Tuesday June 15, 1976
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American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 15, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       27  28  3.13   55   9  13   504   456  204  175   29  186  309
Kansas City     38  19  3.19   57  14  17   524   499  209  186   30  188  283
Texas           33  21  3.27   54  22   8   495   465  214  180   37  158  252
New York        32  22  3.34   54  22  13   501   411  203  186   31  173  258
Chicago         27  27  3.70   54  17  10   492   469  226  202   27  180  292
Baltimore       25  31  3.70   56  15   7   506   504  227  208   33  196  187
Boston          26  28  3.72   54  18   5   484   501  235  200   42  155  223
Oakland         28  31  3.75   59  10  10   537   545  257  224   38  159  258
California      25  37  3.76   62  20   8   553   535  272  231   37  207  394
Milwaukee       22  30  3.79   52  12  11   463   433  223  195   22  190  222
Minnesota       27  29  4.02   56  12   7   502   493  260  224   31  228  286
Detroit         24  31  4.37   55  14   8   491   495  281  238   43  203  293

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     7   3  1.75  12  12   5   0   2   87   71   24   17    2   37   56
Jackie Brown (CLE)     5   2  2.17  12   9   2   0   2   79   64   23   19    7   23   39
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   4  2.36  12  12   6   0   2   88   80   30   23    3   26   48
Bill Campbell (MIN)    7   2  2.56  25   0   0   5   0   56   44   18   16    0   30   30
Rich Gossage (CHI)     5   4  2.56  12  11   7   0   0   95   76   29   27    5   36   66
Pat Dobson (CLE)       7   5  2.60  13  13   5   0   0   90   76   33   26    6   24   46
Doug Bird (KC)         7   1  2.84  18   9   1   2   1   79   74   25   25    6   15   48
Ken Holtzman (BAL)     5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Dennis Leonard (KC)    6   2  2.92  12  12   6   0   0  102   90   34   33    7   32   65

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Garland          5   0  2.39  14   1   0   1   0   49   42   14   13    2   15   18
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Jim Palmer             7   7  3.09  17  17   7   0   2  125  110   47   43    9   50   54
Doyle Alexander        3   4  3.50  11   6   2   0   1   64   58   27   25    3   24   17
Ross Grimsley          1   4  3.86  12   6   0   0   0   54   55   28   23    4   15   17
Dyar Miller            1   2  4.13  18   0   0   3   0   24   27   12   11    1    9   13
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Flanagan          0   2  5.31   8   1   0   0   0   20   20   12   12    4    9   17
Mike Cuellar           2   7  6.75  13  12   0   0   0   52   73   42   39    5   30   12

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             0   1  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    0    0    2    0
Jim Willoughby         1   3  2.64  19   0   0   1   0   31   28   15    9    1   13   14
Luis Tiant             8   3  2.95  13  13   5   0   2   92  103   39   30    8   21   40
Fergie Jenkins         5   7  3.32  14  14   8   0   1  100   93   44   37   13   27   67
Reggie Cleveland       3   2  3.40  16   1   0   1   0   53   54   22   20    0   18   19
Tom House              1   2  3.52  19   0   0   3   0   31   22   12   12    2   11   15
Rick Jones             1   0  3.52   9   1   1   0   0   23   29    9    9    0    6   10
Rick Wise              5   3  3.77  12  12   4   0   2   76   77   35   32    7   19   31
Dick Pole              2   4  5.11  12   7   0   0   0   49   52   28   28    4   24   17
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   7   0   0   1   0   10   10    3    2    0    4    2
Paul Hartzell          0   2  2.55  18   0   0   2   0   42   42   15   12    2   12   15
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Sid Monge              2   1  2.93  13   4   1   0   0   46   41   16   15    4   17   10
Frank Tanana           8   5  3.04  15  15  10   0   1  118  100   48   40   14   31  123
Gary Ross              3   8  3.87  13  12   0   0   0   74   92   41   32    4   18   48
Nolan Ryan             5   7  4.06  15  15   7   0   2  102   69   49   46    4   72  113
Don Kirkwood           2   6  4.56  13  13   2   0   0   77   89   44   39    4   19   37
Andy Hassler           0   3  4.94  10   3   0   0   0   31   31   21   17    2   11   11
Dick Drago             1   4  5.96  22   0   0   3   0   26   32   19   17    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  2.12   5   5   0   0   0   34   17    8    8    1   16   11
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Clay Carroll           3   3  2.31  17   0   0   6   0   51   41   17   13    0   13   29
Rich Gossage           5   4  2.56  12  11   7   0   0   95   76   29   27    5   36   66
Dave Hamilton          2   2  2.95  16   1   0   3   0   37   32   12   12    1   15   26
Pete Vuckovich         4   2  4.11  10   6   1   0   0   46   51   21   21    2   20   26
Terry Forster          1   3  4.47  10   8   1   0   0   48   57   25   24    2   20   37
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Francisco Barrios      1   1  5.16  11   1   1   1   0   30   28   17   17    5    7   20
Jesse Jefferson        1   2  6.14   6   4   0   0   0   22   25   15   15    0   13    9
Bart Johnson           3   7  6.18  11  11   2   0   1   63   73   47   43    6   23   32
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
Dave LaRoche           0   1  1.62  20   0   0   7   0   33   20    6    6    0   19   35
Rick Waits             1   1  2.12   4   2   0   0   0   17   18    4    4    0    9    9
Jackie Brown           5   2  2.17  12   9   2   0   2   79   64   23   19    7   23   39
Tom Buskey             2   3  2.35  14   0   0   0   0   31   23   10    8    4   10   12
Jim Kern               6   2  2.52  17   2   0   2   0   54   40   21   15    0   25   48
Pat Dobson             7   5  2.60  13  13   5   0   0   90   76   33   26    6   24   46
Stan Thomas            0   0  2.66  15   0   0   2   0   24   16    9    7    2   13   16
Don Hood               1   4  3.60  13   3   0   1   0   35   39   15   14    3   12   15
Dennis Eckersley       3   5  4.15  12  12   2   0   1   61   52   31   28    4   27   52
Jim Bibby              2   2  4.98  11   5   0   1   0   34   49   21   19    0   14   18
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           4   1  1.84   7   5   5   0   0   49   38   12   10    2    8   27
Frank MacCormack       0   1  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    4    2    0    5    3
John Hiller            4   3  3.43  22   0   0   5   0   39   30   17   15    5   23   40
Dave Roberts           5   5  3.49  11  11   6   0   1   80   62   33   31    5   23   28
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.24  12   0   0   1   0   34   35   19   16    1   15   25
Vern Ruhle             5   2  4.59  11  11   1   0   0   69   77   38   35   10   21   41
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Bill Laxton            0   4  4.98  10   3   0   2   0   47   38   30   26    9   22   39
Ray Bare               3   5  5.07  15  11   1   0   1   66   81   49   37    6   30   34
Steve Grilli           1   1  6.89  16   0   0   0   0   33   41   30   25    4   22   16
Dave Lemanczyk         0   1 27.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    6    5    5    0    0    2

 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  1.09  19   0   0   6   0   33   20    5    4    0   19   35
Steve Mingori          3   0  2.32  17   0   0   3   0   31   25    8    8    1    8   15
Doug Bird              7   1  2.84  18   9   1   2   1   79   74   25   25    6   15   48
Steve Busby            3   1  2.84   9   9   1   0   0   51   38   21   16    1   33   19
Tom Hall               1   0  2.89  10   0   0   1   0    9    5    5    3    1    4    8
Marty Pattin           1   6  2.92  22   0   0   5   0   25   24    9    8    2    9   21
Dennis Leonard         6   2  2.92  12  12   6   0   0  102   90   34   33    7   32   65
Al Fitzmorris          8   2  3.44  14  13   3   0   0   86   99   39   33    3   18   30
Paul Splittorff        6   6  4.48  15  14   3   0   1   96  106   53   48    9   37   37
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
Danny Frisella         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    5    1    0    0    0    3    7
Bill Travers           7   3  1.75  12  12   5   0   2   87   71   24   17    2   37   56
Jim Slaton             8   3  3.43  14  14   4   0   2  108   96   43   41    5   34   47
Jim Colborn            3   8  3.70  13  13   3   0   0   83   73   38   34    5   24   40
Jerry Augustine        2   2  3.86  17   2   0   0   0   28   28   12   12    3    6   14
Bill Castro            0   0  3.95   6   0   0   1   0   14   11    6    6    1    3    6
Pete Broberg           1   5  4.34   9   8   0   0   0   46   41   28   22    1   34   13
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.66   8   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    5    1    4    6
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  4.91  24   0   0   8   0   29   24   19   16    2   17   17
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
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          3   0  1.11  21   0   0   0   0   41   30    6    5    2   12   15
Bill Campbell          7   2  2.56  25   0   0   5   0   56   44   18   16    0   30   30
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Singer            1   0  3.75   2   2   1   0   0   12   10    6    5    2    6    2
Vic Albury             1   1  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   14    8    6    0    6    6
Dave Goltz             6   3  4.44  14  14   6   0   0   93   99   52   46    6   29   56
Steve Luebber          0   2  4.93  18   2   0   2   0   42   37   23   23    5   22   17
Joe Decker             2   6  5.08  12  11   0   0   0   57   59   35   32    3   45   33
Jim Hughes             2   7  5.13  11  10   1   0   0   60   64   46   34    8   26   36
Pete Redfern           1   3  6.75   5   5   0   0   0   23   22   18   17    2   13   10
Mike Pazik             0   0  7.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   13    9    7    0    4    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         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
Sparky Lyle            4   4  2.06  23   0   0   9   0   48   43   15   11    1   13   29
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.81  16   0   0   1   0   26   26    8    8    0   13   20
Ed Figueroa            6   4  3.47  13  13   5   0   1   93   85   41   36    5   35   43
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
Catfish Hunter         7   6  3.71  15  15  10   0   2  133  101   56   55   14   31   73
Dock Ellis             6   4  3.78  13  13   4   0   0   79   65   34   33    4   35   27
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
Dick Bosman            0   0  2.70  11   3   0   0   0   40   39   12   12    2    8   13
Paul Lindblad          3   1  2.94  28   0   0   0   0   49   42   19   16    2   10   13
Vida Blue              6   6  3.09  15  15   5   0   1  108  116   44   37    2   28   54
Stan Bahnsen           2   2  3.44  11   9   1   0   1   55   53   22   21    4   13   32
Rollie Fingers         3   5  3.54  29   0   0   8   0   48   44   21   19    3   13   45
Jim Todd               6   4  3.60  26   0   0   2   0   45   40   22   18    3   17   14
Mike Torrez            6   7  3.64  16  16   3   0   0  101   92   51   41    8   46   44
Glenn Abbott           0   1  5.16   8   2   0   0   0   23   23   14   13    3    3    9
Paul Mitchell          2   3  5.91   9   9   1   0   0   43   64   32   28    6    8   24
Mike Norris            0   2  6.66   9   5   0   0   0   26   32   20   19    5   13   10

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         5   2  1.41  17   0   0   4   0   32   23    6    5    2    6   17
Joe Hoerner            0   0  1.98  15   0   0   4   0   14   11    4    3    0    6    5
Steve Hargan           1   2  2.10  11   1   0   0   0   30   25   14    7    1   16   17
Jim Umbarger           7   4  2.36  12  12   6   0   2   88   80   30   23    3   26   48
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.93   7   0   0   0   0   15   15    6    5    1    9    6
Gaylord Perry          7   4  3.21  13  13   7   0   0  101   87   36   36    5   25   59
Nelson Briles          6   2  3.40  11  11   4   0   0   79   79   35   30    9   15   35
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
Bert Blyleven          0   2  4.34   2   2   1   0   0   19   21   10    9    3    3   13
Fritz Peterson         1   0  5.00   3   1   0   0   0    9   14    5    5    0    2    2
Steve Barr             1   3  5.40   8   4   2   0   0   32   34   22   19    6   19   10
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 10.03   5   0   0   0   0   12   20   15   13    3    4    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        8
  J. Slaton (MIL)           8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8
  D. Bird (KC)              7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         7
  P. Dobson (CLE)           7
  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  G. Perry (TEX)            7

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          8
  G. Ross (CAL)             8
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         7
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          7
  J. Hughes (MIN)           7
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  B. Johnson (CHI)          7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  N. Ryan (CAL)             7
  M. Torrez (OAK)           7

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           10
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  R. Gossage (CHI)          7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  G. Perry (TEX)            7
  N. Ryan (CAL)             7
  D. Goltz (MIN)            6
  K. Holtzman (BAL)         6
  D. Leonard (KC)           6

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          7
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  M. Littell (KC)           6
  B. Campbell (MIN)         5
  J. Hiller (DET)           5
  M. Pattin (KC)            5
  S. Foucault (TEX)         4

Shutouts:

  J. Brown (CLE)            2
  C. Hunter (NY)            2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  J. Slaton (MIL)           2
  L. Tiant (BOS)            2
  B. Travers (MIL)          2
  J. Umbarger (TEX)         2
  R. Wise (BOS)             2
  D. Alexander (BAL)        1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        133.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       125.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       118.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     114.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         107.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       107.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         102.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       101.2
  M. Torrez (OAK)       101.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        101.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       122
  V. Blue (OAK)           116
  J. Palmer (BAL)         110
  P. Splittorff (KC)      106
  L. Tiant (BOS)          103
  C. Hunter (NY)          101
  K. Holtzman (BAL)       100
  F. Tanana (CAL)         100
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       99
  D. Goltz (MIN)           99

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           56
  P. Splittorff (KC)       53
  D. Goltz (MIN)           52
  M. Torrez (OAK)          51
  R. Bare (DET)            49
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        49
  N. Ryan (CAL)            49
  F. Tanana (CAL)          48
  B. Johnson (CHI)         47
  J. Palmer (BAL)          47

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         13
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  N. Briles (TEX)           9
  B. Laxton (DET)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  P. Splittorff (KC)        9
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            72
  J. Palmer (BAL)          50
  M. Torrez (OAK)          46
  J. Decker (MIN)          45
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        38
  P. Splittorff (KC)       37
  B. Travers (MIL)         37
  R. Gossage (CHI)         36
  D. Ellis (NY)            35
  E. Figueroa (NY)         35

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         123
  N. Ryan (CAL)           113
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        88
  C. Hunter (NY)           73
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         67
  R. Gossage (CHI)         66
  D. Leonard (KC)          65
  G. Perry (TEX)           59
  D. Goltz (MIN)           56
  B. Travers (MIL)         56

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