Thursday May 20, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 20, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       16  14  3.22   30   6   5   274   247  113   98   16  119   98
Texas           19  12  3.26   31  13   4   285   254  116  103   22   87  145
Detroit         13  15  3.32   28   6   5   252   233  110   93   17  102  138
Kansas City     20  10  3.35   30   5   9   274   265  111  102   18   97  147
Cleveland       13  17  3.42   30   4   6   274   253  124  104   14  113  169
New York        19  11  3.47   30  10  10   280   236  117  108   19  104  144
Oakland         15  19  3.90   34   5   5   312   312  161  135   21  102  158
California      14  23  3.97   37  10   5   331   309  174  146   23  133  236
Milwaukee       11  14  3.97   25   2   7   220   201  113   97   11   93  104
Boston          14  16  4.13   30   8   3   266   292  142  122   26   91  125
Minnesota       16  15  4.26   31   4   5   281   287  151  133   18  134  168
Chicago         12  16  4.35   28  10   4   246   252  139  119   14   93  161

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Paul Lindblad (OAK)    2   0  2.25  16   0   0   0   0   32   22   10    8    1    4   11
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
Rich Gossage (CHI)     2   3  2.89   7   6   4   0   0   53   38   19   17    3   17   46

 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       2   0  2.93   9   0   0   0   0   28   27    9    9    0   12   10
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
Tom House              1   1  5.11  11   0   0   2   0   12   10    7    7    1    5    6
Rick Jones             0   0  5.19   4   0   0   0   0    9   12    5    5    0    4    4
Rick Wise              1   3  6.62   7   7   1   0   0   34   54   27   25    3    6   14
Bill Lee               0   3  7.31   6   6   0   0   0   28   40   28   23    7   14   10

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             3   0  0.96  12   0   0   2   0   19   16    3    2    0    4   16
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              1   5  3.57   8   7   0   0   0   45   50   23   18    3   12   30
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           2   3  2.89   7   6   4   0   0   53   38   19   17    3   17   46
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  0.93  11   0   0   3   0   19   10    3    2    0   10   23
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
Steve Mingori          1   0  3.00   8   0   0   1   0    9    9    3    3    0    1    3
Doug Bird              4   1  3.30  13   4   0   2   0   44   39   16   16    4   13   20
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  0.86  11   0   0   0   0   21   15    3    2    1    7    6
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   1  7.00   2   2   0   0   0    9    9    7    7    1    4    3

 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
Sparky Lyle            3   1  1.67  14   0   0   7   0   27   19    7    5    0    9   15
Tippy Martinez         1   0  1.86   6   0   0   1   0   10    8    2    2    1    5    7
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.55  11   0   0   1   0   18   18    5    5    0    8   15
Ed Figueroa            3   3  3.30   8   8   3   0   1   57   57   24   21    1   24   25
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  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    2    2    2    0    1    3
Ron Guidry             0   0 108.0   1   0   0   0   0    0    4    4    4    1    0    0

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          2   0  2.25  16   0   0   0   0   32   22   10    8    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  4.18  18   0   0   3   0   28   28   15   13    2    9   26
Paul Mitchell          1   2  6.46   5   5   1   0   0   24   34   20   17    3    4   18
Glenn Abbott           0   1  6.59   6   1   0   0   0   14   18   11   10    2    3    3
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  0.98  11   0   0   2   0   18   13    3    2    1    4    8
Steve Hargan           1   1  1.93   6   0   0   0   0   14    8    4    3    1    8   10
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
Gaylord Perry          4   3  3.57   8   8   5   0   0   68   61   27   27    4   17   37
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. Bird (KC)              4
  D. Ellis (NY)             4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  M. Torrez (OAK)           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
  R. Gossage (CHI)          4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  V. Blue (OAK)             3
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        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. Littell (KC)           3
  M. Pattin (KC)            3
  D. Bird (KC)              2
  J. Brewer (CAL)           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
  G. Perry (TEX)         68.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        67.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          65.0
  M. Torrez (OAK)        65.0
  V. Blue (OAK)          63.1
  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
  G. Perry (TEX)           61
  P. Splittorff (KC)       61
  E. Figueroa (NY)         57
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         57
  D. Goltz (MIN)           54
  R. Wise (BOS)            54

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
  B. Lee (BOS)             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
  E. Figueroa (NY)         24
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        22
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            79
  F. Tanana (CAL)          63
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        55
  R. Gossage (CHI)         46
  C. Hunter (NY)           41
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         41
  G. Perry (TEX)           37
  J. Kern (CLE)            35
  V. Blue (OAK)            34
  D. Goltz (MIN)           31

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