Saturday June 19, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 19, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       29  29  3.12   58   9  14   531   479  213  184   30  194  325
Kansas City     39  21  3.17   60  15  17   550   528  219  194   32  194  300
New York        36  22  3.25   58  22  15   542   447  216  196   31  182  278
Texas           33  25  3.48   58  22   8   531   509  244  205   46  175  277
Baltimore       29  31  3.61   60  17   8   542   535  238  217   37  203  211
Boston          28  30  3.68   58  20   5   518   531  248  212   46  163  239
Milwaukee       24  32  3.71   56  14  11   497   455  234  205   24  202  237
California      27  39  3.73   66  22   8   589   563  287  244   40  219  418
Chicago         27  31  3.77   58  17  10   533   516  248  223   29  202  310
Oakland         30  33  3.77   63  11  11   573   578  273  240   46  166  280
Minnesota       29  31  4.05   60  14   8   534   530  277  240   35  236  307
Detroit         26  33  4.30   59  16   8   522   528  296  249   43  218  305

 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
Jackie Brown (CLE)     6   2  2.39  13  10   2   0   2   87   74   27   23    8   25   46
Pat Dobson (CLE)       8   5  2.41  14  14   5   0   0   97   77   33   26    6   24   50
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   5  2.63  13  13   6   0   2   89   84   33   26    4   26   49
Rich Gossage (CHI)     5   5  2.74  13  12   7   0   0  102   86   33   31    5   38   69
Dennis Leonard (KC)    7   2  2.77  13  13   7   0   0  111  103   37   34    7   34   74
Ken Holtzman (NY)      5   4  2.83  14  14   6   0   1  105  109   36   33    4   36   26
Doug Bird (KC)         7   1  2.88  19  10   1   2   1   84   78   27   27    8   15   51
Luis Tiant (BOS)       8   4  2.98  14  14   6   0   2  100  110   43   33    9   23   43
Frank Tanana (CAL)     8   5  3.04  15  15  10   0   1  118  100   48   40   14   31  123

 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
Rudy May               1   0  2.16   1   1   0   0   0    8   10    4    2    0    3    6
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             8   7  3.15  18  18   8   0   2  134  116   51   47   12   50   65
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  4.01  19   0   0   3   0   25   28   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             1   1  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    3    0    0    2    0
Jim Willoughby         1   3  2.48  20   0   0   1   0   33   29   15    9    1   13   14
Rick Jones             1   0  2.97  10   2   1   0   0   30   35   10   10    0    9   15
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 Wise              5   4  4.04  13  13   4   0   2   82   85   40   37   10   19   34
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             6   7  3.89  16  16   8   0   2  111   75   52   48    5   76  128
Don Kirkwood           2   6  4.42  14  14   2   0   0   79   90   44   39    4   20   38
Andy Hassler           0   4  4.78  11   3   0   0   0   38   37   24   20    2   13   13
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  2.47  19   0   0   6   0   55   45   19   15    0   16   30
Dave Hamilton          2   3  2.49  17   1   0   3   0   43   36   13   12    1   18   28
Rich Gossage           5   5  2.74  13  12   7   0   0  102   86   33   31    5   38   69
Pete Vuckovich         4   2  4.11  10   6   1   0   0   46   51   21   21    2   20   26
Terry Forster          1   4  4.39  12   9   1   0   0   55   66   28   27    2   22   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  5.79  12  12   2   0   1   70   80   49   45    6   26   36
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
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
Pat Dobson             8   5  2.41  14  14   5   0   0   97   77   33   26    6   24   50
Jim Kern               6   2  2.51  19   2   0   3   0   57   43   22   16    0   27   50
Stan Thomas            0   1  2.57  17   0   0   2   0   28   19   10    8    2   17   16
Rick Waits             1   1  3.15   5   3   0   0   0   20   23    7    7    0    9   11
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
Dave Roberts           6   5  3.34  12  12   7   0   1   89   73   35   33    5   24   32
John Hiller            4   3  3.48  23   0   0   5   0   41   33   18   16    5   25   42
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.17  14   0   0   1   0   37   39   21   17    1   16   27
Frank MacCormack       0   2  4.35   2   2   0   0   0   10   11    7    5    0   11    4
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  2.30  18   0   0   3   0   31   25    8    8    1    9   15
Tom Hall               1   0  2.70  11   0   0   1   0   10    5    5    3    1    4    9
Dennis Leonard         7   2  2.77  13  13   7   0   0  111  103   37   34    7   34   74
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
Marty Pattin           1   7  3.12  24   0   0   5   0   26   26   10    9    2   10   22
Al Fitzmorris          8   3  3.50  15  14   3   0   0   93  107   42   36    3   20   31
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   3   0   0   1   0    8    1    1    0    0    8    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
Bill Castro            1   0  3.45   7   0   0   1   0   16   11    6    6    1    3    7
Jerry Augustine        2   2  3.60  18   3   0   0   0   35   33   14   14    3    9   16
Jim Colborn            3   9  4.14  14  14   3   0   0   87   80   44   40    7   24   43
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  4.75  25   0   0   8   0   30   24   19   16    2   17   18
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  2.88  26   0   0   6   0   59   48   21   19    1   30   35
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
Jim Hughes             2   8  4.98  12  11   2   0   0   69   75   50   38    9   27   38
Joe Decker             2   6  5.08  12  11   0   0   0   57   59   35   32    3   45   33
Pete Redfern           2   3  5.65   6   6   0   0   0   29   27   19   18    2   14   14
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
Grant Jackson          1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    2
Sparky Lyle            4   4  1.81  27   0   0  11   0   55   46   15   11    1   13   35
Tippy Martinez         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
Doyle Alexander        1   0  2.16   1   1   0   0   0    8    8    3    2    0    2    4
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Ken Holtzman           0   0  2.45   1   1   0   0   0    7    9    2    2    0    1    1
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  2.68  12   4   0   0   0   47   45   14   14    4    9   17
Paul Lindblad          3   1  2.73  29   0   0   1   0   53   44   19   16    2   10   15
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
Stan Bahnsen           2   2  3.61  12   9   1   0   1   62   60   26   25    5   17   38
Jim Todd               6   5  3.64  27   0   0   2   0   47   42   23   19    4   17   15
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           1   1  5.46   9   3   0   0   0   28   30   18   17    4    3   11
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
Joe Hoerner            0   0  1.84  16   0   0   4   0   15   12    5    3    0    7    5
Steve Foucault         5   3  2.60  20   0   0   4   0   35   29   11   10    5    7   18
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.60   8   0   0   0   0   17   16    6    5    1   11    8
Jim Umbarger           7   5  2.63  13  13   6   0   2   89   84   33   26    4   26   49
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
Steve Hargan           1   2  3.28  12   1   0   0   0   36   32   20   13    3   19   22
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
Fritz Peterson         1   0  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   21    7    6    0    7    4
Bert Blyleven          0   3  5.47   3   3   1   0   0   26   29   17   16    4    5   20
Steve Barr             1   3  5.67   9   4   2   0   0   33   37   24   21    7   20   11
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:

  P. Dobson (CLE)           8
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        8
  C. Hunter (NY)            8
  J. Palmer (BAL)           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

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          9
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         8
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  G. Ross (CAL)             8
  M. Torrez (OAK)           8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          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
  J. Palmer (BAL)           8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  D. Goltz (MIN)            7
  R. Gossage (CHI)          7
  D. Leonard (KC)           7
  G. Perry (TEX)            7
  D. Roberts (DET)          7

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             11
  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  M. Littell (KC)           6
  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 (NY)         1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        140.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       134.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     121.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       118.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)       115.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         111.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       110.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         107.2
  K. Holtzman (NY)      105.0
  M. Torrez (OAK)       103.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       130
  V. Blue (OAK)           116
  J. Palmer (BAL)         116
  L. Tiant (BOS)          110
  K. Holtzman (NY)        109
  C. Hunter (NY)          108
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      107
  P. Splittorff (KC)      106
  D. Leonard (KC)         103
  J. Slaton (MIL)         103

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           60
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        56
  M. Torrez (OAK)          55
  P. Splittorff (KC)       53
  D. Goltz (MIN)           52
  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  J. Palmer (BAL)          51
  J. Hughes (MIN)          50
  R. Bare (DET)            49
  B. Johnson (CHI)         49

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  N. Briles (TEX)          10
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  M. Torrez (OAK)          10
  R. Wise (BOS)            10
  J. Hughes (MIN)           9
  B. Laxton (DET)           9

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            76
  J. Palmer (BAL)          50
  M. Torrez (OAK)          46
  J. Decker (MIN)          45
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        40
  B. Travers (MIL)         40
  E. Figueroa (NY)         39
  R. Gossage (CHI)         38
  P. Splittorff (KC)       37
  K. Holtzman (NY)         36

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           128
  F. Tanana (CAL)         123
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        95
  D. Leonard (KC)          74
  C. Hunter (NY)           73
  R. Gossage (CHI)         69
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         67
  J. Palmer (BAL)          65
  D. Goltz (MIN)           61
  B. Travers (MIL)         60


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