Monday August 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 23, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        63  61  2.91  124  39  18  1115   952  414  361   69  333  792
Philadelphia    81  41  3.10  122  29  34  1100  1041  423  379   73  298  664
Los Angeles     69  55  3.38  124  33  20  1129  1065  457  424   81  364  581
Cincinnati      80  46  3.47  126  29  32  1137  1102  488  439   77  379  625
St. Louis       54  66  3.59  120  22  20  1085  1064  497  433   75  443  556
Pittsburgh      67  56  3.63  123  31  26  1117  1094  522  451   80  360  586
Atlanta         57  69  3.68  126  28  21  1114  1089  524  456   67  425  633
San Francisco   55  71  3.69  126  20  21  1138  1160  553  467   58  412  584
Houston         60  67  3.71  127  29  22  1136  1113  544  469   64  570  623
San Diego       61  66  3.72  127  37  15  1128  1081  525  466   73  420  498
Montreal        41  77  4.04  118  16  17  1059  1051  544  476   73  483  582
Chicago         56  69  4.19  125  15  28  1129  1187  598  526  104  395  642

 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
Jon Matlack (NY)      13   7  2.72  27  27  12   0   5  202  173   68   61   13   44  117
Randy Jones (SD)      19   9  2.73  31  31  21   0   4  254  215   86   77   11   37   79
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
Jerry Koosman (NY)    16   7  2.92  26  24  11   0   2  182  156   63   59   13   53  135
John Montefusco (SF)  13  10  2.98  29  28   8   0   4  196  176   71   65    9   59  138

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  1.74  19   0   0   1   0   21   15    6    4    0    7    4
Andy Messersmith      11  10  2.77  28  27  12   1   3  204  160   75   63   13   71  134
Mike Marshall          2   1  2.95  23   0   0   6   0   37   34   14   12    3   12   17
Max Leon               1   3  3.28  21   0   0   1   0   25   21   13    9    2   12   11
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.38  35   0   0   1   0   64   54   34   24    5   37   32
Dick Ruthven          13  12  3.46  28  28   8   0   4  192  186   74   74    9   71  116
Phil Niekro           13   9  3.51  29  28   6   0   1  202  190   91   79   16   76  133
Adrian Devine          2   4  3.62  32   1   0   5   0   50   48   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  5.86  20   0   0   2   0   28   44   19   18    0   11   17
Frank Lacorte          1   7  5.91  10   8   0   0   0   46   47   32   30    3   30   32

 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  3.04  46   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  3.88  13  13   1   0   1   67   58   30   29    5   18   33
Steve Renko            5   5  4.32  19  18   2   0   0  106  110   58   51    9   27   63
Joe Coleman            1   6  4.55  26   4   0   3   0   57   54   35   29    7   24   49
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.66  42   2   0   2   0   77   86   42   40   11   28   47
Bill Bonham            7  10  4.70  24  23   3   0   0  146  162   83   76    9   72   81
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        3   1  1.04   9   0   0   0   0   17   14    4    2    0    7   10
Rawly Eastwick         8   3  2.07  55   0   0  18   0   83   75   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  3.24  53   1   0   4   0   92  108   37   33    4   22   46
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  3.59  44   0   0   6   0   58   71   27   23    2   16   26
Jack Billingham       11   9  4.38  28  23   5   1   2  150  159   81   73   15   50   64
Santo Alcala          10   3  4.41  26  19   3   0   1  122  115   63   60   12   61   61
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
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  3.09  10   5   1   0   1   35   40   16   12    1    8   12
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
Joe Niekro             4   8  3.61  30  13   0   0   0  107  100   59   43    8   53   72
Larry Dierker         12  12  3.77  25  25   6   0   4  165  154   77   69    8   67  101
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  5.81  15   7   0   0   0   48   63   34   31    5   32   17
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  2.08  18   0   0   1   0   22   14    6    5    0    6   15
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   2  3.08  24  23   9   0   3  164  148   61   56   14   47   70
Tommy John             7   8  3.19  25  25   3   0   1  161  168   62   57    5   49   67
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
Stan Wall              1   2  4.39  26   0   0   1   0   41   44   21   20    5   11   22
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
Al Downing             1   1  5.26  14   0   0   0   0   26   28   16   15    2   12   18

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dale Murray            3   8  3.01  63   0   0  11   0   93   90   37   31    1   28   26
Chuck Taylor           1   2  3.13  15   0   0   0   0   23   15    8    8    3    6    8
Don Stanhouse          8   8  3.35  27  19   7   1   1  148  133   61   55    6   74   64
Steve Rogers           5  11  3.49  24  23   4   1   3  160  153   68   62   10   48  102
Woodie Fryman         10   8  3.51  24  24   1   0   0  156  165   69   61   13   56   93
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           13   7  2.72  27  27  12   0   5  202  173   68   61   13   44  117
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  2.45  43   0   0   8   0   70   64   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
Jim Lonborg           14   8  3.07  26  25   6   1   1  176  170   66   60   14   41   99
Steve Carlton         15   4  3.08  26  26  10   0   2  190  164   70   65   14   54  123
Tom Underwood          9   3  3.28  25  17   3   2   0  113  105   43   41    6   46   63
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
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  2.52  49   0   0   4   0   79   68   24   22    2   19   56
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           7   4  3.40  29   8   0   2   0   93   87   40   35    5   41   43
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.61  36   0   0   3   0   42   42   17   17    3   16   17
Jim Rooker            10   7  3.77  22  22   6   0   0  143  156   67   60    8   58   69
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  5.20  32   0   0   5   0   45   45   29   26    4   24   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
Butch Metzger         10   0  1.81  59   0   0  13   0  100   86   22   20    2   34   70
Rick Sawyer            3   0  2.52   5   5   2   0   2   36   39   10   10    0   17   12
Randy Jones           19   9  2.73  31  31  21   0   4  254  215   86   77   11   37   79
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  3.46  39   1   0   0   0   55   50   22   21    3   17   32
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          1   1  4.29  14   1   0   0   0   21   19   12   10    0   13   13
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           6   5  2.80  52   0   0   9   0   84   82   29   26    6   40   54
John Montefusco       13  10  2.98  29  28   8   0   4  196  176   71   65    9   59  138
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  2.88  55   0   0  12   0   84   78   33   27    5   30   63
John Denny             8   6  3.04  23  23   5   0   2  151  148   62   51   10   60   51
Bill Greif             1   5  3.33  37   0   0   4   0   46   46   20   17    3   18   28
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
Lynn McGlothen        11  11  3.63  26  25   8   0   3  166  169   72   67    9   56   92
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
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. Lonborg (PHI)         14
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  J. Matlack (NY)          13
  J. Montefusco (SF)       13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            21
  J. Matlack (NY)          12
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Koosman (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)        18
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  B. Metzger (SD)          13
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        12
  R. Reed (PHI)            12
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  C. Hough (LA)            10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10

Shutouts:

  J. Matlack (NY)           5
  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             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)         254.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      234.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        206.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  204.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       202.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       202.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    196.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        194.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      192.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)        190.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           215
  J. Barr (SF)            198
  P. Niekro (ATL)         190
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       189
  D. Sutton (LA)          188
  R. Burris (CHI)         186
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        186
  J. Kaat (PHI)           184
  G. Nolan (CIN)          182
  J. Richard (HOU)        179

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          91
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        89
  D. Sutton (LA)           89
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  R. Jones (SD)            86
  R. Burris (CHI)          84
  B. Forsch (STL)          84
  B. Bonham (CHI)          83
  J. Barr (SF)             82
  J. Richard (HOU)         82

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
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       74
  B. Bonham (CHI)          72
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     71
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         71
  L. Dierker (HOU)         67
  P. Falcone (STL)         66
  D. Carrithers (MON)      65

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          179
  J. Richard (HOU)        161
  J. Montefusco (SF)      138
  J. Koosman (NY)         135
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    134
  P. Niekro (ATL)         133
  S. Carlton (PHI)        123
  D. Sutton (LA)          118
  J. Matlack (NY)         117
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        116

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