Monday July 19, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 19, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        55  32  3.03   87  31  25   804   669  296  271   52  262  397
Kansas City     56  33  3.17   89  24  24   814   748  326  287   48  279  420
Texas           46  42  3.41   88  33  11   812   795  368  308   66  257  436
Baltimore       43  44  3.46   87  27  14   785   751  337  302   53  279  337
Oakland         47  44  3.49   91  16  19   826   802  358  320   56  250  398
Cleveland       42  43  3.50   85  14  24   765   711  331  297   44  297  466
Boston          41  46  3.64   87  28   9   786   804  363  318   60  231  372
California      39  54  3.64   93  32  11   830   790  389  336   59  309  546
Chicago         40  47  3.77   87  27  15   796   764  367  333   42  313  446
Milwaukee       35  49  3.83   84  22  13   749   722  365  319   54  302  353
Detroit         40  44  3.91   84  26  12   752   746  384  327   54  301  426
Minnesota       41  47  4.04   88  18  10   781   756  400  351   57  353  420

 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   7  2.36  19  19   8   0   3  134  116   45   35   11   55   78
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)      13   8  2.83  25  25  13   0   3  191  160   66   60   15   61   94
Luis Tiant (BOS)      10   7  2.88  20  20  10   0   2  147  159   58   47   13   31   61
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   6  2.88  17  17   6   0   2  112  111   47   36    7   32   63
Frank Tanana (CAL)    11   6  2.92  19  19  14   0   1  154  131   59   50   17   36  136

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    5    0    0    0    0    0    2
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.90   7   0   0   4   0   10    6    1    1    0    6    8
Wayne Garland         11   1  2.53  21   8   3   1   1  103   86   34   29    5   31   47
Jim Palmer            13   8  2.83  25  25  13   0   3  191  160   66   60   15   61   94
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Dyar Miller            1   2  2.96  28   0   0   5   0   52   47   19   17    3   20   23
Dave Pagan             1   2  3.46   9   2   0   1   0   26   22   11   10    1    8   16
Doyle Alexander        3   4  3.50  11   6   2   0   1   64   58   27   25    3   24   17
Ross Grimsley          2   4  3.82  15   7   0   0   0   64   68   33   27    5   16   23
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Cuellar           4  11  5.27  20  18   2   0   1   94  114   59   55    8   46   30
Rudy May               2   4  5.30   8   7   1   0   0   36   45   27   21    4   13   20
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   3  2.37  12   0   0   0   0   30   35   14    8    1   11   10
Rick Jones             3   0  2.80  15   7   1   0   0   61   73   22   19    1   15   29
Jim Willoughby         2   6  2.82  29   0   0   4   0   51   46   22   16    2   22   23
Luis Tiant            10   7  2.88  20  20  10   0   2  147  159   58   47   13   31   61
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   5  4.44  24   2   0   2   0   75   77   39   37    1   24   30
Tom House              1   2  4.54  27   0   0   3   0   36   32   19   18    2   16   17
Dick Pole              4   5  4.57  19  14   1   0   0   89   93   46   45    6   39   39
Bill Lee               0   3  7.08   8   6   0   0   0   34   45   32   27    8   15   12

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Verhoeven         0   0  1.35   3   0   0   1   0    7    5    1    1    0    0    6
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Frank Tanana          11   6  2.92  19  19  14   0   1  154  131   59   50   17   36  136
Paul Hartzell          1   2  3.22  24   2   0   2   0   67   72   27   24    3   22   23
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.22  15   0   0   2   0   22   23   10    8    2    6    5
Gary Ross              6  11  3.30  20  18   3   0   1  131  139   58   48    7   34   70
Sid Monge              4   3  3.53  20  10   1   0   0   79   75   36   31    8   35   22
Nolan Ryan             7  11  3.68  22  22  11   0   3  149  105   65   61    7  100  174
Don Kirkwood           3   7  4.28  19  18   3   0   0  103  115   58   49    7   30   51
Andy Hassler           0   6  5.13  14   4   0   0   0   47   50   31   27    3   17   16
Dick Drago             3   7  5.32  30   0   0   4   0   44   46   28   26    3   17   23
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   5  2.69  27   1   0   6   0   60   49   19   18    2   28   39
Rich Gossage           5   8  3.22  16  15   8   0   0  123  105   48   44    8   48   80
Pete Vuckovich         6   2  3.86  17   6   1   0   0   68   72   29   29    2   30   34
Terry Forster          1   6  3.89  18  12   1   1   0   79   84   35   34    2   30   52
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      2   3  4.86  18   8   3   1   0   74   80   43   40    8   23   44
Chris Knapp            0   1  5.52   5   2   0   0   0   15   17   10    9    1   15   12
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   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    3    3    1    1    1
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            2   1  1.84  24   1   1   4   0   54   38   13   11    3   25   30
Dave LaRoche           0   2  2.09  29   0   0  10   0   43   27   10   10    1   25   46
Jim Kern               6   2  2.41  26   2   0   7   0   67   48   24   18    0   33   62
Jackie Brown           7   6  3.27  20  17   5   0   2  127  119   52   46    9   35   70
Jim Bibby              5   2  3.41  19   6   0   1   0   69   73   28   26    1   26   42
Pat Dobson            11   7  3.43  20  20   5   0   0  129  116   56   49   10   39   66
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.54  24   0   0   0   0   53   51   25   21    6   19   18
Rick Waits             3   4  3.69  11   8   1   0   1   46   51   20   19    2   21   27
Don Hood               2   5  4.44  19   6   0   1   0   49   56   25   24    4   22   22
Dennis Eckersley       4   8  4.87  19  16   2   1   1   81   73   47   44    5   42   64
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  3.11  34   0   0   7   0   67   50   25   23    5   41   73
Vern Ruhle             5   6  3.64  18  18   3   0   0  116  123   56   47   11   36   62
Dave Lemanczyk         1   1  3.71   4   2   0   0   0   17   21    7    7    1    5   11
Dave Roberts           9   9  3.74  19  19  10   0   2  142  130   62   59    9   35   48
Frank MacCormack       0   4  4.50   6   6   0   0   0   30   31   18   15    1   27   14
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  5.11  17  11   1   0   1   69   88   54   39    6   30   36
Jim Crawford           0   3  5.62  17   1   0   1   0   42   52   31   26    2   19   31
Steve Grilli           2   1  6.12  22   0   0   2   0   43   47   34   29    4   26   25

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Hassler           0   0  0.00   3   2   0   0   0   14    9    1    0    0    6    8
Ray Sadecki            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    0    0    0    3    1
Steve Mingori          3   1  2.37  28   0   0   8   0   49   43   14   13    1   12   23
Mark Littell           6   3  2.56  31   1   0   8   0   56   45   18   16    1   31   52
Doug Bird              9   2  2.79  24  13   2   2   1  113   99   36   35   10   18   62
Marty Pattin           3   8  2.90  30   2   0   5   0   50   40   17   16    4   16   32
Dennis Leonard        10   4  3.07  19  19  11   0   1  161  143   60   55   10   45   99
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   7  2.36  19  19   8   0   3  134  116   45   35   11   55   78
Jim Slaton            10   8  3.54  22  22   7   0   2  168  158   72   66    9   53   81
Eduardo Rodriguez      2   6  3.74  32   1   1   8   0   53   40   28   22    3   24   27
Jim Colborn            6  10  3.89  19  19   5   0   0  127  122   59   55   14   29   61
Jerry Augustine        2   7  3.89  24   9   0   0   0   69   69   34   30    6   26   28
Bill Castro            2   0  4.01  14   0   0   1   0   34   33   15   15    2    6   12
Pete Broberg           1   7  4.75  14  11   1   0   0   72   71   46   38    4   57   19
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
Tom Burgmeier          3   0  2.31  31   0   0   0   0   58   49   16   15    6   15   20
Eddie Bane             2   2  2.73   5   5   0   0   0   33   28   14   10    3   15    8
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Campbell         11   2  3.18  41   0   0   8   0   93   79   37   33    6   38   62
Vic Albury             2   1  3.38  13   0   0   0   0   32   27   14   12    0   16   13
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  4.56  24   2   0   2   0   49   43   25   25    5   26   20
Pete Redfern           2   6  4.82  11  11   0   0   0   52   45   32   28    4   29   30
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Jim Hughes             4  10  5.76  18  16   2   0   0   95  110   73   61   13   43   52
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   6  2.19  44   0   0  18   0   78   64   24   19    3   29   49
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
Grant Jackson          1   0  2.79   6   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    3    0    4    5
Dick Tidrow            3   0  2.93  24   2   0   4   0   46   45   16   15    2   16   34
Ed Figueroa           12   6  3.13  21  21   7   0   3  155  136   60   54    6   57   75
Dock Ellis            11   4  3.14  18  18   5   0   1  118  100   42   41    9   47   41
Doyle Alexander        1   2  3.21   6   6   0   0   0   42   39   16   15    3   11   16
Catfish Hunter        11   8  3.34  21  21  12   0   2  183  144   72   68   19   45   99
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  2.56  39   0   0  13   0   70   56   22   20    3   21   68
Paul Lindblad          4   2  2.62  37   0   0   3   0   65   56   22   19    2   13   19
Vida Blue              7   9  3.02  20  20   7   0   2  146  151   59   49    2   36   74
Dick Bosman            3   0  3.20  16   8   0   0   0   70   68   26   25    5   12   20
Mike Torrez            8   9  3.32  23  23   4   0   0  144  132   64   53   11   60   58
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.33  19   9   1   0   1   84   77   32   31    7   25   52
Mike Norris            3   2  3.97  14  10   1   0   1   59   52   27   26    6   29   26
Jim Todd               6   7  4.02  33   0   0   3   0   56   52   29   25    4   26   16
Paul Mitchell          6   5  4.72  16  16   3   0   0   95  114   54   50   11   23   49
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            2   1  1.91  17   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    7    1   17   17
Mike Bacsik            1   1  2.78   7   0   0   0   0   23   22   10    7    2   11    7
Steve Foucault         7   5  2.79  29   0   0   5   0   52   47   19   16    7   11   26
Steve Hargan           4   2  2.82  18   4   1   0   0   70   67   31   22    4   23   42
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
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
Tommy Boggs            0   0  4.05   1   1   0   0   0    7    8    3    3    2    1    3
Joe Hoerner            0   2  4.24  25   0   0   6   0   23   27   13   11    1   10    9
Steve Barr             2   5  5.59  15   9   3   0   0   56   60   44   35    9   34   21
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)          13
  E. Figueroa (NY)         12
  B. Campbell (MIN)        11
  P. Dobson (CLE)          11
  D. Ellis (NY)            11
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       11
  W. Garland (BAL)         11
  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  F. Tanana (CAL)          11
  M. Fidrych (DET)         10

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  M. Fidrych (DET)         11
  D. Leonard (KC)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        10
  K. Holtzman (NY)         10
  G. Perry (TEX)           10
  D. Roberts (DET)         10

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             18
  R. Fingers (OAK)         13
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         10
  B. Campbell (MIN)         8
  M. Littell (KC)           8
  S. Mingori (KC)           8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  J. Hiller (DET)           7
  J. Kern (CLE)             7
  C. Carroll (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:

  J. Palmer (BAL)       190.2
  C. Hunter (NY)        183.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     174.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)       168.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       161.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)      155.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       154.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         149.1
  K. Holtzman (NY)      147.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      147.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       176
  J. Palmer (BAL)         160
  L. Tiant (BOS)          159
  J. Slaton (MIL)         158
  V. Blue (OAK)           151
  P. Splittorff (KC)      145
  C. Hunter (NY)          144
  D. Leonard (KC)         143
  K. Holtzman (NY)        141
  G. Ross (CAL)           139

Runs:

  J. Hughes (MIN)          73
  C. Hunter (NY)           72
  J. Slaton (MIL)          72
  D. Goltz (MIN)           70
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        68
  J. Palmer (BAL)          66
  N. Ryan (CAL)            65
  B. Singer (MIN)          65
  P. Splittorff (KC)       65
  M. Torrez (OAK)          64

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           19
  F. Tanana (CAL)          17
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          15
  N. Briles (TEX)          14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         14
  J. Hughes (MIN)          13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  P. Mitchell (OAK)        11
  V. Ruhle (DET)           11

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           100
  J. Palmer (BAL)          61
  M. Torrez (OAK)          60
  B. Singer (MIN)          59
  P. Broberg (MIL)         57
  E. Figueroa (NY)         57
  B. Travers (MIL)         55
  J. Slaton (MIL)          53
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        52
  J. Decker (MIN)          51

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           174
  F. Tanana (CAL)         136
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