Friday July 22, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 22, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     59  35  3.37   94  20  23   857   818  357  321   81  270  565
New York        38  56  3.55   94  17  16   832   761  362  328   71  267  559
Chicago         56  35  3.61   91  11  32   820   808  384  329   61  267  538
Houston         44  51  3.68   95  16  17   864   816  401  353   59  355  526
St. Louis       48  46  3.83   94  14  16   845   827  399  359   94  302  412
San Francisco   44  52  3.85   96  13  21   866   906  442  370   66  320  522
Pittsburgh      52  42  3.99   94  13  21   852   819  415  378   86  291  510
Montreal        44  47  4.05   91  22  16   842   816  428  379   77  320  483
Philadelphia    53  39  4.12   92  15  27   822   861  409  376   85  274  484
Cincinnati      48  43  4.49   91  14  19   808   857  437  403   83  303  455
San Diego       41  56  4.51   97   1  27   885   945  503  444  105  385  479
Atlanta         34  59  5.16   93  14  16   831   928  535  477  108  428  518

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   13   3  2.28  23  22   5   1   3  150  128   43   38    6   43   95
Don Sutton (LA)       10   4  2.58  19  19   6   0   1  139  111   47   40   14   43   87
Burt Hooton (LA)       8   4  2.64  20  19   4   1   1  140  123   46   41    8   40   95
John Candelaria (PIT) 10   3  2.69  20  20   2   0   1  134  120   42   40   18   29   72
Steve Rogers (MON)    10   8  2.76  24  24  12   0   4  183  160   68   56    8   46  125
J.R. Richard (HOU)     9   7  2.81  22  22   8   0   1  167  136   54   52    9   64  125
Steve Carlton (PHI)   13   5  2.91  21  21   9   0   1  164  141   61   53   17   44  108
Tom Seaver (CIN)      10   5  2.98  20  20   9   0   4  151  122   52   50    9   39  115
Jerry Koosman (NY)     7  11  3.13  20  20   4   0   1  147  114   60   51    9   55  124
Tommy John (LA)       10   4  3.19  17  17   5   0   1  107  117   49   38    7   25   55

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Solomon          1   1  0.93   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    7    1    0    4    3
Dick Ruthven           3   6  3.52  11   9   2   0   1   61   66   29   24    8   25   34
Rick Camp              5   2  3.80  48   0   0  10   0   71   74   39   30    5   45   49
Phil Niekro            9  11  4.21  27  26  11   0   2  194  185   96   91   17  102  146
Dave Campbell          0   3  4.35  33   0   0   1   0   39   40   21   19    4   19   14
Andy Messersmith       5   4  4.40  16  16   1   0   0  102  101   54   50   12   39   69
Max Leon               4   3  4.50  21   9   0   1   0   62   69   36   31    7   19   30
Buzz Capra             2   7  5.35  28   6   0   0   0   74   79   47   44   15   45   49
Don Collins            1   8  6.02  21   6   0   2   0   43   51   30   29    5   32   17
Jamie Easterly         2   4  6.14  22   5   0   1   0   59   72   46   40    5   30   37
Steve Kline            0   0  6.64  15   0   0   1   0   20   21   15   15    4   12   10
Steve Hargan           0   1  7.20   8   5   0   0   0   20   34   19   16    2    7    9
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  1.11  45   0   0  24   0   81   49   15   10    4   13   94
Willie Hernandez       3   3  1.88  36   0   0   2   0   62   40   15   13    3   13   42
Pete Broberg           1   0  2.08   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    1    1    1
Paul Reuschel          4   1  2.24  35   0   0   3   0   56   47   16   14    5   19   32
Rick Reuschel         13   3  2.28  23  22   5   1   3  150  128   43   38    6   43   95
Donnie Moore           3   0  3.48  16   1   0   0   0   34   33   18   13    0   13   25
Bill Bonham            9   9  4.23  22  22   1   0   0  140  138   70   66   10   54   85
Mike Krukow            7   7  4.56  21  20   1   0   1  101  122   61   51    8   42   58
Steve Renko            0   1  4.76   8   3   0   1   0   23   26   16   12    3   11   18
Ray Burris            10   9  4.77  23  23   4   0   1  128  160   78   68   16   35   64
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
Manny Sarmiento        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Rawly Eastwick         2   2  2.91  23   0   0   7   0   43   40   14   14    3    8   17
Tom Seaver             3   2  2.95   7   7   4   0   1   55   43   19   18    2   11   43
Pedro Borbon           5   4  3.05  41   0   0   7   0   74   73   27   25    5   15   25
Fred Norman            9   6  3.23  20  20   4   0   1  128  107   56   46   17   55   90
Doug Capilla           2   1  3.60   7   4   0   0   0   30   25   13   12    5   14   22
Mike Caldwell          0   0  4.01  14   0   0   1   0   25   25   11   11    1    8   11
Dale Murray            5   2  4.62  38   0   0   3   0   64   75   36   33    5   28   28
Jack Billingham        8   6  4.79  22  18   3   0   2  128  154   79   68   10   41   60
Gary Nolan             4   1  4.81   8   8   0   0   0   39   53   22   21    5   12   28
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            1   1  5.91   6   5   0   0   0   21   23   14   14    2    9    7
Mario Soto             0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    0    1
Joe Henderson          0   2 12.00   7   0   0   0   0    9   17   13   12    2    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  2.14  34   1   0   2   0   55   43   24   13    2   19   36
J.R. Richard           9   7  2.81  22  22   8   0   1  167  136   54   52    9   64  125
Ken Forsch             4   7  2.89  30   5   0   7   0   72   68   29   23    2   23   41
Joe Niekro             4   3  3.09  29   0   0   5   0   64   49   25   22    3   33   40
Joaquin Andujar       10   5  3.47  19  19   4   0   1  125  112   57   48    7   51   54
Mark Lemongello        3  11  3.99  20  18   1   0   0  122  137   56   54   11   31   38
Bo McLaughlin          3   3  4.07  27   6   0   3   0   60   59   30   27    5   25   41
Gene Pentz             2   1  4.70  24   2   0   0   0   44   43   23   23    5   30   33
Floyd Bannister        4   7  4.75  16  15   3   0   1   95   95   55   50    9   49   88
Dan Larson             0   3  5.93  20   3   0   0   0   41   48   33   27    5   22   23
Doug Konieczny         1   1  6.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   26   15   14    1    8    7

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Garman            4   1  2.34  26   0   0   3   0   35   33   10    9    4   11   18
Don Sutton            10   4  2.58  19  19   6   0   1  139  111   47   40   14   43   87
Burt Hooton            8   4  2.64  20  19   4   1   1  140  123   46   41    8   40   95
Elias Sosa             0   2  2.70  22   0   0   0   0   33   22   11   10    6    6   22
Tommy John            10   4  3.19  17  17   5   0   1  107  117   49   38    7   25   55
Charlie Hough          4   8  3.35  46   0   0  19   0   89   69   36   33    8   45   79
Doug Rau              11   1  3.86  19  19   2   0   1  126  149   58   54   12   30   79
Rick Rhoden           10   7  4.10  19  19   3   0   0  136  136   65   62   15   41   85
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  2.45  43   0   0   6   0   62   53   21   17    3   21   26
Steve Rogers          10   8  2.76  24  24  12   0   4  183  160   68   56    8   46  125
Jackie Brown           7   7  3.40  26  15   6   0   2  124  107   53   47   11   41   59
Bill Atkinson          6   2  3.77  33   0   0   5   0   45   45   21   19    8   17   28
Will McEnaney          2   3  3.99  45   0   0   3   0   65   71   30   29    4   16   26
Don Stanhouse          5   8  4.46  22  15   1   1   1  103  106   63   51   11   56   56
Wayne Twitchell        2   0  4.58   7   7   0   0   0   39   31   20   20    5    9   30
Tom Walker             1   1  4.74  11   0   0   0   0   19   15   10   10    2    7   10
Stan Bahnsen           5   2  4.75  10   9   2   0   1   53   58   30   28    3   18   28
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
Santo Alcala           2   5  6.22  14   8   0   1   0   55   66   38   38    6   19   34
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
Bob Apodaca            3   3  2.74  34   0   0   2   0   49   44   16   15    2   15   32
Tom Seaver             7   3  3.00  13  13   5   0   3   96   79   33   32    7   28   72
Jerry Koosman          7  11  3.13  20  20   4   0   1  147  114   60   51    9   55  124
Pat Zachry             1   3  3.26   7   7   0   0   0   39   36   20   14    4   21   24
Paul Siebert           1   0  3.38   4   0   0   0   0    5    2    2    2    0    3    3
Skip Lockwood          1   5  3.67  36   0   0  14   0   56   45   23   23    4   16   42
Nino Espinosa          5   7  3.79  18  15   2   0   0  100  101   45   42   10   27   51
Craig Swan             5   6  3.95  16  14   1   0   0   87   91   41   38    8   29   46
Jon Matlack            5  12  4.00  20  20   5   0   3  140  142   68   62   15   33  100
Rick Baldwin           1   1  4.40  20   0   0   0   0   29   23   15   14    4   12   14
Jackson Todd           2   3  4.50  14   5   0   0   0   46   51   24   23    5   13   31
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  2.27  19   0   0   5   0   32   28    9    8    2    8   21
Warren Brusstar        3   2  2.75  27   0   0   2   0   39   34   16   12    2   14   29
Steve Carlton         13   5  2.91  21  21   9   0   1  164  141   61   53   17   44  108
Ron Reed               6   4  2.97  37   0   0   9   0   76   70   25   25    5   23   54
Gene Garber            4   5  3.30  41   0   0  10   0   57   49   24   21    6   14   39
Jim Lonborg            4   3  4.39  11  11   1   0   0   68   74   35   33   10   17   29
Wayne Twitchell        0   5  4.53  12   8   0   0   0   46   50   27   23    3   25   37
Randy Lerch            6   2  5.06  19  19   2   0   0  112  132   66   63   13   47   53
Tom Underwood          3   2  5.13  14   0   0   1   0   33   44   21   19    2   18   20
Larry Christenson      8   5  5.48  19  19   2   0   1  112  138   72   68   14   38   67
Jim Kaat               3   5  5.53  20  14   1   0   0   83  101   53   51   11   23   27

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage           8   6  1.75  45   0   0  16   0   82   51   19   16    5   32   95
John Candelaria       10   3  2.69  20  20   2   0   1  134  120   42   40   18   29   72
Kent Tekulve           7   1  3.50  44   0   0   3   0   62   50   26   24    4   24   35
Jim Rooker             7   5  3.82  16  16   4   0   2  104   94   47   44   14   39   45
Jerry Reuss            5  10  3.96  21  21   4   0   0  132  146   70   58    8   47   76
Bruce Kison            6   4  4.83  19  18   3   0   1  114  113   67   61   10   37   70
Grant Jackson          2   3  5.00  29   1   0   1   0   45   46   29   25    5   19   22
Odell Jones            2   4  5.12  24   7   0   0   0   63   65   37   36    6   18   36
Terry Forster          2   3  5.40  24   3   0   1   0   55   59   36   33    5   20   36
Larry Demery           3   3  5.73  22   8   0   0   0   60   72   39   38   10   24   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           5   0  2.69  42   0   0   4   0   74   67   24   22    6   27   36
Rollie Fingers         7   4  2.95  53   0   0  20   0   92   87   33   30    8   24   76
Bob Shirley            6  11  3.69  21  21   0   0   0  120  127   64   49   14   54   79
Dave Tomlin            1   4  3.73  43   0   0   3   0   63   64   29   26    3   19   36
Randy Jones            4   7  4.59  15  15   1   0   0   84  101   45   43    7   17   28
Dave Wehrmeister       1   2  4.70  18   1   0   0   0   31   31   17   16    3   15   14
Bob Owchinko           3   5  4.83  15  13   0   0   0   73   88   40   39    7   28   40
Tom Griffin            5   9  5.04  23  18   0   0   0  111  112   73   62   15   66   55
John D'Acquisto        1   1  5.17  12   8   0   0   0   31   28   25   18    1   38   33
Victor Bernal          1   1  5.31  15   0   0   0   0   20   23   13   12    4    9    6
Dave Freisleben        2   5  5.43  17   9   0   0   0   58   61   37   35   13   21   26
Butch Metzger          0   0  5.56  17   1   0   0   0   23   27   16   14    5   12    6
Rick Sawyer            5   5  5.61  34   8   0   0   0   87  103   58   54   13   39   35
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  1.27  46   0   0  14   0   78   64   18   11    0   27   63
Tommy Toms             0   1  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    4    7    5    1    0    2    2
Dave Heaverlo          3   1  2.28  31   0   0   0   0   59   53   23   15    9   13   33
Randy Moffitt          3   5  3.10  41   0   0   7   0   58   56   23   20    2   23   41
Bob Knepper            4   3  3.30  12  12   1   0   1   71   67   33   26    6   26   46
Ed Halicki             8   8  3.57  22  22   3   0   2  144  136   65   57   13   46  107
Charlie Williams       4   3  3.84  35   5   1   0   0   73   76   38   31    5   34   24
John Montefusco        3   8  3.84  15  14   2   0   0   82   91   48   35    8   23   64
Terry Cornutt          1   2  3.86  28   1   0   0   0   44   38   24   19    4   22   23
Jim Barr               8   7  5.10  22  22   3   0   0  138  177   84   78   10   32   60
Lynn McGlothen         2   7  5.97  13  11   2   0   0   57   64   41   38    5   33   33
John Curtis            2   3  6.09  29   9   1   0   1   58   77   40   39    4   39   26

 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   2  2.30  39   0   0   3   0   70   56   21   18    6   18   26
Butch Metzger          1   0  3.06  28   0   0   0   0   47   35   18   16    7   26   17
John Urrea             2   3  3.34  28   0   0   4   0   57   46   25   21    7   15   30
John Denny             7   2  3.61  14  14   2   0   1   85   88   38   34    7   33   32
Bob Forsch            12   4  3.76  21  21   5   0   1  139  137   67   58   15   44   53
Rawly Eastwick         2   4  3.86  18   0   0   2   0   23   29   12   10    3   12   12
Eric Rasmussen         6  10  3.87  20  20   6   0   2  135  135   61   58   15   29   68
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  4.58  37   0   0   7   0   53   59   29   27    6   24   44
Larry Dierker          2   6  4.70  10   9   0   0   0   38   40   21   20    7   15    6
Tom Underwood          2   4  4.84   7   6   0   0   0   35   40   21   19    3   19   26
Pete Falcone           4   6  5.23  20  20   1   0   1  103  111   63   60   16   45   60
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)         13
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        13
  B. Forsch (STL)          12
  D. Rau (LA)              11
  J. Andujar (HOU)         10
  R. Burris (CHI)          10
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  T. John (LA)             10
  R. Rhoden (LA)           10
  S. Rogers (MON)          10

Losses:

  J. Matlack (NY)          12
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  B. Shirley (SD)          11
  E. Rasmussen (STL)       10
  J. Reuss (PIT)           10
  P. Zachry (NY)           10
  B. Bonham (CHI)           9
  R. Burris (CHI)           9

Complete Games:

  S. Rogers (MON)          12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  T. Seaver (CIN)           9
  J. Richard (HOU)          8
  J. Brown (MON)            6
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  B. Forsch (STL)           5
  T. John (LA)              5

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          24
  R. Fingers (SD)          20
  C. Hough (LA)            19
  R. Gossage (PIT)         16
  G. Lavelle (SF)          14
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  R. Camp (ATL)            10
  G. Garber (PHI)          10
  R. Eastwick (STL)         9
  R. Reed (PHI)             9

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       194.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       182.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      166.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      164.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)       151.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)     150.0
  J. Koosman (NY)       146.2
  E. Halicki (SF)       143.2
  B. Bonham (CHI)       140.1
  B. Hooton (LA)        139.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         185
  J. Barr (SF)            177
  R. Burris (CHI)         160
  S. Rogers (MON)         160
  J. Billingham (CIN)     154
  D. Rau (LA)             149
  J. Reuss (PIT)          146
  J. Matlack (NY)         142
  S. Carlton (PHI)        141
  B. Bonham (CHI)         138

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          96
  J. Barr (SF)             84
  J. Billingham (CIN)      79
  R. Burris (CHI)          78
  T. Griffin (SD)          73
  L. Christenson (PHI)     72
  B. Bonham (CHI)          70
  J. Reuss (PIT)           70
  J. Matlack (NY)          68
  S. Rogers (MON)          68

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      18
  S. Carlton (PHI)         17
  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  F. Norman (CIN)          17
  R. Burris (CHI)          16
  P. Falcone (STL)         16
  B. Capra (ATL)           15
  B. Forsch (STL)          15
  T. Griffin (SD)          15
  J. Matlack (NY)          15

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         102
  T. Griffin (SD)          66
  J. Richard (HOU)         64
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       56
  J. Koosman (NY)          55
  F. Norman (CIN)          55
  B. Bonham (CHI)          54
  B. Shirley (SD)          54
  J. Andujar (HOU)         51
  P. Zachry (NY)           50

Strikeouts:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         146
  J. Richard (HOU)        125
  S. Rogers (MON)         125
  J. Koosman (NY)         124
  T. Seaver (CIN)         115
  S. Carlton (PHI)        108
  E. Halicki (SF)         107
  J. Matlack (NY)         100
  R. Gossage (PIT)         95
  B. Hooton (LA)           95

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