Thursday August 22, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 22, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         71  54  3.10  125  38  21  1113  1027  447  383   78  336  557
Kansas City     65  57  3.37  122  39  15  1108  1089  474  415   73  346  559
New York        62  61  3.44  123  41  19  1097  1085  489  419   81  407  613
Baltimore       62  61  3.58  123  39  18  1107  1091  503  441   83  365  537
Cleveland       61  58  3.71  120  32  21  1079  1045  497  445  106  365  482
California      50  75  3.73  126  43   9  1116  1074  537  463   85  496  760
Boston          69  54  3.77  123  52  15  1107  1124  514  464   97  353  568
Milwaukee       60  64  3.86  124  36  19  1103  1133  507  473   97  361  459
Minnesota       60  65  3.91  126  26  25  1124  1154  550  489   99  402  707
Detroit         58  66  3.97  124  43  12  1114  1085  558  491  111  457  667
Texas           63  62  4.12  126  45  10  1119  1147  583  513  105  363  675
Chicago         60  64  4.26  126  37  22  1131  1154  593  535   89  431  621

 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
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  18  10  2.87  31  31  16   0   4  239  210   84   76   20   34   95
Jim Perry (CLE)       13   9  2.95  27  27   6   0   3  192  178   67   63    7   50   50
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
B. Dal Canton (KC)     7   6  3.04  24  18   7   0   1  142  109   57   48    5   65   79
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  3.08  43   0   0   5   0   53   63   20   18    3   11   32
Ross Grimsley         14  11  3.24  31  30  15   1   3  225  206   89   81   25   51  122
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   9  3.98  17  17   2   0   0  106  112   58   47    8   51   48
Doyle Alexander        5   9  4.13  26  11   2   0   0  105  117   61   48    7   37   36
Dave McNally          11   9  4.18  30  28   7   1   2  185  201   93   86   15   58   86
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            7   5  3.17  24  15   8   2   1  131  112   51   46   13   61   86
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
Andy Hassler           3   8  2.83  15  14   6   1   1  102   90   47   32    6   44   52
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
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  15  3.69  35  35  16   0   1  258  241  115  106   23   67  134
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   9  2.95  27  27   6   0   3  192  178   67   63    7   50   50
Tom Buskey             1   3  3.34  36   0   0  12   0   62   65   25   23    6   26   27
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
Fritz Peterson         8   8  3.89  21  21   3   0   0  118  133   54   51   13   25   42
Dick Bosman            5   2  3.92  18  11   1   0   1   85   87   46   37    9   17   37
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  14  4.29  29  27  10   0   0  174  189   97   83   17   62   68
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  47   0   0   9   0   70   75   21   20    5   20   45
Al Fitzmorris          9   3  3.02  26  19   4   1   2  128  132   51   43    7   36   33
Bruce Dal Canton       7   6  3.04  24  18   7   0   1  142  109   57   48    5   65   79
Steve Busby           18  10  3.09  29  29  16   0   3  224  209   83   77    8   72  153
Steve Mingori          2   3  3.25  29   0   0   1   0   53   42   24   19    3   17   35
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.26  29   5   2   1   0   86   80   36   31    5   18   39
Paul Splittorff       13  12  3.40  29  29   8   0   1  191  203   87   72   19   57   77
Marty Pattin           3   7  3.94  21  11   2   0   0  103  106   48   45    9   23   45
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  1.58  50   0   0  15   0   86   50   15   15    4   32   37
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            6   9  3.68  26  17   3   0   2  122  117   56   50   10   40   54
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 Hands             4   4  4.21  33   8   0   3   0  105  118   49   49    9   21   68
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Bill Butler            4   6  4.50  20  10   2   1   0   74   75   37   37    6   43   59
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
Doc Medich            15  11  3.42  29  29  14   0   2  219  208   90   83   17   71  119
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
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  1.82  32   2   0   5   0   79   66   23   16    4   24   32
Rollie Fingers         7   3  2.41  57   0   0  14   0   86   74   27   23    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
Dave Hamilton          6   4  3.44  23  17   1   0   1  105   96   44   40   10   45   58
Blue Moon Odom         1   4  3.50  25   4   1   0   0   75   67   31   29    4   43   43
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  2.19  56   0   0  10   0  107   84   33   26    6   28   81
Fergie Jenkins        18  11  3.32  32  32  22   0   4  249  228  103   92   23   39  161
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             18  14  4.57  33  33  11   0   5  223  208  118  113   22   92  123
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  19   1   0   0   0   20   37   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
  J. Bibby (TEX)           18
  S. Busby (KC)            18
  C. Hunter (OAK)          18
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         18
  W. Wood (CHI)            18
  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
  W. Wood (CHI)            15
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         14
  J. Bibby (TEX)           14
  P. Dobson (NY)           14
  L. LaGrow (DET)          14
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  J. Slaton (MIL)          14
  F. Tanana (CAL)          14

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
  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        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
  S. Foucault (TEX)        10
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  D. Bird (KC)              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:

  W. Wood (CHI)         258.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         257.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       255.1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      249.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        243.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)       238.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        234.0
  R. Grimsley (BAL)     225.1
  S. Busby (KC)         224.1
  J. Bibby (TEX)        222.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           241
  B. Lee (BOS)            238
  M. Lolich (DET)         238
  C. Wright (MIL)         237
  L. Tiant (BOS)          229
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        228
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       217
  P. Dobson (NY)          216
  J. Coleman (DET)        211
  C. Hunter (OAK)         210

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        119
  J. Bibby (TEX)          118
  W. Wood (CHI)           115
  M. Lolich (DET)         112
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        109
  N. Ryan (CAL)           106
  C. Wright (MIL)         106
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        103
  B. Lee (BOS)            101
  R. Cleveland (BOS)      100

Home Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          28
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        25
  J. Coleman (DET)         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)           92
  V. Blue (OAK)            78
  G. Perry (CLE)           76
  J. Decker (MIN)          74
  J. Slaton (MIL)          73
  S. Busby (KC)            72
  D. Medich (NY)           71

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           288
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       185
  G. Perry (CLE)          163
  M. Lolich (DET)         162
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        161
  S. Busby (KC)           153
  V. Blue (OAK)           141
  J. Coleman (DET)        138
  W. Wood (CHI)           134
  L. Tiant (BOS)          129

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