Saturday August 14, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 14, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        60  58  2.96  118  35  18  1063   913  400  350   66  320  764
Philadelphia    75  39  3.08  114  26  31  1028   977  391  352   68  277  623
Los Angeles     62  54  3.42  116  29  19  1057  1002  434  402   77  352  547
St. Louis       49  63  3.53  112  21  17  1014   997  460  398   73  403  509
Cincinnati      76  41  3.53  117  28  30  1055  1031  459  414   75  354  560
Pittsburgh      62  52  3.63  114  28  24  1043  1009  489  420   78  331  551
San Francisco   50  69  3.65  119  20  19  1070  1089  519  434   52  383  540
Atlanta         53  64  3.68  117  27  19  1035  1012  490  423   64  393  584
Houston         58  61  3.68  119  27  22  1067  1029  505  437   60  550  584
San Diego       58  62  3.69  120  35  14  1067  1017  491  438   73  385  472
Montreal        41  70  3.94  111  16  17   994   978  501  435   67  462  551
Chicago         54  65  4.22  119  15  27  1078  1137  574  505  100  377  602

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard (HOU)    13  12  2.51  29  29  10   0   2  219  165   75   61   10  129  148
Pat Zachry (CIN)      11   4  2.66  29  19   4   0   1  142  113   49   42    5   59   96
John Montefusco (SF)  13   9  2.67  27  26   8   0   4  185  162   61   55    8   53  129
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   8  2.69  26  25   8   0   2  197  157   62   59   10   59  174
Randy Jones (SD)      19   7  2.72  29  29  20   0   4  238  198   80   72   11   31   76
Fred Norman (CIN)     11   2  2.74  24  15   8   0   3  121   97   41   37    4   45   82
Jon Matlack (NY)      12   6  2.76  25  25  11   0   4  186  159   64   57   13   41  114
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11  10  2.78  27  26  12   1   3  197  153   73   61   13   68  132
Don Stanhouse (MON)    8   6  2.84  25  17   7   1   1  140  120   50   44    5   67   61
Doug Rau (LA)         10  10  2.87  25  24   6   0   2  173  166   58   55   14   46   72

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  1.89  17   0   0   1   0   19   14    6    4    0    7    2
Max Leon               1   3  2.59  20   0   0   1   0   24   19   11    7    2   12   11
Andy Messersmith      11  10  2.78  27  26  12   1   3  197  153   73   61   13   68  132
Mike Marshall          2   1  3.03  22   0   0   6   0   36   32   14   12    3   12   17
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.32  33   0   0   1   0   60   52   32   22    5   34   29
Dick Ruthven          13  10  3.33  26  26   8   0   4  178  171   66   66    9   63  108
Phil Niekro           12   8  3.42  27  26   5   0   1  189  176   84   72   14   74  124
Carl Morton            2   9  4.31  24  22   1   0   1  125  157   74   60    6   42   38
Adrian Devine          1   3  4.54  27   1   0   3   0   40   42   22   20    0   15   29
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  5.54  18   0   0   2   0   26   39   17   16    0   10   15
Frank Lacorte          1   6  6.55   8   6   0   0   0   34   39   27   25    2   21   18

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           2   3  2.33  36   0   0   6   0   54   39   14   14    3   18   43
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         4   6  3.07  45   0   0   9   0   56   53   26   19    5   19   31
Ray Burris            10  11  3.43  27  26   5   0   2  173  180   80   66   15   60   72
Rick Reuschel         10   8  3.58  27  26   4   1   2  176  172   84   70   14   50  101
Steve Stone            3   4  3.82  11  11   1   0   1   61   53   27   26    5   13   31
Steve Renko            5   5  4.09  18  18   2   0   0  106  107   55   48    9   26   62
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.74  41   2   0   2   0   76   84   42   40   11   28   47
Bill Bonham            7   9  4.76  22  22   3   0   0  134  155   77   71    8   65   71
Joe Coleman            1   5  4.89  24   4   0   3   0   53   51   34   29    7   23   47
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.06  25   0   0   2   0   21   32   15   12    2    9   15
Oscar Zamora           5   3  5.24  40   2   0   3   0   55   70   34   32    8   17   27
Mike Garman            2   4  5.32  39   2   0   1   0   66   74   45   39    7   32   32
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        2   0  0.82   6   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    1    0    4    6
Rawly Eastwick         8   3  2.21  51   0   0  16   0   77   69   24   19    3   19   52
Pat Zachry            11   4  2.66  29  19   4   0   1  142  113   49   42    5   59   96
Fred Norman           11   2  2.74  24  15   8   0   3  121   97   41   37    4   45   82
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.15  49   1   0   4   0   86  101   34   30    4   22   41
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  3.63  40   0   0   6   0   52   66   25   21    2   13   26
Santo Alcala          10   3  4.37  24  17   3   0   1  113  109   58   55   11   56   53
Jack Billingham       10   8  4.47  26  21   4   1   2  137  146   76   68   15   45   59
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  2.51  29  29  10   0   2  219  165   75   61   10  129  148
Gene Pentz             3   3  3.10  29   0   0   3   0   49   49   21   17    4   23   29
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
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  3.58   5   5   1   0   1   28   31   15   11    1    8    8
Joe Niekro             4   8  3.62  29  13   0   0   0  104   98   58   42    8   53   71
Larry Dierker         12  10  3.69  23  23   6   0   4  154  140   68   63    8   62   95
Joaquin Andujar        6   8  3.78  22  19   7   0   4  126  125   56   53    5   59   41
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  1.86  16   0   0   1   0   19   11    5    4    0    6   14
Charlie Hough          9   5  2.38  57   0   0   9   0  106   76   30   28    6   58   65
Doug Rau              10  10  2.87  25  24   6   0   2  173  166   58   55   14   46   72
Rick Rhoden           10   1  2.87  22  21   8   0   3  151  134   53   48   12   44   65
Tommy John             6   8  3.23  23  23   2   0   1  145  154   57   52    5   44   62
Burt Hooton            7  12  4.02  24  24   6   0   3  161  149   77   72   14   48   85
Don Sutton            13   9  4.04  25  24   7   0   2  176  180   86   79   17   60  106
Stan Wall              1   2  4.28  24   0   0   1   0   40   42   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             1   1  5.32  13   0   0   0   0   24   26   15   14    2   11   18

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          8   6  2.84  25  17   7   1   1  140  120   50   44    5   67   61
Dale Murray            3   8  2.94  57   0   0  11   0   83   76   32   27    0   26   24
Chuck Taylor           1   1  3.21   9   0   0   0   0   14    9    5    5    2    4    5
Steve Rogers           5  10  3.26  22  21   4   1   3  152  141   61   55   10   46   99
Woodie Fryman         10   8  3.53  23  23   1   0   0  150  159   67   59   12   54   89
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Don Carrithers         6   7  4.04  26  14   2   0   0  111  120   61   50    5   62   57
Chip Lang              1   2  4.46  18   2   0   0   0   40   36   22   20    2   25   22
Steve Dunning          2   5  4.69  19   5   1   0   0   56   64   37   29    3   22   45
Joe Kerrigan           0   4  4.91  15   0   0   1   0   22   27   12   12    3    9    9
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

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nino Espinosa          2   2  1.59   5   3   0   0   0   23   19    6    4    1    5   16
Ken Sanders            1   2  2.63  28   0   0   1   0   41   33   13   12    3    9   14
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.67  41   0   0  14   0   71   45   23   21    5   28   80
Tom Seaver             9   8  2.69  26  25   8   0   2  197  157   62   59   10   59  174
Jon Matlack           12   6  2.76  25  25  11   0   4  186  159   64   57   13   41  114
Bob Apodaca            2   5  2.85  32   3   0   3   0   73   55   29   23    3   22   38
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Mickey Lolich          7  11  3.07  24  23   5   0   2  150  143   65   51    8   44  103
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  3.66  16   0   0   0   0   20   25    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  1.34  13   1   0   0   0   34   31    6    5    0    7   34
Gene Garber            7   2  2.39  42   0   0   8   0   72   58   23   19    3   24   72
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.57  41   0   0   7   0   67   62   25   19    4   25   47
Ron Reed               8   4  2.73  40   3   1  10   0   89   68   29   27    4   23   70
Ron Schueler           0   0  2.78  25   0   0   3   0   32   27   12   10    3   10   30
Jim Lonborg           12   8  3.01  24  23   6   1   1  162  156   60   54   13   38   93
Jim Kaat              10   8  3.17  27  26   7   0   1  176  180   69   62   15   26   65
Steve Carlton         14   4  3.18  25  25   9   0   2  181  159   69   64   14   52  117
Tom Underwood          7   3  3.61  23  15   1   2   0   95   96   39   38    5   38   51
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  2.58  43   1   0  10   0   66   69   27   19    1   22   27
Kent Tekulve           4   1  2.75  46   0   0   2   0   72   66   24   22    2   17   55
John Candelaria       11   4  3.17  23  22   7   1   2  159  115   62   56   20   42  104
Larry Demery           6   4  3.28  27   6   0   2   0   82   72   35   30    5   36   40
Bruce Kison            9   7  3.30  23  22   5   0   0  142  135   68   52    9   39   70
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
Dave Giusti            3   3  4.46  30   0   0   5   0   42   41   24   21    4   21   18
Jerry Reuss           10   7  4.50  22  21   8   1   0  148  161   87   74   15   38   78
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            3   0  0.70   3   3   2   0   2   26   22    2    2    0    9    9
Butch Metzger         10   0  1.75  55   0   0  12   0   93   80   20   18    2   32   65
Randy Jones           19   7  2.72  29  29  20   0   4  238  198   80   72   11   31   76
Brent Strom           10  12  3.20  27  25   6   0   1  163  144   71   58   13   57   78
Alan Foster            3   6  3.22  26  11   2   0   0   87   75   36   31    9   35   22
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.63  36   1   0   0   0   52   49   21   21    3   14   29
Dave Freisleben        7  10  3.80  22  20   5   1   3  133  131   59   56    8   54   62
Jerry Johnson          0   1  4.66  12   1   0   0   0   19   18   12   10    0   13   12
Tom Griffin            1   1  4.70   2   2   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    0    7    3
Dan Spillner           2  11  5.06  32  14   0   0   0  107  120   70   60   11   55   57
Rich Folkers           2   3  5.26  28   3   0   0   0   53   61   35   31   10   20   21
Ken Reynolds           0   3  6.40  19   2   0   1   0   32   38   27   23    0   29   18
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
Randy Moffitt          4   4  2.51  42   0   0   8   0   72   63   30   20    4   28   30
Charlie Williams       2   0  2.58  38   1   0   0   0   73   60   24   21    3   32   28
John Montefusco       13   9  2.67  27  26   8   0   4  185  162   61   55    8   53  129
Gary Lavelle           4   5  2.95  47   0   0   9   0   76   75   28   25    5   39   50
Jim Barr              10   9  3.40  27  27   5   0   2  175  190   81   66    8   43   54
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  4.64  51   0   0   1   0   64   76   41   33    2   12   34
John D'Acquisto        3   7  4.90  21  14   0   0   0   86   74   51   47    4   73   45
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Mike Caldwell          0   7  4.93  38   9   0   1   0   88  122   64   48    5   15   44

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             1   4  2.77  33   0   0   2   0   39   40   15   12    2   14   20
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.78  51   0   0  12   0   81   73   31   25    5   28   60
John Denny             6   6  3.10  21  21   5   0   2  139  138   58   48    9   50   45
Mike Wallace           2   2  3.33  37   0   0   2   0   51   46   23   19    3   31   33
Pete Falcone           9  11  3.34  23  23   6   0   2  154  131   66   57   11   62   98
Eric Rasmussen         4   9  3.44  35   9   1   0   1  102   96   41   39    8   32   54
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
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  4.50  26  13   2   0   1  106  111   54   53   11   51   42

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            19
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  J. Koosman (NY)          14
  J. Montefusco (SF)       13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  L. Dierker (HOU)         12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  J. Matlack (NY)          12

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
  M. Lolich (NY)           11
  L. McGlothen (STL)       11
  D. Medich (PIT)          11
  D. Spillner (SD)         11

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
  J. Montefusco (SF)        8
  F. Norman (CIN)           8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  R. Rhoden (LA)            8

Saves:

  R. Eastwick (CIN)        16
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        12
  B. Metzger (SD)          12
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  R. Reed (PHI)            10
  C. Hough (LA)             9

Shutouts:

  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  J. Montefusco (SF)        4
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          4
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  B. Hooton (LA)            3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         238.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      219.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  197.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        197.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       189.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       186.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    185.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      181.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      178.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        176.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           198
  J. Barr (SF)            190
  R. Burris (CHI)         180
  J. Kaat (PHI)           180
  D. Sutton (LA)          180
  P. Niekro (ATL)         176
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       172
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        171
  G. Nolan (CIN)          166
  D. Rau (LA)             166

Runs:

  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  D. Sutton (LA)           86
  P. Niekro (ATL)          84
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        84
  J. Barr (SF)             81
  R. Burris (CHI)          80
  R. Jones (SD)            80
  B. Bonham (CHI)          77
  B. Forsch (STL)          77
  B. Hooton (LA)           77

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        129
  P. Niekro (ATL)          74
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       73
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     68
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       67
  B. Bonham (CHI)          65
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         63
  D. Carrithers (MON)      62
  L. Dierker (HOU)         62
  P. Falcone (STL)         62

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          174
  J. Richard (HOU)        148
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    132
  J. Montefusco (SF)      129
  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  J. Koosman (NY)         119
  S. Carlton (PHI)        117
  J. Matlack (NY)         114
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        108
  D. Sutton (LA)          106

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