Tuesday August 3, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 3, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        53  55  2.88  108  32  14   974   830  362  312   59  296  707
Philadelphia    70  34  3.11  104  26  29   941   895  360  325   64  245  561
Los Angeles     59  46  3.55  105  28  19   954   917  401  376   71  325  497
Cincinnati      69  38  3.55  107  27  26   967   942  422  381   67  321  520
Houston         55  54  3.63  109  23  22   982   933  459  396   54  504  539
St. Louis       44  58  3.64  102  18  15   923   912  425  373   70  369  472
San Francisco   46  62  3.66  108  17  17   977   991  476  397   46  359  487
Pittsburgh      57  47  3.66  104  26  24   950   924  451  386   73  301  499
San Diego       51  58  3.80  109  32  10   972   926  461  410   72  353  429
Atlanta         47  59  3.81  106  24  17   937   925  460  397   62  359  530
Montreal        36  62  4.08   98  11  16   872   867  456  395   60  426  483
Chicago         46  60  4.28  106  12  25   949  1006  514  451   84  342  518

 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
Randy Jones (SD)      18   5  2.68  26  26  18   0   4  215  175   72   64   10   27   69
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11   9  2.71  25  24  12   1   3  182  138   66   55   12   62  125
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
Mickey Lolich (NY)     6  10  2.81  22  21   4   0   2  135  126   56   42    4   42  102
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      11   9  2.71  25  24  12   1   3  182  138   66   55   12   62  125
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
Bruce Sutter           2   2  2.35  29   0   0   4   0   46   36   12   12    2   16   34
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
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
Rick Reuschel         10   8  3.67  25  24   4   1   2  162  154   80   66   13   45   90
Steve Renko            4   5  4.03  15  15   1   0   0   87   88   45   39    8   22   52
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.47  39   1   0   3   0   52   62   28   26    7   15   24
Paul Reuschel          2   2  4.67  38   2   0   2   0   71   80   39   37   10   27   40
Joe Coleman            0   4  4.69  19   4   0   3   0   40   36   26   21    4   19   35
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
Steve Stone            2   4  5.06   9   9   0   0   0   43   41   25   24    4   11   19
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        8   8  4.82  24  19   4   1   2  121  134   71   65   13   39   50
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   3  1.95   4   4   1   0   0   28   24    8    6    0   10   20
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  3.30  27   0   0   3   0   46   44   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            7  11  3.91  22  22   6   0   3  147  138   67   64   12   42   76
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   4   0   0   0   0    4    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
Steve Dunning          1   4  4.74  17   3   0   0   0   44   53   31   23    3   20   33
Chip Lang              1   1  4.82  15   1   0   0   0   28   24   17   15    2   19   15
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.95  31   0   0   1   0   40   42   25   22    5   14   18
Clay Kirby             1   8  5.35  17  15   0   0   0   72   70   52   43    8   59   47
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Joe Kerrigan           0   2  6.23  10   0   0   1   0   13   18    9    9    1    7    6
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
Bob Myrick             1   0  1.62  14   0   0   0   0   17   17    4    3    0    8    9
Ken Sanders            1   2  1.89  26   0   0   1   0   38   28    9    8    3    8   13
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
Jon Matlack           10   6  2.72  23  23  11   0   4  172  146   59   52   12   37  104
Mickey Lolich          6  10  2.81  22  21   4   0   2  135  126   56   42    4   42  102
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.86  37   0   0  10   0   63   43   22   20    5   26   70
Bob Apodaca            2   5  2.88  30   3   0   3   0   69   53   28   22    3   21   36
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  2.86  38   3   1   8   0   85   68   29   27    4   22   66
Jim Kaat              10   6  3.02  25  24   7   0   1  164  169   62   55   14   23   60
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.12  21   0   0   3   0   26   23   11    9    3    9   25
Steve Carlton         12   4  3.33  23  23   9   0   2  165  145   65   61   14   44  107
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  3.02  38   1   0  10   0   54   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  3.39  26   5   0   2   0   74   67   33   28    4   34   38
Jim Rooker             9   5  3.43  19  19   5   0   0  131  137   57   50    8   50   59
Doc Medich             5  10  3.97  20  20   3   0   0  131  139   65   58    9   36   67
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.99  31   0   0   3   0   38   37   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   3  4.54  26   0   0   5   0   36   34   21   18    4   18   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
Alan Foster            3   6  3.23  25  11   2   0   0   86   74   36   31    9   34   22
Brent Strom            9  12  3.29  26  24   6   0   1  156  138   68   57   13   57   72
Dave Freisleben        6   9  3.58  19  17   5   1   3  116  113   49   46    8   48   53
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.83  35   1   0   0   0   49   48   21   21    3   14   27
Dan Spillner           2  11  5.06  32  14   0   0   0  107  120   70   60   11   55   57
Rich Folkers           2   3  5.29  27   3   0   0   0   51   59   34   30   10   19   21
Ken Reynolds           0   3  6.40  19   2   0   1   0   32   38   27   23    0   29   18
Jerry Johnson          0   1  6.75  10   1   0   0   0   13   16   12   10    0   13   10
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       2   0  2.01  34   1   0   0   0   63   48   17   14    1   27   23
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
Dave Heaverlo          3   3  4.60  48   0   0   1   0   61   69   39   31    2   12   33
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
Mike Caldwell          0   7  4.93  34   9   0   1   0   84  116   62   46    5   15   40

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             1   3  2.55  30   0   0   2   0   35   36   13   10    2   13   16
Mike Wallace           2   1  2.76  34   0   0   2   0   49   41   18   15    3   28   32
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.80  46   0   0  10   0   74   68   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
Eric Rasmussen         3   9  3.92  33   7   0   0   0   85   86   39   37    7   30   45
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
John Curtis            5   7  4.34  24  13   2   0   1  104  107   51   50   11   49   40

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            18
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  J. Koosman (NY)          12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  J. Richard (HOU)         12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  L. Dierker (HOU)         11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11

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
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Matlack (NY)          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. Kaat (PHI)             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
  B. Hooton (LA)            3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         215.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      196.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        185.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  182.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       174.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       172.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      165.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        164.2
  J. Kaat (PHI)         164.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     161.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           175
  J. Kaat (PHI)           169
  J. Barr (SF)            168
  P. Niekro (ATL)         164
  D. Sutton (LA)          162
  R. Burris (CHI)         160
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       154
  D. Rau (LA)             150
  L. McGlothen (STL)      149
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        149

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
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  J. Kaat (PHI)            14
  D. Rau (LA)              14
  J. Billingham (CIN)      13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        13

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        115
  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       70
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     62
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       61
  C. Kirby (MON)           59
  B. Bonham (CHI)          58
  R. Burris (CHI)          58
  L. Dierker (HOU)         58
  P. Falcone (STL)         58

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          164
  J. Richard (HOU)        127
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    125
  P. Niekro (ATL)         117
  J. Montefusco (SF)      109
  S. Carlton (PHI)        107
  J. Koosman (NY)         104
  J. Matlack (NY)         104
  M. Lolich (NY)          102
  D. Sutton (LA)           99


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