Thursday August 26, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 26, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        64  62  2.93  126  40  18  1132   969  421  368   70  337  802
Philadelphia    83  42  3.11  125  29  34  1130  1072  435  390   79  303  688
Los Angeles     71  55  3.33  126  35  20  1147  1079  458  425   82  367  592
Cincinnati      80  48  3.47  128  29  32  1159  1123  497  447   79  384  636
St. Louis       55  66  3.57  121  23  20  1094  1069  498  434   75  448  562
Pittsburgh      68  57  3.64  125  32  26  1134  1111  529  458   80  361  596
San Francisco   56  72  3.65  128  21  21  1156  1176  558  469   58  417  599
San Diego       62  67  3.70  129  38  15  1146  1092  531  471   75  424  508
Houston         62  68  3.71  130  29  24  1162  1136  555  479   67  574  637
Atlanta         58  70  3.72  128  29  21  1132  1112  539  468   68  432  646
Montreal        41  79  4.03  120  17  17  1075  1062  553  482   74  491  593
Chicago         57  71  4.17  128  16  28  1156  1214  608  535  107  403  658

 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)    15  13  2.60  32  32  11   0   2  242  184   85   70   13  133  167
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
Doug Rau (LA)         12  10  2.71  27  26   7   0   2  189  182   60   57   15   48   81
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
Jerry Koosman (NY)    16   7  2.92  26  24  11   0   2  182  156   63   59   13   53  135
Mickey Lolich (NY)     7  11  2.97  26  25   5   0   2  161  150   67   53    9   45  105
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 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
Phil Niekro           14   9  3.41  30  29   7   0   1  211  196   92   80   16   79  139
Dick Ruthven          13  12  3.46  28  28   8   0   4  192  186   74   74    9   71  116
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  2.98  47   0   0   9   0   57   54   26   19    5   19   32
Ray Burris            11  12  3.35  29  28   6   0   2  188  193   85   70   18   62   82
Rick Reuschel         11   9  3.63  30  29   4   1   2  196  197   93   79   16   52  117
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  4.57  44   2   0   2   0   81   88   43   41   12   31   51
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  0.93  10   0   0   0   0   19   15    4    2    0    7   11
Rawly Eastwick         8   4  2.08  56   0   0  18   0   87   78   25   20    3   20   56
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  3.47  28  28   6   0   1  197  189   80   76   21   24   96
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  2.33  46   0   0  17   0   81   69   22   21    5   22   43
J.R. Richard          15  13  2.60  32  32  11   0   2  242  184   85   70   13  133  167
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
Dan Larson             3   5  3.36   8   8   3   0   0   56   53   28   21    2   21   30
Joe Niekro             4   8  3.45  31  13   0   0   0  112  104   59   43    8   55   74
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  5.69  16   7   0   0   0   49   64   34   31    5   32   18
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              12  10  2.71  27  26   7   0   2  189  182   60   57   15   48   81
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  12  3.48  25  24   5   1   3  168  159   71   65   10   52  109
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
Ken Sanders            1   2  2.51  29   0   0   1   0   43   35   13   12    3    9   14
Tom Seaver            10   9  2.51  28  27  10   0   3  215  168   65   60   10   63  187
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
Mickey Lolich          7  11  2.97  26  25   5   0   2  161  150   67   53    9   45  105
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
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  3.60  17   0   0   0   0   20   27    9    8    1    9    9
Nino Espinosa          2   3  3.70   6   3   0   0   0   24   23   12   10    1    8   18
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  2.16  16   2   0   0   0   42   42   15   10    2   10   44
Tug McGraw             6   4  2.39  44   0   0   8   0   72   65   25   19    4   28   49
Ron Reed               8   4  2.63  44   3   1  12   0  103   75   32   30    7   26   79
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
Jim Kaat              11   8  3.26  29  28   7   0   1  188  194   75   68   16   27   69
Tom Underwood          9   3  3.28  25  17   3   2   0  113  105   43   41    6   46   63
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.41  27   0   0   3   0   37   36   16   14    3   10   33
Larry Christenson     10   7  4.05  26  23   2   0   0  129  152   64   58    8   36   47

 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
Bruce Kison           10   8  3.18  25  24   6   0   1  156  145   71   55    9   39   78
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
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  1.79  60   0   0  13   0  101   86   22   20    2   34   71
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  11  3.68  26  21   5   1   3  144  139   64   59    9   58   67
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            11  13  3.83  27  26   8   0   4  155  145   72   66    9   54  107
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
  J. Richard (HOU)         15
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  J. Matlack (NY)          13
  J. Montefusco (SF)       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
  S. Rogers (MON)          12
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         12
  J. Barr (SF)             11
  P. Falcone (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
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  R. Rhoden (LA)            9
  D. Sutton (LA)            9

Saves:

  R. Eastwick (CIN)        18
  K. Forsch (HOU)          17
  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)      242.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        215.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       211.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  207.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       202.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      198.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        197.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    196.1
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     196.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           215
  J. Barr (SF)            206
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       197
  P. Niekro (ATL)         196
  J. Kaat (PHI)           194
  R. Burris (CHI)         193
  G. Nolan (CIN)          189
  D. Sutton (LA)          188
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        186
  J. Richard (HOU)        184

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        93
  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  D. Sutton (LA)           89
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  J. Barr (SF)             86
  R. Jones (SD)            86
  R. Burris (CHI)          85
  J. Richard (HOU)         85
  B. Forsch (STL)          84
  B. Bonham (CHI)          83

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           21
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      20
  D. Sutton (LA)           19
  R. Burris (CHI)          18
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  J. Kaat (PHI)            16
  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        16
  J. Billingham (CIN)      15
  D. Rau (LA)              15

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        133
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       84
  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  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)        167
  P. Niekro (ATL)         139
  J. Montefusco (SF)      138
  J. Koosman (NY)         135
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  S. Carlton (PHI)        131
  D. Sutton (LA)          118
  J. Matlack (NY)         117
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       117

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