Thursday June 17, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 17, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       28  28  3.14   56   9  13   513   467  208  179   30  190  317
Kansas City     38  20  3.21   58  14  17   533   507  213  190   32  189  289
Texas           33  23  3.32   56  22   8   513   483  227  189   40  163  266
New York        34  22  3.33   56  22  14   519   427  211  192   31  178  267
Baltimore       27  31  3.63   58  16   8   524   518  230  211   34  200  194
Milwaukee       23  31  3.69   54  14  11   480   443  225  197   22  194  230
Boston          27  29  3.70   56  20   5   501   516  242  206   43  160  231
California      26  38  3.77   64  21   8   571   550  281  239   39  212  400
Oakland         29  32  3.78   61  11  10   555   561  266  233   42  165  271
Chicago         27  29  3.83   56  17  10   510   494  241  217   29  192  301
Minnesota       28  30  4.05   58  13   7   516   510  269  232   33  234  296
Detroit         25  32  4.32   57  15   8   505   507  288  242   43  208  296

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     8   3  1.59  13  13   6   0   3   96   74   24   17    2   40   60
Mark Fidrych (DET)     5   1  1.86   8   6   6   0   0   58   43   15   12    2   10   29
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   4  2.36  12  12   6   0   2   88   80   30   23    3   26   48
Jackie Brown (CLE)     6   2  2.39  13  10   2   0   2   87   74   27   23    8   25   46
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
Ken Holtzman (BAL)     5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Doug Bird (KC)         7   1  2.88  19  10   1   2   1   84   78   27   27    8   15   51
Dennis Leonard (KC)    6   2  2.92  12  12   6   0   0  102   90   34   33    7   32   65
Luis Tiant (BOS)       8   4  2.98  14  14   6   0   2  100  110   43   33    9   23   43

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Pagan             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2
Wayne Garland          6   0  2.25  15   2   0   1   0   56   46   15   14    2   17   19
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           3   7  6.05  14  13   1   0   0   61   83   44   41    6   31   16

 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   4  2.98  14  14   6   0   2  100  110   43   33    9   23   43
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              3   4  4.78  13   8   1   0   0   58   60   31   31    4   27   22
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
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Frank Tanana           8   5  3.04  15  15  10   0   1  118  100   48   40   14   31  123
Sid Monge              2   2  3.22  14   5   1   0   0   50   45   20   18    5   21   12
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.26  19   0   0   2   0   47   51   20   17    3   12   16
Gary Ross              4   8  3.46  14  13   1   0   1   83   94   41   32    4   19   51
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  2.52  18   0   0   6   0   54   44   19   15    0   15   30
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   4  4.47  11   9   1   0   0   54   66   28   27    2   21   39
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Francisco Barrios      1   2  5.73  12   2   1   1   0   33   33   21   21    6   11   23
Bart Johnson           3   7  6.18  11  11   2   0   1   63   73   47   43    6   23   32
Jesse Jefferson        1   2  6.83   7   4   0   0   0   28   33   21   21    1   18   12
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  1.57  21   0   0   7   0   34   21    6    6    0   19   36
Rick Waits             1   1  2.12   4   2   0   0   0   17   18    4    4    0    9    9
Tom Buskey             2   3  2.35  14   0   0   0   0   31   23   10    8    4   10   12
Jackie Brown           6   2  2.39  13  10   2   0   2   87   74   27   23    8   25   46
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  16   0   0   2   0   24   16    9    7    2   15   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           5   1  1.86   8   6   6   0   0   58   43   15   12    2   10   29
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  4.11  13   0   0   1   0   35   36   19   16    1   15   25
Vern Ruhle             5   3  4.58  12  12   1   0   0   73   83   42   37   10   24   42
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  1.25  20   0   0   6   0   36   22    6    5    0   19   37
Steve Mingori          3   0  2.32  17   0   0   3   0   31   25    8    8    1    8   15
Tom Hall               1   0  2.70  11   0   0   1   0   10    5    5    3    1    4    9
Steve Busby            3   1  2.84   9   9   1   0   0   51   38   21   16    1   33   19
Doug Bird              7   1  2.88  19  10   1   2   1   84   78   27   27    8   15   51
Dennis Leonard         6   2  2.92  12  12   6   0   0  102   90   34   33    7   32   65
Marty Pattin           1   7  3.28  23   0   0   5   0   25   26   10    9    2   10   21
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           8   3  1.59  13  13   6   0   3   96   74   24   17    2   40   60
Jim Slaton             8   4  3.35  15  15   5   0   2  116  103   45   43    5   35   51
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  1.52  22   0   0   0   0   41   32    8    7    3   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
Dave Goltz             7   3  4.21  15  15   7   0   1   98  102   52   46    6   31   61
Bill Singer            1   1  4.58   3   3   1   0   0   18   18   11    9    3    9    7
Steve Luebber          0   2  4.70  19   2   0   2   0   44   39   23   23    5   23   17
Vic Albury             1   1  4.91   7   0   0   0   0   15   16   10    8    0    6    6
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  1.97  25   0   0  10   0   50   44   15   11    1   13   31
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            7   4  3.53  14  14   5   0   1  102   93   45   40    5   39   50
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
Catfish Hunter         8   6  3.66  16  16  10   0   2  140  108   60   57   14   32   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
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
Stan Bahnsen           2   2  3.61  12   9   1   0   1   62   60   26   25    5   17   38
Mike Torrez            6   8  3.93  17  17   3   0   0  103   98   55   45   10   46   45
Paul Mitchell          3   3  5.05  10  10   2   0   0   52   67   33   29    7   10   30
Glenn Abbott           0   1  5.16   8   2   0   0   0   23   23   14   13    3    3    9
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  1.62  19   0   0   4   0   33   25    7    6    3    6   18
Joe Hoerner            0   0  1.84  16   0   0   4   0   15   12    5    3    0    7    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
Nelson Briles          6   3  3.19  12  12   4   0   0   87   86   39   31   10   17   41
Gaylord Perry          7   4  3.21  13  13   7   0   0  101   87   36   36    5   25   59
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
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
Bert Blyleven          0   3  5.47   3   3   1   0   0   26   29   17   16    4    5   20
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
  C. Hunter (NY)            8
  J. Slaton (MIL)           8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8
  B. Travers (MIL)          8
  D. Bird (KC)              7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         7
  P. Dobson (CLE)           7
  E. Figueroa (NY)          7

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             10
  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:

  B. Travers (MIL)          3
  J. Brown (CLE)            2
  C. Hunter (NY)            2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  J. Slaton (MIL)           2
  L. Tiant (BOS)            2
  J. Umbarger (TEX)         2
  R. Wise (BOS)             2
  D. Alexander (BAL)        1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        140.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       125.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     121.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       118.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)       115.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         107.2
  M. Torrez (OAK)       103.0
  E. Figueroa (NY)      102.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         102.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       101.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       130
  V. Blue (OAK)           116
  J. Palmer (BAL)         110
  L. Tiant (BOS)          110
  C. Hunter (NY)          108
  P. Splittorff (KC)      106
  J. Slaton (MIL)         103
  D. Goltz (MIN)          102
  K. Holtzman (BAL)       100
  F. Tanana (CAL)         100

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           60
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        56
  M. Torrez (OAK)          55
  P. Splittorff (KC)       53
  D. Goltz (MIN)           52
  R. Bare (DET)            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
  N. Briles (TEX)          10
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  M. Torrez (OAK)          10
  B. Laxton (DET)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  P. Splittorff (KC)        9
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            72
  J. Palmer (BAL)          50
  M. Torrez (OAK)          46
  J. Decker (MIN)          45
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        40
  B. Travers (MIL)         40
  E. Figueroa (NY)         39
  P. Splittorff (KC)       37
  R. Gossage (CHI)         36
  B. Singer (MIN)          36

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         123
  N. Ryan (CAL)           113
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        95
  C. Hunter (NY)           73
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         67
  R. Gossage (CHI)         66
  D. Leonard (KC)          65
  D. Goltz (MIN)           61
  B. Travers (MIL)         60
  G. Perry (TEX)           59

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