Thursday July 1, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 1, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        43  27  3.23   70  26  18   647   536  253  232   42  207  328
Cleveland       37  33  3.23   70   9  21   636   578  258  228   35  240  389
Texas           40  30  3.35   70  26  10   642   616  294  239   54  212  342
Kansas City     44  28  3.37   72  18  19   659   633  276  247   40  234  347
Baltimore       34  38  3.51   72  22   9   654   634  283  255   46  236  270
Boston          34  36  3.59   70  23   5   637   648  296  254   55  185  315
Oakland         37  38  3.67   75  12  15   682   679  312  278   52  205  326
California      32  45  3.69   77  24  10   691   661  328  283   47  255  464
Chicago         33  38  3.77   71  22  13   652   630  303  273   36  254  369
Milwaukee       26  41  3.98   67  16  11   592   580  296  262   36  236  281
Detroit         35  35  4.01   70  20  11   623   620  329  278   49  253  362
Minnesota       33  39  4.04   72  17   8   641   623  328  288   43  283  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)      10   5  2.79  17  17   5   0   0  113   93   42   35    9   34   60
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
Luis Tiant (BOS)       9   5  2.96  17  17   8   0   2  122  130   50   40   10   25   50
Doug Bird (KC)         8   1  2.97  22  11   1   2   1   97   88   33   32    9   17   53

 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
Rudy May               1   2  5.57   5   4   1   0   0   21   27   16   13    3    8   14
Mike Flanagan          0   3  5.63  10   1   0   0   0   24   26   15   15    4   10   18

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   2  1.26   8   0   0   0   0   14   17    8    2    1   10    3
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  3.32  18  17   8   0   1  127  118   54   47   15   30   99
Reggie Cleveland       4   3  3.61  20   1   0   1   0   62   63   27   25    1   19   26
Rick Wise              6   5  3.83  15  15   5   0   3   96   95   44   41   11   22   40
Tom House              1   2  3.90  23   0   0   3   0   32   25   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
Sid Monge              4   2  2.90  17   8   1   0   0   71   64   25   23    5   28   20
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.00  22   0   0   2   0   57   62   22   19    3   15   18
Gary Ross              5   9  3.25  17  15   2   0   1  108  115   49   39    6   28   59
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.57  12   0   0   2   0   18   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  5.06  27   0   0   4   0   37   40   23   21    2   16   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
Ken Brett              3   3  2.54   9   8   3   1   0   64   43   19   18    1   26   24
Rich Gossage           5   6  2.78  14  13   8   0   0  110   93   37   34    6   44   74
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  1.63  26   0   0  10   0   39   23    7    7    0   23   40
Stan Thomas            1   1  2.08  21   0   0   3   0   39   26   11    9    3   22   21
Jim Kern               6   2  2.24  23   2   0   6   0   64   47   22   16    0   30   57
Pat Dobson            10   5  2.79  17  17   5   0   0  113   93   42   35    9   34   60
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           8   6  3.02  15  15   9   0   2  113   92   41   38    6   29   39
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
Tom Hall               1   1  2.81  15   0   0   1   0   16   10    7    5    1    7   13
Steve Mingori          3   0  2.84  22   0   0   4   0   38   36   13   12    1    9   18
Marty Pattin           2   8  2.93  28   1   0   5   0   40   34   14   13    4   14   27
Mark Littell           3   3  2.93  25   1   0   7   0   43   35   16   14    0   26   41
Doug Bird              8   1  2.97  22  11   1   2   1   97   88   33   32    9   17   53
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         1   0  0.00   6   0   0   1   0   11    2    1    0    0    9   10
Bill Travers           8   6  1.96  16  16   7   0   3  115   97   35   25    6   44   66
Jim Slaton             8   6  3.46  18  18   6   0   2  140  131   57   54    6   42   64
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
Tippy Martinez         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
Sparky Lyle            5   5  2.07  35   0   0  14   0   65   54   19   15    3   17   42
Grant Jackson          1   0  2.25   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    1    2
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Dick Tidrow            3   0  2.73  18   1   0   1   0   33   34   10   10    1   14   27
Ed Figueroa            9   5  3.19  17  17   6   0   2  124  109   50   44    6   47   63
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         4   5  3.11  32   0   0  10   0   55   48   21   19    3   15   52
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  5.11  13  13   3   0   0   76   95   47   43    9   18   39
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)          10
  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
  M. Pattin (KC)            8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  J. Decker (MIN)           7

Complete Games:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          11
  C. Hunter (NY)           10
  D. Goltz (MIN)            9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  G. Perry (TEX)            9
  D. Roberts (DET)          9
  M. Fidrych (DET)          8
  R. Gossage (CHI)          8
  K. Holtzman (NY)          8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          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
  J. Kern (CLE)             6
  S. Foucault (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
  D. Roberts (DET)          2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  J. Slaton (MIL)           2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        156.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       148.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     141.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       140.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      127.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       127.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        126.0
  D. Goltz (MIN)        125.2
  D. Leonard (KC)       125.2
  E. Figueroa (NY)      124.1

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       141
  J. Slaton (MIL)         131
  J. Palmer (BAL)         130
  L. Tiant (BOS)          130
  P. Splittorff (KC)      127
  C. Hunter (NY)          124
  K. Holtzman (NY)        122
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      121
  D. Goltz (MIN)          119
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        118

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
  J. Slaton (MIL)          57
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        56
  N. Ryan (CAL)            55
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         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
  E. Figueroa (NY)         47
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        46
  R. Gossage (CHI)         44
  B. Singer (MIN)          44
  P. Splittorff (KC)       44
  B. Travers (MIL)         44

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           136
  F. Tanana (CAL)         127
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       108
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         99
  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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