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Friday July 16, 1976
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American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 16, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        53  31  3.05   84  31  23   774   643  286  262   51  245  382
Kansas City     54  32  3.19   86  23  24   787   728  318  279   47  269  405
Baltimore       42  42  3.39   84  27  13   758   719  319  285   51  269  324
Texas           44  41  3.44   85  32  11   780   765  356  298   63  248  415
Cleveland       39  42  3.52   81  12  23   729   680  318  285   43  282  439
Oakland         44  43  3.57   87  15  18   791   773  351  314   56  242  378
Boston          41  43  3.63   84  27   9   760   777  351  306   58  219  368
California      35  54  3.71   89  30  10   794   759  377  327   56  298  530
Chicago         39  45  3.72   84  26  15   769   739  352  318   41  305  427
Milwaukee       34  46  3.77   80  20  13   714   684  340  299   49  290  340
Detroit         40  41  3.88   81  25  12   726   713  365  313   51  288  412
Minnesota       40  45  4.02   85  18  10   754   727  385  337   51  338  412

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych (DET)    10   2  1.60  14  12  11   0   2  112   86   23   20    5   26   49
Bill Travers (MIL)    10   6  1.91  18  18   8   0   3  132  109   38   28    8   54   76
Ken Brett (CHI)        5   4  2.52  14  11   6   2   0   93   66   27   26    3   36   44
Wayne Garland (BAL)   11   1  2.53  21   8   3   1   1  103   86   34   29    5   31   47
Ken Holtzman (NY)      8   6  2.69  19  19  10   0   3  147  141   48   44    7   42   37
Doug Bird (KC)         9   2  2.79  24  13   2   2   1  113   99   36   35   10   18   62
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   8  2.85  24  24  13   0   3  183  150   64   58   14   60   90
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   6  2.88  17  17   6   0   2  112  111   47   36    7   32   63
Frank Tanana (CAL)    10   6  2.91  18  18  13   0   1  145  123   56   47   16   36  130
Luis Tiant (BOS)      10   6  2.92  19  19   9   0   2  139  152   56   45   12   31   60

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.00   5   0   0   3   0    8    4    0    0    0    5    7
Dave Pagan             1   2  2.42   8   1   0   1   0   26   19    8    7    1    7   16
Wayne Garland         11   1  2.53  21   8   3   1   1  103   86   34   29    5   31   47
Jim Palmer            12   8  2.85  24  24  13   0   3  183  150   64   58   14   60   90
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Dyar Miller            1   2  2.96  27   0   0   5   0   49   44   17   16    2   18   21
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
Rudy May               2   3  4.78   7   6   1   0   0   32   38   23   17    4   13   19
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Cuellar           4  10  5.30  19  18   2   0   1   88  111   56   52    8   41   28
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
Jim Willoughby         2   5  2.79  28   0   0   4   0   48   44   21   15    2   16   22
Rick Jones             3   0  2.80  15   7   1   0   0   61   73   22   19    1   15   29
Tom Murphy             2   3  2.92  11   0   0   0   0   25   30   14    8    1   11    9
Luis Tiant            10   6  2.92  19  19   9   0   2  139  152   56   45   12   31   60
Fergie Jenkins         8   8  3.12  21  20   9   0   2  147  133   58   51   15   31  106
Rick Wise              7   7  3.86  18  18   7   0   3  117  111   53   50   11   27   45
Reggie Cleveland       4   4  4.18  23   1   0   2   0   71   71   35   33    1   22   29
Dick Pole              4   5  4.38  18  13   1   0   0   86   88   43   42    6   36   39
Tom House              1   2  4.54  27   0   0   3   0   36   32   19   18    2   16   17
Bill Lee               0   3  7.42   7   6   0   0   0   30   43   30   25    7   14   12

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Verhoeven         0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    0    3
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Frank Tanana          10   6  2.91  18  18  13   0   1  145  123   56   47   16   36  130
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.21  23   1   0   2   0   62   66   25   22    3   19   21
Gary Ross              6  11  3.30  20  18   3   0   1  131  139   58   48    7   34   70
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.48  14   0   0   2   0   21   21   10    8    2    6    5
Sid Monge              4   3  3.51  19   9   1   0   0   74   71   31   29    7   31   22
Nolan Ryan             7  11  3.68  22  22  11   0   3  149  105   65   61    7  100  174
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  5.67  29   0   0   4   0   40   43   27   25    2   17   22
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              5   4  2.58  12  11   6   1   0   91   64   27   26    3   36   43
Dave Hamilton          4   4  2.62  26   1   0   6   0   58   47   18   17    2   26   38
Rich Gossage           5   7  2.92  15  14   8   0   0  117  100   42   38    7   46   76
Pete Vuckovich         6   2  3.86  17   6   1   0   0   68   72   29   29    2   30   34
Terry Forster          1   6  4.02  17  11   1   1   0   72   79   33   32    2   30   49
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Bart Johnson           8   8  4.58  18  18   3   0   2  114  115   62   58    9   42   53
Francisco Barrios      1   3  5.12  17   7   2   1   0   65   71   40   37    8   21   36
Chris Knapp            0   1  5.27   4   2   0   0   0   14   16    9    8    1   14   10
Jesse Jefferson        2   3  6.80  11   7   0   0   0   45   56   36   34    1   27   20
Blue Moon Odom         0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
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
Stan Thomas            1   1  2.01  23   0   0   4   0   45   30   12   10    3   23   23
Dave LaRoche           0   2  2.14  28   0   0  10   0   42   27   10   10    1   25   45
Jim Kern               6   2  2.45  25   2   0   6   0   66   48   24   18    0   32   60
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.00  23   0   0   0   0   48   43   19   16    6   15   17
Jackie Brown           7   5  3.02  19  16   5   0   2  125  115   48   42    8   34   69
Pat Dobson            11   7  3.43  20  20   5   0   0  129  116   56   49   10   39   66
Jim Bibby              4   2  3.54  18   5   0   1   0   61   67   26   24    1   24   36
Don Hood               2   5  4.44  18   6   0   1   0   49   56   25   24    4   21   22
Rick Waits             2   4  4.58  10   7   0   0   0   37   47   20   19    2   17   19
Dennis Eckersley       4   8  4.93  18  16   2   1   1   80   72   47   44    5   42   63
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          10   2  1.60  14  12  11   0   2  112   86   23   20    5   26   49
John Hiller            8   4  3.15  33   0   0   7   0   66   49   25   23    5   41   72
Dave Roberts           9   8  3.49  18  18  10   0   2  137  120   56   53    8   33   45
Dave Lemanczyk         1   1  3.71   4   2   0   0   0   17   21    7    7    1    5   11
Vern Ruhle             5   5  3.86  17  17   2   0   0  107  114   53   46   10   34   56
Frank MacCormack       0   3  4.15   5   5   0   0   0   26   27   15   12    1   21   13
Bill Laxton            0   4  4.84  11   3   0   2   0   48   38   30   26    9   22   39
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Ray Bare               3   5  5.00  16  11   1   0   1   67   82   49   37    6   30   34
Jim Crawford           0   3  5.45  16   1   0   1   0   40   50   29   24    1   17   30
Steve Grilli           2   1  6.53  21   0   0   2   0   40   46   34   29    4   25   25

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Hassler           0   0  0.00   2   1   0   0   0    9    5    1    0    0    3    6
Ray Sadecki            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    0    0    0    3    1
Steve Mingori          3   1  2.45  27   0   0   8   0   48   42   14   13    1   10   23
Mark Littell           5   3  2.58  30   1   0   8   0   52   42   17   15    1   28   47
Marty Pattin           2   8  2.76  29   1   0   5   0   42   34   14   13    4   15   29
Doug Bird              9   2  2.79  24  13   2   2   1  113   99   36   35   10   18   62
Dennis Leonard        10   3  3.01  18  18  10   0   1  152  137   56   51    9   44   94
Al Fitzmorris         11   5  3.13  20  19   5   0   1  127  133   53   44    3   31   44
Paul Splittorff       10   6  3.66  21  20   5   0   1  140  145   65   57   10   49   50
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         2   0  1.56  11   0   0   3   0   17    7    4    3    0   14   14
Bill Travers          10   6  1.91  18  18   8   0   3  132  109   38   28    8   54   76
Jim Slaton            10   7  3.39  21  21   7   0   2  165  151   66   62    9   52   79
Jerry Augustine        2   7  3.89  24   9   0   0   0   69   69   34   30    6   26   28
Jim Colborn            5  10  4.03  18  18   4   0   0  118  115   57   53   13   28   58
Eduardo Rodriguez      2   5  4.30  31   0   0   8   0   44   34   24   21    3   22   23
Pete Broberg           1   7  4.39  13  11   1   0   0   66   62   40   32    3   50   19
Bill Castro            2   0  4.82  13   0   0   1   0   28   31   15   15    2    6   10
Rick Austin            0   0  5.06   3   0   0   0   0    5   10    3    3    1    0    3
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Ray Sadecki            0   0  5.87  17   0   0   0   0   15   19   12   10    2   10   14
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
Eddie Bane             2   2  1.98   4   4   0   0   0   27   23   10    6    0   11    8
Tom Burgmeier          3   0  2.22  30   0   0   0   0   53   46   14   13    5   14   18
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Campbell         10   2  3.20  40   0   0   8   0   90   76   36   32    5   38   60
Vic Albury             2   1  3.25  12   0   0   0   0   28   22   12   10    0   12   12
Dave Goltz             7   8  3.97  21  20   9   0   1  138  138   70   61    9   49   72
Bill Singer            4   4  4.30  10  10   3   0   1   67   63   34   32    5   32   27
Steve Luebber          0   2  4.62  23   2   0   2   0   49   42   25   25    5   26   20
Pete Redfern           2   5  5.03  10  10   0   0   0   48   40   30   27    4   26   30
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Jim Hughes             4   9  5.58  17  15   2   0   0   92  103   69   57   12   40   49
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            6   5  2.20  42   0   0  17   0   74   61   23   18    3   24   46
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Ken Holtzman           3   2  2.36   6   6   4   0   2   50   41   14   13    3    7   12
Dick Tidrow            3   0  2.47  23   2   0   3   0   44   41   12   12    1   16   33
Grant Jackson          1   0  2.79   5   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    3    0    4    5
Ed Figueroa           11   6  3.18  20  20   7   0   3  147  127   58   52    6   53   72
Dock Ellis            10   4  3.24  17  17   5   0   1  111   95   41   40    9   42   37
Catfish Hunter        11   8  3.34  21  21  12   0   2  183  144   72   68   19   45   99
Doyle Alexander        1   2  3.48   5   5   0   0   0   34   34   14   13    3    8   12
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
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
Rollie Fingers         5   6  2.63  38   0   0  12   0   68   55   22   20    3   21   66
Paul Lindblad          4   2  2.66  36   0   0   3   0   64   55   22   19    2   13   18
Vida Blue              7   8  3.00  19  19   6   0   2  138  142   56   46    2   36   68
Mike Torrez            8   9  3.32  23  23   4   0   0  144  132   64   53   11   60   58
Dick Bosman            2   0  3.32  15   7   0   0   0   62   61   23   23    5   11   18
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.33  19   9   1   0   1   84   77   32   31    7   25   52
Jim Todd               6   7  4.09  32   0   0   3   0   55   50   29   25    4   26   16
Mike Norris            2   2  4.50  13   9   1   0   1   52   49   27   26    6   23   22
Paul Mitchell          5   5  5.05  15  15   3   0   0   87  108   53   49   11   22   44
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  1.69   5   0   0   0   0   16   15    6    3    1    9    3
Jeff Terpko            2   1  2.17  15   0   0   0   0   29   28    8    7    1   15   15
Steve Foucault         7   5  2.82  28   0   0   5   0   51   45   19   16    7   11   25
Jim Umbarger           7   6  2.88  17  17   6   0   2  112  111   47   36    7   32   63
Bert Blyleven          2   7  3.08   9   9   6   0   2   79   75   29   27    5   17   55
Nelson Briles          7   5  3.27  17  17   5   0   1  124  122   55   45   14   26   58
Steve Hargan           3   2  3.39  17   3   0   0   0   58   58   29   22    4   22   32
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
Gaylord Perry          9   7  3.49  19  19  10   0   0  142  131   56   55    7   37   91
Fritz Peterson         1   0  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   21    7    6    0    7    4
Joe Hoerner            0   2  4.30  24   0   0   6   0   23   27   13   11    1   10    9
Steve Barr             2   4  5.27  14   8   3   0   0   55   56   41   32    9   31   20
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:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  P. Dobson (CLE)          11
  E. Figueroa (NY)         11
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       11
  W. Garland (BAL)         11
  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  B. Campbell (MIN)        10
  D. Ellis (NY)            10
  M. Fidrych (DET)         10
  D. Leonard (KC)          10

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)        12
  G. Ross (CAL)            11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  J. Colborn (MIL)         10
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  J. Hughes (MIN)           9
  M. Torrez (OAK)           9
  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        8
  D. Goltz (MIN)            8

Complete Games:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  F. Tanana (CAL)          13
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  M. Fidrych (DET)         11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        10
  K. Holtzman (NY)         10
  D. Leonard (KC)          10
  G. Perry (TEX)           10
  D. Roberts (DET)         10

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             17
  R. Fingers (OAK)         12
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         10
  B. Campbell (MIN)         8
  M. Littell (KC)           8
  S. Mingori (KC)           8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  J. Hiller (DET)           7
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  D. Hamilton (CHI)         6

Shutouts:

  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  K. Holtzman (NY)          3
  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  B. Travers (MIL)          3
  R. Wise (BOS)             3
  V. Blue (OAK)             2
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         2
  J. Brown (CLE)            2
  M. Fidrych (DET)          2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        183.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       183.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     174.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)       164.2
  D. Leonard (KC)       152.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         149.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)      147.1
  K. Holtzman (NY)      147.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      147.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)       145.1

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       176
  L. Tiant (BOS)          152
  J. Slaton (MIL)         151
  J. Palmer (BAL)         150
  P. Splittorff (KC)      145
  C. Hunter (NY)          144
  V. Blue (OAK)           142
  K. Holtzman (NY)        141
  G. Ross (CAL)           139
  D. Goltz (MIN)          138

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           72
  D. Goltz (MIN)           70
  J. Hughes (MIN)          69
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        68
  J. Slaton (MIL)          66
  N. Ryan (CAL)            65
  B. Singer (MIN)          65
  P. Splittorff (KC)       65
  J. Palmer (BAL)          64
  M. Torrez (OAK)          64

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           19
  F. Tanana (CAL)          16
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         15
  N. Briles (TEX)          14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         13
  J. Hughes (MIN)          12
  L. Tiant (BOS)           12
  P. Mitchell (OAK)        11
  M. Torrez (OAK)          11

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           100
  J. Palmer (BAL)          60
  M. Torrez (OAK)          60
  B. Singer (MIN)          59
  B. Travers (MIL)         54
  E. Figueroa (NY)         53
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        52
  J. Slaton (MIL)          52
  J. Decker (MIN)          51
  P. Broberg (MIL)         50

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           174
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       130
  F. Tanana (CAL)         130
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        106
  C. Hunter (NY)           99
  D. Leonard (KC)          94
  G. Perry (TEX)           91
  J. Palmer (BAL)          90
  J. Slaton (MIL)          79
  R. Gossage (CHI)         76


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