Tuesday June 22, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 22, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        38  23  3.19   61  23  16   569   465  222  202   33  188  291
Cleveland       31  30  3.22   61   9  16   557   508  229  199   30  205  337
Texas           34  27  3.41   61  24   8   558   527  251  211   47  183  297
Kansas City     39  24  3.41   63  15  17   578   569  246  219   36  202  310
Baltimore       31  32  3.49   63  19   8   575   550  244  223   38  213  235
Boston          30  31  3.62   61  21   5   552   559  258  222   49  170  256
Oakland         32  34  3.70   66  12  13   601   597  281  247   49  176  290
California      28  41  3.75   69  23   8   619   597  302  258   42  227  437
Chicago         29  32  3.78   61  18  10   562   547  263  236   29  210  325
Milwaukee       24  35  3.81   59  15  11   525   495  254  222   26  210  254
Minnesota       30  33  4.09   63  15   8   561   560  292  255   38  242  315
Detroit         29  33  4.22   62  16  10   551   558  305  258   44  231  322

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     8   4  1.85  14  14   6   0   3  102   82   30   21    3   42   63
Wayne Garland (BAL)    7   0  1.94  16   3   1   1   1   65   48   15   14    2   18   29
Mark Fidrych (DET)     6   1  2.07   9   7   6   0   0   65   52   18   15    2   16   31
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
Jackie Brown (CLE)     6   2  2.81  14  11   2   0   2   90   82   33   28    8   26   48
Ken Holtzman (NY)      5   4  2.83  14  14   6   0   1  105  109   36   33    4   36   26
Luis Tiant (BOS)       8   5  2.93  15  15   7   0   2  108  115   45   35   10   24   47

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    3    2
Wayne Garland          7   0  1.94  16   3   1   1   1   65   48   15   14    2   18   29
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Dyar Miller            1   2  3.06  20   0   0   3   0   32   29   12   11    1   11   15
Jim Palmer             8   7  3.15  18  18   8   0   2  134  116   51   47   12   50   65
Dave Pagan             0   1  3.38   2   0   0   1   0    3    1    1    1    0    1    2
Doyle Alexander        3   4  3.50  11   6   2   0   1   64   58   27   25    3   24   17
Ross Grimsley          1   4  3.81  13   6   0   0   0   54   56   28   23    4   15   18
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Cuellar           4   7  5.27  15  14   2   0   1   70   86   44   41    6   33   22
Mike Flanagan          0   2  5.31   8   1   0   0   0   20   20   12   12    4    9   17
Rudy May               1   0  6.10   2   2   0   0   0   10   15    9    7    1    5    9

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   1  0.00   5   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    0    0    4    2
Jim Willoughby         1   3  2.65  21   0   0   1   0   34   31   16   10    1   13   16
Luis Tiant             8   5  2.93  15  15   7   0   2  108  115   45   35   10   24   47
Rick Jones             1   0  2.97  10   2   1   0   0   30   35   10   10    0    9   15
Reggie Cleveland       4   2  3.27  17   1   0   1   0   55   55   22   20    0   18   20
Fergie Jenkins         5   7  3.29  15  15   8   0   1  109  100   47   40   14   30   73
Tom House              1   2  3.48  20   0   0   3   0   31   22   12   12    2   11   16
Rick Wise              5   4  4.04  13  13   4   0   2   82   85   40   37   10   19   34
Dick Pole              3   4  4.92  14   9   1   0   0   64   67   35   35    5   28   23
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
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
Gary Ross              5   8  3.09  15  14   2   0   1   93  102   42   32    4   22   58
Sid Monge              2   2  3.30  15   6   1   0   0   57   51   23   21    5   23   16
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.33  20   0   0   2   0   51   57   22   19    3   13   17
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12   14    6    5    1    4    4
Nolan Ryan             6   7  3.89  16  16   8   0   2  111   75   52   48    5   76  128
Andy Hassler           0   4  4.78  11   3   0   0   0   38   37   24   20    2   13   13
Don Kirkwood           2   7  4.79  15  15   2   0   0   83   97   49   44    5   21   41
Dick Drago             1   5  5.46  23   0   0   3   0   30   35   20   18    1   12   17
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
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Dave Hamilton          3   3  2.33  19   1   0   3   0   46   37   13   12    1   18   29
Clay Carroll           3   3  2.47  19   0   0   6   0   55   45   19   15    0   16   30
Rich Gossage           5   5  2.74  13  12   7   0   0  102   86   33   31    5   38   69
Ken Brett              3   1  2.93   6   6   1   0   0   43   25   14   14    1   20   14
Pete Vuckovich         4   2  4.13  11   6   1   0   0   48   54   22   22    2   21   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  4.64  13   3   1   1   0   43   42   22   22    6   11   29
Bart Johnson           3   7  5.79  12  12   2   0   1   70   80   49   45    6   26   36
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  7.09   8   5   0   0   0   33   43   28   26    1   21   17
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  1.53  22   0   0   8   0   35   21    6    6    0   19   36
Pat Dobson             8   5  2.41  14  14   5   0   0   97   77   33   26    6   24   50
Stan Thomas            0   1  2.48  18   0   0   3   0   29   19   10    8    2   17   16
Jim Kern               6   2  2.51  19   2   0   3   0   57   43   22   16    0   27   50
Jackie Brown           6   2  2.81  14  11   2   0   2   90   82   33   28    8   26   48
Rick Waits             2   1  2.89   6   4   0   0   0   28   31    9    9    0   12   14
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.13  16   0   0   0   0   32   27   13   11    4   11   12
Don Hood               1   4  3.50  14   3   0   1   0   36   39   15   14    3   12   17
Dennis Eckersley       3   6  4.39  13  13   2   0   1   68   59   36   33    4   31   53
Jim Bibby              3   2  4.46  12   5   0   1   0   38   51   21   19    0   16   22
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           6   1  2.07   9   7   6   0   0   65   52   18   15    2   16   31
John Hiller            5   3  3.15  25   0   0   6   0   46   36   18   16    5   28   47
Dave Roberts           7   5  3.48  13  13   7   0   1   96   82   39   37    6   26   35
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.17  14   0   0   1   0   37   39   21   17    1   16   27
Vern Ruhle             5   3  4.33  13  13   1   0   0   81   92   44   39   10   25   46
Frank MacCormack       0   2  4.35   2   2   0   0   0   10   11    7    5    0   11    4
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  6.43  17   0   0   1   0   35   41   30   25    4   23   19
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
Steve Mingori          3   0  2.72  20   0   0   3   0   36   35   12   11    1    9   17
Dennis Leonard         7   2  2.77  13  13   7   0   0  111  103   37   34    7   34   74
Mark Littell           3   2  2.79  22   1   0   6   0   39   29   13   12    0   21   40
Doug Bird              7   1  3.02  20  10   1   2   1   86   81   30   29    8   15   51
Tom Hall               1   1  3.18  12   0   0   1   0   11    7    6    4    1    5    9
Marty Pattin           1   7  3.30  26   0   0   5   0   30   30   12   11    3   11   23
Al Fitzmorris          8   3  3.50  15  14   3   0   0   93  107   42   36    3   20   31
Steve Busby            3   2  4.12  10  10   1   0   0   55   45   30   25    4   37   21
Paul Splittorff        6   6  4.19  16  15   3   0   1  105  114   54   49    9   37   39
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   4   0   0   1   0    9    1    1    0    0    9    7
Bill Travers           8   4  1.85  14  14   6   0   3  102   82   30   21    3   42   63
Jim Slaton             8   5  3.27  16  16   6   0   2  127  115   48   46    6   37   55
Bill Castro            1   0  3.45   7   0   0   1   0   16   11    6    6    1    3    7
Jim Colborn            3   9  4.14  14  14   3   0   0   87   80   44   40    7   24   43
Jerry Augustine        2   3  4.19  19   4   0   0   0   39   38   18   18    3   10   19
Pete Broberg           1   5  4.53  10   8   0   0   0   48   48   30   24    1   34   15
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  4.96  27   0   0   8   0   33   27   21   18    2   18   19
Ray Sadecki            0   0  5.06  10   0   0   0   0   11   12    8    6    1    5    8
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Rick Austin            0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    1    4    1    1    0    0    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          3   0  1.51  23   0   0   0   0   42   32    8    7    3   12   15
Bill Campbell          7   2  2.76  27   0   0   6   0   62   50   21   19    1   30   37
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Dave Goltz             7   4  4.01  16  16   8   0   1  108  110   54   48    7   33   62
Steve Luebber          0   2  4.53  20   2   0   2   0   46   41   23   23    5   23   19
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             3   8  5.28  13  12   2   0   0   75   83   56   44   10   30   40
Pete Redfern           2   3  5.65   6   6   0   0   0   29   27   19   18    2   14   14
Bill Singer            1   2  5.84   4   4   1   0   0   25   28   18   16    4   10    8
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  1.73  29   0   0  12   0   57   46   15   11    1   13   36
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            8   4  3.24  15  15   6   0   2  111   96   45   40    5   41   57
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
Catfish Hunter         8   7  3.65  17  17  10   0   2  148  115   63   60   15   35   76
Dock Ellis             7   4  3.75  14  14   4   0   0   86   73   37   36    5   36   29
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          3   1  2.63  30   0   0   2   0   55   44   19   16    2   10   15
Dick Bosman            1   0  2.67  13   5   0   0   0   54   51   16   16    5    9   18
Vida Blue              6   6  3.09  15  15   5   0   1  108  116   44   37    2   28   54
Stan Bahnsen           3   2  3.51  13   9   1   0   1   67   63   27   26    6   18   42
Rollie Fingers         3   5  3.54  29   0   0   8   0   48   44   21   19    3   13   45
Jim Todd               6   5  3.54  28   0   0   3   0   48   42   23   19    4   18   15
Mike Torrez            6   8  4.06  18  18   3   0   0  106  102   59   48   10   51   46
Paul Mitchell          3   4  4.38  11  11   3   0   0   62   73   34   30    8   13   34
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
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.33   9   0   0   0   0   19   19    6    5    1   11    9
Steve Foucault         5   3  2.60  20   0   0   4   0   35   29   11   10    5    7   18
Jim Umbarger           7   5  2.63  13  13   6   0   2   89   84   33   26    4   26   49
Gaylord Perry          7   5  3.11  14  14   8   0   0  110   96   38   38    5   27   68
Nelson Briles          6   4  3.28  13  13   4   0   0   93   91   43   34   11   18   43
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          1   3  3.96   4   4   2   0   1   36   30   17   16    4    9   28
Steve Barr             1   3  5.94  10   4   2   0   0   33   37   25   22    7   21   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
  E. Figueroa (NY)          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

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
  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  B. Johnson (CHI)          7
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         7

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             12
  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  M. Littell (KC)           6
  M. Pattin (KC)            5
  S. Foucault (TEX)         4

Shutouts:

  B. Travers (MIL)          3
  J. Brown (CLE)            2
  E. Figueroa (NY)          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

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        148.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       134.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     131.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       126.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       118.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)      111.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         111.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       110.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        110.0
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      109.1

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       131
  V. Blue (OAK)           116
  J. Palmer (BAL)         116
  C. Hunter (NY)          115
  J. Slaton (MIL)         115
  L. Tiant (BOS)          115
  P. Splittorff (KC)      114
  D. Goltz (MIN)          110
  K. Holtzman (NY)        109
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      107

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           63
  M. Torrez (OAK)          59
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        56
  J. Hughes (MIN)          56
  D. Goltz (MIN)           54
  P. Splittorff (KC)       54
  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  J. Palmer (BAL)          51
  R. Bare (DET)            49
  B. Johnson (CHI)         49

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           15
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  N. Briles (TEX)          11
  J. Hughes (MIN)          10
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10
  M. Torrez (OAK)          10
  R. Wise (BOS)            10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            76
  M. Torrez (OAK)          51
  J. Palmer (BAL)          50
  J. Decker (MIN)          45
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        44
  B. Travers (MIL)         42
  E. Figueroa (NY)         41
  R. Gossage (CHI)         38
  S. Busby (KC)            37
  B. Singer (MIN)          37

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           128
  F. Tanana (CAL)         123
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       103
  C. Hunter (NY)           76
  D. Leonard (KC)          74
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         73
  R. Gossage (CHI)         69
  G. Perry (TEX)           68
  J. Palmer (BAL)          65
  B. Travers (MIL)         63


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