48
Jack Billingham        7   8  5.21  23  18   3   1   1  112  131   71   65   13   37   47
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15
Rich Hinton            1   2  7.64  12   1   0   0   0   18   30   15   15    4   11    8

 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          11  11  2.59  25  25   7   0   1  187  140   66   54    9  108  123
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
Joaquin Andujar        6   7  3.69  19  16   7   0   4  105  105   46   43    4   48   37
Joe Sambito            0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    1    3    4
Larry Dierker         10   9  3.90  20  20   4   0   3  132  116   62   57    6   55   83
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  2.55  45   0   0   8   0   85   61   26   24    6   49   54
Doug Rau              10   6  2.77  21  20   6   0   2  146  141   47   45   13   41   62
Elias Sosa             0   3  2.84  11   0   0   1   0   13    9    5    4    0    5    9
Rick Rhoden            9   0  3.10  19  18   7   0   2  125  115   45   43   11   37   52
Tommy John             6   7  3.10  20  20   2   0   1  128  132   48   44    4   37   54
Burt Hooton            6  10  3.93  20  20   5   0   2  135  129   62   59   11   37   69
Don Sutton            11   8  4.35  22  21   7   0   2  153  152   81   74   15   55   94
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
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
Chuck Taylor           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Don Stanhouse          7   4  2.45  21  13   5   1   1  110   90   33   30    2   58   46
Dale Murray            2   8  2.75  50   0   0  11   0   72   60   27   22    0   21   22
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Steve Rogers           3  10  3.79  18  18   2   0   1  126  123   59   53    9   40   86
Woodie Fryman          9   8  3.84  20  20   0   0   0  127  139   62   54   11   50   77
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
Steve Dunning          1   4  4.74  17   3   0   0   0   44   53   31   23    3   20   33
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
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.23   7   0   0   0   0    9   11    6    6    0    6    4
Dan Warthen            1   8  6.26  20  13   1   0   0   69   67   54   48    7   55   55

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Sanders            1   2  1.69  22   0   0   1   0   32   24    7    6    2    7   13
Bob Myrick             1   0  1.84  12   0   0   0   0   15   15    3    3    0    6    7
Bob Apodaca            1   5  2.36  28   2   0   3   0   61   46   22   16    2   17   30
Skip Lockwood          6   5  2.41  35   0   0  10   0   60   38   18   16    4   25   64
Nino Espinosa          0   1  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    1    0    1    2
Tom Seaver             9   6  2.53  23  22   8   0   2  178  140   52   50   10   49  156
Mickey Lolich          6  10  2.59  21  20   4   0   2  129  119   51   37    4   39  100
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.74  22  22  11   0   4  164  140   57   50   12   36   97
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  3.55  17  17   2   0   1  104   98   50   41    8   33   80
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
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.68  35   0   0   6   0   57   54   21   17    3   20   42
Jim Lonborg           12   5  2.70  21  20   6   1   1  147  135   50   44   11   33   87
Jim Kaat              10   4  2.86  23  22   6   0   1  151  154   55   48   12   19   56
Ron Reed               8   4  2.87  36   3   1   7   0   78   66   27   25    4   20   58
Gene Garber            5   2  2.98  35   0   0   8   0   57   52   23   19    3   20   55
Steve Carlton         11   4  3.25  22  22   9   0   2  158  139   60   57   12   43  101
Tom Underwood          6   3  3.54  20  12   1   2   0   81   79   32   32    4   29   42
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.74  18   0   0   2   0   22   22   11    9    3    7   19
Larry Christenson      9   5  3.97  19  18   2   0   0  107  123   52   47    6   33   40

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           2   1  3.05  37   0   0   2   0   56   55   21   19    0   14   43
Bob Moose              3   5  3.08  36   1   0  10   0   53   57   24   18    1   16   23
John Candelaria       10   4  3.33  19  18   6   1   1  130   99   54   48   17   36   84
Bruce Kison            8   6  3.38  20  19   4   0   0  120  115   58   45    9   35   54
Larry Demery           6   3  3.58  24   4   0   2   0   65   64   31   26    4   30   34
Jim Rooker             8   5  3.60  18  18   4   0   0  122  131   56   49    8   47   55
Doc Medich             5   9  3.90  19  19   3   0   0  125  131   61   54    9   36   67
Jerry Reuss           10   5  4.19  19  18   8   1   0  133  136   72   62   14   35   67
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.25  28   0   0   3   0   36   35   17   17    3   14   14
Dave Giusti            1   2  4.50  23   0   0   5   0   32   31   19   16    4   13   14
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           18   4  2.54  25  25  18   0   4  209  168   67   59    9   26   66
Brent Strom            9  11  3.11  25  23   6   0   1  151  127   61   52   11   55   70
Alan Foster            3   6  3.16  23  11   2   0   0   83   68   34   29    9   31   22
Dave Freisleben        6   9  3.50  18  16   5   1   3  111  107   46   43    8   48   51
Rich Folkers           2   1  4.36  25   1   0   0   0   43   49   23   21    6   16   18
Dave Tomlin            0   1  4.40  32   1   0   0   0   43   44   21   21    3   13   22
Dan Spillner           2  10  4.74  30  13   0   0   0  104  115   65   55   11   53   56
Jerry Johnson          0   1  4.82   7   1   0   0   0    9    9    5    5    0    9    8
Ken Reynolds           0   3  5.40  18   2   0   1   0   32   35   23   19    0   26   18
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  1.65  30   1   0   0   0   55   38   12   10    1   25   20
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.49  42   0   0   9   0   72   67   23   20    5   35   47
John Montefusco        9   9  2.99  23  22   5   0   3  150  133   56   50    7   48  102
Randy Moffitt          4   3  3.10  35   0   0   5   0   58   56   28   20    4   22   22
Jim Barr               9   6  3.25  23  23   4   0   2  149  160   68   54    7   36   45
Ed Halicki             9  13  4.03  23  22   7   0   4  136  130   66   61    7   49   89
Rob Dressler           2   7  4.37  13  13   0   0   0   70   82   43   34    4   24   22
Mike Caldwell          0   6  4.61  33   8   0   1   0   80  107   57   41    5   15   39
Dave Heaverlo          3   2  4.76  45   0   0   1   0   57   65   38   30    2   11   30
John D'Acquisto        3   5  4.83  18  11   0   0   0   69   52   39   37    3   68   35
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             1   2  2.38  28   0   0   2   0   34   33   12    9    1   12   14
Al Hrabosky            5   6  2.79  43   0   0  10   0   71   65   28   22    5   25   55
Mike Wallace           2   1  2.81  33   0   0   1   0   48   41   18   15    3   27   31
John Denny             5   4  3.31  18  18   4   0   2  117  117   50   43    9   37   41
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.65  11   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    5    1    8    6
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
Bob Forsch             5   5  3.87  21  20   0   0   0  119  127   64   51    8   48   52
Pete Falcone           6  11  3.95  20  20   4   0   0  128  114   65   56   11   56   82
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Eric Rasmussen         3   9  4.15  32   6   0   0   0   78   81   38   36    7   29   40
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)            18
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  L. Dierker (HOU)         10

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          13
  R. Burris (CHI)          11
  P. Falcone (STL)         11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  B. Strom (SD)            11
  B. Hooton (LA)           10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  S. Rogers (MON)          10
  D. Spillner (SD)         10
  B. Bonham (CHI)           9

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            18
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  J. Andujar (HOU)          7
  E. Halicki (SF)           7
  R. Rhoden (LA)            7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  R. Eastwick (CIN)        12
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        10
  S. Lockwood (NY)         10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  G. Lavelle (SF)           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
  L. Dierker (HOU)          3
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         209.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      187.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        178.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       168.2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  164.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       164.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      158.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        155.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        153.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     152.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           168
  J. Barr (SF)            160
  P. Niekro (ATL)         157
  R. Burris (CHI)         155
  J. Kaat (PHI)           154
  D. Sutton (LA)          152
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       145
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        144
  D. Rau (LA)             141
  J. Matlack (NY)         140

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           81
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        80
  P. Niekro (ATL)          77
  R. Burris (CHI)          73
  J. Reuss (PIT)           72
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  J. Barr (SF)             68
  C. Morton (ATL)          68
  B. Bonham (CHI)          67
  R. Jones (SD)            67

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        108
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     59
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       58
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        56
  P. Falcone (STL)         56
  B. Bonham (CHI)          55
  R. Burris (CHI)          55
  L. Dierker (HOU)         55

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          156
  J. Richard (HOU)        123
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    117
  P. Niekro (ATL)         115
  J. Montefusco (SF)      102
  S. Carlton (PHI)        101
  M. Lolich (NY)          100
  J. Koosman (NY)          99
  J. Matlack (NY)          97
  D. Sutton (LA)           94

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