Sunday August 1, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 1, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        52  54  2.83  106  32  14   956   812  349  301   57  286  693
Philadelphia    69  32  3.08  101  25  28   916   872  347  313   59  241  545
Los Angeles     57  46  3.58  103  27  19   934   902  397  372   71  316  486
San Francisco   46  60  3.59  106  17  17   959   960  462  383   46  354  478
Cincinnati      67  38  3.60  105  26  26   949   934  421  380   67  317  510
Houston         55  52  3.64  107  23  22   963   916  452  390   52  497  531
Pittsburgh      56  45  3.68  101  25  24   923   902  442  377   73  292  491
St. Louis       42  57  3.71   99  17  14   896   893  421  369   69  363  453
Atlanta         46  57  3.79  103  23  17   910   891  443  383   58  350  518
San Diego       49  57  3.82  106  31  10   946   905  451  402   70  345  419
Montreal        35  61  4.02   96  11  15   855   849  443  382   58  414  474
Chicago         44  59  4.30  103  11  24   922   976  504  441   83  335  503

 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
Mickey Lolich (NY)     6  10  2.59  21  20   4   0   2  129  119   51   37    4   39  100
Randy Jones (SD)      18   5  2.68  26  26  18   0   4  215  175   72   64   10   27   69
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  2.35  12   0   0   1   0   15   12    6    4    0    5    2
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  2.45  29   0   0   1   0   55   42   25   15    4   31   27
Max Leon               1   3  2.78  19   0   0   1   0   23   18   11    7    2   11   11
Andy Messersmith      10   9  2.80  24  23  11   1   3  173  129   63   54   11   61  124
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   7  3.56  25  24   5   0   1  174  164   81   69   13   71  117
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  6.26  16   0   0   2   0   23   35   17   16    0   10   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
Ray Burris             7  11  3.60  24  23   4   0   1  150  160   74   60   12   58   68
Steve Stone            2   3  3.69   8   8   0   0   0   39   33   17   16    3   10   17
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  2.40  46   0   0  13   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          10   3  4.40  22  15   3   0   1  102   98   52   50    9   49   53
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
Larry Dierker         11   9  3.65  21  21   5   0   4  141  121   62   57    6   58   88
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
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          9   4  2.37  49   0   0   9   0   91   61   26   24    6   53   59
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  20  19   7   0   2  134  124   48   46   11   40   58
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            12   8  4.19  23  22   7   0   2  161  162   82   75   15   58   99
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
Steve Rogers           4  10  3.53  19  19   3   0   2  135  128   59   53    9   42   90
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
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  1.50  24   0   0   1   0   36   26    7    6    2    7   13
Bob Myrick             1   0  1.62  13   0   0   0   0   17   16    3    3    0    8    9
Skip Lockwood          6   6  2.48  36   0   0  10   0   62   40   19   17    4   25   68
Tom Seaver             9   6  2.53  23  22   8   0   2  178  140   52   50   10   49  156
Nino Espinosa          0   2  2.53   3   1   0   0   0   11    9    5    3    1    2    8
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
Bob Apodaca            1   5  2.96  29   3   0   3   0   67   52   28   22    3   20   34
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        1   0  1.63  11   1   0   0   0   28   26    6    5    0    7   24
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.52  37   0   0   7   0   61   56   21   17    3   20   43
Jim Lonborg           12   5  2.70  21  20   6   1   1  147  135   50   44   11   33   87
Gene Garber            6   2  2.83  37   0   0   8   0   60   53   23   19    3   22   58
Ron Reed               8   4  2.93  37   3   1   7   0   83   68   29   27    4   21   63
Jim Kaat              10   5  2.94  24  23   6   0   1  156  160   58   51   12   22   58
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.12  21   0   0   3   0   26   23   11    9    3    9   25
Steve Carlton         11   4  3.25  22  22   9   0   2  158  139   60   57   12   43  101
Tom Underwood          6   3  3.81  21  13   1   2   0   85   85   36   36    4   31   43
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
Bruce Kison            8   7  3.24  21  20   4   0   0  128  119   60   46    9   35   62
John Candelaria       10   4  3.34  20  19   6   1   1  137  108   57   51   18   36   89
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  4.19  25   0   0   5   0   34   32   19   16    4   15   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  1.85  47   0   0   8   0   78   67   18   16    2   25   55
Randy Jones           18   5  2.68  26  26  18   0   4  215  175   72   64   10   27   69
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  1.53  32   1   0   0   0   59   42   13   10    1   25   22
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.72  43   0   0   9   0   73   69   25   22    5   37   47
Randy Moffitt          4   3  2.77  37   0   0   6   0   65   58   29   20    4   25   24
John Montefusco       10   9  2.99  24  23   6   0   3  159  144   59   53    8   48  109
Jim Barr               9   7  3.30  24  24   4   0   2  155  168   71   57    7   37   48
Ed Halicki             9  13  4.08  24  23   7   0   4  139  134   68   63    7   50   92
Rob Dressler           2   7  4.14  14  14   0   0   0   76   88   44   35    4   25   25
Mike Caldwell          0   6  4.61  33   8   0   1   0   80  107   57   41    5   15   39
Dave Heaverlo          3   3  4.76  47   0   0   1   0   59   66   39   31    2   12   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   5  3.20  19  19   5   0   2  127  122   52   45    9   45   43
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
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  L. Dierker (HOU)         11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11
  S. Alcala (CIN)          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)        13
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        10
  S. Lockwood (NY)         10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  C. Hough (LA)             9
  D. Knowles (CHI)          9
  G. Lavelle (SF)           9

Shutouts:

  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  L. Dierker (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

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         215.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      196.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        178.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       174.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  173.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       172.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        164.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        161.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    159.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      158.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           175
  J. Barr (SF)            168
  P. Niekro (ATL)         164
  D. Sutton (LA)          162
  R. Burris (CHI)         160
  J. Kaat (PHI)           160
  D. Rau (LA)             150
  L. McGlothen (STL)      149
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        149
  G. Nolan (CIN)          147

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           82
  P. Niekro (ATL)          81
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        80
  J. Reuss (PIT)           77
  R. Burris (CHI)          74
  R. Jones (SD)            72
  J. Barr (SF)             71
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  B. Forsch (STL)          70
  D. Spillner (SD)         70

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
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        13
  B. Strom (SD)            13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        115
  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       68
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     61
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       61
  R. Burris (CHI)          58
  L. Dierker (HOU)         58
  D. Sutton (LA)           58
  B. Strom (SD)            57
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        56

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          156
  J. Richard (HOU)        127
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    124
  P. Niekro (ATL)         117
  J. Montefusco (SF)      109
  J. Koosman (NY)         104
  J. Matlack (NY)         104
  S. Carlton (PHI)        101
  M. Lolich (NY)          100
  D. Sutton (LA)           99


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