Tuesday August 24, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 24, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        64  61  2.89  125  40  18  1124   956  414  361   69  334  800
Philadelphia    82  41  3.10  123  29  34  1109  1048  426  382   75  299  674
Los Angeles     70  55  3.35  125  34  20  1138  1072  457  424   81  365  588
Cincinnati      80  47  3.48  127  29  32  1146  1112  492  443   78  381  630
St. Louis       55  66  3.57  121  23  20  1094  1069  498  434   75  448  562
Pittsburgh      67  57  3.67  124  31  26  1125  1106  529  458   80  361  590
San Francisco   55  72  3.68  127  20  21  1147  1168  557  469   58  415  590
Houston         61  67  3.71  128  29  23  1145  1120  547  472   64  571  627
San Diego       62  66  3.71  128  38  15  1137  1087  528  469   74  422  502
Atlanta         57  70  3.74  127  28  21  1123  1106  538  467   68  429  640
Montreal        41  78  4.04  119  16  17  1067  1056  550  479   74  487  586
Chicago         56  70  4.18  126  15  28  1138  1197  602  529  104  401  647

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       10   9  2.51  28  27  10   0   3  215  168   65   60   10   63  187
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
Pat Zachry (CIN)      11   5  2.67  31  21   4   0   1  155  126   53   46    6   61  108
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
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
Mickey Lolich (NY)     7  11  2.99  25  24   5   0   2  157  145   66   52    8   45  105

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          2   1  2.95  23   0   0   6   0   37   34   14   12    3   12   17
Andy Messersmith      11  11  3.04  29  28  12   1   3  207  166   83   70   14   74  135
Mike Beard             0   1  3.18  20   0   0   1   0   23   20   10    8    0    8    5
Max Leon               1   3  3.28  21   0   0   1   0   25   21   13    9    2   12   11
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.32  36   0   0   1   0   65   56   34   24    5   37   33
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
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  5.28  21   0   0   2   0   31   48   21   18    0   11   21
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
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
Joe Coleman            1   6  4.33  27   4   0   3   0   60   57   36   29    7   25   51
Steve Renko            5   6  4.38  20  19   2   0   0  111  116   61   54    9   30   65
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.58  43   2   0   2   0   79   87   42   40   11   30   48
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   5  2.67  31  21   4   0   1  155  126   53   46    6   61  108
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  3.71  45   0   0   6   0   61   74   29   25    2   17   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  32   0   0   3   0   52   53   22   17    4   26   30
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  3.00  11   5   1   1   1   36   40   16   12    1    8   13
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
Joaquin Andujar        7   9  3.84  24  21   7   0   4  138  139   62   59    7   60   45
Joe Sambito            1   1  4.38  13   1   0   0   0   25   27   12   12    2    7   14
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
Burt Hooton            8  12  3.74  26  26   7   0   4  178  163   79   74   14   49   97
Don Sutton            15   9  3.80  27  26   9   0   2  194  188   89   82   19   61  118
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  3.97  23   5   1   0   0   66   67   37   29    3   22   51
Joe Kerrigan           0   4  4.15  18   0   0   1   0   26   29   12   12    3    9   12
Don Carrithers         6  10  4.42  29  17   2   0   0  124  134   76   61    7   69   64
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  5.71  19  15   0   0   0   76   76   57   48    9   62   50
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            10   9  2.51  28  27  10   0   3  215  168   65   60   10   63  187
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  2.71  45   0   0   8   0   73   62   26   22    3   24   74
Jim Lonborg           14   8  3.07  26  25   6   1   1  176  170   66   60   14   41   99
Steve Carlton         16   4  3.09  27  27  10   0   2  198  171   73   68   16   55  131
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  2.68  50   0   0   4   0   81   71   26   24    2   20   56
Bob Moose              3   8  3.18  46   2   0  10   0   76   84   35   27    3   26   33
John Candelaria       12   5  3.21  25  24   8   1   3  171  131   67   61   20   43  111
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           11  13  3.35  29  27   7   0   1  175  154   79   65   14   63   84
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  11  3.29  29  29   5   0   2  189  206   86   69    8   47   61
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  5.20  40   9   0   1   0   92  131   69   53    5   16   49

 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
Pete Falcone          11  11  3.29  25  25   7   0   2  170  142   71   62   11   71  107
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
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
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  J. Koosman (NY)          16
  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
  J. Barr (SF)             11
  P. Falcone (STL)         11
  M. Lolich (NY)           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
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  R. Rhoden (LA)            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
  B. Hooton (LA)            4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  J. Montefusco (SF)        4
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         254.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      234.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        215.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  207.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       202.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       202.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      198.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    196.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        194.0
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      192.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           215
  J. Barr (SF)            206
  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
  J. Barr (SF)             86
  R. Jones (SD)            86
  R. Burris (CHI)          84
  B. Forsch (STL)          84
  B. Bonham (CHI)          83
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     83

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        133
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       84
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     74
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       74
  B. Bonham (CHI)          72
  P. Falcone (STL)         71
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         71
  D. Carrithers (MON)      69
  L. Dierker (HOU)         67

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          187
  J. Richard (HOU)        161
  J. Montefusco (SF)      138
  J. Koosman (NY)         135
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  P. Niekro (ATL)         133
  S. Carlton (PHI)        131
  D. Sutton (LA)          118
  J. Matlack (NY)         117
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        116


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