Tuesday June 1, 1976
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American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 1, 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     26  17  3.44   43   9  10   390   382  168  149   24  143  214
Texas           25  18  3.57   43  16   5   394   383  182  156   30  131  195
Detroit         19  23  3.58   42  11   6   377   345  179  150   34  153  220
California      20  30  3.66   50  17   5   450   424  221  183   29  171  318
Oakland         21  26  3.70   47  10   6   428   419  208  176   28  133  210
Boston          19  22  3.81   41  12   3   368   389  182  156   32  114  175
Chicago         21  20  3.87   41  13   8   372   350  180  160   19  144  237
Milwaukee       16  22  3.89   38   5   9   336   319  169  145   15  147  159
Minnesota       21  22  4.15   43  10   6   386   380  201  178   22  176  231

 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             4   6  4.25  12  12   6   0   1   85   59   43   40    4   61   92
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
Clay Carroll           3   1  1.73  13   0   0   5   0   42   29   11    8    0   11   24
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Ken Brett              2   0  2.37   3   3   0   0   0   19    7    5    5    0   12    5
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
Francisco Barrios      0   1  6.23   7   0   0   0   0   17   21   12   12    2    5   16
Jesse Jefferson        1   2  6.38   4   3   0   0   0   18   21   13   13    0   11    8
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  1.88  11   0   0   0   0   24   23    8    5    1   15   11
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
Jim Crawford           0   3  3.63   7   0   0   0   0   22   23   11    9    1    9   17
John Hiller            4   3  3.69  18   0   0   4   0   32   29   15   13    4   17   31
Bill Laxton            0   3  3.71   8   2   0   2   0   44   28   21   18    8   17   37
Ray Bare               3   4  4.00  10  10   1   0   1   54   61   35   24    4   22   29
Vern Ruhle             3   1  4.25   8   8   1   0   0   49   45   23   23    9   17   25
Joe Coleman            2   4  4.48  11  11   1   0   0   62   73   37   31    1   31   34

 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  2.70  17   0   0   4   0   20   17    7    6    2    6   18
Dennis Leonard         4   1  2.93   9   9   3   0   0   74   67   24   24    4   24   50
Tom Hall               1   0  3.24   8   0   0   0   0    8    5    5    3    1    4    6
Steve Busby            1   1  3.28   6   6   1   0   0   36   29   17   13    1   23   11
Doug Bird              6   1  3.32  16   7   1   2   1   62   59   23   23    6   15   38
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  13   0   0   0   0   14   12    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  4.10   7   7   0   0   0   37   33   20   17    0   30   11
Jim Colborn            2   6  4.34   9   9   0   0   0   48   45   27   23    3   15   21
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  5.00  21   0   0   8   0   27   19   18   15    2   16   15
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Bill Champion          0   0  5.64   9   2   0   0   0   22   29   15   14    0   12    7
Tom Murphy             0   1  7.36  15   0   0   1   0   18   25   18   15    2    9    7
Ray Sadecki            0   0  7.71   5   0   0   0   0    5    7    5    4    1    4    2
Ed Sprague             0   2  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    5   10    5    4    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  15   0   0   0   0   23   19    3    2    1    7    6
Bill Campbell          5   2  2.45  18   0   0   4   0   40   33   13   11    0   24   23
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  5.65  14   2   0   2   0   37   31   23   23    5   20   15
Mike Pazik             0   0  7.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   13    9    7    0    4    6
Pete Redfern           1   2  9.24   3   3   0   0   0   13   12   13   13    1    8    6

 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
Paul Lindblad          2   0  2.95  21   0   0   0   0   40   31   16   13    1    8   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
Stan Bahnsen           2   2  3.32   8   7   1   0   1   43   41   17   16    2   10   25
Rollie Fingers         2   4  3.75  22   0   0   4   0   36   34   17   15    2   10   32
Jim Todd               3   4  4.19  21   0   0   2   0   34   33   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         5   2  1.27  14   0   0   2   0   28   20    5    4    1    6   12
Joe Hoerner            0   0  2.19  13   0   0   3   0   12    9    4    3    0    6    5
Steve Hargan           1   2  2.30  10   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
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
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 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    1    5    2    2    0    0    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Slaton (MIL)           7
  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  D. Bird (KC)              6
  C. Hunter (NY)            6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  M. Torrez (OAK)           6
  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
  N. Ryan (CAL)             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

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
  M. Pattin (KC)            4
  D. Hamilton (CHI)         3
  J. Hoerner (TEX)          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
  N. Ryan (CAL)          84.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)        83.2
  K. Holtzman (BAL)      79.2
  F. Jenkins (BOS)       78.1

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
  N. Ryan (CAL)            43
  C. Hunter (NY)           42
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        39
  D. Goltz (MIN)           39
  J. Palmer (BAL)          39
  J. Coleman (DET)         37
  B. Johnson (CHI)         37
  M. Torrez (OAK)          37
  V. Blue (OAK)            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)            61
  J. Palmer (BAL)          40
  M. Torrez (OAK)          39
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        35
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  J. Coleman (DET)         31
  P. Broberg (MIL)         30
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        29
  D. Ellis (NY)            28
  E. Figueroa (NY)         28

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          94
  N. Ryan (CAL)            92
  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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