Sunday July 4, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 4, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        46  27  3.18   73  27  20   674   559  260  238   47  213  339
Texas           42  32  3.29   74  28  11   679   653  304  248   54  223  362
Cleveland       37  36  3.33   73  10  21   663   607  276  245   39  246  399
Kansas City     46  29  3.37   75  18  20   686   658  292  257   42  248  362
Baltimore       36  39  3.47   75  24   9   680   653  292  262   49  242  283
Boston          36  37  3.54   73  24   6   663   669  303  261   55  197  327
Chicago         35  40  3.67   75  23  13   691   666  315  282   36  275  388
California      33  48  3.72   81  26  10   724   690  348  299   51  269  480
Oakland         38  40  3.73   78  13  15   707   704  327  293   53  213  335
Milwaukee       27  43  3.93   70  18  11   619   599  304  270   40  242  294
Detroit         36  37  3.96   73  21  11   649   643  338  286   49  263  377
Minnesota       36  40  4.01   76  18   8   677   649  343  302   46  293  381

 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)    9   1  2.14  19   6   3   1   1   88   72   26   21    4   23   39
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   5  2.73  16  16   6   0   2  109  106   44   33    6   31   62
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
Frank Tanana (CAL)    10   5  2.90  17  17  12   0   1  136  116   52   44   15   33  128
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
Jackie Brown (CLE)     7   3  2.97  17  14   3   0   2  109  101   41   36    8   28   58

 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          9   1  2.14  19   6   3   1   1   88   72   26   21    4   23   39
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              7   5  3.59  16  16   6   0   3  105   99   45   42   11   24   43
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          10   5  2.90  17  17  12   0   1  136  116   52   44   15   33  128
Sid Monge              4   2  3.00  18   8   1   0   0   72   65   26   24    6   28   20
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.21  23   1   0   2   0   62   66   25   22    3   19   21
Gary Ross              5   9  3.25  17  15   2   0   1  108  115   49   39    6   28   59
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.66  13   0   0   2   0   20   21   10    8    2    6    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
Andy Hassler           0   6  5.13  14   4   0   0   0   47   50   31   27    3   17   16
Dick Drago             2   7  5.68  28   0   0   4   0   38   40   26   24    2   17   20
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          4   4  2.96  23   1   0   4   0   52   41   18   17    2   23   32
Pete Vuckovich         6   2  3.38  15   6   1   0   0   64   66   24   24    2   27   33
Chris Knapp            0   1  3.95   3   2   0   0   0   14   16    7    6    1   12   10
Terry Forster          1   5  4.36  16  11   1   1   0   64   73   32   31    2   29   46
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
Francisco Barrios      1   3  5.01  16   6   2   1   0   65   69   39   36    8   21   36
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   3  2.97  17  14   3   0   2  109  101   41   36    8   28   58
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
Dave Roberts           8   6  3.02  15  15   9   0   2  113   92   41   38    6   29   39
John Hiller            6   4  3.32  30   0   0   7   0   57   44   23   21    5   36   65
Vern Ruhle             5   4  3.93  15  15   1   0   0   94  105   48   41   10   27   48
Frank MacCormack       0   3  4.15   5   5   0   0   0   26   27   15   12    1   21   13
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  2.59  27   1   0   7   0   49   39   16   14    0   27   44
Tom Hall               1   1  2.65  16   0   0   1   0   17   10    7    5    1    9   15
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   5  3.43  18  17   4   0   1  113  127   52   43    3   27   41
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  7.50   4   0   0   0   0    6   11    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   7  4.60  12  10   1   0   0   63   61   38   32    3   44   19
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          9   2  3.26  34   0   0   6   0   77   66   30   28    4   34   51
Vic Albury             2   1  3.28  10   0   0   0   0   25   19   11    9    0   10   12
Dave Goltz             7   7  3.76  19  19   9   0   1  132  128   63   55    8   43   71
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
Pete Redfern           2   5  5.24   9   9   0   0   0   46   38   30   27    4   24   29
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
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  1.99  37   0   0  16   0   68   54   19   15    3   19   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             9   4  3.40  16  16   5   0   1  103   87   40   39    8   39   33
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            2   2  4.17  12   8   1   0   1   50   43   24   23    6   21   20
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
Mike Bacsik            0   1  2.03   3   0   0   0   0   13   12    6    3    1    9    3
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.35  13   0   0   0   0   23   24    7    6    1   14   13
Steve Foucault         7   4  2.54  25   0   0   5   0   46   39   16   13    6   10   24
Jim Umbarger           7   5  2.73  16  16   6   0   2  109  106   44   33    6   31   62
Bert Blyleven          2   4  2.82   6   6   4   0   2   54   50   18   17    4   11   40
Steve Hargan           3   2  2.92  15   3   0   0   0   52   50   24   17    3   21   27
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  3.72  20   0   0   6   0   19   20   10    8    0    8    7
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
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  B. Campbell (MIN)         9
  D. Ellis (NY)             9
  M. Fidrych (DET)          9
  E. Figueroa (NY)          9
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        9
  W. Garland (BAL)          9

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:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          12
  C. Hunter (NY)           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)             16
  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. Hoerner (TEX)          6
  J. Kern (CLE)             6

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. Tanana (CAL)       136.1
  D. Leonard (KC)       134.1
  D. Goltz (MIN)        131.2
  K. Holtzman (NY)      129.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      127.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        126.0

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
  D. Goltz (MIN)          128
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      127
  P. Splittorff (KC)      127
  V. Blue (OAK)           123

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           66
  J. Hughes (MIN)          64
  D. Goltz (MIN)           63
  M. Torrez (OAK)          62
  J. Palmer (BAL)          60
  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
  F. Tanana (CAL)          15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          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
  P. Broberg (MIL)         44
  R. Gossage (CHI)         44

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           144
  F. Tanana (CAL)         128
  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)           71


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