Sunday August 22, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 22, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Kansas City     75  47  3.09  122  30  31  1114   995  436  382   62  369  563
New York        72  48  3.30  120  44  27  1093   965  443  401   74  344  532
Baltimore       63  58  3.41  121  37  18  1094  1038  463  415   62  383  490
Oakland         66  57  3.43  123  25  25  1110  1104  479  423   74  324  557
Texas           58  65  3.49  123  48  11  1119  1125  505  434   90  350  580
Milwaukee       53  65  3.51  118  31  22  1056  1006  472  412   66  407  493
Cleveland       60  62  3.55  122  21  33  1094  1048  482  431   64  422  678
California      54  70  3.56  124  45  14  1116  1020  507  442   82  406  735
Boston          57  64  3.66  121  35  17  1085  1137  506  441   80  314  505
Detroit         58  64  3.91  122  38  17  1095  1079  545  476   79  425  580
Minnesota       62  62  3.96  124  21  18  1105  1097  562  486   74  489  583
Chicago         54  70  4.10  124  39  19  1126  1113  563  513   62  459  625

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych (DET)    14   5  2.22  22  20  17   0   2  179  151   48   44   10   36   75
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
Jim Palmer (BAL)      17  11  2.69  33  33  17   0   4  254  207   87   76   17   77  132
Vida Blue (OAK)       11  11  2.69  27  27  13   0   4  207  200   72   62    5   49  124
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
Frank Tanana (CAL)    14   9  2.94  26  26  19   0   2  211  165   79   69   21   53  186
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  1.90  11   0   0   2   0   24   13    5    5    0    6   14
Wayne Garland         15   3  2.47  29  16   7   1   2  160  150   54   44    6   39   74
Tippy Martinez         2   1  2.48  21   0   0   5   0   33   25   10    9    0   23   25
Jim Palmer            17  11  2.69  33  33  17   0   4  254  207   87   76   17   77  132
Dyar Miller            2   2  2.77  39   0   0   5   0   75   63   25   23    4   32   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   6  3.75  22  14   1   0   0  106  109   50   44    7   26   33
Rudy May               5   6  4.70  16  13   2   0   1   88   95   52   46    7   31   44
Mike Cuellar           4  13  4.93  25  19   2   1   1  104  124   61   57    8   48   31
Dave Pagan             1   4  4.99  17   4   0   1   0   40   40   24   22    1   21   27
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
Jim Willoughby         2   9  3.11  42   0   0   6   0   75   71   32   26    4   25   30
Tom Murphy             3   5  3.26  24   0   0   3   0   50   60   27   18    1   17   16
Reggie Cleveland       7   6  3.36  33   6   1   2   0  123  120   53   46    2   41   57
Fergie Jenkins        11  11  3.41  28  27  12   0   2  198  191   84   75   20   42  134
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
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  2.94  26  26  19   0   2  211  165   79   69   21   53  186
Mickey Scott           2   0  3.16  24   0   0   3   0   31   31   13   11    3    9    8
Gary Ross              7  14  3.18  27  25   5   0   1  181  184   77   64   10   46   88
John Verhoeven         0   0  3.24  14   0   0   3   0   25   22    9    9    2    5   17
Sid Monge              5   4  3.40  25  11   1   0   0   93   86   40   35    9   39   36
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
Wilbur Wood            4   3  2.24   7   7   5   0   1   56   51   24   14    3   11   31
Clay Carroll           4   4  2.38  26   0   0   6   0   72   59   23   19    0   20   36
Rich Gossage           8  11  3.24  23  21  12   1   0  172  150   67   62   10   66  107
Dave Hamilton          5   5  3.33  37   1   0   7   0   81   70   31   30    3   38   52
Ken Brett              7   8  3.48  19  18  10   1   0  137  117   58   53    4   57   63
Ken Kravec             0   1  3.52   2   2   0   0   0   15   14    6    6    0    7   15
Pete Vuckovich         7   3  4.38  25   7   1   0   0   99  107   50   48    3   48   57
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Francisco Barrios      3   7  4.54  28  12   4   3   0  113  110   60   57   10   37   63
Bart Johnson           9  11  4.66  25  25   5   0   3  158  169   86   82   13   47   70
Terry Forster          2   9  4.73  25  15   1   1   0   97  112   55   51    6   38   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  7.58  17   9   0   0   0   57   73   51   48    2   38   26
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
Dave LaRoche           1   4  2.34  46   0   0  14   0   69   45   19   18    1   41   71
Stan Thomas            3   1  2.36  28   4   1   4   0   69   61   20   18    4   29   38
Jim Kern               8   6  2.66  38   2   0  11   0   91   72   34   27    2   43   82
Pat Dobson            12  11  3.47  28  28   6   0   0  174  173   81   67   11   57   90
Jim Bibby              9   5  3.49  26  13   1   1   1  111  116   45   43    3   41   59
Dennis Eckersley       8  10  3.63  27  21   5   1   2  134  106   59   54    8   54  123
Tom Buskey             4   3  3.81  35   0   0   1   0   85   82   40   36    9   30   30
Rick Waits             5   5  3.94  18  15   3   0   2   80   93   40   35    5   37   45
Jackie Brown           7   9  3.94  27  24   5   0   2  164  166   80   72   13   49   95
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   5  2.22  22  20  17   0   2  179  151   48   44   10   36   75
John Hiller           11   7  2.65  48   0   0  11   0   98   78   32   29    6   61  102
Vern Ruhle             7   9  3.69  26  26   3   0   0  168  185   80   69   15   48   79
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  5.27  29   0   0   2   0   55   54   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  1.90  43   1   0  13   0   81   53   19   17    1   44   74
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           6  10  2.53  36   8   1   5   0   93   71   29   26    6   26   46
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             11   5  3.40  31  19   2   2   1  146  134   62   55   13   24   77
Paul Splittorff       11   7  3.55  23  22   5   0   1  152  156   68   60   10   54   57
Tom Hall               1   1  3.80  24   0   0   1   0   24   18   12   10    3   13   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
Bill Travers          14  10  2.38  26  26  11   0   3  185  150   61   49   15   76   96
Danny Frisella         4   2  2.65  23   0   0   8   0   34   17   11   10    2   24   29
Bill Castro            3   2  2.96  25   0   0   4   0   52   48   18   17    2   11   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  30  30   8   0   2  234  226   99   87   11   71  113
Eduardo Rodriguez      4   9  3.74  38   7   2   8   0   91   79   48   38    4   38   47
Jim Colborn            7  13  3.75  25  25   6   0   0  173  174   76   72   17   38   79
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.77  28   0   0   1   0   29   30   14   12    2   14   23
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  2.70  10   1   0   0   0   33   27   10   10    2    6   25
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Campbell         13   3  3.15  60   0   0  16   0  131  108   53   46    8   52   88
Dave Goltz            10  12  3.53  29  28   9   0   1  196  201   95   77   13   70   96
Vic Albury             3   1  4.09  19   0   0   0   0   44   47   22   20    0   22   20
Pete Redfern           3   7  4.21  15  15   0   0   0   73   64   43   34    4   45   47
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
Jim Hughes             7  10  5.27  28  19   2   0   0  125  141   85   73   13   58   60
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
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
Grant Jackson          2   0  1.77  13   0   0   0   0   36   23    7    7    0   13   16
Tippy Martinez         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Sparky Lyle            7   8  2.39  57   0   0  20   0   94   77   32   25    4   37   56
Doyle Alexander        5   4  2.76  12  12   3   0   1   88   69   29   27    5   23   29
Dick Tidrow            4   3  2.81  35   2   0   4   0   64   56   21   20    3   22   47
Ed Figueroa           15   7  2.94  26  26   9   0   3  190  170   74   62    8   72   93
Dock Ellis            12   6  3.54  25  25   6   0   1  155  145   66   61   12   58   48
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
Catfish Hunter        14  12  3.67  29  29  17   0   2  243  213  104   99   25   52  139
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 10.13   4   0   0   0   0    8   13    9    9    1    1    7

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rollie Fingers         9   9  2.49  55   0   0  19   0  105   94   32   29    3   31  101
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  3.16  27   9   1   0   1  105   93   39   37    8   33   64
Paul Lindblad          6   4  3.34  52   0   0   3   0   94   92   42   35    4   21   29
Dick Bosman            4   1  3.72  21  13   0   0   0   94   94   41   39    8   14   26
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  4.52  20  16   1   0   1   82   78   43   41   10   40   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         12  10  3.45  25  25  15   0   1  193  185   76   74   13   43  109
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   4  3.66   6   6   2   0   0   39   41   18   16    6   13   14
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)          17
  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)         13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  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
  M. Fidrych (DET)         17
  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  J. Palmer (BAL)          17
  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  B. Blyleven (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)         14
  M. Littell (KC)          13
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  J. Kern (CLE)            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)       254.1
  C. Hunter (NY)        242.2
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     234.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       233.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       211.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         207.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         207.1
  D. Leonard (KC)       203.2
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      197.2
  D. Goltz (MIN)        196.1

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       226
  J. Slaton (MIL)         226
  C. Hunter (NY)          213
  L. Tiant (BOS)          209
  J. Palmer (BAL)         207
  D. Goltz (MIN)          201
  V. Blue (OAK)           200
  K. Holtzman (NY)        198
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        191
  D. Leonard (KC)         188

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)          104
  J. Slaton (MIL)          99
  D. Goltz (MIN)           95
  N. Ryan (CAL)            94
  B. Singer (MIN)          94
  J. Palmer (BAL)          87
  B. Johnson (CHI)         86
  J. Hughes (MIN)          85
  D. Roberts (DET)         85
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        84

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           25
  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
  J. Palmer (BAL)          77
  B. Travers (MIL)         76
  E. Figueroa (NY)         72
  J. Slaton (MIL)          71
  D. Goltz (MIN)           70
  M. Torrez (OAK)          69
  R. Gossage (CHI)         66
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        65

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           233
  F. Tanana (CAL)         186
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       171
  C. Hunter (NY)          139
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        134
  J. Palmer (BAL)         132
  V. Blue (OAK)           124
  D. Eckersley (CLE)      123
  D. Leonard (KC)         123
  J. Slaton (MIL)         113


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