Saturday August 28, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 28, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        65  63  2.93  128  41  18  1150   985  427  374   71  340  813
Philadelphia    83  44  3.16  127  29  34  1146  1094  447  402   81  312  696
Los Angeles     72  56  3.31  128  37  20  1164  1091  462  428   84  374  602
Cincinnati      82  48  3.48  130  29  33  1177  1143  505  455   80  390  646
St. Louis       55  68  3.56  123  23  20  1110  1085  504  439   76  455  566
Pittsburgh      70  57  3.60  127  34  26  1152  1122  532  461   80  366  603
Houston         64  68  3.68  132  31  24  1180  1146  559  482   67  579  645
San Francisco   56  74  3.68  130  21  21  1172  1198  570  479   59  423  607
San Diego       63  68  3.70  131  39  15  1164  1111  538  478   76  428  518
Atlanta         58  72  3.78  130  29  21  1148  1135  553  482   72  441  655
Montreal        42  80  4.02  122  17  17  1092  1079  559  488   74  496  597
Chicago         59  71  4.14  130  16  29  1174  1230  614  540  109  408  677

 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
Jon Matlack (NY)      14   7  2.64  28  28  13   0   5  211  176   69   62   13   46  121
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
Mickey Lolich (NY)     7  11  2.97  26  25   5   0   2  161  150   67   53    9   45  105
Rick Rhoden (LA)      11   3  2.98  25  24  10   0   3  172  155   63   57   15   51   73
A. Messersmith (ATL)  11  11  3.04  29  28  12   1   3  207  166   83   70   14   74  135

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Mike Marshall          2   1  3.19  24   0   0   6   0   37   35   15   13    4   14   17
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
Adrian Devine          2   4  3.44  33   1   0   5   0   52   49   23   20    0   18   36
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.51  38   0   0   1   0   67   60   36   26    5   38   34
Dick Ruthven          13  13  3.57  29  29   8   0   4  197  194   78   78   10   72  117
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  2.00  41   0   0   8   0   63   46   14   14    3   18   53
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
Steve Renko            6   6  4.27  21  20   2   0   0  118  119   63   56   10   31   74
Joe Coleman            1   6  4.33  27   4   0   3   0   60   57   36   29    7   25   51
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  1.77  11   0   0   0   0   20   17    6    4    0    8   12
Rawly Eastwick         9   4  2.16  57   0   0  18   0   88   79   26   21    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  3.90  46   0   0   6   0   62   77   31   27    3   17   27
Jack Billingham       11   9  4.35  29  24   5   1   2  155  166   83   75   15   52   68
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         13  12  3.73  26  26   7   0   4  174  159   80   72    8   69  105
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   3  2.98  25  24  10   0   3  172  155   63   57   15   51   73
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            4   8  2.93  65   0   0  11   0   95   92   37   31    1   30   26
Don Stanhouse          8   8  3.33  28  20   7   1   1  154  140   63   57    6   75   65
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
Chuck Taylor           1   2  3.75  16   0   0   0   0   24   18   10   10    3    6    8
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           14   7  2.64  28  28  13   0   5  211  176   69   62   13   46  121
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  2.06  17   2   0   0   0   44   43   15   10    2   12   46
Tug McGraw             6   5  2.60  45   0   0   8   0   73   67   27   21    4   28   50
Ron Reed               8   4  2.63  45   3   1  12   0  103   76   32   30    7   27   79
Gene Garber            7   3  2.84  47   0   0   8   0   76   67   28   24    3   26   75
Steve Carlton         16   4  3.09  27  27  10   0   2  198  171   73   68   16   55  131
Jim Lonborg           14   8  3.25  27  26   6   1   1  180  178   71   65   16   42  101
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
Jim Rooker            11   7  3.60  23  23   7   0   0  152  159   68   61    8   60   72
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.61  36   0   0   3   0   42   42   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  5.20  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   1  2.02  61   0   0  13   0  102   90   25   23    3   36   74
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  3.40  40   1   0   0   0   56   51   22   21    3   17   32
Dave Freisleben        8  11  3.67  27  21   5   1   3  145  139   64   59    9   58   67
Tom Griffin            2   2  4.03   5   5   1   0   0   29   30   15   13    0   16   16
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  2.45  48   0   0   9   0   84   73   33   23    5   31   40
Gary Lavelle           6   5  2.76  53   0   0   9   0   85   83   29   26    6   40   55
Charlie Williams       2   0  2.95  41   1   0   1   0   76   65   29   25    3   33   32
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  4.15  19  17   0   0   0   95  110   56   44    6   29   30
Dave Heaverlo          3   4  4.37  54   0   0   1   0   68   78   41   33    2   13   36
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
John D'Acquisto        3   8  5.07  24  17   0   0   0   99   88   61   56    5   87   49
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
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.00  16   0   0   0   0   18   17    7    6    1   10    8
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
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
Mike Wallace           2   2  3.88  40   0   0   2   0   56   52   28   24    3   33   33
Bob Forsch             5  10  3.92  27  26   0   0   0  154  170   88   67   12   62   65
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
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
  J. Matlack (NY)          14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  L. Dierker (HOU)         13
  J. Montefusco (SF)       13

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  B. Strom (SD)            13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  L. Dierker (HOU)         12
  B. Hooton (LA)           12
  S. Rogers (MON)          12
  J. Barr (SF)             11
  P. Falcone (STL)         11

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            22
  J. Matlack (NY)          13
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  R. Rhoden (LA)           10
  T. Seaver (NY)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  J. Reuss (PIT)            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
  J. Matlack (NY)       211.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  207.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        203.0
  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
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        194
  R. Burris (CHI)         193
  D. Sutton (LA)          193
  G. Nolan (CIN)          189
  J. Montefusco (SF)      185

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        93
  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  D. Sutton (LA)           91
  B. Forsch (STL)          88
  B. Bonham (CHI)          87
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  J. Barr (SF)             86
  R. Jones (SD)            86
  R. Burris (CHI)          85
  J. Richard (HOU)         85

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
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         16
  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        16
  J. Billingham (CIN)      15

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        133
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       87
  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  B. Bonham (CHI)          76
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       75
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     74
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         72
  P. Falcone (STL)         71
  D. Carrithers (MON)      69
  L. Dierker (HOU)         69

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)         121
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       117


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