Friday August 6, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 6, 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  35  3.13  107  26  29   966   922  373  336   66  251  580
Los Angeles     59  49  3.52  108  28  19   981   941  412  384   73  331  508
Cincinnati      71  39  3.53  110  28  26   993   966  432  389   69  330  534
St. Louis       45  60  3.60  105  18  16   951   937  434  380   71  386  483
San Francisco   48  63  3.62  111  17  19  1003  1015  485  404   47  367  501
Pittsburgh      58  48  3.65  106  26  24   971   949  459  394   75  309  512
Houston         56  56  3.66  112  24  22  1007   962  472  409   57  516  553
Atlanta         49  60  3.73  109  26  17   964   946  462  399   63  363  548
San Diego       53  59  3.76  112  33  12   998   953  468  417   72  362  443
Montreal        36  66  4.03  102  12  16   911   901  471  408   64  438  506
Chicago         49  61  4.24  110  13  26   989  1037  529  466   88  353  549

 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   7  2.84  23  22   6   1   1  159  148   56   50   12   36   92

 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
Carl Morton            2   8  4.45  23  21   1   0   1  119  149   70   59    6   40   36
Roger Moret            3   3  4.71  25  10   1   1   0   71   77   38   37    7   22   29
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  2.10  32   0   0   5   0   51   36   12   12    2   16   40
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         3   4  3.00  42   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 Stone            3   4  4.18  10  10   1   0   1   52   45   25   24    4   12   28
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          3   2  4.48  39   2   0   2   0   74   80   39   37   10   28   44
Bill Bonham            7   9  4.70  21  21   3   0   0  128  146   72   67    7   62   65
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
Joe Coleman            0   5  5.28  21   4   0   3   0   44   42   31   26    6   20   40
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         8   3  2.33  47   0   0  13   0   73   66   24   19    3   19   49
Pat Zachry             9   3  2.76  26  17   4   0   1  127  101   46   39    4   50   91
Pedro Borbon           2   2  2.96  47   1   0   4   0   82   95   31   27    4   22   38
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  4.36  23  16   3   0   1  107  104   55   52   10   53   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  3.46  26  13   0   0   0   96   92   53   37    6   51   63
Joaquin Andujar        6   7  3.73  20  17   7   0   4  113  111   50   47    5   52   39
Larry Dierker         11  10  3.86  22  22   5   0   4  145  131   67   62    8   60   89
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Mike Cosgrove          3   4  5.13  20  16   1   0   1   88   99   58   50    6   58   33
Tom Griffin            5   3  6.05  20   2   0   0   0   42   44   29   28    4   37   33
Gilberto Rondon        2   2  6.34  13   7   0   0   0   44   60   34   31    5   29   14
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  2.51  53   0   0   9   0   97   71   29   27    6   56   62
Doug Rau              10   8  2.96  23  22   6   0   2  158  154   54   52   14   45   65
Rick Rhoden            9   1  3.05  21  20   7   0   2  142  129   53   48   12   41   61
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   1  1.04   6   0   0   0   0    9    3    1    1    1    2    4
Don Stanhouse          7   5  2.72  23  15   6   1   1  126  106   43   38    5   62   56
Dale Murray            3   8  3.05  55   0   0  11   0   80   73   32   27    0   25   22
Steve Rogers           4  10  3.53  19  19   3   0   2  135  128   59   53    9   42   90
Woodie Fryman          9   8  3.57  22  22   0   0   0  141  150   64   56   12   52   87
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Chip Lang              1   1  4.28  16   1   0   0   0   34   30   18   16    2   20   17
Don Carrithers         5   7  4.37  25  13   2   0   0  103  113   59   50    5   60   51
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
Dan Warthen            1   8  6.26  20  13   1   0   0   69   67   54   48    7   55   55
Joe Kerrigan           0   3  6.43  11   0   0   1   0   14   19   10   10    2    8    6

 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
Gene Garber            7   2  2.58  39   0   0   8   0   66   55   23   19    3   23   65
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.73  38   0   0   7   0   63   61   25   19    4   20   44
Jim Lonborg           12   7  2.84  23  22   6   1   1  159  148   56   50   12   36   92
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  1.94  50   0   0  10   0   84   74   20   18    2   27   58
Randy Jones           18   6  2.62  27  27  19   0   4  223  182   73   65   10   28   73
Tom Griffin            1   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    0    2    2
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  1.98  35   1   0   0   0   64   48   17   14    1   28   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   8  4.48  15  15   0   0   0   80   97   51   40    5   26   26
Dave Heaverlo          3   3  4.55  49   0   0   1   0   61   70   39   31    2   12   34
Mike Caldwell          0   7  4.81  35   9   0   1   0   86  118   62   46    5   15   41
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   3  2.56  32   0   0   2   0   39   38   14   11    2   14   19
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.75  48   0   0  11   0   79   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             6   5  3.01  20  20   5   0   2  134  131   54   45    9   49   44
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
  L. Dierker (HOU)         10
  M. Lolich (NY)           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
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        11
  S. Lockwood (NY)         11
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  B. Metzger (SD)          10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  C. Hough (LA)             9
  D. Knowles (CHI)          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
  B. Bonham (CHI)          72
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  B. Forsch (STL)          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
  B. Bonham (CHI)          62
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     62
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       62
  D. Carrithers (MON)      60
  L. Dierker (HOU)         60
  D. Sutton (LA)           60
  C. Kirby (MON)           59

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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