Tuesday July 20, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 20, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        56  32  3.08   88  31  25   811   680  305  278   53  264  400
Kansas City     56  34  3.25   90  24  24   823   760  336  297   52  284  424
Texas           46  43  3.41   89  33  11   821   807  372  311   66  260  441
Baltimore       44  44  3.45   88  28  14   794   758  340  304   54  281  340
Oakland         48  44  3.48   92  16  19   835   815  362  323   56  253  405
Cleveland       42  44  3.51   86  14  24   774   720  338  302   45  304  472
Boston          42  46  3.62   88  28  10   795   818  365  320   60  234  378
California      39  55  3.67   94  32  11   838   802  395  342   61  313  550
Milwaukee       36  49  3.81   85  22  14   758   728  367  321   55  306  358
Chicago         40  48  3.86   88  27  15   804   780  381  345   42  322  450
Detroit         41  44  3.90   85  27  12   761   756  387  330   54  303  428
Minnesota       41  48  4.09   89  18  10   790   770  408  359   59  356  425

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych (DET)    11   2  1.71  15  13  12   0   2  121   96   26   23    5   28   51
Bill Travers (MIL)    10   7  2.36  19  19   8   0   3  134  116   45   35   11   55   78
Wayne Garland (BAL)   12   1  2.49  22   9   4   1   1  112   93   37   31    6   33   50
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
Vida Blue (OAK)        7   9  3.02  20  20   7   0   2  146  151   59   49    2   36   74
Ken Holtzman (NY)      8   6  3.05  20  20  10   0   3  148  146   55   50    8   44   37
Ken Brett (CHI)        5   4  3.05  15  12   6   2   0   94   72   34   32    3   38   44

 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         12   1  2.49  22   9   4   1   1  112   93   37   31    6   33   50
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             4   0  2.66  16   8   1   0   0   68   84   23   20    1   16   33
Jim Willoughby         2   6  2.77  30   0   0   5   0   52   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  4.48  25   2   0   2   0   76   80   40   38    1   25   32
Tom House              1   2  4.54  28   0   0   3   0   36   32   19   18    2   17   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
Gary Ross              6  12  3.34  21  19   3   0   1  135  146   60   50    7   36   73
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.42  16   0   0   2   0   24   25   11    9    2    6    5
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  5.55  31   0   0   4   0   47   49   31   29    5   19   24
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
Dave Hamilton          4   5  2.69  27   1   0   6   0   60   49   19   18    2   28   39
Ken Brett              5   4  3.13  13  12   6   1   0   92   70   34   32    3   38   43
Rich Gossage           5   8  3.22  16  15   8   0   0  123  105   48   44    8   48   80
Terry Forster          1   6  3.89  18  12   1   1   0   79   84   35   34    2   30   52
Pete Vuckovich         6   3  4.14  18   6   1   0   0   72   80   33   33    2   35   36
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  12   7   0   0   0   48   58   39   36    1   29   22
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
Jim Kern               6   2  2.39  27   2   0   7   0   68   49   24   18    0   33   62
Dave LaRoche           0   3  2.82  30   0   0  10   0   45   29   14   14    1   28   47
Jackie Brown           7   6  3.27  20  17   5   0   2  127  119   52   46    9   35   70
Pat Dobson            11   7  3.32  21  21   5   0   0  136  122   59   50   11   43   71
Jim Bibby              5   2  3.41  19   6   0   1   0   69   73   28   26    1   26   42
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          11   2  1.71  15  13  12   0   2  121   96   26   23    5   28   51
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
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
Doug Bird              9   3  3.14  25  14   2   2   1  117  105   42   41   11   19   64
Paul Splittorff       10   6  3.66  21  20   5   0   1  140  145   65   57   10   49   50
Tom Hall               1   1  4.05  19   0   0   1   0   20   15   11    9    3   10   17
Steve Busby            3   3  4.40  13  13   1   0   0   72   58   42   35    7   49   29
Larry Gura             0   0  7.71   5   0   0   0   0    9   16   10    8    2    7    2
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  1.86  12   0   0   4   0   19    8    5    4    1   14   17
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
Jerry Augustine        3   7  3.66  25  10   0   0   0   76   74   35   31    6   30   30
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
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  2.28  32   0   0   0   0   59   51   16   15    6   15   21
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
Vic Albury             2   1  3.38  13   0   0   0   0   32   27   14   12    0   16   13
Bill Campbell         11   2  3.47  42   0   0   8   0   93   82   40   36    7   38   62
Dave Goltz             7   8  3.97  21  20   9   0   1  138  138   70   61    9   49   72
Bill Singer            4   5  4.44  11  11   3   0   1   73   70   38   36    6   33   31
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  5.73  19  16   2   0   0   97  112   74   62   13   45   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
Jim York               1   0  1.29   1   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    1    0    0    3
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
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
Ken Holtzman           3   2  3.42   7   7   4   0   2   50   46   21   19    4    9   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         6   6  2.58  40   0   0  13   0   73   60   24   21    3   22   71
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
Jim Todd               6   7  3.90  34   0   0   3   0   58   53   29   25    4   26   17
Mike Norris            3   2  3.97  14  10   1   0   1   59   52   27   26    6   29   26
Paul Mitchell          6   5  4.72  16  16   3   0   0   95  114   54   50   11   23   49
Glenn Abbott           1   2  5.36  12   6   0   0   0   40   52   25   24    5    7   19

 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  2.49   8   0   0   0   0   25   23   10    7    2   12    8
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   6  3.35  18  18   5   0   1  129  133   59   48   14   27   62
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  4.07  26   0   0   6   0   24   27   13   11    1   11    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
  W. Garland (BAL)         12
  B. Campbell (MIN)        11
  P. Dobson (CLE)          11
  D. Ellis (NY)            11
  M. Fidrych (DET)         11
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       11
  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  F. Tanana (CAL)          11

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)        12
  G. Ross (CAL)            12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         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
  M. Fidrych (DET)         12
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  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)      147.2
  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
  K. Holtzman (NY)        146
  G. Ross (CAL)           146
  P. Splittorff (KC)      145
  C. Hunter (NY)          144
  D. Leonard (KC)         143

Runs:

  J. Hughes (MIN)          74
  C. Hunter (NY)           72
  J. Slaton (MIL)          72
  D. Goltz (MIN)           70
  B. Singer (MIN)          69
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        68
  J. Palmer (BAL)          66
  N. Ryan (CAL)            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
  D. Bird (KC)             11
  P. Dobson (CLE)          11

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           100
  J. Palmer (BAL)          61
  B. Singer (MIN)          60
  M. Torrez (OAK)          60
  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
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       130
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        106
  C. Hunter (NY)           99
  D. Leonard (KC)          99
  J. Palmer (BAL)          94
  G. Perry (TEX)           91
  J. Slaton (MIL)          81
  R. Gossage (CHI)         80


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