Sunday September 5, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, September 5, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        69  66  2.92  135  43  19  1213  1032  447  394   77  359  854
Philadelphia    84  50  3.13  134  29  35  1209  1149  469  420   83  332  741
Los Angeles     78  57  3.24  135  39  24  1226  1137  476  441   87  396  631
Cincinnati      87  50  3.48  137  30  35  1247  1215  533  482   82  409  685
Pittsburgh      77  58  3.49  135  38  29  1225  1182  548  475   83  388  635
St. Louis       58  72  3.53  130  24  20  1174  1141  530  461   78  477  603
Houston         69  70  3.57  139  36  24  1243  1186  572  493   69  595  671
San Francisco   60  78  3.63  138  24  23  1244  1262  599  501   61  447  645
San Diego       64  75  3.68  139  40  15  1230  1172  570  503   79  455  555
Atlanta         59  77  3.83  136  30  22  1206  1203  587  514   77  463  687
Montreal        44  86  4.00  130  20  17  1164  1154  592  518   76  524  632
Chicago         63  73  4.06  136  17  31  1234  1287  633  557  112  423  714

 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
Doug Rau (LA)         14  10  2.54  29  28   8   0   3  205  191   61   58   16   57   89
J.R. Richard (HOU)    16  13  2.54  33  33  12   0   2  251  191   87   71   13  135  172
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
John Denny (STL)       9   6  2.77  25  25   6   0   2  169  161   63   52   10   63   60
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 Montefusco (SF)  14  12  2.93  32  31  10   0   5  218  196   77   71   10   66  152

 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  3.34  25   0   0   1   0   30   28   13   11    1   11    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  14  3.75  31  31   8   0   4  209  214   87   87   10   74  123
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
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  4.58  24   0   0   2   0   35   50   21   18    0   12   25
Roger Moret            3   3  4.71  25  10   1   1   0   71   77   38   37    7   22   29
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  2.80  50   0   0   9   0   64   57   27   20    5   19   36
Ray Burris            12  12  3.38  31  30   7   0   2  202  209   91   76   19   62   87
Rick Reuschel         11  10  3.51  32  31   4   1   2  210  211   97   82   16   56  127
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   7  4.13  31   4   0   3   0   65   59   37   30    7   30   55
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        4   1  1.37  14   0   0   0   0   26   22    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  3.03  59   1   0   6   0  107  117   40   36    4   25   51
Don Gullett            7   3  3.50  18  16   3   1   0   90   91   40   35    6   38   48
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   6  3.07  10  10   4   0   0   73   64   32   25    3   23   35
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  3.49  32  13   0   0   0  113  105   60   44    8   56   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              14  10  2.54  29  28   8   0   3  205  191   61   58   16   57   89
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         11  10  3.26  27  27   2   0   1  179  181   73   65   13   65  105
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
Rick Baldwin           0   0  2.81   7   0   0   0   0   16   12    5    5    0    9    8
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
Bob Apodaca            2   6  2.97  36   3   0   3   0   76   58   31   25    4   22   38
Mickey Lolich          7  12  2.99  28  27   5   0   2  175  164   72   58   12   48  114
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  2.45  49   3   1  13   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     11   8  3.79  28  25   2   0   0  145  166   68   61    8   39   50

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           4   1  2.67  54   0   0   7   0   84   73   27   25    2   21   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   8  3.89  25  24  10   1   2  173  179   88   75   15   44   89
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
Rick Sawyer            4   1  2.25   8   7   3   0   2   52   53   13   13    0   24   22
Butch Metzger         10   1  2.26  65   0   0  13   0  107   94   29   27    4   42   78
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
Jerry Johnson          1   1  3.26  17   1   0   0   0   30   24   13   11    0   15   20
Brent Strom           11  15  3.30  31  29   7   0   1  183  166   87   67   14   65   90
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.32  42   1   0   0   0   60   53   23   22    4   18   34
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
John Montefusco       14  12  2.93  32  31  10   0   5  218  196   77   71   10   66  152
Charlie Williams       2   0  3.08  43   1   0   1   0   79   70   31   27    3   36   33
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   9  4.21  20  18   0   0   0   98  115   60   46    7   32   30
Dave Heaverlo          3   4  4.24  55   0   0   1   0   70   78   41   33    2   14   37
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  5.19  43   9   0   1   0  101  140   74   58    5   19   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
John Denny             9   6  2.77  25  25   6   0   2  169  161   63   52   10   63   60
Al Hrabosky            8   6  2.84  60   0   0  12   0   89   83   35   28    5   31   68
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  3.38  40   0   0   4   0   48   47   21   18    3   23   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
  J. Montefusco (SF)       14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14

Losses:

  B. Strom (SD)            15
  E. Halicki (SF)          14
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         14
  L. Dierker (HOU)         13
  L. McGlothen (STL)       13
  J. Richard (HOU)         13
  S. Rogers (MON)          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. Montefusco (SF)       10
  J. Reuss (PIT)           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
  R. Reed (PHI)            13
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        12
  R. Moffitt (SF)          11
  D. Murray (MON)          11

Shutouts:

  R. Jones (SD)             5
  J. Matlack (NY)           5
  J. Montefusco (SF)        5
  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  B. Hooton (LA)            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. Montefusco (SF)    218.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       214.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        211.2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     210.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      209.2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      209.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           232
  J. Barr (SF)            216
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        214
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       211
  P. Niekro (ATL)         210
  R. Burris (CHI)         209
  J. Kaat (PHI)           202
  D. Sutton (LA)          199
  G. Nolan (CIN)          198
  J. Montefusco (SF)      196

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)           88
  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. Ruthven (ATL)         74
  D. Carrithers (MON)      73
  L. Dierker (HOU)         69

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          202
  J. Richard (HOU)        172
  J. Montefusco (SF)      152
  P. Niekro (ATL)         148
  J. Koosman (NY)         147
  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  D. Sutton (LA)          132
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       127
  J. Matlack (NY)         123


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