Saturday July 31, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 31, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        52  52  2.81  104  32  14   936   798  340  292   55  280  677
Philadelphia    67  32  3.08   99  25  27   896   855  341  307   59  234  528
San Francisco   46  58  3.60  104  17  17   940   941  454  376   46  348  470
Cincinnati      66  38  3.60  104  26  25   940   927  417  376   66  314  505
Los Angeles     55  46  3.62  101  27  18   915   883  393  368   71  308  474
Houston         54  52  3.68  106  22  22   954   911  452  390   52  494  526
Pittsburgh      56  44  3.70  100  25  24   914   898  440  376   73  291  483
St. Louis       42  56  3.73   98  16  14   887   888  419  367   69  355  451
Atlanta         46  56  3.77  102  23  17   902   880  437  378   57  346  516
San Diego       49  56  3.81  105  31  10   938   897  446  397   69  343  413
Montreal        34  61  4.06   95  10  15   846   844  443  382   58  412  470
Chicago         43  59  4.35  102  10  24   912   971  503  441   83  332  499

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Norman (CIN)     10   2  2.27  22  13   7   0   3  111   83   32   28    3   41   76
J.R. Richard (HOU)    12  11  2.48  26  26   8   0   1  196  144   67   54    9  115  127
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
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     12   5  2.70  21  20   6   1   1  147  135   50   44   11   33   87
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   6  2.72  23  23  11   0   4  172  146   59   52   12   37  104
Don Stanhouse (MON)    7   4  2.78  22  14   5   1   1  117  101   39   36    3   61   50
A. Messersmith (ATL)  10   9  2.80  24  23  11   1   3  173  129   63   54   11   61  124
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   4  2.45  29   0   0   1   0   55   42   25   15    4   31   27
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
Dick Ruthven          11   9  3.42  23  23   6   0   3  155  149   59   59    9   54   88
Mike Marshall          1   1  3.45  19   0   0   6   0   31   30   14   12    3   11   13
Phil Niekro           11   6  3.47  24  23   5   0   1  169  157   77   65   12   68  115
Adrian Devine          1   2  4.09  23   1   0   1   0   33   31   17   15    0   13   26
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            4   5  4.03  15  15   1   0   0   87   88   45   39    8   22   52
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           10   2  2.27  22  13   7   0   3  111   83   32   28    3   41   76
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  1.31   3   3   1   0   1   21   18    7    3    0    4    7
Dan Larson             1   2  2.18   3   3   1   0   0   21   18    6    5    0    7   15
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.35  45   0   0  16   0   80   68   22   21    5   22   43
J.R. Richard          12  11  2.48  26  26   8   0   1  196  144   67   54    9  115  127
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  3.53  25  13   0   0   0   94   91   53   37    6   51   62
Joaquin Andujar        6   7  3.69  19  16   7   0   4  105  105   46   43    4   48   37
Joe Sambito            1   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   11    6    6    2    3    8
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  2.44  47   0   0   8   0   89   61   26   24    6   51   58
Elias Sosa             0   3  2.63  12   0   0   1   0   14    9    5    4    0    5    9
Doug Rau              10   7  3.06  22  21   6   0   2  150  150   53   51   14   43   63
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  7.13  10   0   0   0   0   18   23   15   14    2    8   14

 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
Dale Murray            3   8  2.59  52   0   0  11   0   76   65   27   22    0   22   22
Don Stanhouse          7   4  2.78  22  14   5   1   1  117  101   39   36    3   61   50
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  1.64  23   0   0   1   0   33   26    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   6  2.72  23  23  11   0   4  172  146   59   52   12   37  104
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  2.54  36   0   0   7   0   60   55   21   17    3   20   43
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     10   5  3.85  20  19   2   0   0  112  127   53   48    7   33   43

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           3   1  2.90  39   0   0   2   0   59   57   21   19    0   14   45
Bob Moose              3   6  3.04  37   1   0  10   0   53   58   26   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
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.17  29   0   0   3   0   37   35   17   17    3   14   15
Jerry Reuss           10   5  4.18  20  19   8   1   0  140  144   77   65   15   35   70
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  12  3.29  26  24   6   0   1  156  138   68   57   13   57   72
Alan Foster            3   6  3.31  24  11   2   0   0   84   73   36   31    9   32   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  7.94   9   1   0   0   0   11   15   12   10    0   13    9
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       10   9  2.99  24  23   6   0   3  159  144   59   53    8   48  109
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
Mike Wallace           2   1  2.81  33   0   0   1   0   48   41   18   15    3   27   31
Al Hrabosky            5   6  2.88  44   0   0  10   0   72   66   29   23    5   27   56
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  10  3.89  22  21   6   0   2  137  149   64   59    8   43   74
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
  J. Richard (HOU)         12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  L. Christenson (PHI)     10

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          13
  B. Strom (SD)            12
  R. Burris (CHI)          11
  P. Falcone (STL)         11
  B. Hooton (LA)           11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  D. Spillner (SD)         11
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  L. McGlothen (STL)       10
  S. Rogers (MON)          10

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  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)      196.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        178.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  173.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       172.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       168.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        164.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    159.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      158.0
  J. Kaat (PHI)         156.0

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
  D. Rau (LA)             150
  L. McGlothen (STL)      149
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        149
  G. Nolan (CIN)          147

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           81
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        80
  P. Niekro (ATL)          77
  J. Reuss (PIT)           77
  R. Burris (CHI)          73
  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
  J. Reuss (PIT)           15
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  D. Rau (LA)              14
  J. Billingham (CIN)      13
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        13
  B. Strom (SD)            13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        115
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     61
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       61
  B. Strom (SD)            57
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        56
  P. Falcone (STL)         56
  B. Bonham (CHI)          55
  R. Burris (CHI)          55

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          156
  J. Richard (HOU)        127
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    124
  P. Niekro (ATL)         115
  J. Montefusco (SF)      109
  J. Koosman (NY)         104
  J. Matlack (NY)         104
  S. Carlton (PHI)        101
  M. Lolich (NY)          100
  D. Sutton (LA)           94


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