Thursday August 5, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 5, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        55  55  2.87  110  33  15   992   840  366  316   60  298  724
Philadelphia    72  34  3.12  106  26  29   958   912  367  332   65  249  577
Los Angeles     59  48  3.52  107  28  19   972   933  405  380   72  329  505
Cincinnati      70  39  3.54  109  28  26   984   958  428  387   68  325  531
Houston         56  55  3.60  111  24  22   999   946  463  400   55  511  551
San Francisco   48  62  3.61  110  17  19   995  1003  478  399   46  365  498
St. Louis       44  60  3.63  104  18  15   942   928  432  380   71  382  482
Pittsburgh      58  48  3.65  106  26  24   971   949  459  394   75  309  512
Atlanta         48  60  3.76  108  25  17   955   942  462  399   63  363  546
San Diego       52  59  3.77  111  33  11   989   941  465  414   72  359  439
Montreal        36  64  4.06  100  12  16   889   881  464  401   62  429  492
Chicago         47  61  4.29  108  12  26   967  1023  524  461   88  347  528

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Norman (CIN)     11   2  2.25  23  14   8   0   3  120   90   34   30    3   43   82
J.R. Richard (HOU)    13  11  2.37  27  27   9   0   2  205  150   67   54    9  118  137
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   6  2.48  24  23   8   0   2  185  144   54   51   10   53  164
Randy Jones (SD)      18   6  2.62  27  27  19   0   4  223  182   73   65   10   28   73
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11   9  2.71  25  24  12   1   3  182  138   66   55   12   62  125
Don Stanhouse (MON)    7   5  2.72  23  15   6   1   1  126  106   43   38    5   62   56
Pat Zachry (CIN)       9   3  2.76  26  17   4   0   1  127  101   46   39    4   50   91
Mickey Lolich (NY)     6  10  2.81  22  21   4   0   2  135  126   56   42    4   42  102
Jon Matlack (NY)      11   6  2.82  24  24  11   0   4  179  152   63   56   13   39  109
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          12   9  3.23  24  24   7   0   4  164  157   59   59    9   57   98
Mike Marshall          1   1  3.24  20   0   0   6   0   33   31   14   12    3   11   15
Phil Niekro           11   8  3.52  26  25   5   0   1  181  172   83   71   14   72  121
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  2.17  31   0   0   5   0   50   36   12   12    2   16   38
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         3   4  3.02  41   0   0   9   0   51   46   20   17    5   18   28
Ray Burris             8  11  3.61  25  24   4   0   1  157  167   77   63   13   58   70
Rick Reuschel         10   8  3.67  25  24   4   1   2  162  154   80   66   13   45   90
Steve Renko            4   5  4.28  16  16   1   0   0   90   92   49   43    9   26   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
Bill Bonham            7   9  4.77  20  20   3   0   0  121  138   69   64    7   58   60
Joe Coleman            0   5  4.91  20   4   0   3   0   44   40   29   24    6   20   39
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  1.80   2   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    1    0    2    3
Fred Norman           11   2  2.25  23  14   8   0   3  120   90   34   30    3   43   82
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
Don Gullett            7   3  3.29  16  14   3   1   0   82   81   35   30    5   37   42
Gary Nolan            10   6  3.32  24  24   6   0   1  171  154   66   63   19   20   78
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
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
Bo McLaughlin          1   1  2.36   4   4   1   0   1   27   25   11    7    1    7    8
J.R. Richard          13  11  2.37  27  27   9   0   2  205  150   67   54    9  118  137
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 Sambito            1   0  3.38   8   0   0   0   0   16   12    6    6    2    4    9
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
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  2.34  52   0   0   9   0   96   68   27   25    6   55   62
Doug Rau              10   8  2.96  23  22   6   0   2  158  154   54   52   14   45   65
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   9  4.18  24  23   7   0   2  168  170   85   78   16   60  102
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   5   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    0    1
Don Stanhouse          7   5  2.72  23  15   6   1   1  126  106   43   38    5   62   56
Dale Murray            3   8  2.76  54   0   0  11   0   78   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
Chip Lang              1   1  4.28  16   1   0   0   0   34   30   18   16    2   20   17
Don Carrithers         5   7  4.50  24  12   2   0   0   96  106   57   48    5   56   47
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  5.35  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
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.77  38   0   0  11   0   65   43   22   20    5   26   74
Mickey Lolich          6  10  2.81  22  21   4   0   2  135  126   56   42    4   42  102
Jon Matlack           11   6  2.82  24  24  11   0   4  179  152   63   56   13   39  109
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         13   7  3.14  23  21   8   0   1  155  136   58   54   11   45  112
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        2   0  1.42  12   1   0   0   0   32   29    6    5    0    7   30
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.52  37   0   0   7   0   61   56   21   17    3   20   43
Gene Garber            7   2  2.58  39   0   0   8   0   66   55   23   19    3   23   65
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  3.10  22   0   0   3   0   29   25   12   10    3    9   27
Steve Carlton         12   4  3.33  23  23   9   0   2  165  145   65   61   14   44  107
Tom Underwood          6   3  3.84  22  14   1   2   0   89   89   38   38    5   34   46
Larry Christenson     10   5  4.09  21  20   2   0   0  114  133   57   52    7   33   43

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           3   1  2.86  42   0   0   2   0   63   60   22   20    1   16   47
Bob Moose              3   6  2.97  40   1   0  10   0   58   65   27   19    1   18   25
John Candelaria       10   4  3.24  21  20   6   1   1  144  112   58   52   19   38   94
Bruce Kison            8   7  3.24  21  20   4   0   0  128  119   60   46    9   35   62
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
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.92  32   0   0   3   0   39   38   17   17    3   15   15
Doc Medich             5  10  3.97  20  20   3   0   0  131  139   65   58    9   36   67
Dave Giusti            2   3  4.23  28   0   0   5   0   38   36   21   18    4   18   16
Jerry Reuss           10   6  4.39  21  20   8   1   0  144  153   82   70   15   36   74
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  1.90  49   0   0   9   0   81   70   19   17    2   26   56
Randy Jones           18   6  2.62  27  27  19   0   4  223  182   73   65   10   28   73
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        7   9  3.48  20  18   5   1   3  124  119   51   48    8   52   59
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  2.62  40   0   0   8   0   69   61   29   20    4   26   28
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.84  44   0   0   9   0   73   70   26   23    5   37   48
John Montefusco       11   9  2.90  25  24   6   0   3  167  152   60   54    8   50  114
Jim Barr              10   7  3.22  25  25   4   0   2  162  171   72   58    7   41   50
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  2.56  32   0   0   2   0   39   38   14   11    2   14   19
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.79  47   0   0  10   0   77   71   30   24    5   27   59
Mike Wallace           2   2  2.92  35   0   0   2   0   49   42   19   16    3   29   32
John Denny             5   5  3.20  19  19   5   0   2  127  122   52   45    9   45   43
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.38  12   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    5    1    9    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
Bob Forsch             5   6  3.85  23  22   0   0   0  131  138   70   56   10   53   55
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
Lynn McGlothen         9  11  4.02  23  22   6   0   2  141  153   68   63    9   49   77
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
  J. Koosman (NY)          13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  L. Dierker (HOU)         11
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     11

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            19
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Richard (HOU)          9
  J. Koosman (NY)           8
  F. Norman (CIN)           8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  J. Andujar (HOU)          7

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  R. Eastwick (CIN)        13
  S. Lockwood (NY)         11
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        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. Ruthven (ATL)          4
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  B. Hooton (LA)            3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         223.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      205.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        185.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  182.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       181.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       179.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        170.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        168.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    167.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      165.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           182
  P. Niekro (ATL)         172
  J. Barr (SF)            171
  D. Sutton (LA)          170
  J. Kaat (PHI)           169
  R. Burris (CHI)         167
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        157
  G. Nolan (CIN)          154
  D. Rau (LA)             154
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       154

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           85
  P. Niekro (ATL)          83
  J. Reuss (PIT)           82
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        80
  R. Burris (CHI)          77
  R. Jones (SD)            73
  J. Barr (SF)             72
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  B. Forsch (STL)          70
  C. Morton (ATL)          70

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      19
  G. Nolan (CIN)           19
  D. Sutton (LA)           16
  J. Reuss (PIT)           15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  J. Kaat (PHI)            14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  D. Rau (LA)              14
  J. Billingham (CIN)      13
  R. Burris (CHI)          13

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        118
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       70
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     62
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       62
  D. Sutton (LA)           60
  C. Kirby (MON)           59
  B. Bonham (CHI)          58
  R. Burris (CHI)          58
  L. Dierker (HOU)         58

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          164
  J. Richard (HOU)        137
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    125
  P. Niekro (ATL)         121
  J. Montefusco (SF)      114
  J. Koosman (NY)         112
  J. Matlack (NY)         109
  S. Carlton (PHI)        107
  M. Lolich (NY)          102
  D. Sutton (LA)          102

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