Wednesday June 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 23, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       32  30  3.18   62   9  17   566   514  230  200   30  207  342
New York        38  24  3.21   62  24  16   578   472  226  206   33  188  294
Texas           35  27  3.37   62  24   8   567   537  256  212   47  186  300
Baltimore       32  32  3.46   64  20   8   585   557  246  225   40  214  238
Kansas City     39  25  3.47   64  16  17   586   576  253  226   37  205  316
Boston          30  32  3.60   62  21   5   562   569  261  225   50  170  261
Oakland         33  34  3.67   67  12  13   610   602  283  249   50  182  295
Chicago         31  32  3.79   63  18  12   580   563  271  244   31  221  334
California      28  42  3.81   70  23   8   628   612  310  266   43  230  440
Milwaukee       25  35  3.83   60  15  11   534   508  259  227   27  213  259
Minnesota       30  35  4.13   65  15   8   579   576  305  266   40  257  329
Detroit         29  34  4.29   63  16  10   559   571  314  266   45  235  328

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Travers (MIL)     8   4  1.85  14  14   6   0   3  102   82   30   21    3   42   63
Wayne Garland (BAL)    7   0  1.94  16   3   1   1   1   65   48   15   14    2   18   29
Mark Fidrych (DET)     6   1  2.07   9   7   6   0   0   65   52   18   15    2   16   31
Pat Dobson (CLE)       8   5  2.41  14  14   5   0   0   97   77   33   26    6   24   50
Jim Umbarger (TEX)     7   5  2.59  14  14   6   0   2   94   92   38   27    4   28   50
Rich Gossage (CHI)     5   5  2.74  13  12   7   0   0  102   86   33   31    5   38   69
Jackie Brown (CLE)     6   2  2.81  14  11   2   0   2   90   82   33   28    8   26   48
Ken Holtzman (NY)      5   5  2.92  15  15   7   0   1  114  116   40   37    4   36   29
Luis Tiant (BOS)       8   5  2.93  15  15   7   0   2  108  115   45   35   10   24   47
Doug Bird (KC)         7   1  3.02  20  10   1   2   1   86   81   30   29    8   15   51

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    3    2
Wayne Garland          7   0  1.94  16   3   1   1   1   65   48   15   14    2   18   29
Ken Holtzman           5   4  2.86  13  13   6   0   1   98  100   34   31    4   35   25
Jim Palmer             9   7  3.06  19  19   9   0   2  144  123   53   49   14   51   68
Dyar Miller            1   2  3.06  20   0   0   3   0   32   29   12   11    1   11   15
Dave Pagan             0   1  3.38   2   0   0   1   0    3    1    1    1    0    1    2
Doyle Alexander        3   4  3.50  11   6   2   0   1   64   58   27   25    3   24   17
Ross Grimsley          1   4  3.81  13   6   0   0   0   54   56   28   23    4   15   18
Grant Jackson          1   1  5.12  13   0   0   3   0   19   19   11   11    1    9   14
Mike Cuellar           4   7  5.27  15  14   2   0   1   70   86   44   41    6   33   22
Mike Flanagan          0   2  5.31   8   1   0   0   0   20   20   12   12    4    9   17
Rudy May               1   0  6.10   2   2   0   0   0   10   15    9    7    1    5    9

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   1  0.00   5   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    0    0    4    2
Rick Jones             1   0  2.61  11   3   1   0   0   38   43   11   11    0    9   19
Luis Tiant             8   5  2.93  15  15   7   0   2  108  115   45   35   10   24   47
Jim Willoughby         1   4  3.00  22   0   0   1   0   36   33   18   12    2   13   17
Reggie Cleveland       4   2  3.27  17   1   0   1   0   55   55   22   20    0   18   20
Fergie Jenkins         5   7  3.29  15  15   8   0   1  109  100   47   40   14   30   73
Tom House              1   2  3.48  20   0   0   3   0   31   22   12   12    2   11   16
Rick Wise              5   4  4.04  13  13   4   0   2   82   85   40   37   10   19   34
Dick Pole              3   4  4.92  14   9   1   0   0   64   67   35   35    5   28   23
Bill Lee               0   3  7.31   6   6   0   0   0   28   40   28   23    7   14   10

 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
Frank Tanana           8   5  3.04  15  15  10   0   1  118  100   48   40   14   31  123
Gary Ross              5   8  3.09  15  14   2   0   1   93  102   42   32    4   22   58
Paul Hartzell          0   2  3.17  21   0   0   2   0   54   59   22   19    3   13   18
Sid Monge              2   2  3.30  15   6   1   0   0   57   51   23   21    5   23   16
Nolan Ryan             6   7  3.89  16  16   8   0   2  111   75   52   48    5   76  128
Mickey Scott           1   0  4.40   9   0   0   1   0   14   18    8    7    1    5    4
Don Kirkwood           2   7  4.79  15  15   2   0   0   83   97   49   44    5   21   41
Dick Drago             1   5  5.46  23   0   0   3   0   30   35   20   18    1   12   17
Andy Hassler           0   5  5.66  12   4   0   0   0   41   46   30   26    3   15   15
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
Dave Hamilton          3   3  2.33  19   1   0   3   0   46   37   13   12    1   18   29
Clay Carroll           3   3  2.47  19   0   0   6   0   55   45   19   15    0   16   30
Rich Gossage           5   5  2.74  13  12   7   0   0  102   86   33   31    5   38   69
Ken Brett              3   1  3.18   7   6   1   1   0   45   30   16   16    1   20   17
Pete Vuckovich         5   2  3.93  12   6   1   0   0   50   56   22   22    2   22   28
Terry Forster          1   4  4.26  13   9   1   1   0   57   66   28   27    2   23   39
Jim Otten              0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    0    2    3
Francisco Barrios      1   2  4.64  13   3   1   1   0   43   42   22   22    6   11   29
Bart Johnson           4   7  5.59  13  13   2   0   1   77   85   52   48    7   30   37
Chris Knapp            0   0  6.23   1   1   0   0   0    4    4    3    3    1    5    3
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  7.09   8   5   0   0   0   33   43   28   26    1   21   17
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           0   1  1.49  23   0   0   9   0   36   21    6    6    0   20   36
Pat Dobson             8   5  2.41  14  14   5   0   0   97   77   33   26    6   24   50
Stan Thomas            0   1  2.48  18   0   0   3   0   29   19   10    8    2   17   16
Jim Kern               6   2  2.51  19   2   0   3   0   57   43   22   16    0   27   50
Jackie Brown           6   2  2.81  14  11   2   0   2   90   82   33   28    8   26   48
Rick Waits             2   1  2.89   6   4   0   0   0   28   31    9    9    0   12   14
Don Hood               2   4  3.07  15   4   0   1   0   44   45   16   15    3   13   22
Tom Buskey             2   3  3.13  16   0   0   0   0   32   27   13   11    4   11   12
Dennis Eckersley       3   6  4.39  13  13   2   0   1   68   59   36   33    4   31   53
Jim Bibby              3   2  4.46  12   5   0   1   0   38   51   21   19    0   16   22
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           6   1  2.07   9   7   6   0   0   65   52   18   15    2   16   31
John Hiller            5   3  3.15  25   0   0   6   0   46   36   18   16    5   28   47
Dave Roberts           7   5  3.48  13  13   7   0   1   96   82   39   37    6   26   35
Vern Ruhle             5   3  4.33  13  13   1   0   0   81   92   44   39   10   25   46
Jim Crawford           0   3  4.62  15   0   0   1   0   39   45   25   20    1   17   28
Joe Coleman            2   5  4.86  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   44   36    1   34   38
Bill Laxton            0   4  4.98  10   3   0   2   0   47   38   30   26    9   22   39
Ray Bare               3   5  5.07  15  11   1   0   1   66   81   49   37    6   30   34
Frank MacCormack       0   3  6.08   3   3   0   0   0   13   16   11    9    1   13    8
Steve Grilli           1   1  6.43  17   0   0   1   0   35   41   30   25    4   23   19
Dave Lemanczyk         0   1 12.46   2   1   0   0   0    4    8    6    6    0    1    3

 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
Steve Mingori          3   0  2.72  20   0   0   3   0   36   35   12   11    1    9   17
Mark Littell           3   2  2.79  22   1   0   6   0   39   29   13   12    0   21   40
Doug Bird              7   1  3.02  20  10   1   2   1   86   81   30   29    8   15   51
Dennis Leonard         7   3  3.11  14  14   8   0   0  119  110   44   41    8   37   80
Tom Hall               1   1  3.18  12   0   0   1   0   11    7    6    4    1    5    9
Marty Pattin           1   7  3.30  26   0   0   5   0   30   30   12   11    3   11   23
Al Fitzmorris          8   3  3.50  15  14   3   0   0   93  107   42   36    3   20   31
Steve Busby            3   2  4.12  10  10   1   0   0   55   45   30   25    4   37   21
Paul Splittorff        6   6  4.19  16  15   3   0   1  105  114   54   49    9   37   39
Larry Gura             0   0  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    5   10    7    5    0    4    1
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         0   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0    9    1    1    0    0    9    7
Bill Travers           8   4  1.85  14  14   6   0   3  102   82   30   21    3   42   63
Bill Castro            1   0  3.06   8   0   0   1   0   18   12    6    6    1    4    8
Jim Slaton             8   5  3.27  16  16   6   0   2  127  115   48   46    6   37   55
Jerry Augustine        2   3  4.19  19   4   0   0   0   39   38   18   18    3   10   19
Jim Colborn            4   9  4.23  15  15   3   0   0   94   90   48   44    8   25   46
Pete Broberg           1   5  4.53  10   8   0   0   0   48   48   30   24    1   34   15
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   5  4.96  27   0   0   8   0   33   27   21   18    2   18   19
Tom Hausman            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Ray Sadecki            0   0  5.73  11   0   0   0   0   11   14    9    7    1    6    9
Rick Austin            0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    1    4    1    1    0    0    2
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          3   0  1.79  24   0   0   0   0   45   35   10    9    4   12   16
Bert Blyleven          4   5  3.12  12  12   4   0   0   95  101   39   33    3   35   75
Bill Campbell          7   2  3.32  28   0   0   6   0   65   56   26   24    1   33   40
Vic Albury             1   1  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   19   17   10    8    0    8    8
Dave Goltz             7   4  4.01  16  16   8   0   1  108  110   54   48    7   33   62
Steve Luebber          0   2  4.53  20   2   0   2   0   46   41   23   23    5   23   19
Pete Redfern           2   4  5.19   7   7   0   0   0   35   32   23   20    3   18   20
Joe Decker             2   7  5.28  13  12   0   0   0   58   60   37   34    3   51   35
Jim Hughes             3   8  5.28  13  12   2   0   0   75   83   56   44   10   30   40
Bill Singer            1   2  5.84   4   4   1   0   0   25   28   18   16    4   10    8
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          1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    2
Sparky Lyle            4   4  1.73  29   0   0  12   0   57   46   15   11    1   13   36
Tippy Martinez         2   0  1.93  11   0   0   2   0   28   18    6    6    1   14   14
Doyle Alexander        1   0  2.16   1   1   0   0   0    8    8    3    2    0    2    4
Dave Pagan             1   1  2.28   7   2   1   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4   13
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.81  16   0   0   1   0   26   26    8    8    0   13   20
Ed Figueroa            8   4  3.24  15  15   6   0   2  111   96   45   40    5   41   57
Ken Holtzman           0   1  3.31   2   2   1   0   0   16   16    6    6    0    1    4
Rudy May               4   3  3.57  11  11   2   0   1   68   49   32   27    5   28   38
Catfish Hunter         8   7  3.65  17  17  10   0   2  148  115   63   60   15   35   76
Dock Ellis             7   4  3.75  14  14   4   0   0   86   73   37   36    5   36   29
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
Paul Lindblad          3   1  2.63  30   0   0   2   0   55   44   19   16    2   10   15
Dick Bosman            1   0  2.67  13   5   0   0   0   54   51   16   16    5    9   18
Vida Blue              6   6  3.09  15  15   5   0   1  108  116   44   37    2   28   54
Stan Bahnsen           3   2  3.41  14   9   1   0   1   69   63   27   26    6   20   43
Rollie Fingers         3   5  3.54  29   0   0   8   0   48   44   21   19    3   13   45
Jim Todd               6   5  3.54  28   0   0   3   0   48   42   23   19    4   18   15
Mike Torrez            6   8  4.06  18  18   3   0   0  106  102   59   48   10   51   46
Paul Mitchell          3   4  4.38  11  11   3   0   0   62   73   34   30    8   13   34
Glenn Abbott           1   1  5.46   9   3   0   0   0   28   30   18   17    4    3   11
Mike Norris            1   2  5.79  10   6   0   0   0   33   37   22   21    6   17   14

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            0   0  1.84  16   0   0   4   0   15   12    5    3    0    7    5
Steve Foucault         6   3  2.31  21   0   0   4   0   39   31   11   10    5    8   20
Jeff Terpko            1   1  2.33   9   0   0   0   0   19   19    6    5    1   11    9
Jim Umbarger           7   5  2.59  14  14   6   0   2   94   92   38   27    4   28   50
Gaylord Perry          7   5  3.11  14  14   8   0   0  110   96   38   38    5   27   68
Nelson Briles          6   4  3.28  13  13   4   0   0   93   91   43   34   11   18   43
Steve Hargan           1   2  3.28  12   1   0   0   0   36   32   20   13    3   19   22
Bill Singer            4   1  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   31   25    4   27   34
Fritz Peterson         1   0  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   21    7    6    0    7    4
Bert Blyleven          1   3  3.96   4   4   2   0   1   36   30   17   16    4    9   28
Steve Barr             1   3  5.94  10   4   2   0   0   33   37   25   22    7   21   11
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)           9
  P. Dobson (CLE)           8
  E. Figueroa (NY)          8
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        8
  C. Hunter (NY)            8
  J. Slaton (MIL)           8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8
  B. Travers (MIL)          8
  D. Bird (KC)              7

Losses:

  J. Colborn (MIL)          9
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         8
  J. Hughes (MIN)           8
  G. Ross (CAL)             8
  M. Torrez (OAK)           8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          7
  J. Decker (MIN)           7
  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  B. Johnson (CHI)          7

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           10
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  D. Goltz (MIN)            8
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          8
  D. Leonard (KC)           8
  G. Perry (TEX)            8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  R. Gossage (CHI)          7
  K. Holtzman (NY)          7

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             12
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        8
  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  C. Carroll (CHI)          6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  M. Littell (KC)           6
  M. Pattin (KC)            5
  S. Foucault (TEX)         4

Shutouts:

  B. Travers (MIL)          3
  J. Brown (CLE)            2
  E. Figueroa (NY)          2
  C. Hunter (NY)            2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  J. Slaton (MIL)           2
  L. Tiant (BOS)            2
  J. Umbarger (TEX)         2
  R. Wise (BOS)             2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        148.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       144.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)     131.2
  J. Slaton (MIL)       126.2
  D. Leonard (KC)       118.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)       118.1
  K. Holtzman (NY)      114.0
  E. Figueroa (NY)      111.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         111.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        110.0

Hits:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)       131
  J. Palmer (BAL)         123
  V. Blue (OAK)           116
  K. Holtzman (NY)        116
  C. Hunter (NY)          115
  J. Slaton (MIL)         115
  L. Tiant (BOS)          115
  P. Splittorff (KC)      114
  D. Goltz (MIN)          110
  D. Leonard (KC)         110

Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           63
  M. Torrez (OAK)          59
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        56
  J. Hughes (MIN)          56
  D. Goltz (MIN)           54
  P. Splittorff (KC)       54
  J. Palmer (BAL)          53
  B. Johnson (CHI)         52
  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  R. Bare (DET)            49

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (NY)           15
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  N. Briles (TEX)          11
  J. Hughes (MIN)          10
  V. Ruhle (DET)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10
  M. Torrez (OAK)          10
  R. Wise (BOS)            10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            76
  J. Decker (MIN)          51
  J. Palmer (BAL)          51
  M. Torrez (OAK)          51
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        44
  B. Travers (MIL)         42
  E. Figueroa (NY)         41
  R. Gossage (CHI)         38
  S. Busby (KC)            37
  D. Leonard (KC)          37

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           128
  F. Tanana (CAL)         123
  B. Blyleven (TEX)       103
  D. Leonard (KC)          80
  C. Hunter (NY)           76
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         73
  R. Gossage (CHI)         69
  J. Palmer (BAL)          68
  G. Perry (TEX)           68
  B. Travers (MIL)         63


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