Tuesday July 6, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 6, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        47  29  3.16   76  27  20   701   584  269  246   47  222  350
Texas           44  32  3.30   76  29  11   697   670  312  256   54  226  370
Kansas City     48  30  3.36   78  18  22   712   679  301  266   45  253  371
Cleveland       38  37  3.39   75  10  22   680   628  287  256   40  255  410
Baltimore       36  41  3.44   77  25   9   696   666  298  266   50  248  292
Boston          38  37  3.48   75  26   6   681   684  305  263   56  198  336
Oakland         40  40  3.65   80  14  16   725   718  328  294   53  221  351
California      34  49  3.72   83  27  10   742   708  356  307   52  274  486
Chicago         35  42  3.78   77  24  13   707   685  330  297   36  285  398
Milwaukee       29  43  3.86   72  19  12   637   616  308  273   41  253  306
Minnesota       36  42  4.00   78  18   8   693   663  352  308   47  307  389
Detroit         36  39  4.02   75  22  11   665   661  349  297   49  269  383

 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)     9   6  1.96  17  17   8   0   3  124  104   37   27    7   50   72
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
Doug Bird (KC)         9   1  2.86  23  12   1   2   1  104   91   34   33   10   18   56
Luis Tiant (BOS)      10   5  2.89  18  18   9   0   2  131  141   52   42   11   26   57
Frank Tanana (CAL)    10   5  2.90  17  17  12   0   1  136  116   52   44   15   33  128
Jackie Brown (CLE)     7   3  2.97  17  14   3   0   2  109  101   41   36    8   28   58
Bert Blyleven (TEX)    6   9  3.01  18  18   8   0   2  150  151   57   50    7   46  115

 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
Dyar Miller            1   2  2.91  24   0   0   3   0   43   38   15   14    2   16   17
Jim Palmer            10   8  3.05  22  22  11   0   2  165  141   62   56   14   56   79
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   3  5.26   6   5   1   0   0   26   32   20   15    4   10   18
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            10   5  2.89  18  18   9   0   2  131  141   52   42   11   26   57
Fergie Jenkins         7   8  3.10  19  18   9   0   2  136  122   54   47   15   30  101
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
John Verhoeven         0   0  2.70   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    0    1
Frank Tanana          10   5  2.90  17  17  12   0   1  136  116   52   44   15   33  128
Gary Ross              6   9  3.08  18  16   3   0   1  117  120   50   40    6   29   62
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.21  23   1   0   2   0   62   66   25   22    3   19   21
Sid Monge              4   3  3.51  19   9   1   0   0   74   71   31   29    7   31   22
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  4.60  18  17   2   0   0   94  108   57   48    7   26   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   4  2.76  10   9   4   1   0   72   51   23   22    1   31   31
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  3.92  16   6   1   0   0   67   71   29   29    2   30   34
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   3  6.80  11   7   0   0   0   45   56   36   34    1   27   20
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  2.01  23   0   0   4   0   45   30   12   10    3   23   23
Jim Kern               6   2  2.22  24   2   0   6   0   65   47   22   16    0   30   58
Jackie Brown           7   3  2.97  17  14   3   0   2  109  101   41   36    8   28   58
Pat Dobson            10   6  3.27  18  18   5   0   0  116  100   49   42    9   36   62
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.27  21   0   0   0   0   44   41   18   16    6   12   17
Jim Bibby              4   2  3.51  17   5   0   1   0   59   64   25   23    1   23   34
Don Hood               2   5  4.15  17   6   0   1   0   48   54   23   22    4   19   22
Dennis Eckersley       4   7  4.38  16  15   2   0   1   78   68   41   38    5   37   61
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   4  3.24  31   0   0   7   0   58   44   23   21    5   36   67
Dave Roberts           8   7  3.45  16  16   9   0   2  120  104   49   46    6   31   39
Vern Ruhle             5   5  3.88  16  16   2   0   0  102  111   51   44   10   31   52
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  2.57  28   1   0   7   0   49   40   16   14    0   27   44
Steve Mingori          3   0  2.57  25   0   0   7   0   42   38   13   12    1    9   22
Doug Bird              9   1  2.86  23  12   1   2   1  104   91   34   33   10   18   56
Marty Pattin           2   8  2.93  28   1   0   5   0   40   34   14   13    4   14   27
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        9   6  3.84  19  18   4   0   1  127  135   59   54    9   45   47
Tom Hall               1   1  3.86  18   0   0   1   0   19   14   10    8    2    9   16
Steve Busby            3   3  4.40  13  13   1   0   0   72   58   42   35    7   49   29
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   7   0   0   2   0   11    2    1    0    0    9   11
Bill Travers           9   6  1.96  17  17   8   0   3  124  104   37   27    7   50   72
Bill Castro            1   0  3.38  10   0   0   1   0   21   16    8    8    1    5   10
Jim Slaton             9   6  3.39  19  19   6   0   2  146  140   59   55    6   44   66
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
Ray Sadecki            0   0  5.28  15   0   0   0   0   15   16   11    9    1   10   14
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
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
Eddie Bane             0   2  2.25   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    6    3    0    7    6
Vic Albury             2   1  3.08  11   0   0   0   0   26   20   11    9    0   12   12
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Campbell          9   2  3.18  35   0   0   6   0   79   66   30   28    4   35   52
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
Steve Luebber          0   2  4.69  22   2   0   2   0   48   42   25   25    5   25   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   9  5.62  16  15   2   0   0   91  102   69   57   12   40   48
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  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    0    3    3
Tippy Martinez         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
Sparky Lyle            6   5  2.15  39   0   0  16   0   71   58   22   17    3   21   45
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Dick Tidrow            3   0  2.66  20   2   0   1   0   41   41   12   12    1   15   32
Ed Figueroa            9   6  3.14  18  18   6   0   2  132  115   52   46    6   50   65
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
Doyle Alexander        1   1  3.60   4   4   0   0   0   30   27   13   12    2    4    9
Ken Holtzman           1   2  3.69   4   4   2   0   0   32   32   14   13    3    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  2.85  34   0   0  11   0   60   50   21   19    3   17   58
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.11  18   9   1   0   1   81   73   29   28    7   24   49
Vida Blue              7   7  3.18  17  17   6   0   2  122  129   50   43    2   32   65
Dick Bosman            2   0  3.32  15   7   0   0   0   62   61   23   23    5   11   18
Mike Torrez            7   9  3.69  21  21   3   0   0  127  122   63   52   10   58   53
Jim Todd               6   7  3.79  31   0   0   3   0   55   50   27   23    4   23   16
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            2   1  2.20  14   0   0   0   0   29   27    8    7    1   14   15
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
Nelson Briles          7   5  3.26  15  15   5   0   1  108  100   49   39   12   25   51
Gaylord Perry          9   5  3.27  17  17   9   0   0  129  119   47   47    6   33   81
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             2   4  5.44  13   7   3   0   0   46   50   37   28    8   26   16
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
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10
  D. Bird (KC)              9
  B. Campbell (MIN)         9
  D. Ellis (NY)             9
  M. Fidrych (DET)          9
  E. Figueroa (NY)          9

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          12
  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  J. Palmer (BAL)          11
  M. Fidrych (DET)          9
  D. Goltz (MIN)            9
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          9
  G. Perry (TEX)            9
  D. Roberts (DET)          9
  N. Ryan (CAL)             9
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             16
  R. Fingers (OAK)         11
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         10
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  J. Hiller (DET)           7
  M. Littell (KC)           7
  S. Mingori (KC)           7
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  J. Hoerner (TEX)          6

Shutouts:

  B. Travers (MIL)          3
  R. Wise (BOS)             3
  V. Blue (OAK)             2
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         2
  J. Brown (CLE)            2
  E. Figueroa (NY)          2
  C. Hunter (NY)            2
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          2
  B. Johnson (CHI)          2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        165.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       165.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     149.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       146.0
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      136.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       136.1
  D. Leonard (KC)       134.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)      131.2
  D. Goltz (MIN)        131.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        130.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       151
  J. Palmer (BAL)         141
  L. Tiant (BOS)          141
  J. Slaton (MIL)         140
  P. Splittorff (KC)      135
  K. Holtzman (NY)        132
  C. Hunter (NY)          130
  V. Blue (OAK)           129
  D. Goltz (MIN)          128
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      127

Runs:

  J. Hughes (MIN)          69
  C. Hunter (NY)           66
  D. Goltz (MIN)           63
  M. Torrez (OAK)          63
  J. Palmer (BAL)          62
  J. Slaton (MIL)          59
  P. Splittorff (KC)       59
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        57
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)        57
  N. Ryan (CAL)            57

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)          12
  L. Tiant (BOS)           11
  R. Wise (BOS)            11
  D. Bird (KC)             10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            84
  M. Torrez (OAK)          58
  J. Palmer (BAL)          56
  J. Decker (MIN)          51
  E. Figueroa (NY)         50
  B. Travers (MIL)         50
  S. Busby (KC)            49
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        46
  B. Singer (MIN)          46
  P. Splittorff (KC)       45

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           144
  F. Tanana (CAL)         128
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       115
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        101
  C. Hunter (NY)           89
  D. Leonard (KC)          84
  G. Perry (TEX)           81
  J. Palmer (BAL)          79
  R. Gossage (CHI)         74
  B. Travers (MIL)         72

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