Sunday June 6, 1976
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American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 6, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       22  25  3.13   47   7  10   429   380  174  149   22  166  262
Kansas City     30  18  3.30   48  11  12   444   431  184  163   26  164  238
New York        28  19  3.35   47  19  11   438   359  180  163   29  153  228
Texas           27  20  3.39   47  19   5   433   411  195  163   32  146  216
Baltimore       24  24  3.41   48  13   7   438   421  185  166   28  168  159
Chicago         25  21  3.60   46  14   9   420   389  188  168   19  160  259
California      22  32  3.63   54  18   7   485   464  235  196   31  186  338
Oakland         24  28  3.70   52  10   7   477   473  229  196   29  145  233
Boston          22  24  3.71   46  14   4   414   429  200  171   35  127  194
Milwaukee       18  26  3.90   44   8   9   392   377  196  170   18  169  180
Detroit         21  26  4.03   47  12   7   422   402  221  189   36  180  253
Minnesota       24  24  4.18   48  11   7   431   427  225  200   25  202  251

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     6   2  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   61   22   15    0   29   47
Jackie Brown (CLE)     5   2  2.17  11   8   2   0   2   71   60   20   17    5   22   35
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
Wayne Garland (BAL)    5   0  2.39  14   1   0   1   0   49   42   14   13    2   15   18
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

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander        3   2  2.30   9   4   2   0   1   55   43   16   14    2   19   17
Wayne Garland          5   0  2.39  14   1   0   1   0   49   42   14   13    2   15   18
Ken Holtzman           5   3  2.74  12  12   5   0   1   89   90   30   27    4   30   22
Jim Palmer             6   6  3.10  15  15   6   0   1  110   96   42   38    8   46   46
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
Grant Jackson          1   1  3.95  11   0   0   3   0   14   12    6    6    0    5   11
Dyar Miller            1   2  4.50  15   0   0   3   0   20   21   11   10    1    7   10
Mike Cuellar           2   6  7.62  11  11   0   0   0   41   62   38   35    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  2.76  13   1   0   1   0   42   40   14   13    0   14   16
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
Dick Pole              2   3  4.04  11   6   0   0   0   49   48   22   22    4   22   17
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
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  1.74   6   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   7  4.40  13  13   6   0   1   88   63   46   43    4   66   95
Andy Hassler           0   3  5.46   7   3   0   0   0   28   30   21   17    2    9    9
Dick Drago             1   4  5.79  19   0   0   2   0   23   28   17   15    1   11   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              3   0  1.73   4   4   0   0   0   26    9    5    5    0   16    8
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
Rich Gossage           4   3  2.39  10   9   6   0   0   79   60   23   21    4   29   60
Dave Hamilton          2   2  3.38  14   1   0   3   0   29   28   11   11    1   13   21
Terry Forster          1   2  3.94   8   8   1   0   0   46   51   21   20    1   19   34
Pete Vuckovich         4   1  4.05   9   5   1   0   0   40   42   18   18    2   20   25
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Jesse Jefferson        1   2  5.75   5   3   0   0   0   20   22   13   13    0   12    9
Francisco Barrios      0   1  5.79   9   0   0   1   0   19   21   12   12    2    5   16
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
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  2.11  15   2   0   2   0   47   32   17   11    0   23   46
Jackie Brown           5   2  2.17  11   8   2   0   2   71   60   20   17    5   22   35
Tom Buskey             2   3  2.20  13   0   0   0   0   29   19    7    7    3   10   11
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   4  4.06  12   3   0   1   0   31   38   15   14    3   10   10
Jim Bibby              2   1  5.27   9   4   0   0   0   27   35   18   16    0   13   13
Fritz Peterson         0   3  5.55   9   9   0   0   0   47   59   31   29    3   10   19

 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
John Hiller            4   3  3.67  20   0   0   4   0   34   29   16   14    4   20   34
Ray Bare               3   4  3.92  12  10   1   0   1   60   66   37   26    5   24   32
Vern Ruhle             4   1  4.15   9   9   1   0   0   56   55   26   26    9   19   32
Bill Laxton            0   4  4.63   9   3   0   2   0   47   34   27   24    9   22   39
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.82  10   0   0   1   0   28   33   18   15    1   14   22
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Steve Grilli           1   1  5.55  13   0   0   0   0   24   30   18   15    1   17   12

 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  1.93  14   0   0   2   0   23   19    5    5    0    6   12
Dennis Leonard         5   1  2.80  10  10   4   0   0   84   74   27   26    4   26   53
Marty Pattin           1   6  3.04  19   0   0   4   0   24   21    9    8    2    8   21
Doug Bird              6   1  3.11  17   8   1   2   1   72   71   25   25    6   15   42
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
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
Jerry Augustine        1   1  1.83  15   0   0   0   0   20   16    4    4    2    4   11
Bill Travers           6   2  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   61   22   15    0   29   47
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  4.25  11  11   1   0   0   66   60   35   31    5   20   32
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  4.76  23   0   0   8   0   28   22   18   15    2   17   16
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Ray Sadecki            0   0  6.43   7   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    5    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 Singer            1   0  1.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    5    2    1    0    3    2
Bill Campbell          6   2  3.00  22   0   0   5   0   48   42   18   16    0   29   25
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             2   6  5.43  10   9   1   0   0   53   54   38   32    8   25   33
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             1   0  1.71   6   1   1   0   0   21   12    5    4    0    2   11
Tippy Martinez         1   0  2.25  10   0   0   2   0   24   18    6    6    1   12   14
Sparky Lyle            4   4  2.34  20   0   0   7   0   42   39   15   11    1   13   25
Ed Figueroa            6   4  3.16  12  12   5   0   1   88   77   36   31    4   34   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
Vida Blue              6   5  2.95  14  14   5   0   1  101  105   40   33    2   27   50
Paul Lindblad          2   1  2.96  23   0   0   0   0   46   39   18   15    1    8   13
Dick Bosman            0   0  3.00   8   3   0   0   0   33   33   11   11    2    6   12
Stan Bahnsen           2   2  3.02   9   8   1   0   1   51   44   18   17    2   12   29
Mike Torrez            6   5  3.09  14  14   3   0   0   93   77   42   32    5   41   44
Jim Todd               4   4  3.76  22   0   0   2   0   38   34   20   16    3   16   10
Rollie Fingers         3   5  3.86  26   0   0   5   0   44   42   21   19    3   13   40
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          5   2  3.63  10  10   4   0   0   74   76   35   30    9   14   34
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
  V. Blue (OAK)             6
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  E. Figueroa (NY)          6
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        6
  C. Hunter (NY)            6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          7
  N. Ryan (CAL)             7
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         6
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          6
  J. Hughes (MIN)           6
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  M. Pattin (KC)            6
  G. Ross (CAL)             6
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  R. Gossage (CHI)          6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  D. Goltz (MIN)            5

Saves:

  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         5
  C. Carroll (CHI)          5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          5
  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
  J. Palmer (BAL)       110.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     106.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       103.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         100.2
  M. Torrez (OAK)        93.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)        93.0
  K. Holtzman (BAL)      88.2
  E. Figueroa (NY)       88.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)          88.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       111
  V. Blue (OAK)           105
  J. Palmer (BAL)          96
  P. Splittorff (KC)       93
  K. Holtzman (BAL)        90
  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
  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  P. Splittorff (KC)       46
  D. Goltz (MIN)           45
  J. Coleman (DET)         44
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        42
  J. Palmer (BAL)          42
  M. Torrez (OAK)          42
  V. Blue (OAK)            40
  F. Tanana (CAL)          40

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           13
  F. Tanana (CAL)          11
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         10
  N. Briles (TEX)           9
  B. Laxton (DET)           9
  V. Ruhle (DET)            9
  P. Splittorff (KC)        9
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  J. Palmer (BAL)           8
  B. Lee (BOS)              7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            66
  J. Palmer (BAL)          46
  M. Torrez (OAK)          41
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        38
  J. Decker (MIN)          37
  P. Broberg (MIL)         34
  J. Coleman (DET)         34
  E. Figueroa (NY)         34
  P. Splittorff (KC)       32
  D. Ellis (NY)            31

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         103
  N. Ryan (CAL)            95
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        85
  C. Hunter (NY)           66
  R. Gossage (CHI)         60
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         59
  D. Leonard (KC)          53
  D. Goltz (MIN)           51
  V. Blue (OAK)            50
  B. Travers (MIL)         47


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