Monday August 9, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 9, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        57  56  2.95  113  34  16  1018   872  384  334   62  307  736
Philadelphia    73  36  3.12  109  26  30   983   937  379  341   66  257  588
Cincinnati      73  39  3.49  112  28  28  1011   979  435  392   72  336  538
Los Angeles     59  52  3.50  111  28  19  1007   960  421  392   74  343  525
San Francisco   49  66  3.57  115  19  19  1037  1044  494  411   48  380  521
St. Louis       46  62  3.59  108  18  17   978   964  451  390   73  395  496
Pittsburgh      60  50  3.64  110  28  24  1007   979  473  407   76  319  533
Houston         57  58  3.64  115  26  22  1032   979  483  418   58  534  565
Atlanta         51  61  3.70  112  27  17   991   966  470  407   64  375  565
San Diego       55  59  3.74  114  33  13  1016   969  473  422   72  367  448
Montreal        38  68  4.00  106  14  16   949   933  485  422   67  450  534
Chicago         51  62  4.21  113  14  26  1017  1066  540  476   90  361  568

 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  12  2.44  28  28  10   0   2  214  155   71   58   10  127  145
Don Stanhouse (MON)    8   5  2.61  24  16   7   1   1  135  110   44   39    5   66   59
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
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11   9  2.76  26  25  12   1   3  189  147   69   58   13   65  128
John Montefusco (SF)  12   9  2.81  26  25   7   0   3  176  156   61   55    8   52  120
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  2.16  14   0   0   1   0   17   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
Dick Ruthven          13   9  3.12  25  25   8   0   4  173  162   60   60    9   61  104
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.18  31   0   0   1   0   57   49   30   20    5   33   29
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  4.75  25   1   0   1   0   36   36   21   19    0   14   28
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   6  7.22   7   5   0   0   0   29   35   25   23    2   17   16

 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 Renko            5   5  3.99  17  17   2   0   0   99   97   50   44    9   26   59
Steve Stone            3   4  4.18  10  10   1   0   1   52   45   25   24    4   12   28
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  2.32  48   0   0  14   0   74   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        9   8  4.64  25  20   4   1   2  130  139   73   67   15   42   54
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             2   3  1.96   5   5   2   0   0   37   31   12    8    0   14   22
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  12  2.44  28  28  10   0   2  214  155   71   58   10  127  145
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  2.45  55   0   0   9   0   99   71   29   27    6   56   62
Doug Rau              10   9  2.95  24  23   6   0   2  165  159   56   54   14   46   71
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  12  3.88  23  23   6   0   3  155  144   70   67   12   45   80
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
Don Stanhouse          8   5  2.61  24  16   7   1   1  135  110   44   39    5   66   59
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
Chuck Taylor           1   1  3.86   7   0   0   0   0   12    9    5    5    2    2    5
Steve Dunning          2   4  4.27  18   4   1   0   0   53   57   33   25    3   21   44
Don Carrithers         5   7  4.37  25  13   2   0   0  103  113   59   50    5   60   51
Chip Lang              1   2  4.42  17   2   0   0   0   39   35   21   19    2   23   22
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   4  6.00  13   0   0   1   0   18   23   12   12    3    8    8
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
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
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
Mickey Lolich          7  10  2.88  23  22   5   0   2  144  134   60   46    5   43  102
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
Ron Reed               8   4  2.83  39   3   1   9   0   86   68   29   27    4   22   66
Jim Lonborg           12   7  2.84  23  22   6   1   1  159  148   56   50   12   36   92
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         13   4  3.23  24  24   9   0   2  173  153   67   62   14   49  111
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  2.74  41   1   0  10   0   62   66   27   19    1   20   27
Kent Tekulve           3   1  3.05  43   0   0   2   0   65   62   24   22    2   16   51
John Candelaria       11   4  3.05  22  21   7   1   2  153  112   58   52   19   39  101
Bruce Kison            9   7  3.23  22  21   5   0   0  137  129   63   49    9   38   66
Larry Demery           6   3  3.39  26   5   0   2   0   74   67   33   28    4   34   38
Jim Rooker             9   6  3.69  20  20   5   0   0  132  142   61   54    8   51   59
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.73  33   0   0   3   0   41   40   17   17    3   16   16
Doc Medich             5  11  3.84  21  21   3   0   0  138  145   67   59    9   36   69
Jerry Reuss           10   6  4.39  21  20   8   1   0  144  153   82   70   15   36   74
Dave Giusti            2   3  4.69  29   0   0   5   0   40   40   24   21    4   20   17
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         10   0  1.87  52   0   0  11   0   87   75   20   18    2   28   60
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  3.49  21  19   5   1   3  131  125   54   51    8   53   61
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  1.94  36   1   0   0   0   70   51   18   15    2   32   26
Randy Moffitt          4   4  2.51  42   0   0   8   0   72   63   30   20    4   28   30
John Montefusco       12   9  2.81  26  25   7   0   3  176  156   61   55    8   52  120
Gary Lavelle           4   5  2.99  46   0   0   9   0   75   75   28   25    5   39   50
Jim Barr              10   8  3.16  26  26   5   0   2  171  182   74   60    7   41   53
Ed Halicki             9  13  4.08  25  24   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
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.69  50   0   0  12   0   80   71   30   24    5   28   60
Bill Greif             1   4  2.77  33   0   0   2   0   39   40   15   12    2   14   20
John Denny             6   5  3.01  20  20   5   0   2  134  131   54   45    9   49   44
Mike Wallace           2   2  3.47  36   0   0   2   0   49   44   23   19    3   30   32
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
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.77  13   0   0   0   0   14   15    7    6    1    9    6
Eric Rasmussen         3   9  3.77  34   8   0   0   0   93   92   41   39    8   30   49
Bob Forsch             5   7  3.78  24  23   0   0   0  138  147   77   58   11   56   59
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  4.30  25  13   2   0   1  105  108   51   50   11   49   40

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            18
  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  J. Koosman (NY)          13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  J. Montefusco (SF)       12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      11
  L. Dierker (HOU)         11

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            19
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Koosman (NY)           8
  F. Norman (CIN)           8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  R. Eastwick (CIN)        14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  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)      214.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        190.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  189.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       181.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       179.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    176.1
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      173.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      173.0
  J. Barr (SF)          171.0

Hits:

  J. Barr (SF)            182
  R. Jones (SD)           182
  J. Kaat (PHI)           174
  P. Niekro (ATL)         172
  D. Sutton (LA)          170
  R. Burris (CHI)         167
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       166
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        162
  D. Rau (LA)             159
  J. Montefusco (SF)      156

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           85
  P. Niekro (ATL)          83
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        82
  J. Reuss (PIT)           82
  R. Burris (CHI)          77
  B. Forsch (STL)          77
  J. Barr (SF)             74
  J. Billingham (CIN)      73
  R. Jones (SD)            73
  B. Bonham (CHI)          72

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        127
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       66
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     65
  B. Bonham (CHI)          62
  P. Falcone (STL)         62
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         61
  D. Carrithers (MON)      60
  L. Dierker (HOU)         60

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          171
  J. Richard (HOU)        145
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    128
  P. Niekro (ATL)         121
  J. Montefusco (SF)      120
  J. Koosman (NY)         112
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  J. Matlack (NY)         109
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        104
  M. Lolich (NY)          102


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