Tuesday July 27, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 27, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        51  49  2.87  100  31  14   895   766  333  285   54  270  651
Philadelphia    65  30  3.12   95  25  26   857   827  330  297   57  227  501
Los Angeles     55  43  3.53   98  27  18   891   852  375  350   68  302  461
Cincinnati      62  37  3.62   99  24  23   895   878  396  360   65  302  479
San Diego       48  52  3.64  100  30  10   896   841  407  362   63  323  394
San Francisco   43  58  3.66  101  16  16   913   917  448  371   45  343  456
St. Louis       42  53  3.69   95  16  14   862   856  403  353   66  345  430
Houston         52  50  3.74  102  20  21   917   880  440  381   51  473  506
Atlanta         44  54  3.77   98  21  17   868   846  422  364   57  334  498
Pittsburgh      53  43  3.82   96  25  24   869   861  429  369   71  281  456
Montreal        32  60  4.10   92  10  14   816   805  433  372   57  401  458
Chicago         40  58  4.44   98   9  23   872   929  490  430   80  323  481

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Norman (CIN)      9   2  2.38  21  12   6   0   3  102   79   31   27    3   41   68
Don Stanhouse (MON)    7   4  2.45  21  13   5   1   1  110   90   33   30    2   58   46
J.R. Richard (HOU)    11  11  2.59  25  25   7   0   1  187  140   66   54    9  108  123
Randy Jones (SD)      17   4  2.62  24  24  17   0   4  199  161   66   58    9   26   63
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   6  2.68  22  21   8   0   2  168  133   52   50   10   45  146
Mickey Lolich (NY)     6  10  2.71  20  19   4   0   2  120  111   50   36    4   37   97
Jon Matlack (NY)      10   5  2.74  22  22  11   0   4  164  140   57   50   12   36   97
Jim Lonborg (PHI)     12   5  2.75  20  19   6   1   1  138  130   48   42   11   32   80
Doug Rau (LA)         10   6  2.77  21  20   6   0   2  146  141   47   45   13   41   62
Pat Zachry (CIN)       8   3  2.81  24  15   4   0   1  115   93   42   36    4   46   82

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   1  1.88  11   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    3    0    5    2
Bruce Dal Canton       3   3  2.26  28   0   0   1   0   52   37   23   13    4   28   26
Max Leon               1   3  2.82  18   0   0   1   0   22   17   11    7    2   11   11
Andy Messersmith       9   9  2.90  23  22  10   1   3  164  124   61   53   11   59  117
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.06  22   0   0   1   0   32   26   13   11    0   13   26
Mike Marshall          1   1  3.08  17   0   0   6   0   26   23   11    9    3    8   11
Dick Ruthven          11   8  3.46  22  22   6   0   3  148  144   57   57    9   53   86
Phil Niekro           10   6  3.55  23  22   4   0   1  160  150   75   63   12   65  109
Roger Moret            3   3  4.71  25  10   1   1   0   71   77   38   37    7   22   29
Carl Morton            1   8  4.93  21  19   0   0   0  104  140   68   57    5   39   29
Elias Sosa             4   4  5.35  21   0   0   3   0   35   41   26   21    3   13   32
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.55  15   0   0   2   0   22   34   17   16    0    9   11
Frank Lacorte          0   4  9.18   5   3   0   0   0   17   23   18   17    1    9    9

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Bruce Sutter           1   2  2.43  26   0   0   4   0   41   30   11   11    1   13   31
Steve Stone            2   3  3.03   7   7   0   0   0   36   27   13   12    2    8   16
Darold Knowles         3   3  3.14  37   0   0   8   0   49   43   19   17    5   17   26
Ray Burris             6  11  3.86  23  22   3   0   1  140  155   73   60   12   55   64
Rick Reuschel          9   8  4.04  23  22   3   1   1  143  135   78   64   12   42   81
Steve Renko            3   5  4.27  14  14   0   0   0   78   79   43   37    8   22   48
Oscar Zamora           5   2  4.65  38   1   0   3   0   50   60   28   26    7   14   23
Paul Reuschel          1   2  4.91  36   2   0   2   0   66   77   38   36   10   27   37
Joe Coleman            0   4  5.06  17   4   0   2   0   37   34   26   21    4   19   31
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.06  25   0   0   2   0   21   32   15   12    2    9   15
Mike Garman            2   4  5.16  36   2   0   1   0   59   68   40   34    4   27   30
Bill Bonham            6   9  5.16  18  18   3   0   0  106  122   65   61    7   53   56
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
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
Fred Norman            9   2  2.38  21  12   6   0   3  102   79   31   27    3   41   68
Rawly Eastwick         7   3  2.62  43   0   0  11   0   65   60   23   19    3   18   46
Pat Zachry             8   3  2.81  24  15   4   0   1  115   93   42   36    4   46   82
Don Gullett            7   3  2.93  15  13   3   1   0   80   77   31   26    5   36   42
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.14  43   1   0   3   0   72   87   27   25    4   20   29
Gary Nolan             9   5  3.35  22  22   5   0   1  156  137   61   58   17   18   71
Santo Alcala           9   2  4.04  20  13   3   0   1   91   83   43   41    8   44   47
Will McEnaney          1   4  4.05  36   0   0   5   0   47   62   25   21    2   12   25
Jack Billingham        7   8  5.21  23  18   3   1   1  112  131   71   65   13   37   47
Pat Darcy              2   3  6.23  11   4   0   2   0   39   41   27   27    2   22   15
Rich Hinton            1   2  8.62  11   1   0   0   0   16   28   15   15    4    8    7

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bo McLaughlin          1   0  0.56   2   2   1   0   1   16   12    3    1    0    1    6
Dan Larson             1   1  1.69   2   2   1   0   0   16   12    4    3    0    5   15
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.33  43   0   0  15   0   77   65   21   20    5   20   42
J.R. Richard          11  11  2.59  25  25   7   0   1  187  140   66   54    9  108  123
Paul Siebert           0   2  3.16  19   0   0   0   0   26   29   10    9    0   18   10
Gene Pentz             3   1  3.35  25   0   0   3   0   43   40   18   16    3   20   28
Joe Niekro             4   7  3.57  24  13   0   0   0   93   90   53   37    6   49   59
Joe Sambito            0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    1    3    4
Joaquin Andujar        6   6  3.88  18  15   6   0   4   95   96   44   41    4   43   30
Larry Dierker         10   9  3.90  20  20   4   0   3  132  116   62   57    6   55   83
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Mike Cosgrove          3   4  5.04  19  16   1   0   1   86   97   56   48    6   56   33
Gilberto Rondon        2   2  5.93  12   7   0   0   0   44   57   32   29    5   28   14
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
Charlie Hough          8   4  2.37  44   0   0   8   0   84   60   24   22    5   48   54
Elias Sosa             0   3  2.53  10   0   0   1   0   11    6    4    3    0    5    6
Doug Rau              10   6  2.77  21  20   6   0   2  146  141   47   45   13   41   62
Tommy John             6   6  2.93  19  19   2   0   1  123  123   44   40    4   36   53
Rick Rhoden            9   0  3.10  19  18   7   0   2  125  115   45   43   11   37   52
Burt Hooton            6  10  3.93  20  20   5   0   2  135  129   62   59   11   37   69
Don Sutton            11   8  4.35  22  21   7   0   2  153  152   81   74   15   55   94
Mike Marshall          4   3  4.45  30   0   0   8   0   63   64   33   31    2   25   39
Stan Wall              1   2  4.62  21   0   0   1   0   37   39   20   19    5   10   20
Al Downing             0   1  8.04   9   0   0   0   0   16   23   15   14    2    8   12

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Chuck Taylor           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Don Stanhouse          7   4  2.45  21  13   5   1   1  110   90   33   30    2   58   46
Dale Murray            2   8  2.87  49   0   0  10   0   69   58   27   22    0   21   20
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.66  27   0   0   2   0   32   32   15   13    3   16   16
Steve Rogers           3  10  3.79  18  18   2   0   1  126  123   59   53    9   40   86
Woodie Fryman          8   8  4.03  19  19   0   0   0  121  131   62   54   11   45   74
Don Carrithers         5   6  4.25  22  10   2   0   0   89   94   51   42    5   54   45
Chip Lang              1   1  4.67  14   1   0   0   0   27   22   16   14    2   18   14
Steve Dunning          1   4  4.74  17   3   0   0   0   44   53   31   23    3   20   33
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.95  31   0   0   1   0   40   42   25   22    5   14   18
Clay Kirby             1   8  5.00  16  14   0   0   0   67   66   46   37    8   51   43
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.23   7   0   0   0   0    9   11    6    6    0    6    4
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
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.55  21   0   0   1   0   29   21    6    5    1    7   13
Bob Myrick             1   0  1.84  12   0   0   0   0   15   15    3    3    0    6    7
Skip Lockwood          6   4  2.30  34   0   0  10   0   59   36   17   15    4   25   63
Bob Apodaca            1   5  2.36  28   2   0   3   0   61   46   22   16    2   17   30
Nino Espinosa          0   1  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    1    0    1    2
Tom Seaver             9   6  2.68  22  21   8   0   2  168  133   52   50   10   45  146
Mickey Lolich          6  10  2.71  20  19   4   0   2  120  111   50   36    4   37   97
Jon Matlack           10   5  2.74  22  22  11   0   4  164  140   57   50   12   36   97
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   15   12    5    5    0    9    8
Jerry Koosman         11   7  3.42  21  19   6   0   0  137  128   56   52   11   42   99
Craig Swan             5   8  3.55  17  17   2   0   1  104   98   50   41    8   33   80
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        0   0  2.18  10   0   0   0   0   21   20    6    5    0    7   17
Ron Reed               8   3  2.59  35   3   1   7   0   76   64   24   22    3   18   57
Tug McGraw             5   4  2.68  35   0   0   6   0   57   54   21   17    3   20   42
Jim Lonborg           12   5  2.75  20  19   6   1   1  138  130   48   42   11   32   80
Jim Kaat              10   4  2.86  23  22   6   0   1  151  154   55   48   12   19   56
Gene Garber            4   2  3.04  34   0   0   8   0   56   51   23   19    3   20   53
Steve Carlton         11   4  3.41  21  21   9   0   2  148  130   58   56   12   42   95
Tom Underwood          6   3  3.54  20  12   1   2   0   81   79   32   32    4   29   42
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.74  18   0   0   2   0   22   22   11    9    3    7   19
Larry Christenson      9   5  3.97  19  18   2   0   0  107  123   52   47    6   33   40

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              3   5  3.00  35   1   0  10   0   51   54   23   17    1   15   22
Kent Tekulve           1   1  3.13  36   0   0   2   0   55   55   21   19    0   14   43
John Candelaria       10   4  3.33  19  18   6   1   1  130   99   54   48   17   36   84
Bruce Kison            8   6  3.38  20  19   4   0   0  120  115   58   45    9   35   54
Larry Demery           6   3  3.58  24   4   0   2   0   65   64   31   26    4   30   34
Jim Rooker             8   5  3.79  17  17   4   0   0  116  124   56   49    8   44   50
Jerry Reuss           10   5  4.19  19  18   8   1   0  133  136   72   62   14   35   67
Doc Medich             5   9  4.24  18  18   3   0   0  115  126   61   54    9   34   61
Ramon Hernandez        2   2  4.37  27   0   0   3   0   35   35   17   17    3   13   13
Dave Giusti            0   2  4.97  22   0   0   5   0   29   30   19   16    4   12   13
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          8   0  2.00  44   0   0   8   0   72   65   18   16    2   24   49
Randy Jones           17   4  2.62  24  24  17   0   4  199  161   66   58    9   26   63
Dave Freisleben        6   8  3.08  17  15   5   1   3  108  103   40   37    7   42   50
Brent Strom            9  11  3.11  25  23   6   0   1  151  127   61   52   11   55   70
Alan Foster            3   6  3.12  22  11   2   0   0   81   66   33   28    8   31   21
Dave Tomlin            0   1  4.17  31   1   0   0   0   41   40   19   19    3   13   21
Rich Folkers           2   1  4.36  25   1   0   0   0   43   49   23   21    6   16   18
Dan Spillner           2  10  4.74  30  13   0   0   0  104  115   65   55   11   53   56
Ken Reynolds           0   3  5.40  18   2   0   1   0   32   35   23   19    0   26   18
Jerry Johnson          0   1  5.63   6   1   0   0   0    8    8    5    5    0    8    8
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
Charlie Williams       1   0  1.65  30   1   0   0   0   55   38   12   10    1   25   20
Gary Lavelle           4   4  2.58  41   0   0   9   0   70   66   23   20    5   35   45
John Montefusco        9   9  2.99  23  22   5   0   3  150  133   56   50    7   48  102
Randy Moffitt          4   3  3.10  35   0   0   5   0   58   56   28   20    4   22   22
Jim Barr               9   6  3.25  23  23   4   0   2  149  160   68   54    7   36   45
Ed Halicki             9  13  4.03  23  22   7   0   4  136  130   66   61    7   49   89
Rob Dressler           2   7  4.37  13  13   0   0   0   70   82   43   34    4   24   22
Mike Caldwell          0   6  4.61  33   8   0   1   0   80  107   57   41    5   15   39
Dave Heaverlo          3   2  4.76  45   0   0   1   0   57   65   38   30    2   11   30
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
John D'Acquisto        2   5  5.31  17  10   0   0   0   63   48   39   37    3   66   35

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Wallace           2   1  2.45  32   0   0   1   0   48   40   16   13    3   26   31
Bill Greif             1   2  2.51  27   0   0   2   0   32   31   12    9    1   10   14
Al Hrabosky            5   6  2.79  43   0   0  10   0   71   65   28   22    5   25   55
John Denny             5   4  3.31  18  18   4   0   2  117  117   50   43    9   37   41
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
Lynn McGlothen         9   9  3.82  21  20   6   0   2  130  138   59   55    8   42   65
Eddie Solomon          0   0  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    5    1    8    5
Bob Forsch             5   5  3.87  21  20   0   0   0  119  127   64   51    8   48   52
Pete Falcone           6  11  3.95  20  20   4   0   0  128  114   65   56   11   56   82
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Eric Rasmussen         3   8  4.40  31   5   0   0   0   72   76   37   35    7   28   36
John Curtis            5   7  4.47  22  12   2   0   1   95   98   48   47   10   46   34

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            17
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  L. Dierker (HOU)         10
  J. Kaat (PHI)            10

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)          13
  R. Burris (CHI)          11
  P. Falcone (STL)         11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  B. Strom (SD)            11
  B. Hooton (LA)           10
  M. Lolich (NY)           10
  S. Rogers (MON)          10
  D. Spillner (SD)         10
  B. Bonham (CHI)           9

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            17
  J. Matlack (NY)          11
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  T. Seaver (NY)            8
  E. Halicki (SF)           7
  R. Rhoden (LA)            7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          15
  M. Marshall (ATL)        14
  R. Eastwick (CIN)        11
  A. Hrabosky (STL)        10
  S. Lockwood (NY)         10
  B. Moose (PIT)           10
  D. Murray (MON)          10
  G. Lavelle (SF)           9
  G. Garber (PHI)           8
  C. Hough (LA)             8

Shutouts:

  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          3
  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  J. Montefusco (SF)        3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          3

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         199.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      187.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        168.0
  A. Messersmith (ATL)  164.1
  J. Matlack (NY)       164.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)       159.2
  G. Nolan (CIN)        155.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        153.0
  J. Kaat (PHI)         151.0
  B. Strom (SD)         150.2

Hits:

  R. Jones (SD)           161
  J. Barr (SF)            160
  R. Burris (CHI)         155
  J. Kaat (PHI)           154
  D. Sutton (LA)          152
  P. Niekro (ATL)         150
  D. Ruthven (ATL)        144
  D. Rau (LA)             141
  J. Matlack (NY)         140
  C. Morton (ATL)         140

Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           81
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        78
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  R. Burris (CHI)          73
  J. Reuss (PIT)           72
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  J. Barr (SF)             68
  C. Morton (ATL)          68
  E. Halicki (SF)          66
  R. Jones (SD)            66

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      17
  G. Nolan (CIN)           17
  D. Sutton (LA)           15
  J. Reuss (PIT)           14
  J. Billingham (CIN)      13
  D. Rau (LA)              13
  R. Burris (CHI)          12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  J. Kaat (PHI)            12
  J. Matlack (NY)          12

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        108
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       66
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     59
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       58
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        56
  P. Falcone (STL)         56
  R. Burris (CHI)          55
  L. Dierker (HOU)         55
  B. Strom (SD)            55

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          146
  J. Richard (HOU)        123
  A. Messersmith (ATL)    117
  P. Niekro (ATL)         109
  J. Montefusco (SF)      102
  J. Koosman (NY)          99
  M. Lolich (NY)           97
  J. Matlack (NY)          97
  S. Carlton (PHI)         95
  D. Sutton (LA)           94

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