Saturday June 5, 1976
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American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 5, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       22  23  3.09   45   7  10   413   363  166  142   21  160  258
Baltimore       24  22  3.28   46  12   7   420   396  171  153   26  162  151
Kansas City     30  17  3.33   47  11  12   430   415  180  159   26  161  230
New York        27  18  3.38   45  18  11   420   348  175  158   29  147  224
Texas           26  20  3.40   46  18   5   424   402  189  160   30  141  213
California      22  31  3.62   53  18   7   477   457  231  192   31  179  334
Oakland         23  27  3.70   50  10   6   460   457  222  189   28  141  221
Chicago         23  21  3.71   44  14   8   402   374  186  166   19  151  253
Boston          21  24  3.77   45  14   3   405   420  199  170   35  126  188
Detroit         21  25  3.81   46  12   7   414   386  205  175   36  172  247
Milwaukee       17  26  3.98   43   8   9   378   366  193  167   17  164  174
Minnesota       22  24  4.23   46  10   6   413   411  217  194   23  195  238

 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
Ken Holtzman (BAL)     5   3  2.74  12  12   5   0   1   89   90   30   27    4   30   22
Luis Tiant (BOS)       7   3  2.75  11  11   4   0   2   79   83   33   24    6   18   35
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   4  2.79  13  13   9   0   0  103   85   40   32   11   29  103
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
Ken Holtzman           5   3  2.74  12  12   5   0   1   89   90   30   27    4   30   22
Grant Jackson          1   1  2.84  10   0   0   3   0   13    9    4    4    0    3   11
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         5   6  3.40  12  12   7   0   1   87   83   39   33   10   21   59
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   4  2.79  13  13   9   0   0  103   85   40   32   11   29  103
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   2  1.97  14   0   0   5   0   46   33   13   10    0   12   26
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  3.94   8   8   1   0   0   46   51   21   20    1   19   34
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  6.11   8   0   0   0   0   18   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
Dave LaRoche           0   1  1.91  17   0   0   5   0   28   16    6    6    0   19   29
Stan Thomas            0   0  1.96  13   0   0   2   0   18   12    6    4    0   12   14
Jim Kern               4   2  2.14  14   2   0   2   0   46   32   17   11    0   22   46
Pat Dobson             5   5  2.88  11  11   4   0   0   75   67   30   24    5   20   39
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           3   1  2.03   6   4   4   0   0   40   29    9    9    2    8   23
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  1.29  17   0   0   4   0   28   17    5    4    0   15   29
Steve Mingori          3   0  1.59  13   0   0   2   0   23   17    4    4    0    5   11
Dennis Leonard         5   1  2.80  10  10   4   0   0   84   74   27   26    4   26   53
Marty Pattin           1   5  3.10  18   0   0   4   0   20   19    8    7    2    6   18
Tom Hall               1   0  3.12   9   0   0   0   0    9    5    5    3    1    4    6
Steve Busby            1   1  3.18   7   7   1   0   0   40   30   18   14    1   28   13
Doug Bird              6   1  3.32  16   7   1   2   1   62   59   23   23    6   15   38
Al Fitzmorris          6   2  3.58  12  11   3   0   0   73   83   34   29    3   17   26
Paul Splittorff        4   6  4.61  13  12   2   0   0   80   93   46   41    9   32   31
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  2.20  14   0   0   0   0   16   13    4    4    2    3   10
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   5  4.15   8   8   0   0   0   43   39   25   20    0   34   12
Jim Colborn            2   7  4.69  10  10   1   0   0   56   55   33   29    4   17   28
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  4.82  22   0   0   8   0   28   20   18   15    2   16   15
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Ray Sadecki            0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    7    9    5    4    1    4    2
Bill Champion          0   1  7.03  10   3   0   0   0   24   35   20   19    0   13    8
Ed Sprague             0   2  7.04   3   0   0   0   0    8   14    7    6    0    3    0
Tom Murphy             0   1  7.36  15   0   0   1   0   18   25   18   15    2    9    7

 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  2.98  21   0   0   4   0   45   37   17   15    0   29   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   4  5.01  10   9   0   0   0   47   51   27   26    3   37   28
Jim Hughes             1   6  5.40   9   8   1   0   0   47   48   33   28    6   21   24
Steve Luebber          0   2  5.50  15   2   0   2   0   38   32   23   23    5   21   16
Vic Albury             1   1  5.59   5   0   0   0   0   10   13    8    6    0    4    1
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  2.25  10   0   0   2   0   24   18    6    6    1   12   14
Sparky Lyle            4   4  2.41  19   0   0   7   0   41   39   15   11    1   13   25
Ed Figueroa            6   3  3.12  11  11   5   0   1   81   72   33   28    4   29   39
Dick Tidrow            2   0  3.32  15   0   0   1   0   22   24    8    8    0   13   17
Catfish Hunter         6   5  3.49  13  13   9   0   2  116   85   46   45   13   24   66
Rudy May               4   2  3.81  10  10   1   0   1   59   43   30   25    5   24   32
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
Vida Blue              5   5  2.99  13  13   5   0   1   93   99   38   31    2   25   45
Dick Bosman            0   0  3.00   8   3   0   0   0   33   33   11   11    2    6   12
Mike Torrez            6   5  3.09  14  14   3   0   0   93   77   42   32    5   41   44
Stan Bahnsen           2   2  3.32   8   7   1   0   1   43   41   17   16    2   10   25
Rollie Fingers         3   5  3.61  24   0   0   4   0   42   38   19   17    2   13   38
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
Bert Blyleven          0   1  1.64   1   1   1   0   0   11   10    3    2    0    3   10
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
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        6
  C. Hunter (NY)            6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  M. Torrez (OAK)           6

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          7
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         6
  J. Hughes (MIN)           6
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          6
  G. Ross (CAL)             6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  P. Broberg (MIL)          5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  R. Gossage (CHI)          6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  D. Goltz (MIN)            5
  K. Holtzman (BAL)         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. Littell (KC)           4
  M. Pattin (KC)            4
  D. Hamilton (CHI)         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
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     106.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       103.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       101.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          93.1
  M. Torrez (OAK)        93.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)        93.0
  K. Holtzman (BAL)      88.2
  F. Jenkins (BOS)       87.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)          84.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       111
  V. Blue (OAK)            99
  P. Splittorff (KC)       93
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        90
  J. Palmer (BAL)          88
  C. Hunter (NY)           85
  J. Slaton (MIL)          85
  F. Tanana (CAL)          85
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       83
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         83

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           46
  P. Splittorff (KC)       46
  D. Goltz (MIN)           45
  N. Ryan (CAL)            43
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        42
  M. Torrez (OAK)          42
  F. Tanana (CAL)          40
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         39
  J. Palmer (BAL)          39
  V. Blue (OAK)            38

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           13
  F. Tanana (CAL)          11
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         10
  B. Laxton (DET)           9
  V. Ruhle (DET)            9
  P. Splittorff (KC)        9
  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)          41
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        38
  J. Decker (MIN)          37
  P. Broberg (MIL)         34
  P. Splittorff (KC)       32
  J. Coleman (DET)         31
  D. Ellis (NY)            31
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        30

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         103
  N. Ryan (CAL)            92
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        85
  C. Hunter (NY)           66
  R. Gossage (CHI)         60
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         59
  D. Leonard (KC)          53
  D. Goltz (MIN)           51
  B. Travers (MIL)         47
  J. Kern (CLE)            46

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