Wednesday May 19, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 19, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Texas           19  11  3.17   30  13   4   276   247  110   97   22   81  140
Baltimore       16  14  3.22   30   6   5   274   247  113   98   16  119   98
New York        19  10  3.32   29  10  10   271   222  109  100   16   99  140
Detroit         13  15  3.32   28   6   5   252   233  110   93   17  102  138
Kansas City     19  10  3.33   29   5   8   265   259  107   98   16   96  141
Cleveland       13  17  3.42   30   4   6   274   253  124  104   14  113  169
Oakland         15  18  3.79   33   5   5   304   297  153  128   21  100  152
Milwaukee       11  14  3.97   25   2   7   220   201  113   97   11   93  104
California      13  23  4.00   36  10   4   322   302  171  143   23  131  229
Boston          13  16  4.24   29   8   2   257   282  140  121   26   89  124
Minnesota       16  14  4.29   30   4   5   273   280  148  130   18  132  165
Chicago         11  16  4.44   27   9   4   237   245  137  117   14   93  153

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad (OAK)    2   0  1.69  15   0   0   0   0   32   20    8    6    1    4   11
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Bill Travers (MIL)     2   2  2.38   6   6   0   0   0   34   35   13    9    0   13   25
Ken Holtzman (BAL)     3   2  2.45   8   8   3   0   1   59   50   18   16    1   22   13
Ross Grimsley (BAL)    1   2  2.51   6   3   0   0   0   32   28   14    9    3   12    9
Luis Tiant (BOS)       5   2  2.57   7   7   2   0   1   49   50   23   14    6   16   23
Bill Campbell (MIN)    5   1  2.73  14   0   0   3   0   33   28   10   10    0   20   21
Al Fitzmorris (KC)     5   0  2.86   7   7   3   0   0   44   50   17   14    1    7   20
Jim Kern (CLE)         1   2  2.87  10   1   0   1   0   31   21   16   10    0   18   35
Jackie Brown (CLE)     3   1  2.93   7   4   1   0   1   40   39   16   13    5   13   22

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   1  1.17   6   0   0   2   0    8    6    1    1    0    1    5
Wayne Garland          2   0  1.42   9   0   0   1   0   25   15    5    4    0    7   12
Doyle Alexander        1   1  1.80   5   1   0   0   0   25   15    6    5    0   14    8
Ken Holtzman           3   2  2.45   8   8   3   0   1   59   50   18   16    1   22   13
Ross Grimsley          1   2  2.51   6   3   0   0   0   32   28   14    9    3   12    9
Jim Palmer             5   4  3.53  10  10   3   0   1   71   66   31   28    6   32   29
Mike Flanagan          0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    5    7
Dyar Miller            1   1  4.38  10   0   0   2   0   12   15    7    6    1    5    6
Mike Cuellar           2   3  7.11   8   8   0   0   0   32   46   27   25    4   21    9

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Luis Tiant             5   2  2.57   7   7   2   0   1   49   50   23   14    6   16   23
Reggie Cleveland       1   0  2.77   8   0   0   0   0   26   24    8    8    0   12    9
Dick Pole              1   1  2.93   6   2   0   0   0   28   23    9    9    2   13    9
Jim Willoughby         1   1  3.06  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    9    6    1    7    8
Fergie Jenkins         3   5  3.56   8   8   5   0   1   61   57   25   24    6   14   41
Rick Jones             0   0  5.19   4   0   0   0   0    9   12    5    5    0    4    4
Tom House              1   1  5.73  10   0   0   1   0   11   10    7    7    1    4    6
Rick Wise              1   3  6.62   7   7   1   0   0   34   54   27   25    3    6   14
Bill Lee               0   3  9.27   5   5   0   0   0   22   33   27   23    7   13   10

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             3   0  1.08  11   0   0   1   0   17   15    3    2    0    4   13
Paul Hartzell          0   1  3.14  12   0   0   2   0   29   27   12   10    1    8   11
Frank Tanana           4   3  3.19   9   9   5   0   0   68   53   30   24    9   21   63
Gary Ross              0   5  3.52   7   6   0   0   0   38   44   20   15    3   10   26
Nolan Ryan             3   4  3.74   9   9   4   0   1   65   39   29   27    2   46   79
Mickey Scott           0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    0    2    1
Sid Monge              1   1  4.26   8   2   0   0   0   19   19    9    9    2   12    1
Don Kirkwood           1   3  5.26   7   7   1   0   0   38   45   24   22    2   10   15
Andy Hassler           0   3  5.91   4   3   0   0   0   21   25   18   14    1    7    7
Dick Drago             1   3  7.02  13   0   0   1   0   17   21   15   13    1    5    9
Steve Dunning          0   0  7.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    9    9    5    2    6    4

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Clay Carroll           1   1  2.63   7   0   0   2   0   24   20   10    7    0    8   13
Rich Gossage           1   3  3.07   6   5   3   0   0   44   31   17   15    3   17   38
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Terry Forster          1   1  4.91   5   5   0   0   0   26   35   15   14    1   10   22
Pete Vuckovich         1   1  4.91   6   2   0   0   0   18   19   10   10    2   11   11
Dave Hamilton          1   2  5.63   7   1   0   2   0   16   19   10   10    1    9   14
Francisco Barrios      0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    4    4    0    1    4
Bart Johnson           2   4  7.79   6   6   1   0   1   32   40   29   28    2   12   12
Jack Kucek             0   0  9.64   2   0   0   0   0    5    9    5    5    2    4    2
Jesse Jefferson        0   1 13.50   1   1   0   0   0    5    5    7    7    0    8    3

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Waits             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    2    1
Tom Buskey             2   2  1.45   9   0   0   0   0   19   10    3    3    1    8    8
Stan Thomas            0   0  1.93   8   0   0   1   0   14    9    5    3    0   11   11
Dave LaRoche           0   1  2.70  12   0   0   3   0   20   13    6    6    0   13   20
Jim Kern               1   2  2.87  10   1   0   1   0   31   21   16   10    0   18   35
Jackie Brown           3   1  2.93   7   4   1   0   1   40   39   16   13    5   13   22
Pat Dobson             3   4  3.46   7   7   2   0   0   42   39   20   16    2   10   17
Don Hood               1   2  3.54  10   1   0   1   0   20   28    8    8    2    7    8
Dennis Eckersley       2   2  3.67   6   6   1   0   1   27   16   12   11    2   14   25
Fritz Peterson         0   3  4.81   7   7   0   0   0   39   48   23   21    2    6   14
Jim Bibby              1   0  6.75   6   4   0   0   0   17   26   15   13    0   11    8

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych           1   0  0.90   3   1   1   0   0   10    5    1    1    0    1    6
Steve Grilli           1   1  2.30   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    4    1   12    7
Bill Laxton            0   1  2.66   5   0   0   2   0   24   15    9    7    4    6   17
Jim Crawford           0   2  3.12   4   0   0   0   0    9   10    3    3    0    3    7
Vern Ruhle             3   0  3.23   6   6   1   0   0   39   35   14   14    4   13   18
Dave Roberts           3   2  3.27   6   6   3   0   1   44   33   18   16    4   12   17
John Hiller            1   3  3.47  13   0   0   3   0   23   23   11    9    2   13   21
Ray Bare               2   3  3.53   7   7   1   0   1   43   45   21   17    2   17   21
Joe Coleman            2   3  4.47   8   8   0   0   0   44   49   26   22    0   25   24

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hall               1   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    1    0    0    0    1    3
Ray Sadecki            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    0    0    0    3    1
Mark Littell           2   0  1.00  10   0   0   2   0   18    9    3    2    0   10   20
Marty Pattin           1   4  2.65  13   0   0   3   0   17   13    5    5    2    4   13
Al Fitzmorris          5   0  2.86   7   7   3   0   0   44   50   17   14    1    7   20
Doug Bird              3   1  2.95  12   3   0   2   0   37   34   12   12    2   12   18
Steve Mingori          1   0  3.24   7   0   0   1   0    8    9    3    3    0    1    2
Dennis Leonard         2   1  3.74   6   6   1   0   0   46   48   19   19    4   14   30
Steve Busby            1   1  3.82   5   5   1   0   0   31   26   17   13    1   20   10
Paul Splittorff        3   3  4.61   9   8   0   0   0   53   61   28   27    6   18   21
Bob McClure            0   0 11.57   5   0   0   0   0    2    1    3    3    0    6    3

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers           2   2  2.38   6   6   0   0   0   34   35   13    9    0   13   25
Bill Castro            0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0   12    7    4    4    1    3    6
Jim Slaton             5   1  3.41   8   8   2   0   2   61   53   24   23    3   18   26
Jim Colborn            2   4  3.65   7   7   0   0   0   37   34   19   15    2   10   17
Jerry Augustine        0   1  4.50   7   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    2    0    4
Bill Champion          0   0  4.61   7   0   0   0   0   14   15    8    7    0    9    6
Pete Broberg           1   2  5.03   4   4   0   0   0   20   17   13   11    0   16    4
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   3  5.12  15   0   0   7   0   19   13   13   11    1   13   12
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Tom Murphy             0   1  6.92  10   0   0   0   0   13   15   12   10    1    7    3
Ray Sadecki            0   0 18.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    1    1    0

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          2   0  1.06  10   0   0   0   0   17   14    3    2    1    6    4
Bill Campbell          5   1  2.73  14   0   0   3   0   33   28   10   10    0   20   21
Bert Blyleven          3   3  3.30   9   9   2   0   0   71   79   30   26    3   26   55
Mike Pazik             0   0  4.26   3   0   0   0   0    6    9    5    3    0    3    5
Jim Hughes             0   3  4.84   5   4   0   0   0   22   24   17   12    4    8   12
Dave Goltz             2   2  5.12   8   8   2   0   0   51   54   32   29    3   19   31
Vic Albury             1   1  5.59   5   0   0   0   0   10   13    8    6    0    4    1
Steve Luebber          0   1  5.82  10   0   0   2   0   22   17   14   14    4    8   10
Joe Decker             2   3  6.06   8   8   0   0   0   36   39   25   24    2   35   24
Pete Redfern           1   0  7.20   1   1   0   0   0    5    3    4    4    1    3    2

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Brett              0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    1
Tippy Martinez         1   0  0.93   5   0   0   1   0   10    6    1    1    0    5    7
Sparky Lyle            3   1  1.67  14   0   0   7   0   27   19    7    5    0    9   15
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.65  10   0   0   1   0   17   17    5    5    0    7   15
Ed Figueroa            3   2  3.22   7   7   3   0   1   50   50   21   18    0   20   23
Dock Ellis             4   1  3.45   7   7   1   0   0   44   38   17   17    2   24   17
Rudy May               3   1  3.83   6   6   0   0   0   40   27   20   17    5   18   20
Catfish Hunter         3   5  4.04   9   9   6   0   1   78   61   36   35    9   15   41
Dave Pagan             0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    1    1

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          2   0  1.69  15   0   0   0   0   32   20    8    6    1    4   11
Vida Blue              3   4  3.13   9   9   3   0   0   63   66   29   22    2   20   34
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  3.20   5   4   0   0   0   25   27   10    9    1    5   13
Mike Torrez            4   4  3.32  10  10   1   0   0   65   50   30   24    5   30   31
Jim Todd               2   4  3.51  17   0   0   2   0   26   24   13   10    1   15    8
Dick Bosman            0   0  3.60   4   1   0   0   0   15   18    6    6    0    3    4
Rollie Fingers         2   3  4.28  17   0   0   3   0   27   27   15   13    2    8   25
Glenn Abbott           0   1  6.39   5   1   0   0   0   13   15   10    9    2    3    3
Paul Mitchell          1   1  6.75   4   4   1   0   0   17   25   15   13    3    3   13
Mike Norris            0   1  7.20   8   4   0   0   0   20   25   17   16    4    9   10

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Terpko            1   1  0.93   4   0   0   0   0   10    6    1    1    1    5    4
Steve Foucault         3   1  1.10  10   0   0   2   0   16   12    3    2    1    3    7
Steve Hargan           1   1  1.93   6   0   0   0   0   14    8    4    3    1    8   10
Gaylord Perry          4   2  3.10   7   7   5   0   0   61   55   21   21    4   12   33
Steve Barr             1   2  3.28   4   3   2   0   0   25   18   10    9    3   11    7
Nelson Briles          3   1  3.30   6   6   2   0   0   46   46   19   17    6    7   23
Bill Singer            3   0  3.33   7   7   2   0   1   46   38   20   17    3   19   24
Jim Umbarger           3   3  3.69   7   7   2   0   0   46   52   24   19    2   11   24
Joe Hoerner            0   0  3.86   8   0   0   2   0    5    1    2    2    0    4    3
Stan Perzanowski       0   0  8.10   3   0   0   0   0    7   11    6    6    1    1    5

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League Leaders

Wins:

  B. Campbell (MIN)         5
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  J. Slaton (MIL)           5
  L. Tiant (BOS)            5
  D. Ellis (NY)             4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  M. Torrez (OAK)           4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4

Losses:

  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  G. Ross (CAL)             5
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  J. Colborn (MIL)          4
  P. Dobson (CLE)           4
  B. Johnson (CHI)          4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  M. Pattin (KC)            4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            6
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  V. Blue (OAK)             3
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  R. Gossage (CHI)          3

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         3
  R. Fingers (OAK)          3
  J. Hiller (DET)           3
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          3
  M. Pattin (KC)            3
  D. Bird (KC)              2
  C. Carroll (CHI)          2
  S. Foucault (TEX)         2

Shutouts:

  J. Slaton (MIL)           2
  R. Bare (DET)             1
  J. Brown (CLE)            1
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        1
  E. Figueroa (NY)          1
  K. Holtzman (BAL)         1
  C. Hunter (NY)            1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          1
  B. Johnson (CHI)          1
  J. Palmer (BAL)           1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)         78.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        71.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      71.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        67.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          65.0
  M. Torrez (OAK)        65.0
  V. Blue (OAK)          63.1
  G. Perry (TEX)         61.0
  F. Jenkins (BOS)       60.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)        60.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        79
  V. Blue (OAK)            66
  J. Palmer (BAL)          66
  C. Hunter (NY)           61
  P. Splittorff (KC)       61
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         57
  G. Perry (TEX)           55
  D. Goltz (MIN)           54
  R. Wise (BOS)            54
  J. Slaton (MIL)          53

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           36
  D. Goltz (MIN)           32
  J. Palmer (BAL)          31
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        30
  F. Tanana (CAL)          30
  M. Torrez (OAK)          30
  V. Blue (OAK)            29
  B. Johnson (CHI)         29
  N. Ryan (CAL)            29
  P. Splittorff (KC)       28

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  N. Briles (TEX)           6
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  J. Brown (CLE)            5
  R. May (NY)               5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  J. Palmer (BAL)          32
  M. Torrez (OAK)          30
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        26
  J. Coleman (DET)         25
  D. Ellis (NY)            24
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        22
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21
  F. Tanana (CAL)          21

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            79
  F. Tanana (CAL)          63
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        55
  C. Hunter (NY)           41
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         41
  R. Gossage (CHI)         38
  J. Kern (CLE)            35
  V. Blue (OAK)            34
  G. Perry (TEX)           33
  D. Goltz (MIN)           31


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