Saturday September 4, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, September 4, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        69  65  2.92  134  43  19  1204  1026  444  391   75  358  850
Philadelphia    83  50  3.14  133  29  34  1200  1141  468  419   83  332  740
Los Angeles     77  57  3.26  134  38  24  1217  1134  476  441   87  393  628
Cincinnati      86  50  3.48  136  30  34  1238  1204  529  478   81  408  683
Pittsburgh      77  57  3.51  134  38  29  1217  1174  547  474   83  386  630
Houston         69  69  3.57  138  36  24  1234  1179  568  489   68  593  668
St. Louis       57  72  3.57  129  24  20  1163  1136  530  461   78  473  597
San Francisco   59  77  3.65  136  23  23  1226  1247  593  497   60  439  640
San Diego       63  74  3.70  137  39  15  1213  1157  564  499   78  453  541
Atlanta         59  76  3.82  135  30  22  1197  1189  581  508   76  459  682
Montreal        43  86  4.04  129  19  17  1155  1150  592  518   76  522  626
Chicago         63  72  4.09  135  17  31  1223  1277  632  556  112  420  706

 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
Pat Zachry (CIN)      12   5  2.71  33  23   5   0   1  169  135   58   51    6   68  119
Randy Jones (SD)      20  11  2.74  34  34  22   0   5  273  232   92   83   12   41   82
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
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
Mike Beard             0   1  3.21  24   0   0   1   0   28   25   12   10    0   10    7
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  4.86  23   0   0   2   0   33   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   9  6.05  13  11   0   0   0   61   63   43   41    5   38   44
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  2.19  44   0   0   9   0   70   51   17   17    4   20   59
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
Steve Renko            7   6  4.03  22  21   2   0   0  125  128   63   56   10   32   80
Joe Coleman            1   6  4.06  30   4   0   3   0   64   57   36   29    7   29   54
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            12   5  2.71  33  23   5   0   1  169  135   58   51    6   68  119
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
Joaquin Andujar        8   9  3.67  25  22   8   0   4  147  141   64   60    7   66   48
Larry Dierker         13  13  3.74  27  27   7   0   4  181  166   83   75    9   69  109
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
Dennis Lewallyn        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    1
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   9  3.22  27  27   4   0   1  176  180   68   63    6   53   74
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
Dennis Blair           0   0  1.69   1   1   0   0   0    5    5    2    1    0    4    3
Dale Murray            4   9  3.21  69   0   0  11   0  101  101   42   36    1   34   27
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  3.98  22   0   0   1   0   32   37   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
Chuck Taylor           1   2  4.94  20   0   0   0   0   27   23   15   15    3    8    8
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  5.63  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
Skip Lockwood          7   7  2.72  47   0   0  15   0   79   51   27   24    6   31   86
Ken Sanders            1   2  2.80  30   0   0   1   0   45   37   15   14    3   11   15
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  3.58  18  18   2   0   1  108  103   52   43    8   35   82
Nino Espinosa          3   3  3.86   8   3   0   0   0   28   25   14   12    3    9   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  1.97  18   2   0   0   0   46   44   16   10    2   14   48
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  2.88  50   0   0   8   0   78   70   29   25    3   26   77
Steve Carlton         16   5  3.09  29  29  10   0   2  210  184   77   72   16   58  146
Jim Kaat              11  10  3.19  31  29   7   0   1  197  202   77   70   17   28   75
Tom Underwood          9   4  3.27  27  19   3   2   0  124  115   47   45    6   52   70
Jim Lonborg           14   9  3.38  28  27   6   1   1  184  183   75   69   16   43  102
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.51  30   0   0   3   0   41   39   18   16    4   13   37
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  2.69  53   0   0   7   0   84   73   27   25    2   20   57
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  3.78  25  23   3   0   0  155  167   75   65   10   42   80
Jerry Reuss           12   7  4.01  24  23  10   1   2  166  171   87   74   15   43   84
Dave Giusti            4   3  4.88  33   0   0   5   0   48   49   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  2.26  65   0   0  13   0  107   94   29   27    4   42   78
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   3  4.37   6   6   1   0   0   35   35   19   17    0   19   17
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  2.37  51   0   0  11   0   91   78   34   24    5   33   44
Gary Lavelle           7   5  2.72  55   0   0   9   0   86   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  3.90  29  28   8   0   4  169  162   80   73    9   57  117
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
Tom Walker             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    0    1
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  13  3.81  28  27   8   0   3  177  181   80   75    9   60   98
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
Mike Wallace           2   2  4.11  41   0   0   2   0   57   55   30   26    3   33   34
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
  L. McGlothen (STL)       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

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
  S. Lockwood (NY)         15
  C. Hough (LA)            14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  B. Metzger (SD)          13
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        12
  R. Reed (PHI)            12
  R. Moffitt (SF)          11
  D. Murray (MON)          11

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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