Friday July 30, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 30, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        52  51  2.82  103  32  14   927   790  338  290   55  279  670
Philadelphia    66  32  3.11   98  25  26   887   850  340  306   58  234  524
Los Angeles     55  45  3.59  100  27  18   907   874  387  362   70  306  470
San Francisco   45  58  3.60  103  16  17   931   930  451  373   45  348  463
Cincinnati      65  38  3.63  103  25  25   931   923  416  375   66  314  497
St. Louis       42  55  3.71   97  16  14   879   876  413  362   69  352  441
Pittsburgh      56  43  3.71   99  25  24   905   889  433  373   72  291  477
Houston         52  52  3.71  104  21  21   936   896  445  386   52  481  518
Atlanta         46  54  3.73  100  23  17   886   858  426  367   57  339  511
San Diego       49  55  3.76  104  31  10   930   878  434  389   67  339  410
Montreal        33  61  4.04   94  10  15   837   830  437  376   57  409  466
Chicago         42  59  4.38  101   9  24   903   962  501  439   83  332  495

 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
A. Messersmith (ATL)  10   9  2.80  24  23  11   1   3  173  129   63   54   11   61  124

 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
Andy Messersmith      10   9  2.80  24  23  11   1   3  173  129   63   54   11   61  124
Max Leon               1   3  2.82  18   0   0   1   0   22   17   11    7    2   11   11
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
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Bruce Sutter           2   2  2.45  28   0   0   4   0   44   33   12   12    2   15   32
Darold Knowles         3   4  3.04  40   0   0   9   0   50   44   20   17    5   18   28
Steve Stone            2   3  3.69   8   8   0   0   0   39   33   17   16    3   10   17
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
Paul Reuschel          2   2  4.76  37   2   0   2   0   70   80   39   37   10   27   39
Bill Bonham            6   9  4.88  19  19   3   0   0  114  131   67   62    7   55   59
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
Manny Sarmiento        1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    0    0    2    1
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
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.12  45   1   0   4   0   78   94   31   27    4   22   34
Gary Nolan            10   5  3.28  23  23   6   0   1  165  147   63   60   18   18   75
Don Gullett            7   3  3.29  16  14   3   1   0   82   81   35   30    5   37   42
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   2  2.18   3   3   1   0   0   21   18    6    5    0    7   15
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.30  44   0   0  15   0   78   65   21   20    5   21   43
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 Sambito            0   0  3.55   5   0   0   0   0   13   10    5    5    2    3    8
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
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  2.49  46   0   0   8   0   87   61   26   24    6   51   57
Elias Sosa             0   3  2.63  12   0   0   1   0   14    9    5    4    0    5    9
Doug Rau              10   6  2.77  21  20   6   0   2  146  141   47   45   13   41   62
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  11  4.16  21  21   5   0   2  138  136   67   64   12   37   70
Don Sutton            11   8  4.35  22  21   7   0   2  153  152   81   74   15   55   94
Stan Wall              1   2  4.42  22   0   0   1   0   39   41   20   19    5   10   21
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
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   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    0    1
Don Stanhouse          7   4  2.45  21  13   5   1   1  110   90   33   30    2   58   46
Dale Murray            2   8  2.68  51   0   0  11   0   74   62   27   22    0   22   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  4.26  23  11   2   0   0   95  103   54   45    5   55   46
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   1  5.73   8   0   0   0   0   11   15    7    7    0    7    5
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         12   7  3.34  22  20   7   0   0  146  132   58   54   11   45  104
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
Ron Reed               8   4  2.87  36   3   1   7   0   78   66   27   25    4   20   58
Gene Garber            5   2  2.93  36   0   0   8   0   58   52   23   19    3   20   56
Jim Kaat              10   5  2.94  24  23   6   0   1  156  160   58   51   12   22   58
Steve Carlton         11   4  3.25  22  22   9   0   2  158  139   60   57   12   43  101
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.42  19   0   0   2   0   24   22   11    9    3    7   23
Tom Underwood          6   3  3.54  20  12   1   2   0   81   79   32   32    4   29   42
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           3   1  2.95  38   0   0   2   0   58   57   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  3.34  20  19   6   1   1  137  108   57   51   18   36   89
Bruce Kison            8   6  3.38  20  19   4   0   0  120  115   58   45    9   35   54
Larry Demery           6   3  3.48  25   4   0   2   0   67   64   31   26    4   31   35
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  4.32  24   0   0   5   0   33   32   19   16    4   14   15
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  1.89  46   0   0   8   0   76   66   18   16    2   24   52
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
Dave Tomlin            0   1  4.02  33   1   0   0   0   47   46   21   21    3   13   27
Rich Folkers           2   2  4.66  26   2   0   0   0   48   54   27   25    8   17   19
Dan Spillner           2  11  5.11  31  14   0   0   0  106  120   70   60   11   55   57
Ken Reynolds           0   3  6.40  19   2   0   1   0   32   38   27   23    0   29   18
Dave Wehrmeister       0   4  7.45   7   4   0   0   0   19   27   17   16    0   11   10
Jerry Johnson          0   1  7.84   8   1   0   0   0   10   12    9    9    0   12    8
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       2   0  1.61  31   1   0   0   0   56   41   13   10    1   25   20
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.49  42   0   0   9   0   72   67   23   20    5   35   47
Randy Moffitt          4   3  2.86  36   0   0   6   0   63   57   28   20    4   24   24
John Montefusco        9   9  2.99  23  22   5   0   3  150  133   56   50    7   48  102
Jim Barr               9   6  3.25  23  23   4   0   2  149  160   68   54    7   36   45
Ed Halicki             9  13  4.08  24  23   7   0   4  139  134   68   63    7   50   92
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  2.34  29   0   0   2   0   35   35   12    9    1   13   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
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
Bob Forsch             5   6  4.06  22  21   0   0   0  124  133   70   56   10   49   54
Eric Rasmussen         3   9  4.15  32   6   0   0   0   78   81   38   36    7   29   40
John Curtis            5   7  4.47  23  12   2   0   1   97  100   49   48   11   47   38

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            18
  J. Koosman (NY)          12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         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
  B. Hooton (LA)           11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  D. Spillner (SD)         11
  B. Strom (SD)            11
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  S. Rogers (MON)          10
  B. Bonham (CHI)           9

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            18
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  J. Andujar (HOU)          7
  E. Halicki (SF)           7
  J. Koosman (NY)           7
  R. Rhoden (LA)            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
  D. Knowles (CHI)          9
  G. Lavelle (SF)           9
  G. Garber (PHI)           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
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  173.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       168.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        164.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       164.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      158.0
  J. Kaat (PHI)         156.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        153.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           168
  J. Barr (SF)            160
  J. Kaat (PHI)           160
  P. Niekro (ATL)         157
  R. Burris (CHI)         155
  D. Sutton (LA)          152
  G. Nolan (CIN)          147
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       145
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        144
  D. Rau (LA)             141

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
  B. Forsch (STL)          70
  D. Spillner (SD)         70
  J. Barr (SF)             68
  E. Halicki (SF)          68

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      18
  G. Nolan (CIN)           18
  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
  B. Hooton (LA)           12

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        108
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     61
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       58
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        56
  P. Falcone (STL)         56
  B. Bonham (CHI)          55
  R. Burris (CHI)          55
  D. Carrithers (MON)      55

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          156
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    124
  J. Richard (HOU)        123
  P. Niekro (ATL)         115
  J. Koosman (NY)         104
  J. Montefusco (SF)      102
  S. Carlton (PHI)        101
  M. Lolich (NY)          100
  J. Matlack (NY)          97
  D. Sutton (LA)           94


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