Monday May 31, 1976
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American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 31, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       21  21  3.14   42   7  10   381   343  157  133   19  147  234
New York        26  15  3.22   41  17  11   383   314  152  137   27  129  197
Baltimore       22  21  3.38   43  11   7   387   369  162  145   25  155  136
Kansas City     25  17  3.47   42   9   9   381   374  166  147   22  143  204
Detroit         17  23  3.49   40  11   6   359   325  167  139   33  143  208
Texas           24  18  3.65   42  16   5   378   370  177  153   29  125  188
California      19  30  3.66   49  16   5   441   417  217  179   27  166  311
Oakland         21  25  3.68   46  10   6   419   413  203  171   27  128  208
Milwaukee       16  20  3.79   36   5   9   318   296  155  134   14  135  151
Boston          19  22  3.81   41  12   3   368   389  182  156   32  114  175
Chicago         21  19  3.89   40  13   8   356   340  174  154   19  134  227
Minnesota       21  21  4.11   42  10   6   377   373  195  172   22  171  226

 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
Jim Kern (CLE)         3   2  2.20  13   2   0   2   0   45   32   17   11    0   21   45
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
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   3  2.76  12  12   8   0   0   95   77   36   29   10   22   94
Pat Dobson (CLE)       5   5  2.79  10  10   4   0   0   68   60   27   21    4   19   33
Mike Torrez (OAK)      6   5  2.82  13  13   3   0   0   89   71   37   28    5   39   43
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     5   3  2.83   9   9   4   0   2   60   63   24   19    2   17   33

 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
Grant Jackson          1   1  2.84  10   0   0   3   0   13    9    4    4    0    3   11
Ken Holtzman           4   3  3.05  11  11   4   0   1   80   85   29   27    4   29   19
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   5  7.24  10  10   0   0   0   41   59   35   33    5   27    9

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Willoughby         1   2  2.42  15   0   0   1   0   26   24   12    7    1    9   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   6  3.68  11  11   6   0   1   78   78   36   32    8   20   54
Rick Jones             0   0  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   14   20    7    7    0    4    7
Rick Wise              3   3  4.50   9   9   3   0   1   52   62   28   26    4    8   22
Tom House              1   2  4.64  15   0   0   2   0   21   16   11   11    2    9   11
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
Frank Tanana           7   3  2.76  12  12   8   0   0   95   77   36   29   10   22   94
Sid Monge              2   1  2.83  11   4   1   0   0   35   34   12   11    2   15    6
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  12   1   0   3   0   25   25   11   11    1   11   19
Pete Vuckovich         3   1  4.24   8   4   1   0   0   34   32   16   16    2   18   23
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  2.08  12   0   0   2   0   17   12    6    4    0   12   14
Jackie Brown           5   1  2.17   9   6   2   0   2   58   52   17   14    5   16   30
Jim Kern               3   2  2.20  13   2   0   2   0   45   32   17   11    0   21   45
Dave LaRoche           0   1  2.22  15   0   0   5   0   24   15    6    6    0   15   23
Pat Dobson             5   5  2.79  10  10   4   0   0   68   60   27   21    4   19   33
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
Steve Grilli           1   1  2.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   20    7    4    1   12    8
Mark Fidrych           2   1  2.17   5   3   3   0   0   29   22    7    7    2    7   15
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
Marty Pattin           1   5  2.84  16   0   0   3   0   19   16    7    6    2    6   15
Dennis Leonard         4   1  2.93   9   9   3   0   0   74   67   24   24    4   24   50
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   6  4.94  12  11   1   0   0   71   84   44   39    8   27   28
Larry Gura             0   0  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    5   10    7    5    0    4    1
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           5   2  1.94   9   9   2   0   1   60   52   20   13    0   24   44
Jerry Augustine        0   1  2.51  12   0   0   0   0   14   11    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  3.23  11  11   3   0   2   84   77   31   30    4   27   36
Pete Broberg           1   4  3.82   6   6   0   0   0   33   30   17   14    0   24    8
Jim Colborn            2   6  4.34   9   9   0   0   0   48   45   27   23    3   15   21
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   3  4.81  19   0   0   8   0   24   16   15   13    1   14   13
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
Ed Sprague             0   2  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    5   10    5    4    0    2    0
Tom Murphy             0   1  8.40  14   0   0   1   0   15   21   16   14    2    8    6

 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   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
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         6   5  3.45  12  12   9   0   2  107   80   42   41   12   20   58
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
Mike Torrez            6   5  2.82  13  13   3   0   0   89   71   37   28    5   39   43
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
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  2.93   7   0   0   0   0   15   15    6    5    1    9    6
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
Nelson Briles          4   2  3.72   9   9   3   0   0   65   67   29   27    7    9   31
Gaylord Perry          4   4  3.76  10  10   5   0   0   77   74   32   32    5   20   43
Steve Barr             1   3  5.64   7   4   2   0   0   30   31   22   19    6   18    9
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
  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  C. Hunter (NY)            6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  M. Torrez (OAK)           6
  D. Bird (KC)              5
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  J. Brown (CLE)            5
  B. Campbell (MIN)         5

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          6
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          6
  G. Ross (CAL)             6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  P. Dobson (CLE)           5
  J. Hughes (MIN)           5

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  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
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          5
  B. Campbell (MIN)         4
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  J. Hiller (DET)           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)        107.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      95.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        94.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)        90.1
  M. Torrez (OAK)        89.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          86.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)        83.2
  K. Holtzman (BAL)      79.2
  F. Jenkins (BOS)       78.1
  D. Goltz (MIN)         78.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)       101
  V. Blue (OAK)            89
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        85
  P. Splittorff (KC)       84
  J. Palmer (BAL)          83
  C. Hunter (NY)           80
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         78
  J. Slaton (MIL)          77
  F. Tanana (CAL)          77
  L. Tiant (BOS)           75

Runs:

  P. Splittorff (KC)       44
  C. Hunter (NY)           42
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        39
  D. Goltz (MIN)           39
  J. Palmer (BAL)          39
  N. Ryan (CAL)            39
  B. Johnson (CHI)         37
  M. Torrez (OAK)          37
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         36

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  V. Ruhle (DET)            9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  B. Laxton (DET)           8
  P. Splittorff (KC)        8
  N. Briles (TEX)           7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  S. Barr (TEX)             6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            56
  J. Palmer (BAL)          40
  M. Torrez (OAK)          39
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        35
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  J. Coleman (DET)         29
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        29
  D. Ellis (NY)            28
  E. Figueroa (NY)         28
  R. Gossage (CHI)         28

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          94
  N. Ryan (CAL)            85
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        75
  C. Hunter (NY)           58
  R. Gossage (CHI)         57
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         54
  D. Goltz (MIN)           51
  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  J. Kern (CLE)            45
  V. Blue (OAK)            44

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