Saturday August 21, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 21, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        62  61  2.94  123  38  18  1106   946  414  361   69  332  790
Philadelphia    79  41  3.13  120  28  33  1082  1030  420  376   71  296  655
Los Angeles     68  54  3.36  122  32  20  1111  1045  448  415   80  359  573
Cincinnati      79  45  3.43  124  29  31  1119  1082  476  427   77  370  617
St. Louis       52  66  3.62  118  21  20  1067  1049  492  429   73  438  538
Atlanta         57  67  3.64  124  28  21  1097  1069  512  444   66  418  621
Pittsburgh      66  55  3.64  121  31  25  1100  1077  516  445   80  350  580
San Francisco   54  71  3.70  125  20  21  1129  1152  550  464   57  408  580
Houston         60  66  3.71  126  29  22  1128  1103  539  465   64  567  619
San Diego       60  65  3.75  125  37  14  1110  1065  520  462   73  415  489
Montreal        41  75  4.03  116  16  17  1043  1033  534  467   71  475  576
Chicago         56  68  4.21  124  15  28  1121  1183  594  524  103  391  635

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard (HOU)    14  13  2.58  31  31  11   0   2  234  179   82   67   11  133  161
Fred Norman (CIN)     11   4  2.62  26  17   8   0   3  137  107   48   40    5   52  103
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  30  20   4   0   1  149  119   51   44    5   60  103
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11  10  2.77  28  27  12   1   3  204  160   75   63   13   71  134
Doug Rau (LA)         11  10  2.79  26  25   6   0   2  180  175   59   56   14   46   77
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
Rick Rhoden (LA)      11   1  2.87  23  22   9   0   3  160  141   56   51   13   45   67
Jerry Koosman (NY)    16   7  2.92  26  24  11   0   2  182  156   63   59   13   53  135

 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  2.77  28  27  12   1   3  204  160   75   63   13   71  134
Mike Marshall          2   1  3.03  22   0   0   6   0   36   32   14   12    3   12   17
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.16  34   0   0   1   0   63   52   32   22    5   35   31
Dick Ruthven          13  11  3.40  27  27   8   0   4  185  180   70   70    9   69  112
Phil Niekro           13   9  3.51  29  28   6   0   1  202  190   91   79   16   76  133
Adrian Devine          2   4  3.70  31   1   0   5   0   49   47   23   20    0   18   34
Carl Morton            4   9  4.17  26  24   1   0   1  140  172   79   65    6   45   42
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  5.67  19   0   0   2   0   27   42   18   17    0   10   16
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  2.10  39   0   0   7   0   60   44   14   14    3   18   49
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  12  3.46  28  27   5   0   2  179  186   84   69   17   61   78
Rick Reuschel         11   8  3.55  29  28   4   1   2  190  189   89   75   15   52  114
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  4.72  25   4   0   3   0   55   52   34   29    7   24   48
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  2.09  54   0   0  17   0   82   74   24   19    3   19   55
Fred Norman           11   4  2.62  26  17   8   0   3  137  107   48   40    5   52  103
Pat Zachry            11   4  2.66  30  20   4   0   1  149  119   51   44    5   60  103
Pedro Borbon           3   2  3.01  52   1   0   4   0   90  104   34   30    4   22   44
Don Gullett            7   3  3.29  16  14   3   1   0   82   81   35   30    5   37   42
Gary Nolan            11   8  3.45  27  27   6   0   1  190  182   76   73   20   22   92
Will McEnaney          2   4  3.46  42   0   0   6   0   55   69   25   21    2   14   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  13  2.58  31  31  11   0   2  234  179   82   67   11  133  161
Dan Larson             3   4  2.82   7   7   3   0   0   54   48   23   17    1   20   29
Gene Pentz             3   3  2.96  31   0   0   3   0   52   52   22   17    4   26   30
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  3.24   9   5   1   0   1   33   39   16   12    1    8   11
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
Joe Sambito            1   1  3.80  12   1   0   0   0   24   25   10   10    2    6   14
Joaquin Andujar        6   9  3.97  23  20   7   0   4  131  135   61   58    7   60   42
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  2.29  17   0   0   1   0   20   13    6    5    0    6   14
Charlie Hough         11   5  2.29  60   0   0  10   0  110   80   31   28    6   59   65
Doug Rau              11  10  2.79  26  25   6   0   2  180  175   59   56   14   46   77
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            15   9  3.80  27  26   9   0   2  194  188   89   82   19   61  118
Burt Hooton            7  12  3.94  25  25   6   0   3  169  156   79   74   14   48   90
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
Stan Wall              1   2  4.50  25   0   0   1   0   40   42   21   20    5   11   21
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  3.08  62   0   0  11   0   91   88   36   31    1   26   26
Don Stanhouse          8   7  3.10  26  18   7   1   1  142  126   55   49    5   71   64
Chuck Taylor           1   1  3.20  13   0   0   0   0   20   12    7    7    3    5    6
Steve Rogers           5  11  3.49  24  23   4   1   3  160  153   68   62   10   48  102
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
Steve Dunning          2   5  4.16  22   5   1   0   0   63   66   37   29    3   22   50
Joe Kerrigan           0   4  4.21  17   0   0   1   0   26   29   12   12    3    9   12
Don Carrithers         6   9  4.29  28  16   2   0   0  122  131   70   58    6   65   62
Chip Lang              1   3  4.50  19   2   0   0   0   42   38   23   21    2   25   23
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
Jon Matlack           12   7  2.84  26  26  11   0   4  193  167   68   61   13   43  115
Jerry Koosman         16   7  2.92  26  24  11   0   2  182  156   63   59   13   53  135
Bob Apodaca            2   6  2.97  33   3   0   3   0   73   56   30   24    4   22   38
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.97  43   0   0  14   0   73   49   27   24    6   30   82
Mickey Lolich          7  11  2.99  25  24   5   0   2  157  145   66   52    8   45  105
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
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   1  1.82  15   2   0   0   0   40   40   13    8    1   10   41
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.53  42   0   0   7   0   68   63   25   19    4   26   47
Ron Reed               8   4  2.55  43   3   1  12   0   99   72   30   28    5   25   76
Gene Garber            7   3  2.75  44   0   0   8   0   72   62   26   22    3   24   72
Steve Carlton         15   4  3.08  26  26  10   0   2  190  164   70   65   14   54  123
Jim Lonborg           13   8  3.09  25  24   6   1   1  169  165   64   58   13   41   97
Jim Kaat              11   8  3.28  28  27   7   0   1  181  184   73   66   16   27   67
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.34  26   0   0   3   0   35   33   15   13    3   10   31
Tom Underwood          8   3  3.47  24  16   2   2   0  104  100   42   40    5   44   56
Larry Christenson     10   6  4.10  25  22   2   0   0  125  147   62   57    7   35   45

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           4   1  2.65  48   0   0   3   0   75   67   24   22    2   17   55
John Candelaria       12   4  3.00  24  23   8   1   3  168  124   62   56   20   43  109
Bob Moose              3   8  3.31  45   2   0  10   0   73   82   35   27    3   26   31
Bruce Kison            9   8  3.38  24  23   5   0   0  147  140   71   55    9   39   72
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  3.61  35   0   0   3   0   42   41   17   17    3   16   17
Doc Medich             6  11  3.79  24  22   3   0   0  150  160   73   63    9   40   74
Jerry Reuss           11   7  4.24  23  22   9   1   1  157  167   87   74   15   41   82
Dave Giusti            3   3  5.48  31   0   0   5   0   43   45   29   26    4   23   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  1.88  57   0   0  12   0   96   85   22   20    2   34   67
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
Tom Griffin            2   2  3.52   4   4   1   0   0   23   22   11    9    0   15   10
Dave Freisleben        8  10  3.76  25  20   5   1   3  136  134   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
Randy Moffitt          5   4  2.48  47   0   0   9   0   83   73   33   23    5   31   40
Gary Lavelle           5   5  2.87  51   0   0   9   0   82   80   29   26    6   40   54
John Montefusco       13  10  2.95  28  27   8   0   4  189  170   68   62    8   55  134
Charlie Williams       2   0  3.01  40   1   0   1   0   75   63   28   25    3   33   31
Jim Barr              10  10  3.34  28  28   5   0   2  181  198   82   67    8   44   57
Ed Halicki            10  13  4.07  26  25   7   0   4  146  137   71   66    9   52   98
Rob Dressler           3   8  4.29  18  17   0   0   0   92  106   56   44    6   28   29
Dave Heaverlo          3   4  4.50  52   0   0   1   0   66   77   41   33    2   13   34
John D'Acquisto        3   7  4.64  23  16   0   0   0   99   85   55   51    5   84   49
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
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
Bill Greif             1   5  2.91  36   0   0   4   0   43   43   17   14    2   17   24
John Denny             7   6  3.10  22  22   5   0   2  145  142   60   50    9   57   48
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.38  15   0   0   0   0   16   16    7    6    1   10    7
Pete Falcone          10  11  3.42  24  24   6   0   2  161  137   70   61   11   66  101
Eric Rasmussen         5   9  3.59  36  10   1   0   1  108  101   45   43    8   37   56
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
Lynn McGlothen        10  11  3.83  25  24   7   0   2  157  164   72   67    9   55   82
Bob Forsch             5   9  3.85  26  25   0   0   0  150  162   84   64   11   60   65
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Mike Wallace           2   2  4.02  39   0   0   2   0   54   50   28   24    3   33   33
John Curtis            5   7  4.57  29  13   2   1   1  110  117   57   56   11   54   45

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            19
  J. Koosman (NY)          16
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         13
  J. Montefusco (SF)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      12

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  B. Strom (SD)            13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  B. Hooton (LA)           12
  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. Koosman (NY)          11
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  R. Rhoden (LA)            9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9

Saves:

  R. Eastwick (CIN)        17
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        12
  B. Metzger (SD)          12
  R. Reed (PHI)            12
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  C. Hough (LA)            10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10

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
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  B. Hooton (LA)            3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         246.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      234.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        206.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  204.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       202.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        194.0
  J. Matlack (NY)       193.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        190.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      190.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     190.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           208
  J. Barr (SF)            198
  P. Niekro (ATL)         190
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       189
  D. Sutton (LA)          188
  R. Burris (CHI)         186
  J. Kaat (PHI)           184
  G. Nolan (CIN)          182
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        180
  J. Richard (HOU)        179

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          91
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        89
  D. Sutton (LA)           89
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  R. Jones (SD)            85
  R. Burris (CHI)          84
  B. Forsch (STL)          84
  J. Barr (SF)             82
  J. Richard (HOU)         82
  B. Bonham (CHI)          80

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      20
  G. Nolan (CIN)           20
  D. Sutton (LA)           19
  R. Burris (CHI)          17
  J. Kaat (PHI)            16
  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  J. Billingham (CIN)      15
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        15
  J. Reuss (PIT)           15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         14

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        133
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       84
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     71
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       71
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         69
  B. Bonham (CHI)          68
  P. Falcone (STL)         66
  D. Carrithers (MON)      65
  L. Dierker (HOU)         64

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          179
  J. Richard (HOU)        161
  J. Koosman (NY)         135
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    134
  J. Montefusco (SF)      134
  P. Niekro (ATL)         133
  S. Carlton (PHI)        123
  D. Sutton (LA)          118
  J. Matlack (NY)         115
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       114


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