Tuesday August 10, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 10, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        58  56  2.96  114  35  16  1027   881  388  338   63  311  743
Philadelphia    73  37  3.11  110  26  30   992   944  381  343   66  260  593
Los Angeles     60  52  3.48  112  28  19  1016   971  422  393   75  343  530
Cincinnati      73  40  3.52  113  28  28  1019   993  441  398   73  338  542
St. Louis       47  62  3.56  109  19  17   987   971  452  391   73  397  496
San Francisco   49  67  3.56  116  19  19  1045  1051  497  414   49  380  524
Pittsburgh      60  51  3.64  111  28  24  1016   990  478  411   76  322  538
Atlanta         52  61  3.67  113  27  18  1000   972  471  408   64  378  568
Houston         57  59  3.69  116  26  22  1040   992  491  426   58  539  569
San Diego       55  60  3.75  115  34  13  1024   979  478  427   72  368  449
Montreal        39  68  3.96  107  14  17   958   940  487  422   67  452  540
Chicago         52  62  4.20  114  14  27  1026  1076  543  479   92  364  570

 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
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
Randy Jones (SD)      18   7  2.73  28  28  20   0   4  231  192   78   70   10   29   74
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  3.03  22   0   0   6   0   36   32   14   12    3   12   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           12   8  3.42  27  26   5   0   1  189  176   84   72   14   74  124
Carl Morton            2   8  4.45  23  21   1   0   1  119  149   70   59    6   40   36
Adrian Devine          1   3  4.66  26   1   0   2   0   37   37   21   19    0   14   28
Roger Moret            3   3  4.71  25  10   1   1   0   71   77   38   37    7   22   29
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  2.01  34   0   0   6   0   54   37   12   12    2   18   43
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             9  11  3.61  26  25   4   0   1  164  176   80   66   15   60   71
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  1.29   3   0   0   0   0    7    9    3    1    0    3    5
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   7  3.52  25  25   6   0   1  177  166   72   69   20   21   80
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
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  3.23  28   0   0   3   0   47   46   19   17    4   20   29
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.41  28  13   0   0   0  100   93   54   38    6   53   66
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  3.58   5   5   1   0   1   28   31   15   11    1    8    8
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  5.44  21  16   1   0   1   88  103   61   53    6   58   33
Gilberto Rondon        2   2  5.94  14   7   0   0   0   47   61   34   31    5   32   16
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  2.25  14   0   0   1   0   16    9    5    4    0    5   12
Charlie Hough          9   4  2.43  56   0   0   9   0  100   72   29   27    6   56   63
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            13   9  4.04  25  24   7   0   2  176  180   86   79   17   60  106
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  3.47  21  20   3   1   2  143  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
Don Carrithers         6   7  4.04  26  14   2   0   0  111  120   61   50    5   62   57
Steve Dunning          2   4  4.27  18   4   1   0   0   53   57   33   25    3   21   44
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         14   7  3.19  24  22   9   0   1  164  145   62   58   12   49  119
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  2.53  40   0   0   8   0   68   55   23   19    3   24   68
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.69  39   0   0   7   0   64   61   25   19    4   21   45
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   6  4.02  22  21   2   0   0  121  140   59   54    7   34   44

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   6  2.63  42   1   0  10   0   65   68   27   19    1   21   27
Kent Tekulve           3   1  2.96  44   0   0   2   0   67   63   24   22    2   16   52
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   7  4.50  22  21   8   1   0  148  161   87   74   15   38   78
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   7  2.73  28  28  20   0   4  231  192   78   70   10   29   74
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  4.38  16  16   0   0   0   86  101   53   42    6   26   27
Dave Heaverlo          3   4  4.65  50   0   0   1   0   62   72   40   32    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  4.74  36   9   0   1   0   87  119   62   46    5   15   43
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
Lynn McGlothen        10  11  3.84  24  23   7   0   2  150  160   69   64    9   51   77
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
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
  J. Koosman (NY)          14
  S. Carlton (PHI)         13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  J. Montefusco (SF)       12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      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)            20
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Koosman (NY)           9
  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)         231.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      214.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        190.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  189.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       189.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       179.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        176.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    176.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        176.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      173.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           192
  J. Barr (SF)            182
  D. Sutton (LA)          180
  R. Burris (CHI)         176
  P. Niekro (ATL)         176
  J. Kaat (PHI)           174
  G. Nolan (CIN)          166
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       166
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        162
  J. Reuss (PIT)          161

Runs:

  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  D. Sutton (LA)           86
  P. Niekro (ATL)          84
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        82
  R. Burris (CHI)          80
  R. Jones (SD)            78
  B. Forsch (STL)          77
  J. Barr (SF)             74
  J. Billingham (CIN)      73
  B. Bonham (CHI)          72

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           20
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      19
  D. Sutton (LA)           17
  J. Billingham (CIN)      15
  R. Burris (CHI)          15
  J. Reuss (PIT)           15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  J. Kaat (PHI)            14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  D. Rau (LA)              14

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        127
  P. Niekro (ATL)          74
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       73
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       66
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     65
  B. Bonham (CHI)          62
  D. Carrithers (MON)      62
  P. Falcone (STL)         62
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         61
  R. Burris (CHI)          60

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          171
  J. Richard (HOU)        145
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    128
  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  J. Montefusco (SF)      120
  J. Koosman (NY)         119
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  J. Matlack (NY)         109
  D. Sutton (LA)          106
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        104

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