Monday August 30, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 30, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        65  64  2.92  129  41  18  1159   992  429  376   72  342  821
Philadelphia    83  46  3.15  129  29  34  1168  1116  456  409   81  321  714
Los Angeles     73  56  3.29  129  38  20  1173  1097  463  429   84  375  606
Cincinnati      83  49  3.50  132  29  33  1200  1167  517  466   80  395  659
St. Louis       56  69  3.55  125  24  20  1127  1102  511  445   76  461  575
Pittsburgh      71  57  3.58  128  35  26  1163  1127  534  462   80  371  607
Houston         66  68  3.63  134  33  24  1198  1155  560  483   67  581  649
San Francisco   56  75  3.67  131  21  21  1183  1203  573  482   60  423  610
San Diego       63  69  3.69  132  39  15  1173  1120  541  481   76  435  523
Atlanta         58  73  3.77  131  30  21  1156  1140  556  484   73  441  660
Montreal        43  80  3.99  123  18  17  1101  1083  559  488   74  496  599
Chicago         60  71  4.12  131  17  29  1183  1239  616  542  109  408  680

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       10  10  2.50  29  28  10   0   3  223  175   67   62   11   65  194
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
Doug Rau (LA)         12  10  2.71  27  26   7   0   2  189  182   60   57   15   48   81
Pat Zachry (CIN)      11   5  2.81  32  22   4   0   1  160  133   57   50    6   63  111
John Denny (STL)       9   6  2.93  24  24   6   0   2  160  157   63   52   10   60   57
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

 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  10  3.36  31  30   8   0   1  219  201   95   82   17   79  144
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            12  12  3.28  30  29   7   0   2  197  202   87   72   18   62   85
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  1.48  13   0   0   0   0   24   20    7    4    0    8   13
Rawly Eastwick         9   4  2.11  58   0   0  18   0   90   79   26   21    3   20   59
Fred Norman           12   4  2.59  27  18   8   0   3  142  113   49   41    5   53  104
Pat Zachry            11   5  2.81  32  22   4   0   1  160  133   57   50    6   63  111
Pedro Borbon           3   2  3.06  56   1   0   5   0   97  109   37   33    4   24   49
Don Gullett            7   3  3.21  17  15   3   1   0   87   85   36   31    5   37   47
Gary Nolan            11   8  3.47  28  28   6   0   1  197  189   80   76   21   24   96
Santo Alcala          11   3  4.34  27  19   3   0   1  124  116   63   60   12   61   62
Jack Billingham       11   9  4.35  29  24   5   1   2  155  166   83   75   15   52   68
Will McEnaney          2   5  4.52  48   0   0   6   0   66   86   37   33    3   20   27
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
Dan Larson             4   5  3.03   9   9   4   0   0   65   58   29   22    2   22   32
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
Joe Sambito            2   1  3.21  14   2   1   0   1   34   31   12   12    2    8   16
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
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             8   8  3.07  26  26   4   0   1  170  174   63   58    5   50   71
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
Steve Rogers           6  12  3.31  26  25   6   1   4  177  163   71   65   10   52  111
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
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
Tom Seaver            10  10  2.50  29  28  10   0   3  223  175   67   62   11   65  194
Ken Sanders            1   2  2.51  29   0   0   1   0   43   35   13   12    3    9   14
Jon Matlack           14   7  2.64  28  28  13   0   5  211  176   69   62   13   46  121
Skip Lockwood          6   7  2.91  45   0   0  14   0   74   50   27   24    6   31   84
Bob Apodaca            2   6  2.93  34   3   0   3   0   74   56   30   24    4   22   38
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
Ron Reed               8   4  2.53  46   3   1  12   0  107   77   33   30    7   28   82
Tug McGraw             6   5  2.59  46   0   0   8   0   73   67   27   21    4   29   50
Gene Garber            7   3  2.92  49   0   0   8   0   77   70   29   25    3   26   76
Steve Carlton         16   4  3.14  28  28  10   0   2  204  179   76   71   16   57  140
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.23  28   0   0   3   0   39   37   16   14    3   11   35
Jim Lonborg           14   8  3.25  27  26   6   1   1  180  178   71   65   16   42  101
Jim Kaat              11   9  3.26  30  28   7   0   1  190  197   76   69   16   28   70
Tom Underwood          9   4  3.34  26  18   3   2   0  119  110   46   44    6   49   65
Larry Christenson     10   8  3.96  27  24   2   0   0  136  158   67   60    8   39   49

 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
John Candelaria       13   5  3.07  26  25   9   1   3  182  136   69   62   20   48  115
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
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  2.09  62   0   0  13   0  103   91   26   24    3   38   74
Rick Sawyer            3   1  2.57   6   6   2   0   2   42   46   12   12    0   22   16
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  3.63  28  21   5   1   3  146  140   64   59    9   58   68
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   5  2.46  49   0   0   9   0   88   75   34   24    5   31   42
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  3.27  30  30   5   0   2  196  209   88   71    9   47   62
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
Eddie Solomon          0   0  2.70  17   0   0   0   0   20   19    8    6    1   12    8
Al Hrabosky            6   6  2.86  56   0   0  12   0   85   78   33   27    5   31   63
John Denny             9   6  2.93  24  24   6   0   2  160  157   63   52   10   60   57
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
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
Lynn McGlothen        11  12  3.78  27  26   8   0   3  171  175   77   72    9   59   95
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  4.53  30  13   2   1   1  111  117   57   56   11   55   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
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      13
  L. Dierker (HOU)         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
  L. McGlothen (STL)       12
  S. Rogers (MON)          12
  J. Barr (SF)             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. Candelaria (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
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         263.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      242.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        223.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       219.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       211.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  207.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      203.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        203.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)    201.1
  R. Burris (CHI)       197.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           221
  J. Barr (SF)            209
  R. Burris (CHI)         202
  P. Niekro (ATL)         201
  J. Kaat (PHI)           197
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       197
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        194
  D. Sutton (LA)          193
  G. Nolan (CIN)          189
  J. Montefusco (SF)      185

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          95
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        93
  D. Sutton (LA)           91
  J. Barr (SF)             88
  B. Forsch (STL)          88
  B. Bonham (CHI)          87
  R. Burris (CHI)          87
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  R. Jones (SD)            86
  J. Richard (HOU)         85

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           21
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      20
  D. Sutton (LA)           20
  R. Burris (CHI)          18
  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  J. Kaat (PHI)            16
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         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)          194
  J. Richard (HOU)        167
  P. Niekro (ATL)         144
  J. Koosman (NY)         141
  J. Montefusco (SF)      141
  S. Carlton (PHI)        140
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  D. Sutton (LA)          125
  J. Matlack (NY)         121
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       117


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