Wednesday August 18, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 18, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        61  60  2.93  121  37  18  1089   933  407  355   66  326  783
Philadelphia    77  40  3.13  117  27  32  1055  1005  407  367   70  290  637
Los Angeles     65  54  3.40  119  31  19  1084  1023  441  409   79  357  559
Cincinnati      77  44  3.48  121  29  30  1090  1058  468  421   77  365  590
St. Louis       51  65  3.60  116  21  19  1049  1031  482  420   73  429  528
Pittsburgh      65  53  3.62  118  30  25  1075  1046  503  432   79  344  569
Atlanta         56  65  3.65  121  28  20  1070  1037  501  434   65  413  609
Houston         59  64  3.67  123  28  22  1103  1068  522  450   61  562  609
San Diego       60  64  3.74  124  37  14  1101  1055  513  457   73  410  484
San Francisco   52  70  3.75  122  20  20  1095  1122  542  456   55  394  560
Montreal        41  73  4.03  114  16  17  1019  1013  523  456   68  473  562
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
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   9  2.62  27  26   9   0   2  206  164   65   60   10   62  179
Pat Zachry (CIN)      11   4  2.66  29  19   4   0   1  142  113   49   42    5   59   96
Fred Norman (CIN)     11   3  2.71  25  16   8   0   3  129  102   45   39    5   50   92
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11  10  2.78  27  26  12   1   3  197  153   73   61   13   68  132
Randy Jones (SD)      19   8  2.82  30  30  21   0   4  246  208   85   77   11   36   78
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
Rick Rhoden (LA)      11   1  2.87  23  22   9   0   3  160  141   56   51   13   45   67
John Montefusco (SF)  13  10  2.95  28  27   8   0   4  189  170   68   62    8   55  134

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  1.80  18   0   0   1   0   20   14    6    4    0    7    3
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
Phil Niekro           13   8  3.36  28  27   6   0   1  198  182   86   74   15   76  132
Dick Ruthven          13  11  3.40  27  27   8   0   4  185  180   70   70    9   69  112
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
Jack Billingham       11   8  4.25  27  22   5   1   2  146  151   77   69   15   47   63
Santo Alcala          10   3  4.30  25  18   3   0   1  119  112   60   57   12   59   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         10   5  2.34  58   0   0   9   0  108   78   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  3.20  24  24   2   0   1  152  160   59   54    5   47   64
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
Dale Murray            3   8  2.87  60   0   0  11   0   88   82   33   28    0   26   26
Chuck Taylor           1   1  3.06  12   0   0   0   0   18   11    6    6    2    5    5
Don Stanhouse          8   7  3.10  26  18   7   1   1  142  126   55   49    5   71   64
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
Steve Dunning          2   5  4.45  20   5   1   0   0   59   66   37   29    3   22   47
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
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
Tom Seaver             9   9  2.62  27  26   9   0   2  206  164   65   60   10   62  179
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
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  2.63  42   3   1  11   0   96   71   30   28    5   25   74
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           13   8  3.09  25  24   6   1   1  169  165   64   58   13   41   97
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
Jim Rooker            10   6  3.60  21  21   6   0   0  138  146   62   55    8   55   65
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.67  34   0   0   3   0   42   40   17   17    3   16   17
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   8  2.82  30  30  21   0   4  246  208   85   77   11   36   78
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
Randy Moffitt          5   4  2.74  44   0   0   8   0   76   68   33   23    5   28   35
John Montefusco       13  10  2.95  28  27   8   0   4  189  170   68   62    8   55  134
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
John D'Acquisto        3   7  4.97  22  15   0   0   0   92   78   55   51    5   79   47
Mike Caldwell          0   7  5.26  39   9   0   1   0   91  131   69   53    5   16   47

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.90  54   0   0  12   0   84   77   33   27    5   30   62
John Denny             7   6  3.10  22  22   5   0   2  145  142   60   50    9   57   48
Bill Greif             1   5  3.15  35   0   0   3   0   40   42   17   14    2   15   21
Pete Falcone          10  11  3.42  24  24   6   0   2  161  137   70   61   11   66  101
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. Lonborg (PHI)         13
  J. Montefusco (SF)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  L. Dierker (HOU)         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)            21
  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
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  J. Montefusco (SF)        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
  R. Reed (PHI)            11
  B. Moose (PIT)           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)         246.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      228.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        206.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       198.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  197.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       193.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    189.1
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      185.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        185.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        183.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           208
  J. Barr (SF)            190
  D. Sutton (LA)          186
  P. Niekro (ATL)         182
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       182
  R. Burris (CHI)         180
  J. Kaat (PHI)           180
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        180
  G. Nolan (CIN)          174
  J. Montefusco (SF)      170

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           88
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        87
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  R. Jones (SD)            85
  J. Barr (SF)             81
  B. Bonham (CHI)          80
  R. Burris (CHI)          80
  B. Forsch (STL)          79
  J. Billingham (CIN)      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
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       71
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         69
  B. Bonham (CHI)          68
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     68
  P. Falcone (STL)         66
  D. Carrithers (MON)      64
  L. Dierker (HOU)         64

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          179
  J. Richard (HOU)        157
  J. Montefusco (SF)      134
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    132
  P. Niekro (ATL)         132
  J. Koosman (NY)         130
  S. Carlton (PHI)        117
  J. Matlack (NY)         115
  D. Sutton (LA)          114
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        112

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