Saturday August 17, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 17, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         69  52  3.13  121  36  20  1077  1006  437  375   76  320  542
Kansas City     63  55  3.41  118  37  14  1073  1061  465  406   71  332  540
New York        59  60  3.46  119  39  18  1061  1055  477  408   78  391  589
Baltimore       60  59  3.61  119  37  18  1071  1061  491  430   81  355  521
Cleveland       60  55  3.74  116  29  21  1043  1013  485  433   99  359  464
California      48  73  3.81  122  40   9  1078  1044  531  457   85  484  725
Boston          65  54  3.82  119  50  14  1071  1099  504  454   96  345  544
Milwaukee       57  63  3.89  120  36  17  1068  1104  495  461   93  354  442
Minnesota       59  62  3.90  122  24  25  1091  1115  533  473   98  390  682
Detroit         57  63  4.03  120  41  12  1078  1052  542  483  109  442  657
Chicago         60  60  4.18  122  36  22  1099  1107  566  511   88  415  603
Texas           60  61  4.22  122  44   9  1084  1121  578  509  105  359  651

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   16   7  2.44  26  26  18   0   3  225  152   67   61   16   74  157
B. Dal Canton (KC)     7   6  2.80  23  17   7   0   1  138  104   52   43    4   60   74
Luis Tiant (BOS)      18   8  2.83  28  28  19   0   5  236  218   79   74   17   57  126
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  17  10  2.94  30  30  15   0   4  230  207   83   75   19   33   91
Jim Perry (CLE)       13   8  2.95  26  26   5   0   3  183  170   64   60    5   48   47
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   11  14  3.07  28  28  12   0   2  208  193   82   71   13   56  175
Al Fitzmorris (KC)     8   3  3.14  25  18   4   1   2  123  129   51   43    7   34   31
Steve Busby (KC)      18   9  3.17  28  28  15   0   3  216  203   82   76    8   68  148
Ross Grimsley (BAL)   14  10  3.19  30  29  15   1   3  217  199   84   77   24   50  116
Joe Decker (MIN)      12  10  3.20  27  27   6   0   1  183  179   77   65   18   72  117

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Johnson           2   1  2.57   9   0   0   1   0   14   14    4    4    1    4    5
Grant Jackson          1   3  2.59  36   0   0   9   0   49   38   14   14    5   18   43
Bob Reynolds           4   5  3.12  42   0   0   5   0   52   63   20   18    3   11   32
Ross Grimsley         14  10  3.19  30  29  15   1   3  217  199   84   77   24   50  116
Wayne Garland          4   5  3.25  16   6   0   1   0   75   58   33   27    2   20   35
Don Hood               1   0  3.27  18   1   0   0   0   55   44   22   20    1   18   25
Mike Cuellar          14   9  3.41  27  27  12   0   3  185  184   81   70   15   62   75
Jim Palmer             4   8  3.59  16  16   2   0   0  103  106   52   41    7   50   46
Doyle Alexander        5   9  4.35  25  11   2   0   0   99  112   61   48    7   36   33
Dave McNally          10   9  4.39  29  27   6   1   1  176  194   93   86   15   55   85
Jesse Jefferson        1   0  4.79  17   2   0   0   0   47   49   27   25    1   31   26

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Luis Tiant            18   8  2.83  28  28  19   0   5  236  218   79   74   17   57  126
Roger Moret            6   5  3.40  23  14   7   2   0  122  111   51   46   13   59   74
Dick Drago             5   7  3.73  26  12   5   3   0  123  116   54   51   10   50   66
Dick Pole              0   0  3.80   9   0   0   0   0   21   31   14    9    1    7   17
Diego Segui            6   4  3.81  44   0   0   7   0   76   79   38   32    5   36   54
Rick Wise              3   4  3.86   9   9   1   0   0   49   47   23   21    2   16   25
Bill Lee              13  11  4.04  28  27  10   0   1  198  233  100   89   21   45   66
Juan Marichal          5   1  4.12   9   7   0   0   0   55   52   25   25    3   11   20
Reggie Cleveland       8  12  4.67  30  22   8   0   0  170  185  100   88   21   53   77
Bob Veale              0   1  5.68  17   0   0   2   0   13   14    8    8    2    4   16
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
Ken Sanders            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    4    1    0    0    0    2    1
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Andy Hassler           2   8  3.11  14  13   5   1   0   93   86   47   32    6   40   49
Nolan Ryan            16  12  3.26  32  31  17   0   2  246  181  105   89   17  146  269
Ed Figueroa            2   4  3.54  18   8   3   0   1   69   84   30   27    1   22   29
Dave Sells             2   3  3.69  20   0   0   2   0   39   48   19   16    3   16   14
Frank Tanana           8  14  3.71  28  24   6   0   1  182  184   81   75   22   57  104
John Cumberland        0   1  3.74  17   0   0   0   0   22   24    9    9    2   10   12
Dick Lange             3   8  3.75  19  18   1   0   0  110  105   58   46   10   45   57
Skip Lockwood          2   4  4.25  33   0   0   1   0   66   65   32   31    7   28   31
Horacio Pina           0   1  4.91   4   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    1    1    4
Dick Selma             2   2  5.09  18   0   0   1   0   23   22   13   13    2   17   15
Luis Quintana          2   1  5.59  12   0   0   0   0   10   12    6    6    0    7    9
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
Jim Kaat              13  10  3.49  31  28   8   0   1  191  198   85   74   17   45   89
Wilbur Wood           18  13  3.58  33  33  15   0   1  247  224  106   98   22   62  126
Terry Forster          7   8  3.82  45   1   0  17   0  106   97   47   45    5   30   85
Jack Kucek             0   0  3.86   2   1   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    0    6    2
Cy Acosta              0   3  3.89  26   0   0   3   0   44   42   22   19    3   17   18
Bart Johnson           4   2  3.90  10  10   4   0   0   60   61   31   26    4   18   38
Skip Pitlock           3   3  4.34  33   5   0   1   0   93   84   49   45    7   47   64
Stan Bahnsen          11  13  4.56  31  29   9   0   1  186  190  104   94   14   93   90
Bill Moran             1   3  4.66  15   5   0   0   0   46   57   27   24    5   23   17
Rich Gossage           2   4  4.76  28   3   0   1   0   68   72   38   36    4   35   50
Ken Tatum              0   0  4.79  10   1   0   0   0   21   23   12   11    3    9    5
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
Lloyd Allen            0   1 10.29   6   2   0   0   0    7    7    9    8    0   12    3
Jim Otten              0   0 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    4    3    0    2    0
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        1   0  2.33  10   0   0   0   0   19   20   11    5    2    8   10
Gaylord Perry         16   7  2.44  26  26  18   0   3  225  152   67   61   16   74  157
Jim Perry             13   8  2.95  26  26   5   0   3  183  170   64   60    5   48   47
Tom Buskey             0   3  3.03  35   0   0  12   0   59   60   22   20    5   26   26
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Milt Wilcox            2   1  3.79  32   1   1   3   0   57   58   27   24    8   17   24
Dick Bosman            5   2  3.89  17  10   1   0   1   79   80   43   34    8   17   34
Tom Hilgendorf         3   2  3.92  28   0   0   3   0   39   45   17   17    5   15   17
Fritz Peterson         8   7  4.13  20  20   2   0   0  109  129   53   50   12   23   37
Bob Johnson            3   4  4.38  14  10   0   0   0   72   75   42   35   12   37   36
Steve Kline            3   7  4.82  13  10   1   0   0   62   57   36   33    7   29   14
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Steve Arlin            2   4  5.75   9   9   1   0   0   41   51   28   26    1   19   16
Fred Beene             2   4  5.80  25   0   0   2   0   50   55   36   32    7   19   25
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           14   8  2.27  44   0   0  10   0  115   95   35   29    6   44  106
Mickey Lolich         14  14  3.72  31  31  21   0   2  244  228  112  101   28   55  158
Dave Lemanczyk         1   1  3.76  14   3   0   0   0   55   53   30   23   10   33   31
Joe Coleman           10  10  4.14  30  30   9   0   2  211  200  107   97   23  103  136
Lerrin LaGrow          7  13  4.39  28  26   9   0   0  166  184   95   81   17   59   66
Luke Walker            4   3  4.43  20   6   0   0   0   67   74   36   33    6   35   38
Woodie Fryman          5   7  4.54  22  18   2   0   1  115  101   60   58   13   57   79
Jim Ray                1   3  4.64  21   0   0   2   0   43   43   23   22    2   27   21
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    0
Bill Slayback          1   3  4.89  13   4   0   0   0   50   52   32   27    1   24   21
Fred Holdsworth        0   1 13.50   2   2   0   0   0    5   13    8    8    1    2    1

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bird              6   3  2.57  46   0   0   9   0   70   74   21   20    5   20   45
Bruce Dal Canton       7   6  2.80  23  17   7   0   1  138  104   52   43    4   60   74
Steve Mingori          2   2  2.98  28   0   0   1   0   51   39   22   17    3   17   34
Al Fitzmorris          8   3  3.14  25  18   4   1   2  123  129   51   43    7   34   31
Steve Busby           18   9  3.17  28  28  15   0   3  216  203   82   76    8   68  148
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.42  28   5   2   0   0   82   78   36   31    5   18   39
Paul Splittorff       12  12  3.52  28  28   7   0   1  182  195   86   71   18   55   72
Marty Pattin           3   7  4.06  20  11   2   0   0  100  106   48   45    9   22   44
Joe Hoerner            2   3  4.76  24   0   0   2   0   28   26   15   15    3    8   20
Gene Garber            1   2  4.82  17   0   0   1   0   28   35   21   15    3   13   14
Nelson Briles          3   5  4.94  11  11   0   0   0   55   72   31   30    6   17   19

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             5   4  1.59  47   0   0  13   0   79   46   14   14    3   32   34
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          7   2  3.24  21  13   1   0   0  103  108   41   37    6   28   33
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   2  3.44  36   1   0   4   0   81   67   33   31    7   38   42
Kevin Kobel            5   9  3.75  25  16   3   0   2  115  115   54   48    9   39   52
Clyde Wright           8  18  4.41  31  31  15   0   0  206  237  106  101   19   48   56
Bill Travers           2   2  4.57  18   1   0   0   0   45   49   23   23    4   25   26
Jim Slaton             8  14  4.68  30  25   7   0   2  173  191   96   90   18   70   79
Jim Colborn            8  10  4.74  24  23   7   0   1  158  177   85   83   22   39   57
Dick Selma             0   0 19.29   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    5    5    0    0    2

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Campbell          6   7  2.87  53   0   0  17   0   97   86   33   31    3   47   63
Bert Blyleven         11  14  3.07  28  28  12   0   2  208  193   82   71   13   56  175
Joe Decker            12  10  3.20  27  27   6   0   1  183  179   77   65   18   72  117
Dave Goltz             6   6  3.87  20  16   1   1   0  114  141   66   49   11   34   55
Bill Butler            4   5  4.18  19   9   2   1   0   71   69   33   33    6   40   54
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Bill Hands             4   4  4.42  32   8   0   3   0  100  113   49   49    9   20   66
Tom Burgmeier          5   3  4.52  43   0   0   3   0   78   73   39   39    7   24   29
Ray Corbin             6   4  4.66  24  13   1   0   0   95  106   55   49    7   31   46
Vic Albury             4   8  5.12  23  17   2   0   0  114  115   72   65   19   58   62
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               5   1  1.48   8   7   6   0   1   61   37   15   10    2   26   39
Sparky Lyle            7   3  2.07  50   0   0  11   0   78   77   27   18    5   34   65
Cecil Upshaw           0   4  2.39  27   0   0   5   0   49   43   18   13    0   16   23
Mike Wallace           4   0  2.45  16   0   0   0   0   33   27   12    9    2   21   19
Tippy Martinez         0   0  2.57   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    2    0    5    5
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
Pat Dobson            10  14  3.34  28  28   9   0   1  197  209   86   73   15   50  116
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
Doc Medich            14  11  3.52  28  28  13   0   2  210  202   89   82   17   66  114
Mel Stottlemyre        6   7  3.58  16  15   6   0   0  113  119   54   45    7   37   40
Sam McDowell           1   5  3.98  11   6   0   0   0   43   33   20   19    5   36   30
Dick Tidrow            8   7  4.23  22  21   4   0   0  138  157   76   65   12   42   62
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  1.83  31   2   0   5   0   79   65   23   16    4   23   32
Rollie Fingers         7   3  2.38  55   0   0  13   0   83   72   26   22    3   22   65
Catfish Hunter        17  10  2.94  30  30  15   0   4  230  207   83   75   19   33   91
Glenn Abbott           4   4  3.17  12  10   3   0   0   65   59   27   23    2   22   26
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Vida Blue             14  10  3.27  29  29  10   0   0  212  179   91   77   15   70  137
Blue Moon Odom         1   3  3.39  23   3   1   0   0   66   63   27   25    4   38   37
Dave Hamilton          6   4  3.47  22  17   1   0   1  104   96   44   40   10   45   57
Ken Holtzman          13  13  3.59  29  29   6   0   1  188  210   91   75   13   36   85
Darold Knowles         3   2  4.10  35   1   0   2   0   42   49   22   19    5   27   11

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         5   6  2.30  53   0   0   9   0  102   81   33   26    6   28   78
Fergie Jenkins        16  11  3.47  30  30  21   0   3  233  218  101   90   23   38  150
Jackie Brown           9   9  3.70  26  17   4   0   1  153  165   74   63   11   53   95
David Clyde            3   8  4.07  23  19   4   0   0  104  114   54   47   12   37   48
Steve Hargan           9   8  4.42  31  21   4   0   1  147  172   92   72   10   44   79
Don Stanhouse          1   1  4.45  15   0   0   0   0   28   34   17   14    2   15   24
Jim Bibby             17  14  4.73  32  32  11   0   5  215  203  117  113   22   91  116
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  7.23  17   1   0   0   0   19   35   16   15    3    4   10
Pete Broberg           0   3  8.25   9   2   0   0   0   24   24   24   22    6   12   14
Stan Thomas            0   0  8.71   9   0   0   0   0   10   18   10   10    1    4    4
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:

  S. Busby (KC)            18
  L. Tiant (BOS)           18
  W. Wood (CHI)            18
  J. Bibby (TEX)           17
  C. Hunter (OAK)          17
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         16
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  N. Ryan (CAL)            16
  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         14

Losses:

  C. Wright (MIL)          18
  J. Bibby (TEX)           14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        14
  P. Dobson (NY)           14
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  J. Slaton (MIL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         13
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  L. LaGrow (DET)          13

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         21
  M. Lolich (DET)          21
  L. Tiant (BOS)           19
  G. Perry (CLE)           18
  N. Ryan (CAL)            17
  S. Busby (KC)            15
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        15
  C. Hunter (OAK)          15
  W. Wood (CHI)            15
  C. Wright (MIL)          15

Saves:

  B. Campbell (MIN)        17
  T. Forster (CHI)         17
  T. Buskey (CLE)          13
  R. Fingers (OAK)         13
  T. Murphy (MIL)          13
  S. Lyle (NY)             11
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  D. Bird (KC)              9
  S. Foucault (TEX)         9
  G. Jackson (BAL)          9

Shutouts:

  J. Bibby (TEX)            5
  L. Tiant (BOS)            5
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3
  J. Perry (CLE)            3
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         246.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         246.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       244.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        235.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      233.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       229.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        225.0
  R. Grimsley (BAL)     217.0
  S. Busby (KC)         216.0
  J. Bibby (TEX)        215.0

Hits:

  C. Wright (MIL)         237
  B. Lee (BOS)            233
  M. Lolich (DET)         228
  W. Wood (CHI)           224
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        218
  L. Tiant (BOS)          218
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       210
  P. Dobson (NY)          209
  C. Hunter (OAK)         207
  J. Bibby (TEX)          203

Runs:

  J. Bibby (TEX)          117
  M. Lolich (DET)         112
  J. Coleman (DET)        107
  W. Wood (CHI)           106
  C. Wright (MIL)         106
  N. Ryan (CAL)           105
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        104
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        101
  R. Cleveland (BOS)      100
  B. Lee (BOS)            100

Home Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          28
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        24
  J. Coleman (DET)         23
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         23
  J. Bibby (TEX)           22
  J. Colborn (MIL)         22
  F. Tanana (CAL)          22
  W. Wood (CHI)            22
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       21
  B. Lee (BOS)             21

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           146
  J. Coleman (DET)        103
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         93
  J. Bibby (TEX)           91
  G. Perry (CLE)           74
  J. Decker (MIN)          72
  V. Blue (OAK)            70
  J. Slaton (MIL)          70
  S. Busby (KC)            68
  D. Medich (NY)           66

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           269
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       175
  M. Lolich (DET)         158
  G. Perry (CLE)          157
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        150
  S. Busby (KC)           148
  V. Blue (OAK)           137
  J. Coleman (DET)        136
  L. Tiant (BOS)          126
  W. Wood (CHI)           126

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