Friday May 21, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 21, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Texas           20  12  3.22   32  14   4   294   258  118  105   22   89  149
Detroit         13  16  3.25   29   6   5   260   237  118   94   18  111  147
Kansas City     21  10  3.28   31   6   9   283   269  112  103   18  100  151
Baltimore       17  14  3.28   31   6   5   283   255  118  103   17  123  102
Cleveland       13  18  3.37   31   5   6   283   260  128  106   15  116  174
New York        20  11  3.42   31  10  10   292   251  122  111   19  105  149
Milwaukee       12  14  3.90   26   3   7   229   205  116   99   11   97  110
Oakland         15  20  3.97   35   5   5   320   324  167  141   21  102  159
California      14  24  3.99   38  10   5   339   319  179  150   24  135  242
Boston          14  17  4.12   31   8   3   278   307  148  127   26   92  126
Chicago         13  16  4.19   29  10   5   255   256  139  119   14   98  166
Minnesota       16  16  4.29   32   4   5   290   301  156  138   19  135  169

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle (NY)       4   1  1.42  15   0   0   7   0   32   26    7    5    0   10   17
Doyle Alexander (BAL)  2   1  1.91   6   1   0   0   0   33   19    8    7    1   15   12
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)     3   2  2.30   7   7   1   0   0   43   39   16   11    0   17   31
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
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
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        2   1  1.91   6   1   0   0   0   33   19    8    7    1   15   12
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
Mike Flanagan          0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    5    7
Jim Palmer             5   4  3.86  11  11   3   0   1   72   70   34   31    6   35   29
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
Jim Willoughby         1   2  2.75  12   0   0   1   0   20   22   10    6    1    7    8
Luis Tiant             5   2  2.91   8   8   2   0   1   56   59   27   18    6   17   24
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
Fergie Jenkins         3   5  3.56   8   8   5   0   1   61   57   25   24    6   14   41
Tom House              1   1  4.70  12   0   0   2   0   15   13    8    8    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  2.93  13   0   0   2   0   31   29   12   10    1    9   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  4.19   9   2   0   0   0   19   19    9    9    2   12    1
Don Kirkwood           1   4  5.53   8   8   1   0   0   42   52   29   26    3   11   19
Andy Hassler           0   3  5.91   4   3   0   0   0   21   25   18   14    1    7    7
Dick Drago             1   3  6.62  14   0   0   1   0   18   22   15   13    1    5   11
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
Ken Brett              1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    5    1    0    0    0    5    1
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Clay Carroll           1   1  2.25   8   0   0   3   0   28   23   10    7    0    8   17
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   5  3.20   8   8   3   0   0   51   46   24   18    3   13   22
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  2.32   6   0   0   2   0   31   16   11    8    4   13   26
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   4  3.48   8   8   1   0   1   44   48   27   17    3   19   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
Dennis Leonard         3   1  3.29   7   7   2   0   0   55   52   20   20    4   17   34
Doug Bird              4   1  3.30  13   4   0   2   0   44   39   16   16    4   13   20
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           3   2  2.30   7   7   1   0   0   43   39   16   11    0   17   31
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  0.83  12   0   0   0   0   22   17    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  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    9    5    3    0    3    5
Dave Goltz             2   2  5.12   8   8   2   0   0   51   54   32   29    3   19   31
Steve Luebber          0   1  5.32  11   0   0   2   0   24   19   14   14    4    8   11
Jim Hughes             0   4  5.46   6   5   0   0   0   28   34   22   17    5    9   12
Vic Albury             1   1  5.59   5   0   0   0   0   10   13    8    6    0    4    1
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            4   1  1.42  15   0   0   7   0   32   26    7    5    0   10   17
Dave Pagan             0   0  1.80   4   0   0   0   0   10    6    3    2    0    1    6
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
Rudy May               3   1  3.83   6   6   0   0   0   40   27   20   17    5   18   20
Dock Ellis             4   1  3.97   8   8   1   0   0   45   42   21   20    2   24   17
Catfish Hunter         3   5  4.04   9   9   6   0   1   78   61   36   35    9   15   41
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
Dick Bosman            0   0  3.00   5   1   0   0   0   18   20    6    6    0    3    5
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
Vida Blue              3   5  3.69  10  10   3   0   0   68   76   35   28    2   20   34
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
Nelson Briles          4   1  3.09   7   7   3   0   0   55   50   21   19    6    9   27
Steve Barr             1   2  3.28   4   3   2   0   0   25   18   10    9    3   11    7
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
  N. Briles (TEX)           4
  D. Ellis (NY)             4
  S. Lyle (NY)              4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4

Losses:

  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  P. Dobson (CLE)           5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  G. Ross (CAL)             5
  R. Bare (DET)             4
  J. Colborn (MIL)          4
  J. Hughes (MIN)           4
  B. Johnson (CHI)          4
  D. Kirkwood (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
  N. Briles (TEX)           3
  P. Dobson (CLE)           3

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         3
  C. Carroll (CHI)          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

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)        72.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      71.0
  V. Blue (OAK)          68.1
  G. Perry (TEX)         68.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        67.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          65.0
  M. Torrez (OAK)        65.0
  F. Jenkins (BOS)       60.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)        60.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        79
  V. Blue (OAK)            76
  J. Palmer (BAL)          70
  C. Hunter (NY)           61
  G. Perry (TEX)           61
  P. Splittorff (KC)       61
  L. Tiant (BOS)           59
  E. Figueroa (NY)         57
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         57
  D. Goltz (MIN)           54

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           36
  V. Blue (OAK)            35
  J. Palmer (BAL)          34
  D. Goltz (MIN)           32
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        30
  F. Tanana (CAL)          30
  M. Torrez (OAK)          30
  B. Johnson (CHI)         29
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)        29
  N. Ryan (CAL)            29

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
  J. Hughes (MIN)           5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  J. Palmer (BAL)          35
  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. Leonard (KC)          34


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