Friday April 8, 1977
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National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, April 8, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles      1   0  1.00    1   1   0     9     4    1    1    1    3    6
Houston          1   0  1.64    1   0   0    11     8    2    2    1    2    8
Atlanta          0   1  2.70    1   0   0    10     8    3    3    1    4    8
Cincinnati       2   0  3.00    2   0   2    18    18    6    6    2    9    8
New York         1   0  3.00    1   0   1     9     9    3    3    1    1    8
San Francisco    0   1  4.50    1   0   0     8     9    5    4    0    4    8
Chicago          0   1  5.00    1   0   0     9     7    5    5    0    2    6
San Diego        0   2  5.63    2   0   0    16    16   11   10    2    5    6
St. Louis        1   0  6.00    1   0   0     9    11    6    6    1    6    2
Pittsburgh       0   1  8.00    1   0   0     9    14   12    8    1    5    2

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rawly Eastwick (CIN)   0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    0
Ken Forsch (HOU)       1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
Ramon Hernandez (CHI)  0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0
Gary Lavelle (SF)      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2
Skip Lockwood (NY)     0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Dale Murray (CIN)      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Dave Tomlin (SD)       0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
Don Sutton (LA)        1   0  1.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    4    1    1    1    3    6
A. Messersmith (ATL)   0   0  2.00   1   1   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    2    7
J.R. Richard (HOU)     0   0  2.00   1   1   0   0   0    9    7    2    2    1    2    7

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Messersmith       0   0  2.00   1   1   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    2    7
Bob Johnson            0   1  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    1    2    1

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0
Bruce Sutter           0   0  5.40   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    2
Ray Burris             0   1  6.75   1   1   0   0   0    5    4    4    4    0    2    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Rawly Eastwick         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    0
Dale Murray            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Jack Billingham        1   0  3.52   1   1   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    1    2    5
Woodie Fryman          1   0  5.06   1   1   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    1    6    2

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
J.R. Richard           0   0  2.00   1   1   0   0   0    9    7    2    2    1    2    7

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton             1   0  1.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    4    1    1    1    3    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Lockwood          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Tom Seaver             1   0  3.86   1   1   0   0   0    7    9    3    3    1    1    7

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0
Grant Jackson          0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    1    0
Kent Tekulve           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0
Jerry Reuss            0   1  3.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    6    6    2    0    1    1
Larry Demery           0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    2    2    0    0    1
Terry Forster          0   0 36.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    4    4    4    1    1    0

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Victor Bernal          0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0
Rollie Fingers         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2
Dave Tomlin            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
Butch Metzger          0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    1    0    0    0
Randy Jones            0   1  7.20   1   1   0   0   0    5    9    5    4    1    0    2
Brent Strom            0   1  7.94   1   1   0   0   0    6    5    5    5    1    4    1

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2
John Montefusco        0   1  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    2    0    1    6
Charlie Williams       0   0 54.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    2    2    2    0    2    0

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    0    2
John Denny             1   0  4.76   1   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    1    5    0
John Sutton            0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    2    2    0    1    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  J. Denny (STL)            1
  K. Forsch (HOU)           1
  W. Fryman (CIN)           1
  T. Seaver (NY)            1
  D. Sutton (LA)            1

Losses:

  R. Burris (CHI)           1
  B. Johnson (ATL)          1
  R. Jones (SD)             1
  J. Montefusco (SF)        1
  J. Reuss (PIT)            1
  B. Strom (SD)             1

Complete Games:

  D. Sutton (LA)            1

Saves:

  R. Eastwick (CIN)         1
  S. Lockwood (NY)          1
  D. Murray (CIN)           1

Shutouts:

Innings Pitched:

  A. Messersmith (ATL)    9.0
  J. Richard (HOU)        9.0
  D. Sutton (LA)          9.0
  J. Billingham (CIN)     7.2
  T. Seaver (NY)          7.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)      6.0
  J. Denny (STL)          5.2
  B. Strom (SD)           5.2
  R. Burris (CHI)         5.1
  W. Fryman (CIN)         5.1

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)             9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  J. Billingham (CIN)       8
  W. Fryman (CIN)           7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  J. Denny (STL)            6
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      6
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  B. Strom (SD)             5

Runs:

  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  B. Strom (SD)             5
  R. Burris (CHI)           4
  T. Forster (PIT)          4
  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  J. Denny (STL)            3
  W. Fryman (CIN)           3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  T. Seaver (NY)            3

Home Runs:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  J. Denny (STL)            1
  T. Forster (PIT)          1
  W. Fryman (CIN)           1
  B. Johnson (ATL)          1
  R. Jones (SD)             1
  J. Richard (HOU)          1
  T. Seaver (NY)            1
  B. Strom (SD)             1
  D. Sutton (LA)            1

Walks:

  W. Fryman (CIN)           6
  J. Denny (STL)            5
  B. Strom (SD)             4
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       2
  R. Burris (CHI)           2
  B. Johnson (ATL)          2
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      2
  J. Richard (HOU)          2
  C. Williams (SF)          2

Strikeouts:

  A. Messersmith (ATL)      7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  R. Burris (CHI)           4
  R. Fingers (SD)           2
  W. Fryman (CIN)           2
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         2

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