Monday August 2, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 2, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        52  55  2.84  107  32  14   965   819  354  305   58  292  703
Philadelphia    69  33  3.09  102  25  28   924   880  351  317   60  242  550
Cincinnati      68  38  3.58  106  26  26   958   939  422  381   67  319  517
Los Angeles     58  46  3.58  104  27  19   945   915  401  376   71  320  491
San Francisco   46  61  3.61  107  17  17   968   975  467  388   46  357  482
Houston         55  53  3.65  108  23  22   974   925  457  395   54  501  534
St. Louis       43  57  3.67  100  18  14   905   897  421  369   69  365  462
Pittsburgh      56  46  3.68  102  25  24   932   912  446  381   73  292  492
San Diego       51  57  3.78  108  32  10   964   918  454  405   70  349  426
Atlanta         46  59  3.84  105  23  17   928   916  457  396   61  358  529
Montreal        36  61  4.02   97  11  16   864   858  447  386   59  417  477
Chicago         45  59  4.28  104  11  25   931   984  506  443   83  338  508

 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  2.48  24  23   8   0   2  185  144   54   51   10   53  164
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
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   6  2.72  23  23  11   0   4  172  146   59   52   12   37  104
Pat Zachry (CIN)       9   3  2.76  26  17   4   0   1  127  101   46   39    4   50   91
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
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     12   6  2.83  22  21   6   1   1  153  143   54   48   12   34   90

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  2.30  13   0   0   1   0   16   12    6    4    0    5    2
Max Leon               1   3  2.59  20   0   0   1   0   24   19   11    7    2   12   11
Andy Messersmith      10   9  2.80  24  23  11   1   3  173  129   63   54   11   61  124
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.18  31   0   0   1   0   57   49   30   20    5   33   29
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
Roger Moret            3   3  4.71  25  10   1   1   0   71   77   38   37    7   22   29
Carl Morton            1   8  4.81  22  20   0   0   0  110  145   70   59    6   40   34
Adrian Devine          1   3  4.89  24   1   0   1   0   35   36   21   19    0   14   26
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.00  17   0   0   2   0   24   36   17   16    0   10   12
Frank Lacorte          0   5  7.89   6   4   0   0   0   22   29   21   19    2   12   12

 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
Joe Coleman            0   4  4.69  19   4   0   3   0   40   36   26   21    4   19   35
Paul Reuschel          2   2  4.76  37   2   0   2   0   70   80   39   37   10   27   39
Bill Bonham            7   9  4.77  20  20   3   0   0  121  138   69   64    7   58   60
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  2.76  26  17   4   0   1  127  101   46   39    4   50   91
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.04  46   1   0   4   0   80   95   31   27    4   22   36
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          2   4  3.97  37   0   0   5   0   48   63   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   2  3.38  26   0   0   3   0   45   42   19   17    4   20   29
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  3.73  20  17   7   0   4  113  111   50   47    5   52   39
Joe Sambito            1   0  3.86   7   0   0   0   0   14   12    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
Elias Sosa             1   3  2.30  13   0   0   1   0   16    9    5    4    0    5   11
Charlie Hough          9   4  2.42  50   0   0   9   0   93   64   27   25    6   55   59
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  3.20  21  21   2   0   1  132  141   51   47    4   38   56
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  4.38  23   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  6.41  11   0   0   0   0   20   24   15   14    2    9   15

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Chuck Taylor           1   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    0    1
Don Stanhouse          7   4  2.78  22  14   5   1   1  117  101   39   36    3   61   50
Dale Murray            3   8  2.79  53   0   0  11   0   77   68   29   24    0   24   22
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  3.78  21  21   0   0   0  133  145   64   56   12   51   80
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
Joe Kerrigan           0   1  5.25   9   0   0   1   0   12   15    7    7    0    7    5
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    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  1.47  25   0   0   1   0   37   26    7    6    2    8   13
Bob Myrick             1   0  1.62  13   0   0   0   0   17   16    3    3    0    8    9
Tom Seaver             9   6  2.48  24  23   8   0   2  185  144   54   51   10   53  164
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
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.86  37   0   0  10   0   63   43   22   20    5   26   70
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
Gene Garber            6   2  2.74  38   0   0   8   0   62   53   23   19    3   22   60
Jim Lonborg           12   6  2.83  22  21   6   1   1  153  143   54   48   12   34   90
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  2.85  40   0   0   2   0   60   58   21   19    0   14   46
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  10  3.97  20  20   3   0   0  131  139   65   58    9   36   67
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.03  30   0   0   3   0   38   36   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
Rick Sawyer            1   0  0.00   1   1   1   0   1    9    5    0    0    0    3    4
Butch Metzger          9   0  1.80  48   0   0   8   0   80   68   18   16    2   25   56
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  3.58  19  17   5   1   3  116  113   49   46    8   48   53
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.94  34   1   0   0   0   48   47   21   21    3   14   27
Rich Folkers           2   2  4.66  26   2   0   0   0   48   54   27   25    8   17   19
Dan Spillner           2  11  5.06  32  14   0   0   0  107  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  1.51  33   1   0   0   0   60   44   13   10    1   25   22
Randy Moffitt          4   3  2.74  38   0   0   6   0   66   60   29   20    4   26   24
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.84  44   0   0   9   0   73   70   26   23    5   37   48
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   6  4.86  19  12   0   0   0   76   62   43   41    3   70   38
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
Pete Falcone           7  11  3.69  21  21   5   0   1  137  118   65   56   11   58   91
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
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
  D. Medich (PIT)          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)        185.0
  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
  C. Morton (ATL)          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)       70
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     61
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       61
  B. Bonham (CHI)          58
  R. Burris (CHI)          58
  L. Dierker (HOU)         58
  P. Falcone (STL)         58
  D. Sutton (LA)           58

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          164
  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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