Thursday July 14, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 14, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     57  32  3.41   89  19  22   813   782  343  308   78  259  538
Chicago         53  32  3.56   85  10  31   766   753  356  303   56  254  503
New York        34  53  3.66   87  15  15   769   719  342  313   68  247  512
Houston         41  49  3.71   90  15  15   821   781  386  338   57  340  499
St. Louis       47  42  3.82   89  13  16   797   784  377  338   91  278  381
San Francisco   42  49  3.82   91  13  19   822   861  417  349   63  298  498
Pittsburgh      48  39  4.00   87  11  20   789   760  384  351   76  267  472
Philadelphia    49  37  4.12   86  14  24   769   810  382  352   79  257  454
Montreal        39  47  4.15   86  19  16   792   778  414  365   77  303  454
Cincinnati      47  39  4.43   86  14  19   761   804  409  375   78  294  437
San Diego       39  53  4.63   92   1  26   839   902  488  432  103  368  456
Atlanta         32  56  5.25   88  13  15   785   882  514  458  106  406  493

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12   3  2.17  21  20   4   1   2  137  119   38   33    6   40   85
Don Sutton (LA)       10   4  2.58  19  19   6   0   1  139  111   47   40   14   43   87
Burt Hooton (LA)       8   3  2.66  18  18   4   0   1  129  116   43   38    6   36   87
Tom Seaver (CIN)      10   5  2.76  19  19   9   0   4  147  114   47   45    9   39  113
J.R. Richard (HOU)     8   6  2.79  20  20   8   0   1  155  128   50   48    8   59  112
John Candelaria (PIT)  9   3  2.82  18  18   2   0   1  121  108   40   38   16   26   65
Steve Rogers (MON)     9   8  2.90  23  23  11   0   3  174  156   68   56    8   45  117
Fred Norman (CIN)      9   4  2.94  18  18   4   0   1  116   90   48   38   15   52   84
Steve Carlton (PHI)   12   4  3.00  19  19   9   0   1  150  131   55   50   15   40  101
Rollie Fingers (SD)    6   4  3.00  50   0   0  19   0   90   87   33   30    8   23   75

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Solomon          0   1  2.45   1   1   0   0   0    4    7    7    1    0    1    2
Rick Camp              5   1  3.55  44   0   0   9   0   66   68   34   26    5   43   46
Dick Ruthven           3   5  3.76  10   8   2   0   1   55   59   28   23    8   24   31
Phil Niekro            9  10  4.34  25  24  10   0   2  174  169   89   84   17   92  132
Andy Messersmith       5   4  4.40  16  16   1   0   0  102  101   54   50   12   39   69
Max Leon               3   3  4.43  20   9   0   1   0   61   67   35   30    7   19   30
Dave Campbell          0   3  4.46  30   0   0   1   0   38   37   20   19    4   18   14
Buzz Capra             2   7  5.56  27   5   0   0   0   68   72   45   42   13   41   45
Jamie Easterly         2   4  5.86  21   5   0   1   0   58   70   44   38    5   30   37
Don Collins            1   8  6.02  21   6   0   2   0   43   51   30   29    5   32   17
Steve Hargan           0   1  6.52   7   5   0   0   0   19   33   17   14    2    6    9
Steve Kline            0   0  6.64  15   0   0   1   0   20   21   15   15    4   12   10
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.25  15   0   0   0   0   22   24   18   18    7   14   16
Mike Marshall          1   0  9.00   4   0   0   0   0    6   12    6    6    1    2    6
Mike Beard             0   0  9.64   4   0   0   0   0    5   14   11    5    3    2    1
Frank Lacorte          1   8 11.68  14   7   0   0   0   37   67   51   48   10   29   28
Joey McLaughlin        0   0 18.00   2   2   0   0   0    5   10   10   10    3    2    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           5   1  1.15  44   0   0  23   0   78   48   13   10    4   13   93
Paul Reuschel          3   1  1.84  33   0   0   3   0   54   43   13   11    4   17   31
Willie Hernandez       3   3  1.87  32   0   0   2   0   58   37   14   12    3   12   38
Rick Reuschel         12   3  2.17  21  20   4   1   2  137  119   38   33    6   40   85
Pete Broberg           0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    1    1    0
Steve Renko            0   1  3.74   7   3   0   1   0   22   21   13    9    3   10   18
Donnie Moore           3   0  3.82  14   1   0   0   0   31   32   18   13    0   13   22
Bill Bonham            9   8  4.21  20  20   1   0   0  126  123   63   59    9   49   76
Mike Krukow            7   6  4.48  20  19   1   0   1   96  114   58   48    7   42   55
Ray Burris            10   8  4.72  22  22   4   0   1  122  152   74   64   14   34   61
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  8.22   6   0   0   1   0    8   11    9    7    1    3    4
Jim Todd               1   1  8.80  19   0   0   0   0   31   46   36   30    1   19   17
Larry Biittner         0   0 40.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    5    6    6    3    1    3

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             3   2  2.29   6   6   4   0   1   51   35   14   13    2   11   41
Rawly Eastwick         2   2  2.91  23   0   0   7   0   43   40   14   14    3    8   17
Fred Norman            9   4  2.94  18  18   4   0   1  116   90   48   38   15   52   84
Pedro Borbon           5   4  3.06  39   0   0   7   0   71   71   26   24    5   15   24
Doug Capilla           2   0  3.75   6   3   0   0   0   24   22   11   10    3   14   18
Mike Caldwell          0   0  4.01  14   0   0   1   0   25   25   11   11    1    8   11
Dale Murray            5   2  4.42  34   0   0   3   0   59   68   32   29    5   24   26
Gary Nolan             4   1  4.81   8   8   0   0   0   39   53   22   21    5   12   28
Jack Billingham        8   5  4.86  20  18   3   0   2  122  149   77   66   10   41   59
Pat Zachry             3   7  5.04  12  12   3   0   0   75   78   45   42    7   29   36
Woodie Fryman          5   5  5.38  17  12   0   1   0   75   83   45   45   13   45   57
Santo Alcala           1   1  5.74   7   2   0   0   0   16   22   11   10    1    7    9
Paul Moskau            0   1  7.04   5   4   0   0   0   15   19   12   12    2    7    6
Joe Henderson          0   2 11.25   6   0   0   0   0    8   14   11   10    1    6    8
Tom Hume               0   3 12.50   8   3   0   0   0   18   32   25   25    3   12   10
Joe Hoerner            0   0 13.50   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    5    5    2    3    3

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Sambito            4   3  2.37  31   1   0   1   0   49   42   24   13    2   18   33
Joe Niekro             4   3  2.69  27   0   0   4   0   60   46   21   18    3   28   38
J.R. Richard           8   6  2.79  20  20   8   0   1  155  128   50   48    8   59  112
Ken Forsch             4   7  2.89  30   5   0   7   0   72   68   29   23    2   23   41
Joaquin Andujar       10   5  3.47  19  19   4   0   1  125  112   57   48    7   51   54
Bo McLaughlin          3   3  4.07  27   6   0   3   0   60   59   30   27    5   25   41
Mark Lemongello        1  11  4.30  18  16   0   0   0  107  122   53   51   11   28   30
Gene Pentz             2   0  4.46  23   1   0   0   0   38   36   19   19    4   29   32
Floyd Bannister        4   7  4.75  16  15   3   0   1   95   95   55   50    9   49   88
Doug Konieczny         1   1  6.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   26   15   14    1    8    7
Dan Larson             0   3  6.13  19   3   0   0   0   40   47   33   27    5   22   23

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Garman            4   1  2.48  25   0   0   3   0   33   33   10    9    4   11   15
Don Sutton            10   4  2.58  19  19   6   0   1  139  111   47   40   14   43   87
Burt Hooton            8   3  2.66  18  18   4   0   1  129  116   43   38    6   36   87
Elias Sosa             0   2  2.90  20   0   0   0   0   31   22   11   10    6    6   19
Charlie Hough          4   8  3.39  45   0   0  19   0   88   69   36   33    8   45   79
Tommy John             9   4  3.48  16  16   4   0   0   98  113   49   38    7   22   53
Doug Rau              10   1  3.87  18  18   2   0   1  121  140   56   52   11   30   76
Rick Rhoden           10   5  3.97  17  17   3   0   0  122  120   56   54   15   37   77
Stan Wall              2   3  5.34  25   0   0   0   0   32   36   20   19    3   13   22
Al Downing             0   1  6.75  12   1   0   0   0   20   22   15   15    4   16   23

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Kerrigan           1   2  2.67  41   0   0   6   0   57   53   21   17    3   21   24
Steve Rogers           9   8  2.90  23  23  11   0   3  174  156   68   56    8   45  117
Jackie Brown           6   7  3.34  24  13   5   0   2  110   94   47   41   11   35   53
Wayne Twitchell        2   0  3.55   6   6   0   0   0   38   25   15   15    5    8   28
Bill Atkinson          4   2  3.56  31   0   0   5   0   43   41   19   17    8   15   28
Will McEnaney          2   3  4.04  44   0   0   3   0   65   70   30   29    4   16   25
Don Stanhouse          5   8  4.67  20  15   1   1   1   98  102   63   51   11   52   55
Tom Walker             1   1  4.74  11   0   0   0   0   19   15   10   10    2    7   10
Gerry Hannahs          1   5  4.86   8   7   0   0   0   37   43   27   20    7   17   21
Jeff Terpko            0   1  5.66  13   0   0   0   0   21   28   13   13    2   15   14
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  5.73   9   8   1   0   0   44   55   30   28    3   17   22
Santo Alcala           2   5  6.53  12   8   0   1   0   51   63   37   37    6   17   31
Dan Warthen            2   3  7.97  12   6   1   0   0   35   33   34   31    7   38   26

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Myrick             0   1  2.50  22   0   0   0   0   36   30   13   10    2   12   20
Tom Seaver             7   3  3.00  13  13   5   0   3   96   79   33   32    7   28   72
Bob Apodaca            3   3  3.05  32   0   0   1   0   44   42   16   15    2   14   30
Jerry Koosman          6  11  3.16  19  19   4   0   1  140  111   57   49    8   53  115
Paul Siebert           1   0  3.38   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    0    2    1
Skip Lockwood          1   4  3.67  34   0   0  14   0   54   41   22   22    4   15   42
Pat Zachry             1   2  3.90   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   15   12    4   14   14
Craig Swan             4   6  3.95  15  13   1   0   0   80   86   38   35    7   27   43
Nino Espinosa          4   7  4.17  17  14   1   0   0   91   97   44   42   10   26   44
Rick Baldwin           1   1  4.23  19   0   0   0   0   28   22   14   13    4   11   14
Jon Matlack            4  11  4.26  18  18   4   0   2  125  130   65   59   14   30   89
Jackson Todd           2   3  4.43  12   5   0   0   0   43   47   22   21    5   12   28
Ray Sadecki            0   1  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    3    0

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dan Warthen            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    3    0
Tug McGraw             3   1  2.48  17   0   0   3   0   29   27    9    8    2    7   19
Ron Reed               6   3  2.58  35   0   0   9   0   70   64   20   20    4   19   49
Warren Brusstar        3   2  2.68  26   0   0   2   0   37   31   15   11    2   14   28
Steve Carlton         12   4  3.00  19  19   9   0   1  150  131   55   50   15   40  101
Gene Garber            4   5  3.54  40   0   0   9   0   53   46   24   21    6   14   38
Jim Lonborg            2   3  4.19   9   9   0   0   0   54   59   27   25    7   13   22
Wayne Twitchell        0   5  4.53  12   8   0   0   0   46   50   27   23    3   25   37
Randy Lerch            6   2  4.77  18  18   2   0   0  109  126   61   58   13   44   50
Tom Underwood          3   2  5.13  14   0   0   1   0   33   44   21   19    2   18   20
Jim Kaat               3   5  5.53  20  14   1   0   0   83  101   53   51   11   23   27
Larry Christenson      7   5  5.69  18  18   2   0   1  104  131   70   66   14   37   63

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage           8   5  1.60  42   0   0  15   0   79   50   16   14    4   28   92
Kent Tekulve           7   1  2.76  41   0   0   3   0   59   42   20   18    2   23   32
John Candelaria        9   3  2.82  18  18   2   0   1  121  108   40   38   16   26   65
Jerry Reuss            4   9  4.05  19  19   3   0   0  120  132   65   54    6   44   68
Jim Rooker             6   5  4.09  15  15   3   0   2   95   91   46   43   14   33   41
Bruce Kison            6   4  4.86  18  17   3   0   1  107  105   64   58    9   36   65
Grant Jackson          1   3  5.18  26   1   0   1   0   40   43   27   23    5   18   19
Terry Forster          2   2  5.18  22   2   0   1   0   49   53   30   28    4   17   33
Odell Jones            2   4  5.34  21   7   0   0   0   59   63   36   35    5   18   34
Larry Demery           3   3  5.68  21   8   0   0   0   59   70   37   37   10   22   23
Mario Mendoza          0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    1    2    0

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Siebert           0   0  2.45   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    1    1    4    1
Dan Spillner           4   0  2.97  39   0   0   4   0   67   60   24   22    6   25   32
Rollie Fingers         6   4  3.00  50   0   0  19   0   90   87   33   30    8   23   75
Bob Shirley            6  10  3.52  20  20   0   0   0  115  120   60   45   12   50   75
Dave Tomlin            1   4  3.88  41   0   0   3   0   60   62   28   26    3   19   34
Randy Jones            4   7  4.59  15  15   1   0   0   84  101   45   43    7   17   28
Dave Wehrmeister       1   2  5.02  17   1   0   0   0   29   31   17   16    3   15   13
Tom Griffin            5   8  5.03  21  17   0   0   0  106  105   69   59   15   62   52
John D'Acquisto        1   1  5.17  12   8   0   0   0   31   28   25   18    1   38   33
Bob Owchinko           3   4  5.29  14  12   0   0   0   65   85   39   38    7   28   38
Victor Bernal          1   1  5.31  15   0   0   0   0   20   23   13   12    4    9    6
Butch Metzger          0   0  5.56  17   1   0   0   0   23   27   16   14    5   12    6
Rick Sawyer            5   5  5.76  32   8   0   0   0   84  101   58   54   13   39   34
Dave Freisleben        2   5  6.20  15   7   0   0   0   45   46   32   31   13   15   21
Brent Strom            0   2 12.42   8   3   0   0   0   17   23   25   23    5   12    8

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           6   4  1.39  43   0   0  12   0   71   62   18   11    0   27   59
Tommy Toms             0   1  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    4    7    5    1    0    2    2
Dave Heaverlo          3   1  2.13  28   0   0   0   0   55   48   19   13    8   10   31
Randy Moffitt          3   5  3.13  38   0   0   7   0   55   53   22   19    2   21   41
Ed Halicki             8   8  3.33  21  21   3   0   2  138  131   59   51   13   43  105
Bob Knepper            3   3  3.58  11  11   1   0   1   65   65   33   26    6   22   41
Charlie Williams       4   2  3.75  32   5   1   0   0   70   72   36   29    5   33   22
Terry Cornutt          1   2  3.86  28   1   0   0   0   44   38   24   19    4   22   23
John Montefusco        2   7  3.97  13  12   2   0   0   70   74   43   31    7   20   56
Jim Barr               8   7  4.88  21  21   3   0   0  135  171   79   73    9   30   59
John Curtis            2   3  5.93  27   9   1   0   1   58   76   39   38    4   37   26
Lynn McGlothen         2   6  6.04  12  11   2   0   0   57   64   40   38    5   31   33

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Buddy Schultz          4   1  1.37  19   2   0   0   0   39   34    9    6    2    7   23
Clay Carroll           4   1  2.17  36   0   0   3   0   66   52   19   16    6   15   24
Rawly Eastwick         2   3  3.05  15   0   0   2   0   21   23    9    7    3    9    9
Butch Metzger          1   0  3.09  26   0   0   0   0   44   34   17   15    7   26   15
John Denny             7   2  3.61  14  14   2   0   1   85   88   38   34    7   33   32
Eric Rasmussen         6  10  3.69  19  19   6   0   2  127  125   55   52   14   27   60
John Urrea             2   3  3.76  26   0   0   4   0   50   44   25   21    7   15   26
Bob Forsch            11   4  4.02  20  20   4   0   0  130  134   67   58   15   39   51
Larry Dierker          2   5  4.06   9   8   0   0   0   38   37   18   17    6   13    6
John Sutton            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    4    0    3    5
John D'Acquisto        0   0  4.32   3   2   0   0   0    8    5    4    4    0   10    9
Al Hrabosky            2   4  4.73  36   0   0   7   0   51   57   29   27    6   24   43
Pete Falcone           4   6  4.92  19  19   1   0   1  101  106   58   55   15   43   59
Tom Underwood          2   3  6.31   5   5   0   0   0   26   33   19   18    3   12   18
Doug Capilla           0   0 15.43   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    4    4    0    2    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12
  B. Forsch (STL)          11
  J. Andujar (HOU)         10
  R. Burris (CHI)          10
  D. Rau (LA)              10
  R. Rhoden (LA)           10
  T. Seaver (CIN)          10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  B. Bonham (CHI)           9

Losses:

  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      11
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  E. Rasmussen (STL)       10
  B. Shirley (SD)          10
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  P. Zachry (NY)            9
  B. Bonham (CHI)           8
  R. Burris (CHI)           8

Complete Games:

  S. Rogers (MON)          11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  T. Seaver (CIN)           9
  J. Richard (HOU)          8
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  J. Brown (MON)            5
  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  R. Burris (CHI)           4

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          23
  R. Fingers (SD)          19
  C. Hough (LA)            19
  R. Gossage (PIT)         15
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  G. Lavelle (SF)          12
  R. Camp (ATL)             9
  R. Eastwick (STL)         9
  G. Garber (PHI)           9
  R. Reed (PHI)             9

Shutouts:

  T. Seaver (CIN)           4
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       2
  J. Brown (MON)            2
  E. Halicki (SF)           2
  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        2
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         2
  J. Rooker (PIT)           2

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       174.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       173.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      154.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      150.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)       147.0
  J. Koosman (NY)       139.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        139.1
  E. Halicki (SF)       138.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     136.2
  J. Barr (SF)          134.2

Hits:

  J. Barr (SF)            171
  P. Niekro (ATL)         169
  S. Rogers (MON)         156
  R. Burris (CHI)         152
  J. Billingham (CIN)     149
  D. Rau (LA)             140
  B. Forsch (STL)         134
  J. Reuss (PIT)          132
  S. Carlton (PHI)        131
  L. Christenson (PHI)    131

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          89
  J. Barr (SF)             79
  J. Billingham (CIN)      77
  R. Burris (CHI)          74
  L. Christenson (PHI)     70
  T. Griffin (SD)          69
  S. Rogers (MON)          68
  B. Forsch (STL)          67
  J. Matlack (NY)          65
  J. Reuss (PIT)           65

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      16
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  P. Falcone (STL)         15
  B. Forsch (STL)          15
  T. Griffin (SD)          15
  F. Norman (CIN)          15
  R. Rhoden (LA)           15
  R. Burris (CHI)          14
  L. Christenson (PHI)     14

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  T. Griffin (SD)          62
  J. Richard (HOU)         59
  J. Koosman (NY)          53
  F. Norman (CIN)          52
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       52
  J. Andujar (HOU)         51
  B. Shirley (SD)          50
  F. Bannister (HOU)       49
  B. Bonham (CHI)          49

Strikeouts:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         132
  S. Rogers (MON)         117
  J. Koosman (NY)         115
  T. Seaver (CIN)         113
  J. Richard (HOU)        112
  E. Halicki (SF)         105
  S. Carlton (PHI)        101
  B. Sutter (CHI)          93
  R. Gossage (PIT)         92
  J. Matlack (NY)          89

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