Thursday July 22, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 22, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        57  33  3.07   90  32  25   829   699  312  283   54  268  407
Kansas City     57  35  3.21   92  25  25   841   776  342  300   52  292  433
Texas           46  45  3.43   91  34  11   842   825  382  321   69  265  454
Baltimore       46  44  3.44   90  28  15   815   772  347  311   54  290  350
Cleveland       44  44  3.51   88  15  24   792   739  345  309   46  308  481
Oakland         49  45  3.55   94  16  19   852   841  377  336   60  261  408
Boston          42  48  3.66   90  28  10   811   836  375  330   60  240  386
California      39  57  3.73   96  32  11   854   821  408  354   63  323  560
Milwaukee       37  50  3.76   87  22  15   775   740  370  324   55  314  359
Chicago         43  49  3.78   92  30  15   840   811  390  353   43  333  468
Detroit         42  47  3.92   89  28  13   794   789  404  346   55  312  452
Minnesota       43  48  4.01   91  18  10   808   784  410  360   59  365  433

 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
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   6  2.88  17  17   6   0   2  112  111   47   36    7   32   63
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
Ken Brett (CHI)        5   4  3.05  15  12   6   2   0   94   72   34   32    3   38   44
Dennis Leonard (KC)   10   4  3.07  19  19  11   0   1  161  143   60   55   10   45   99

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Holdsworth        1   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    7    0    0    0    0    0    4
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  16   8   0   0   0   71   73   36   30    5   19   25
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   8  3.09  21  21  10   0   2  148  164   62   51   13   34   63
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
Reggie Cleveland       4   5  4.19  26   2   0   2   0   82   83   40   38    1   26   35
Tom House              1   2  4.42  30   0   0   3   0   39   34   20   19    2   19   19
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
John Verhoeven         0   0  2.79   5   0   0   1   0   10    9    3    3    0    1    7
Paul Hartzell          1   2  3.22  24   2   0   2   0   67   72   27   24    3   22   23
Frank Tanana          11   7  3.23  20  20  14   0   1  159  138   66   57   19   39  139
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
Sid Monge              4   3  3.46  21  10   1   0   0   81   77   36   31    8   36   24
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   9  3.34  17  16   9   0   0  132  118   53   49    9   49   86
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  4.01  19   6   1   0   0   74   80   33   33    2   36   37
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
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  5.59   3   1   0   0   0   10   12    6    6    1    2    4
Jesse Jefferson        2   3  6.80  12   7   0   0   0   48   58   39   36    1   29   22
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  2.19  25   2   1   4   0   58   47   16   14    3   26   33
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       5   8  4.80  20  16   2   1   1   86   76   49   46    6   42   68
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  3.03  35   0   0   8   0   68   50   25   23    5   42   75
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
Bill Laxton            0   4  4.56  12   3   0   2   0   51   40   30   26    9   22   42
Ray Bare               4   5  4.74  18  12   1   0   1   76   93   55   40    6   31   39
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Frank MacCormack       0   5  5.46   7   7   0   0   0   31   34   22   19    1   30   14
Jim Crawford           0   3  5.87  18   1   0   1   0   46   58   35   30    2   21   35
Steve Grilli           2   1  6.00  23   0   0   2   0   45   49   35   30    5   26   27

 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  2.45  32   1   0   9   0   59   45   18   16    1   33   55
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       11   6  3.55  22  21   5   0   1  147  152   66   58   10   52   54
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  11  3.90  20  20   5   0   0  134  130   62   58   14   30   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  5.40  19   0   0   0   0   17   19   12   10    2   11   15
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  3.18  14   0   0   0   0   34   28   14   12    0   16   14
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
Pete Redfern           3   6  4.40  12  12   0   0   0   59   49   33   29    4   35   35
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
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   1  2.90  25   2   0   4   0   50   47   17   16    2   16   35
Ed Figueroa           12   6  3.13  21  21   7   0   3  155  136   60   54    6   57   75
Doyle Alexander        1   2  3.21   6   6   0   0   0   42   39   16   15    3   11   16
Dock Ellis            11   4  3.22  19  19   5   0   1  123  108   47   44   10   49   41
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         7   6  2.50  41   0   0  13   0   76   62   24   21    3   24   71
Paul Lindblad          4   2  2.84  39   0   0   3   0   70   60   25   22    3   15   21
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  4.79  17  17   3   0   0  100  121   57   53   13   25   50
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   8  3.52  20  20  11   0   0  151  138   60   59    8   37   95
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
  P. Splittorff (KC)       11

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             18
  R. Fingers (OAK)         13
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         10
  M. Littell (KC)           9
  B. Campbell (MIN)         8
  J. Hiller (DET)           8
  S. Mingori (KC)           8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  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
  F. Tanana (CAL)       159.0
  E. Figueroa (NY)      155.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         155.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        150.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        148.1

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       184
  L. Tiant (BOS)          164
  J. Palmer (BAL)         160
  J. Slaton (MIL)         158
  C. Hunter (NY)          153
  P. Splittorff (KC)      152
  V. Blue (OAK)           151
  K. Holtzman (NY)        146
  G. Ross (CAL)           146
  D. Goltz (MIN)          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)       66
  F. Tanana (CAL)          66

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           19
  F. Tanana (CAL)          19
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          15
  N. Briles (TEX)          14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         14
  J. Hughes (MIN)          13
  P. Mitchell (OAK)        13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  D. Bird (KC)             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
  P. Splittorff (KC)       52

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           177
  F. Tanana (CAL)         139
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       138
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        106
  C. Hunter (NY)          105
  D. Leonard (KC)          99
  G. Perry (TEX)           95
  J. Palmer (BAL)          94
  R. Gossage (CHI)         86
  J. Slaton (MIL)          81


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