Tuesday July 16, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 16, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         52  39  3.17   91  24  14   812   753  331  286   60  237  412
Kansas City     46  43  3.48   89  31   8   814   792  358  315   55  254  392
New York        45  45  3.52   90  27  14   803   821  364  314   64  281  445
Cleveland       46  41  3.55   88  24  14   789   739  354  311   72  272  359
Baltimore       47  42  3.57   89  30  14   802   792  366  318   65  268  383
Milwaukee       46  44  3.79   90  26  14   808   819  367  340   74  276  342
Minnesota       43  49  3.82   93  17  16   837   851  400  355   72  287  529
California      36  57  3.86   94  29   7   833   812  418  357   64  390  545
Detroit         44  46  3.94   90  29  12   807   786  389  353   87  322  481
Chicago         45  44  4.00   91  24  18   827   808  410  368   70  320  464
Boston          48  42  4.07   90  35  11   816   870  405  369   76  250  428
Texas           43  49  4.33   93  34   8   823   859  444  396   83  286  476

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   15   2  1.40  20  20  16   0   3  180  103   34   28    8   52  135
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  13   8  2.65  23  23  10   0   4  176  155   57   52   14   24   70
Jim Perry (CLE)        9   7  2.68  19  19   3   0   2  138  127   45   41    2   35   37
B. Dal Canton (KC)     4   4  2.76  17  11   4   0   1   95   62   34   29    2   44   53
Luis Tiant (BOS)      13   7  2.88  22  22  14   0   4  185  169   63   59   14   40  100
Mike Cuellar (BAL)    12   5  2.94  20  20   9   0   3  138  127   53   45   11   46   52
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    8  10  2.94  21  21   9   0   2  156  145   58   51    9   40  129
Joe Decker (MIN)       9   8  2.95  21  21   5   0   1  143  136   56   47   12   55   93
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Dave Hamilton (OAK)    6   2  2.99  19  14   1   0   1   93   84   35   31    9   34   50

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Garland          3   2  2.09  11   2   0   1   0   47   31   15   11    1   13   21
Mike Cuellar          12   5  2.94  20  20   9   0   3  138  127   53   45   11   46   52
Bob Reynolds           4   3  3.05  34   0   0   5   0   41   53   16   14    3   10   27
Don Hood               0   0  3.20  13   0   0   0   0   39   31   16   14    1   14   17
Ross Grimsley         11   8  3.23  22  22  12   0   2  164  148   64   59   20   36   92
Grant Jackson          1   3  3.72  24   0   0   6   0   29   32   12   12    5    9   22
Jim Palmer             3   8  4.01  14  14   2   0   0   90   94   50   40    7   44   40
Dave McNally           8   6  4.06  22  21   5   1   1  137  150   68   62   11   40   69
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   5   0   0   1   0    4    2    2    2    0    3    1
Doyle Alexander        4   6  4.46  17   9   2   0   0   77   87   47   38    5   29   22
Jesse Jefferson        1   0  5.40  14   1   0   0   0   35   37   23   21    1   24   20

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Luis Tiant            13   7  2.88  22  22  14   0   4  185  169   63   59   14   40  100
Roger Moret            2   3  3.61  16   7   3   2   0   67   71   31   27    6   28   50
Dick Pole              0   0  3.80   9   0   0   0   0   21   31   14    9    1    7   17
Dick Drago             5   6  3.86  20  11   4   2   0  107   99   49   46    8   45   58
Rick Wise              3   4  3.91   8   8   1   0   0   46   44   20   20    2   15   24
Bill Lee              10   8  3.93  22  21   7   0   1  153  181   77   67   16   31   49
Diego Segui            5   4  4.45  36   0   0   6   0   63   70   34   31    5   28   50
Reggie Cleveland       7   7  4.95  23  17   6   0   0  125  140   75   69   18   38   58
Bob Veale              0   1  6.55  14   0   0   1   0   11   14    8    8    2    4   12
Juan Marichal          2   1  7.16   5   4   0   0   0   28   38   22   22    3    7    7
Don Newhauser          0   1  9.82   2   0   0   0   0    4    5    4    4    0    4    2
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
Luis Quintana          0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    5    3
Andy Hassler           2   4  1.55   6   6   3   0   0   46   41   17    8    0   16   16
Dave Sells             1   3  2.08  14   0   0   2   0   26   26    8    6    1    9   10
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Ed Figueroa            1   1  3.35  13   3   2   0   1   40   49   16   15    0   12   15
Dick Lange             3   6  3.40  14  13   1   0   0   82   82   41   31    7   31   45
Nolan Ryan            11   9  3.65  24  24  11   0   1  182  137   88   74   12  124  193
Frank Tanana           5  13  3.83  23  20   4   0   0  148  155   69   63   20   50   78
John Cumberland        0   1  3.94  15   0   0   0   0   16   16    7    7    2    8   12
Skip Lockwood          2   3  4.86  28   0   0   1   0   54   57   30   29    6   25   27
Dick Selma             2   2  5.09  18   0   0   1   0   23   22   13   13    2   17   15
Bill Stoneman          1   8  6.14  13  11   0   0   0   59   78   41   40    8   31   33
Barry Raziano          1   2  6.48  13   0   0   1   0   17   15   14   12    1    8    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
Lloyd Allen            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    4    0
Bart Johnson           2   0  2.13   3   3   2   0   0   25   18    6    6    1    7   21
Cy Acosta              0   3  2.90  24   0   0   3   0   40   34   16   13    3   15   16
Terry Forster          5   5  3.07  33   1   0  13   0   82   66   30   28    2   22   67
Jim Kaat              10   6  3.44  24  21   5   0   1  144  150   63   55   12   38   68
Wilbur Wood           14  11  3.74  25  25  10   0   1  183  167   84   76   20   52   95
Stan Bahnsen           8  11  4.28  24  23   7   0   1  145  146   79   69   10   77   72
Rich Gossage           2   3  4.67  21   3   0   1   0   54   53   28   28    4   26   38
Bill Moran             1   3  4.73  13   5   0   0   0   40   45   23   21    5   22   16
Ken Tatum              0   0  4.79  10   1   0   0   0   21   23   12   11    3    9    5
Skip Pitlock           2   2  4.82  25   5   0   1   0   65   63   39   35    6   32   50
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
Bruce Ellingsen        0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    6    0    1    3    2
Gaylord Perry         15   2  1.40  20  20  16   0   3  180  103   34   28    8   52  135
Jim Perry              9   7  2.68  19  19   3   0   2  138  127   45   41    2   35   37
Tom Buskey             0   1  3.19  19   0   0   5   0   31   31   11   11    3   17   15
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Fritz Peterson         7   5  3.82  14  14   2   0   0   75   82   35   32    6   16   20
Tom Hilgendorf         1   2  4.25  20   0   0   3   0   30   32   14   14    4   13   11
Milt Wilcox            1   1  4.32  29   1   1   3   0   50   55   27   24    8   16   20
Bob Johnson            3   4  4.38  14  10   0   0   0   72   75   42   35   12   37   36
Fred Beene             2   2  4.54  17   0   0   2   0   40   37   24   20    6   11   19
Dick Bosman            1   0  4.54  11   4   0   0   0   40   46   22   20    4    7   21
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 Tidrow            1   3  7.11   4   4   0   0   0   19   21   17   15    4   13    8
Steve Arlin            2   4  7.24   6   6   1   0   0   27   35   24   22    1   13    9
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           11   7  2.72  35   0   0  10   0   89   83   33   27    6   29   80
Mickey Lolich         10  11  3.47  24  24  16   0   2  195  173   85   75   20   50  122
Lerrin LaGrow          7   8  3.78  20  20   7   0   0  133  146   62   56   14   45   46
Luke Walker            4   1  3.92  14   3   0   0   0   44   42   19   19    4   18   20
Bill Slayback          1   3  4.01   8   4   0   0   0   34   35   18   15    1   13   15
Jim Ray                0   2  4.39  15   0   0   2   0   27   25   13   13    1   19   14
Woodie Fryman          4   5  4.50  18  15   1   0   0   98   88   51   49   12   48   64
Joe Coleman            7   9  4.62  24  24   5   0   1  160  164   90   82   21   81  110
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    0
Dave Lemanczyk         0   0  5.85   7   0   0   0   0   20   21   14   13    6   16   10

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Dal Canton       4   4  2.76  17  11   4   0   1   95   62   34   29    2   44   53
Doug Bird              5   3  2.96  35   0   0   5   0   55   58   19   18    5   16   35
Steve Busby           13   8  3.13  22  22  13   0   3  176  158   66   61    8   50  112
Marty Pattin           2   4  3.53  16   9   2   0   0   87   86   36   34    6   22   39
Paul Splittorff        9   9  3.57  21  21   6   0   1  134  141   63   53   14   39   47
Al Fitzmorris          6   3  3.61  19  15   4   1   2   92  106   45   37    5   25   20
Nelson Briles          2   3  3.78   6   6   0   0   0   33   37   15   14    3   11   10
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.88  20   5   2   0   0   60   57   29   26    4   13   25
Steve Mingori          1   1  4.21  19   0   0   0   0   36   32   19   17    3   14   25
Gene Garber            1   2  4.82  17   0   0   1   0   28   35   21   15    3   13   14
Joe Hoerner            2   3  5.50  18   0   0   1   0   18   20   11   11    2    7   12

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   4  1.92  34   0   0  10   0   56   33   12   12    3   25   23
Ed Sprague             7   1  2.43  17   9   3   0   0   89   88   30   24    3   29   56
Jerry Bell             1   0  2.57   5   0   0   0   0   14   17    6    4    2    5    4
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   2  3.16  30   1   0   4   0   63   47   23   22    4   31   30
Bill Champion          4   1  3.27  15   7   1   0   0   63   64   26   23    5   19   22
Clyde Wright           8  11  3.95  24  24  11   0   0  164  180   76   72   17   38   45
Kevin Kobel            3   8  4.03  19  13   2   0   1   87   89   44   39    9   31   45
Jim Slaton             7  11  4.55  23  20   5   0   1  140  156   77   71   15   57   65
Jim Colborn            6   5  4.93  16  15   4   0   1  102  110   56   56   13   23   33
Bill Travers           2   1  5.34  11   1   0   0   0   29   35   17   17    3   18   19

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bert Blyleven          8  10  2.94  21  21   9   0   2  156  145   58   51    9   40  129
Joe Decker             9   8  2.95  21  21   5   0   1  143  136   56   47   12   55   93
Bill Campbell          5   5  3.07  42   0   0  11   0   73   66   26   25    2   29   51
Dave Goltz             2   5  3.76  14  11   0   1   0   77   94   44   32    7   25   37
Vic Albury             4   8  4.05  19  15   2   0   0  107   97   55   48   15   50   59
Bill Butler            3   3  4.21  14   6   1   1   0   51   51   24   24    3   27   37
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Ray Corbin             5   3  4.63  20  10   0   0   0   72   80   41   37    6   24   39
Bill Hands             2   4  4.88  27   5   0   3   0   72   87   39   39    7   13   53
Tom Burgmeier          4   2  5.00  32   0   0   0   0   54   55   30   30    6   16   16
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
Mike Wallace           3   0  1.88  12   0   0   0   0   24   21    5    5    2   15   14
Sparky Lyle            5   1  2.31  39   0   0   9   0   58   59   19   15    4   24   48
Rudy May               2   1  2.35   4   4   3   0   0   31   19   10    8    2   12   24
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Cecil Upshaw           0   4  2.80  20   0   0   3   0   35   34   16   11    0   12   16
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Pat Dobson             7  11  3.44  20  20   5   0   1  136  142   63   52   10   33   78
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
Doc Medich            11   7  3.55  21  21   9   0   1  160  163   68   63   17   45   90
Sam McDowell           1   3  3.55   7   3   0   0   0   25   17   11   10    2   23   16
Dave Pagan             1   1  3.92  12   4   1   0   0   39   34   18   17    1   19   34
Dick Tidrow            6   5  4.18  16  15   3   0   0   99  116   54   46    8   31   48
Fritz Peterson         0   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    5
Dick Woodson           1   2  5.79   8   3   0   0   0   28   34   19   18    6   12   12
Tom Buskey             0   1  6.35   4   0   0   1   0    6   10    4    4    1    3    3
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  1.25  21   2   0   4   0   58   43   14    8    3   17   24
Catfish Hunter        13   8  2.65  23  23  10   0   4  176  155   57   52   14   24   70
Glenn Abbott           2   1  2.67   6   5   2   0   0   34   28   12   10    0   10   17
Dave Hamilton          6   2  2.99  19  14   1   0   1   93   84   35   31    9   34   50
Rollie Fingers         7   2  3.02  41   0   0   8   0   63   54   23   21    3   15   49
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Vida Blue              9   9  3.63  22  22   7   0   0  159  133   74   64   12   52  102
Ken Holtzman          10  11  3.64  23  23   4   0   1  146  167   70   59   10   31   64
Blue Moon Odom         1   2  4.50  17   2   0   0   0   44   45   24   22    4   27   26
Darold Knowles         2   2  4.55  30   0   0   2   0   32   38   19   16    4   23    9

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         3   4  2.16  41   0   0   8   0   79   64   24   19    5   20   58
Jackie Brown           7   7  3.73  19  11   3   0   1  109  111   52   45    9   39   71
Steve Hargan           8   5  3.93  24  15   4   0   1  112  121   60   49    9   39   59
Fergie Jenkins        11   9  3.97  23  23  15   0   2  172  169   84   76   21   27  104
David Clyde            3   7  3.97  18  17   4   0   0   91  100   46   40    8   34   39
Don Stanhouse          0   1  4.58  10   0   0   0   0   18   22   11    9    1    9   14
Jim Bibby             11  12  4.61  24  24   8   0   3  156  152   84   80   12   71   81
Jim Shellenback        0   0  5.84  11   0   0   0   0   25   30   18   16    5   12   14
Lloyd Allen            0   1  6.55  14   0   0   0   0   22   24   17   16    2   18   18
Jim Merritt            0   0  8.56  10   1   0   0   0   14   27   13   13    2    4    6
Pete Broberg           0   3 10.38   5   2   0   0   0   17   22   22   20    6    7   10
Stan Thomas            0   0 11.37   5   0   0   0   0    6   14    8    8    1    3    1
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)           15
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  C. Hunter (OAK)          13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  J. Bibby (TEX)           11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        11
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         11

Losses:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          13
  J. Bibby (TEX)           12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  P. Dobson (NY)           11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  J. Slaton (MIL)          11
  W. Wood (CHI)            11
  C. Wright (MIL)          11
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        10

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  C. Wright (MIL)          11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10

Saves:

  T. Forster (CHI)         13
  B. Campbell (MIN)        11
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  T. Murphy (MIL)          10
  S. Lyle (NY)              9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  S. Foucault (TEX)         8
  T. Buskey (CLE)           6
  G. Jackson (BAL)          6
  D. Segui (BOS)            6

Shutouts:

  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  L. Tiant (BOS)            4
  J. Bibby (TEX)            3
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         2
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        2
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       194.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        184.2
  W. Wood (CHI)         182.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         182.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        180.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       176.1
  S. Busby (KC)         175.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      172.1
  R. Grimsley (BAL)     164.1
  C. Wright (MIL)       164.0

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            181
  C. Wright (MIL)         180
  M. Lolich (DET)         173
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        169
  L. Tiant (BOS)          169
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       167
  W. Wood (CHI)           167
  J. Coleman (DET)        164
  D. Medich (NY)          163
  S. Busby (KC)           158

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         90
  N. Ryan (CAL)            88
  M. Lolich (DET)          85
  J. Bibby (TEX)           84
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         84
  W. Wood (CHI)            84
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         79
  B. Lee (BOS)             77
  J. Slaton (MIL)          77
  C. Wright (MIL)          76

Home Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         21
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         21
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        20
  M. Lolich (DET)          20
  F. Tanana (CAL)          20
  W. Wood (CHI)            20
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       18
  D. Medich (NY)           17
  C. Wright (MIL)          17
  B. Lee (BOS)             16

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           124
  J. Coleman (DET)         81
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         77
  J. Bibby (TEX)           71
  J. Slaton (MIL)          57
  J. Decker (MIN)          55
  V. Blue (OAK)            52
  G. Perry (CLE)           52
  W. Wood (CHI)            52
  V. Albury (MIN)          50

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           193
  G. Perry (CLE)          135
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       129
  M. Lolich (DET)         122
  S. Busby (KC)           112
  J. Coleman (DET)        110
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        104
  V. Blue (OAK)           102
  L. Tiant (BOS)          100
  W. Wood (CHI)            95


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