Sunday May 12, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 12, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       15  13  3.11   28   8   5   260   247  105   90   25   84  132
Kansas City     15  15  3.35   30  11   0   269   266  116  100   17   93  133
Oakland         16  15  3.52   31   4   5   284   290  133  111   27   74  129
New York        18  17  3.56   35  10   7   311   314  141  123   29   94  145
California      16  17  3.68   34   9   3   305   282  146  125   24  145  214
Cleveland       15  15  3.77   30   7   6   272   254  130  114   31  112  130
Detroit         14  15  3.78   29   8   4   264   251  126  111   32   98  133
Chicago         15  13  3.88   30   9   7   272   262  130  117   22  115  160
Texas           16  16  3.88   32  18   1   290   265  146  125   28  108  188
Boston          15  16  3.96   31   9   4   279   280  139  123   25   81  122
Milwaukee       13  13  4.02   26   8   4   240   233  113  107   25   72   94
Minnesota       12  15  4.12   28   6   6   245   258  132  112   20   72  165

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller (DET)      5   2  1.14  14   0   0   4   0   39   34   10    5    1   13   36
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    4   1  1.78   7   7   4   0   0   66   43   17   13    3   21   43
Bill Lee (BOS)         4   3  2.04   9   8   3   0   1   66   64   24   15    4   14   16
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    3   4  2.12   8   8   4   0   1   64   58   20   15    1   13   49
Fergie Jenkins (TEX)   6   3  2.23   9   9   9   0   2   81   60   23   20    5    9   50
Catfish Hunter (OAK)   6   2  2.33   9   9   3   0   1   70   59   20   18    5    7   25
Bill Singer (CAL)      4   2  2.38   8   8   4   0   0   64   60   25   17    1   25   45
Ross Grimsley (BAL)    4   2  2.44   7   7   3   0   0   55   44   18   15    6   13   32
Lerrin LaGrow (DET)    2   3  2.75   7   7   3   0   0   52   41   19   16    6   18   18
Jim Perry (CLE)        2   2  2.78   6   6   1   0   1   45   34   15   14    0   13   12

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Reynolds           2   0  0.54  13   0   0   2   0   17   18    1    1    1    1   10
Don Hood               0   0  2.13   3   0   0   0   0   13    6    3    3    0    7    8
Ross Grimsley          4   2  2.44   7   7   3   0   0   55   44   18   15    6   13   32
Dave McNally           3   2  3.02   7   7   1   0   0   51   56   18   17    4   13   22
Jim Palmer             2   3  3.05   8   8   2   0   0   62   60   27   21    5   28   28
Doyle Alexander        1   0  3.52   4   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    3    2
Mike Cuellar           2   3  3.89   6   6   2   0   0   39   38   22   17    6   13   18
Grant Jackson          1   3  5.91   8   0   0   3   0   11   11    7    7    3    4    9
Jesse Jefferson        0   0 10.13   3   0   0   0   0    5    8    6    6    0    2    3

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Lee               4   3  2.04   9   8   3   0   1   66   64   24   15    4   14   16
Rick Wise              2   2  2.30   4   4   1   0   0   27   22    7    7    0    9   17
Dick Drago             2   1  2.59   7   1   0   1   0   24   20    8    7    2    7   10
Diego Segui            2   2  2.59  14   0   0   3   0   24   23    9    7    1   10   23
Roger Moret            0   0  4.40   5   2   0   0   0   14   17    7    7    1    7    4
Luis Tiant             2   4  4.97   8   8   3   0   1   58   59   33   32    6   13   30
Reggie Cleveland       1   3  5.35   8   5   2   0   0   39   38   25   23    7   13   18
Juan Marichal          1   1  7.84   4   3   0   0   0   21   29   18   18    3    5    3
Lance Clemons          1   0 11.81   5   0   0   0   0    5    8    8    7    1    3    1

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Figueroa            0   0  1.23   4   0   0   0   0    7    9    1    1    0    0    3
Dick Lange             0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    3    1    1    0    2    3
Dave Sells             1   2  1.88   7   0   0   0   0   14   13    4    3    0    3    7
Bill Singer            4   2  2.38   8   8   4   0   0   64   60   25   17    1   25   45
Frank Tanana           3   4  2.99   9   9   2   0   0   69   68   25   23    8   28   40
Bill Stoneman          1   3  4.28   6   6   0   0   0   34   35   16   16    5   16   21
Nolan Ryan             4   3  4.75   9   9   3   0   0   61   48   40   32    6   49   67
Dick Selma             2   2  5.17  12   0   0   1   0   16   15    9    9    1   12    8
Skip Lockwood          1   0  5.28   9   0   0   0   0   15   15   10    9    2    5   13
Rudy May               0   1  6.61   9   1   0   2   0   16   14   13   12    1    4    7
Bill Gilbreth          0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    1    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Moran             0   0  1.86   5   0   0   0   0   10    9    4    2    0    4    3
Rich Gossage           0   0  2.92   6   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    4    0    7    6
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.39   9   9   4   0   0   61   64   27   23    2   30   33
Jim Kaat               4   2  3.43   9   9   1   0   0   58   62   25   22    5   20   28
Terry Forster          2   3  3.73  15   1   0   5   0   41   30   19   17    1   15   31
Wilbur Wood            5   5  4.09  10  10   4   0   1   70   66   33   32   10   20   46
Skip Pitlock           0   0  4.26   6   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    1    9    6
Cy Acosta              0   1  4.50   8   0   0   2   0   10    8    6    5    1    7    4
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 11.57   1   1   0   0   0    2    5    3    3    1    1    2
Wayne Granger          0   0 54.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    6    6    6    1    2    1

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Buskey             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   2   0    4    2    0    0    0    1    2
Gaylord Perry          4   1  1.78   7   7   4   0   0   66   43   17   13    3   21   43
Steve Kline            1   2  2.31   3   3   1   0   0   23   17    6    6    2    7    6
Milt Wilcox            1   0  2.66   8   1   1   2   0   20   17    8    6    3    7    6
Jim Perry              2   2  2.78   6   6   1   0   1   45   34   15   14    0   13   12
Fred Beene             1   0  3.18   4   0   0   0   0   11   10    4    4    1    3    7
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Bob Johnson            1   2  4.05   5   5   0   0   0   27   25   17   12    4   23   19
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Fritz Peterson         2   1  5.54   3   3   0   0   0   13   19    8    8    3    2    4
Dick Tidrow            1   3  7.11   4   4   0   0   0   19   21   17   15    4   13    8
Tom Hilgendorf         1   1  9.35   7   0   0   1   0    9   15    9    9    4    5    4
Dick Bosman            0   0  9.39   3   1   0   0   0    8   15    9    8    1    3    7
Ken Sanders            0   1 10.38   8   0   0   1   0    9   17   10   10    4    5    3

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            5   2  1.14  14   0   0   4   0   39   34   10    5    1   13   36
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    1    1    0
Luke Walker            0   0  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    7    8    2    2    0    2    2
Lerrin LaGrow          2   3  2.75   7   7   3   0   0   52   41   19   16    6   18   18
Bill Slayback          1   1  3.63   4   2   0   0   0   22   20    9    9    1    4   11
Joe Coleman            5   1  3.63   9   9   2   0   1   62   54   26   25   10   26   40
Mickey Lolich          1   5  4.84   8   8   3   0   0   58   66   36   31    7   22   20
Woodie Fryman          0   3 10.57   5   3   0   0   0   15   17   19   18    5   12    6
Jim Ray                0   0 12.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    6    4    4    1    0    0

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            1   0  0.00   7   0   0   0   0    9    5    0    0    0    3    7
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.12   5   1   0   0   0   17   10    6    4    0    9   14
Doug Bird              1   1  2.37   9   0   0   0   0   19   16    5    5    2    2   12
Nelson Briles          0   1  2.45   2   2   0   0   0   11   10    3    3    0    6    1
Al Fitzmorris          3   1  2.88   6   5   1   0   0   34   37   14   11    1   13   10
Paul Splittorff        3   3  3.07   8   8   2   0   0   56   61   22   19    3   13   16
Steve Busby            5   3  3.39   8   8   6   0   0   64   55   26   24    4   22   47
Gene Garber            0   2  4.50   5   0   0   0   0    8   11    8    4    2    7    1
Marty Pattin           1   1  4.58   6   6   2   0   0   39   41   21   20    4   16   21
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  6.00   8   0   0   0   0   12   17    9    8    1    2    3
Steve Mingori          0   1 54.00   2   0   0   0   0    0    3    2    2    0    0    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Sprague             0   0  1.32   5   0   0   0   0   14   13    4    2    0    1   10
Kevin Kobel            1   1  2.35   5   2   1   0   0   15    8    4    4    3    3    7
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   0  2.75  11   0   0   2   0   20   13    7    6    0   10   10
Jerry Bell             1   0  2.84   4   0   0   0   0   13   15    5    4    2    3    4
Tom Murphy             1   2  2.93   9   0   0   2   0   15   11    5    5    2    6    7
Bill Champion          0   0  3.38   2   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    5    1
Jim Slaton             4   3  3.59   8   8   2   0   1   58   62   23   23    5   22   23
Clyde Wright           4   4  4.25   8   8   4   0   0   55   58   28   26    6   10   18
Jim Colborn            1   3  7.23   8   8   1   0   0   42   47   34   34    7   12   14

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Butler            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    5    4    0    0    0    2    6
Bill Campbell          2   1  0.75  13   0   0   6   0   24   17    2    2    0    6   12
Bert Blyleven          3   4  2.12   8   8   4   0   1   64   58   20   15    1   13   49
Joe Decker             3   3  4.10   7   7   2   0   1   42   43   22   19    3   14   37
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Vic Albury             1   1  4.37   6   3   0   0   0   23   20   15   11    4   12   12
Ray Corbin             2   0  5.63   8   1   0   0   0   16   22   13   10    3    6    6
Tom Burgmeier          0   1  6.91   9   0   0   0   0   14   11   11   11    1    6    6
Bill Hands             0   4  7.82   6   5   0   0   0   25   43   22   22    3    5   22
Danny Fife             0   0 17.36   4   0   0   0   0    5   10   11    9    0    4    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    1    1
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.28   3   2   1   0   0   24   22    7    6    3    5    8
Sparky Lyle            1   0  2.29  13   0   0   5   0   20   22    5    5    1    4   15
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Doc Medich             5   2  3.10   8   8   3   0   0   61   54   24   21    8   15   25
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Dave Pagan             0   0  3.38   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    3    2
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
Mel Stottlemyre        5   4  3.59   9   9   4   0   0   68   74   31   27    3   23   21
Pat Dobson             2   5  3.91   8   8   2   0   0   53   52   30   23    6   11   33
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.20   5   2   0   0   0   15   11    7    7    0    8    9
Fritz Peterson         0   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    5
Tom Buskey             0   1  6.35   4   0   0   1   0    6   10    4    4    1    3    3
Dick Woodson           0   1  9.00   2   1   0   0   0    7    9    7    7    2    4    4
Rick Sawyer            0   0 16.20   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    3    3    0    1    1

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          1   2  2.16   8   2   0   1   0   25   18    9    6    1    7    9
Catfish Hunter         6   2  2.33   9   9   3   0   1   70   59   20   18    5    7   25
Rollie Fingers         3   1  2.43  16   0   0   3   0   30   26    8    8    2    5   29
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Dave Hamilton          1   0  3.60   6   1   0   0   0   20   18    9    8    2    7   12
Ken Holtzman           3   4  3.64   9   9   1   0   0   59   78   25   24    5   10   23
Darold Knowles         1   0  4.85  12   0   0   1   0   13   15   10    7    3    9    5
Vida Blue              1   4  4.88   8   8   0   0   0   48   52   36   26    6   20   19
Blue Moon Odom         0   2  9.28   3   2   0   0   0   11   18   13   11    2    5    6

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         1   2  2.10  11   0   0   1   0   26   15    8    6    1    9   24
Fergie Jenkins         6   3  2.23   9   9   9   0   2   81   60   23   20    5    9   50
David Clyde            2   0  2.84   5   5   2   0   0   32   31   11   10    1   11   12
Jackie Brown           0   1  3.00   4   0   0   0   0   12    7    6    4    0    8    6
Steve Hargan           2   3  3.83   8   6   2   0   1   47   40   26   20    6   21   39
Jim Bibby              5   4  4.36   9   9   5   0   1   64   65   35   31    5   30   44
Lloyd Allen            0   0  6.75   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    7    6    1    6    4
Jim Merritt            0   0  7.88   5   1   0   0   0    8   14    7    7    2    2    2
Jim Shellenback        0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    1    4    0
Pete Broberg           0   3 14.00   3   2   0   0   0    9   18   16   14    4    5    6
Steve Dunning          0   0 19.29   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    5    5    2    3    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          6
  J. Bibby (TEX)            5
  S. Busby (KC)             5
  J. Coleman (DET)          5
  J. Hiller (DET)           5
  D. Medich (NY)            5
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          4

Losses:

  P. Dobson (NY)            5
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  J. Bibby (TEX)            4
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  B. Hands (MIN)            4
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         4
  S. Kline (CLE)            4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)          9
  S. Busby (KC)             6
  J. Bibby (TEX)            5
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  G. Perry (CLE)            4
  B. Singer (CAL)           4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  C. Wright (MIL)           4

Saves:

  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  T. Forster (CHI)          5
  S. Lyle (NY)              5
  J. Hiller (DET)           4
  T. Buskey (CLE)           3
  R. Fingers (OAK)          3
  G. Jackson (BAL)          3
  D. Segui (BOS)            3
  C. Acosta (CHI)           2
  R. May (CAL)              2

Shutouts:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  J. Bibby (TEX)            1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         1
  J. Coleman (DET)          1
  J. Decker (MIN)           1
  S. Hargan (TEX)           1
  C. Hunter (OAK)           1
  B. Lee (BOS)              1
  J. Perry (CLE)            1
  J. Slaton (MIL)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)       80.2
  W. Wood (CHI)          70.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)        69.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        69.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    67.2
  B. Lee (BOS)           66.1
  G. Perry (CLE)         65.2
  B. Singer (CAL)        64.1
  J. Bibby (TEX)         64.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      63.2

Hits:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)        78
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      74
  F. Tanana (CAL)          68
  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  W. Wood (CHI)            66
  J. Bibby (TEX)           65
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         64
  B. Lee (BOS)             64
  J. Kaat (CHI)            62
  J. Slaton (MIL)          62

Runs:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            40
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  M. Lolich (DET)          36
  J. Bibby (TEX)           35
  J. Colborn (MIL)         34
  L. Tiant (BOS)           33
  W. Wood (CHI)            33
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      31
  P. Dobson (NY)           30
  C. Wright (MIL)          28

Home Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  D. Medich (NY)            8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  R. Cleveland (BOS)        7
  J. Colborn (MIL)          7
  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  D. Tidrow (NY)            7
  D. Woodson (NY)           7
  V. Blue (OAK)             6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            49
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         30
  J. Bibby (TEX)           30
  J. Palmer (BAL)          28
  F. Tanana (CAL)          28
  J. Coleman (DET)         26
  B. Singer (CAL)          25
  B. Johnson (CLE)         23
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      23
  S. Busby (KC)            22

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            67
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         50
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        49
  S. Busby (KC)            47
  W. Wood (CHI)            46
  B. Singer (CAL)          45
  J. Bibby (TEX)           44
  G. Perry (CLE)           43
  J. Coleman (DET)         40
  F. Tanana (CAL)          40


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