Saturday August 7, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 7, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        56  56  2.94  112  33  16  1009   864  380  330   61  306  736
Philadelphia    72  36  3.14  108  26  29   974   929  377  340   66  252  584
Cincinnati      72  39  3.50  111  28  27  1002   974  433  390   70  333  534
Los Angeles     59  50  3.52  109  28  19   990   949  416  387   74  339  515
St. Louis       46  60  3.57  106  18  17   960   942  435  381   71  390  487
San Francisco   48  64  3.61  112  17  19  1011  1023  489  406   47  371  506
Pittsburgh      59  49  3.64  108  27  24   989   967  466  400   76  312  522
Houston         56  57  3.65  113  24  22  1015   967  475  412   57  521  555
Atlanta         50  60  3.72  110  26  17   973   955  465  402   64  366  553
San Diego       54  59  3.74  113  33  13  1007   963  470  419   72  365  445
Montreal        37  67  4.00  104  13  16   931   916  477  414   66  443  525
Chicago         50  62  4.24  112  13  26  1008  1061  539  475   90  361  561

 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
Randy Jones (SD)      18   6  2.62  27  27  19   0   4  223  182   73   65   10   28   73
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   7  2.65  25  24   8   0   2  190  152   59   56   10   55  171
Pat Zachry (CIN)      10   3  2.67  27  18   4   0   1  135  109   47   40    5   53   91
Don Stanhouse (MON)    7   5  2.72  23  15   6   1   1  126  106   43   38    5   62   56
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11   9  2.76  26  25  12   1   3  189  147   69   58   13   65  128
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  2.76  26  25  12   1   3  189  147   69   58   13   65  128
Mike Marshall          2   1  3.06  21   0   0   6   0   35   31   14   12    3   11   17
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
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  2.08  33   0   0   5   0   52   36   12   12    2   17   42
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         4   4  2.83  43   0   0   9   0   54   47   21   17    5   19   29
Ray Burris             8  11  3.61  25  24   4   0   1  157  167   77   63   13   58   70
Rick Reuschel         10   8  3.62  26  25   4   1   2  169  166   82   68   13   47   95
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
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
Mike Garman            2   4  4.95  37   2   0   1   0   64   71   41   35    5   29   31
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.06  25   0   0   2   0   21   32   15   12    2    9   15
Joe Coleman            0   5  5.16  22   4   0   3   0   45   42   31   26    6   20   40
Oscar Zamora           5   3  5.24  40   2   0   3   0   55   70   34   32    8   17   27
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            10   3  2.67  27  18   4   0   1  135  109   47   40    5   53   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  3.88  38   0   0   6   0   49   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
Joe Sambito            1   0  3.18   9   0   0   0   0   17   12    6    6    2    5    9
Gene Pentz             3   2  3.30  27   0   0   3   0   46   44   19   17    4   20   29
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.42  27  13   0   0   0   97   93   53   37    6   52   64
Joaquin Andujar        6   8  3.77  21  18   7   0   4  119  115   53   50    5   55   40
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  2.25  14   0   0   1   0   16    9    5    4    0    5   12
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   8  3.24  22  22   2   0   1  139  148   55   50    5   44   61
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  5.82  12   0   0   0   0   22   25   15   14    2   11   16

 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  3.01  56   0   0  11   0   81   75   32   27    0   26   23
Steve Rogers           4  10  3.49  20  20   3   0   2  142  135   61   55   10   45   95
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
Steve Dunning          2   4  4.27  18   4   1   0   0   53   57   33   25    3   21   44
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
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   4  6.35  12   0   0   1   0   17   21   12   12    3    8    8

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nino Espinosa          1   2  1.65   4   2   0   0   0   16   12    5    3    1    5   11
Ken Sanders            1   2  2.31  27   0   0   1   0   39   30   11   10    3    8   14
Tom Seaver             9   7  2.65  25  24   8   0   2  190  152   59   56   10   55  171
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
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.86  39   0   0  12   0   66   45   23   21    5   27   74
Bob Apodaca            2   5  2.92  31   3   0   3   0   71   55   29   23    3   22   37
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
Bob Myrick             1   0  3.86  15   0   0   0   0   19   24    9    8    1    9    9
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
Ron Schueler           0   0  2.90  23   0   0   3   0   31   27   12   10    3    9   29
Jim Kaat              10   7  3.12  26  25   7   0   1  170  174   66   59   14   24   62
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
Bob Moose              3   6  2.97  40   1   0  10   0   58   65   27   19    1   18   25
Kent Tekulve           3   1  3.05  43   0   0   2   0   65   62   24   22    2   16   51
Bruce Kison            9   7  3.23  22  21   5   0   0  137  129   63   49    9   38   66
John Candelaria       10   4  3.24  21  20   6   1   1  144  112   58   52   19   38   94
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  11  3.84  21  21   3   0   0  138  145   67   59    9   36   69
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.92  32   0   0   3   0   39   38   17   17    3   15   15
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            2   0  1.08   2   2   1   0   1   17   14    2    2    0    6    5
Butch Metzger          9   0  1.91  51   0   0  11   0   85   75   20   18    2   27   59
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   4  2.56  41   0   0   8   0   70   62   30   20    4   27   28
John Montefusco       11   9  2.90  25  24   6   0   3  167  152   60   54    8   50  114
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.91  45   0   0   9   0   74   73   27   24    5   37   49
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
John D'Acquisto        3   6  4.67  20  13   0   0   0   81   66   45   42    3   73   42
Mike Caldwell          0   7  4.81  35   9   0   1   0   86  118   62   46    5   15   41
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  2.71  49   0   0  12   0   80   71   30   24    5   27   60
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           8  11  3.55  22  22   5   0   1  145  123   66   57   11   62   94
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
  D. Medich (PIT)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  D. Spillner (SD)         11
  L. Dierker (HOU)         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)        12
  S. Lockwood (NY)         12
  B. Metzger (SD)          11
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  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)        190.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  189.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       181.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       179.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        170.2
  J. Kaat (PHI)         170.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     169.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        168.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           182
  J. Kaat (PHI)           174
  P. Niekro (ATL)         172
  J. Barr (SF)            171
  D. Sutton (LA)          170
  R. Burris (CHI)         167
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       166
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        157
  G. Nolan (CIN)          154
  D. Rau (LA)             154

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           85
  P. Niekro (ATL)          83
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        82
  J. Reuss (PIT)           82
  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
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     65
  B. Bonham (CHI)          62
  P. Falcone (STL)         62
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       62
  D. Carrithers (MON)      60
  L. Dierker (HOU)         60
  D. Sutton (LA)           60

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          171
  J. Richard (HOU)        137
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    128
  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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