Tuesday May 25, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 25, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        22  13  3.24   35  13  10   330   274  132  119   21  118  168
Cleveland       17  19  3.27   36   6   7   328   297  141  119   16  132  206
Texas           21  14  3.30   35  15   4   317   284  137  116   25  100  161
Detroit         14  19  3.43   33   8   5   294   269  137  112   23  125  161
Baltimore       18  17  3.47   35   7   5   319   297  139  123   17  138  115
Kansas City     22  12  3.51   34   7   9   308   302  131  120   19  108  160
Boston          17  18  3.82   35  10   3   315   332  155  134   27  100  146
Chicago         18  16  3.87   34  12   6   300   288  149  129   14  111  201
Milwaukee       14  17  3.96   31   4   8   271   246  136  119   13  115  129
Oakland         17  23  4.01   40   7   5   362   363  189  161   25  118  180
California      15  27  4.08   42  11   5   371   356  201  168   26  148  262
Minnesota       18  18  4.39   36   5   6   324   336  178  158   20  151  187

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     4   2  1.90   8   8   2   0   1   52   43   16   11    0   19   39
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
Jim Kern (CLE)         2   2  2.37  12   1   0   2   0   38   23   16   10    0   19   39
Luis Tiant (BOS)       6   2  2.51   9   9   3   0   2   65   66   27   18    6   17   32
Rich Gossage (CHI)     3   3  2.61   8   7   5   0   0   62   44   20   18    3   21   55
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

 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   5  3.65  12  12   4   0   1   81   76   37   33    6   39   30
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
Luis Tiant             6   2  2.51   9   9   3   0   2   65   66   27   18    6   17   32
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
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   6  3.52   9   8   0   0   0   54   62   29   21    4   13   34
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  6.52  16   0   0   1   0   19   25   16   14    1    6   14
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           3   3  2.61   8   7   5   0   0   62   44   20   18    3   21   55
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             4   5  2.87   9   9   4   0   0   60   55   25   19    3   15   28
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   1  1.50   4   2   2   0   0   18   11    3    3    1    3    7
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
Bill Travers           4   2  1.90   8   8   2   0   1   52   43   16   11    0   19   39
Jerry Augustine        0   1  2.03   9   0   0   0   0   13    9    3    3    2    1    9
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
Joe Decker             2   3  5.27   9   8   0   0   0   41   43   25   24    2   35   28
Vic Albury             1   1  5.59   5   0   0   0   0   10   13    8    6    0    4    1
Steve Luebber          0   1  6.11  12   1   0   2   0   28   22   19   19    4   13   13
Jim Hughes             0   5  6.75   7   6   0   0   0   31   41   28   23    6   12   14
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
Dock Ellis             4   2  3.48   9   9   2   0   0   54   46   22   21    2   25   21
Catfish Hunter         4   5  3.54  10  10   7   0   2   89   64   36   35    9   18   46
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
Vida Blue              4   5  3.38  11  11   4   0   0   77   84   36   29    2   22   40
Dick Bosman            0   0  3.63   6   2   0   0   0   22   23    9    9    1    6    8
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
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  B. Campbell (MIN)         5
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  D. Bird (KC)              4
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  N. Briles (TEX)           4

Losses:

  G. Ross (CAL)             6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  J. Colborn (MIL)          5
  P. Dobson (CLE)           5
  J. Hughes (MIN)           5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  M. Torrez (OAK)           5

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  R. Gossage (CHI)          5
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  P. Dobson (CLE)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4

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
  L. Tiant (BOS)            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

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)         89.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        81.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      78.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          77.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        76.2
  M. Torrez (OAK)        73.0
  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)            84
  J. Palmer (BAL)          76
  P. Splittorff (KC)       69
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         66
  L. Tiant (BOS)           66
  E. Figueroa (NY)         64
  C. Hunter (NY)           64
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        62
  G. Ross (CAL)            62

Runs:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          37
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  C. Hunter (NY)           36
  N. Ryan (CAL)            36
  D. Goltz (MIN)           35
  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. Hughes (MIN)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  V. Ruhle (DET)            6
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  J. Palmer (BAL)          39
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  M. Torrez (OAK)          35
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        28
  J. Coleman (DET)         27
  E. Figueroa (NY)         26
  D. Ellis (NY)            25
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        24
  B. Campbell (MIN)        23

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            80
  F. Tanana (CAL)          73
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        61
  R. Gossage (CHI)         55
  C. Hunter (NY)           46
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         45
  V. Blue (OAK)            40
  J. Kern (CLE)            39
  B. Travers (MIL)         39
  G. Perry (TEX)           37


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