Tuesday August 20, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 20, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         71  53  3.08  124  38  21  1104  1021  442  378   78  331  553
Kansas City     64  56  3.36  120  38  15  1090  1072  466  407   71  338  547
New York        61  61  3.46  122  40  19  1088  1079  488  418   81  402  608
Baltimore       62  59  3.56  121  39  18  1089  1073  492  431   81  362  526
Cleveland       60  57  3.70  118  31  21  1061  1025  488  436  102  363  475
California      49  75  3.76  125  42   9  1107  1070  537  463   85  492  757
Boston          68  54  3.80  122  51  15  1098  1123  514  464   97  351  556
Milwaukee       59  64  3.87  123  36  19  1094  1130  504  470   95  360  456
Minnesota       60  64  3.91  125  26  25  1116  1143  546  485   99  398  700
Detroit         58  65  3.98  123  42  12  1106  1080  556  489  111  454  665
Texas           61  62  4.18  124  45   9  1101  1132  580  511  105  362  661
Chicago         60  63  4.26  125  36  22  1123  1146  589  532   89  428  616

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   16   8  2.42  27  27  19   0   3  234  160   69   63   18   76  163
B. Dal Canton (KC)     7   6  2.80  23  17   7   0   1  138  104   52   43    4   60   74
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  18  10  2.87  31  31  16   0   4  239  210   84   76   20   34   95
Jim Perry (CLE)       13   8  2.95  26  26   5   0   3  183  170   64   60    5   48   47
Luis Tiant (BOS)      19   8  2.96  29  29  19   0   5  243  229   85   80   18   59  129
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   11  15  3.00  29  29  13   0   2  216  202   84   72   13   59  185
Al Fitzmorris (KC)     9   3  3.02  26  19   4   1   2  128  132   51   43    7   36   33
Steve Busby (KC)      18  10  3.09  29  29  16   0   3  224  209   83   77    8   72  153
Joe Decker (MIN)      13  10  3.15  28  28   7   0   1  192  185   79   67   19   74  120
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      16  13  3.15  33  32  18   0   2  257  185  106   90   17  151  288

 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          15   9  3.30  28  28  13   0   3  194  189   82   71   15   66   79
Jim Palmer             4   8  3.59  16  16   2   0   0  103  106   52   41    7   50   46
Dave McNally          11   9  4.18  30  28   7   1   2  185  201   93   86   15   58   86
Doyle Alexander        5   9  4.35  25  11   2   0   0   99  112   61   48    7   36   33
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            19   8  2.96  29  29  19   0   5  243  229   85   80   18   59  129
Roger Moret            6   5  3.40  23  14   7   2   0  122  111   51   46   13   59   74
Diego Segui            6   4  3.65  46   0   0   8   0   79   79   38   32    5   36   55
Dick Drago             6   7  3.68  27  13   6   3   0  132  124   57   54   10   52   68
Dick Pole              0   0  3.80   9   0   0   0   0   21   31   14    9    1    7   17
Rick Wise              3   4  3.86   9   9   1   0   0   49   47   23   21    2   16   25
Bill Lee              14  11  3.94  29  28  10   0   1  206  238  101   90   21   47   72
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   3   0   0   1   0    5    4    0    0    0    2    2
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  13  3.15  33  32  18   0   2  257  185  106   90   17  151  288
Frank Tanana           9  14  3.53  29  25   7   0   2  191  190   81   75   22   58  113
Dave Sells             2   3  3.69  20   0   0   2   0   39   48   19   16    3   16   14
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
Ed Figueroa            2   5  3.79  19   9   3   0   1   76   96   35   32    1   23   32
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  5.40  13   0   0   0   0   10   13    6    6    0    8    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
Francisco Barrios      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Jim Kaat              13  11  3.58  32  29   8   0   1  198  205   90   79   17   46   93
Wilbur Wood           18  14  3.70  34  34  15   0   1  250  233  111  103   23   64  129
Cy Acosta              0   3  3.89  26   0   0   3   0   44   42   22   19    3   17   18
Terry Forster          7   8  3.89  46   1   0  17   0  106   99   48   46    5   31   85
Bart Johnson           4   2  3.90  10  10   4   0   0   60   61   31   26    4   18   38
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    5    4    0    7    5
Skip Pitlock           3   3  4.37  34   5   0   1   0   95   87   50   46    7   49   64
Bill Moran             1   3  4.66  15   5   0   0   0   46   57   27   24    5   23   17
Stan Bahnsen          11  14  4.69  32  30   9   0   1  190  196  109   99   14   97   91
Ken Tatum              0   0  4.79  10   1   0   0   0   21   23   12   11    3    9    5
Rich Gossage           2   4  4.86  30   3   0   1   0   70   76   41   38    4   37   51
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   8  2.42  27  27  19   0   3  234  160   69   63   18   76  163
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
Fritz Peterson         8   8  3.89  21  21   3   0   0  118  133   54   51   13   25   42
Tom Hilgendorf         3   2  3.92  28   0   0   3   0   39   45   17   17    5   15   17
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  2.26  45   0   0  10   0  115   95   35   29    6   46  106
Mickey Lolich         15  14  3.56  32  32  22   0   3  255  238  112  101   28   57  162
Dave Lemanczyk         1   1  3.76  14   3   0   0   0   55   53   30   23   10   33   31
Joe Coleman           10  11  4.16  31  31   9   0   2  218  211  119  101   24  108  138
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
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    0
Jim Ray                1   3  4.81  22   0   0   2   0   43   44   24   23    3   27   21
Bill Slayback          1   3  4.89  13   4   0   0   0   50   52   32   27    1   24   21
Fred Holdsworth        0   2  5.93   3   3   0   0   0   14   19    9    9    1    5    3

 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          9   3  3.02  26  19   4   1   2  128  132   51   43    7   36   33
Steve Busby           18  10  3.09  29  29  16   0   3  224  209   83   77    8   72  153
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.26  29   5   2   1   0   86   80   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  1.51  49   0   0  15   0   84   49   14   14    3   32   36
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          8   2  3.04  22  14   1   0   0  110  113   41   37    6   30   37
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   3  3.46  37   2   0   4   0   88   74   36   34    7   38   45
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
Jim Slaton             9  14  4.62  31  26   7   0   2  179  197   98   92   19   73   83
Jim Colborn            8  10  4.74  24  23   7   0   1  158  177   85   83   22   39   57
Bill Travers           2   2  5.16  19   1   0   0   0   45   51   26   26    5   26   26
Bill Castro            0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    1    1    0    0    1
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  15  3.00  29  29  13   0   2  216  202   84   72   13   59  185
Joe Decker            13  10  3.15  28  28   7   0   1  192  185   79   67   19   74  120
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   5  5.06  25  14   1   0   0  100  115   62   56    7   32   48
Vic Albury             4   8  5.14  24  17   2   0   0  117  119   74   67   19   60   65
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  1.69   9   8   6   0   1   64   39   17   12    3   28   44
Sparky Lyle            7   3  2.01  51   0   0  12   0   81   77   27   18    5   34   67
Cecil Upshaw           0   4  2.37  28   0   0   5   0   49   43   18   13    0   18   23
Tippy Martinez         0   0  2.45   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    2    0    6    6
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Mike Wallace           5   0  2.72  17   0   0   0   0   36   31   14   11    2   24   20
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Pat Dobson            11  14  3.23  29  29  10   0   1  206  216   87   74   16   51  123
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
Dick Tidrow            8   7  4.08  23  21   4   0   0  146  163   77   66   12   42   65
Sam McDowell           1   6  4.67  12   7   0   0   0   44   38   25   23    6   38   30
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  2.36  56   0   0  14   0   84   72   26   22    3   22   65
Catfish Hunter        18  10  2.87  31  31  16   0   4  239  210   84   76   20   34   95
Glenn Abbott           4   4  3.17  12  10   3   0   0   65   59   27   23    2   22   26
Vida Blue             14  11  3.18  30  30  11   0   0  221  183   92   78   16   78  141
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Blue Moon Odom         1   3  3.31  24   3   1   0   0   68   64   27   25    4   39   39
Dave Hamilton          6   4  3.44  23  17   1   0   1  105   96   44   40   10   45   58
Ken Holtzman          14  13  3.53  30  30   6   0   1  194  217   94   76   13   36   85
Darold Knowles         3   2  4.10  36   1   0   2   0   42   49   22   19    5   28   11

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         5   6  2.26  54   0   0   9   0  103   81   33   26    6   28   80
Fergie Jenkins        17  11  3.34  31  31  22   0   4  242  222  101   90   23   39  155
Jackie Brown           9  10  3.69  27  18   4   0   1  159  171   76   65   11   55   97
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  6.86  18   1   0   0   0   20   36   16   15    3    4   11
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:

  L. Tiant (BOS)           19
  S. Busby (KC)            18
  C. Hunter (OAK)          18
  W. Wood (CHI)            18
  J. Bibby (TEX)           17
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         17
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  N. Ryan (CAL)            16
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         15
  M. Lolich (DET)          15

Losses:

  C. Wright (MIL)          18
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         14
  J. Bibby (TEX)           14
  P. Dobson (NY)           14
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  J. Slaton (MIL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         22
  M. Lolich (DET)          22
  G. Perry (CLE)           19
  L. Tiant (BOS)           19
  N. Ryan (CAL)            18
  S. Busby (KC)            16
  C. Hunter (OAK)          16
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        15
  W. Wood (CHI)            15
  C. Wright (MIL)          15

Saves:

  B. Campbell (MIN)        17
  T. Forster (CHI)         17
  T. Murphy (MIL)          15
  R. Fingers (OAK)         14
  T. Buskey (CLE)          13
  S. Lyle (NY)             12
  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
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         3
  M. Lolich (DET)           3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3
  J. Perry (CLE)            3

Innings Pitched:

  N. Ryan (CAL)         257.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       255.1
  W. Wood (CHI)         250.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        243.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      242.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       238.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        234.0
  S. Busby (KC)         224.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         221.0
  J. Coleman (DET)      218.1

Hits:

  B. Lee (BOS)            238
  M. Lolich (DET)         238
  C. Wright (MIL)         237
  W. Wood (CHI)           233
  L. Tiant (BOS)          229
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        222
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       217
  P. Dobson (NY)          216
  J. Coleman (DET)        211
  C. Hunter (OAK)         210

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        119
  J. Bibby (TEX)          117
  M. Lolich (DET)         112
  W. Wood (CHI)           111
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        109
  N. Ryan (CAL)           106
  C. Wright (MIL)         106
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        101
  B. Lee (BOS)            101
  R. Cleveland (BOS)      100

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           151
  J. Coleman (DET)        108
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         97
  J. Bibby (TEX)           91
  V. Blue (OAK)            78
  G. Perry (CLE)           76
  J. Decker (MIN)          74
  J. Slaton (MIL)          73
  S. Busby (KC)            72
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         66

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           288
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       185
  G. Perry (CLE)          163
  M. Lolich (DET)         162
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        155
  S. Busby (KC)           153
  V. Blue (OAK)           141
  J. Coleman (DET)        138
  L. Tiant (BOS)          129
  W. Wood (CHI)           129


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