Monday September 6, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, September 6, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        70  66  2.93  136  44  19  1222  1041  451  398   78  364  863
Philadelphia    84  52  3.17  136  29  35  1225  1171  480  431   84  340  753
Los Angeles     79  57  3.22  136  40  24  1235  1141  477  442   88  398  636
Pittsburgh      79  58  3.46  137  39  29  1243  1192  551  478   83  395  643
St. Louis       59  73  3.51  132  25  20  1192  1152  534  465   78  483  615
Cincinnati      88  50  3.51  138  30  35  1256  1224  541  490   82  416  688
Houston         69  71  3.61  140  36  24  1251  1198  581  502   70  601  678
San Francisco   61  78  3.62  139  24  24  1253  1272  602  504   62  454  651
San Diego       64  76  3.67  140  41  15  1239  1177  574  505   80  457  555
Atlanta         59  78  3.82  137  30  22  1214  1212  591  516   77  465  692
Montreal        45  87  3.98  132  20  17  1182  1166  597  523   77  531  647
Chicago         63  74  4.08  137  17  31  1243  1296  640  564  113  425  718

 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
Pat Zachry (CIN)      12   5  2.71  33  23   5   0   1  169  135   58   51    6   68  119
Randy Jones (SD)      20  12  2.72  35  35  23   0   5  282  237   96   85   13   43   82
John Denny (STL)       9   6  2.77  25  25   6   0   2  169  161   63   52   10   63   60
J.R. Richard (HOU)    16  14  2.80  34  34  12   0   2  254  198   95   79   14  139  175
Jon Matlack (NY)      14   8  2.86  29  29  13   0   5  214  182   75   68   13   50  123
John Montefusco (SF)  14  12  2.93  32  31  10   0   5  218  196   77   71   10   66  152
Jerry Koosman (NY)    18   8  2.96  29  27  13   0   3  207  180   72   68   15   59  156

 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
Max Leon               1   3  3.25  23   0   0   1   0   28   25   14   10    2   13   13
Phil Niekro           14  10  3.42  32  31   8   0   1  226  210  100   86   17   83  148
Mike Beard             0   1  3.56  26   0   0   1   0   30   31   14   12    1   11    8
Bruce Dal Canton       3   5  3.61  41   1   0   1   0   72   66   41   29    6   42   36
Adrian Devine          2   5  3.70  37   1   0   6   0   58   59   27   24    2   21   39
Dick Ruthven          13  14  3.75  31  31   8   0   4  209  214   87   87   10   74  123
Carl Morton            4   9  4.17  26  24   1   0   1  140  172   79   65    6   45   42
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  4.19  25   0   0   2   0   39   52   21   18    0   12   26
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  2.76  51   0   0   9   0   65   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 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
Steve Stone            3   6  4.30  15  14   1   0   1   69   65   35   33    6   20   33
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.45  46   2   0   3   0   83   89   43   41   12   31   54
Bill Bonham            8  10  4.61  26  25   3   0   0  158  178   89   81   10   78   88
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.16  27   0   0   2   0   23   33   16   13    3    9   15
Oscar Zamora           5   3  5.24  40   2   0   3   0   55   70   34   32    8   17   27
Mike Garman            2   4  5.35  41   2   0   1   0   69   76   47   41    7   33   34
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
Mike Krukow            0   0 11.57   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    0    1    0
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        5   1  1.80  15   0   0   0   0   30   23    9    6    0   11   13
Rawly Eastwick        10   5  2.34  62   0   0  19   0   96   86   30   25    3   24   62
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
Jack Billingham       11   9  4.41  30  25   5   1   2  157  172   85   77   15   53   69
Santo Alcala          11   3  4.44  28  20   3   0   1  128  121   66   63   12   64   64
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  14  2.80  34  34  12   0   2  254  198   95   79   14  139  175
Dan Larson             4   6  3.07  10  10   4   0   0   73   64   32   25    3   23   35
Gene Pentz             3   3  3.09  34   0   0   3   0   55   58   24   19    4   28   34
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  3.48  33  13   0   0   0  114  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  5.47  17   7   0   0   0   51   66   34   31    5   33   19
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            18   9  3.51  30  29  11   0   2  221  203   93   86   21   69  137
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  71   0   0  11   0  104  104   43   37    1   35   29
Steve Rogers           6  14  3.25  28  27   7   1   4  194  173   76   70   10   55  127
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
Steve Dunning          2   6  3.91  25   7   1   0   0   78   80   42   34    4   28   61
Joe Kerrigan           0   4  3.98  22   0   0   1   0   32   37   14   14    3    9   13
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           2   2  4.88  21   0   0   0   0   28   23   15   15    3    9    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         18   8  2.96  29  27  13   0   3  207  180   72   68   15   59  156
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  1.88  20   2   0   0   0   48   47   16   10    2   15   50
Ron Reed               8   4  2.45  49   3   1  13   0  110   77   33   30    7   29   83
Tug McGraw             6   6  2.57  48   0   0   8   0   77   70   29   22    4   32   55
Gene Garber            7   3  3.09  51   0   0   8   0   79   72   31   27    3   27   78
Steve Carlton         16   5  3.09  29  29  10   0   2  210  184   77   72   16   58  146
Jim Kaat              11  11  3.29  32  30   7   0   1  203  210   81   74   17   30   77
Jim Lonborg           14   9  3.38  28  27   6   1   1  184  183   75   69   16   43  102
Tom Underwood          9   5  3.48  28  20   3   2   0  129  123   52   50    7   54   75
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  2.64  55   0   0   7   0   85   74   27   25    2   21   57
Larry Demery          10   4  2.86  32  11   3   2   1  120  104   43   38    5   52   54
John Candelaria       14   5  3.02  27  26  10   1   3  191  145   71   64   20   51  119
Bruce Kison           12   8  3.04  27  26   6   0   1  172  157   74   58    9   45   85
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  12  2.72  35  35  23   0   5  282  237   96   85   13   43   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  2.45  52   0   0  11   0   92   82   35   25    5   33   44
Gary Lavelle           8   5  2.60  56   0   0   9   0   90   88   30   26    6   42   59
John Montefusco       14  12  2.93  32  31  10   0   5  218  196   77   71   10   66  152
Jim Barr              11  11  3.17  31  31   6   0   2  205  216   91   72    9   47   66
Charlie Williams       2   0  3.19  44   1   0   1   0   79   72   32   28    4   36   33
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  4.22  56   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  5.07  26  19   0   0   0  103   91   64   58    5   96   52
Mike Caldwell          1   7  5.08  44   9   0   2   0  103  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
Lerrin LaGrow          0   0  2.57   1   1   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    0    3    3
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
Pete Falcone          12  12  3.26  27  27   8   0   2  185  150   76   67   11   76  122
Eric Rasmussen         5  10  3.27  38  12   1   0   1  124  111   47   45    8   42   63
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   8  4.54  31  13   2   1   1  113  118   58   57   11   57   46

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            20
  J. Koosman (NY)          18
  D. Sutton (LA)           18
  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
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  S. Rogers (MON)          14
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         14
  L. Dierker (HOU)         13
  L. McGlothen (STL)       13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  P. Falcone (STL)         12
  D. Freisleben (SD)       12

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            23
  J. Koosman (NY)          13
  J. Matlack (NY)          13
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     12
  J. Richard (HOU)         12
  T. Seaver (NY)           11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Montefusco (SF)       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)         281.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      254.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        232.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       226.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        220.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    218.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       214.1
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     210.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      209.2
  D. Ruthven (ATL)      209.0

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           237
  J. Barr (SF)            216
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        214
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       211
  J. Kaat (PHI)           210
  P. Niekro (ATL)         210
  R. Burris (CHI)         209
  D. Sutton (LA)          203
  G. Nolan (CIN)          198
  J. Richard (HOU)        198

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         100
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        97
  R. Jones (SD)            96
  J. Richard (HOU)         95
  B. Forsch (STL)          93
  D. Sutton (LA)           93
  J. Barr (SF)             91
  R. Burris (CHI)          91
  B. Bonham (CHI)          89
  J. Reuss (PIT)           88

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           22
  D. Sutton (LA)           21
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      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)        139
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       96
  P. Niekro (ATL)          83
  B. Bonham (CHI)          78
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       78
  P. Falcone (STL)         76
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     74
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         74
  D. Carrithers (MON)      73
  L. Dierker (HOU)         69

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          202
  J. Richard (HOU)        175
  J. Koosman (NY)         156
  J. Montefusco (SF)      152
  P. Niekro (ATL)         148
  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  D. Sutton (LA)          137
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       127
  S. Rogers (MON)         127

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