Friday September 3, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, September 3, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        68  65  2.92  133  43  18  1195  1019  441  388   74  355  846
Philadelphia    83  49  3.12  132  29  34  1192  1133  461  413   82  328  736
Los Angeles     77  56  3.24  133  38  24  1209  1128  471  436   86  389  624
Cincinnati      85  50  3.49  135  29  34  1229  1202  528  477   81  403  675
Pittsburgh      76  57  3.51  133  38  28  1208  1161  544  471   82  384  623
St. Louis       57  71  3.55  128  24  20  1155  1125  525  456   78  472  592
Houston         68  69  3.58  137  35  24  1225  1177  566  488   68  587  665
San Francisco   58  77  3.65  135  23  22  1217  1238  590  494   60  436  632
San Diego       63  73  3.70  136  39  15  1205  1151  560  495   78  449  537
Atlanta         59  75  3.81  134  30  22  1188  1181  576  503   76  454  679
Montreal        43  85  4.04  128  19  17  1146  1141  587  514   76  516  622
Chicago         62  72  4.11  134  17  30  1214  1266  631  555  112  418  698

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       11  10  2.41  30  29  11   0   4  232  179   67   62   11   68  202
Fred Norman (CIN)     12   4  2.42  28  19   8   0   3  152  121   49   41    5   55  113
J.R. Richard (HOU)    16  13  2.54  33  33  12   0   2  251  191   87   71   13  135  172
Doug Rau (LA)         13  10  2.66  28  27   7   0   2  196  188   61   58   16   54   86
Randy Jones (SD)      20  11  2.74  34  34  22   0   5  273  232   92   83   12   41   82
Pat Zachry (CIN)      11   5  2.81  32  22   4   0   1  160  133   57   50    6   63  111
Jon Matlack (NY)      14   8  2.86  29  29  13   0   5  214  182   75   68   13   50  123
Jerry Koosman (NY)    17   8  2.91  28  26  12   0   3  198  171   68   64   14   54  147
John Denny (STL)       9   6  2.93  24  24   6   0   2  160  157   63   52   10   60   57
Mickey Lolich (NY)     7  11  2.95  27  26   5   0   2  168  158   69   55   10   47  110

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  2.88  23   0   0   1   0   25   21   10    8    0    8    6
Andy Messersmith      11  11  3.04  29  28  12   1   3  207  166   83   70   14   74  135
Mike Marshall          2   1  3.19  24   0   0   6   0   37   35   15   13    4   14   17
Max Leon               1   3  3.42  22   0   0   1   0   26   24   14   10    2   13   11
Phil Niekro           14  10  3.42  32  31   8   0   1  226  210  100   86   17   83  148
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.57  40   0   0   1   0   71   63   38   28    6   40   35
Dick Ruthven          13  13  3.62  30  30   8   0   4  204  205   82   82   10   72  121
Adrian Devine          2   5  3.77  36   1   0   6   0   57   59   27   24    2   21   39
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  5.17  22   0   0   2   0   31   48   21   18    0   11   22
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
Frank Lacorte          2   8  6.00  12  10   0   0   0   57   59   40   38    5   35   42
Buzz Capra             0   1 81.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    3    3    0    3    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           4   3  2.12  43   0   0   8   0   68   49   16   16    4   19   57
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Darold Knowles         5   6  2.89  49   0   0   9   0   62   57   27   20    5   19   34
Ray Burris            12  12  3.38  31  30   7   0   2  202  209   91   76   19   62   87
Rick Reuschel         11  10  3.65  31  30   4   1   2  202  203   97   82   16   54  122
Steve Stone            3   5  3.86  14  13   1   0   1   68   60   31   29    5   19   33
Joe Coleman            1   6  4.06  30   4   0   3   0   64   57   36   29    7   29   54
Steve Renko            6   6  4.27  21  20   2   0   0  118  119   63   56   10   31   74
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.54  45   2   0   3   0   81   88   43   41   12   31   52
Bill Bonham            8  10  4.61  26  25   3   0   0  158  178   89   81   10   78   88
Oscar Zamora           5   3  5.24  40   2   0   3   0   55   70   34   32    8   17   27
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.32  26   0   0   2   0   22   33   16   13    3    9   15
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        10   5  2.10  61   0   0  19   0   94   83   27   22    3   23   61
Fred Norman           12   4  2.42  28  19   8   0   3  152  121   49   41    5   55  113
Pat Zachry            11   5  2.81  32  22   4   0   1  160  133   57   50    6   63  111
Pedro Borbon           4   2  3.15  58   1   0   5   0  103  114   40   36    4   25   50
Don Gullett            7   3  3.21  17  15   3   1   0   87   85   36   31    5   37   47
Gary Nolan            11   8  3.51  29  29   6   0   1  202  198   83   79   22   24   99
Santo Alcala          11   3  4.34  27  19   3   0   1  124  116   63   60   12   61   62
Jack Billingham       11   9  4.41  30  25   5   1   2  157  172   85   77   15   53   69
Will McEnaney          2   5  4.70  50   0   0   6   0   67   89   39   35    3   21   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
Bo McLaughlin          3   2  2.00  13   7   3   1   2   54   51   17   12    1   13   22
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.30  47   0   0  17   0   82   69   22   21    5   23   44
J.R. Richard          16  13  2.54  33  33  12   0   2  251  191   87   71   13  135  172
Dan Larson             4   5  3.03   9   9   4   0   0   65   58   29   22    2   22   32
Gene Pentz             3   3  3.10  33   0   0   3   0   52   55   23   18    4   27   31
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  13  3.74  27  27   7   0   4  181  166   83   75    9   69  109
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             2   3  2.10  19   0   0   1   0   26   17    7    6    0    7   17
Charlie Hough         11   5  2.31  64   0   0  14   0  117   85   34   30    6   61   67
Doug Rau              13  10  2.66  28  27   7   0   2  196  188   61   58   16   54   86
Rick Rhoden           11   3  2.98  26  25  10   0   3  175  160   64   58   16   52   74
Tommy John             8   8  3.07  26  26   4   0   1  170  174   63   58    5   50   71
Don Sutton            17   9  3.61  29  28  10   0   2  212  199   92   85   20   67  132
Burt Hooton            9  12  3.66  27  27   7   0   4  184  169   80   75   14   50   98
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  3.01  68   0   0  11   0   99   98   39   33    1   32   26
Steve Rogers           6  13  3.24  27  26   7   1   4  186  169   73   67   10   53  120
Woodie Fryman         10  10  3.43  26  26   1   0   0  170  177   73   65   13   63   99
Don Stanhouse          8   9  3.55  29  21   7   1   1  157  148   68   62    6   78   66
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Joe Kerrigan           0   4  4.06  21   0   0   1   0   31   36   14   14    3    9   13
Steve Dunning          2   6  4.16  24   6   1   0   0   71   75   41   33    3   25   55
Don Carrithers         6  11  4.42  30  18   2   0   0  130  141   79   64    8   73   67
Chip Lang              1   3  4.50  20   2   0   0   0   44   41   24   22    2   25   24
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.95  31   0   0   1   0   40   42   25   22    5   14   18
Chuck Taylor           1   2  5.06  19   0   0   0   0   27   23   15   15    3    8    8
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Clay Kirby             1   8  5.63  20  15   0   0   0   77   77   59   48   10   62   51
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            11  10  2.41  30  29  11   0   4  232  179   67   62   11   68  202
Ken Sanders            1   2  2.80  30   0   0   1   0   45   37   15   14    3   11   15
Skip Lockwood          7   7  2.83  46   0   0  14   0   76   50   27   24    6   31   84
Jon Matlack           14   8  2.86  29  29  13   0   5  214  182   75   68   13   50  123
Jerry Koosman         17   8  2.91  28  26  12   0   3  198  171   68   64   14   54  147
Mickey Lolich          7  11  2.95  27  26   5   0   2  168  158   69   55   10   47  110
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Bob Apodaca            2   6  3.01  35   3   0   3   0   75   58   31   25    4   22   38
Bob Myrick             1   0  3.43  18   0   0   0   0   21   28    9    8    1   10    9
Craig Swan             5   8  3.55  17  17   2   0   1  104   98   50   41    8   33   80
Nino Espinosa          2   3  3.81   7   3   0   0   0   26   24   13   11    2    8   21
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  2.46  48   3   1  12   0  110   77   33   30    7   29   83
Tug McGraw             6   6  2.64  47   0   0   8   0   75   69   29   22    4   30   53
Gene Garber            7   3  2.92  49   0   0   8   0   77   70   29   25    3   26   76
Steve Carlton         16   5  3.09  29  29  10   0   2  210  184   77   72   16   58  146
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.15  29   0   0   3   0   40   37   16   14    3   12   37
Jim Kaat              11  10  3.19  31  29   7   0   1  197  202   77   70   17   28   75
Jim Lonborg           14   8  3.25  27  26   6   1   1  180  178   71   65   16   42  101
Tom Underwood          9   4  3.27  27  19   3   2   0  124  115   47   45    6   52   70
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  2.61  52   0   0   6   0   83   71   26   24    2   20   56
Larry Demery           9   4  3.01  31  10   2   2   1  111  100   42   37    5   48   52
John Candelaria       14   5  3.02  27  26  10   1   3  191  145   71   64   20   51  119
Bruce Kison           11   8  3.08  26  25   6   0   1  164  152   72   56    9   42   79
Bob Moose              3   8  3.45  47   2   0  10   0   78   87   38   30    4   26   35
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  3.56  37   0   0   3   0   43   42   17   17    3   16   17
Jim Rooker            12   7  3.65  24  24   7   0   0  158  165   72   64    9   61   74
Doc Medich             6  11  3.79  24  22   3   0   0  150  160   73   63    9   40   74
Jerry Reuss           12   7  4.01  24  23  10   1   2  166  171   87   74   15   43   84
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  2.31  64   0   0  13   0  105   93   29   27    4   41   75
Rick Sawyer            3   1  2.51   7   6   2   0   2   43   47   12   12    0   22   16
Randy Jones           20  11  2.74  34  34  22   0   5  273  232   92   83   12   41   82
Alan Foster            3   6  3.22  26  11   2   0   0   87   75   36   31    9   35   22
Brent Strom           11  14  3.27  30  28   7   0   1  179  158   83   65   14   65   85
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.28  41   1   0   0   0   58   52   22   21    3   18   33
Jerry Johnson          1   1  3.49  16   1   0   0   0   28   24   13   11    0   15   18
Dave Freisleben        8  12  3.77  29  22   5   1   3  150  146   69   63    9   61   70
Tom Griffin            2   2  4.03   5   5   1   0   0   29   30   15   13    0   16   16
Dan Spillner           2  11  5.06  32  14   0   0   0  107  120   70   60   11   55   57
Rich Folkers           2   3  5.37  30   3   0   0   0   57   64   38   34   10   22   25
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  2.43  50   0   0  10   0   89   76   34   24    5   31   42
Gary Lavelle           6   5  2.75  54   0   0   9   0   85   85   30   26    6   40   56
Charlie Williams       2   0  3.04  42   1   0   1   0   77   67   30   26    3   35   33
John Montefusco       13  12  3.05  31  30   9   0   4  209  192   77   71   10   64  148
Jim Barr              11  11  3.17  31  31   6   0   2  205  216   91   72    9   47   66
Ed Halicki            11  14  3.87  28  27   8   0   4  163  155   77   70    9   56  111
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  5.06  25  18   0   0   0  101   90   63   57    5   91   49
Mike Caldwell          1   7  5.20  42   9   0   1   0   99  137   73   57    5   18   54

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            7   6  2.89  59   0   0  12   0   87   83   35   28    5   31   65
John Denny             9   6  2.93  24  24   6   0   2  160  157   63   52   10   60   57
Eddie Solomon          0   1  3.09  19   0   0   0   0   23   22   10    8    1   12   11
Eric Rasmussen         5  10  3.27  38  12   1   0   1  124  111   47   45    8   42   63
Pete Falcone          11  12  3.38  26  26   7   0   2  176  146   75   66   11   75  114
Bill Greif             1   5  3.42  39   0   0   4   0   47   46   21   18    3   22   28
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  3.95  28  27   0   0   0  160  176   93   70   14   64   66
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
  J. Koosman (NY)          17
  D. Sutton (LA)           17
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  J. Richard (HOU)         16
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      14
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         14
  J. Matlack (NY)          14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  L. Dierker (HOU)         13

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          14
  B. Strom (SD)            14
  L. Dierker (HOU)         13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  S. Rogers (MON)          13
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  P. Falcone (STL)         12
  D. Freisleben (SD)       12
  B. Hooton (LA)           12

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            22
  J. Matlack (NY)          13
  J. Koosman (NY)          12
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Richard (HOU)         12
  T. Seaver (NY)           11
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Reuss (PIT)           10
  R. Rhoden (LA)           10

Saves:

  R. Eastwick (CIN)        19
  K. Forsch (HOU)          17
  C. Hough (LA)            14
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  B. Metzger (SD)          13
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        12
  R. Reed (PHI)            12
  D. Murray (MON)          11
  R. Moffitt (SF)          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
  T. Seaver (NY)            4

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         272.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      251.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        232.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       226.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       214.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        211.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      209.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    209.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  207.1
  J. Barr (SF)          204.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           232
  J. Barr (SF)            216
  P. Niekro (ATL)         210
  R. Burris (CHI)         209
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        205
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       203
  J. Kaat (PHI)           202
  D. Sutton (LA)          199
  G. Nolan (CIN)          198
  J. Montefusco (SF)      192

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         100
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        97
  B. Forsch (STL)          93
  R. Jones (SD)            92
  D. Sutton (LA)           92
  J. Barr (SF)             91
  R. Burris (CHI)          91
  B. Bonham (CHI)          89
  J. Reuss (PIT)           87
  J. Richard (HOU)         87

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           22
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      20
  D. Sutton (LA)           20
  R. Burris (CHI)          19
  J. Kaat (PHI)            17
  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  S. Carlton (PHI)         16
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         16
  D. Rau (LA)              16
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        16

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        135
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       91
  P. Niekro (ATL)          83
  B. Bonham (CHI)          78
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       78
  P. Falcone (STL)         75
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     74
  D. Carrithers (MON)      73
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         72
  L. Dierker (HOU)         69

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          202
  J. Richard (HOU)        172
  J. Montefusco (SF)      148
  P. Niekro (ATL)         148
  J. Koosman (NY)         147
  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  D. Sutton (LA)          132
  J. Matlack (NY)         123
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       122


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