Sunday June 9, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 9, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         32  24  3.14   56  12   9   502   478  211  175   46  130  251
Cleveland       27  26  3.39   54  15   8   485   423  206  183   44  182  219
Kansas City     26  28  3.49   54  18   4   488   494  218  189   32  163  236
California      25  32  3.69   58  20   4   512   479  245  210   40  244  352
Detroit         27  27  3.77   54  18  10   480   448  229  201   48  195  269
Milwaukee       28  24  3.77   52  14   8   468   464  216  196   47  149  199
New York        28  30  3.81   58  14  11   522   565  247  221   44  175  255
Baltimore       26  28  3.83   54  15   8   492   515  238  209   45  166  230
Minnesota       22  29  3.92   52  10   9   471   487  231  205   37  163  312
Texas           28  27  4.03   56  24   5   498   477  256  223   50  175  309
Boston          30  25  4.09   55  18   5   498   534  249  226   47  154  246
Chicago         26  25  4.10   53  13  13   483   479  248  220   35  192  265

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller (DET)      6   4  1.28  23   0   0  10   0   56   41   14    8    1   21   52
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   10   1  1.43  13  13  10   0   2  120   68   23   19    5   42   79
Catfish Hunter (OAK)   8   6  2.68  15  15   6   0   1  114  101   38   34   10   12   46
Jim Perry (CLE)        4   5  2.73  12  12   2   0   1   89   73   29   27    1   23   22
Kevin Kobel (MIL)      3   3  2.78  12   8   2   0   1   55   51   19   17    6   18   28
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    5   7  2.88  14  14   7   0   2  103   95   38   33    2   22   85
Al Fitzmorris (KC)     5   2  2.90  11  10   3   0   1   59   66   24   19    1   17   13
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Terry Forster (CHI)    3   4  2.98  25   1   0  10   0   63   48   23   21    1   17   49
Joe Decker (MIN)       6   4  3.05  13  13   3   0   1   83   77   32   28    6   34   65

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Reynolds           4   2  2.32  23   0   0   3   0   31   34    8    8    2    6   18
Grant Jackson          1   3  2.86  15   0   0   5   0   22   18    7    7    3    8   18
Don Hood               0   0  3.09   5   0   0   0   0   23   21    8    8    0    9   11
Mike Cuellar           7   3  3.31  12  12   6   0   1   84   83   36   31    8   29   33
Wayne Garland          1   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0   12   11    5    5    0    3    2
Jim Palmer             2   7  4.03  12  12   2   0   0   83   87   46   37    7   37   37
Dave McNally           4   4  4.06  13  13   2   0   0   84  104   44   38    8   25   41
Ross Grimsley          5   7  4.10  14  14   5   0   1   97   92   47   44   15   23   51
Doyle Alexander        2   2  4.86   9   3   0   0   0   33   42   22   18    2   12    8
Jesse Jefferson        0   0  5.24   9   0   0   0   0   22   23   15   13    0   14   11

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Wise              2   2  2.84   5   5   1   0   0   32   27   10   10    0   12   19
Diego Segui            3   4  2.91  25   0   0   3   0   46   42   17   15    3   22   38
Bill Lee               7   5  3.12  15  14   5   0   1  113  123   49   39   12   24   33
Dick Drago             4   1  3.43  13   5   1   1   0   58   55   23   22    2   19   30
Luis Tiant             7   5  3.62  14  14   9   0   2  112  115   47   45   10   23   58
Bob Veale              0   1  4.76   7   0   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    0    2    6
Roger Moret            0   1  4.78  10   2   0   1   0   26   34   17   14    3   17   16
Reggie Cleveland       4   5  6.10  15  11   2   0   0   72   87   53   49   13   25   38
Juan Marichal          2   1  7.16   5   4   0   0   0   28   38   22   22    3    7    7
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
Barry Raziano          0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    1    1    0    1    4
Ed Figueroa            0   0  2.16   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    2    2    0    0    3
Dave Sells             1   3  2.37  10   0   0   1   0   19   18    6    5    1    6    7
Dick Lange             1   2  2.81   6   5   0   0   0   32   31   13   10    3    8   15
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Frank Tanana           4   7  3.12  14  14   4   0   0  107  103   41   37   15   36   56
Nolan Ryan             7   6  3.84  16  16   8   0   0  117   91   61   50    8   90  121
John Cumberland        0   1  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    2    0    4    4
Skip Lockwood          2   2  4.67  16   0   0   0   0   27   28   15   14    2   10   16
Bill Stoneman          1   4  4.73   9   7   0   0   0   40   46   22   21    5   21   25
Dick Selma             2   2  5.24  17   0   0   1   0   22   22   13   13    2   16   14
Rudy May               0   1  7.29  15   2   0   2   0   21   21   19   17    1    8   10
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
Cy Acosta              0   1  2.96  17   0   0   3   0   27   21   11    9    1   10    9
Terry Forster          3   4  2.98  25   1   0  10   0   63   48   23   21    1   17   49
Wilbur Wood           10   6  3.46  16  16   6   0   1  120  107   52   46   14   35   68
Rich Gossage           0   0  3.77  12   0   0   0   0   29   23   12   12    0   15   16
Bill Moran             1   1  3.92   9   3   0   0   0   21   30   11    9    0   10    8
Stan Bahnsen           5   6  4.11  15  15   6   0   1   96   98   49   44    5   47   52
Jim Kaat               5   6  4.82  16  13   1   0   0   80   94   46   43    6   28   36
Ken Tatum              0   0  4.91   5   0   0   0   0   11   11    7    6    2    4    2
Skip Pitlock           2   1  5.64  12   3   0   0   0   22   21   17   14    3   18   20
Joe Henderson          0   0  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    4    5    5    4    1    3    1
Wayne Granger          0   0  9.45   4   0   0   0   0    7   13    8    7    1    3    2
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 19.29   2   1   0   0   0    2    8    7    5    1    2    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry         10   1  1.43  13  13  10   0   2  120   68   23   19    5   42   79
Milt Wilcox            1   0  2.05  16   1   1   2   0   31   21    9    7    4   11   11
Tom Buskey             0   1  2.70   6   0   0   3   0   10    7    3    3    0    6    4
Jim Perry              4   5  2.73  12  12   2   0   1   89   73   29   27    1   23   22
Bob Johnson            3   2  3.23  10   8   0   0   0   56   48   27   20    5   31   31
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Fred Beene             1   1  3.55   9   0   0   1   0   25   22   12   10    4    6   10
Fritz Peterson         3   3  4.41   7   7   1   0   0   33   39   16   16    4    6    8
Steve Kline            2   6  4.57   8   8   1   0   0   45   42   25   23    5   21   12
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Tom Hilgendorf         1   1  6.23  11   0   0   1   0   13   17    9    9    4    5    7
Dick Tidrow            1   3  7.11   4   4   0   0   0   19   21   17   15    4   13    8
Dick Bosman            0   0  7.36   6   1   0   0   0   18   29   16   15    2    4   15
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            6   4  1.28  23   0   0  10   0   56   41   14    8    1   21   52
Luke Walker            1   0  2.70   5   0   0   0   0   13   15    4    4    1    3    7
Lerrin LaGrow          5   4  3.19  13  13   4   0   0   90   91   36   32    8   31   27
Mickey Lolich          6   7  3.69  15  15  10   0   0  120  102   56   49   14   35   74
Jim Ray                0   0  4.66   6   0   0   0   0   10   11    5    5    1    3    2
Bill Slayback          1   3  4.66   6   4   0   0   0   29   33   18   15    1   11   13
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    0
Joe Coleman            6   6  4.80  15  15   4   0   1   99  101   59   53   12   55   61
Woodie Fryman          2   3  4.84  10   7   0   0   0   48   38   28   26    6   25   32
Dave Lemanczyk         0   0  7.11   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    5    5    2    8    1

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            1   0  1.54  11   0   0   1   0   12    8    2    2    1    4   10
Nelson Briles          0   1  2.45   2   2   0   0   0   11   10    3    3    0    6    1
Doug Bird              3   2  2.61  20   0   0   3   0   38   38   11   11    3    9   26
Bruce Dal Canton       3   3  2.85  10   5   2   0   0   54   31   19   17    2   25   31
Al Fitzmorris          5   2  2.90  11  10   3   0   1   59   66   24   19    1   17   13
Paul Splittorff        5   6  3.50  14  14   4   0   0   90  101   43   35    9   24   27
Steve Busby            7   6  3.71  14  14   6   0   0  107  107   48   44    6   37   75
Lindy McDaniel         0   2  4.08  14   1   1   0   0   35   35   17   16    3    8   13
Marty Pattin           1   3  4.18  10   8   2   0   0   56   62   28   26    4   19   28
Steve Mingori          1   1  5.23   8   0   0   0   0   10   12    8    6    1    3    7
Gene Garber            0   2  5.51  10   0   0   0   0   16   24   15   10    2   11    5

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eduardo Rodriguez      5   1  2.27  20   0   0   3   0   40   26   11   10    2   14   25
Tom Murphy             2   2  2.45  19   0   0   5   0   33   18    9    9    3   14   14
Ed Sprague             2   1  2.54  10   3   0   0   0   39   43   16   11    2    9   26
Jerry Bell             1   0  2.57   5   0   0   0   0   14   17    6    4    2    5    4
Kevin Kobel            3   3  2.78  12   8   2   0   1   55   51   19   17    6   18   28
Bill Champion          2   1  3.71   8   4   0   0   0   34   43   17   14    3   11    6
Jim Slaton             6   7  3.91  15  15   4   0   1  101  106   49   44    8   43   49
Clyde Wright           5   6  4.44  14  14   7   0   0   93   99   48   46   13   16   22
Bill Travers           0   0  5.91   4   0   0   0   0   11   12    7    7    1    7    8
Jim Colborn            2   3  6.42   9   8   1   0   0   48   49   34   34    7   12   17

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Goltz             1   1  2.80   6   5   0   0   0   35   39   15   11    4   14   14
Bill Campbell          2   5  2.88  24   0   0   9   0   50   40   16   16    1   19   33
Bert Blyleven          5   7  2.88  14  14   7   0   2  103   95   38   33    2   22   85
Joe Decker             6   4  3.05  13  13   3   0   1   83   77   32   28    6   34   65
Ray Corbin             3   0  4.02  12   3   0   0   0   40   44   22   18    5   14   20
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Vic Albury             2   4  4.78  10   7   0   0   0   49   54   30   26    8   24   26
Tom Burgmeier          1   2  5.10  20   0   0   0   0   30   25   17   17    2   14    9
Bill Hands             1   4  6.10  12   5   0   0   0   38   56   26   26    3    9   36
Bill Butler            0   1  6.75   5   1   0   0   0   11   17    8    8    1    5    9
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
Sparky Lyle            4   0  1.74  27   0   0   7   0   41   42    8    8    1   14   35
Mike Wallace           1   0  2.31   6   0   0   0   0   12   11    3    3    1    9    8
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Cecil Upshaw           0   2  3.00  11   0   0   2   0   21   18    8    7    0    7   11
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Mel Stottlemyre        6   7  3.25  14  14   6   0   0  108  111   48   39    5   33   37
Doc Medich             7   4  3.34  13  13   5   0   0  102  103   42   38   11   28   39
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
Sam McDowell           1   2  3.50   6   2   0   0   0   18   13    7    7    0   15   10
Pat Dobson             4   8  3.93  13  13   2   0   0   87   93   46   38    8   20   50
Fritz Peterson         0   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    5
Dick Tidrow            3   2  5.54   9   8   1   0   0   52   72   33   32    6   16   20
Tom Buskey             0   1  6.35   4   0   0   1   0    6   10    4    4    1    3    3
Dick Woodson           0   2  7.90   4   3   0   0   0   14   20   12   12    5    6    7
Dave Pagan             0   0  9.28   6   0   0   0   0   11   17   11   11    1    7   11
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
Glenn Abbott           0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    0    0    5
Paul Lindblad          2   2  1.55  14   2   0   2   0   41   30   13    7    3   13   19
Dave Hamilton          4   1  2.65  12   7   0   0   0   51   45   19   15    6   17   27
Catfish Hunter         8   6  2.68  15  15   6   0   1  114  101   38   34   10   12   46
Ken Holtzman           7   6  3.07  15  15   3   0   1   97  110   40   33    7   21   45
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Rollie Fingers         5   2  3.35  27   0   0   5   0   48   41   18   18    3    9   35
Vida Blue              5   5  3.77  14  14   3   0   0   93   88   49   39    8   30   54
Darold Knowles         1   0  4.13  21   0   0   2   0   24   25   14   11    4   12    7
Blue Moon Odom         0   2  6.52   9   2   0   0   0   19   27   16   14    4   12   12

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    0    0    3    3
Steve Foucault         2   2  1.66  23   0   0   5   0   49   34   11    9    1   12   41
Jackie Brown           4   2  2.06  11   3   2   0   1   52   38   15   12    2   16   31
Fergie Jenkins         7   6  3.35  15  15  11   0   2  116  105   50   43   12   15   68
David Clyde            3   1  3.71  10  10   3   0   0   53   58   25   22    5   24   19
Steve Hargan           4   4  4.04  14   9   2   0   1   62   58   37   28    7   29   48
Jim Bibby              8   8  4.75  16  16   6   0   2  110  111   62   58   11   46   64
Jim Shellenback        0   0  5.91   6   0   0   0   0   11   10    8    7    2    8    8
Jim Merritt            0   0  7.36   8   1   0   0   0   11   19    9    9    2    2    5
Lloyd Allen            0   1  8.15  11   0   0   0   0   18   20   17   16    2   12   15
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:

  G. Perry (CLE)           10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  J. Bibby (TEX)            8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  S. Busby (KC)             7
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          7
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         7
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  D. Medich (NY)            7

Losses:

  J. Bibby (TEX)            8
  P. Dobson (NY)            8
  S. Kline (CLE)            8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         7
  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  J. Slaton (MIL)           7
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       7
  F. Tanana (CAL)           7

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         11
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  G. Perry (CLE)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  B. Singer (CAL)           8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  C. Wright (MIL)           7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  J. Bibby (TEX)            6

Saves:

  T. Forster (CHI)         10
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  B. Campbell (MIN)         9
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  S. Foucault (TEX)         5
  G. Jackson (BAL)          5
  T. Murphy (MIL)           5
  T. Buskey (CLE)           4
  C. Acosta (CHI)           3

Shutouts:

  J. Bibby (TEX)            2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  G. Perry (CLE)            2
  L. Tiant (BOS)            2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          1
  J. Brown (TEX)            1
  J. Coleman (DET)          1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          1
  J. Decker (MIN)           1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       119.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        119.2
  W. Wood (CHI)         119.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         117.1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      115.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       114.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          112.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        112.0
  J. Bibby (TEX)        110.0
  B. Singer (CAL)       108.2

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            123
  L. Tiant (BOS)          115
  J. Bibby (TEX)          111
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     111
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       110
  S. Busby (KC)           107
  W. Wood (CHI)           107
  J. Slaton (MIL)         106
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        105
  D. McNally (BAL)        104

Runs:

  J. Bibby (TEX)           62
  N. Ryan (CAL)            61
  J. Coleman (DET)         59
  M. Lolich (DET)          56
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       53
  W. Wood (CHI)            52
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         50
  D. Tidrow (NY)           50
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         49
  V. Blue (OAK)            49

Home Runs:

  R. Grimsley (BAL)        15
  F. Tanana (CAL)          15
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       13
  C. Wright (MIL)          13
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  B. Lee (BOS)             12
  J. Bibby (TEX)           11

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            90
  J. Coleman (DET)         55
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         47
  J. Bibby (TEX)           46
  B. Singer (CAL)          43
  J. Slaton (MIL)          43
  G. Perry (CLE)           42
  S. Busby (KC)            37
  J. Palmer (BAL)          37
  F. Tanana (CAL)          36

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           121
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        85
  G. Perry (CLE)           79
  B. Singer (CAL)          77
  S. Busby (KC)            75
  M. Lolich (DET)          74
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         68
  W. Wood (CHI)            68
  J. Decker (MIN)          65
  J. Bibby (TEX)           64

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