Sunday June 16, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 16, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Cleveland       31  28  3.25   60  18   9   539   476  220  195   45  194  239
Oakland         33  29  3.30   62  13   9   553   535  241  203   51  148  277
Kansas City     30  30  3.47   60  21   5   547   551  242  211   35  183  262
Minnesota       25  33  3.76   59  11  11   532   538  250  222   42  185  363
California      27  36  3.77   64  20   5   570   535  277  239   44  274  395
Milwaukee       29  29  3.82   58  16   8   521   531  241  221   53  174  215
Detroit         31  29  3.83   60  20  11   536   512  256  228   54  208  315
New York        32  32  3.83   64  16  12   575   620  274  245   48  188  296
Baltimore       30  30  3.85   60  18   9   547   570  265  234   49  184  265
Texas           31  30  3.99   62  25   6   550   534  282  244   57  193  340
Boston          35  26  3.99   61  22   7   557   594  273  247   52  166  282
Chicago         27  29  4.07   58  14  13   528   524  271  239   37  210  285

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   11   1  1.33  14  14  11   0   2  129   74   24   19    5   46   83
Jackie Brown (TEX)     6   2  2.10  13   5   3   0   1   69   55   19   16    3   22   43
John Hiller (DET)      6   4  2.19  25   0   0  10   0   62   50   21   15    2   23   61
Jim Perry (CLE)        5   6  2.55  14  14   3   0   2  106   91   32   30    1   26   27
B. Dal Canton (KC)     3   4  2.91  12   7   3   0   0   65   41   25   21    2   34   37
Joe Decker (MIN)       7   4  2.95  14  14   4   0   1   92   82   34   30    8   36   71
Al Fitzmorris (KC)     6   2  2.96  13  12   4   0   2   73   80   29   24    3   18   17
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Bill Lee (BOS)         8   5  2.98  16  15   5   0   1  118  133   49   39   12   24   35
Terry Forster (CHI)    3   5  3.08  26   1   0  10   0   64   50   24   22    1   17   49

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Reynolds           4   2  2.20  24   0   0   4   0   33   35    8    8    2    7   21
Wayne Garland          1   0  2.50   5   0   0   0   0   18   14    5    5    0    4    6
Grant Jackson          1   3  3.13  16   0   0   5   0   23   21    8    8    3    8   18
Mike Cuellar           8   3  3.28  13  13   7   0   1   93   93   39   34    9   31   39
Ross Grimsley          6   7  3.83  15  15   6   0   1  106   97   48   45   15   25   56
Don Hood               0   0  4.01   7   0   0   0   0   25   25   12   11    0   10   12
Jim Palmer             3   8  4.01  14  14   2   0   0   90   94   50   40    7   44   40
Dave McNally           5   5  4.13  15  15   3   0   0  100  118   52   46    9   29   53
Doyle Alexander        2   2  5.00  10   3   0   0   0   36   46   24   20    3   12    8
Jesse Jefferson        0   0  6.56  10   0   0   0   0   23   27   19   17    1   14   12

 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
Bill Lee               8   5  2.98  16  15   5   0   1  118  133   49   39   12   24   35
Luis Tiant             8   6  3.27  16  16  11   0   2  135  132   52   49   10   29   70
Dick Drago             5   1  3.38  14   6   2   1   0   67   60   26   25    4   22   38
Diego Segui            4   4  3.78  27   0   0   4   0   52   51   25   22    3   24   45
Bob Veale              0   1  4.26   8   0   0   1   0    6    6    3    3    0    2    8
Roger Moret            0   1  4.78  10   2   0   1   0   26   34   17   14    3   17   16
Reggie Cleveland       5   5  5.75  17  13   3   0   0   88  105   61   56   16   26   43
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
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
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Dick Lange             2   2  3.11   8   7   0   0   0   46   43   20   16    5   14   25
John Cumberland        0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    0    4    6
Frank Tanana           4   8  3.44  15  15   4   0   0  110  108   46   42   15   40   59
Barry Raziano          1   1  3.60   6   0   0   1   0   10    6    5    4    0    1    7
Nolan Ryan             7   6  3.66  17  17   8   0   0  130   99   64   53    9  100  140
Skip Lockwood          2   3  4.54  18   0   0   0   0   34   34   18   17    2   15   17
Bill Stoneman          1   5  4.98  10   8   0   0   0   47   56   27   26    5   23   27
Dick Selma             2   2  5.09  18   0   0   1   0   23   22   13   13    2   17   15
Rudy May               0   1  7.00  18   3   0   2   0   27   29   24   21    2   10   12
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   2  2.87  19   0   0   3   0   31   23   12   10    2   12   11
Terry Forster          3   5  3.08  26   1   0  10   0   64   50   24   22    1   17   49
Bill Moran             1   1  3.42  10   3   0   0   0   24   31   11    9    0   12   10
Wilbur Wood           11   7  3.54  18  18   7   0   1  132  121   59   52   14   38   73
Ken Tatum              0   0  3.86   7   0   0   0   0   14   14    7    6    2    5    3
Stan Bahnsen           5   7  4.05  17  17   6   0   1  111  115   58   50    5   52   54
Skip Pitlock           2   1  4.60  13   4   0   0   0   29   24   18   15    3   21   27
Jim Kaat               5   6  4.82  16  13   1   0   0   80   94   46   43    6   28   36
Rich Gossage           0   0  4.97  13   0   0   0   0   29   26   16   16    1   17   17
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         11   1  1.33  14  14  11   0   2  129   74   24   19    5   46   83
Milt Wilcox            1   0  1.97  18   1   1   2   0   32   22    9    7    4   11   13
Tom Buskey             0   1  2.08   7   0   0   3   0   13   12    3    3    0    7    5
Jim Perry              5   6  2.55  14  14   3   0   2  106   91   32   30    1   26   27
Fred Beene             1   1  3.18  10   0   0   2   0   28   24   12   10    4    6   13
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Fritz Peterson         4   3  3.67   8   8   2   0   0   42   46   17   17    4    7   10
Bob Johnson            3   3  4.01  11   9   0   0   0   58   54   33   26    5   32   32
Steve Kline            3   6  4.03   9   9   1   0   0   51   45   26   23    5   22   13
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Tom Hilgendorf         1   1  5.93  12   0   0   1   0   14   18    9    9    4    6    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  9.82   9   0   0   1   0   11   21   12   12    5    5    4

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            6   4  2.19  25   0   0  10   0   62   50   21   15    2   23   61
Luke Walker            2   0  2.60   8   0   0   0   0   17   21    5    5    1    4    8
Mickey Lolich          8   7  3.29  17  17  12   0   1  140  119   58   51   15   37   89
Lerrin LaGrow          5   5  3.32  14  14   4   0   0   98   99   40   36   10   33   29
Jim Ray                0   0  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12   12    5    5    1    3    3
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
Woodie Fryman          3   3  4.80  11   8   0   0   0   54   44   31   29    6   28   39
Joe Coleman            6   7  5.12  17  17   4   0   1  111  118   69   63   14   58   72
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
Nelson Briles          0   1  2.45   2   2   0   0   0   11   10    3    3    0    6    1
Doug Bird              4   2  2.63  22   0   0   3   0   41   40   12   12    3   12   28
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  2.91  12   7   3   0   0   65   41   25   21    2   34   37
Al Fitzmorris          6   2  2.96  13  12   4   0   2   73   80   29   24    3   18   17
Joe Hoerner            1   1  3.09  12   0   0   1   0   12   10    4    4    1    4   10
Paul Splittorff        6   6  3.60  15  15   4   0   0   95  109   46   38    9   24   29
Steve Busby            8   6  3.66  15  15   7   0   0  116  115   51   47    6   40   78
Marty Pattin           1   3  3.88  12   8   2   0   0   63   69   29   27    5   21   29
Lindy McDaniel         0   2  4.08  14   1   1   0   0   35   35   17   16    3    8   13
Steve Mingori          1   1  4.60  10   0   0   0   0   16   16   10    8    1    5    8
Gene Garber            0   2  4.79  12   0   0   1   0   21   26   16   11    2   11   12

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   3  2.33  20   0   0   5   0   39   23   10   10    3   21   16
Jerry Bell             1   0  2.57   5   0   0   0   0   14   17    6    4    2    5    4
Eduardo Rodriguez      5   1  2.57  22   0   0   3   0   42   31   13   12    2   16   25
Ed Sprague             2   1  2.93  11   3   0   0   0   40   45   18   13    2   11   26
Kevin Kobel            3   4  3.00  13   9   2   0   1   60   59   22   20    6   19   29
Bill Travers           0   0  3.63   5   0   0   0   0   17   16    7    7    1    9   10
Bill Champion          2   1  3.71   8   4   0   0   0   34   43   17   14    3   11    6
Clyde Wright           5   8  4.28  16  16   8   0   0  107  119   53   51   14   20   30
Jim Slaton             6   8  4.39  17  16   4   0   1  105  112   56   51   10   47   50
Jim Colborn            3   3  5.54  11  10   2   0   0   63   66   39   39   10   15   19

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Campbell          2   5  2.73  26   0   0   9   0   53   42   16   16    1   22   34
Joe Decker             7   4  2.95  14  14   4   0   1   92   82   34   30    8   36   71
Dave Goltz             1   2  2.95   7   6   0   0   0   43   46   18   14    4   16   21
Bert Blyleven          5   9  3.11  16  16   7   0   2  116  113   47   40    5   27   97
Ray Corbin             4   0  3.45  14   5   0   0   0   47   49   22   18    5   15   23
Bill Butler            1   1  4.19   8   1   0   1   0   19   25    9    9    1    8   20
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Vic Albury             2   5  4.66  11   8   0   0   0   56   57   33   29    8   30   33
Tom Burgmeier          1   2  5.04  21   0   0   0   0   30   25   17   17    2   14    9
Bill Hands             1   4  5.40  15   5   0   1   0   45   59   27   27    3    9   40
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            5   0  1.67  28   0   0   7   0   43   43    8    8    1   14   35
Mike Wallace           1   0  1.93   7   0   0   0   0   14   13    3    3    1   10    9
Cecil Upshaw           0   2  2.59  13   0   0   3   0   24   21    8    7    0    8   12
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
Mel Stottlemyre        6   7  3.49  15  15   6   0   0  111  117   52   43    6   35   38
Sam McDowell           1   2  3.50   6   2   0   0   0   18   13    7    7    0   15   10
Pat Dobson             6   8  3.77  15  15   3   0   0  103  109   53   43    8   22   58
Doc Medich             7   5  3.98  15  15   5   0   0  113  118   54   50   14   31   54
Fritz Peterson         0   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    5
Dick Tidrow            4   2  4.87  10   9   2   0   0   61   78   34   33    6   17   29
Tom Buskey             0   1  6.35   4   0   0   1   0    6   10    4    4    1    3    3
Dave Pagan             0   1  6.91   7   0   0   0   0   14   20   12   11    1    9   16
Dick Woodson           0   2  7.27   5   3   0   0   0   17   23   14   14    5    7    8
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  1.40  15   2   0   2   0   45   32   13    7    3   14   19
Dave Hamilton          4   1  2.89  13   8   0   0   0   56   53   22   18    6   17   30
Catfish Hunter         8   8  3.15  17  17   6   0   1  129  120   49   45   13   18   53
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Ken Holtzman           7   7  3.29  16  16   3   0   1  101  118   45   37    8   21   45
Rollie Fingers         5   2  3.58  29   0   0   5   0   50   46   21   20    3   10   36
Vida Blue              6   6  3.63  16  16   4   0   0  109   98   54   44    9   36   67
Darold Knowles         1   1  4.61  24   0   0   2   0   27   30   17   14    4   16    7
Blue Moon Odom         0   2  6.20  10   2   0   0   0   20   27   16   14    4   12   14

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         2   2  1.60  26   0   0   6   0   56   42   14   10    1   13   47
Jackie Brown           6   2  2.10  13   5   3   0   1   69   55   19   16    3   22   43
David Clyde            3   3  3.64  12  12   3   0   0   64   70   32   26    7   24   24
Fergie Jenkins         7   7  3.70  16  16  11   0   2  119  110   56   49   14   19   70
Don Stanhouse          0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    1    4    5
Steve Hargan           4   4  4.05  16   9   2   0   1   67   63   39   30    8   32   49
Jim Bibby              9   8  4.60  17  17   6   0   2  115  117   63   59   11   49   65
Jim Shellenback        0   0  5.91   6   0   0   0   0   11   10    8    7    2    8    8
Lloyd Allen            0   1  7.32  12   0   0   0   0   20   21   17   16    2   12   17
Jim Merritt            0   0  7.36   8   1   0   0   0   11   19    9    9    2    2    5
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)           11
  W. Wood (CHI)            11
  J. Bibby (TEX)            9
  S. Busby (KC)             8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  B. Lee (BOS)              8
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8
  J. Decker (MIN)           7

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)         9
  J. Bibby (TEX)            8
  P. Dobson (NY)            8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  S. Kline (CLE)            8
  J. Palmer (BAL)           8
  J. Slaton (MIL)           8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  C. Wright (MIL)           8
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          7

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          12
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         11
  G. Perry (CLE)           11
  L. Tiant (BOS)           11
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  B. Singer (CAL)           8
  C. Wright (MIL)           8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  S. Busby (KC)             7
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          7

Saves:

  T. Forster (CHI)         10
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  B. Campbell (MIN)         9
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  S. Foucault (TEX)         6
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  G. Jackson (BAL)          5
  T. Murphy (MIL)           5
  T. Buskey (CLE)           4
  B. Reynolds (BAL)         4

Shutouts:

  J. Bibby (TEX)            2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         2
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  G. Perry (CLE)            2
  J. Perry (CLE)            2
  L. Tiant (BOS)            2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          1
  J. Brown (TEX)            1
  J. Coleman (DET)          1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       139.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        135.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         132.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         130.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       128.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        128.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      119.1
  B. Lee (BOS)          117.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     115.2
  S. Busby (KC)         115.2

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            133
  L. Tiant (BOS)          132
  W. Wood (CHI)           121
  C. Hunter (OAK)         120
  M. Lolich (DET)         119
  C. Wright (MIL)         119
  J. Coleman (DET)        118
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       118
  D. McNally (BAL)        118
  D. Medich (NY)          118

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         69
  N. Ryan (CAL)            64
  J. Bibby (TEX)           63
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       61
  W. Wood (CHI)            59
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         58
  M. Lolich (DET)          58
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         56
  J. Slaton (MIL)          56
  V. Blue (OAK)            54

Home Runs:

  R. Cleveland (BOS)       16
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        15
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  F. Tanana (CAL)          15
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         14
  D. Medich (NY)           14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  C. Wright (MIL)          14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          13

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           100
  J. Coleman (DET)         58
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         52
  J. Bibby (TEX)           49
  J. Slaton (MIL)          47
  G. Perry (CLE)           46
  J. Palmer (BAL)          44
  B. Singer (CAL)          43
  S. Busby (KC)            40
  F. Tanana (CAL)          40

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           140
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        97
  M. Lolich (DET)          89
  G. Perry (CLE)           83
  S. Busby (KC)            78
  B. Singer (CAL)          77
  W. Wood (CHI)            73
  J. Coleman (DET)         72
  J. Decker (MIN)          71
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         70


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