Sunday August 15, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 15, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        61  58  2.94  119  36  18  1072   918  400  350   66  320  775
Philadelphia    75  40  3.13  115  26  31  1037   991  400  361   70  280  627
Los Angeles     63  54  3.41  117  30  19  1066  1008  436  404   78  353  555
Cincinnati      76  42  3.51  118  28  30  1063  1040  460  415   75  354  567
St. Louis       49  64  3.53  113  21  17  1022  1006  463  401   73  406  512
Pittsburgh      64  52  3.60  116  29  25  1061  1028  495  424   78  337  559
San Francisco   51  69  3.65  120  20  19  1079  1098  524  438   53  385  547
Atlanta         54  64  3.66  118  28  19  1044  1018  492  425   65  395  592
San Diego       59  62  3.67  121  36  14  1076  1023  492  439   73  389  475
Houston         58  63  3.70  121  27  22  1085  1054  516  446   60  558  594
Montreal        41  71  3.95  112  16  17  1003   988  507  440   67  464  554
Chicago         54  66  4.21  120  15  27  1087  1146  577  508  100  380  608

 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           13   8  3.36  28  27   6   0   1  198  182   86   74   15   76  132
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  2.25  37   0   0   6   0   56   42   14   14    3   18   45
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
Bill Bonham            7  10  4.71  23  23   3   0   0  141  161   80   74    8   68   75
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.74  41   2   0   2   0   76   84   42   40   11   28   47
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  2.18  52   0   0  16   0   78   70   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   8  3.43  26  26   6   0   1  184  174   73   70   20   21   87
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
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
Dan Larson             2   4  2.78   6   6   2   0   0   45   43   20   14    0   19   26
Gene Pentz             3   3  2.98  30   0   0   3   0   51   50   21   17    4   25   30
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  3.19   7   5   1   0   1   31   35   15   11    1    8    9
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
Joe Sambito            1   1  3.86  10   1   0   0   0   21   20    9    9    2    6   13
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
Don Sutton            14   9  3.94  26  25   8   0   2  185  186   88   81   18   61  114
Burt Hooton            7  12  4.02  24  24   6   0   3  161  149   77   72   14   48   85
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
Chuck Taylor           1   1  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   16   10    5    5    2    4    5
Dale Murray            3   8  2.98  58   0   0  11   0   85   81   33   28    0   26   25
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   8  4.17  27  15   2   0   0  117  124   66   54    5   64   59
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
Jerry Koosman         15   7  3.02  25  23  10   0   2  173  150   62   58   12   49  130
Mickey Lolich          7  11  3.07  24  23   5   0   2  150  143   65   51    8   44  103
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  1.82  14   1   0   0   0   35   34    8    7    1    7   35
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.53  42   0   0   7   0   68   63   25   19    4   26   47
Ron Reed               8   4  2.68  41   3   1  10   0   94   70   30   28    5   24   73
Gene Garber            7   3  2.76  43   0   0   8   0   72   61   26   22    3   24   72
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  4.17  23  22   2   0   0  123  145   62   57    7   35   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  2.72  47   0   0   3   0   73   67   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             6  11  3.87  22  22   3   0   0  147  157   73   63    9   39   73
Jerry Reuss           11   7  4.24  23  22   9   1   1  157  167   87   74   15   41   82
Dave Giusti            3   3  4.46  30   0   0   5   0   42   41   24   21    4   21   18
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
Tom Griffin            2   1  2.70   3   3   1   0   0   17   15    5    5    0   11    6
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
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
Charlie Williams       2   0  2.58  38   1   0   0   0   73   60   24   21    3   32   28
Randy Moffitt          5   4  2.65  43   0   0   8   0   75   66   32   22    5   28   35
John Montefusco       13   9  2.67  27  26   8   0   4  185  162   61   55    8   53  129
Gary Lavelle           4   5  2.91  48   0   0   9   0   77   76   28   25    5   39   51
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  4.34  17  17   0   0   0   91  106   56   44    6   28   28
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
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.76  52   0   0  12   0   82   73   31   25    5   28   61
Bill Greif             1   4  2.77  33   0   0   2   0   39   40   15   12    2   14   20
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
Bob Forsch             5   8  3.75  25  24   0   0   0  144  153   79   60   11   59   61
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.77  13   0   0   0   0   14   15    7    6    1    9    6
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  4.53  27  13   2   0   1  107  114   55   54   11   51   42

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            19
  J. Koosman (NY)          15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  D. Sutton (LA)           14
  J. Montefusco (SF)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  L. Dierker (HOU)         12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         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. Koosman (NY)          10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  J. Montefusco (SF)        8
  F. Norman (CIN)           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
  P. Niekro (ATL)       198.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  197.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        197.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       186.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    185.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        185.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        183.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      181.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           198
  J. Barr (SF)            190
  D. Sutton (LA)          186
  P. Niekro (ATL)         182
  R. Burris (CHI)         180
  J. Kaat (PHI)           180
  G. Nolan (CIN)          174
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       172
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        171
  J. Reuss (PIT)          167

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           88
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        84
  J. Barr (SF)             81
  B. Bonham (CHI)          80
  R. Burris (CHI)          80
  R. Jones (SD)            80
  B. Forsch (STL)          79
  B. Hooton (LA)           77

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      20
  G. Nolan (CIN)           20
  D. Sutton (LA)           18
  J. Billingham (CIN)      15
  R. Burris (CHI)          15
  J. Kaat (PHI)            15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  J. Reuss (PIT)           15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  B. Hooton (LA)           14

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        129
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       73
  B. Bonham (CHI)          68
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     68
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       67
  D. Carrithers (MON)      64
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         63
  L. Dierker (HOU)         62
  P. Falcone (STL)         62

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          174
  J. Richard (HOU)        148
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    132
  P. Niekro (ATL)         132
  J. Koosman (NY)         130
  J. Montefusco (SF)      129
  S. Carlton (PHI)        117
  J. Matlack (NY)         114
  D. Sutton (LA)          114
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        108


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