Monday July 1, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 1, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         42  35  3.18   77  19  10   687   652  284  243   53  199  339
Kansas City     38  36  3.34   74  28   5   676   652  287  251   40  216  324
Cleveland       40  33  3.45   74  22  11   663   610  286  254   60  233  297
New York        35  40  3.63   75  20  12   670   707  309  270   54  225  363
Baltimore       38  35  3.72   73  25  10   661   673  309  273   57  216  307
Detroit         39  36  3.80   75  23  11   670   638  313  283   71  260  405
Milwaukee       36  37  3.83   73  22  10   651   663  303  277   63  215  270
Boston          42  32  3.84   74  26  11   673   708  318  287   63  197  356
Minnesota       32  43  3.93   76  14  16   680   707  330  297   62  237  443
California      32  47  3.98   80  25   6   708   688  359  313   56  335  481
Texas           39  38  4.05   78  29   7   695   700  358  313   72  236  421
Chicago         36  37  4.09   75  19  15   685   680  347  311   54  263  379

 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)     10   5  2.43  31   0   0  10   0   78   68   27   21    5   24   74
Jackie Brown (TEX)     7   5  2.62  17   9   3   0   1  100   94   36   29    7   32   65
Jim Perry (CLE)        6   7  2.62  16  16   3   0   2  117  105   38   34    1   29   31
B. Dal Canton (KC)     4   4  2.78  14   9   4   0   1   81   51   29   25    2   41   46
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
Dave Hamilton (OAK)    5   1  2.93  17  12   1   0   1   83   71   31   27    7   32   44
Dick Drago (BOS)       5   3  2.98  17   8   3   2   0   88   76   31   29    6   32   51

 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  2.08  27   0   0   4   0   35   37    8    8    2    7   22
Mike Cuellar          10   4  3.09  17  17   9   0   3  117  114   46   40    9   38   43
Grant Jackson          1   3  3.20  19   0   0   5   0   25   27    9    9    4    8   20
Don Hood               0   0  3.31   9   0   0   0   0   33   29   14   12    1   12   15
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   4  5.30  13   6   1   0   0   53   62   36   31    5   20   10
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  32   0   0   6   0   59   57   26   23    4   26   48
Bill Lee               9   7  3.62  19  18   5   0   1  134  161   64   54   13   27   43
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
Dick Lange             3   3  3.39  11  10   1   0   0   66   64   31   25    7   22   36
Nolan Ryan            10   7  3.42  21  21  11   0   1  163  120   73   62    9  112  173
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
Stan Bahnsen           7   9  4.32  21  21   7   0   1  131  139   71   63    8   62   63
Skip Pitlock           2   2  4.42  21   4   0   1   0   55   50   31   27    5   27   41
Ken Tatum              0   0  4.79  10   1   0   0   0   21   23   12   11    3    9    5
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
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Milt Wilcox            1   0  3.49  23   1   1   2   0   39   38   18   15    5   16   14
Tom Buskey             0   1  3.57  13   0   0   4   0   23   23    9    9    2   13   11
Fritz Peterson         6   4  3.81  11  11   2   0   0   57   63   26   24    5   11   15
Steve Arlin            2   1  4.15   3   3   1   0   0   17   19    9    8    0    3    6
Fred Beene             2   1  4.19  13   0   0   2   0   34   32   18   16    5    8   17
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
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Dick Bosman            0   0  5.67   9   2   0   0   0   27   38   18   17    3    6   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           10   5  2.43  31   0   0  10   0   78   68   27   21    5   24   74
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  4.91  21  21   4   0   1  136  141   81   74   17   69   88
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
Bruce Dal Canton       4   4  2.78  14   9   4   0   1   81   51   29   25    2   41   46
Paul Splittorff        8   7  2.90  18  18   6   0   1  124  123   50   40   10   33   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   2  3.48  26   1   0   3   0   52   40   21   20    3   27   26
Clyde Wright           7  10  3.75  20  20  11   0   0  142  153   63   59   15   26   43
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  4.50  11   4   0   0   0   38   51   22   19    3   12    8
Jim Colborn            4   4  5.28  13  12   3   0   1   77   82   45   45   11   17   21
Bill Travers           0   0  6.33   8   1   0   0   0   21   26   15   15    3   11   14

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Campbell          2   5  2.70  33   0   0  11   0   60   50   19   18    2   23   42
Joe Decker             8   7  3.15  18  18   4   0   1  120  116   48   42   12   46   86
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  2.37  16   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
Dick Tidrow            4   5  3.98  13  12   3   0   0   84   98   42   37    6   22   42
Doc Medich             8   7  4.00  18  18   6   0   0  133  140   64   59   17   40   68
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
Catfish Hunter        10   8  2.90  20  20   8   0   2  152  139   54   49   13   19   61
Dave Hamilton          5   1  2.93  17  12   1   0   1   83   71   31   27    7   32   44
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Rollie Fingers         7   2  3.29  35   0   0   6   0   55   49   22   20    3   14   38
Vida Blue              7   8  3.40  19  19   5   0   0  135  116   61   51   10   44   78
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  1.94  36   0   0   7   0   70   53   19   15    3   16   53
Jackie Brown           7   5  2.62  17   9   3   0   1  100   94   36   29    7   32   65
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

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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
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  G. Perry (CLE)           14
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  C. Wright (MIL)          11
  S. Busby (KC)            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
  D. Segui (BOS)            6
  T. Buskey (CLE)           5
  G. Jackson (BAL)          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
  N. Ryan (CAL)         163.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        160.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        155.2
  W. Wood (CHI)         153.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      152.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       152.1
  S. Busby (KC)         142.2
  C. Wright (MIL)       141.2
  J. Coleman (DET)      135.2

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            161
  C. Wright (MIL)         153
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        147
  L. Tiant (BOS)          146
  J. Coleman (DET)        141
  D. Medich (NY)          140
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        139
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       139
  C. Hunter (OAK)         139
  M. Lolich (DET)         139

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         81
  J. Bibby (TEX)           76
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         75
  N. Ryan (CAL)            73
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         71
  W. Wood (CHI)            70
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       65
  M. Lolich (DET)          65
  B. Lee (BOS)             64
  D. McNally (BAL)         64

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         20
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        18
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       17
  J. Coleman (DET)         17
  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  D. Medich (NY)           17
  F. Tanana (CAL)          17
  W. Wood (CHI)            17
  C. Wright (MIL)          15
  C. Hunter (OAK)          13

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           112
  J. Coleman (DET)         69
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         62
  J. Bibby (TEX)           60
  J. Slaton (MIL)          51
  G. Perry (CLE)           50
  F. Tanana (CAL)          47
  J. Decker (MIN)          46
  V. Albury (MIN)          45
  V. Blue (OAK)            44

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           173
  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)         88
  J. Decker (MIN)          86
  W. Wood (CHI)            82

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