Monday May 24, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 24, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Texas           21  14  3.30   35  15   4   317   284  137  116   25  100  161
New York        22  12  3.31   34  12  10   321   270  131  118   21  117  164
Cleveland       16  19  3.33   35   5   7   319   288  140  118   16  130  200
Detroit         14  18  3.47   32   7   5   286   263  135  110   22  123  160
Kansas City     22  12  3.51   34   7   9   308   302  131  120   19  108  160
Baltimore       18  16  3.52   34   6   5   310   291  136  121   17  134  114
Boston          16  18  3.94   34   9   3   306   325  155  134   27  100  138
Chicago         17  16  3.95   33  11   6   291   282  148  128   14  107  192
California      15  26  4.08   41  11   5   362   343  194  164   25  146  257
Oakland         16  23  4.08   39   6   5   353   355  188  160   25  116  174
Milwaukee       13  17  4.09   30   3   8   262   242  136  119   13  113  121
Minnesota       18  17  4.33   35   5   6   316   325  172  152   19  148  181

 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  18   0   0   0   0   36   27   12    9    1    5   12
Dick Pole (BOS)        1   1  2.25   7   3   0   0   0   36   27    9    9    2   15   12
Bill Travers (MIL)     3   2  2.30   7   7   1   0   0   43   39   16   11    0   17   31
Sparky Lyle (NY)       4   2  2.34  16   0   0   7   0   35   32   12    9    1   11   20
Jim Kern (CLE)         2   2  2.37  12   1   0   2   0   38   23   16   10    0   19   39
Jackie Brown (CLE)     4   1  2.63   8   5   1   0   1   48   47   17   14    5   15   26
Bill Campbell (MIN)    5   2  2.75  16   0   0   4   0   36   30   13   11    0   23   21
Ken Holtzman (BAL)     3   2  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   64   62   22   20    1   24   15
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
Wayne Garland          3   0  1.42  10   0   0   1   0   32   20    6    5    0   11   12
Doyle Alexander        2   1  1.91   6   1   0   0   0   33   19    8    7    1   15   12
Ken Holtzman           3   2  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   64   62   22   20    1   24   15
Ross Grimsley          1   2  3.00   8   4   0   0   0   36   33   17   12    3   13   11
Grant Jackson          1   1  3.00   8   0   0   2   0   12    9    4    4    0    3    9
Mike Flanagan          0   0  3.18   5   0   0   0   0   11    8    4    4    1    5    9
Jim Palmer             5   4  3.86  11  11   3   0   1   72   70   34   31    6   35   29
Dyar Miller            1   2  5.17  12   0   0   2   0   16   18   10    9    1    6    8
Mike Cuellar           2   4  7.83   9   9   0   0   0   33   52   31   29    4   22    9

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Pole              1   1  2.25   7   3   0   0   0   36   27    9    9    2   15   12
Jim Willoughby         1   2  2.75  12   0   0   1   0   20   22   10    6    1    7    8
Reggie Cleveland       3   0  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   31   29   10   10    0   13   11
Luis Tiant             5   2  2.91   8   8   2   0   1   56   59   27   18    6   17   24
Fergie Jenkins         3   5  3.97   9   9   5   0   1   66   66   30   29    7   16   45
Tom House              1   2  4.58  13   0   0   2   0   18   14    9    9    1    7    7
Rick Jones             0   0  5.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   12    5    5    0    4    4
Rick Wise              2   3  5.23   8   8   2   0   1   43   56   27   25    3    7   17
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   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Paul Hartzell          0   1  2.93  13   0   0   2   0   31   29   12   10    1    9   11
Frank Tanana           5   3  2.93  10  10   6   0   0   77   59   31   25    9   21   73
Sid Monge              1   1  3.12  10   3   0   0   0   26   25   10    9    2   14    2
Gary Ross              1   5  3.57   8   7   0   0   0   45   50   23   18    3   12   30
Mickey Scott           0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    0    2    1
Nolan Ryan             3   5  4.59  10  10   4   0   1   67   42   36   34    2   52   80
Don Kirkwood           1   4  5.53   8   8   1   0   0   42   52   29   26    3   11   19
Andy Hassler           0   3  5.84   5   3   0   0   0   25   28   20   16    2    8    8
Dick Drago             1   3  6.27  15   0   0   1   0   19   24   15   13    1    5   13
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
Clay Carroll           2   1  2.01  10   0   0   4   0   31   25   10    7    0    8   20
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Rich Gossage           2   3  2.89   7   6   4   0   0   53   38   19   17    3   17   46
Terry Forster          1   1  4.22   6   6   0   0   0   32   38   16   15    1   12   28
Pete Vuckovich         2   1  4.28   7   3   1   0   0   27   26   13   13    2   14   19
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.43   9   1   0   2   0   20   22   10   10    1   10   15
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Francisco Barrios      0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    4    4    0    1    4
Jesse Jefferson        1   1  6.94   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    9    9    0    8    6
Bart Johnson           3   4  7.28   7   7   1   0   1   38   46   32   31    2   15   17
Jack Kucek             0   0  9.64   2   0   0   0   0    5    9    5    5    2    4    2

 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  1.23  10   0   0   0   0   22   11    3    3    1    8   10
Stan Thomas            0   0  1.80   9   0   0   1   0   15    9    5    3    0   12   14
Jim Kern               2   2  2.37  12   1   0   2   0   38   23   16   10    0   19   39
Jackie Brown           4   1  2.63   8   5   1   0   1   48   47   17   14    5   15   26
Dave LaRoche           0   1  2.66  13   0   0   3   0   20   13    6    6    0   14   20
Pat Dobson             3   5  3.20   8   8   3   0   0   51   46   24   18    3   13   22
Dennis Eckersley       3   2  3.44   8   8   1   0   1   37   22   15   14    3   19   34
Don Hood               1   2  3.54  10   1   0   1   0   20   28    8    8    2    7    8
Fritz Peterson         0   3  5.53   8   8   0   0   0   42   53   28   26    2    9   17
Jim Bibby              1   1  6.75   7   4   0   0   0   21   32   18   16    0   12    9

 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
Dave Roberts           3   3  3.29   7   7   4   0   1   52   38   21   19    4   16   17
Ray Bare               2   4  3.48   8   8   1   0   1   44   48   27   17    3   19   21
John Hiller            2   3  3.51  14   0   0   3   0   26   26   12   10    3   13   24
Vern Ruhle             3   0  3.74   7   7   1   0   0   46   42   19   19    6   15   22
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.20   5   0   0   0   0   15   15    7    7    1    7   10
Joe Coleman            2   3  4.82   9   9   0   0   0   47   55   30   25    0   27   27

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Sadecki            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    0    0    0    3    1
Mark Littell           2   0  0.89  12   0   0   3   0   20   11    3    2    0   10   23
Tom Hall               1   0  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    2    1    1    1    2    4
Steve Mingori          2   0  1.93   9   0   0   1   0   14   13    3    3    0    3    4
Marty Pattin           1   4  2.55  14   0   0   3   0   18   14    6    5    2    4   14
Dennis Leonard         3   1  3.29   7   7   2   0   0   55   52   20   20    4   17   34
Al Fitzmorris          5   1  3.42   8   8   3   0   0   50   57   22   19    1    7   21
Steve Busby            1   1  3.82   5   5   1   0   0   31   26   17   13    1   20   10
Doug Bird              4   1  4.14  14   5   0   2   0   46   46   21   21    4   14   23
Paul Splittorff        3   4  4.45  10   9   1   0   0   61   69   31   30    6   21   23
Bob McClure            0   0 11.57   5   0   0   0   0    2    1    3    3    0    6    3
Larry Gura             0   0 20.25   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    4    3    0    1    0

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Augustine        0   1  2.03   9   0   0   0   0   13    9    3    3    2    1    9
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             6   1  3.59   9   9   2   0   2   68   60   28   27    4   22   28
Pete Broberg           1   3  4.44   5   5   0   0   0   26   23   15   13    0   19    5
Jim Colborn            2   5  4.74   8   8   0   0   0   38   38   24   20    3   12   17
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   3  4.79  16   0   0   7   0   21   13   13   11    1   13   12
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Bill Champion          0   0  5.63   8   1   0   0   0   16   19   11   10    0   10    6
Ray Sadecki            0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    4    5    3    3    1    3    1
Tom Murphy             0   1  7.53  12   0   0   1   0   14   20   14   12    1    8    5
Ed Sprague             0   1  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    6    3    3    0    2    0

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          2   0  0.82  13   0   0   0   0   22   17    3    2    1    7    6
Bill Campbell          5   2  2.75  16   0   0   4   0   36   30   13   11    0   23   21
Bert Blyleven          4   3  3.10  10  10   2   0   0   78   87   31   27    3   28   61
Dave Goltz             3   2  4.80   9   9   3   0   0   60   61   35   32    3   21   34
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
Steve Luebber          0   1  6.11  12   1   0   2   0   28   22   19   19    4   13   13
Mike Pazik             0   0  7.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   13    9    7    0    4    6
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
Tippy Martinez         1   0  1.46   7   0   0   1   0   12    8    2    2    1    6    7
Dave Pagan             0   0  1.80   4   0   0   0   0   10    6    3    2    0    1    6
Sparky Lyle            4   2  2.34  16   0   0   7   0   35   32   12    9    1   11   20
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.45  12   0   0   1   0   18   18    5    5    0   10   16
Ed Figueroa            4   3  2.98   9   9   4   0   1   66   64   26   22    2   26   30
Catfish Hunter         4   5  3.54  10  10   7   0   2   89   64   36   35    9   18   46
Dock Ellis             4   1  3.97   8   8   1   0   0   45   42   21   20    2   24   17
Rudy May               3   1  4.01   7   7   0   0   0   43   30   22   19    5   21   21
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  18   0   0   0   0   36   27   12    9    1    5   12
Mike Torrez            4   5  3.33  11  11   2   0   0   73   55   33   27    5   35   37
Dick Bosman            0   0  3.63   6   2   0   0   0   22   23    9    9    1    6    8
Vida Blue              3   5  3.69  10  10   3   0   0   68   76   35   28    2   20   34
Stan Bahnsen           1   1  3.72   6   5   0   0   0   29   32   13   12    1    6   14
Rollie Fingers         2   3  3.94  19   0   0   3   0   30   28   15   13    2    9   29
Jim Todd               3   4  4.60  19   0   0   2   0   31   30   20   16    3   15    9
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   2  6.66   9   5   0   0   0   26   32   20   19    5   13   10

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         3   1  0.98  11   0   0   2   0   18   13    3    2    1    4    8
Jeff Terpko            1   1  1.64   5   0   0   0   0   11    8    2    2    1    6    5
Steve Hargan           1   1  1.77   8   0   0   0   0   20   16    9    4    1   11   13
Nelson Briles          4   1  3.09   7   7   3   0   0   55   50   21   19    6    9   27
Jim Umbarger           4   3  3.33   8   8   3   0   1   51   55   24   19    2   14   27
Bill Singer            3   1  3.42   8   8   2   0   1   53   44   24   20    3   21   28
Gaylord Perry          4   3  3.57   8   8   5   0   0   68   61   27   27    4   17   37
Joe Hoerner            0   0  3.60   9   0   0   2   0    5    1    2    2    0    4    3
Steve Barr             1   3  4.32   5   4   2   0   0   25   21   14   12    5   11    7
Stan Perzanowski       0   0  8.38   4   0   0   0   0   10   15   11    9    2    3    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Slaton (MIL)           6
  B. Campbell (MIN)         5
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  L. Tiant (BOS)            5
  D. Bird (KC)              4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  N. Briles (TEX)           4
  J. Brown (CLE)            4

Losses:

  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  J. Colborn (MIL)          5
  P. Dobson (CLE)           5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  G. Ross (CAL)             5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  M. Torrez (OAK)           5
  R. Bare (DET)             4
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          4

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  R. Gossage (CHI)          4
  D. Roberts (DET)          4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  V. Blue (OAK)             3

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         4
  C. Carroll (CHI)          4
  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:

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

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)         89.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      78.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        76.2
  M. Torrez (OAK)        73.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        72.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          68.1
  G. Perry (TEX)         68.0
  J. Slaton (MIL)        67.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          66.2
  E. Figueroa (NY)       66.1

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        87
  V. Blue (OAK)            76
  J. Palmer (BAL)          70
  P. Splittorff (KC)       69
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         66
  E. Figueroa (NY)         64
  C. Hunter (NY)           64
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        62
  D. Goltz (MIN)           61
  G. Perry (TEX)           61

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           36
  N. Ryan (CAL)            36
  V. Blue (OAK)            35
  D. Goltz (MIN)           35
  J. Palmer (BAL)          34
  M. Torrez (OAK)          33
  B. Johnson (CHI)         32
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        31
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         31
  P. Splittorff (KC)       31

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  N. Briles (TEX)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  V. Ruhle (DET)            6
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  S. Barr (TEX)             5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  J. Palmer (BAL)          35
  M. Torrez (OAK)          35
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        28
  J. Coleman (DET)         27
  E. Figueroa (NY)         26
  D. Ellis (NY)            24
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        24
  B. Campbell (MIN)        23

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            80
  F. Tanana (CAL)          73
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        61
  R. Gossage (CHI)         46
  C. Hunter (NY)           46
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         45
  J. Kern (CLE)            39
  G. Perry (TEX)           37
  M. Torrez (OAK)          37
  V. Blue (OAK)            34


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