Friday September 3, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, September 3, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Kansas City     78  55  3.17  133  31  33  1212  1098  494  427   71  404  622
New York        80  50  3.18  130  48  29  1199  1045  470  423   76  382  570
Oakland         72  61  3.33  133  29  26  1202  1175  510  445   81  349  608
Baltimore       69  62  3.39  131  43  19  1184  1138  499  446   69  405  545
Cleveland       67  64  3.44  131  24  36  1184  1120  505  453   64  452  744
Milwaukee       59  71  3.50  130  34  24  1164  1118  520  453   71  460  532
Texas           61  72  3.53  133  52  11  1206  1220  544  473   96  376  629
California      59  75  3.59  134  50  14  1212  1116  552  483   86  432  802
Boston          64  68  3.63  132  37  18  1190  1255  556  480   89  338  554
Detroit         61  71  3.90  132  42  17  1183  1181  593  512   85  453  619
Minnesota       67  69  3.92  136  22  19  1229  1219  615  535   79  532  641
Chicago         57  76  4.13  133  41  21  1204  1196  608  553   66  495  675

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)    15  11  2.34  28  28  11   0   3  196  161   66   51   16   82  101
Mark Fidrych (DET)    15   7  2.36  25  23  19   0   2  202  171   60   53   12   43   80
Vida Blue (OAK)       14  11  2.42  30  30  16   0   6  234  214   74   63    6   51  140
Jim Palmer (BAL)      19  11  2.59  35  35  18   0   5  271  224   90   78   17   77  146
Frank Tanana (CAL)    15   9  2.70  28  28  20   0   2  233  178   80   70   21   55  207
Wayne Garland (BAL)   15   6  2.73  32  19   9   1   2  181  177   67   55    8   47   86
Mike Torrez (OAK)     11  10  2.80  32  32   7   0   1  209  194   83   65   15   73   94
Ed Figueroa (NY)      16   7  2.94  28  28  10   0   3  205  184   80   67    8   83   99
Doyle Alexander (NY)  10   8  3.02  25  20   6   0   2  170  138   61   57    9   55   48
Bill Campbell (MIN)   14   4  3.03  65   0   0  16   0  149  125   57   50    8   56   99

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Holdsworth        3   0  1.61  12   0   0   2   0   28   17    5    5    0    6   16
Tippy Martinez         2   1  2.48  21   0   0   5   0   33   25   10    9    0   23   25
Jim Palmer            19  11  2.59  35  35  18   0   5  271  224   90   78   17   77  146
Wayne Garland         15   6  2.73  32  19   9   1   2  181  177   67   55    8   47   86
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Dyar Miller            2   2  3.00  42   0   0   6   0   78   68   28   26    5   32   35
Doyle Alexander        3   4  3.50  11   6   2   0   1   64   58   27   25    3   24   17
Ross Grimsley          6   6  3.83  23  14   1   0   0  108  114   52   46    7   28   34
Rudy May               7   6  4.29  18  15   3   0   1  105  114   57   50    8   33   54
Mike Flanagan          1   4  4.96  15   6   2   0   0   53   53   31   29    7   20   34
Mike Cuellar           4  13  4.96  26  19   2   1   1  107  129   63   59    8   50   32
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

 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  2.95  45   0   0   6   0   85   79   35   28    4   30   33
Luis Tiant            17  10  3.05  31  31  14   0   2  221  235   87   75   17   50   94
Tom Murphy             4   5  3.09  29   0   0   4   0   64   73   34   22    3   20   25
Fergie Jenkins        12  11  3.27  30  29  12   0   2  209  201   85   76   20   43  142
Reggie Cleveland       7   7  3.36  35   8   1   2   0  134  133   61   50    2   43   62
Rick Wise             10  10  3.99  28  28   8   0   3  174  181   84   77   15   40   72
Rick Kreuger           0   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    0    6    2
Tom House              1   3  4.65  32   0   0   3   0   41   38   22   21    4   19   22
Dick Pole              5   5  4.74  27  14   1   0   0  106  118   59   56    8   42   43
Bill Lee               2   5  6.30  19   9   0   3   0   64   82   50   45   11   21   19

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Hartzell          5   4  2.65  31   9   5   2   2  122  111   41   36    5   35   41
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   20   20    7    6    0    6   16
Frank Tanana          15   9  2.70  28  28  20   0   2  233  178   80   70   21   55  207
Gary Ross              7  15  3.18  29  27   6   0   1  195  199   82   69   11   49   94
John Verhoeven         0   0  3.49  17   0   0   3   0   28   27   11   11    2    7   17
Sid Monge              5   5  3.62  27  11   1   0   0   97   91   44   39    9   39   37
Mickey Scott           3   0  3.67  28   0   0   3   0   34   39   17   14    3   10    8
Nolan Ryan            11  17  3.91  32  32  15   0   4  223  171  108   97   12  139  252
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  5.31  37   0   0   4   0   63   67   40   37    6   25   36
Mike Overy             0   1  5.68   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    4    4    1    2    7
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           4   4  2.35  27   0   0   6   0   73   61   23   19    0   20   36
Ken Kravec             1   2  2.81   4   4   1   0   0   32   25   10   10    1   17   28
Dave Hamilton          6   6  3.47  41   1   0   9   0   86   74   34   33    3   41   58
Ken Brett              8   8  3.56  21  20  10   1   0  149  128   64   59    5   60   69
Rich Gossage           8  14  3.77  26  24  12   1   0  189  176   85   79   12   76  117
Pete Vuckovich         7   3  4.35  26   7   1   0   0   99  107   50   48    3   48   58
Bart Johnson           9  12  4.41  27  27   6   0   3  175  183   90   86   13   53   76
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Francisco Barrios      3   7  4.51  30  12   4   3   0  116  115   62   58   10   38   65
Terry Forster          2   9  4.59  26  15   1   1   0  100  114   58   51    6   38   66
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
Larry Monroe           0   0 11.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    8    5    5    0    3    3

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Stan Thomas            3   1  2.03  31   4   1   6   0   80   64   20   18    4   31   43
Dave LaRoche           1   4  2.08  50   0   0  15   0   78   48   19   18    1   43   84
Jim Kern               9   7  2.54  41   2   0  11   0  103   80   36   29    2   47   93
Jim Bibby             10   5  3.26  28  15   2   1   2  121  121   46   44    3   46   64
Rick Waits             6   5  3.46  20  17   4   0   2   96  104   42   37    5   44   51
Pat Dobson            12  11  3.47  29  29   6   0   0  181  186   84   70   11   57   92
Dennis Eckersley      10  10  3.65  29  23   6   1   2  148  117   66   60    8   58  140
Tom Buskey             5   3  3.72  36   0   0   1   0   87   83   40   36    9   33   31
Don Hood               3   5  4.13  29   6   0   1   0   70   76   33   32    5   33   26
Jackie Brown           8  10  4.18  29  26   5   0   2  172  182   88   80   13   50  101
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   7  2.36  25  23  19   0   2  202  171   60   53   12   43   80
John Hiller           11   7  2.65  50   0   0  11   0  102   83   34   30    6   61  104
Vern Ruhle             8  10  3.70  28  28   4   0   0  182  204   87   75   17   51   80
Dave Roberts          12  14  4.02  29  29  14   0   3  204  203   98   91   12   50   58
Bill Laxton            0   5  4.22  22   3   0   2   0   75   61   41   35   10   39   60
Jim Crawford           0   6  4.43  26   2   1   2   0   85   85   51   42    3   36   54
Ray Bare               6   6  4.76  26  18   2   0   1  115  137   77   61   13   44   56
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Dave Lemanczyk         4   5  5.16  15   9   1   0   0   61   64   36   35    5   25   44
Steve Grilli           3   1  5.21  31   0   0   2   0   57   58   41   33    5   36   31
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
Mark Littell           7   3  1.86  49   1   0  15   0   92   59   21   19    1   48   84
Tom Bruno              1   0  1.98   8   0   0   0   0   14   13    3    3    0    3    9
Steve Mingori          3   4  2.14  44   0   0  10   0   71   57   18   17    2   19   34
Andy Hassler           4   2  2.37  13   9   1   0   1   68   53   21   18    2   27   34
Marty Pattin           6  11  2.86  38  10   1   5   0  101   81   38   32    7   30   50
Al Fitzmorris         15  10  3.06  30  29   8   0   2  197  203   80   67    5   50   70
Doug Bird             11   7  3.46  33  21   2   2   1  156  146   72   60   16   27   84
Dennis Leonard        15   7  3.49  28  27  13   0   1  214  201   92   83   13   57  127
Paul Splittorff       11   7  3.55  23  22   5   0   1  152  156   68   60   10   54   57
Larry Gura             1   0  3.57  14   1   0   0   0   40   38   19   16    4   16   17
Steve Busby            3   3  4.40  13  13   1   0   0   72   58   42   35    7   49   29
Tom Hall               1   1  4.45  27   0   0   1   0   28   25   17   14    4   15   23
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  11  2.34  28  28  11   0   3  196  161   66   51   16   82  101
Danny Frisella         4   2  2.50  27   0   0   8   0   40   22   12   11    3   28   34
Jerry Augustine        8   9  3.03  34  19   5   0   3  140  129   52   47    7   47   48
Bill Castro            3   4  3.10  31   0   0   6   0   61   61   23   21    2   17   19
Jim Slaton            14  11  3.37  32  32   9   0   2  251  240  107   94   13   77  119
Eduardo Rodriguez      5  10  3.53  41  10   2   8   0  110  100   55   43    4   52   58
Jim Colborn            8  13  3.76  27  27   6   0   0  189  193   83   79   17   44   84
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.11  31   0   0   1   0   31   31   16   14    2   15   24
Pete Broberg           1   7  4.89  19  11   1   0   0   88   94   56   48    4   70   26
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          7   1  2.35  49   0   0   1   0  103   86   28   27   11   22   39
Tom Johnson            2   1  2.98  14   1   0   0   0   42   41   14   14    2    6   31
Bill Campbell         14   4  3.03  65   0   0  16   0  149  125   57   50    8   56   99
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Dave Goltz            11  13  3.52  31  30  10   0   2  212  211  102   83   13   78  109
Vic Albury             3   1  3.97  21   0   0   0   0   45   47   22   20    0   22   20
Steve Luebber          3   4  4.29  33   9   1   2   1   92   87   47   44    6   49   38
Bill Singer            6   8  4.30  20  20   4   0   2  130  130   72   62    8   61   50
Pete Redfern           4   7  4.38  18  18   0   0   0   84   82   50   41    5   54   53
Jim Hughes             7  11  5.12  31  20   2   0   0  135  150   90   77   14   61   63
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Eddie Bane             4   7  5.30  15  14   1   0   0   73   86   48   43    6   33   23
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          4   0  1.58  16   0   0   1   0   40   26    7    7    0   13   20
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  2.34  58   0   0  20   0   96   78   32   25    4   38   57
Dick Tidrow            4   4  2.38  38   2   0   5   0   76   60   22   20    3   23   51
Doyle Alexander        7   4  2.73  14  14   4   0   1  106   80   34   32    6   31   31
Ed Figueroa           16   7  2.94  28  28  10   0   3  205  184   80   67    8   83   99
Dock Ellis            14   6  3.23  27  27   7   0   1  173  157   68   62   12   64   52
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
Catfish Hunter        14  13  3.60  31  31  17   0   2  260  233  109  104   26   58  150
Ken Holtzman           6   4  4.60  15  15   7   0   2  102  113   57   52    9   19   30
Jim York               1   0  5.59   3   0   0   0   0   10   14    7    6    1    4    6
Ron Guidry             0   0  8.38   5   0   0   0   0   10   13    9    9    1    3    8

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rollie Fingers        10   9  2.34  58   0   0  19   0  111   96   32   29    3   33  105
Vida Blue             14  11  2.42  30  30  16   0   6  234  214   74   63    6   51  140
Mike Torrez           11  10  2.80  32  32   7   0   1  209  194   83   65   15   73   94
Paul Lindblad          6   4  3.23  55   0   0   4   0   98   94   43   35    4   21   31
Stan Bahnsen           7   4  3.24  30  10   1   0   1  114  102   43   41   10   36   67
Dick Bosman            4   1  3.70  22  13   0   0   0  100  100   44   41    9   16   29
Jim Todd               6   8  4.28  39   0   0   3   0   67   70   40   32    5   31   17
Paul Mitchell          8   6  4.37  23  23   4   0   1  128  153   69   62   14   29   61
Mike Norris            4   4  4.62  21  17   1   0   1   88   82   47   45   10   46   40
Glenn Abbott           2   4  5.43  15   8   0   0   0   53   70   35   32    5   13   24

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Terpko            3   3  2.39  29   0   0   0   0   49   40   14   13    2   28   22
Steve Foucault         8   7  2.92  40   0   0   5   0   71   63   26   23    9   21   36
Bert Blyleven          6  10  3.06  18  18  10   0   5  150  139   55   51    8   33  102
Jim Umbarger           9  10  3.16  25  25   9   0   3  165  172   73   58   12   46   92
Tommy Boggs            1   4  3.29   8   8   3   0   0   55   54   22   20    6   19   17
Steve Hargan           5   6  3.38  25   7   2   0   1   99   95   46   37    6   30   54
Gaylord Perry         12  12  3.45  27  27  17   0   1  209  198   82   80   13   44  123
Nelson Briles          9   8  3.45  26  26   6   0   1  175  193   78   67   17   40   82
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
Mike Bacsik            1   1  3.56  16   0   0   0   0   43   52   21   17    3   19   15
Fritz Peterson         1   0  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   21    7    6    0    7    4
Joe Hoerner            0   3  4.68  37   0   0   6   0   33   39   19   17    2   16   15
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
Craig Skok             0   1 13.50   6   0   0   0   0    5   13    7    7    2    2    5

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          19
  L. Tiant (BOS)           17
  E. Figueroa (NY)         16
  M. Fidrych (DET)         15
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       15
  W. Garland (BAL)         15
  D. Leonard (KC)          15
  F. Tanana (CAL)          15
  B. Travers (MIL)         15
  V. Blue (OAK)            14

Losses:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            17
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        15
  G. Ross (CAL)            15
  R. Gossage (CHI)         14
  D. Roberts (DET)         14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  D. Goltz (MIN)           13
  C. Hunter (NY)           13
  B. Johnson (CHI)         12

Complete Games:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          20
  M. Fidrych (DET)         19
  J. Palmer (BAL)          18
  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  G. Perry (TEX)           17
  V. Blue (OAK)            16
  N. Ryan (CAL)            15
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        14
  D. Roberts (DET)         14
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             20
  R. Fingers (OAK)         19
  B. Campbell (MIN)        16
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         15
  M. Littell (KC)          15
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  J. Kern (CLE)            11
  S. Mingori (KC)          10
  D. Hamilton (CHI)         9
  D. Frisella (MIL)         8

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             6
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  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)       271.0
  C. Hunter (NY)        260.0
  J. Slaton (MIL)       251.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     245.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         234.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       233.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         223.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        221.1
  D. Leonard (KC)       214.0
  D. Goltz (MIN)        212.1

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       240
  J. Slaton (MIL)         240
  L. Tiant (BOS)          235
  C. Hunter (NY)          233
  J. Palmer (BAL)         224
  V. Blue (OAK)           214
  K. Holtzman (NY)        213
  D. Goltz (MIN)          211
  V. Ruhle (DET)          204
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)      203

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)          109
  N. Ryan (CAL)           108
  J. Slaton (MIL)         107
  B. Singer (MIN)         103
  D. Goltz (MIN)          102
  D. Roberts (DET)         98
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        94
  D. Leonard (KC)          92
  K. Holtzman (NY)         91
  J. Hughes (MIN)          90

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           26
  F. Tanana (CAL)          21
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         20
  N. Briles (TEX)          17
  J. Colborn (MIL)         17
  J. Palmer (BAL)          17
  V. Ruhle (DET)           17
  L. Tiant (BOS)           17
  D. Bird (KC)             16
  B. Travers (MIL)         16

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           139
  B. Singer (MIN)          88
  E. Figueroa (NY)         83
  B. Travers (MIL)         82
  D. Goltz (MIN)           78
  J. Palmer (BAL)          77
  J. Slaton (MIL)          77
  R. Gossage (CHI)         76
  M. Torrez (OAK)          73
  P. Broberg (MIL)         70

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           252
  F. Tanana (CAL)         207
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       177
  C. Hunter (NY)          150
  J. Palmer (BAL)         146
  F. Jenkins (BOS)        142
  V. Blue (OAK)           140
  D. Eckersley (CLE)      140
  D. Leonard (KC)         127
  G. Perry (TEX)          123


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