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Tuesday August 17, 1976
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National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 17, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        61  59  2.95  120  36  18  1080   926  404  354   66  323  778
Philadelphia    76  40  3.12  116  27  31  1046   995  403  363   70  286  632
Los Angeles     64  54  3.41  118  31  19  1075  1015  439  407   79  354  557
Cincinnati      76  44  3.50  120  28  30  1081  1053  467  420   77  363  586
St. Louis       50  65  3.60  115  21  18  1040  1023  478  416   73  424  523
Pittsburgh      64  53  3.63  117  29  25  1069  1042  502  431   79  340  563
Atlanta         56  64  3.64  120  28  20  1062  1028  497  430   65  407  604
Houston         59  64  3.67  123  28  22  1103  1068  522  450   61  562  609
San Francisco   52  69  3.67  121  20  20  1088  1105  530  444   55  391  552
San Diego       60  63  3.72  123  36  14  1093  1045  508  452   73  405  482
Montreal        41  72  4.01  113  16  17  1011  1005  518  451   68  469  557
Chicago         55  67  4.23  122  15  27  1104  1169  588  519  100  388  619

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard (HOU)    14  12  2.45  30  30  11   0   2  228  170   76   62   11  131  157
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
Fred Norman (CIN)     11   3  2.71  25  16   8   0   3  129  102   45   39    5   50   92
Randy Jones (SD)      19   7  2.72  29  29  20   0   4  238  198   80   72   11   31   76
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
Jon Matlack (NY)      12   7  2.84  26  26  11   0   4  193  167   68   61   13   43  115
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
Adrian Devine          2   3  4.12  29   1   0   4   0   44   43   22   20    0   17   30
Carl Morton            3   9  4.26  25  23   1   0   1  133  162   77   63    6   45   40
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  5.98   9   7   0   0   0   41   43   29   27    2   28   27

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           3   3  2.17  38   0   0   6   0   58   44   14   14    3   18   47
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  3.59  28  27   4   1   2  183  182   87   73   14   51  107
Steve Stone            3   5  3.93  12  12   1   0   1   66   57   30   29    5   18   33
Steve Renko            5   5  4.32  19  18   2   0   0  106  110   58   51    9   27   63
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.66  42   2   0   2   0   77   86   42   40   11   28   47
Bill Bonham            7  10  4.71  23  23   3   0   0  141  161   80   74    8   68   75
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  5.51  40   2   0   1   0   67   76   47   41    7   33   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   1  1.46   7   0   0   0   0   12   12    4    2    0    5    7
Rawly Eastwick         8   3  2.16  53   0   0  16   0   79   72   24   19    3   19   53
Pat Zachry            11   4  2.66  29  19   4   0   1  142  113   49   42    5   59   96
Fred Norman           11   3  2.71  25  16   8   0   3  129  102   45   39    5   50   92
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.12  50   1   0   4   0   87  102   34   30    4   22   42
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  3.59  41   0   0   6   0   53   68   25   21    2   13   26
Santo Alcala          10   3  4.30  25  18   3   0   1  119  112   60   57   12   59   59
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          14  12  2.45  30  30  11   0   2  228  170   76   62   11  131  157
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  3.16   8   5   1   0   1   31   35   15   11    1    8   10
Joe Niekro             4   8  3.62  29  13   0   0   0  104   98   58   42    8   53   71
Larry Dierker         12  11  3.66  24  24   6   0   4  162  149   73   66    8   64  100
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           11   1  2.87  23  22   9   0   3  160  141   56   51   13   45   67
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
Dale Murray            3   8  2.94  59   0   0  11   0   86   82   33   28    0   26   26
Chuck Taylor           1   1  3.12  11   0   0   0   0   17   11    6    6    2    5    5
Steve Rogers           5  11  3.51  23  22   4   1   3  154  149   66   60   10   47   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
Joe Kerrigan           0   4  4.56  16   0   0   1   0   24   29   12   12    3    9    9
Steve Dunning          2   5  4.69  19   5   1   0   0   56   64   37   29    3   22   45
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.95  31   0   0   1   0   40   42   25   22    5   14   18
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Clay Kirby             1   8  5.86  18  15   0   0   0   74   75   57   48    9   62   49
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  2.64  42   0   0  14   0   72   45   23   21    5   29   82
Tom Seaver             9   8  2.69  26  25   8   0   2  197  157   62   59   10   59  174
Jon Matlack           12   7  2.84  26  26  11   0   4  193  167   68   61   13   43  115
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          8   3  3.47  24  16   2   2   0  104  100   42   40    5   44   56
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
Kent Tekulve           4   1  2.72  47   0   0   3   0   73   67   24   22    2   17   55
Bob Moose              3   7  2.90  44   1   0  10   0   68   73   30   22    2   24   28
John Candelaria       11   4  3.17  23  22   7   1   2  159  115   62   56   20   42  104
Bruce Kison            9   7  3.30  23  22   5   0   0  142  135   68   52    9   39   70
Larry Demery           6   4  3.49  28   7   0   2   0   88   82   39   34    5   37   42
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.67  34   0   0   3   0   42   40   17   17    3   16   17
Jim Rooker             9   6  3.69  20  20   5   0   0  132  142   61   54    8   51   59
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  1.72   4   4   2   0   2   31   32    6    6    0   13    9
Butch Metzger         10   0  1.83  56   0   0  12   0   94   83   21   19    2   33   66
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
Alan Foster            3   6  3.22  26  11   2   0   0   87   75   36   31    9   35   22
Brent Strom           10  13  3.37  28  26   6   0   1  166  148   76   62   13   61   80
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.48  38   1   0   0   0   54   50   22   21    3   17   31
Dave Freisleben        8  10  3.78  24  20   5   1   3  136  133   61   57    8   56   62
Jerry Johnson          0   1  4.58  13   1   0   0   0   20   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  5.56  29   3   0   0   0   55   63   38   34   10   22   23
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  2.54  39   1   0   1   0   74   60   24   21    3   32   30
John Montefusco       13   9  2.67  27  26   8   0   4  185  162   61   55    8   53  129
Randy Moffitt          5   4  2.74  44   0   0   8   0   76   68   33   23    5   28   35
Gary Lavelle           5   5  2.99  49   0   0   9   0   78   77   29   26    6   39   52
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
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
John D'Acquisto        3   7  4.97  22  15   0   0   0   92   78   55   51    5   79   47

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.95  53   0   0  12   0   82   75   33   27    5   29   61
John Denny             7   6  3.10  22  22   5   0   2  145  142   60   50    9   57   48
Bill Greif             1   5  3.20  34   0   0   2   0   39   42   17   14    2   15   20
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
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.68  14   0   0   0   0   15   16    7    6    1    9    6
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
Lynn McGlothen        10  11  3.83  25  24   7   0   2  157  164   72   67    9   55   82
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Mike Wallace           2   2  4.01  38   0   0   2   0   52   48   27   23    3   33   33
John Curtis            5   7  4.57  28  13   2   1   1  110  116   57   56   11   54   45

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            19
  J. Koosman (NY)          15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  D. Sutton (LA)           14
  J. Montefusco (SF)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  L. Dierker (HOU)         12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            20
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  J. Koosman (NY)          10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  R. Rhoden (LA)            9
  J. Montefusco (SF)        8
  F. Norman (CIN)           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)      228.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       198.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  197.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        197.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       193.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    185.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        185.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        183.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     183.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           198
  J. Barr (SF)            190
  D. Sutton (LA)          186
  P. Niekro (ATL)         182
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       182
  R. Burris (CHI)         180
  J. Kaat (PHI)           180
  G. Nolan (CIN)          174
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        171
  J. Richard (HOU)        170

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           88
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        87
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  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)        131
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       79
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  B. Bonham (CHI)          68
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     68
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       67
  D. Carrithers (MON)      64
  L. Dierker (HOU)         64
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         63
  P. Falcone (STL)         62

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          174
  J. Richard (HOU)        157
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    132
  P. Niekro (ATL)         132
  J. Koosman (NY)         130
  J. Montefusco (SF)      129
  S. Carlton (PHI)        117
  J. Matlack (NY)         115
  D. Sutton (LA)          114
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        108


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