Wednesday July 21, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 21, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        57  32  3.06   89  32  25   820   689  306  279   53  266  406
Kansas City     56  35  3.24   91  25  24   832   769  341  299   52  287  426
Texas           46  44  3.43   90  33  11   833   818  378  317   68  265  450
Baltimore       45  44  3.44   89  28  15   806   767  344  308   54  287  346
Cleveland       43  44  3.50   87  15  24   783   727  340  304   45  307  474
Oakland         48  45  3.54   93  16  19   843   830  372  331   57  255  405
Boston          42  47  3.64   89  28  10   803   827  370  325   60  234  379
California      39  56  3.69   95  32  11   846   811  401  347   61  319  555
Milwaukee       37  49  3.77   86  22  15   767   732  367  321   55  313  358
Chicago         42  48  3.78   90  29  15   822   790  382  345   42  330  458
Detroit         41  46  3.89   87  28  12   777   773  394  336   54  305  441
Minnesota       42  48  4.04   90  18  10   799   779  409  359   59  359  427

 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)    11   7  2.24  20  20   8   0   3  140  120   45   35   11   61   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
Al Fitzmorris (KC)    11   6  3.05  21  20   6   0   1  136  142   58   46    3   34   46

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    5    0    0    0    0    0    2
Tippy Martinez         1   0  0.60   8   0   0   4   0   15    6    1    1    0   10   10
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
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
Dave Pagan             1   2  3.90  10   3   0   1   0   32   31   15   14    1   10   20
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   8  3.99  19  19   7   0   3  120  115   56   53   11   27   46
Tom House              1   2  4.30  29   0   0   3   0   38   33   19   18    2   17   17
Reggie Cleveland       4   5  4.48  25   2   0   2   0   76   80   40   38    1   25   32
Dick Pole              4   5  4.68  20  14   1   0   0   90   96   48   47    6   39   39
Bill Lee               0   3  6.81   9   6   0   0   0   36   46   32   27    8   15   12

 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          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  3.33  17   0   0   2   0   24   25   11    9    2    7    6
Gary Ross              6  12  3.34  21  19   3   0   1  135  146   60   50    7   36   73
John Verhoeven         0   0  3.38   4   0   0   1   0    8    8    3    3    0    1    7
Sid Monge              4   3  3.53  20  10   1   0   0   79   75   36   31    8   35   22
Nolan Ryan             7  12  3.71  23  23  11   0   3  155  111   69   64    7  104  177
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
Chris Knapp            1   1  3.42   6   3   1   0   0   24   21   11    9    1   22   15
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
Bart Johnson           9   8  4.24  19  19   4   0   3  123  121   62   58    9   43   58
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Francisco Barrios      2   3  4.86  18   8   3   1   0   74   80   43   40    8   23   44
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
Rick Waits             4   4  3.42  12   9   2   0   1   55   58   22   21    2   24   29
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.54  24   0   0   0   0   53   51   25   21    6   19   18
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
Dave Lemanczyk         1   2  3.60   5   3   1   0   0   25   27   10   10    1    6   19
Vern Ruhle             5   7  3.71  19  19   3   0   0  121  132   60   50   11   37   64
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  4.56  12   3   0   2   0   51   40   30   26    9   22   42
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
Al Fitzmorris         11   6  3.05  21  20   6   0   1  136  142   58   46    3   34   46
Dennis Leonard        10   4  3.07  19  19  11   0   1  161  143   60   55   10   45   99
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  1.66  13   0   0   5   0   22    8    5    4    1   14   17
Bill Travers          11   7  2.24  20  20   8   0   3  140  120   45   35   11   61   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  18   0   0   0   0   15   19   12   10    2   11   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  2.26  33   0   0   0   0   60   52   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  3.41  43   0   0   8   0   95   83   40   36    7   39   62
Dave Goltz             8   8  3.78  22  21   9   0   1  145  145   71   61    9   51   74
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        12   8  3.23  22  22  13   0   2  192  153   73   69   19   47  105
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  2.67  38   0   0   3   0   67   58   23   20    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  3.92  35   0   0   3   0   60   57   32   26    4   27   17
Mike Norris            3   3  4.57  15  11   1   0   1   63   61   33   32    7   30   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  1.87  18   0   0   0   0   34   28    8    7    1   18   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  30   0   0   5   0   52   48   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  3.13  10  10   6   0   2   89   83   33   31    6   20   63
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   3  4.62  27   0   0   6   0   25   29   15   13    2   12   10
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
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  B. Campbell (MIN)        11
  P. Dobson (CLE)          11
  D. Ellis (NY)            11
  M. Fidrych (DET)         11
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       11
  F. Tanana (CAL)          11

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)        12
  G. Ross (CAL)            12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         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
  C. Hunter (NY)           13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  M. Fidrych (DET)         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
  B. Johnson (CHI)          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

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        192.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       190.2
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     184.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)       168.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       161.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)      155.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         155.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       154.1
  K. Holtzman (NY)      147.2
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      147.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       184
  J. Palmer (BAL)         160
  L. Tiant (BOS)          159
  J. Slaton (MIL)         158
  C. Hunter (NY)          153
  V. Blue (OAK)           151
  K. Holtzman (NY)        146
  G. Ross (CAL)           146
  D. Goltz (MIN)          145
  P. Splittorff (KC)      145

Runs:

  J. Hughes (MIN)          74
  C. Hunter (NY)           73
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        72
  J. Slaton (MIL)          72
  D. Goltz (MIN)           71
  N. Ryan (CAL)            69
  B. Singer (MIN)          69
  J. Palmer (BAL)          66
  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)           104
  J. Palmer (BAL)          61
  B. Travers (MIL)         61
  B. Singer (MIN)          60
  M. Torrez (OAK)          60
  P. Broberg (MIL)         57
  E. Figueroa (NY)         57
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        55
  J. Slaton (MIL)          53
  J. Decker (MIN)          51

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           177
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       138
  F. Tanana (CAL)         136
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        106
  C. Hunter (NY)          105
  D. Leonard (KC)          99
  J. Palmer (BAL)          94
  G. Perry (TEX)           91
  J. Slaton (MIL)          81
  R. Gossage (CHI)         80

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