Tuesday September 7, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, September 7, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        71  66  2.91  137  45  19  1231  1049  451  398   78  365  868
Philadelphia    84  52  3.17  136  29  35  1225  1171  480  431   84  340  753
Los Angeles     79  58  3.21  137  40  24  1243  1149  481  444   88  401  637
Pittsburgh      79  58  3.46  137  39  29  1243  1192  551  478   83  395  643
St. Louis       60  73  3.51  133  25  21  1201  1159  538  469   78  487  622
Cincinnati      88  51  3.56  139  30  35  1265  1237  551  500   82  422  689
San Francisco   62  78  3.62  140  24  25  1262  1280  605  507   62  456  652
Houston         70  71  3.62  141  36  25  1260  1206  586  507   72  603  685
San Diego       65  76  3.66  141  41  16  1248  1183  576  507   81  460  565
Atlanta         59  79  3.84  138  30  22  1222  1221  597  522   77  471  695
Montreal        45  88  4.00  133  20  17  1191  1177  604  530   77  540  655
Chicago         63  75  4.13  138  17  31  1252  1312  651  575  115  427  721

 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
Doug Rau (LA)         14  10  2.54  29  28   8   0   3  205  191   61   58   16   57   89
Fred Norman (CIN)     12   4  2.61  29  20   8   0   3  159  127   54   46    5   59  114
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
Jon Matlack (NY)      15   8  2.74  30  30  14   0   6  223  190   75   68   13   51  128
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
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
Mike Beard             0   1  3.56  26   0   0   1   0   30   31   14   12    1   11    8
Phil Niekro           14  11  3.60  33  32   8   0   1  230  217  106   92   17   88  149
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
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  3.95  26   0   0   2   0   41   53   21   18    0   13   27
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
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 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    3    3    0    3    1

 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
Rick Reuschel         11  10  3.51  32  31   4   1   2  210  211   97   82   16   56  127
Ray Burris            12  13  3.58  32  31   7   0   2  206  217   97   82   20   64   90
Steve Renko            7   6  4.03  22  21   2   0   0  125  128   63   56   10   32   80
Joe Coleman            1   7  4.28  32   4   0   3   0   67   61   39   32    8   30   55
Steve Stone            3   6  4.30  15  14   1   0   1   69   65   35   33    6   20   33
Bill Bonham            8  10  4.61  26  25   3   0   0  158  178   89   81   10   78   88
Paul Reuschel          3   2  4.75  47   2   0   3   0   83   93   46   44   12   31   54
Buddy Schultz          1   1  4.94  28   0   0   2   0   24   34   16   13    3    9   15
Mike Garman            2   4  5.20  42   2   0   1   0   71   77   47   41    7   33   34
Oscar Zamora           5   3  5.24  40   2   0   3   0   55   70   34   32    8   17   27
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  2.61  29  20   8   0   3  159  127   54   46    5   59  114
Pat Zachry            12   5  2.71  33  23   5   0   1  169  135   58   51    6   68  119
Pedro Borbon           4   3  3.43  60   1   0   6   0  108  122   45   41    4   26   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  4.57  51   0   0   6   0   69   91   39   35    3   22   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  2.21  48   0   0  18   0   85   70   22   21    5   23   46
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 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
Joe Sambito            3   1  3.86  15   3   1   0   1   40   38   17   17    4   10   21
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
Charlie Hough         11   5  2.29  65   0   0  14   0  118   85   34   30    6   61   67
Doug Rau              14  10  2.54  29  28   8   0   3  205  191   61   58   16   57   89
Elias Sosa             2   3  2.60  20   0   0   1   0   28   21    9    8    0    8   17
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  13  3.57  28  28   7   0   4  189  173   82   75   14   52   99
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  3.64  30  22   7   1   1  163  155   72   66    6   82   72
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Joe Kerrigan           0   4  3.82  23   0   0   1   0   33   37   14   14    3   10   14
Steve Dunning          2   6  3.91  25   7   1   0   0   78   80   42   34    4   28   61
Chip Lang              1   3  4.40  21   2   0   0   0   45   41   24   22    2   27   24
Don Carrithers         6  11  4.42  30  18   2   0   0  130  141   79   64    8   73   67
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.95  31   0   0   1   0   40   42   25   22    5   14   18
Chuck Taylor           2   3  5.02  22   0   0   0   0   29   25   16   16    3   10    9
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Clay Kirby             1   8  5.87  21  15   0   0   0   77   79   61   50   10   63   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
Jon Matlack           15   8  2.74  30  30  14   0   6  223  190   75   68   13   51  128
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
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
Butch Metzger         10   1  2.24  66   0   0  14   0  108   95   29   27    4   43   80
Rick Sawyer            4   1  2.25   8   7   3   0   2   52   53   13   13    0   24   22
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        9  12  3.69  30  23   5   1   3  158  151   71   65   10   63   78
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
Tommy Toms             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
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              12  11  3.17  32  32   6   0   2  213  224   94   75    9   49   67
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
Bill Greif             1   5  3.20  41   0   0   5   0   51   49   21   18    3   23   30
Pete Falcone          12  12  3.26  27  27   8   0   2  185  150   76   67   11   76  122
Eric Rasmussen         5  10  3.43  39  13   1   0   1  129  116   51   49    8   44   67
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           3   2  4.01  42   0   0   2   0   58   55   30   26    3   35   35
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. Matlack (NY)          15
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      14
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         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
  R. Burris (CHI)          13
  L. Dierker (HOU)         13
  B. Hooton (LA)           13
  L. McGlothen (STL)       13
  P. Falcone (STL)         12

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            23
  J. Matlack (NY)          14
  J. Koosman (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)          18
  S. Lockwood (NY)         15
  C. Hough (LA)            14
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  B. Metzger (SD)          14
  R. Reed (PHI)            13
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        12
  R. Moffitt (SF)          11
  D. Murray (MON)          11

Shutouts:

  J. Matlack (NY)           6
  R. Jones (SD)             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)       230.0
  J. Matlack (NY)       223.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        220.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)    218.1
  J. Barr (SF)          213.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     210.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      209.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           237
  J. Barr (SF)            224
  R. Burris (CHI)         217
  P. Niekro (ATL)         217
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        214
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       211
  J. Kaat (PHI)           210
  D. Sutton (LA)          203
  G. Nolan (CIN)          198
  J. Richard (HOU)        198

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         106
  R. Burris (CHI)          97
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        97
  R. Jones (SD)            96
  J. Richard (HOU)         95
  J. Barr (SF)             94
  B. Forsch (STL)          93
  D. Sutton (LA)           93
  B. Bonham (CHI)          89
  J. Reuss (PIT)           88

Home Runs:

  G. Nolan (CIN)           22
  D. Sutton (LA)           21
  R. Burris (CHI)          20
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      20
  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)          88
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       82
  B. Bonham (CHI)          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)         149
  S. Carlton (PHI)        146
  D. Sutton (LA)          137
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    135
  J. Matlack (NY)         128
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       127


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