Thursday June 24, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 24, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       32  31  3.23   63   9  17   575   527  236  206   31  214  348
New York        39  24  3.23   63  24  16   587   478  231  211   35  188  297
Texas           36  27  3.35   63  24   9   576   550  258  214   47  187  305
Baltimore       32  32  3.46   64  20   8   585   557  246  225   40  214  238
Kansas City     39  26  3.48   65  16  17   594   588  258  230   37  209  323
Boston          30  33  3.64   63  21   5   571   581  267  231   51  172  266
Oakland         33  35  3.65   68  12  13   618   612  285  251   51  185  300
California      29  42  3.77   71  23   9   637   622  311  267   43  233  443
Chicago         31  33  3.78   64  19  12   588   570  275  247   32  227  339
Milwaukee       25  35  3.83   60  15  11   534   508  259  227   27  213  259
Minnesota       31  35  4.10   66  16   8   588   584  307  268   40  258  331
Detroit         30  34  4.26   64  17  10   568   578  317  269   47  237  332

 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)     7   1  2.18  10   8   7   0   0   74   59   21   18    4   18   35
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   5  2.59  14  14   6   0   2   94   92   38   27    4   28   50
Pat Dobson (CLE)       8   5  2.70  15  15   5   0   0  100   83   37   30    7   25   52
Rich Gossage (CHI)     5   6  2.78  14  13   8   0   0  110   93   37   34    6   44   74
Jackie Brown (CLE)     6   2  2.81  14  11   2   0   2   90   82   33   28    8   26   48
Ken Holtzman (NY)      5   5  2.92  15  15   7   0   1  114  116   40   37    4   36   29
Luis Tiant (BOS)       8   5  2.93  15  15   7   0   2  108  115   45   35   10   24   47
Doug Bird (KC)         7   1  3.02  20  10   1   2   1   86   81   30   29    8   15   51

 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
Jim Palmer             9   7  3.06  19  19   9   0   2  144  123   53   49   14   51   68
Dyar Miller            1   2  3.06  20   0   0   3   0   32   29   12   11    1   11   15
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
Rick Jones             1   0  2.61  11   3   1   0   0   38   43   11   11    0    9   19
Luis Tiant             8   5  2.93  15  15   7   0   2  108  115   45   35   10   24   47
Jim Willoughby         1   4  3.00  22   0   0   1   0   36   33   18   12    2   13   17
Fergie Jenkins         5   7  3.29  15  15   8   0   1  109  100   47   40   14   30   73
Reggie Cleveland       4   2  3.36  18   1   0   1   0   59   58   24   22    0   19   23
Tom House              1   2  3.48  20   0   0   3   0   31   22   12   12    2   11   16
Rick Wise              5   5  4.23  14  14   4   0   2   87   94   44   41   11   20   36
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
Sid Monge              3   2  3.03  16   7   1   0   0   65   60   24   22    5   25   19
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
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.17  21   0   0   2   0   54   59   22   19    3   13   18
Nolan Ryan             6   7  3.89  16  16   8   0   2  111   75   52   48    5   76  128
Mickey Scott           1   0  4.40   9   0   0   1   0   14   18    8    7    1    5    4
Don Kirkwood           2   7  4.79  15  15   2   0   0   83   97   49   44    5   21   41
Dick Drago             1   5  5.28  24   0   0   4   0   31   36   20   18    1   13   17
Andy Hassler           0   5  5.66  12   4   0   0   0   41   46   30   26    3   15   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
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   6  2.78  14  13   8   0   0  110   93   37   34    6   44   74
Ken Brett              3   1  3.18   7   6   1   1   0   45   30   16   16    1   20   17
Pete Vuckovich         5   2  3.93  12   6   1   0   0   50   56   22   22    2   22   28
Terry Forster          1   4  4.26  13   9   1   1   0   57   66   28   27    2   23   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           4   7  5.59  13  13   2   0   1   77   85   52   48    7   30   37
Chris Knapp            0   0  6.23   1   1   0   0   0    4    4    3    3    1    5    3
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   2  1.69  24   0   0   9   0   37   22    7    7    0   22   37
Stan Thomas            0   1  2.37  19   0   0   3   0   30   21   10    8    2   18   17
Jim Kern               6   2  2.50  20   2   0   3   0   58   44   22   16    0   27   51
Pat Dobson             8   5  2.70  15  15   5   0   0  100   83   37   30    7   25   52
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
Don Hood               2   4  3.07  15   4   0   1   0   44   45   16   15    3   13   22
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.13  16   0   0   0   0   32   27   13   11    4   11   12
Jim Bibby              3   2  4.35  13   5   0   1   0   41   54   22   20    0   19   23
Dennis Eckersley       3   6  4.39  13  13   2   0   1   68   59   36   33    4   31   53
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           7   1  2.18  10   8   7   0   0   74   59   21   18    4   18   35
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
Vern Ruhle             5   3  4.33  13  13   1   0   0   81   92   44   39   10   25   46
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.62  15   0   0   1   0   39   45   25   20    1   17   28
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
Frank MacCormack       0   3  6.08   3   3   0   0   0   13   16   11    9    1   13    8
Steve Grilli           1   1  6.43  17   0   0   1   0   35   41   30   25    4   23   19
Dave Lemanczyk         0   1 12.46   2   1   0   0   0    4    8    6    6    0    1    3

 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
Mark Littell           3   2  2.79  22   1   0   6   0   39   29   13   12    0   21   40
Tom Hall               1   1  3.00  13   0   0   1   0   15   10    7    5    1    7   13
Doug Bird              7   1  3.02  20  10   1   2   1   86   81   30   29    8   15   51
Dennis Leonard         7   3  3.11  14  14   8   0   0  119  110   44   41    8   37   80
Marty Pattin           1   7  3.30  26   0   0   5   0   30   30   12   11    3   11   23
Al Fitzmorris          8   4  3.62  16  15   3   0   0   97  116   46   39    3   22   34
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
Bill Castro            1   0  3.06   8   0   0   1   0   18   12    6    6    1    4    8
Jim Slaton             8   5  3.27  16  16   6   0   2  127  115   48   46    6   37   55
Jerry Augustine        2   3  4.19  19   4   0   0   0   39   38   18   18    3   10   19
Jim Colborn            4   9  4.23  15  15   3   0   0   94   90   48   44    8   25   46
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
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Ray Sadecki            0   0  5.73  11   0   0   0   0   11   14    9    7    1    6    9
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  1.79  24   0   0   0   0   45   35   10    9    4   12   16
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Campbell          7   2  3.32  28   0   0   6   0   65   56   26   24    1   33   40
Vic Albury             1   1  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   19   17   10    8    0    8    8
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
Bill Singer            2   2  4.81   5   5   2   0   0   34   36   20   18    4   11   10
Pete Redfern           2   4  5.19   7   7   0   0   0   35   32   23   20    3   18   20
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Jim Hughes             3   8  5.28  13  12   2   0   0   75   83   56   44   10   30   40
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            5   4  1.84  30   0   0  12   0   59   48   16   12    2   13   38
Tippy Martinez         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
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            8   4  3.24  15  15   6   0   2  111   96   45   40    5   41   57
Ken Holtzman           0   1  3.31   2   2   1   0   0   16   16    6    6    0    1    4
Doyle Alexander        1   0  3.38   2   2   0   0   0   16   12    7    6    1    2    5
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  2.62  31   0   0   2   0   55   44   19   16    2   10   16
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  3.36  15   9   1   0   1   70   65   27   26    6   22   43
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   2  4.93  10   4   0   0   0   35   38   20   19    5    4   15
Mike Norris            1   2  5.79  10   6   0   0   0   33   37   22   21    6   17   14

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            0   0  1.62  17   0   0   5   0   17   12    5    3    0    7    5
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.18  10   0   0   0   0   21   23    6    5    1   11   10
Steve Foucault         6   3  2.31  21   0   0   4   0   39   31   11   10    5    8   20
Jim Umbarger           7   5  2.59  14  14   6   0   2   94   92   38   27    4   28   50
Gaylord Perry          7   5  3.11  14  14   8   0   0  110   96   38   38    5   27   68
Steve Hargan           2   2  3.27  13   2   0   0   0   41   41   22   15    3   20   26
Nelson Briles          6   4  3.28  13  13   4   0   0   93   91   43   34   11   18   43
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:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  P. Dobson (CLE)           8
  E. Figueroa (NY)          8
  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

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
  J. Decker (MIN)           7
  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  B. Johnson (CHI)          7

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           10
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  D. Goltz (MIN)            8
  R. Gossage (CHI)          8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  D. Leonard (KC)           8
  G. Perry (TEX)            8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  M. Fidrych (DET)          7

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             12
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  M. Littell (KC)           6
  J. Hoerner (TEX)          5
  M. Pattin (KC)            5

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)       144.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     131.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       126.2
  D. Leonard (KC)       118.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       118.1
  K. Holtzman (NY)      114.0
  E. Figueroa (NY)      111.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         111.0
  R. Gossage (CHI)      110.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       131
  J. Palmer (BAL)         123
  V. Blue (OAK)           116
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      116
  K. Holtzman (NY)        116
  C. Hunter (NY)          115
  J. Slaton (MIL)         115
  L. Tiant (BOS)          115
  P. Splittorff (KC)      114
  D. Goltz (MIN)          110

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
  J. Palmer (BAL)          53
  B. Johnson (CHI)         52
  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  B. Singer (MIN)          51

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           128
  F. Tanana (CAL)         123
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       103
  D. Leonard (KC)          80
  C. Hunter (NY)           76
  R. Gossage (CHI)         74
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         73
  J. Palmer (BAL)          68
  G. Perry (TEX)           68
  B. Travers (MIL)         63

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