Sunday June 27, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 27, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        43  24  3.13   67  25  18   623   507  238  217   38  201  318
Cleveland       34  33  3.28   67   9  18   609   559  252  222   35  227  373
Texas           38  29  3.36   67  26   9   613   588  282  229   51  202  320
Kansas City     42  26  3.42   68  16  19   623   606  265  237   38  219  337
Baltimore       34  34  3.45   68  21   9   621   594  261  238   43  229  254
Boston          31  35  3.59   66  22   5   600   608  278  239   53  178  284
Oakland         35  36  3.72   71  12  14   645   646  301  267   52  192  311
California      29  45  3.80   74  23   9   663   644  325  280   47  247  458
Chicago         33  35  3.84   68  20  13   624   604  295  266   35  243  357
Milwaukee       25  39  3.98   64  16  11   566   551  282  250   32  228  268
Detroit         32  35  4.11   67  18  10   596   598  323  272   47  250  345
Minnesota       32  37  4.12   69  16   8   613   605  320  281   43  270  343

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     8   5  1.79  15  15   7   0   3  110   90   31   22    4   43   65
Wayne Garland (BAL)    8   0  1.82  17   4   2   1   1   74   56   16   15    2   19   33
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
Luis Tiant (BOS)       9   5  2.78  16  16   8   0   2  117  123   46   36   10   24   48
Rich Gossage (CHI)     5   6  2.78  14  13   8   0   0  110   93   37   34    6   44   74
Pat Dobson (CLE)       9   5  2.80  16  16   5   0   0  106   88   40   33    9   29   56
Ken Holtzman (NY)      5   5  2.92  15  15   7   0   1  114  116   40   37    4   36   29
Doug Bird (KC)         8   1  2.96  21  10   1   2   1   91   84   31   30    8   15   52
Jackie Brown (CLE)     6   2  3.00  15  12   2   0   2   93   87   36   31    8   26   51

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    4    2    0    0    0    3    3
Wayne Garland          8   0  1.82  17   4   2   1   1   74   56   16   15    2   19   33
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  3.18  22   0   0   3   0   40   36   15   14    2   16   17
Ross Grimsley          2   4  3.43  14   7   0   0   0   63   64   30   24    5   16   22
Doyle Alexander        3   4  3.50  11   6   2   0   1   64   58   27   25    3   24   17
Mike Flanagan          0   2  4.76   9   1   0   0   0   23   21   12   12    4   10   18
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Cuellar           4   7  5.20  16  15   2   0   1   73   90   46   42    6   36   23
Dave Pagan             0   2  5.63   3   0   0   1   0    8    6    5    5    1    4    5
Rudy May               1   1  8.44   3   3   0   0   0   11   19   12   10    1    6    9

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   2  0.68   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    6    1    1    8    2
Rick Jones             1   0  2.61  11   3   1   0   0   38   43   11   11    0    9   19
Luis Tiant             9   5  2.78  16  16   8   0   2  117  123   46   36   10   24   48
Jim Willoughby         1   4  3.00  22   0   0   1   0   36   33   18   12    2   13   17
Fergie Jenkins         5   8  3.32  16  16   8   0   1  117  107   50   43   14   30   82
Reggie Cleveland       4   2  3.36  18   1   0   1   0   59   58   24   22    0   19   23
Tom House              1   2  3.90  22   0   0   3   0   32   24   14   14    2   12   17
Rick Wise              5   5  4.23  14  14   4   0   2   87   94   44   41   11   20   36
Dick Pole              3   4  4.48  15  10   1   0   0   72   73   37   36    6   29   30
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
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.00  22   0   0   2   0   57   62   22   19    3   15   18
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   9  3.41  16  15   2   0   1  100  110   48   38    6   26   58
Nolan Ryan             6   8  3.96  17  17   8   0   2  116   80   55   51    5   79  136
Mickey Scott           1   0  4.11  10   0   0   1   0   15   18    8    7    1    5    5
Don Kirkwood           2   7  4.57  16  16   2   0   0   89   99   51   45    6   24   45
Dick Drago             1   6  5.45  25   0   0   4   0   35   39   23   21    2   14   19
Andy Hassler           0   5  5.66  13   4   0   0   0   41   47   30   26    3   16   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
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   2  2.80   8   7   2   1   0   55   35   17   17    1   23   18
Dave Hamilton          3   4  3.14  22   1   0   4   0   49   40   18   17    2   20   32
Pete Vuckovich         6   2  3.91  13   6   1   0   0   53   58   23   23    2   24   29
Terry Forster          1   4  4.26  14  10   1   1   0   61   71   30   29    2   25   44
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Chris Knapp            0   0  4.76   2   1   0   0   0    6    6    4    3    1    7    4
Bart Johnson           5   7  5.25  14  14   2   0   1   86   92   54   50    8   32   43
Francisco Barrios      1   2  5.59  14   4   1   1   0   47   49   29   29    7   13   30
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  6.69   9   5   0   0   0   36   46   29   27    1   22   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            1   1  2.08  21   0   0   3   0   39   26   11    9    3   22   21
Jim Kern               6   2  2.37  21   2   0   4   0   61   46   22   16    0   28   55
Pat Dobson             9   5  2.80  16  16   5   0   0  106   88   40   33    9   29   56
Jackie Brown           6   2  3.00  15  12   2   0   2   93   87   36   31    8   26   51
Don Hood               2   4  3.07  15   4   0   1   0   44   45   16   15    3   13   22
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.57  19   0   0   0   0   35   33   16   14    5   11   14
Jim Bibby              3   2  3.97  14   5   0   1   0   45   55   22   20    0   19   27
Rick Waits             2   2  3.99   7   5   0   0   0   29   35   13   13    0   14   15
Dennis Eckersley       3   7  4.40  14  14   2   0   1   72   63   38   35    4   33   56
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            6   3  2.96  27   0   0   6   0   52   40   19   17    5   32   55
Dave Roberts           7   6  3.28  14  14   8   0   1  104   88   41   38    6   28   35
Vern Ruhle             5   3  4.03  14  14   1   0   0   87   97   46   39   10   26   47
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.62  15   0   0   1   0   39   45   25   20    1   17   28
Frank MacCormack       0   3  4.66   4   4   0   0   0   19   20   12   10    1   19    9
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           2   1  6.08  18   0   0   1   0   37   42   30   25    4   23   22
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  2.63  21   0   0   4   0   38   35   12   11    1    9   18
Marty Pattin           2   7  2.63  27   1   0   5   0   38   31   12   11    3   14   27
Mark Littell           3   2  2.81  23   1   0   7   0   42   33   14   13    0   23   41
Tom Hall               1   1  2.87  14   0   0   1   0   16   10    7    5    1    7   13
Doug Bird              8   1  2.96  21  10   1   2   1   91   84   31   30    8   15   52
Dennis Leonard         7   3  3.11  14  14   8   0   0  119  110   44   41    8   37   80
Al Fitzmorris          8   4  3.62  16  15   3   0   0   97  116   46   39    3   22   34
Paul Splittorff        7   6  4.12  17  16   3   0   1  111  120   56   51    9   38   42
Steve Busby            3   2  4.20  11  11   1   0   0   60   49   33   28    5   41   25
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   5  1.79  15  15   7   0   3  110   90   31   22    4   43   65
Jim Slaton             8   6  3.43  17  17   6   0   2  131  120   52   50    6   39   58
Bill Castro            1   0  4.08   9   0   0   1   0   18   15    8    8    1    4    8
Jim Colborn            4   9  4.23  15  15   3   0   0   94   90   48   44    8   25   46
Jerry Augustine        2   4  4.34  20   5   0   0   0   46   46   22   22    4   15   19
Pete Broberg           1   6  4.86  11   9   0   0   0   54   56   35   29    2   40   15
Rick Austin            0   0  5.06   3   0   0   0   0    5   10    3    3    1    0    3
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  5.56  28   0   0   8   0   34   31   24   21    3   18   20
Ray Sadecki            0   0  6.75  13   0   0   0   0   12   15   11    9    1    7   11
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  1.75  25   0   0   0   0   46   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  3.56  30   0   0   6   0   68   61   29   27    3   33   44
Vic Albury             1   1  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   19   17   10    8    0    8    8
Dave Goltz             7   5  3.97  17  17   8   0   1  116  116   57   51    7   38   66
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
Jim Hughes             4   8  5.10  14  13   2   0   0   83   88   59   47   10   34   42
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Pete Redfern           2   5  5.45   8   8   0   0   0   40   37   27   24    4   21   22
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  1.73  33   0   0  14   0   62   48   16   12    2   17   41
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            3   0  2.76  17   1   0   1   0   33   34   10   10    1   14   27
Ed Figueroa            9   4  3.18  16  16   6   0   2  119  101   48   42    6   43   59
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
Dock Ellis             8   4  3.40  15  15   5   0   1   95   80   37   36    5   38   31
Catfish Hunter         9   7  3.57  18  18  10   0   2  156  124   65   62   16   39   83
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
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          4   1  2.86  33   0   0   2   0   57   50   21   18    2   11   17
Dick Bosman            2   0  2.90  14   6   0   0   0   59   56   19   19    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  3.24  16   9   1   0   1   72   67   27   26    6   23   44
Rollie Fingers         3   5  3.31  30   0   0   9   0   52   46   21   19    3   15   50
Jim Todd               6   5  3.54  28   0   0   3   0   48   42   23   19    4   18   15
Mike Torrez            6   8  3.78  19  19   3   0   0  114  106   59   48   10   52   49
Glenn Abbott           1   2  4.93  10   4   0   0   0   35   38   20   19    5    4   15
Paul Mitchell          3   5  5.43  12  12   3   0   0   68   88   45   41    9   15   35
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
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.08  11   0   0   0   0   22   23    6    5    1   11   10
Steve Foucault         6   4  2.40  22   0   0   4   0   41   35   14   11    6    8   21
Mike Bacsik            0   0  2.45   1   0   0   0   0    4    2    3    1    1    3    1
Jim Umbarger           7   5  2.59  14  14   6   0   2   94   92   38   27    4   28   50
Steve Hargan           2   2  3.00  14   2   0   0   0   45   42   22   15    3   21   26
Bert Blyleven          2   3  3.11   5   5   3   0   2   46   40   17   16    4   11   33
Gaylord Perry          8   5  3.18  15  15   9   0   0  119  104   42   42    6   30   74
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
Nelson Briles          6   5  3.56  14  14   4   0   0   99   97   49   39   12   22   44
Fritz Peterson         1   0  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   21    7    6    0    7    4
Joe Hoerner            0   0  3.71  18   0   0   5   0   17   16    9    7    0    7    5
Steve Barr             1   3  5.66  11   5   2   0   0   35   40   29   22    7   23   12
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 10.03   5   0   0   0   0   12   20   15   13    3    4    6

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  P. Dobson (CLE)           9
  E. Figueroa (NY)          9
  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9
  D. Bird (KC)              8
  D. Ellis (NY)             8
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        8
  W. Garland (BAL)          8
  G. Perry (TEX)            8

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          9
  G. Ross (CAL)             9
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         8
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  M. Torrez (OAK)           8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          7
  J. Decker (MIN)           7
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        7

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             14
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          9
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  M. Littell (KC)           7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  J. Hoerner (TEX)          5
  M. Pattin (KC)            5

Shutouts:

  B. Travers (MIL)          3
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         2
  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

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        156.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       144.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     141.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       131.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)      119.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        119.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       118.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       118.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      116.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        116.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       141
  C. Hunter (NY)          124
  J. Palmer (BAL)         123
  L. Tiant (BOS)          123
  J. Slaton (MIL)         120
  P. Splittorff (KC)      120
  V. Blue (OAK)           116
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      116
  D. Goltz (MIN)          116
  K. Holtzman (NY)        116

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           65
  J. Hughes (MIN)          59
  M. Torrez (OAK)          59
  D. Goltz (MIN)           57
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        56
  P. Splittorff (KC)       56
  N. Ryan (CAL)            55
  B. Johnson (CHI)         54
  J. Palmer (BAL)          53
  J. Slaton (MIL)          52

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           16
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  N. Briles (TEX)          12
  R. Wise (BOS)            11
  J. Hughes (MIN)          10
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10
  M. Torrez (OAK)          10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            79
  M. Torrez (OAK)          52
  J. Decker (MIN)          51
  J. Palmer (BAL)          51
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        46
  R. Gossage (CHI)         44
  E. Figueroa (NY)         43
  B. Travers (MIL)         43
  S. Busby (KC)            41
  P. Broberg (MIL)         40

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           136
  F. Tanana (CAL)         123
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       108
  C. Hunter (NY)           83
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         82
  D. Leonard (KC)          80
  R. Gossage (CHI)         74
  G. Perry (TEX)           74
  J. Palmer (BAL)          68
  D. Goltz (MIN)           66


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report