Wednesday June 30, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 30, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        43  26  3.22   69  26  18   639   525  250  229   42  203  324
Cleveland       36  33  3.25   69   9  20   627   571  256  226   35  233  382
Kansas City     44  27  3.35   71  18  19   650   624  271  242   38  232  346
Texas           40  30  3.35   70  26  10   642   616  294  239   54  212  342
Baltimore       34  37  3.55   71  21   9   645   629  281  254   45  235  266
Boston          34  35  3.57   69  23   5   627   631  290  249   55  183  304
Oakland         36  38  3.69   74  12  15   673   671  310  276   52  202  320
California      31  45  3.72   76  24   9   682   657  327  282   47  251  463
Chicago         33  37  3.81   70  21  13   643   622  301  272   36  251  363
Milwaukee       25  41  3.99   66  16  11   582   569  291  258   36  233  273
Minnesota       33  39  4.04   72  17   8   641   623  328  288   43  283  358
Detroit         34  35  4.07   69  19  11   614   616  329  278   49  252  358

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     8   6  1.96  16  16   7   0   3  115   97   35   25    6   44   66
Mark Fidrych (DET)     8   1  2.05  11   9   8   0   0   83   66   22   19    5   18   37
Wayne Garland (BAL)    8   1  2.16  18   5   2   1   1   79   65   22   19    3   19   34
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   5  2.55  15  15   6   0   2  102   98   40   29    6   29   60
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
Jackie Brown (CLE)     7   2  2.88  16  13   2   0   2  100   93   37   32    8   28   56
Frank Tanana (CAL)     9   5  2.90  16  16  11   0   1  127  107   49   41   14   32  127
Doug Bird (KC)         8   1  2.96  21  10   1   2   1   91   84   31   30    8   15   52
Luis Tiant (BOS)       9   5  2.96  17  17   8   0   2  122  130   50   40   10   25   50

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    6    4    0    0    0    4    5
Wayne Garland          8   1  2.16  18   5   2   1   1   79   65   22   19    3   19   34
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Dyar Miller            1   2  3.15  23   0   0   3   0   40   36   15   14    2   16   17
Jim Palmer             9   7  3.22  20  20   9   0   2  148  130   59   53   14   52   70
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 Cuellar           4   8  4.93  17  16   2   0   1   80   97   48   44    6   37   28
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Dave Pagan             0   2  5.23   5   0   0   1   0   10    8    6    6    1    6    6
Mike Flanagan          0   3  5.63  10   1   0   0   0   24   26   15   15    4   10   18
Rudy May               1   1  9.00   4   3   0   0   0   12   22   14   12    2    7   10

 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
Jim Willoughby         2   4  2.70  23   0   0   1   0   40   35   18   12    2   14   18
Luis Tiant             9   5  2.96  17  17   8   0   2  122  130   50   40   10   25   50
Rick Jones             1   0  3.02  12   4   1   0   0   42   52   16   14    0   10   22
Fergie Jenkins         6   8  3.28  17  16   8   0   1  121  109   51   44   15   30   90
Reggie Cleveland       4   2  3.58  19   1   0   1   0   60   60   26   24    1   19   25
Rick Wise              6   5  3.83  15  15   5   0   3   96   95   44   41   11   22   40
Tom House              1   2  3.90  22   0   0   3   0   32   24   14   14    2   12   17
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
Frank Tanana           9   5  2.90  16  16  11   0   1  127  107   49   41   14   32  127
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
Gary Ross              5   9  3.25  17  15   2   0   1  108  115   49   39    6   28   59
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.94  11   0   0   1   0   16   18    8    7    1    5    5
Nolan Ryan             6   8  3.95  18  18   8   0   2  116   80   55   51    5   79  136
Don Kirkwood           2   7  4.57  16  16   2   0   0   89   99   51   45    6   24   45
Dick Drago             2   6  5.25  26   0   0   4   0   36   40   23   21    2   15   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   4  2.50  20   0   0   6   0   58   49   20   16    0   16   32
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  3.65  14   6   1   0   0   57   59   23   23    2   24   30
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   3  5.34  15   5   2   1   0   56   58   33   33    8   18   32
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  6.35  10   6   0   0   0   40   50   30   28    1   25   18
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  1.64  25   0   0  10   0   38   22    7    7    0   22   39
Stan Thomas            1   1  2.08  21   0   0   3   0   39   26   11    9    3   22   21
Jim Kern               6   2  2.30  22   2   0   5   0   63   46   22   16    0   29   55
Pat Dobson             9   5  2.80  16  16   5   0   0  106   88   40   33    9   29   56
Jackie Brown           7   2  2.88  16  13   2   0   2  100   93   37   32    8   28   56
Jim Bibby              4   2  3.48  15   5   0   1   0   52   57   22   20    0   20   29
Don Hood               2   4  3.55  16   5   0   1   0   46   49   19   18    3   15   22
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.57  19   0   0   0   0   35   33   16   14    5   11   14
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           8   1  2.05  11   9   8   0   0   83   66   22   19    5   18   37
John Hiller            6   3  2.85  28   0   0   7   0   54   40   19   17    5   32   59
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
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
Jim Crawford           0   3  5.45  16   1   0   1   0   40   50   29   24    1   17   30
Dave Lemanczyk         1   1  5.91   3   1   0   0   0   11   14    7    7    1    3    8
Steve Grilli           2   1  6.08  18   0   0   1   0   37   42   30   25    4   23   22

 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
Tom Hall               1   1  2.81  15   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
Mark Littell           3   3  2.98  24   1   0   7   0   42   34   16   14    0   26   41
Dennis Leonard         7   3  3.08  15  15   8   0   0  126  115   46   43    8   40   81
Al Fitzmorris          9   4  3.28  17  16   4   0   1  107  121   46   39    3   23   38
Paul Splittorff        8   6  3.96  18  17   4   0   1  120  127   58   53    9   44   46
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   5   0   0   1   0   10    2    1    0    0    9    8
Bill Travers           8   6  1.96  16  16   7   0   3  115   97   35   25    6   44   66
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
Jerry Augustine        2   4  4.34  20   5   0   0   0   46   46   22   22    4   15   19
Jim Colborn            4  10  4.40  16  16   3   0   0  100  100   53   49   10   27   48
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
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  5.06  29   0   0   8   0   37   31   24   21    3   20   21
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Ray Sadecki            0   0  6.57  14   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  26   0   0   0   0   46   37   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          8   2  3.38  32   0   0   6   0   72   63   29   27    3   33   47
Dave Goltz             7   6  3.65  18  18   9   0   1  126  119   58   51    7   42   68
Vic Albury             1   1  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   19   17   10    8    0    8    8
Eddie Bane             0   1  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    0    2    4
Steve Luebber          0   2  4.60  21   2   0   2   0   47   41   24   24    5   24   20
Bill Singer            2   2  4.65   6   6   2   0   0   41   41   23   21    4   17   15
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
Tippy Martinez         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
Sparky Lyle            5   5  2.11  34   0   0  14   0   64   53   19   15    3   17   42
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
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
Doyle Alexander        1   0  4.03   3   3   0   0   0   22   19   11   10    2    3    8
Ken Holtzman           0   2  4.07   3   3   2   0   0   24   22   11   11    2    2    6
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  2.84  34   0   0   2   0   57   51   21   18    2   12   17
Dick Bosman            2   0  2.90  14   6   0   0   0   59   56   19   19    5    9   18
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.00  17   9   1   0   1   78   70   27   26    6   24   47
Vida Blue              6   6  3.09  15  15   5   0   1  108  116   44   37    2   28   54
Rollie Fingers         3   5  3.19  31   0   0  10   0   54   47   21   19    3   15   50
Jim Todd               6   6  3.44  30   0   0   3   0   52   45   24   20    4   21   15
Mike Torrez            6   9  3.81  20  20   3   0   0  120  114   62   51   10   54   51
Mike Norris            1   2  5.09  11   7   0   0   0   41   40   24   23    6   19   17
Paul Mitchell          3   5  5.43  12  12   3   0   0   68   88   45   41    9   15   35
Glenn Abbott           1   2  5.50  11   5   0   0   0   36   44   23   22    5    5   16

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.01  12   0   0   0   0   22   24    6    5    1   12   12
Jim Umbarger           7   5  2.55  15  15   6   0   2  102   98   40   29    6   29   60
Steve Foucault         7   4  2.56  24   0   0   5   0   46   39   16   13    6    9   24
Mike Bacsik            0   0  2.79   2   0   0   0   0   10    8    5    3    1    7    3
Steve Hargan           2   2  3.00  14   2   0   0   0   45   42   22   15    3   21   26
Gaylord Perry          9   5  3.00  16  16   9   0   0  126  111   42   42    6   32   78
Bert Blyleven          2   3  3.11   5   5   3   0   2   46   40   17   16    4   11   33
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   4  6.27  12   6   2   0   0   37   44   35   26    8   24   13
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)           9
  E. Figueroa (NY)          9
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        9
  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  G. Perry (TEX)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9
  D. Bird (KC)              8
  B. Campbell (MIN)         8

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)         10
  G. Ross (CAL)             9
  M. Torrez (OAK)           9
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          8
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  J. Decker (MIN)           7
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        7

Complete Games:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          11
  C. Hunter (NY)           10
  D. Goltz (MIN)            9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  G. Perry (TEX)            9
  M. Fidrych (DET)          8
  R. Gossage (CHI)          8
  K. Holtzman (NY)          8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  D. Leonard (KC)           8

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             14
  R. Fingers (OAK)         10
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         10
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  J. Hiller (DET)           7
  M. Littell (KC)           7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  S. Foucault (TEX)         5
  J. Hoerner (TEX)          5

Shutouts:

  B. Travers (MIL)          3
  R. Wise (BOS)             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

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        156.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       148.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     141.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       131.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       127.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        126.0
  D. Goltz (MIN)        125.2
  D. Leonard (KC)       125.2
  K. Holtzman (NY)      122.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        121.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       141
  J. Palmer (BAL)         130
  L. Tiant (BOS)          130
  P. Splittorff (KC)      127
  C. Hunter (NY)          124
  K. Holtzman (NY)        122
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      121
  J. Slaton (MIL)         120
  D. Goltz (MIN)          119
  V. Blue (OAK)           116

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           65
  M. Torrez (OAK)          62
  J. Hughes (MIN)          59
  J. Palmer (BAL)          59
  D. Goltz (MIN)           58
  P. Splittorff (KC)       58
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        56
  N. Ryan (CAL)            55
  B. Johnson (CHI)         54
  B. Singer (MIN)          54

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           16
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  N. Briles (TEX)          12
  R. Wise (BOS)            11
  J. Colborn (MIL)         10
  J. Hughes (MIN)          10
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            79
  M. Torrez (OAK)          54
  J. Palmer (BAL)          52
  J. Decker (MIN)          51
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        46
  R. Gossage (CHI)         44
  B. Singer (MIN)          44
  P. Splittorff (KC)       44
  B. Travers (MIL)         44
  E. Figueroa (NY)         43

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           136
  F. Tanana (CAL)         127
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       108
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         90
  C. Hunter (NY)           83
  D. Leonard (KC)          81
  G. Perry (TEX)           78
  R. Gossage (CHI)         74
  J. Palmer (BAL)          70
  D. Goltz (MIN)           68

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