Saturday July 24, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 24, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        59  33  3.03   92  34  25   847   709  314  285   55  272  414
Kansas City     58  36  3.22   94  25  26   858   790  349  307   53  296  439
Baltimore       46  47  3.45   93  28  15   846   805  360  324   57  302  373
Texas           46  47  3.48   93  34  11   858   843  394  332   70  275  460
Oakland         50  46  3.53   96  17  19   870   857  383  341   60  263  425
Cleveland       45  45  3.53   90  15  25   810   760  354  318   49  316  488
Milwaukee       40  50  3.66   90  23  17   806   760  374  328   57  328  373
Boston          42  50  3.68   92  28  10   827   853  388  338   62  243  391
California      41  57  3.68   98  33  12   872   831  411  357   63  325  563
Chicago         43  51  3.91   94  30  15   858   838  413  373   46  351  478
Minnesota       45  48  3.96   93  19  10   826   802  414  364   59  369  442
Detroit         43  48  3.97   91  28  13   811   816  417  358   57  319  456

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych (DET)    11   2  1.93  16  14  12   0   2  126  105   30   27    5   29   53
Bill Travers (MIL)    11   7  2.24  20  20   8   0   3  140  120   45   35   11   61   78
Wayne Garland (BAL)   12   2  2.60  23  10   4   1   1  118  101   40   34    6   35   58
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   8  2.77  26  26  13   0   3  202  169   68   62   16   63  102
Vida Blue (OAK)        8   9  2.85  21  21   8   0   3  155  157   59   49    2   37   87
Ed Figueroa (NY)      13   6  3.01  22  22   8   0   3  164  143   61   55    7   58   79
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
Luis Tiant (BOS)      10   8  3.09  21  21  10   0   2  148  164   62   51   13   34   63

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Holdsworth        1   0  1.00   4   0   0   1   0    9    1    1    1    0    1    6
Tippy Martinez         1   1  1.65   9   0   0   4   0   16    7    3    3    0   13   11
Wayne Garland         12   2  2.60  23  10   4   1   1  118  101   40   34    6   35   58
Jim Palmer            13   8  2.77  26  26  13   0   3  202  169   68   62   16   63  102
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Dyar Miller            1   2  3.07  30   0   0   5   0   56   50   21   19    4   23   24
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  12  5.14  21  19   2   0   1   98  121   60   56    8   47   31
Rudy May               2   4  5.31   9   7   1   0   0   39   49   29   23    5   13   22
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   1  2.58  17   9   1   0   0   73   90   27   21    1   18   37
Jim Willoughby         2   6  2.60  32   0   0   5   0   55   47   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  4.53  21  14   1   0   0   93  100   50   47    6   39   40
Bill Lee               0   4  7.71  10   7   0   0   0   40   52   39   34   10   16   12

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Verhoeven         0   0  2.13   6   0   0   2   0   13   11    3    3    0    1    7
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Paul Hartzell          2   2  2.84  25   3   1   2   1   76   75   27   24    3   23   25
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           4   7  4.29  20  19   3   0   0  109  120   61   52    7   31   52
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  3.03  28   1   0   6   0   62   55   22   21    2   29   41
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
Terry Forster          1   6  3.89  18  12   1   1   0   79   84   35   34    2   30   52
Bart Johnson           9   8  4.24  19  19   4   0   3  123  121   62   58    9   43   58
Pete Vuckovich         6   3  4.28  20   6   1   0   0   76   84   36   36    2   38   38
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  4.76   4   1   0   0   0   11   14    8    6    1    4    5
Francisco Barrios      2   4  4.78  19   9   3   1   0   81   84   46   43    8   29   46
Chris Knapp            1   1  5.28   7   3   1   0   0   29   32   20   17    4   26   19
Jesse Jefferson        2   4  7.31  13   8   0   0   0   48   58   42   39    1   32   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   3  2.42  28   2   0   7   0   71   51   25   19    1   35   66
Dave LaRoche           0   3  2.78  31   0   0  10   0   45   29   14   14    1   28   47
Pat Dobson            11   7  3.32  21  21   5   0   0  136  122   59   50   11   43   71
Jim Bibby              6   2  3.38  20   7   0   1   0   75   81   30   28    1   27   44
Rick Waits             4   4  3.42  12   9   2   0   1   55   58   22   21    2   24   29
Jackie Brown           7   6  3.44  21  18   5   0   2  131  126   56   50   10   38   71
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.67  25   0   0   1   0   56   55   27   23    7   20   18
Don Hood               2   5  4.32  20   6   0   1   0   50   56   25   24    4   23   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  1.93  16  14  12   0   2  126  105   30   27    5   29   53
John Hiller            9   4  2.84  36   0   0   8   0   73   55   25   23    5   43   77
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  10  4.04  20  20  10   0   2  145  138   69   65   11   36   48
Bill Laxton            0   4  4.70  13   3   0   2   0   54   44   32   28    9   24   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  5.29   8   7   0   0   0   32   35   22   19    1   31   14
Steve Grilli           2   1  5.74  24   0   0   2   0   47   49   35   30    5   27   27
Jim Crawford           0   3  5.87  18   1   0   1   0   46   58   35   30    2   21   35

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Hassler           0   0  0.00   4   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  2.22  30   0   0   9   0   53   43   14   13    1   12   24
Mark Littell           6   3  2.40  33   1   0   9   0   60   46   18   16    1   34   55
Marty Pattin           3   9  2.89  31   3   0   5   0   56   46   19   18    4   18   35
Al Fitzmorris         11   6  3.05  21  20   6   0   1  136  142   58   46    3   34   46
Doug Bird              9   3  3.14  25  14   2   2   1  117  105   42   41   11   19   64
Dennis Leonard        11   4  3.24  20  20  11   0   1  167  150   65   60   11   46  101
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  1.99  14   0   0   6   0   23    9    6    5    2   15   17
Bill Travers          11   7  2.24  20  20   8   0   3  140  120   45   35   11   61   78
Jerry Augustine        4   7  3.27  26  11   1   0   1   85   78   35   31    6   35   38
Jim Slaton            11   8  3.40  23  23   7   0   2  180  164   74   68   10   58   84
Eduardo Rodriguez      3   6  3.47  33   2   1   8   0   60   46   29   23    3   27   29
Bill Castro            2   0  3.75  15   0   0   2   0   36   36   15   15    2    6   13
Jim Colborn            6  11  3.90  20  20   5   0   0  134  130   62   58   14   30   61
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          4   0  2.09  34   0   0   0   0   65   55   16   15    6   15   24
Eddie Bane             3   2  2.57   6   6   1   0   0   42   38   16   12    3   17   14
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  5.68  20  17   2   0   0  101  117   76   64   13   47   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
Doyle Alexander        2   2  2.82   7   7   1   0   0   51   42   17   16    3   14   19
Dick Tidrow            3   1  2.90  25   2   0   4   0   50   47   17   16    2   16   35
Ed Figueroa           13   6  3.01  22  22   8   0   3  164  143   61   55    7   58   79
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
Vida Blue              8   9  2.85  21  21   8   0   3  155  157   59   49    2   37   87
Paul Lindblad          4   2  3.10  40   0   0   3   0   70   62   28   24    3   15   21
Dick Bosman            3   0  3.11  17   9   0   0   0   75   71   27   26    5   12   23
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.19  20   9   1   0   1   87   79   32   31    7   26   53
Mike Torrez            8   9  3.32  23  23   4   0   0  144  132   64   53   11   60   58
Jim Todd               6   8  4.20  36   0   0   3   0   60   60   34   28    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  1.70  19   0   0   0   0   37   29    8    7    1   19   18
Mike Bacsik            1   1  2.73   9   0   0   0   0   26   25   11    8    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
Bert Blyleven          2   7  3.13  10  10   6   0   2   89   83   33   31    6   20   63
Jim Umbarger           7   7  3.27  18  18   6   0   2  118  122   54   43    8   35   65
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
Joe Hoerner            0   3  4.62  27   0   0   6   0   25   29   15   13    2   12   10
Tommy Boggs            0   1  4.76   2   2   0   0   0   11   12    7    6    2    6    6
Steve Barr             2   5  5.49  16   9   3   0   0   57   60   44   35    9   35   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:

  E. Figueroa (NY)         13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  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
  D. Leonard (KC)          11

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)        12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  G. Ross (CAL)            12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12
  J. Colborn (MIL)         11
  J. Hughes (MIN)          10
  D. Roberts (DET)         10
  V. Blue (OAK)             9
  R. Gossage (CHI)          9
  M. Pattin (KC)            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
  S. Mingori (KC)           9
  B. Campbell (MIN)         8
  J. Hiller (DET)           8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  J. Kern (CLE)             7
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             3
  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
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         2
  J. Brown (CLE)            2

Innings Pitched:

  J. Palmer (BAL)       201.2
  C. Hunter (NY)        192.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     184.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)       180.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       166.2
  E. Figueroa (NY)      164.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       159.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         155.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         155.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        150.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       184
  J. Palmer (BAL)         169
  J. Slaton (MIL)         164
  L. Tiant (BOS)          164
  V. Blue (OAK)           157
  C. Hunter (NY)          153
  P. Splittorff (KC)      152
  D. Leonard (KC)         150
  K. Holtzman (NY)        146
  G. Ross (CAL)           146

Runs:

  J. Hughes (MIN)          76
  J. Slaton (MIL)          74
  C. Hunter (NY)           73
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        72
  D. Goltz (MIN)           71
  D. Roberts (DET)         69
  N. Ryan (CAL)            69
  B. Singer (MIN)          69
  J. Palmer (BAL)          68
  P. Splittorff (KC)       66

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           19
  F. Tanana (CAL)          19
  J. Palmer (BAL)          16
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         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)          63
  B. Travers (MIL)         61
  B. Singer (MIN)          60
  M. Torrez (OAK)          60
  E. Figueroa (NY)         58
  J. Slaton (MIL)          58
  P. Broberg (MIL)         57
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        55
  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
  J. Palmer (BAL)         102
  D. Leonard (KC)         101
  G. Perry (TEX)           95
  V. Blue (OAK)            87
  R. Gossage (CHI)         86

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