Thursday August 1, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 1, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         61  44  3.23  105  28  18   936   883  390  336   68  278  470
New York        51  53  3.54  104  32  16   928   934  418  365   71  337  513
Kansas City     51  51  3.55  102  34  11   925   915  423  365   66  294  451
Baltimore       52  51  3.67  103  32  14   932   919  434  380   75  307  451
Milwaukee       51  53  3.76  104  34  15   928   940  419  388   83  312  386
Cleveland       53  48  3.78  102  27  16   919   879  430  386   88  318  418
California      41  65  3.90  107  33   7   950   919  475  412   80  436  626
Boston          56  47  3.91  103  44  12   933   977  448  405   87  290  478
Minnesota       51  54  3.94  106  20  21   950   971  465  416   90  341  598
Detroit         50  53  4.01  103  34  12   923   900  458  411   94  367  565
Chicago         52  51  4.12  105  29  21   948   928  482  434   78  365  528
Texas           53  52  4.20  106  40   9   939   970  494  438   93  316  559

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   15   5  2.04  23  23  17   0   3  203  131   52   46   11   63  147
B. Dal Canton (KC)     6   5  2.69  20  14   6   0   1  121   82   44   36    4   53   64
Luis Tiant (BOS)      16   7  2.85  25  25  17   0   4  212  196   72   67   17   43  114
Jim Perry (CLE)       11   8  2.87  23  23   4   0   2  166  153   57   53    3   43   45
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  14   9  2.93  26  26  12   0   4  196  179   70   64   15   29   78
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Steve Busby (KC)      15   9  3.15  25  25  14   0   3  194  181   74   68    8   60  125
Mike Cuellar (BAL)    13   7  3.17  24  24  11   0   3  165  159   69   58   14   53   63
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   10  12  3.20  25  25  10   0   2  183  178   75   65   12   47  154
Joe Decker (MIN)      11   9  3.23  24  24   6   0   1  162  161   68   58   17   66  103

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   3  3.00  29   0   0   6   0   36   33   12   12    5   12   26
Don Hood               1   0  3.13  17   0   0   0   0   55   42   21   19    1   16   25
Bob Reynolds           4   4  3.14  39   0   0   5   0   49   59   19   17    3   11   32
Mike Cuellar          13   7  3.17  24  24  11   0   3  165  159   69   58   14   53   63
Wayne Garland          3   5  3.27  14   5   0   1   0   63   48   29   23    1   18   32
Ross Grimsley         12   8  3.28  25  25  12   0   2  187  170   73   68   23   41  108
Jim Palmer             3   8  4.01  14  14   2   0   0   90   94   50   40    7   44   40
Dave McNally           9   8  4.22  26  24   5   1   1  160  174   82   75   12   50   78
Dave Johnson           1   1  4.32   8   0   0   1   0    8    6    4    4    1    4    1
Jesse Jefferson        1   0  4.57  15   1   0   0   0   41   41   23   21    1   28   24
Doyle Alexander        4   7  4.90  21  10   2   0   0   79   93   52   43    7   30   22

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Luis Tiant            16   7  2.85  25  25  17   0   4  212  196   72   67   17   43  114
Roger Moret            5   3  3.18  19  10   5   2   0   93   89   37   33    9   42   60
Bill Lee              12   9  3.79  25  24   9   0   1  178  204   85   75   18   38   58
Dick Pole              0   0  3.80   9   0   0   0   0   21   31   14    9    1    7   17
Dick Drago             5   7  3.80  22  12   5   3   0  118  112   53   50    9   50   62
Rick Wise              3   4  3.91   8   8   1   0   0   46   44   20   20    2   15   24
Diego Segui            5   4  4.12  39   0   0   6   0   68   71   36   31    5   31   51
Reggie Cleveland       7  10  4.80  26  20   7   0   0  148  165   89   79   20   46   69
Bob Veale              0   1  6.35  15   0   0   1   0   11   14    8    8    2    4   13
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
Dave Sells             2   3  2.32  18   0   0   2   0   31   32   11    8    2   12   11
Luis Quintana          1   1  2.84   7   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    7    8
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Andy Hassler           2   5  3.05  10  10   4   0   0   74   66   35   25    5   30   37
Nolan Ryan            13  11  3.44  28  27  14   0   2  212  157   95   81   16  134  219
Dick Lange             3   6  3.57  17  16   1   0   0   98   93   49   39    9   40   56
John Cumberland        0   1  3.74  17   0   0   0   0   22   24    9    9    2   10   12
Ed Figueroa            1   3  3.83  15   5   2   0   1   49   65   22   21    0   13   18
Frank Tanana           6  13  4.05  25  21   4   0   0  158  164   77   71   22   52   88
Skip Lockwood          2   4  4.41  31   0   0   1   0   63   64   32   31    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
Horacio Pina           0   1  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    1    0    1
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
Jim Otten              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    0    0    0    0
Cy Acosta              0   3  2.90  24   0   0   3   0   40   34   16   13    3   15   16
Jim Kaat              12   7  3.38  27  24   5   0   1  162  167   72   61   12   41   78
Wilbur Wood           16  12  3.69  29  29  13   0   1  215  193   96   88   21   58  111
Terry Forster          5   7  3.76  39   1   0  16   0   93   78   41   39    3   27   77
Bart Johnson           3   0  4.10   6   6   2   0   0   37   35   17   17    3   11   27
Stan Bahnsen           9  12  4.28  27  26   9   0   1  170  165   91   81   14   86   84
Skip Pitlock           3   3  4.38  29   5   0   1   0   76   72   41   37    6   40   53
Ken Tatum              0   0  4.79  10   1   0   0   0   21   23   12   11    3    9    5
Rich Gossage           2   3  4.85  24   3   0   1   0   59   61   33   32    4   30   42
Bill Moran             1   3  4.93  14   5   0   0   0   42   51   25   23    5   22   16
Lloyd Allen            0   1  7.71   5   1   0   0   0    7    5    7    6    0   10    3
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         15   5  2.04  23  23  17   0   3  203  131   52   46   11   63  147
Bruce Ellingsen        0   0  2.61   8   0   0   0   0   10   13    9    3    2    5    5
Jim Perry             11   8  2.87  23  23   4   0   2  166  153   57   53    3   43   45
Tom Buskey             0   2  3.32  25   0   0   7   0   43   43   16   16    4   20   22
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Dick Bosman            4   0  3.94  14   7   1   0   1   62   58   30   27    6   14   30
Tom Hilgendorf         3   2  4.04  25   0   0   3   0   36   41   16   16    4   15   16
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
Fritz Peterson         7   6  4.57  17  17   2   0   0   89  105   48   45   12   18   26
Steve Kline            3   7  4.80  12  10   1   0   0   60   53   35   32    7   29   13
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Fred Beene             2   3  5.96  22   0   0   2   0   45   49   34   30    7   16   23
Steve Arlin            2   4  5.97   7   7   1   0   0   35   42   25   23    1   15   14
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           13   7  2.53  38   0   0  10   0   96   86   33   27    6   31   87
Mickey Lolich         11  13  3.84  27  27  17   0   2  208  198  100   89   23   51  134
Jim Ray                0   2  3.94  17   0   0   2   0   32   29   14   14    1   21   15
Dave Lemanczyk         0   0  3.98  11   0   0   0   0   41   41   22   18    8   23   22
Lerrin LaGrow          7  11  4.02  24  23   8   0   0  150  164   78   67   15   51   57
Woodie Fryman          5   6  4.34  21  17   2   0   1  112   97   56   54   12   54   78
Joe Coleman            9   9  4.36  27  27   7   0   2  186  183   98   90   22   93  127
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    0
Luke Walker            4   2  4.74  17   5   0   0   0   49   51   27   26    4   22   27
Bill Slayback          1   3  4.83  11   4   0   0   0   41   42   26   22    1   18   18

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Dal Canton       6   5  2.69  20  14   6   0   1  121   82   44   36    4   53   64
Doug Bird              5   3  3.00  40   0   0   8   0   60   62   21   20    5   18   37
Steve Busby           15   9  3.15  25  25  14   0   3  194  181   74   68    8   60  125
Al Fitzmorris          6   3  3.46  22  15   4   1   2  101  115   47   39    5   28   23
Steve Mingori          1   2  3.50  22   0   0   0   0   44   36   22   17    3   17   29
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.63  23   5   2   0   0   69   63   33   28    5   16   29
Paul Splittorff       10  11  3.80  24  24   6   0   1  149  165   78   63   17   45   58
Marty Pattin           2   6  4.18  18  11   2   0   0   93  101   46   43    8   22   41
Nelson Briles          2   4  4.65   8   8   0   0   0   41   49   22   21    5   14   13
Gene Garber            1   2  4.82  17   0   0   1   0   28   35   21   15    3   13   14
Joe Hoerner            2   3  5.40  21   0   0   1   0   25   26   15   15    3    8   18

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             4   4  1.63  38   0   0  11   0   66   34   12   12    3   27   29
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          5   1  3.38  18  10   1   0   0   80   85   34   30    6   23   24
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   2  3.55  32   1   0   4   0   66   55   28   26    5   33   30
Kevin Kobel            4   8  3.74  22  14   3   0   2   99   96   46   41    9   35   50
Clyde Wright           8  14  3.88  27  27  14   0   0  188  203   86   81   18   45   52
Jim Slaton             8  12  4.26  27  22   7   0   2  163  173   83   77   17   60   75
Bill Travers           2   2  4.96  13   1   0   0   0   33   37   18   18    3   21   20
Jim Colborn            6   8  5.19  20  19   6   0   1  128  148   74   74   17   33   45

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Campbell          5   5  3.20  47   0   0  14   0   82   74   30   29    3   35   56
Bert Blyleven         10  12  3.20  25  25  10   0   2  183  178   75   65   12   47  154
Joe Decker            11   9  3.23  24  24   6   0   1  162  161   68   58   17   66  103
Dave Goltz             4   5  3.73  16  12   0   1   0   89  106   49   37    9   31   42
Ray Corbin             6   3  4.27  23  12   1   0   0   93   98   48   44    7   31   46
Bill Butler            3   4  4.30  17   7   1   1   0   59   58   28   28    5   34   44
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Vic Albury             4   8  4.61  21  17   2   0   0  107  101   62   55   18   53   59
Bill Hands             2   4  4.78  29   5   0   3   0   79   92   42   42    8   15   55
Tom Burgmeier          5   3  4.98  37   0   0   2   0   65   63   36   36    6   21   24
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            6   3  2.03  46   0   0  11   0   71   69   21   16    4   31   59
Rudy May               2   1  2.65   5   4   3   0   0   34   24   13   10    2   14   25
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Cecil Upshaw           0   4  2.70  23   0   0   3   0   40   36   17   12    0   14   19
Mike Wallace           4   0  2.73  15   0   0   0   0   30   27   10    9    2   18   17
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Doc Medich            13   8  3.27  24  24  12   0   2  187  179   73   68   17   56  102
Pat Dobson             8  13  3.39  24  24   7   0   1  167  174   74   63   12   41   97
Sam McDowell           1   4  3.43   9   5   0   0   0   39   26   16   15    5   34   26
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
Dick Tidrow            7   5  4.40  19  18   3   0   0  117  137   65   57   10   36   54
Fritz Peterson         0   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    5
Dave Pagan             1   3  5.40  14   6   1   0   0   47   46   29   28    1   26   37
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          4   3  1.59  27   2   0   5   0   68   51   19   12    3   21   26
Rollie Fingers         7   3  2.71  48   0   0  11   0   73   63   26   22    3   19   56
Catfish Hunter        14   9  2.93  26  26  12   0   4  196  179   70   64   15   29   78
Glenn Abbott           4   1  2.94   9   7   2   0   0   49   43   19   16    1   19   21
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Dave Hamilton          6   3  3.31  21  16   1   0   1  101   94   41   37   10   39   56
Vida Blue             12   9  3.40  26  26   8   0   0  185  155   82   70   14   59  117
Ken Holtzman          11  12  3.84  26  26   5   0   1  164  191   83   70   12   34   73
Blue Moon Odom         1   2  3.88  21   2   0   0   0   56   56   26   24    4   31   32
Darold Knowles         2   2  4.54  33   0   0   2   0   36   45   21   18    5   23   10

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         4   4  2.17  46   0   0   9   0   87   68   26   21    5   25   65
Jackie Brown           9   8  3.50  22  14   4   0   1  134  140   60   52   10   46   85
Fergie Jenkins        14   9  3.57  26  26  18   0   2  199  190   87   79   22   30  125
David Clyde            3   7  3.91  19  17   4   0   0   92  101   46   40    8   34   41
Steve Hargan           9   6  3.94  27  18   4   0   1  130  143   74   57    9   42   69
Jim Bibby             14  13  4.77  28  28  10   0   4  187  178  103   99   19   81  104
Don Stanhouse          0   1  4.87  11   0   0   0   0   20   28   14   11    1   10   17
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  8.22  12   1   0   0   0   15   28   14   14    3    4    7
Stan Thomas            0   0  8.64   7   0   0   0   0    8   15    8    8    1    4    3
Pete Broberg           0   3 10.38   5   2   0   0   0   17   22   22   20    6    7   10
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:

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

Losses:

  C. Wright (MIL)          14
  J. Bibby (TEX)           13
  P. Dobson (NY)           13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  F. Tanana (CAL)          13
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         12
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  J. Slaton (MIL)          12
  W. Wood (CHI)            12

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         18
  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  G. Perry (CLE)           17
  L. Tiant (BOS)           17
  S. Busby (KC)            14
  N. Ryan (CAL)            14
  C. Wright (MIL)          14
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          12

Saves:

  T. Forster (CHI)         16
  B. Campbell (MIN)        14
  R. Fingers (OAK)         11
  S. Lyle (NY)             11
  T. Murphy (MIL)          11
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  S. Foucault (TEX)         9
  D. Bird (KC)              8
  T. Buskey (CLE)           8
  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
  J. Coleman (DET)          2
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        2
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         214.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         212.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        211.2
  M. Lolich (DET)       208.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        203.1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      199.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       196.1
  S. Busby (KC)         194.0
  C. Wright (MIL)       188.0
  D. Medich (NY)        187.1

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            204
  C. Wright (MIL)         203
  M. Lolich (DET)         198
  L. Tiant (BOS)          196
  W. Wood (CHI)           193
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       191
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        190
  J. Coleman (DET)        183
  S. Busby (KC)           181
  C. Hunter (OAK)         179

Runs:

  J. Bibby (TEX)          103
  M. Lolich (DET)         100
  J. Coleman (DET)         98
  W. Wood (CHI)            96
  N. Ryan (CAL)            95
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         91
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       89
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         87
  C. Wright (MIL)          86
  B. Lee (BOS)             85

Home Runs:

  R. Grimsley (BAL)        23
  M. Lolich (DET)          23
  J. Coleman (DET)         22
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         22
  F. Tanana (CAL)          22
  W. Wood (CHI)            21
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       20
  J. Bibby (TEX)           19
  V. Albury (MIN)          18
  B. Lee (BOS)             18

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           134
  J. Coleman (DET)         93
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         86
  J. Bibby (TEX)           81
  J. Decker (MIN)          66
  G. Perry (CLE)           63
  S. Busby (KC)            60
  J. Slaton (MIL)          60
  V. Blue (OAK)            59
  W. Wood (CHI)            58

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           219
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       154
  G. Perry (CLE)          147
  M. Lolich (DET)         134
  J. Coleman (DET)        127
  S. Busby (KC)           125
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        125
  V. Blue (OAK)           117
  L. Tiant (BOS)          114
  W. Wood (CHI)           111


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