Friday August 27, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 27, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        64  63  2.94  127  40  18  1141   982  426  373   71  338  809
Philadelphia    83  43  3.12  126  29  34  1138  1080  439  394   79  307  691
Los Angeles     72  55  3.32  127  36  20  1156  1084  460  427   83  370  599
Cincinnati      81  48  3.45  129  29  33  1168  1130  498  448   79  387  640
St. Louis       55  67  3.56  122  23  20  1102  1074  500  436   75  453  565
Pittsburgh      69  57  3.62  126  33  26  1143  1119  531  460   80  364  600
San Francisco   56  73  3.66  129  21  21  1164  1188  563  474   59  419  602
San Diego       63  67  3.67  130  39  15  1155  1098  531  471   75  425  509
Houston         63  68  3.68  131  30  24  1171  1141  556  479   67  577  641
Atlanta         58  71  3.76  129  29  21  1140  1125  548  477   70  438  652
Montreal        41  80  4.02  121  17  17  1083  1067  555  484   74  493  596
Chicago         58  71  4.16  129  16  28  1165  1226  612  538  108  407  666

 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
Fred Norman (CIN)     12   4  2.59  27  18   8   0   3  142  113   49   41    5   53  104
J.R. Richard (HOU)    15  13  2.60  32  32  11   0   2  242  184   85   70   13  133  167
Randy Jones (SD)      20   9  2.64  32  32  22   0   5  263  221   86   77   11   38   80
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
Mickey Lolich (NY)     7  11  2.97  26  25   5   0   2  161  150   67   53    9   45  105
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11  11  3.04  29  28  12   1   3  207  166   83   70   14   74  135
John Denny (STL)       8   6  3.04  23  23   5   0   2  151  148   62   51   10   60   51

 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  3.04  21   0   0   1   0   24   20   10    8    0    8    6
Phil Niekro           14   9  3.41  30  29   7   0   1  211  196   92   80   16   79  139
Max Leon               1   3  3.42  22   0   0   1   0   26   24   14   10    2   13   11
Dick Ruthven          13  12  3.46  28  28   8   0   4  192  186   74   74    9   71  116
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.56  37   0   0   1   0   66   60   36   26    5   38   34
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   8  6.44  11   9   0   0   0   50   53   38   36    5   34   36

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           3   3  2.07  40   0   0   7   0   61   45   14   14    3   18   51
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            8  10  4.63  25  24   3   0   0  154  173   87   79   10   76   87
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           12   4  2.59  27  18   8   0   3  142  113   49   41    5   53  104
Pat Zachry            11   5  2.67  31  21   4   0   1  155  126   53   46    6   61  108
Pedro Borbon           3   2  3.10  54   1   0   5   0   96  109   37   33    4   24   49
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
Bo McLaughlin          2   2  2.40  12   6   2   1   1   45   45   17   12    1   11   17
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
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
Don Sutton            16   9  3.72  28  27  10   0   2  203  193   91   84   20   64  125
Burt Hooton            8  12  3.74  26  26   7   0   4  178  163   79   74   14   49   97
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  2.98  64   0   0  11   0   94   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
Woodie Fryman         10   9  3.47  25  25   1   0   0  163  170   71   63   13   58   96
Steve Rogers           5  12  3.48  25  24   5   1   3  168  159   71   65   10   52  109
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
Bob Apodaca            2   6  2.93  34   3   0   3   0   74   56   30   24    4   22   38
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.95  44   0   0  14   0   73   50   27   24    6   31   83
Mickey Lolich          7  11  2.97  26  25   5   0   2  161  150   67   53    9   45  105
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Jerry Koosman         16   8  3.05  27  25  11   0   2  189  168   68   64   14   53  141
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  2.76  46   0   0   8   0   75   65   27   23    3   25   75
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   4  3.34  26  18   3   2   0  119  110   46   44    6   49   65
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           8   4  3.28  30   9   1   2   0  102   95   42   37    5   44   47
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           20   9  2.64  32  32  22   0   5  263  221   86   77   11   38   80
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
Charlie Williams       2   0  3.01  40   1   0   1   0   75   63   28   25    3   33   31
John Montefusco       13  11  3.13  30  29   8   0   4  201  185   76   70   10   61  141
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  4.43  53   0   0   1   0   67   78   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  5.09  41   9   0   1   0   94  133   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  2.86  56   0   0  12   0   85   78   33   27    5   31   63
John Denny             8   6  3.04  23  23   5   0   2  151  148   62   51   10   60   51
Bill Greif             1   5  3.23  38   0   0   4   0   47   46   20   17    3   21   28
Pete Falcone          11  11  3.29  25  25   7   0   2  170  142   71   62   11   71  107
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.38  15   0   0   0   0   16   16    7    6    1   10    7
Eric Rasmussen         5  10  3.56  37  11   1   0   1  114  106   47   45    8   38   59
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)            20
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  J. Koosman (NY)          16
  D. Sutton (LA)           16
  J. Richard (HOU)         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)            22
  J. Matlack (NY)          12
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  R. Rhoden (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:

  R. Jones (SD)             5
  J. Matlack (NY)           5
  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  B. Hooton (LA)            4
  J. Montefusco (SF)        4
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         263.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      242.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        215.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       211.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  207.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        203.0
  J. Matlack (NY)       202.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    201.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      198.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)        197.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           221
  J. Barr (SF)            206
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       197
  P. Niekro (ATL)         196
  J. Kaat (PHI)           194
  R. Burris (CHI)         193
  D. Sutton (LA)          193
  G. Nolan (CIN)          189
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        186
  J. Montefusco (SF)      185

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        93
  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  D. Sutton (LA)           91
  B. Bonham (CHI)          87
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  J. Barr (SF)             86
  R. Jones (SD)            86
  R. Burris (CHI)          85
  J. Richard (HOU)         85
  B. Forsch (STL)          84

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           21
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      20
  D. Sutton (LA)           20
  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
  B. Bonham (CHI)          76
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     74
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       74
  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
  J. Koosman (NY)         141
  J. Montefusco (SF)      141
  P. Niekro (ATL)         139
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  S. Carlton (PHI)        131
  D. Sutton (LA)          125
  J. Matlack (NY)         117
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       117


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