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1977 National League Pitching Leaders
1976 NL
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1978 NL
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1977 AL
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1977 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Candelaria
(PIT)
2.341
2.
Seaver
(TOT)
2.583
3.
Hooton
(LAD)
2.619
4.
Carlton
(PHI)
2.640
5.
John
(LAD)
2.778
6.
Reuschel
(CHC)
2.786
7.
Richard
(HOU)
2.966
8.
Niekro
(HOU)
3.039
9.
Rooker
(PIT)
3.083
10.
Rogers
(MON)
3.103
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Carlton
(PHI)
23
2.
Seaver
(TOT)
21
3.
Reuschel
(CHC)
20
Forsch
(STL)
20
Candelaria
(PIT)
20
John
(LAD)
20
7.
Christenson
(PHI)
19
8.
Richard
(HOU)
18
9.
Rogers
(MON)
17
10.
Halicki
(SFG)
16
Rhoden
(LAD)
16
Niekro
(ATL)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Candelaria
(PIT)
.800
2.
Seaver
(TOT)
.778
3.
Christenson
(PHI)
.760
4.
Forsch
(STL)
.741
John
(LAD)
.741
6.
Carlton
(PHI)
.697
7.
Reuschel
(CHC)
.667
8.
Rau
(LAD)
.636
Sutton
(LAD)
.636
10.
Hooton
(LAD)
.632
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Seaver
(TOT)
1.014
2.
Candelaria
(PIT)
1.071
3.
Hooton
(LAD)
1.093
4.
Carlton
(PHI)
1.124
5.
Sutton
(LAD)
1.148
6.
Rogers
(MON)
1.170
7.
Richard
(HOU)
1.184
8.
Halicki
(SFG)
1.207
9.
Niekro
(HOU)
1.212
10.
Espinosa
(NYM)
1.215
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Seaver
(TOT)
6.853
2.
Richard
(HOU)
7.146
3.
Carlton
(PHI)
7.283
4.
Hooton
(LAD)
7.415
5.
Candelaria
(PIT)
7.686
6.
Niekro
(HOU)
7.721
7.
Koosman
(NYM)
7.743
8.
Sutton
(LAD)
7.752
9.
Twitchell
(TOT)
8.090
10.
Rogers
(MON)
8.115
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Candelaria
(PIT)
1.951
2.
John
(LAD)
2.042
3.
Rau
(LAD)
2.077
4.
Barr
(SFG)
2.151
5.
Lemongello
(HOU)
2.180
6.
Seaver
(TOT)
2.273
7.
Matlack
(NYM)
2.290
8.
Rogers
(MON)
2.417
9.
Hooton
(LAD)
2.418
10.
Rasmussen
(STL)
2.434
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Koosman
(NYM)
7.624
2.
Richard
(HOU)
7.213
3.
Niekro
(ATL)
7.138
4.
Seaver
(TOT)
6.750
5.
Matlack
(NYM)
6.550
6.
Norman
(CIN)
6.506
7.
Twitchell
(TOT)
6.336
8.
Carlton
(PHI)
6.297
9.
Hooton
(LAD)
6.166
10.
Rogers
(MON)
6.146
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fingers
(SDP)
78
2.
Tomlin
(SDP)
76
Spillner
(SDP)
76
4.
Metzger
(TOT)
75
5.
Lavelle
(SFG)
73
Borbon
(CIN)
73
7.
Tekulve
(PIT)
72
Gossage
(PIT)
72
9.
Hough
(LAD)
70
10.
Reuschel
(CHC)
69
McEnaney
(MON)
69
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fingers
(SDP)
35
2.
Sutter
(CHC)
31
3.
Gossage
(PIT)
26
4.
Hough
(LAD)
22
5.
Lavelle
(SFG)
20
Lockwood
(NYM)
20
7.
Garber
(PHI)
19
8.
Borbon
(CIN)
18
9.
Reed
(PHI)
15
10.
Campbell
(ATL)
13
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
330.1
2.
Rogers
(MON)
301.2
3.
Carlton
(PHI)
283.0
4.
Richard
(HOU)
267.0
5.
Seaver
(TOT)
261.1
6.
Halicki
(SFG)
257.2
7.
Reuschel
(CHC)
252.0
8.
Sutton
(LAD)
240.1
9.
Barr
(SFG)
234.1
10.
Rasmussen
(STL)
233.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
262
2.
Richard
(HOU)
214
3.
Rogers
(MON)
206
4.
Carlton
(PHI)
198
5.
Seaver
(TOT)
196
6.
Koosman
(NYM)
192
7.
Halicki
(SFG)
168
8.
Reuschel
(CHC)
166
9.
Norman
(CIN)
160
10.
Hooton
(LAD)
153
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
43
2.
Rogers
(MON)
40
3.
Burris
(CHC)
39
4.
Barr
(SFG)
38
5.
Halicki
(SFG)
37
Reuschel
(CHC)
37
7.
Carlton
(PHI)
36
Richard
(HOU)
36
9.
Shirley
(SDP)
35
Forsch
(STL)
35
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
20
2.
Seaver
(TOT)
19
3.
Rogers
(MON)
17
Carlton
(PHI)
17
5.
Richard
(HOU)
13
6.
John
(LAD)
11
Rasmussen
(STL)
11
8.
Niekro
(HOU)
9
Sutton
(LAD)
9
10.
Forsch
(STL)
8
Norman
(CIN)
8
Reuschel
(CHC)
8
Reuss
(PIT)
8
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Seaver
(TOT)
7
2.
Rogers
(MON)
4
Reuschel
(CHC)
4
4.
Richard
(HOU)
3
Matlack
(NYM)
3
John
(LAD)
3
Rasmussen
(STL)
3
Sutton
(LAD)
3
9.
Knepper
(SFG)
2
Rooker
(PIT)
2
Brown
(MON)
2
Moskau
(CIN)
2
Niekro
(HOU)
2
Niekro
(ATL)
2
Reuss
(PIT)
2
Hooton
(LAD)
2
Halicki
(SFG)
2
Barr
(SFG)
2
Billingham
(CIN)
2
Owchinko
(SDP)
2
Rau
(LAD)
2
Carlton
(PHI)
2
Ruthven
(ATL)
2
Forsch
(STL)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Burris
(CHC)
29
Candelaria
(PIT)
29
3.
Norman
(CIN)
28
Capra
(ATL)
28
5.
Halicki
(SFG)
27
6.
Niekro
(ATL)
26
7.
Kison
(PIT)
25
Carlton
(PHI)
25
9.
Rooker
(PIT)
24
Rasmussen
(STL)
24
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
164
2.
Richard
(HOU)
104
3.
Shirley
(SDP)
100
4.
Norman
(CIN)
98
5.
Carlton
(PHI)
89
6.
Griffin
(SDP)
88
7.
Stanhouse
(MON)
84
8.
Bonham
(CHC)
82
9.
Koosman
(NYM)
81
Rogers
(MON)
81
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
315
2.
Barr
(SFG)
286
3.
Rogers
(MON)
272
4.
Burris
(CHC)
270
5.
Halicki
(SFG)
241
6.
Lemongello
(HOU)
237
7.
Reuschel
(CHC)
233
8.
Rau
(LAD)
232
9.
Carlton
(PHI)
229
Christenson
(PHI)
229
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Seaver
(TOT)
2.970
2.
Matlack
(NYM)
2.861
3.
Candelaria
(PIT)
2.660
4.
Rau
(LAD)
2.571
5.
Hooton
(LAD)
2.550
6.
Rogers
(MON)
2.543
7.
John
(LAD)
2.460
8.
Halicki
(SFG)
2.400
9.
Koosman
(NYM)
2.370
10.
Reuschel
(CHC)
2.243
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Reuschel
(CHC)
.464
2.
Reuss
(PIT)
.476
3.
Rogers
(MON)
.477
4.
John
(LAD)
.490
5.
Hooton
(LAD)
.564
6.
Richard
(HOU)
.607
7.
Bonham
(CHC)
.629
8.
Rau
(LAD)
.636
9.
Seaver
(TOT)
.654
10.
Koosman
(NYM)
.675
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Koosman
(NYM)
20
Niekro
(ATL)
20
3.
Shirley
(SDP)
18
4.
Rasmussen
(STL)
17
5.
Burris
(CHC)
16
Barr
(SFG)
16
Rogers
(MON)
16
8.
Matlack
(NYM)
15
9.
Lemongello
(HOU)
14
Krukow
(CHC)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
148
2.
Barr
(SFG)
124
3.
Burris
(CHC)
116
4.
Kison
(PIT)
105
5.
Rogers
(MON)
104
Bonham
(CHC)
104
7.
Christenson
(PHI)
99
8.
Kaat
(PHI)
96
9.
Lerch
(PHI)
95
Reuss
(PIT)
95
Halicki
(SFG)
95
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
17
2.
Rogers
(MON)
14
3.
Norman
(CIN)
11
Reuss
(PIT)
11
5.
Sawyer
(SDP)
10
6.
Reuschel
(CHC)
9
Pentz
(HOU)
9
Larson
(HOU)
9
Forsch
(STL)
9
10.
Burris
(CHC)
8
Capilla
(TOT)
8
Hough
(LAD)
8
Hernandez
(CHC)
8
Rooker
(PIT)
8
Lerch
(PHI)
8
Camp
(ATL)
8
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Billingham
(CIN)
10
2.
Leon
(ATL)
9
3.
Niekro
(ATL)
8
4.
Christenson
(PHI)
7
Sawyer
(SDP)
7
Hough
(LAD)
7
Halicki
(SFG)
7
8.
Rau
(LAD)
6
McLaughlin
(HOU)
6
Kison
(PIT)
6
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niekro
(ATL)
1428
2.
Rogers
(MON)
1235
3.
Carlton
(PHI)
1135
4.
Richard
(HOU)
1092
5.
Halicki
(SFG)
1076
6.
Seaver
(TOT)
1031
7.
Reuschel
(CHC)
1030
8.
Barr
(SFG)
1011
9.
Sutton
(LAD)
979
10.
Burris
(CHC)
970
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fingers
(SDP)
69
2.
Gossage
(PIT)
55
3.
Borbon
(CIN)
54
4.
Hough
(LAD)
53
5.
Lockwood
(NYM)
50
6.
Lavelle
(SFG)
49
7.
Sutter
(CHC)
48
8.
Garber
(PHI)
44
9.
Hrabosky
(STL)
39
10.
Eastwick
(TOT)
38
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Candelaria
(PIT)
169
2.
Reuschel
(CHC)
157
3.
Carlton
(PHI)
153
4.
Seaver
(TOT)
150
5.
Hooton
(LAD)
146
6.
John
(LAD)
138
7.
Rooker
(PIT)
128
8.
Rogers
(MON)
122
9.
Sutton
(LAD)
121
10.
Richard
(HOU)
120
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