Friday June 4, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 4, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       21  23  3.10   44   7  10   403   355  163  139   20  156  248
New York        27  17  3.35   44  18  11   411   337  168  153   29  141  217
Baltimore       23  22  3.35   45  11   7   411   391  170  153   26  161  148
Kansas City     28  17  3.36   45  10  11   412   397  174  154   25  155  226
Texas           26  19  3.45   45  17   5   413   392  186  158   30  138  203
California      22  30  3.63   52  17   7   469   449  227  189   30  172  325
Oakland         22  27  3.67   49  10   6   451   446  216  184   28  139  216
Chicago         23  20  3.69   43  14   8   392   363  181  161   19  146  248
Boston          20  24  3.84   44  13   3   396   415  196  169   33  125  183
Detroit         20  25  3.87   45  11   7   403   379  203  173   36  171  239
Milwaukee       17  24  3.90   41   8   9   362   346  181  157   17  157  171
Minnesota       22  23  4.20   45  10   6   405   400  212  189   22  190  237

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jackie Brown (CLE)     5   1  1.87  10   7   2   0   2   67   54   17   14    5   20   35
Bill Travers (MIL)     6   2  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   61   22   15    0   29   47
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Doyle Alexander (BAL)  3   2  2.30   9   4   2   0   1   55   43   16   14    2   19   17
Rich Gossage (CHI)     4   3  2.39  10   9   6   0   0   79   60   23   21    4   29   60
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     5   4  2.56  10  10   5   0   2   70   67   25   20    2   21   39
Luis Tiant (BOS)       7   3  2.75  11  11   4   0   2   79   83   33   24    6   18   35
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
Dennis Leonard (KC)    5   1  2.80  10  10   4   0   0   84   74   27   26    4   26   53

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Garland          5   0  1.66  13   1   0   1   0   43   34    9    8    1   14   15
Doyle Alexander        3   2  2.30   9   4   2   0   1   55   43   16   14    2   19   17
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
Jim Palmer             6   5  3.11  14  14   5   0   1  101   88   39   35    7   44   42
Ross Grimsley          1   3  3.32   9   5   0   0   0   43   42   21   16    4   13   13
Mike Flanagan          0   1  3.78   6   0   0   0   0   17   13    7    7    2    6   13
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   3  2.33  16   0   0   1   0   27   25   13    7    1   10   13
Luis Tiant             7   3  2.75  11  11   4   0   2   79   83   33   24    6   18   35
Reggie Cleveland       3   1  2.90  12   1   0   0   0   40   38   14   13    0   14   15
Fergie Jenkins         4   6  3.68  11  11   6   0   1   78   78   36   32    8   20   54
Tom House              1   2  3.95  17   0   0   2   0   27   20   12   12    2   11   13
Rick Wise              3   3  4.48  10  10   3   0   1   60   70   32   30    5   13   24
Rick Jones             0   0  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   14   20    7    7    0    4    7
Dick Pole              1   3  4.50  10   5   0   0   0   42   41   21   21    4   21   12
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           1   0  1.80   5   0   0   1   0   10   10    3    2    0    3    2
Paul Hartzell          0   1  2.65  16   0   0   2   0   37   36   13   11    2   10   12
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
Gary Ross              3   6  3.07  11  10   0   0   0   70   79   33   24    4   15   43
Don Kirkwood           1   5  4.24  11  11   2   0   0   64   70   34   30    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  6.14  18   0   0   2   0   22   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           4   3  2.39  10   9   6   0   0   79   60   23   21    4   29   60
Dave Hamilton          2   2  3.62  13   1   0   3   0   27   26   11   11    1   11   21
Terry Forster          1   2  3.83   7   7   1   0   0   40   44   18   17    1   15   31
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  6.66   9   9   1   0   1   49   54   37   36    4   17   24
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   2   0   0   0   0    7    5    0    0    0    3    3
Tom Buskey             2   3  1.75  12   0   0   0   0   26   15    5    5    2    8   10
Jackie Brown           5   1  1.87  10   7   2   0   2   67   54   17   14    5   20   35
Stan Thomas            0   0  1.96  13   0   0   2   0   18   12    6    4    0   12   14
Dave LaRoche           0   1  2.00  16   0   0   5   0   27   15    6    6    0   17   26
Jim Kern               3   2  2.20  13   2   0   2   0   45   32   17   11    0   21   45
Pat Dobson             5   5  2.79  10  10   4   0   0   68   60   27   21    4   19   33
Dennis Eckersley       3   4  3.88  10  10   1   0   1   49   37   24   21    3   24   43
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           2   1  2.17   5   3   3   0   0   29   22    7    7    2    7   15
Dave Roberts           4   4  3.29   9   9   5   0   1   66   46   26   24    4   22   21
Jim Crawford           0   3  3.51   9   0   0   1   0   26   28   13   10    1   10   20
John Hiller            4   3  3.67  20   0   0   4   0   34   29   16   14    4   20   34
Ray Bare               3   4  4.01  11  10   1   0   1   58   65   37   26    5   24   32
Steve Grilli           1   1  4.07  12   0   0   0   0   24   27   14   11    1   16   12
Vern Ruhle             4   1  4.15   9   9   1   0   0   56   55   26   26    9   19   32
Joe Coleman            2   4  4.48  11  11   1   0   0   62   73   37   31    1   31   34
Bill Laxton            0   4  4.63   9   3   0   2   0   47   34   27   24    9   22   39

 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           3   1  1.32  16   0   0   3   0   27   17    5    4    0   14   29
Steve Mingori          3   0  1.69  12   0   0   2   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         5   1  2.80  10  10   4   0   0   84   74   27   26    4   26   53
Steve Busby            1   1  3.18   7   7   1   0   0   40   30   18   14    1   28   13
Tom Hall               1   0  3.24   8   0   0   0   0    8    5    5    3    1    4    6
Doug Bird              6   1  3.32  16   7   1   2   1   62   59   23   23    6   15   38
Al Fitzmorris          5   2  3.65  11  10   3   0   0   67   77   31   27    3   17   25
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           6   2  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   61   22   15    0   29   47
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   2  3.29  12  12   4   0   2   93   85   35   34    5   30   38
Pete Broberg           1   4  4.10   7   7   0   0   0   37   33   20   17    0   30   11
Jim Colborn            2   7  4.69  10  10   1   0   0   56   55   33   29    4   17   28
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  0.60  16   0   0   0   0   30   25    3    2    1    9    8
Bill Campbell          6   2  2.45  20   0   0   4   0   44   35   14   12    0   27   23
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Dave Goltz             5   2  4.63  12  12   5   0   0   80   79   45   41    4   27   51
Joe Decker             2   3  5.27   9   8   0   0   0   41   43   25   24    2   35   28
Jim Hughes             1   6  5.40   9   8   1   0   0   47   48   33   28    6   21   24
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
Dave Pagan             0   0  1.50   5   0   0   0   0   12    6    3    2    0    1    7
Tippy Martinez         1   0  1.89   9   0   0   2   0   19   14    4    4    1    8   11
Sparky Lyle            4   3  2.50  18   0   0   7   0   40   37   14   11    1   13   22
Dick Tidrow            2   0  3.10  14   0   0   1   0   20   23    7    7    0   11   17
Ed Figueroa            6   3  3.12  11  11   5   0   1   81   72   33   28    4   29   39
Catfish Hunter         6   5  3.49  13  13   9   0   2  116   85   46   45   13   24   66
Rudy May               4   2  3.59   9   9   1   0   1   58   39   27   23    5   24   31
Dock Ellis             4   4  4.12  11  11   3   0   0   63   55   30   29    4   31   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
Paul Lindblad          2   0  2.62  22   0   0   0   0   45   36   16   13    1    8   12
Mike Torrez            6   5  2.82  13  13   3   0   0   89   71   37   28    5   39   43
Vida Blue              5   5  2.99  13  13   5   0   1   93   99   38   31    2   25   45
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   5  3.73  23   0   0   4   0   41   38   19   17    2   13   37
Jim Todd               4   4  3.76  22   0   0   2   0   38   34   20   16    3   16   10
Mike Norris            0   2  6.66   9   5   0   0   0   26   32   20   19    5   13   10
Paul Mitchell          1   3  6.68   7   7   1   0   0   31   46   27   23    4    6   21
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
Steve Hargan           1   2  2.10  11   1   0   0   0   30   25   14    7    1   16   17
Joe Hoerner            0   0  2.19  13   0   0   3   0   12    9    4    3    0    6    5
Jim Umbarger           5   4  2.56  10  10   5   0   2   70   67   25   20    2   21   39
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
Gaylord Perry          5   4  3.58  11  11   5   0   0   83   77   33   33    5   22   44
Nelson Briles          4   2  3.72   9   9   3   0   0   65   67   29   27    7    9   31
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
  L. Tiant (BOS)            7
  D. Bird (KC)              6
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  E. Figueroa (NY)          6
  C. Hunter (NY)            6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  M. Torrez (OAK)           6
  B. Travers (MIL)          6

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          7
  J. Hughes (MIN)           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

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  R. Gossage (CHI)          6
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  D. Goltz (MIN)            5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  G. Perry (TEX)            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)        116.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       101.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      95.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        94.2
  V. Blue (OAK)          93.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)        93.0
  M. Torrez (OAK)        89.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)          84.2
  D. Leonard (KC)        83.2
  G. Perry (TEX)         83.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)       101
  V. Blue (OAK)            99
  J. Palmer (BAL)          88
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        85
  C. Hunter (NY)           85
  J. Slaton (MIL)          85
  P. Splittorff (KC)       84
  L. Tiant (BOS)           83
  D. Goltz (MIN)           79
  G. Ross (CAL)            79

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           46
  D. Goltz (MIN)           45
  P. Splittorff (KC)       44
  N. Ryan (CAL)            43
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        39
  J. Palmer (BAL)          39
  V. Blue (OAK)            38
  R. Bare (DET)            37
  J. Coleman (DET)         37
  B. Johnson (CHI)         37

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           13
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  B. Laxton (DET)           9
  V. Ruhle (DET)            9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          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)          44
  M. Torrez (OAK)          39
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        35
  J. Decker (MIN)          35
  J. Coleman (DET)         31
  D. Ellis (NY)            31
  P. Broberg (MIL)         30
  J. Slaton (MIL)          30
  E. Figueroa (NY)         29

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          94
  N. Ryan (CAL)            92
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        75
  C. Hunter (NY)           66
  R. Gossage (CHI)         60
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         54
  D. Leonard (KC)          53
  D. Goltz (MIN)           51
  B. Travers (MIL)         47
  V. Blue (OAK)            45


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