Sunday June 30, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 30, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         41  35  3.18   76  19  10   678   646  281  240   53  192  337
Kansas City     37  36  3.39   73  27   5   667   647  287  251   40  214  320
Cleveland       38  33  3.50   72  22  11   645   596  282  251   60  228  291
New York        35  39  3.61   74  20  12   662   700  305  266   51  222  360
Baltimore       38  34  3.70   72  25  10   652   662  303  268   56  214  305
Milwaukee       36  35  3.75   71  21  10   635   645  291  265   60  207  264
Detroit         38  36  3.81   74  23  11   661   629  310  280   70  259  398
Boston          41  32  3.84   73  26  10   664   699  314  283   62  194  352
Minnesota       32  42  3.92   75  14  16   671   698  324  292   60  231  437
California      32  46  3.97   79  24   6   699   680  354  308   56  330  471
Chicago         36  36  4.02   74  19  15   676   666  338  302   51  256  374
Texas           38  38  4.08   77  29   7   686   688  356  311   71  234  416

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   14   1  1.27  17  17  14   0   3  156   86   28   22    6   50  108
John Hiller (DET)      9   5  2.50  30   0   0  10   0   76   66   27   21    5   24   71
Jim Perry (CLE)        6   7  2.62  16  16   3   0   2  117  105   38   34    1   29   31
Jackie Brown (TEX)     6   5  2.66  16   8   3   0   1   91   82   34   27    6   30   60
Dave Hamilton (OAK)    5   1  2.82  16  11   1   0   1   77   67   28   24    7   26   43
Luis Tiant (BOS)      11   6  2.87  19  19  12   0   3  160  146   54   51   12   34   89
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  10   8  2.90  20  20   8   0   2  152  139   54   49   13   19   61
Paul Splittorff (KC)   8   7  2.90  18  18   6   0   1  124  123   50   40   10   33   42
Dick Drago (BOS)       5   3  2.98  17   8   3   2   0   88   76   31   29    6   32   51
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Garland          1   1  1.91   8   0   0   1   0   28   21    7    6    0    6   11
Bob Reynolds           4   2  2.18  26   0   0   4   0   33   36    8    8    2    7   22
Mike Cuellar          10   4  3.09  17  17   9   0   3  117  114   46   40    9   38   43
Don Hood               0   0  3.31   9   0   0   0   0   33   29   14   12    1   12   15
Grant Jackson          1   3  3.33  18   0   0   5   0   24   24    9    9    4    8   19
Ross Grimsley          9   7  3.46  18  18   9   0   1  133  122   55   51   18   29   66
Jim Palmer             3   8  4.01  14  14   2   0   0   90   94   50   40    7   44   40
Dave McNally           7   6  4.30  18  18   4   0   1  121  137   64   58   10   36   63
Doyle Alexander        3   3  5.05  12   5   1   0   0   46   55   30   26    4   18    9
Jesse Jefferson        0   0  6.08  12   0   0   0   0   27   30   20   18    1   16   17

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Luis Tiant            11   6  2.87  19  19  12   0   3  160  146   54   51   12   34   89
Dick Drago             5   3  2.98  17   8   3   2   0   88   76   31   29    6   32   51
Roger Moret            1   2  3.23  13   4   2   2   0   47   51   20   17    3   22   33
Rick Wise              3   3  3.24   7   7   1   0   0   42   34   15   15    2   13   21
Diego Segui            4   4  3.51  31   0   0   5   0   56   56   25   22    3   25   47
Bill Lee               8   7  3.59  18  17   5   0   1  128  153   61   51   13   25   40
Dick Pole              0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    6   12    6    3    0    2    5
Reggie Cleveland       6   5  5.61  19  14   3   0   0   95  114   65   59   17   28   47
Bob Veale              0   1  7.00  10   0   0   1   0    9   11    7    7    2    3   11
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
Andy Hassler           1   2  1.61   3   3   1   0   0   22   19    7    4    0    7    8
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
Nolan Ryan            10   6  3.32  20  20  10   0   1  154  112   68   57    9  107  163
Dick Lange             3   3  3.39  11  10   1   0   0   66   64   31   25    7   22   36
Frank Tanana           4  11  3.84  19  18   4   0   0  127  132   59   54   17   47   68
Skip Lockwood          2   3  4.24  24   0   0   1   0   47   47   23   22    4   22   24
John Cumberland        0   1  4.50  12   0   0   0   0   12   14    6    6    2    6   10
Dick Selma             2   2  5.09  18   0   0   1   0   23   22   13   13    2   17   15
Ed Figueroa            0   0  5.89   9   0   0   0   0   18   28   13   12    0    5    9
Bill Stoneman          1   8  6.14  13  11   0   0   0   59   78   41   40    8   31   33
Barry Raziano          1   2  6.75  11   0   0   1   0   15   13   13   11    1    6    9
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   3  2.72  23   0   0   3   0   40   32   15   12    3   14   16
Terry Forster          5   5  2.97  29   1   0  11   0   73   55   26   24    1   21   58
Bill Moran             1   1  3.60  11   4   0   0   0   30   36   14   12    1   15   12
Wilbur Wood           12   9  3.71  21  21   8   0   1  153  138   70   63   17   44   82
Jim Kaat               8   6  3.81  20  17   4   0   0  116  124   54   49    9   32   54
Ken Tatum              0   0  4.05   9   1   0   0   0   20   21   10    9    2    8    5
Stan Bahnsen           7   8  4.17  20  20   7   0   1  127  133   67   59    7   58   60
Skip Pitlock           2   2  4.26  20   4   0   1   0   51   44   28   24    4   25   39
Rich Gossage           0   2  5.02  16   2   0   0   0   43   41   24   24    3   23   32
Joe Henderson          1   0  8.40   5   3   0   0   0   15   21   15   14    2   11   12
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         14   1  1.27  17  17  14   0   3  156   86   28   22    6   50  108
Jim Perry              6   7  2.62  16  16   3   0   2  117  105   38   34    1   29   31
Tom Buskey             0   1  3.32  12   0   0   4   0   22   22    8    8    2   12   11
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Milt Wilcox            1   0  3.58  22   1   1   2   0   38   38   18   15    5   15   14
Steve Arlin            2   1  4.15   3   3   1   0   0   17   19    9    8    0    3    6
Fritz Peterson         5   4  4.17  10  10   2   0   0   50   56   24   23    5   11   12
Tom Hilgendorf         1   1  4.29  15   0   0   2   0   21   22   10   10    4    8    9
Bob Johnson            3   4  4.38  14  10   0   0   0   72   75   42   35   12   37   36
Steve Kline            3   7  4.73  10  10   1   0   0   53   48   31   28    6   25   13
Fred Beene             1   1  4.75  12   0   0   2   0   30   31   18   16    5    7   14
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Dick Bosman            0   0  6.55   8   1   0   0   0   22   33   17   16    3    4   16
Dick Tidrow            1   3  7.11   4   4   0   0   0   19   21   17   15    4   13    8
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            9   5  2.50  30   0   0  10   0   76   66   27   21    5   24   71
Luke Walker            3   0  2.53  11   1   0   0   0   32   29    9    9    2   13   13
Jim Ray                0   0  2.79  11   0   0   1   0   19   18    6    6    1    8   10
Mickey Lolich         10   8  3.19  20  20  14   0   2  164  139   65   58   17   42  107
Lerrin LaGrow          6   7  3.62  17  17   5   0   0  114  123   51   46   12   41   42
Woodie Fryman          3   4  4.52  15  12   0   0   0   82   66   43   41   10   41   54
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   9  4.97  20  20   4   0   1  129  134   78   71   16   68   84
Dave Lemanczyk         0   0  8.68   4   0   0   0   0    9   12    9    9    4    8    4

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bird              4   2  2.53  27   0   0   3   0   46   47   14   13    3   13   29
Paul Splittorff        8   7  2.90  18  18   6   0   1  124  123   50   40   10   33   42
Bruce Dal Canton       3   4  3.13  13   8   3   0   0   72   46   29   25    2   39   42
Steve Busby           10   7  3.15  18  18  10   0   2  143  127   54   50    7   44   91
Marty Pattin           2   3  3.50  14   8   2   0   0   75   77   31   29    5   21   36
Al Fitzmorris          6   3  3.63  16  15   4   0   2   84   98   41   34    5   24   18
Joe Hoerner            1   3  3.86  15   0   0   1   0   14   13    6    6    1    4   12
Lindy McDaniel         1   2  3.86  16   3   2   0   0   47   44   21   20    3   10   17
Nelson Briles          0   2  4.80   3   3   0   0   0   15   18    8    8    0    6    3
Gene Garber            1   2  4.85  16   0   0   1   0   26   32   19   14    2   13   14
Steve Mingori          1   1  5.14  13   0   0   0   0   21   22   14   12    2    7   16

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Sprague             5   1  1.95  14   6   1   0   0   65   62   20   14    2   18   38
Tom Murphy             2   3  2.08  24   0   0   7   0   43   24   10   10    3   22   18
Jerry Bell             1   0  2.57   5   0   0   0   0   14   17    6    4    2    5    4
Eduardo Rodriguez      5   1  2.87  25   0   0   3   0   47   34   16   15    2   23   26
Clyde Wright           7   9  3.77  19  19  10   0   0  134  147   60   56   14   24   40
Kevin Kobel            3   7  3.84  16  12   2   0   1   80   83   39   34    9   26   41
Jim Slaton             7   9  4.26  20  17   5   0   1  120  125   62   57   12   51   57
Bill Champion          2   1  4.66  10   4   0   0   0   37   50   22   19    3   11    7
Bill Travers           0   0  5.12   7   1   0   0   0   19   21   11   11    2   10   12
Jim Colborn            4   4  5.28  13  12   3   0   1   77   82   45   45   11   17   21

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Campbell          2   5  2.73  32   0   0  11   0   59   49   18   18    2   23   41
Joe Decker             8   6  2.98  17  17   4   0   1  112  108   43   37   10   40   81
Bert Blyleven          6  10  3.28  18  18   7   0   2  129  131   54   47    8   30  110
Dave Goltz             1   4  3.90  11   8   0   1   0   58   67   31   25    5   20   30
Ray Corbin             5   1  3.93  16   7   0   0   0   55   61   28   24    6   19   27
Vic Albury             4   7  4.09  15  12   2   0   0   88   79   44   40   12   45   47
Bill Butler            3   2  4.26  11   4   1   1   0   38   40   18   18    2   21   27
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Bill Hands             1   4  4.98  20   5   0   3   0   60   76   33   33    5   10   48
Tom Burgmeier          1   2  6.15  25   0   0   0   0   41   47   28   28    5   15   11
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
Rudy May               1   1  1.06   2   2   2   0   0   17    8    4    2    0    7   16
Sparky Lyle            5   0  1.74  32   0   0   7   0   47   48    9    9    1   17   38
Cecil Upshaw           0   3  2.40  15   0   0   3   0   30   24   10    8    0   10   14
Mike Wallace           2   0  2.55   9   0   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    2   12   10
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   9  3.61  17  17   3   0   0  115  125   57   46   10   29   68
Doc Medich             8   6  3.96  17  17   6   0   0  125  133   60   55   14   37   65
Dick Tidrow            4   5  3.98  13  12   3   0   0   84   98   42   37    6   22   42
Fritz Peterson         0   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    5
Dave Pagan             0   1  5.40   9   1   0   0   0   22   25   14   13    1   11   23
Tom Buskey             0   1  6.35   4   0   0   1   0    6   10    4    4    1    3    3
Dick Woodson           0   2  6.64   6   3   0   0   0   20   26   16   15    5    7    9
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          2   2  1.37  18   2   0   2   0   53   40   14    8    3   16   22
Glenn Abbott           1   1  2.57   4   3   1   0   0   21   19    6    6    0    5   15
Dave Hamilton          5   1  2.82  16  11   1   0   1   77   67   28   24    7   26   43
Catfish Hunter        10   8  2.90  20  20   8   0   2  152  139   54   49   13   19   61
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Vida Blue              7   8  3.40  19  19   5   0   0  135  116   61   51   10   44   78
Rollie Fingers         6   2  3.46  34   0   0   6   0   52   47   22   20    3   13   37
Ken Holtzman           8   9  3.65  19  19   4   0   1  116  139   56   47    8   25   51
Blue Moon Odom         0   2  4.37  14   2   0   0   0   35   37   19   17    4   22   21
Darold Knowles         2   2  4.60  27   0   0   2   0   29   36   18   15    4   18    8

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         3   2  1.96  35   0   0   7   0   69   53   19   15    3   16   53
Jackie Brown           6   5  2.66  16   8   3   0   1   91   82   34   27    6   30   60
Don Stanhouse          0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0   16   17    8    6    1    7   12
Steve Hargan           6   4  3.68  20  11   3   0   1   88   89   46   36    8   34   55
David Clyde            3   4  3.87  14  14   3   0   0   74   83   38   32    8   27   28
Fergie Jenkins         9   9  4.01  20  20  13   0   2  153  147   75   68   20   22   93
Jim Bibby             11  10  4.82  21  21   7   0   3  134  133   76   72   12   60   75
Jim Shellenback        0   0  6.19   9   0   0   0   0   16   20   13   11    3   10   10
Lloyd Allen            0   1  6.55  14   0   0   0   0   22   24   17   16    2   18   18
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  G. Perry (CLE)           14
  W. Wood (CHI)            12
  J. Bibby (TEX)           11
  L. Tiant (BOS)           11
  S. Busby (KC)            10
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         9

Losses:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          11
  J. Bibby (TEX)           10
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        10
  J. Coleman (DET)          9
  P. Dobson (NY)            9
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          9
  S. Kline (CLE)            9
  J. Slaton (MIL)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  G. Perry (CLE)           14
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           12
  S. Busby (KC)            10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  C. Wright (MIL)          10
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8

Saves:

  B. Campbell (MIN)        11
  T. Forster (CHI)         11
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  S. Foucault (TEX)         7
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  T. Murphy (MIL)           7
  R. Fingers (OAK)          6
  T. Buskey (CLE)           5
  G. Jackson (BAL)          5
  D. Segui (BOS)            5

Shutouts:

  J. Bibby (TEX)            3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3
  L. Tiant (BOS)            3
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         2
  S. Busby (KC)             2
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        2
  C. Hunter (OAK)           2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  M. Lolich (DET)           2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       163.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        160.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        155.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         154.1
  W. Wood (CHI)         153.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      152.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       152.1
  S. Busby (KC)         142.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         135.0
  J. Bibby (TEX)        134.1

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            153
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        147
  C. Wright (MIL)         147
  L. Tiant (BOS)          146
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       139
  C. Hunter (OAK)         139
  M. Lolich (DET)         139
  W. Wood (CHI)           138
  D. McNally (BAL)        137
  J. Coleman (DET)        134

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         78
  J. Bibby (TEX)           76
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         75
  W. Wood (CHI)            70
  N. Ryan (CAL)            68
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         67
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       65
  M. Lolich (DET)          65
  D. McNally (BAL)         64
  J. Slaton (MIL)          62

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         20
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        18
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       17
  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  F. Tanana (CAL)          17
  W. Wood (CHI)            17
  J. Coleman (DET)         16
  D. Medich (NY)           14
  C. Wright (MIL)          14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          13

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           107
  J. Coleman (DET)         68
  J. Bibby (TEX)           60
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         58
  J. Slaton (MIL)          51
  G. Perry (CLE)           50
  F. Tanana (CAL)          47
  V. Albury (MIN)          45
  V. Blue (OAK)            44
  S. Busby (KC)            44

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           163
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       110
  G. Perry (CLE)          108
  M. Lolich (DET)         107
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  S. Busby (KC)            91
  L. Tiant (BOS)           89
  J. Coleman (DET)         84
  W. Wood (CHI)            82
  J. Decker (MIN)          81


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report