Saturday July 3, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 3, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        45  27  3.18   72  27  19   665   552  257  235   44  211  337
Texas           41  31  3.28   72  28  10   659   629  295  240   54  215  356
Cleveland       37  35  3.32   72   9  21   654   599  272  241   39  246  397
Kansas City     46  28  3.36   74  18  20   677   650  286  253   42  242  355
Baltimore       35  39  3.49   74  23   9   671   646  288  260   48  238  278
Boston          35  37  3.58   72  23   6   654   665  302  260   55  195  324
California      32  47  3.67   79  25  10   707   673  336  288   48  262  475
Chicago         34  39  3.71   73  23  13   670   644  306  276   36  263  376
Oakland         37  40  3.78   77  12  15   698   701  327  293   53  211  332
Detroit         36  36  3.94   72  21  11   640   632  331  280   49  257  369
Milwaukee       27  42  3.94   69  17  11   610   594  301  267   39  238  290
Minnesota       35  39  4.00   74  18   8   659   636  333  293   44  287  367

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych (DET)     9   1  1.85  12  10   9   0   1   92   70   22   19    5   21   41
Bill Travers (MIL)     8   6  1.96  16  16   7   0   3  115   97   35   25    6   44   66
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
Dave Pagan             0   2  3.68   6   0   0   1   0   15    9    6    6    1    6   10
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Cuellar           4   9  5.14  18  17   2   0   1   84  103   52   48    8   39   28
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  1.17   9   0   0   0   0   15   17    8    2    1   10    3
Jim Willoughby         2   4  2.47  24   0   0   2   0   44   39   18   12    2   14   19
Rick Jones             1   0  2.81  13   5   1   0   0   48   58   17   15    0   13   25
Luis Tiant             9   5  2.96  17  17   8   0   2  122  130   50   40   10   25   50
Fergie Jenkins         6   8  3.32  18  17   8   0   1  127  118   54   47   15   30   99
Rick Wise              6   5  3.83  15  15   5   0   3   96   95   44   41   11   22   40
Tom House              1   2  4.13  24   0   0   3   0   33   27   15   15    2   14   17
Reggie Cleveland       4   4  4.16  21   1   0   1   0   63   64   31   29    1   22   27
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   9  3.84  19  19   9   0   2  124   84   57   53    5   84  144
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  3.38  15   6   1   0   0   64   66   24   24    2   27   33
Terry Forster          1   5  4.43  15  11   1   1   0   63   73   32   31    2   28   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  2.22  24   2   0   6   0   65   47   22   16    0   30   58
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  3.49  16   5   0   1   0   57   59   24   22    1   21   32
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.51  20   0   0   0   0   41   38   18   16    6   12   16
Don Hood               2   5  4.15  17   6   0   1   0   48   54   23   22    4   19   22
Dennis Eckersley       3   7  4.33  15  14   2   0   1   73   64   38   35    4   33   56
Rick Waits             2   3  4.94   9   6   0   0   0   31   41   18   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           9   1  1.85  12  10   9   0   1   92   70   22   19    5   21   41
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  2.82  23   0   0   5   0   38   36   13   12    1    9   19
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         8   3  3.08  16  16   8   0   0  134  123   51   46    9   42   84
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            5  10  4.20  17  17   4   0   0  109  106   55   51   12   27   54
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
Bill Singer            3   2  3.81   7   7   3   0   1   50   46   23   21    4   19   19
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
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  2.01  36   0   0  15   0   67   54   19   15    3   18   43
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  19   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
Ken Holtzman           1   2  3.69   4   4   2   0   0   32   32   14   13    3    3    8
Doyle Alexander        1   0  4.03   3   3   0   0   0   22   19   11   10    2    3    8
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
Rollie Fingers         4   5  2.98  33   0   0  10   0   57   50   21   19    3   16   53
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.11  18   9   1   0   1   81   73   29   28    7   24   49
Dick Bosman            2   0  3.32  15   7   0   0   0   62   61   23   23    5   11   18
Vida Blue              6   7  3.43  16  16   5   0   1  113  123   50   43    2   29   56
Jim Todd               6   7  3.79  31   0   0   3   0   55   50   27   23    4   23   16
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
Nelson Briles          7   5  3.26  15  15   5   0   1  108  100   49   39   12   25   51
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
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
  M. Fidrych (DET)          9
  E. Figueroa (NY)          9
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        9
  G. Perry (TEX)            9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9
  D. Bird (KC)              8

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)         10
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9
  G. Ross (CAL)             9
  N. Ryan (CAL)             9
  M. Torrez (OAK)           9
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  M. Pattin (KC)            8
  V. Blue (OAK)             7

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             15
  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
  D. Leonard (KC)       134.1
  K. Holtzman (NY)      129.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      127.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       127.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        126.0
  D. Goltz (MIN)        125.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       151
  J. Palmer (BAL)         135
  K. Holtzman (NY)        132
  J. Slaton (MIL)         131
  C. Hunter (NY)          130
  L. Tiant (BOS)          130
  P. Splittorff (KC)      127
  V. Blue (OAK)           123
  D. Leonard (KC)         123
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      121

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
  N. Ryan (CAL)            57
  J. Slaton (MIL)          57
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)        56

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  N. Briles (TEX)          12
  J. Colborn (MIL)         12
  J. Hughes (MIN)          11
  R. Wise (BOS)            11
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            84
  M. Torrez (OAK)          54
  J. Palmer (BAL)          52
  J. Decker (MIN)          51
  E. Figueroa (NY)         47
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        46
  S. Busby (KC)            46
  B. Singer (MIN)          46
  R. Gossage (CHI)         44
  P. Splittorff (KC)       44

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           144
  F. Tanana (CAL)         127
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       115
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         99
  C. Hunter (NY)           89
  D. Leonard (KC)          84
  G. Perry (TEX)           78
  R. Gossage (CHI)         74
  J. Palmer (BAL)          74
  D. Goltz (MIN)           68

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