Friday July 2, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 2, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        44  27  3.20   71  27  18   656   542  254  233   43  209  334
Cleveland       37  34  3.28   71   9  21   645   591  265  235   37  241  393
Texas           40  31  3.32   71  27  10   650   626  295  240   54  212  349
Kansas City     45  28  3.37   73  18  19   668   642  281  250   41  240  351
Baltimore       35  38  3.48   73  23   9   663   639  284  256   46  236  274
Boston          35  36  3.54   71  23   6   646   656  296  254   55  187  320
California      32  46  3.68   78  24  10   699   669  334  286   48  257  467
Chicago         34  38  3.72   72  23  13   661   635  303  273   36  257  373
Oakland         37  39  3.73   76  12  15   690   689  320  286   53  206  330
Milwaukee       26  42  3.97   68  16  11   601   588  299  265   37  238  284
Detroit         35  36  3.99   71  20  11   631   628  331  280   49  254  365
Minnesota       34  39  4.05   73  17   8   650   631  333  293   44  285  363

 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
Jim Palmer            10   7  3.10  21  21  10   0   2  157  135   60   54   14   52   74
Dyar Miller            1   2  3.15  23   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 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  2.47  24   0   0   2   0   44   39   18   12    2   14   19
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              4   4  4.17  16  11   1   0   0   78   77   37   36    6   31   34
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  4.67  17  17   2   0   0   91  104   56   47    7   25   47
Dick Drago             2   6  5.06  27   0   0   4   0   37   40   23   21    2   16   19
Andy Hassler           0   6  5.13  14   4   0   0   0   47   50   31   27    3   17   16
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
Bart Johnson           6   7  4.75  15  15   3   0   2   95   97   54   50    8   35   47
Chris Knapp            0   0  4.76   2   1   0   0   0    6    6    4    3    1    7    4
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  2.20  22   0   0   3   0   41   28   12   10    3   22   22
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
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.51  20   0   0   0   0   41   38   18   16    6   12   16
Don Hood               2   4  3.55  16   5   0   1   0   46   49   19   18    3   15   22
Dennis Eckersley       3   7  4.33  15  14   2   0   1   73   64   38   35    4   33   56
Rick Waits             2   3  5.16   8   6   0   0   0   30   40   17   17    1   14   16
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  2.80  29   0   0   7   0   55   40   19   17    5   32   61
Dave Roberts           8   6  3.02  15  15   9   0   2  113   92   41   38    6   29   39
Vern Ruhle             5   4  3.93  15  15   1   0   0   94  105   48   41   10   27   48
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
Mark Littell           4   3  2.66  26   1   0   7   0   47   38   16   14    0   27   42
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
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  4.31  12  12   1   0   0   65   55   38   31    6   46   28
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
Bill Castro            1   0  3.38  10   0   0   1   0   21   16    8    8    1    5   10
Jim Slaton             8   6  3.46  18  18   6   0   2  140  131   57   54    6   42   64
Jim Colborn            4  10  4.40  16  16   3   0   0  100  100   53   49   10   27   48
Jerry Augustine        2   5  4.41  21   6   0   0   0   51   53   25   25    5   16   20
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
Vic Albury             2   1  2.92   9   0   0   0   0   25   19   10    8    0    9   12
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
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
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Jim Hughes             4   8  5.44  15  14   2   0   0   86   94   64   52   11   35   43
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        10   7  3.43  19  19  11   0   2  165  130   66   63   17   41   89
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
Rollie Fingers         4   5  3.11  32   0   0  10   0   55   48   21   19    3   15   52
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.11  18   9   1   0   1   81   73   29   28    7   24   49
Vida Blue              6   7  3.43  16  16   5   0   1  113  123   50   43    2   29   56
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
Bert Blyleven          2   4  2.82   6   6   4   0   2   54   50   18   17    4   11   40
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
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
  C. Hunter (NY)           10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  E. Figueroa (NY)          9
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        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
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         9
  G. Ross (CAL)             9
  M. Torrez (OAK)           9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          8
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  M. Pattin (KC)            8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  V. Blue (OAK)             7

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  F. Tanana (CAL)          11
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  D. Goltz (MIN)            9
  G. Perry (TEX)            9
  D. Roberts (DET)          9
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         8
  M. Fidrych (DET)          8
  R. Gossage (CHI)          8
  K. Holtzman (NY)          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
  B. Johnson (CHI)          2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  D. Roberts (DET)          2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        165.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       157.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     149.2
  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)       151
  J. Palmer (BAL)         135
  J. Slaton (MIL)         131
  C. Hunter (NY)          130
  L. Tiant (BOS)          130
  P. Splittorff (KC)      127
  V. Blue (OAK)           123
  K. Holtzman (NY)        122
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      121
  D. Goltz (MIN)          119

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           66
  J. Hughes (MIN)          64
  M. Torrez (OAK)          62
  J. Palmer (BAL)          60
  D. Goltz (MIN)           58
  P. Splittorff (KC)       58
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        57
  J. Slaton (MIL)          57
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)        56
  N. Ryan (CAL)            55

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  N. Briles (TEX)          12
  J. Hughes (MIN)          11
  R. Wise (BOS)            11
  J. Colborn (MIL)         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
  S. Busby (KC)            46
  R. Gossage (CHI)         44
  B. Singer (MIN)          44
  P. Splittorff (KC)       44

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           136
  F. Tanana (CAL)         127
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       115
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         99
  C. Hunter (NY)           89
  D. Leonard (KC)          81
  G. Perry (TEX)           78
  R. Gossage (CHI)         74
  J. Palmer (BAL)          74
  D. Goltz (MIN)           68


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