Sunday May 30, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 30, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       19  21  3.20   40   7   8   363   326  153  129   18  141  222
New York        25  15  3.22   40  16  11   374   304  149  134   26  128  191
Baltimore       22  19  3.33   41  10   7   371   349  154  137   23  146  134
Kansas City     25  16  3.33   41   9   9   373   361  156  138   21  136  200
Detroit         16  23  3.49   39  10   6   348   314  163  135   32  139  200
Texas           24  17  3.53   41  16   5   370   355  168  145   28  117  185
California      18  30  3.69   48  15   5   432   410  215  177   26  166  299
Oakland         20  25  3.76   45   9   6   410   405  202  171   27  127  205
Boston          19  21  3.78   40  12   3   359   376  174  151   31  109  172
Milwaukee       16  19  3.80   35   5   9   308   280  150  130   14  133  146
Chicago         20  19  3.89   39  13   8   347   333  170  150   19  129  221
Minnesota       21  20  4.14   41   9   6   368   367  192  169   22  168  217

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander (BAL)  3   2  1.62   8   3   2   0   1   50   34   11    9    2   18   16
Bill Travers (MIL)     5   2  1.94   9   9   2   0   1   60   52   20   13    0   24   44
Jackie Brown (CLE)     5   1  2.17   9   6   2   0   2   58   52   17   14    5   16   30
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Rich Gossage (CHI)     3   3  2.57   9   8   5   0   0   70   51   22   20    4   28   57
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     5   3  2.83   9   9   4   0   2   60   63   24   19    2   17   33
Frank Tanana (CAL)     6   3  2.84  11  11   7   0   0   86   70   34   27    9   22   82
Luis Tiant (BOS)       6   3  2.84  10  10   3   0   2   70   75   31   22    6   18   32
Pat Dobson (CLE)       4   5  2.87   9   9   4   0   0   60   55   25   19    3   15   28
Ken Holtzman (BAL)     4   2  2.89  10  10   3   0   1   72   72   25   23    3   25   18

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander        3   2  1.62   8   3   2   0   1   50   34   11    9    2   18   16
Wayne Garland          4   0  1.79  12   1   0   1   0   40   31    9    8    1   14   14
Ken Holtzman           4   2  2.89  10  10   3   0   1   72   72   25   23    3   25   18
Grant Jackson          1   1  2.92   9   0   0   3   0   12    9    4    4    0    3   10
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             6   5  3.49  13  13   5   0   1   90   83   39   35    7   40   36
Dyar Miller            1   2  4.50  14   0   0   3   0   18   18   10    9    1    6    9
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
Jim Willoughby         1   2  2.59  14   0   0   1   0   24   23   12    7    1    8   13
Luis Tiant             6   3  2.84  10  10   3   0   2   70   75   31   22    6   18   32
Reggie Cleveland       3   1  3.05  11   1   0   0   0   38   37   14   13    0   14   14
Dick Pole              1   2  3.35   9   4   0   0   0   40   37   15   15    4   18   12
Fergie Jenkins         4   5  3.62  10  10   6   0   1   75   70   31   30    8   18   53
Rick Jones             0   0  4.15   7   0   0   0   0   13   18    6    6    0    4    7
Tom House              1   2  4.34  14   0   0   2   0   19   14    9    9    1    7    9
Rick Wise              3   3  4.50   9   9   3   0   1   52   62   28   26    4    8   22
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
Mickey Scott           0   0  2.16   3   0   0   0   0    8    9    3    2    0    3    2
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Sid Monge              2   1  2.83  11   4   1   0   0   35   34   12   11    2   15    6
Frank Tanana           6   3  2.84  11  11   7   0   0   86   70   34   27    9   22   82
Paul Hartzell          0   1  2.84  15   0   0   2   0   32   29   12   10    1   10   11
Gary Ross              2   6  3.19  10   9   0   0   0   62   69   31   22    4   14   37
Don Kirkwood           1   5  3.98  10  10   2   0   0   61   63   31   27    3   16   33
Nolan Ryan             3   6  4.28  11  11   5   0   1   76   52   39   36    2   56   85
Andy Hassler           0   3  5.76   6   3   0   0   0   25   28   20   16    2    8    8
Dick Drago             1   4  6.33  17   0   0   1   0   21   27   17   15    1   10   15
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           3   1  2.02  12   0   0   5   0   36   27   11    8    0   10   21
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Rich Gossage           3   3  2.57   9   8   5   0   0   70   51   22   20    4   28   57
Terry Forster          1   2  3.83   7   7   1   0   0   40   44   18   17    1   15   31
Dave Hamilton          1   2  3.91  11   1   0   3   0   23   24   10   10    1   10   17
Pete Vuckovich         2   1  4.28   7   3   1   0   0   27   26   13   13    2   14   19
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Jesse Jefferson        1   1  6.61   3   3   0   0   0   16   19   12   12    0   10    7
Francisco Barrios      0   1  8.10   6   0   0   0   0   13   19   12   12    2    3   11
Bart Johnson           3   5  8.17   8   8   1   0   1   40   51   37   36    4   16   18
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  1.76  10   0   0   1   0   15   10    5    3    0   12   14
Jackie Brown           5   1  2.17   9   6   2   0   2   58   52   17   14    5   16   30
Dave LaRoche           0   1  2.31  14   0   0   4   0   23   14    6    6    0   15   22
Jim Kern               2   2  2.37  12   1   0   2   0   38   23   16   10    0   19   39
Pat Dobson             4   5  2.87   9   9   4   0   0   60   55   25   19    3   15   28
Dennis Eckersley       3   3  3.45   9   9   1   0   1   44   30   20   17    3   22   39
Don Hood               1   3  4.05  11   2   0   1   0   27   33   12   12    3    9    9
Fritz Peterson         0   3  5.55   9   9   0   0   0   47   59   31   29    3   10   19
Jim Bibby              2   1  6.35   8   4   0   0   0   23   33   18   16    0   13   11

 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  2.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   20    7    4    1   12    8
Dave Roberts           4   3  2.95   8   8   5   0   1   61   41   22   20    4   18   21
Ray Bare               3   4  3.33   9   9   1   0   1   51   54   29   19    4   20   27
John Hiller            2   3  3.41  16   0   0   4   0   29   28   13   11    4   14   27
Jim Crawford           0   3  3.63   7   0   0   0   0   22   23   11    9    1    9   17
Bill Laxton            0   3  3.71   8   2   0   2   0   44   28   21   18    8   17   37
Vern Ruhle             3   1  4.25   8   8   1   0   0   49   45   23   23    9   17   25
Joe Coleman            2   4  4.53  10  10   1   0   0   56   64   34   28    0   29   31

 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   1  1.54  15   0   0   3   0   23   17    5    4    0   12   23
Steve Mingori          3   0  1.71  11   0   0   1   0   21   16    4    4    0    5   11
Dennis Leonard         4   1  2.93   9   9   3   0   0   74   67   24   24    4   24   50
Marty Pattin           1   5  3.00  15   0   0   3   0   18   16    7    6    2    5   14
Steve Busby            1   1  3.28   6   6   1   0   0   36   29   17   13    1   23   11
Tom Hall               1   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8    5    5    3    1    4    6
Doug Bird              5   1  3.46  15   6   1   2   1   55   52   21   21    4   15   31
Al Fitzmorris          5   2  3.57  10  10   3   0   0   63   70   29   25    2   14   24
Paul Splittorff        3   5  4.26  11  10   1   0   0   68   77   37   32    7   24   26
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           5   2  1.94   9   9   2   0   1   60   52   20   13    0   24   44
Jerry Augustine        0   1  2.57  11   0   0   0   0   14   10    4    4    2    2    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   4  3.82   6   6   0   0   0   33   30   17   14    0   24    8
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   3  4.30  18   0   0   8   0   23   14   13   11    1   13   13
Jim Colborn            2   6  4.34   9   9   0   0   0   48   45   27   23    3   15   21
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  8.59  13   0   0   1   0   15   21   16   14    2    8    6
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  0.77  14   0   0   0   0   23   18    3    2    1    7    6
Bill Campbell          5   2  2.68  17   0   0   4   0   37   30   13   11    0   24   21
Bert Blyleven          4   4  3.13  11  11   3   0   0   86   95   36   30    3   32   66
Dave Goltz             5   2  4.04  11  11   5   0   0   78   71   39   35    4   24   51
Joe Decker             2   3  5.27   9   8   0   0   0   41   43   25   24    2   35   28
Jim Hughes             1   5  5.45   8   7   1   0   0   40   44   29   24    6   15   20
Vic Albury             1   1  5.59   5   0   0   0   0   10   13    8    6    0    4    1
Steve Luebber          0   2  5.97  13   2   0   2   0   35   31   23   23    5   19   15
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  1.13   8   0   0   2   0   16    9    2    2    1    6    9
Dave Pagan             0   0  1.80   4   0   0   0   0   10    6    3    2    0    1    6
Sparky Lyle            4   2  2.15  17   0   0   7   0   38   34   12    9    1   12   21
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.45  13   0   0   1   0   18   19    5    5    0   10   16
Ed Figueroa            5   3  3.27  10  10   4   0   1   72   68   31   26    3   28   32
Catfish Hunter         5   5  3.49  11  11   8   0   2   98   70   39   38   11   19   52
Rudy May               4   2  3.59   9   9   1   0   1   58   39   27   23    5   24   31
Dock Ellis             4   3  3.61  10  10   3   0   0   62   53   26   25    4   28   23
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
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  2.84   7   6   1   0   1   38   38   13   12    1    6   23
Paul Lindblad          2   0  3.00  20   0   0   0   0   39   31   16   13    1    7   12
Vida Blue              5   5  3.02  12  12   5   0   1   86   89   36   29    2   23   44
Dick Bosman            0   0  3.07   7   3   0   0   0   29   28   10   10    2    6    9
Mike Torrez            5   5  3.14  12  12   2   0   0   80   63   36   28    5   38   40
Rollie Fingers         2   4  3.63  21   0   0   4   0   35   32   16   14    2   10   32
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   2  1.54  13   0   0   2   0   23   19    5    4    1    5    9
Steve Hargan           1   2  2.33   9   1   0   0   0   27   23   12    7    1   15   16
Jim Umbarger           5   3  2.83   9   9   4   0   2   60   63   24   19    2   17   33
Jeff Terpko            1   1  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   12   11    4    4    1    6    5
Nelson Briles          4   1  3.16   8   8   3   0   0   63   58   24   22    6    9   30
Joe Hoerner            0   0  3.24  12   0   0   3   0    8    5    4    3    0    5    3
Bill Singer            4   1  3.49   9   9   2   0   1   59   52   27   23    3   23   32
Gaylord Perry          4   4  3.76  10  10   5   0   0   77   74   32   32    5   20   43
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
Fritz Peterson         0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1    0    0    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Slaton (MIL)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  D. Bird (KC)              5
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  J. Brown (CLE)            5
  B. Campbell (MIN)         5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        5

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          6
  G. Ross (CAL)             6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  P. Dobson (CLE)           5
  J. Hughes (MIN)           5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          5
  B. Johnson (CHI)          5
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         5

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  D. Goltz (MIN)            5
  R. Gossage (CHI)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  D. Roberts (DET)          5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5

Saves:

  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  C. Carroll (CHI)          5
  B. Campbell (MIN)         4
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  J. Hiller (DET)           4
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          4
  D. Hamilton (CHI)         3
  J. Hoerner (TEX)          3
  G. Jackson (BAL)          3

Shutouts:

  J. Brown (CLE)            2
  C. Hunter (NY)            2
  J. Slaton (MIL)           2
  L. Tiant (BOS)            2
  J. Umbarger (TEX)         2
  D. Alexander (BAL)        1
  S. Bahnsen (OAK)          1
  R. Bare (DET)             1
  D. Bird (KC)              1
  V. Blue (OAK)             1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)         98.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        90.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          86.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      86.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        85.2
  M. Torrez (OAK)        80.1
  D. Goltz (MIN)         78.0
  G. Perry (TEX)         76.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)        76.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          75.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        95
  V. Blue (OAK)            89
  J. Palmer (BAL)          83
  P. Splittorff (KC)       77
  L. Tiant (BOS)           75
  G. Perry (TEX)           74
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        72
  D. Goltz (MIN)           71
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       70
  C. Hunter (NY)           70

Runs:

  D. Goltz (MIN)           39
  C. Hunter (NY)           39
  J. Palmer (BAL)          39
  N. Ryan (CAL)            39
  B. Johnson (CHI)         37
  P. Splittorff (KC)       37
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        36
  M. Torrez (OAK)          36
  J. Coleman (DET)         34

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  V. Ruhle (DET)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  B. Laxton (DET)           8
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        7
  S. Barr (TEX)             6
  N. Briles (TEX)           6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            56
  J. Palmer (BAL)          40
  M. Torrez (OAK)          38
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        32
  J. Coleman (DET)         29
  D. Ellis (NY)            28
  E. Figueroa (NY)         28
  R. Gossage (CHI)         28
  J. Slaton (MIL)          26

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            85
  F. Tanana (CAL)          82
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        66
  R. Gossage (CHI)         57
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         53
  C. Hunter (NY)           52
  D. Goltz (MIN)           51
  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  V. Blue (OAK)            44
  B. Travers (MIL)         44

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