Friday August 20, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 20, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Kansas City     73  47  3.09  120  30  29  1096   980  430  376   60  366  549
New York        72  46  3.26  118  44  27  1072   936  428  388   71  342  515
Baltimore       62  56  3.34  118  36  18  1066  1008  443  396   61  365  474
Oakland         65  56  3.40  121  25  25  1091  1080  468  412   73  320  550
Milwaukee       53  63  3.47  116  31  22  1038   981  459  400   66  401  482
Texas           57  64  3.51  121  46  11  1101  1110  499  429   89  346  574
California      52  70  3.54  122  45  14  1095  1005  496  431   80  401  726
Cleveland       59  61  3.55  120  21  32  1077  1029  476  425   64  421  668
Boston          56  63  3.67  119  35  16  1065  1115  497  435   79  310  494
Detroit         58  62  3.88  120  37  17  1073  1051  532  463   77  421  571
Minnesota       60  62  4.00  122  21  18  1083  1080  555  481   74  477  571
Chicago         52  69  4.07  121  39  18  1096  1080  544  495   59  444  609

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych (DET)    14   4  1.97  21  19  16   0   2  169  139   41   37    9   34   74
Bill Travers (MIL)    14  10  2.38  26  26  11   0   3  185  150   61   49   15   76   96
Wayne Garland (BAL)   15   3  2.47  29  16   7   1   2  160  150   54   44    6   39   74
Vida Blue (OAK)       11  11  2.69  27  27  13   0   4  207  200   72   62    5   49  124
Jim Palmer (BAL)      16  11  2.71  32  32  16   0   4  245  204   85   74   17   74  129
Frank Tanana (CAL)    14   9  2.79  25  25  19   0   2  203  158   73   63   21   51  183
Bert Blyleven (TEX)   10  13  2.84  28  28  14   0   5  235  226   84   74   10   65  171
Ed Figueroa (NY)      15   7  2.94  26  26   9   0   3  190  170   74   62    8   72   93
Al Fitzmorris (KC)    14   9  2.94  27  26   8   0   2  178  179   71   58    3   44   59
Mike Torrez (OAK)     10  10  3.04  29  29   6   0   0  183  176   80   62   14   69   76

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Holdsworth        2   0  1.29  10   0   0   2   0   21    9    3    3    0    3   12
Wayne Garland         15   3  2.47  29  16   7   1   2  160  150   54   44    6   39   74
Tippy Martinez         2   1  2.67  19   0   0   5   0   30   22    9    9    0   21   22
Jim Palmer            16  11  2.71  32  32  16   0   4  245  204   85   74   17   74  129
Dyar Miller            2   2  2.74  37   0   0   5   0   72   61   24   22    4   30   32
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Doyle Alexander        3   4  3.50  11   6   2   0   1   64   58   27   25    3   24   17
Ross Grimsley          6   5  3.56  21  13   1   0   0  104  104   47   41    7   24   32
Rudy May               5   6  4.34  15  12   2   0   1   83   89   46   40    6   29   39
Dave Pagan             1   4  4.34  15   4   0   1   0   37   35   20   18    1   18   25
Mike Cuellar           4  12  4.99  24  19   2   1   1  101  122   60   56    8   47   31
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Flanagan          0   3  6.60  12   3   0   0   0   30   35   23   22    4   12   22

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Jones             4   1  2.84  20  12   1   0   0   86  109   36   27    5   24   40
Luis Tiant            14  10  3.09  28  28  12   0   2  195  209   79   67   16   43   83
Tom Murphy             3   5  3.14  22   0   0   2   0   49   56   23   17    1   15   16
Jim Willoughby         2   8  3.21  41   0   0   6   0   70   66   31   25    4   25   29
Fergie Jenkins        11  11  3.41  27  26  12   0   2  193  184   82   73   20   41  129
Reggie Cleveland       6   6  3.45  32   5   1   2   0  115  114   51   44    1   40   52
Rick Wise              9  10  3.88  26  26   8   0   3  162  162   74   70   12   39   65
Dick Pole              5   5  4.50  24  14   1   0   0  100  106   53   50    6   40   41
Tom House              1   3  4.66  31   0   0   3   0   39   35   21   20    3   19   19
Bill Lee               1   4  6.50  17   7   0   3   0   54   69   44   39   11   18   19
Rick Kreuger           0   0  8.10   1   1   0   0   0    3    5    3    3    0    6    1

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Verhoeven         0   0  2.55  13   0   0   3   0   25   20    7    7    1    5   17
Paul Hartzell          3   4  2.67  29   7   3   2   2  104   99   35   31    3   31   34
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Frank Tanana          14   9  2.79  25  25  19   0   2  203  158   73   63   21   51  183
Gary Ross              7  14  3.17  26  24   5   0   1  173  180   74   61    9   44   86
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.41  23   0   0   3   0   29   30   13   11    3    9    7
Sid Monge              4   4  3.49  24  11   1   0   0   90   85   40   35    9   38   33
Nolan Ryan            10  15  3.69  29  29  14   0   4  207  152   94   85   11  131  233
Don Kirkwood           5   9  4.28  24  22   3   0   0  132  141   73   63   11   39   65
Andy Hassler           0   6  5.13  14   4   0   0   0   47   50   31   27    3   17   16
Dick Drago             5   7  5.66  35   0   0   4   0   56   59   38   35    6   24   30
Steve Dunning          0   0  7.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    9    9    5    2    6    4
Mike Overy             0   1 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    2    1    0    2

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Kravec             0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    9    1    1    0    2   10
Clay Carroll           4   4  2.19  25   0   0   6   0   70   56   21   17    0   19   36
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Rich Gossage           8  11  3.24  23  21  12   1   0  172  150   67   62   10   66  107
Ken Brett              7   8  3.48  19  18  10   1   0  137  117   58   53    4   57   63
Dave Hamilton          4   5  3.51  36   1   0   7   0   77   67   31   30    3   37   50
Pete Vuckovich         6   3  4.47  24   6   1   0   0   93  103   47   46    3   43   52
Terry Forster          2   9  4.47  23  15   1   1   0   95  107   51   47    4   37   61
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Bart Johnson           9  11  4.52  24  24   5   0   3  157  163   83   79   13   47   70
Francisco Barrios      3   7  4.66  26  12   4   2   0  110  109   60   57   10   37   63
Chris Knapp            1   1  5.28   7   3   1   0   0   29   32   20   17    4   26   19
Blue Moon Odom         2   2  5.79   8   4   0   0   0   28   31   21   18    2   20   18
Jesse Jefferson        2   5  7.71  16   9   0   0   0   54   67   49   46    1   36   24
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            3   1  2.36  28   4   1   4   0   69   61   20   18    4   29   38
Dave LaRoche           1   4  2.37  45   0   0  13   0   68   45   19   18    1   41   69
Jim Kern               8   6  2.66  38   2   0  11   0   91   72   34   27    2   43   82
Jim Bibby              9   5  3.49  26  13   1   1   1  111  116   45   43    3   41   59
Pat Dobson            11  11  3.58  27  27   6   0   0  166  166   80   66   11   57   85
Dennis Eckersley       8  10  3.63  27  21   5   1   2  134  106   59   54    8   54  123
Jackie Brown           7   8  3.80  26  23   5   0   2  159  156   75   67   13   48   93
Tom Buskey             4   3  3.92  34   0   0   1   0   83   80   40   36    9   30   29
Rick Waits             5   5  3.94  18  15   3   0   2   80   93   40   35    5   37   45
Don Hood               3   5  4.17  28   6   0   1   0   69   75   33   32    5   31   26
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          14   4  1.97  21  19  16   0   2  169  139   41   37    9   34   74
John Hiller           11   6  2.50  47   0   0  11   0   94   72   29   26    5   60   98
Vern Ruhle             7   9  3.67  25  25   3   0   0  162  176   77   66   15   47   75
Dave Roberts          12  12  3.78  26  26  14   0   3  191  181   85   80   12   44   53
Bill Laxton            0   5  4.27  20   3   0   2   0   72   58   39   34   10   33   55
Jim Crawford           0   4  4.50  24   2   1   2   0   80   80   46   40    3   34   50
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Ray Bare               5   6  4.96  24  16   1   0   1  102  121   72   56   11   43   49
Steve Grilli           3   1  5.37  28   0   0   2   0   54   53   39   32    5   34   28
Frank MacCormack       0   5  5.79   9   8   0   0   0   33   35   24   21    1   34   14
Dave Lemanczyk         4   5  6.10  12   9   1   0   0   52   56   36   35    5   24   37

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Sadecki            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    0    0    0    3    1
Mark Littell           7   3  1.96  41   1   0  11   0   78   52   19   17    1   43   70
Tom Bruno              0   0  2.16   5   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    1    5
Steve Mingori          3   3  2.26  40   0   0  10   0   64   50   17   16    2   16   30
Andy Hassler           3   1  2.29  11   7   1   0   1   55   43   17   14    2   23   27
Marty Pattin           5  10  2.53  35   7   1   5   0   85   66   27   24    5   25   43
Al Fitzmorris         14   9  2.94  27  26   8   0   2  178  179   71   58    3   44   59
Larry Gura             1   0  3.09  11   1   0   0   0   32   30   13   11    2   13   13
Dennis Leonard        15   5  3.31  25  25  12   0   1  204  188   81   75   13   53  123
Doug Bird             10   5  3.33  30  18   2   2   1  138  125   58   51   12   24   70
Paul Splittorff       11   7  3.55  23  22   5   0   1  152  156   68   60   10   54   57
Tom Hall               1   1  3.80  23   0   0   1   0   24   18   12   10    3   12   19
Steve Busby            3   3  4.40  13  13   1   0   0   72   58   42   35    7   49   29
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         4   1  1.89  22   0   0   8   0   33   17    8    7    2   21   28
Bill Travers          14  10  2.38  26  26  11   0   3  185  150   61   49   15   76   96
Bill Castro            3   2  3.02  23   0   0   4   0   51   46   17   17    2   10   18
Jerry Augustine        6   8  3.10  31  16   3   0   2  119  113   46   41    6   44   47
Jim Slaton            13  10  3.35  29  29   8   0   2  226  216   96   84   11   71  109
Jim Colborn            7  12  3.57  24  24   6   0   0  169  165   71   67   17   36   77
Eduardo Rodriguez      4   9  3.74  38   7   2   8   0   91   79   48   38    4   38   47
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.18  26   0   0   1   0   24   26   13   11    2   14   19
Pete Broberg           1   7  4.54  17  11   1   0   0   81   82   49   41    4   63   22
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
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          6   0  2.62  44   0   0   0   0   82   76   25   24   10   18   34
Tom Johnson            1   1  2.81   9   1   0   0   0   32   26   10   10    2    5   25
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Campbell         12   3  3.24  58   0   0  16   0  128  107   53   46    8   51   83
Dave Goltz            10  12  3.58  28  27   9   0   1  188  194   91   75   13   65   95
Pete Redfern           3   7  4.19  14  14   0   0   0   67   58   40   31    4   41   41
Vic Albury             3   1  4.22  18   0   0   0   0   43   45   22   20    0   22   20
Eddie Bane             4   5  4.26  12  11   1   0   0   63   67   34   30    5   28   18
Steve Luebber          3   4  4.53  32   9   1   2   1   87   82   47   44    6   48   35
Bill Singer            6   7  4.54  17  17   4   0   2  107  110   63   54    7   52   44
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Jim Hughes             6  10  5.34  27  19   2   0   0  123  141   85   73   13   57   60
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
Grant Jackson          2   0  2.10  12   0   0   0   0   30   17    7    7    0   12   11
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Sparky Lyle            7   7  2.34  56   0   0  20   0   92   74   29   24    4   36   55
Doyle Alexander        5   4  2.76  12  12   3   0   1   88   69   29   27    5   23   29
Dick Tidrow            4   2  2.79  34   2   0   4   0   61   55   20   19    2   22   45
Ed Figueroa           15   7  2.94  26  26   9   0   3  190  170   74   62    8   72   93
Dock Ellis            12   6  3.40  24  24   6   0   1  153  140   63   58   12   58   48
Catfish Hunter        14  12  3.54  28  28  17   0   2  236  204   98   93   23   52  132
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
Ken Holtzman           5   4  4.95  13  13   6   0   2   84   98   49   46    9   16   25
Jim York               1   0  5.59   3   0   0   0   0   10   14    7    6    1    4    6
Ron Guidry             0   0 11.81   3   0   0   0   0    5    8    7    7    1    1    5

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rollie Fingers         8   9  2.36  54   0   0  19   0   99   85   29   26    3   30   98
Vida Blue             11  11  2.69  27  27  13   0   4  207  200   72   62    5   49  124
Mike Torrez           10  10  3.04  29  29   6   0   0  183  176   80   62   14   69   76
Stan Bahnsen           6   3  3.10  26   9   1   0   1  102   89   37   35    8   32   64
Paul Lindblad          6   4  3.29  50   0   0   3   0   90   88   40   33    4   21   27
Dick Bosman            4   0  3.59  20  12   0   0   0   90   90   38   36    7   14   24
Jim Todd               6   8  4.20  37   0   0   3   0   60   62   34   28    4   27   17
Paul Mitchell          8   5  4.25  22  22   4   0   1  127  149   65   60   13   29   61
Mike Norris            4   3  4.48  19  15   1   0   1   80   75   42   40   10   38   37
Glenn Abbott           2   3  5.26  14   7   0   0   0   51   66   31   30    5   11   22

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Terpko            3   3  2.45  27   0   0   0   0   44   35   13   12    1   25   21
Bert Blyleven          6   8  2.65  16  16  10   0   5  139  125   45   41    7   30   96
Steve Foucault         8   6  2.96  38   0   0   5   0   67   59   25   22    9   20   31
Jim Umbarger           8   9  3.18  23  23   8   0   2  153  161   69   54   10   43   85
Steve Hargan           5   5  3.21  24   7   2   0   1   98   93   44   35    6   29   53
Mike Bacsik            1   1  3.41  14   0   0   0   0   37   40   18   14    2   17   11
Gaylord Perry         11  10  3.47  24  24  14   0   1  184  178   73   71   12   41  106
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
Nelson Briles          8   8  3.60  24  24   6   0   1  160  178   75   64   17   35   76
Fritz Peterson         1   0  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   21    7    6    0    7    4
Tommy Boggs            0   3  4.15   5   5   1   0   0   30   33   15   14    6   11   11
Joe Hoerner            0   3  4.78  36   0   0   6   0   32   38   19   17    2   16   14
Craig Skok             0   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    3    8    2    2    1    1    4
Steve Barr             2   6  5.66  18  10   3   0   0   62   65   48   39    9   40   22
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)          16
  E. Figueroa (NY)         15
  W. Garland (BAL)         15
  D. Leonard (KC)          15
  M. Fidrych (DET)         14
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       14
  C. Hunter (NY)           14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14
  B. Travers (MIL)         14

Losses:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            15
  G. Ross (CAL)            14
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        13
  J. Colborn (MIL)         12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  D. Goltz (MIN)           12
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  D. Roberts (DET)         12
  V. Blue (OAK)            11
  P. Dobson (CLE)          11

Complete Games:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          19
  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  M. Fidrych (DET)         16
  J. Palmer (BAL)          16
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        14
  G. Perry (TEX)           14
  D. Roberts (DET)         14
  N. Ryan (CAL)            14
  V. Blue (OAK)            13
  R. Gossage (CHI)         12

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             20
  R. Fingers (OAK)         19
  B. Campbell (MIN)        16
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         13
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  J. Kern (CLE)            11
  M. Littell (KC)          11
  S. Mingori (KC)          10
  D. Frisella (MIL)         8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8

Shutouts:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)         5
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  K. Holtzman (NY)          3
  B. Johnson (CHI)          3
  D. Roberts (DET)          3
  B. Singer (MIN)           3
  B. Travers (MIL)          3

Innings Pitched:

  J. Palmer (BAL)       245.1
  C. Hunter (NY)        236.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     234.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       226.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         207.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         207.1
  D. Leonard (KC)       203.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       203.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        195.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      192.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       226
  J. Slaton (MIL)         216
  L. Tiant (BOS)          209
  C. Hunter (NY)          204
  J. Palmer (BAL)         204
  V. Blue (OAK)           200
  K. Holtzman (NY)        198
  D. Goltz (MIN)          194
  D. Leonard (KC)         188
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        184

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           98
  J. Slaton (MIL)          96
  N. Ryan (CAL)            94
  B. Singer (MIN)          94
  D. Goltz (MIN)           91
  J. Hughes (MIN)          85
  J. Palmer (BAL)          85
  D. Roberts (DET)         85
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        84
  K. Holtzman (NY)         83

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           23
  F. Tanana (CAL)          21
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         20
  N. Briles (TEX)          17
  J. Colborn (MIL)         17
  J. Palmer (BAL)          17
  L. Tiant (BOS)           16
  V. Ruhle (DET)           15
  B. Travers (MIL)         15
  M. Torrez (OAK)          14

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           131
  B. Singer (MIN)          79
  B. Travers (MIL)         76
  J. Palmer (BAL)          74
  E. Figueroa (NY)         72
  J. Slaton (MIL)          71
  M. Torrez (OAK)          69
  R. Gossage (CHI)         66
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        65
  D. Goltz (MIN)           65

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           233
  F. Tanana (CAL)         183
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       171
  C. Hunter (NY)          132
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        129
  J. Palmer (BAL)         129
  V. Blue (OAK)           124
  D. Eckersley (CLE)      123
  D. Leonard (KC)         123
  J. Slaton (MIL)         109

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