Monday July 22, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 22, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         55  41  3.19   96  25  16   856   797  350  303   64  242  434
New York        48  47  3.52   95  29  14   848   863  383  332   69  295  469
Kansas City     47  47  3.53   94  31   9   856   843  389  336   58  265  414
Baltimore       49  45  3.53   94  32  14   848   833  382  333   67  280  406
Cleveland       48  44  3.63   93  26  14   834   785  379  336   75  284  381
California      39  59  3.86   99  30   7   878   854  437  376   70  408  575
Milwaukee       47  48  3.88   95  28  14   849   875  396  366   80  289  355
Minnesota       47  50  3.88   98  17  19   881   898  428  380   80  307  554
Chicago         49  45  3.93   96  26  20   872   834  423  381   73  329  490
Boston          50  45  4.01   95  39  11   858   913  421  382   78  263  446
Detroit         45  50  4.09   95  30  12   851   845  428  387   90  346  513
Texas           47  50  4.20   98  37   9   868   895  455  405   85  296  507

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   15   3  1.47  21  21  17   0   3  189  112   37   31    8   55  140
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  14   8  2.62  24  24  11   0   4  185  161   59   54   14   25   73
B. Dal Canton (KC)     5   4  2.63  18  12   4   0   1  103   70   38   30    2   48   56
Luis Tiant (BOS)      14   7  2.79  23  23  15   0   4  194  177   64   60   14   41  106
Mike Cuellar (BAL)    13   6  2.83  22  22  11   0   3  156  144   57   49   12   51   57
Jim Perry (CLE)        9   8  2.91  21  21   3   0   2  151  138   53   49    3   40   41
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Joe Decker (MIN)      10   8  3.09  22  22   5   0   1  149  142   60   51   14   61   96
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   10  10  3.10  23  23   9   0   2  168  161   68   58   11   43  142
Dave Hamilton (OAK)    6   3  3.26  20  15   1   0   1   97   89   39   35   10   34   54

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Garland          3   3  2.10  12   3   0   1   0   56   36   17   13    1   15   27
Mike Cuellar          13   6  2.83  22  22  11   0   3  156  144   57   49   12   51   57
Don Hood               1   0  2.91  14   0   0   0   0   43   31   16   14    1   14   18
Bob Reynolds           4   3  3.19  35   0   0   5   0   42   55   17   15    3   10   29
Ross Grimsley         11   8  3.33  23  23  12   0   2  170  154   68   63   21   40   95
Grant Jackson          1   3  3.64  25   0   0   6   0   30   32   12   12    5    9   23
Jim Palmer             3   8  4.01  14  14   2   0   0   90   94   50   40    7   44   40
Dave McNally           8   7  4.09  23  22   5   1   1  145  161   73   66   11   41   74
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            14   7  2.79  23  23  15   0   4  194  177   64   60   14   41  106
Roger Moret            3   3  3.54  17   8   4   2   0   76   77   34   30    7   31   56
Dick Drago             5   7  3.75  21  12   5   2   0  115  107   51   48    8   50   61
Dick Pole              0   0  3.80   9   0   0   0   0   21   31   14    9    1    7   17
Bill Lee              10   9  3.85  23  22   8   0   1  161  191   79   69   16   33   51
Rick Wise              3   4  3.91   8   8   1   0   0   46   44   20   20    2   15   24
Diego Segui            5   4  4.23  37   0   0   6   0   66   71   35   31    5   30   50
Reggie Cleveland       7   8  5.12  24  18   6   0   0  130  150   82   74   19   38   59
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   5   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    6    3
Dave Sells             2   3  2.28  16   0   0   2   0   28   28    9    7    2   10   10
Andy Hassler           2   4  2.50   8   8   3   0   0   58   51   25   16    4   22   26
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Nolan Ryan            12   9  3.48  25  25  12   0   2  191  142   88   74   12  125  201
Ed Figueroa            1   2  3.51  14   4   2   0   1   49   61   20   19    0   13   18
Dick Lange             3   6  3.72  15  14   1   0   0   85   87   45   35    7   34   48
Frank Tanana           6  13  3.83  24  20   4   0   0  150  157   70   64   20   50   81
John Cumberland        0   1  3.86  16   0   0   0   0   16   16    7    7    2   10   12
Skip Lockwood          2   4  4.33  30   0   0   1   0   62   62   31   30    7   28   30
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           3   0  2.30   4   4   2   0   0   31   21    8    8    3    9   25
Cy Acosta              0   3  2.90  24   0   0   3   0   40   34   16   13    3   15   16
Jim Kaat              11   6  3.35  25  22   5   0   1  150  155   64   56   12   39   70
Terry Forster          5   6  3.36  36   1   0  15   0   88   71   35   33    3   25   75
Wilbur Wood           16  11  3.54  27  27  12   0   1  201  177   87   79   20   53  105
Stan Bahnsen           8  11  4.17  25  24   7   0   1  153  149   81   71   10   79   74
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   5   0   0   0   0    5    7    6    0    1    3    2
Gaylord Perry         15   3  1.47  21  21  17   0   3  189  112   37   31    8   55  140
Jim Perry              9   8  2.91  21  21   3   0   2  151  138   53   49    3   40   41
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Dick Bosman            2   0  3.70  12   5   1   0   1   49   46   22   20    4    7   25
Tom Buskey             0   2  4.13  21   0   0   5   0   33   38   15   15    3   19   17
Tom Hilgendorf         2   2  4.18  22   0   0   3   0   32   36   15   15    4   13   12
Fritz Peterson         7   5  4.22  15  15   2   0   0   81   91   41   38    8   16   24
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
Steve Kline            3   7  4.73  10  10   1   0   0   53   48   31   28    6   25   13
Fred Beene             2   2  4.89  19   0   0   2   0   42   43   27   23    6   13   21
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  2.66  36   0   0  10   0   91   84   33   27    6   31   83
Mickey Lolich         10  12  3.67  25  25  16   0   2  196  181   90   80   21   50  123
Lerrin LaGrow          7   9  4.16  22  21   7   0   0  138  153   70   64   15   50   48
Bill Slayback          1   3  4.17  10   4   0   0   0   41   40   23   19    1   16   18
Jim Ray                0   2  4.25  16   0   0   2   0   30   29   14   14    1   19   15
Joe Coleman            8   9  4.54  25  25   6   0   1  169  172   93   85   21   84  115
Luke Walker            4   2  4.60  15   4   0   0   0   47   48   25   24    4   21   25
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    0
Woodie Fryman          4   6  4.72  20  16   1   0   0  103   96   56   54   12   51   68
Dave Lemanczyk         0   0  5.20   9   0   0   0   0   28   33   20   16    7   21   18

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Dal Canton       5   4  2.63  18  12   4   0   1  103   70   38   30    2   48   56
Doug Bird              5   3  3.14  37   0   0   6   0   57   62   21   20    5   17   37
Steve Busby           13   9  3.31  23  23  13   0   3  177  165   70   65    8   51  112
Al Fitzmorris          6   3  3.58  20  15   4   1   2   93  108   45   37    5   25   20
Steve Mingori          1   2  3.59  21   0   0   0   0   43   34   22   17    3   16   29
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.75  21   5   2   0   0   62   59   31   26    4   13   26
Nelson Briles          2   3  3.76   7   7   0   0   0   38   42   17   16    3   13   11
Marty Pattin           2   5  3.77  17  10   2   0   0   91   94   40   38    8   22   40
Paul Splittorff        9  10  3.79  22  22   6   0   1  140  150   71   59   15   40   51
Gene Garber            1   2  4.82  17   0   0   1   0   28   35   21   15    3   13   14
Joe Hoerner            2   3  4.88  20   0   0   1   0   24   24   13   13    2    7   18

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             3   4  1.86  35   0   0  10   0   58   33   12   12    3   25   24
Ed Sprague             7   2  2.47  18  10   3   0   0   91   92   32   25    3   30   57
Jerry Bell             1   0  2.57   5   0   0   0   0   14   17    6    4    2    5    4
Bill Champion          4   1  3.18  16   8   1   0   0   71   74   29   25    5   19   22
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   2  3.55  32   1   0   4   0   66   55   28   26    5   33   30
Clyde Wright           8  12  3.92  25  25  12   0   0  172  187   79   75   18   40   48
Kevin Kobel            3   8  4.03  20  13   2   0   1   89   91   45   40    9   32   47
Jim Slaton             7  11  4.67  25  20   5   0   1  145  163   81   75   16   58   66
Bill Travers           2   1  5.16  12   1   0   0   0   30   35   17   17    3   18   20
Jim Colborn            6   7  5.32  18  17   5   0   1  113  128   67   67   16   29   37

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Decker            10   8  3.09  22  22   5   0   1  149  142   60   51   14   61   96
Bert Blyleven         10  10  3.10  23  23   9   0   2  168  161   68   58   11   43  142
Bill Campbell          5   5  3.16  43   0   0  12   0   77   69   28   27    2   31   51
Dave Goltz             3   5  3.64  15  11   0   1   0   84  101   46   34    8   26   41
Vic Albury             4   8  4.30  20  16   2   0   0  107   99   58   51   16   51   59
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Ray Corbin             5   3  4.38  21  10   0   0   0   78   83   42   38    6   27   39
Tom Burgmeier          4   2  4.68  34   0   0   2   0   60   59   31   31    6   17   20
Bill Butler            3   4  4.73  15   7   1   1   0   53   56   28   28    5   29   38
Bill Hands             2   4  4.89  28   5   0   3   0   74   88   40   40    7   14   53
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           4   0  2.05  13   0   0   0   0   26   24    7    6    2   16   15
Sparky Lyle            6   1  2.13  42   0   0   9   0   63   64   19   15    4   27   50
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  2.89  21   0   0   3   0   37   35   17   12    0   12   17
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Pat Dobson             7  12  3.44  22  22   6   0   1  152  158   69   58   12   37   86
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
Doc Medich            12   7  3.47  22  22  10   0   1  169  165   70   65   17   47   93
Mel Stottlemyre        6   7  3.49  15  15   6   0   0  111  117   52   43    6   35   38
Dave Pagan             1   1  3.92  12   4   1   0   0   39   34   18   17    1   19   34
Sam McDowell           1   4  3.98   8   4   0   0   0   32   24   15   14    4   27   22
Dick Tidrow            6   5  4.34  17  16   3   0   0  104  124   58   50    9   31   51
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  1.21  23   2   0   5   0   60   44   14    8    3   17   26
Catfish Hunter        14   8  2.62  24  24  11   0   4  185  161   59   54   14   25   73
Rollie Fingers         7   3  2.96  44   0   0   9   0   67   60   26   22    3   15   51
Glenn Abbott           2   1  3.00   7   5   2   0   0   36   31   14   12    0   13   19
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Dave Hamilton          6   3  3.26  20  15   1   0   1   97   89   39   35   10   34   54
Vida Blue             11   9  3.47  24  24   7   0   0  174  148   77   67   13   52  109
Ken Holtzman          10  11  3.87  24  24   4   0   1  149  173   75   64   12   31   65
Blue Moon Odom         1   2  4.15  18   2   0   0   0   48   46   24   22    4   28   27
Darold Knowles         2   2  4.41  31   0   0   2   0   33   39   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  2.15  42   0   0   9   0   80   65   24   19    5   20   58
Jackie Brown           7   8  3.63  20  12   3   0   1  117  120   55   47    9   42   77
Steve Hargan           9   5  3.65  25  16   4   0   1  121  129   61   49    9   40   64
Fergie Jenkins        12   9  3.82  24  24  16   0   2  181  177   85   77   22   28  111
David Clyde            3   7  3.97  18  17   4   0   0   91  100   46   40    8   34   39
Jim Bibby             13  12  4.44  26  26  10   0   4  174  162   90   86   13   76   94
Don Stanhouse          0   1  4.58  10   0   0   0   0   18   22   11    9    1    9   14
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  8.16  11   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 10.80   6   0   0   0   0    7   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:

  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14
  J. Bibby (TEX)           13
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  D. Medich (NY)           12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           17
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         16
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12
  W. Wood (CHI)            12
  C. Wright (MIL)          12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11

Saves:

  T. Forster (CHI)         15
  B. Campbell (MIN)        12
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  T. Murphy (MIL)          10
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  S. Foucault (TEX)         9
  S. Lyle (NY)              9
  D. Bird (KC)              6
  T. Buskey (CLE)           6
  G. Jackson (BAL)          6

Shutouts:

  J. Bibby (TEX)            4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  L. Tiant (BOS)            4
  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:

  W. Wood (CHI)         200.2
  M. Lolich (DET)       196.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        193.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         191.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        189.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       185.1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      181.1
  S. Busby (KC)         176.2
  J. Bibby (TEX)        174.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         174.0

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            191
  C. Wright (MIL)         187
  M. Lolich (DET)         181
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        177
  L. Tiant (BOS)          177
  W. Wood (CHI)           177
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       173
  J. Coleman (DET)        172
  S. Busby (KC)           165
  D. Medich (NY)          165

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         93
  J. Bibby (TEX)           90
  M. Lolich (DET)          90
  N. Ryan (CAL)            88
  W. Wood (CHI)            87
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         85
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       82
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         81
  J. Slaton (MIL)          81
  B. Lee (BOS)             79

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         22
  J. Coleman (DET)         21
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        21
  M. Lolich (DET)          21
  F. Tanana (CAL)          20
  W. Wood (CHI)            20
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       19
  C. Wright (MIL)          18
  D. Medich (NY)           17
  V. Albury (MIN)          16

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           125
  J. Coleman (DET)         84
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         79
  J. Bibby (TEX)           76
  J. Decker (MIN)          61
  J. Slaton (MIL)          58
  G. Perry (CLE)           55
  W. Wood (CHI)            53
  V. Blue (OAK)            52
  V. Albury (MIN)          51

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           201
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       142
  G. Perry (CLE)          140
  M. Lolich (DET)         123
  J. Coleman (DET)        115
  S. Busby (KC)           112
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        111
  V. Blue (OAK)           109
  L. Tiant (BOS)          106
  W. Wood (CHI)           105

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