Wednesday May 26, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 26, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        23  13  3.24   36  14  10   339   280  135  122   23  119  174
Cleveland       17  20  3.29   37   6   7   336   304  145  123   17  134  207
Baltimore       19  18  3.46   37   8   5   336   315  145  129   19  141  118
Detroit         15  20  3.47   35   8   6   312   284  145  120   26  128  176
Kansas City     23  13  3.50   36   8   9   326   321  138  127   20  115  169
Texas           22  15  3.54   37  15   4   336   316  155  132   28  105  170
Chicago         19  16  3.73   35  12   7   311   290  149  129   14  112  205
Boston          17  19  3.87   36  10   3   323   344  161  139   29  102  151
Milwaukee       15  17  3.89   32   5   8   280   254  138  121   13  119  132
California      15  28  3.99   43  12   5   382   363  202  169   26  151  270
Oakland         17  24  4.03   41   7   5   371   374  195  166   26  122  185
Minnesota       19  18  4.27   37   6   6   333   340  179  158   20  152  195

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander (BAL)  3   1  1.50   7   2   1   0   1   42   26    8    7    1   17   13
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
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
Paul Lindblad (OAK)    2   0  2.65  19   0   0   0   0   37   28   14   11    1    7   12
Ken Holtzman (BAL)     3   2  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   64   62   22   20    1   24   15
Pat Dobson (CLE)       4   5  2.87   9   9   4   0   0   60   55   25   19    3   15   28

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander        3   1  1.50   7   2   1   0   1   42   26    8    7    1   17   13
Wayne Garland          3   0  1.95  11   0   0   1   0   32   22    8    7    1   12   12
Ken Holtzman           3   2  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   64   62   22   20    1   24   15
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
Ross Grimsley          1   3  3.32   9   5   0   0   0   43   42   21   16    4   13   13
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
Luis Tiant             6   2  2.51   9   9   3   0   2   65   66   27   18    6   17   32
Jim Willoughby         1   2  2.82  13   0   0   1   0   22   23   12    7    1    8   10
Reggie Cleveland       3   0  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   31   29   10   10    0   13   11
Dick Pole              1   2  3.05   8   4   0   0   0   38   34   13   13    4   16   12
Fergie Jenkins         3   5  3.97   9   9   5   0   1   66   66   30   29    7   16   45
Rick Jones             0   0  4.09   6   0   0   0   0   11   16    5    5    0    4    5
Tom House              1   2  4.34  14   0   0   2   0   19   14    9    9    1    7    9
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
Don Kirkwood           1   5  4.56   9   9   2   0   0   53   59   30   27    3   14   27
Nolan Ryan             3   5  4.59  10  10   4   0   1   67   42   36   34    2   52   80
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              2   0  0.00   2   2   0   0   0   15    3    0    0    0    6    4
Clay Carroll           2   1  1.95  11   0   0   5   0   32   25   10    7    0    8   21
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  1.14  11   0   0   0   0   24   13    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   3  4.05  11   2   0   1   0   27   33   12   12    3    9    9
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  2.12   9   0   0   0   0   17   19    7    4    1   12    7
Bill Laxton            0   2  3.26   7   1   0   2   0   39   24   17   14    6   15   33
Dave Roberts           3   3  3.29   7   7   4   0   1   52   38   21   19    4   16   17
John Hiller            2   3  3.29  15   0   0   4   0   27   26   12   10    3   13   26
Ray Bare               3   4  3.33   9   9   1   0   1   51   54   29   19    4   20   27
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  0.79  13   0   0   3   0   23   14    3    2    0   11   23
Tom Hall               1   0  1.29   5   0   0   0   0    7    3    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   5  3.00  15   0   0   3   0   18   16    7    6    2    5   14
Dennis Leonard         4   1  3.11   8   8   3   0   0   64   58   22   22    4   20   41
Al Fitzmorris          5   1  3.72   9   9   3   0   0   56   64   26   23    2    9   23
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             7   1  3.40  10  10   3   0   2   77   68   30   29    4   26   31
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             4   2  4.17  10  10   4   0   0   69   65   36   32    3   22   42
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         5   5  3.49  11  11   8   0   2   98   70   39   38   11   19   52
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  2.65  19   0   0   0   0   37   28   14   11    1    7   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  4.41  20   0   0   2   0   33   32   20   16    3   15   10
Paul Mitchell          1   3  5.90   6   6   1   0   0   29   39   23   19    4    6   21
Mike Norris            0   2  6.66   9   5   0   0   0   26   32   20   19    5   13   10
Glenn Abbott           0   1  6.75   7   1   0   0   0   15   21   12   11    2    3    4

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         4   1  0.89  12   0   0   2   0   20   15    3    2    1    5    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  3.16   8   8   3   0   0   63   58   24   22    6    9   30
Joe Hoerner            0   0  3.18  10   0   0   2   0    6    2    3    2    0    5    3
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   4  3.89   9   9   5   0   0   72   69   31   31    5   17   42
Steve Barr             1   3  5.40   6   4   2   0   0   28   29   20   17    6   13    8
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 10.03   5   0   0   0   0   12   20   15   13    3    4    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Slaton (MIL)           7
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  B. Campbell (MIN)         5
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  D. Bird (KC)              4
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         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
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  M. Pattin (KC)            5

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            8
  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
  D. Goltz (MIN)            4

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        7
  C. Carroll (CHI)          5
  B. Campbell (MIN)         4
  J. Hiller (DET)           4
  R. Fingers (OAK)          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
  D. Alexander (BAL)        1
  R. Bare (DET)             1
  J. Brown (CLE)            1
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        1
  E. Figueroa (NY)          1
  K. Holtzman (BAL)         1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)         98.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        81.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      78.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          77.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)        76.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        76.2
  M. Torrez (OAK)        73.0
  G. Perry (TEX)         71.2
  D. Goltz (MIN)         69.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          66.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        87
  V. Blue (OAK)            84
  J. Palmer (BAL)          76
  C. Hunter (NY)           70
  G. Perry (TEX)           69
  P. Splittorff (KC)       69
  J. Slaton (MIL)          68
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         66
  L. Tiant (BOS)           66
  D. Goltz (MIN)           65

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           39
  J. Palmer (BAL)          37
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  D. Goltz (MIN)           36
  N. Ryan (CAL)            36
  M. Torrez (OAK)          33
  B. Johnson (CHI)         32
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        31
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         31
  G. Perry (TEX)           31

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  S. Barr (TEX)             6
  N. Briles (TEX)           6
  J. Hughes (MIN)           6
  B. Laxton (DET)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  V. Ruhle (DET)            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
  J. Slaton (MIL)          26
  D. Ellis (NY)            25
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        24

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            80
  F. Tanana (CAL)          73
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        61
  R. Gossage (CHI)         55
  C. Hunter (NY)           52
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         45
  D. Goltz (MIN)           42
  G. Perry (TEX)           42
  D. Leonard (KC)          41
  V. Blue (OAK)            40


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