Thursday August 26, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 26, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Kansas City     77  49  3.06  126  31  32  1154  1031  449  393   64  385  586
New York        75  48  3.27  123  45  28  1129   994  455  410   75  352  547
Oakland         68  58  3.42  126  26  26  1136  1132  492  431   78  331  574
Baltimore       64  60  3.42  124  39  18  1121  1064  475  426   66  392  508
Milwaukee       56  65  3.44  121  32  24  1084  1026  475  414   66  420  506
Texas           58  68  3.50  126  48  11  1147  1155  517  446   93  359  598
Cleveland       62  63  3.51  125  23  33  1121  1063  488  437   64  434  699
California      55  72  3.62  127  46  14  1141  1050  527  459   84  417  756
Boston          59  66  3.62  125  35  18  1127  1181  524  454   82  327  525
Detroit         60  65  3.89  125  40  17  1122  1112  562  485   81  432  589
Minnesota       62  65  3.98  127  21  18  1139  1139  581  504   76  503  594
Chicago         55  72  4.12  127  40  19  1151  1135  578  527   63  473  641

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Fidrych (DET)    15   5  2.11  23  21  18   0   2  188  156   49   44   10   37   76
Bill Travers (MIL)    15  10  2.36  27  27  11   0   3  190  156   62   50   15   78  100
Vida Blue (OAK)       12  11  2.58  28  28  14   0   5  216  206   72   62    5   50  129
Wayne Garland (BAL)   15   4  2.60  30  17   8   1   2  169  159   59   49    7   44   80
Jim Palmer (BAL)      17  11  2.69  33  33  17   0   4  254  207   87   76   17   77  132
Jerry Augustine (MIL)  7   8  2.86  32  17   4   0   3  129  118   46   41    6   45   47
Bert Blyleven (TEX)   10  14  2.93  29  29  14   0   5  243  234   89   79   11   67  176
Frank Tanana (CAL)    14   9  2.94  26  26  19   0   2  211  165   79   69   21   53  186
Ed Figueroa (NY)      15   7  2.98  27  27   9   0   3  196  178   78   65    8   76   95
Al Fitzmorris (KC)    14   9  2.98  28  27   8   0   2  184  190   74   61    4   47   63

 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
Tippy Martinez         2   1  2.48  21   0   0   5   0   33   25   10    9    0   23   25
Wayne Garland         15   4  2.60  30  17   8   1   2  169  159   59   49    7   44   80
Jim Palmer            17  11  2.69  33  33  17   0   4  254  207   87   76   17   77  132
Dyar Miller            2   2  2.85  40   0   0   5   0   76   66   26   24    4   32   33
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               6   6  4.50  17  14   2   0   1   96  102   55   48    8   33   51
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   4  5.77  13   4   1   0   0   39   42   26   25    6   14   26

 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
Jim Willoughby         2  11  3.02  44   0   0   6   0   83   78   34   28    4   30   32
Luis Tiant            15  10  3.05  29  29  12   0   2  203  213   81   69   16   47   86
Reggie Cleveland       7   6  3.22  34   7   1   2   0  131  128   56   47    2   42   61
Fergie Jenkins        11  11  3.41  28  27  12   0   2  198  191   84   75   20   42  134
Tom Murphy             3   5  3.50  27   0   0   4   0   54   65   30   21    2   18   21
Rick Wise              9  10  3.84  27  27   8   0   3  169  171   79   72   13   39   71
Dick Pole              5   5  4.59  25  14   1   0   0  100  110   54   51    6   40   41
Tom House              1   3  4.66  31   0   0   3   0   39   35   21   20    3   19   19
Bill Lee               2   4  6.05  18   8   0   3   0   61   76   46   41   11   20   19
Rick Kreuger           0   0  7.36   2   1   0   0   0    4    5    3    3    0    6    1

 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
Paul Hartzell          4   4  2.78  30   8   4   2   2  113  106   40   35    4   34   39
Frank Tanana          14   9  2.94  26  26  19   0   2  211  165   79   69   21   53  186
John Verhoeven         0   0  3.04  15   0   0   3   0   27   23    9    9    2    6   17
Gary Ross              7  14  3.18  27  25   5   0   1  181  184   77   64   10   46   88
Sid Monge              5   4  3.40  25  11   1   0   0   93   86   40   35    9   39   36
Mickey Scott           2   0  3.62  26   0   0   3   0   32   36   16   13    3   10    8
Nolan Ryan            10  16  3.81  30  30  14   0   4  212  158  100   90   12  133  240
Don Kirkwood           5  10  4.50  25  23   3   0   0  136  149   78   68   11   42   67
Andy Hassler           0   6  5.13  14   4   0   0   0   47   50   31   27    3   17   16
Dick Drago             5   7  5.37  36   0   0   4   0   59   61   38   35    6   24   34
Steve Dunning          0   0  7.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    9    9    5    2    6    4
Mike Overy             0   1  8.10   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    3    3    1    1    5

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Monroe           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    2    2
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
Dave Hamilton          6   5  3.27  38   1   0   7   0   83   70   31   30    3   38   53
Rich Gossage           8  12  3.33  24  22  12   1   0  178  156   72   66   10   71  111
Ken Kravec             0   1  3.52   2   2   0   0   0   15   14    6    6    0    7   15
Ken Brett              7   8  3.73  20  19  10   1   0  142  123   64   59    5   60   68
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  29  12   4   3   0  115  113   61   58   10   38   65
Bart Johnson           9  12  4.60  26  26   6   0   3  166  176   89   85   13   50   72
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  2.27  47   0   0  14   0   71   46   19   18    1   42   72
Stan Thomas            3   1  2.36  28   4   1   4   0   69   61   20   18    4   29   38
Jim Kern               8   7  2.60  39   2   0  11   0   97   76   35   28    2   45   87
Pat Dobson            12  11  3.47  28  28   6   0   0  174  173   81   67   11   57   90
Jim Bibby              9   5  3.53  27  14   1   1   1  112  116   46   44    3   45   60
Dennis Eckersley       9  10  3.59  28  22   6   1   2  143  113   62   57    8   54  135
Rick Waits             6   5  3.64  19  16   4   0   2   89   96   41   36    5   42   47
Tom Buskey             4   3  3.81  35   0   0   1   0   85   82   40   36    9   30   30
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          15   5  2.11  23  21  18   0   2  188  156   49   44   10   37   76
John Hiller           11   7  2.73  49   0   0  11   0   99   81   34   30    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  3.85  27  27  14   0   3  194  188   89   83   12   45   55
Bill Laxton            0   5  4.27  21   3   0   2   0   72   58   40   34   10   34   55
Jim Crawford           0   5  4.50  25   2   1   2   0   82   83   50   41    3   35   52
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Ray Bare               6   6  4.88  25  17   2   0   1  111  132   76   60   13   44   52
Steve Grilli           3   1  5.27  30   0   0   2   0   55   54   40   32    5   35   28
Dave Lemanczyk         4   5  5.76  13   9   1   0   0   55   60   36   35    5   25   38
Frank MacCormack       0   5  5.79   9   8   0   0   0   33   35   24   21    1   34   14

 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
Tom Bruno              1   0  1.74   6   0   0   0   0   10    8    2    2    0    1    7
Mark Littell           7   3  1.78  45   1   0  14   0   86   56   19   17    1   46   81
Andy Hassler           4   1  2.18  12   8   1   0   1   62   48   18   15    2   25   29
Steve Mingori          3   4  2.20  42   0   0  10   0   70   55   18   17    2   18   33
Larry Gura             1   0  2.70  12   1   0   0   0   37   32   14   11    2   15   16
Marty Pattin           6  10  2.87  37   9   1   5   0   94   76   34   30    7   27   46
Al Fitzmorris         14   9  2.98  28  27   8   0   2  184  190   74   61    4   47   63
Dennis Leonard        15   6  3.27  26  26  13   0   1  212  192   83   77   13   57  125
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          15  10  2.36  27  27  11   0   3  190  156   62   50   15   78  100
Danny Frisella         4   2  2.43  24   0   0   8   0   37   19   11   10    2   27   32
Bill Castro            3   2  2.83  27   0   0   6   0   54   48   18   17    2   13   19
Jerry Augustine        7   8  2.86  32  17   4   0   3  129  118   46   41    6   45   47
Jim Slaton            13  10  3.35  30  30   8   0   2  234  226   99   87   11   71  113
Eduardo Rodriguez      5   9  3.56  39   8   2   8   0   99   86   50   39    4   43   52
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   1  2.55  46   0   0   0   0   92   80   27   26   10   20   35
Bill Campbell         13   3  3.04  62   0   0  16   0  139  116   54   47    8   53   90
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Tom Johnson            1   1  3.48  12   1   0   0   0   34   33   13   13    2    6   25
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  4.38  16  16   0   0   0   78   71   47   38    5   49   49
Eddie Bane             4   6  4.41  13  12   1   0   0   69   73   38   34    5   31   22
Steve Luebber          3   4  4.53  32   9   1   2   1   87   82   47   44    6   48   35
Bill Singer            6   8  4.64  18  18   4   0   2  111  117   67   57    7   55   45
Jim Hughes             7  10  5.24  29  19   2   0   0  127  145   86   74   14   59   61
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          3   0  1.66  15   0   0   1   0   38   24    7    7    0   13   19
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
Dick Tidrow            4   3  2.43  36   2   0   4   0   74   60   21   20    3   22   51
Doyle Alexander        6   4  2.89  13  13   3   0   1   97   77   33   31    6   26   31
Ed Figueroa           15   7  2.98  27  27   9   0   3  196  178   78   65    8   76   95
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           6   4  4.66  14  14   7   0   2   93  106   53   48    9   17   29
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             12  11  2.58  28  28  14   0   5  216  206   72   62    5   50  129
Mike Torrez           10  10  3.05  30  30   6   0   0  189  185   82   64   15   69   81
Paul Lindblad          6   4  3.27  53   0   0   4   0   96   92   42   35    4   21   31
Stan Bahnsen           7   3  3.29  28   9   1   0   1  107   94   41   39    9   34   66
Dick Bosman            4   1  3.70  22  13   0   0   0  100  100   44   41    9   16   29
Jim Todd               6   8  4.06  38   0   0   3   0   62   64   36   28    4   30   17
Paul Mitchell          8   6  4.37  23  23   4   0   1  128  153   69   62   14   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  2.33  28   0   0   0   0   46   37   13   12    1   26   22
Bert Blyleven          6   9  2.80  17  17  10   0   5  148  133   50   46    8   32  101
Steve Foucault         8   7  3.00  39   0   0   5   0   69   62   26   23    9   21   33
Steve Hargan           5   5  3.21  24   7   2   0   1   98   93   44   35    6   29   53
Jim Umbarger           8  10  3.35  24  24   8   0   2  156  166   73   58   12   45   89
Nelson Briles          8   8  3.43  25  25   6   0   1  168  183   75   64   17   37   78
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
Mike Bacsik            1   1  3.57  15   0   0   0   0   40   46   20   16    2   18   14
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  4.68  37   0   0   6   0   33   39   19   17    2   16   15
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
  M. Fidrych (DET)         15
  E. Figueroa (NY)         15
  W. Garland (BAL)         15
  D. Leonard (KC)          15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  B. Travers (MIL)         15
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       14
  C. Hunter (NY)           14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14

Losses:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            16
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        14
  G. Ross (CAL)            14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  D. Goltz (MIN)           12
  R. Gossage (CHI)         12
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  B. Johnson (CHI)         12
  D. Roberts (DET)         12

Complete Games:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          19
  M. Fidrych (DET)         18
  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  J. Palmer (BAL)          17
  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        14
  D. Roberts (DET)         14
  N. Ryan (CAL)            14
  K. Holtzman (NY)         13

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             20
  R. Fingers (OAK)         19
  B. Campbell (MIN)        16
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         14
  M. Littell (KC)          14
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  J. Kern (CLE)            11
  S. Mingori (KC)          10
  D. Frisella (MIL)         8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  J. Palmer (BAL)       254.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     243.0
  C. Hunter (NY)        242.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       233.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         216.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         212.1
  D. Leonard (KC)       211.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       211.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        203.1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)      197.2

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       234
  J. Slaton (MIL)         226
  C. Hunter (NY)          213
  L. Tiant (BOS)          213
  J. Palmer (BAL)         207
  V. Blue (OAK)           206
  K. Holtzman (NY)        206
  D. Goltz (MIN)          201
  D. Leonard (KC)         192
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        191

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)          104
  N. Ryan (CAL)           100
  J. Slaton (MIL)          99
  B. Singer (MIN)          98
  D. Goltz (MIN)           95
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        89
  B. Johnson (CHI)         89
  D. Roberts (DET)         89
  K. Holtzman (NY)         87
  R. May (BAL)             87

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
  M. Torrez (OAK)          15
  B. Travers (MIL)         15

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           133
  B. Singer (MIN)          82
  B. Travers (MIL)         78
  J. Palmer (BAL)          77
  E. Figueroa (NY)         76
  R. Gossage (CHI)         71
  J. Slaton (MIL)          71
  D. Goltz (MIN)           70
  M. Torrez (OAK)          69
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        67

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           240
  F. Tanana (CAL)         186
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       176
  C. Hunter (NY)          139
  D. Eckersley (CLE)      135
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        134
  J. Palmer (BAL)         132
  V. Blue (OAK)           129
  D. Leonard (KC)         125
  J. Slaton (MIL)         113

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