Friday August 30, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 30, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         76  56  3.03  132  40  23  1174  1078  461  395   80  352  592
New York        68  62  3.40  130  44  20  1159  1146  509  438   83  425  639
Kansas City     69  62  3.41  131  42  16  1192  1178  513  451   75  367  597
Baltimore       65  65  3.57  130  44  18  1168  1143  528  464   88  391  556
Boston          72  58  3.71  130  55  16  1168  1183  534  482  100  374  598
California      52  80  3.75  133  46   9  1179  1132  568  491   94  519  805
Cleveland       65  63  3.80  129  35  22  1155  1127  544  488  108  395  513
Milwaukee       62  70  3.82  132  37  20  1178  1202  537  500  103  386  498
Minnesota       64  68  3.89  133  28  27  1186  1210  577  513  103  423  751
Detroit         61  70  3.98  131  46  12  1182  1156  594  523  117  486  711
Texas           67  65  4.09  133  48  10  1183  1206  611  537  109  382  716
Chicago         65  67  4.16  134  42  23  1203  1222  621  556   93  450  663

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   17   9  2.37  29  29  21   0   3  251  172   73   66   18   78  173
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  20  10  2.71  33  33  17   0   4  256  222   86   77   21   37  110
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   13  15  2.80  31  31  15   0   2  234  210   87   73   14   61  205
Jim Perry (CLE)       14   9  2.86  28  28   7   0   3  201  183   68   64    7   51   52
Luis Tiant (BOS)      20   9  2.87  31  31  21   0   6  260  246   88   83   19   65  137
B. Dal Canton (KC)     8   7  3.00  26  20   8   0   2  153  115   61   51    5   70   85
Pat Dobson (NY)       13  14  3.02  31  31  11   0   2  223  231   88   75   17   53  129
Al Fitzmorris (KC)    10   4  3.06  28  21   5   1   3  138  139   55   47    7   39   37
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      17  14  3.08  35  34  20   0   2  274  197  110   94   18  158  304
Vida Blue (OAK)       14  12  3.22  32  32  11   0   0  232  198   97   83   17   80  144

 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         15  12  3.27  33  32  16   1   3  240  215   96   87   25   59  127
Don Hood               1   0  3.27  18   1   0   0   0   55   44   22   20    1   18   25
Wayne Garland          4   5  3.38  17   6   0   1   0   77   63   36   29    4   22   36
Mike Cuellar          16  10  3.49  30  30  14   0   3  204  201   90   79   16   69   82
Jim Palmer             4  10  3.86  18  18   3   0   0  114  119   60   49    8   54   50
Doyle Alexander        5   9  3.99  27  11   2   0   0  108  119   61   48    7   40   37
Dave McNally          12  10  4.05  32  30   9   1   2  202  216   98   91   17   63   90
Jesse Jefferson        1   0  4.33  18   2   0   0   0   52   51   27   25    1   33   29

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Luis Tiant            20   9  2.87  31  31  21   0   6  260  246   88   83   19   65  137
Roger Moret            7   7  3.44  26  17   9   2   1  144  125   60   55   14   70   94
Diego Segui            6   5  3.66  50   0   0   9   0   86   84   41   35    5   37   60
Dick Drago             6   7  3.68  27  13   6   3   0  132  124   57   54   10   52   68
Bill Lee              15  11  3.73  31  30  10   0   1  220  254  104   91   22   50   76
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
Juan Marichal          5   1  4.12   9   7   0   0   0   55   52   25   25    3   11   20
Reggie Cleveland       9  12  4.51  32  23   8   0   0  180  193  102   90   21   55   82
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
Horacio Pina           1   1  2.00   6   0   0   0   0    9    7    2    2    1    3    6
Ken Sanders            0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0    7    8    2    2    0    2    2
Bill Singer            7   4  2.98  14  14   8   0   0  109  102   48   36    3   43   77
Nolan Ryan            17  14  3.08  35  34  20   0   2  274  197  110   94   18  158  304
Andy Hassler           3   9  3.14  16  15   6   1   1  106   95   52   37    9   48   54
Frank Tanana           9  16  3.48  31  27   8   0   2  207  203   86   80   25   59  131
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
Ed Figueroa            2   5  3.75  21   9   3   0   1   82  101   37   34    2   26   35
Dick Lange             3   8  3.80  21  18   1   0   0  114  111   63   48   11   47   57
Luis Quintana          2   1  4.38  15   0   0   0   0   12   14    6    6    0   11   11
Skip Lockwood          2   5  4.85  35   2   0   1   0   72   76   40   39    7   29   33
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
Francisco Barrios      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Bart Johnson           6   2  3.00  12  12   6   0   2   78   70   31   26    4   21   51
Jim Kaat              14  12  3.45  34  31   9   0   1  214  222   96   82   17   49   98
Wilbur Wood           19  16  3.71  37  37  18   0   1  276  260  123  114   25   68  148
Terry Forster          7   8  3.78  48   1   0  18   0  112  102   50   47    5   34   87
Cy Acosta              0   3  3.89  26   0   0   3   0   44   42   22   19    3   17   18
Skip Pitlock           3   3  4.34  35   5   0   1   0   95   88   52   46    7   50   64
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.61   4   2   0   0   0   14   21    8    7    0   11   11
Bill Moran             1   3  4.66  15   5   0   0   0   46   57   27   24    5   23   17
Rich Gossage           3   5  4.78  33   3   0   1   0   75   83   44   40    4   39   53
Stan Bahnsen          11  14  4.79  33  31   9   0   1  194  200  113  103   16   99   91
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
Gaylord Perry         17   9  2.37  29  29  21   0   3  251  172   73   66   18   78  173
Bruce Ellingsen        1   0  2.70  13   0   0   0   0   30   31   15    9    3   14   11
Jim Perry             14   9  2.86  28  28   7   0   3  201  183   68   64    7   51   52
Tom Buskey             1   3  3.27  38   0   0  13   0   66   68   26   24    7   26   28
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Fritz Peterson         8   9  3.99  23  23   3   0   0  126  149   62   56   13   30   46
Tom Hilgendorf         4   2  4.17  30   0   0   3   0   45   53   21   21    5   16   20
Bob Johnson            3   4  4.38  14  10   0   0   0   72   75   42   35   12   37   36
Milt Wilcox            2   2  4.42  35   2   1   3   0   59   63   32   29    8   18   25
Dick Bosman            5   3  4.43  20  13   1   0   1   91   95   54   45    9   23   39
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
Fred Beene             3   4  5.70  28   0   0   2   0   60   62   42   38    7   24   30
Steve Arlin            2   5  6.75  10  10   1   0   0   43   58   34   32    1   22   18
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           15   9  2.17  47   0   0  10   0  125  102   36   30    6   50  116
Mickey Lolich         16  15  3.48  34  34  24   0   3  274  257  119  106   29   64  176
Dave Lemanczyk         1   1  3.57  15   3   0   0   0   58   54   30   23   10   35   34
Lerrin LaGrow          8  15  4.27  31  29  11   0   0  190  208  106   90   19   68   74
Joe Coleman           10  12  4.42  33  33   9   0   2  226  222  129  111   25  114  143
Woodie Fryman          5   7  4.47  23  18   2   0   1  119  103   61   59   13   58   81
Luke Walker            4   3  4.67  21   6   0   0   0   69   79   39   36    7   36   38
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    0
Jim Ray                1   3  4.84  23   0   0   2   0   45   45   25   24    4   27   21
Bill Slayback          1   3  4.89  13   4   0   0   0   50   52   32   27    1   24   21
Fred Holdsworth        0   2  6.05   4   4   0   0   0   19   25   13   13    1    7    7

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bird              6   3  2.60  49   0   0   9   0   73   79   24   21    5   20   49
Bruce Dal Canton       8   7  3.00  26  20   8   0   2  153  115   61   51    5   70   85
Al Fitzmorris         10   4  3.06  28  21   5   1   3  138  139   55   47    7   39   37
Steve Mingori          2   3  3.09  30   0   0   2   0   55   43   24   19    3   18   37
Steve Busby           19  11  3.37  31  31  16   0   3  238  234   95   89    9   77  160
Lindy McDaniel         1   4  3.39  32   5   2   1   0   96   91   41   36    5   20   44
Paul Splittorff       13  13  3.44  30  30   8   0   1  199  214   91   76   19   58   79
Nelson Briles          4   5  4.02  13  13   1   0   0   72   81   33   32    7   18   24
Marty Pattin           3   7  4.14  23  11   2   0   0  109  117   53   50    9   26   47
Joe Hoerner            2   3  4.26  27   0   0   2   0   32   30   15   15    3    8   21
Gene Garber            1   2  4.82  17   0   0   1   0   28   35   21   15    3   13   14

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             6   5  1.45  54   0   0  16   0   93   57   16   15    4   37   38
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          9   3  3.21  24  16   1   0   0  118  122   46   42    6   32   43
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   4  3.49  39   3   0   4   0   98   81   40   38    7   43   52
Kevin Kobel            6  11  3.81  28  19   3   0   2  132  127   62   56   11   42   59
Jim Slaton             9  14  4.26  33  28   7   0   2  197  210  100   93   19   77   92
Clyde Wright           8  18  4.48  33  31  15   0   0  213  245  111  106   21   51   57
Jim Colborn            8  11  4.64  25  24   8   0   1  167  187   88   86   24   40   63
Bill Castro            0   0  4.70   3   0   0   0   0    8    8    5    4    1    3    4
Bill Travers           2   2  5.12  20   1   0   0   0   46   51   26   26    5   26   27
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  2.66  56   0   0  18   0  105   92   33   31    3   51   72
Bert Blyleven         13  15  2.80  31  31  15   0   2  234  210   87   73   14   61  205
Joe Decker            13  11  3.37  30  30   7   0   1  198  196   87   74   20   79  123
Dave Goltz             6   7  3.98  21  17   1   1   0  120  148   70   53   12   36   58
Bill Hands             4   5  4.23  34   9   0   3   0  111  124   52   52    9   22   72
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Tom Burgmeier          5   3  4.56  45   0   0   4   0   81   76   41   41    7   25   29
Bill Butler            4   6  4.75  21  11   2   1   0   78   79   41   41    7   47   61
Ray Corbin             7   5  4.92  26  14   1   0   0  104  120   63   57    7   33   48
Vic Albury             5   8  5.01  26  17   2   0   0  124  125   76   69   19   61   68
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            7   3  1.96  52   0   0  12   0   83   78   27   18    5   34   68
Rudy May               5   1  2.05  10   9   6   0   1   66   42   20   15    3   32   44
Cecil Upshaw           1   4  2.35  31   0   0   6   0   54   44   19   14    0   20   25
Tippy Martinez         0   0  2.45   6   0   0   0   0    7    8    3    2    0    6    6
Mike Wallace           5   0  2.56  18   0   0   0   0   39   33   14   11    2   26   22
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Pat Dobson            13  14  3.02  31  31  11   0   2  223  231   88   75   17   53  129
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
Larry Gura             1   0  3.55   2   2   1   0   0   13   15    6    5    1    3    4
Doc Medich            15  12  3.58  30  30  14   0   2  224  216   96   89   17   74  120
Mel Stottlemyre        6   7  3.58  16  15   6   0   0  113  119   54   45    7   37   40
Dick Tidrow           10   7  3.84  25  22   5   0   0  162  177   80   69   12   44   75
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  1.79  34   2   0   5   0   80   66   23   16    4   25   33
Rollie Fingers         8   3  2.20  61   0   0  15   0   94   77   27   23    3   25   72
Catfish Hunter        20  10  2.71  33  33  17   0   4  256  222   86   77   21   37  110
Glenn Abbott           4   4  3.17  12  10   3   0   0   65   59   27   23    2   22   26
Vida Blue             14  12  3.22  32  32  11   0   0  232  198   97   83   17   80  144
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Ken Holtzman          16  13  3.33  32  32   7   0   2  208  228   96   77   13   40   90
Dave Hamilton          6   4  3.34  24  17   1   0   1  108   96   44   40   10   47   60
Blue Moon Odom         1   5  3.60  27   5   1   1   0   80   74   34   32    4   44   45
Darold Knowles         3   2  4.54  37   1   0   2   0   42   52   24   21    5   28   11

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         6   7  2.22  59   0   0  10   0  114   94   38   28    7   31   87
Fergie Jenkins        19  11  3.24  33  33  23   0   4  258  233  104   93   23   40  171
Jackie Brown          10  10  3.67  29  20   5   0   1  174  183   82   71   11   61  108
David Clyde            3   8  3.92  24  19   4   0   0  108  117   54   47   12   38   48
Steve Hargan          10   8  4.34  33  23   5   0   1  158  182   96   76   12   45   84
Jim Bibby             18  15  4.63  35  35  11   0   5  231  219  125  119   22   96  128
Don Stanhouse          1   1  4.75  17   0   0   0   0   30   36   19   16    3   16   25
Jim Shellenback        0   0  5.84  11   0   0   0   0   25   30   18   16    5   12   14
Jim Merritt            0   0  6.43  20   1   0   0   0   21   38   16   15    3    5   11
Lloyd Allen            0   1  6.55  14   0   0   0   0   22   24   17   16    2   18   18
Stan Thomas            0   0  7.94  10   0   0   0   0   11   19   10   10    1    4    6
Pete Broberg           0   4  8.04  11   2   0   0   0   28   28   27   25    6   13   15
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:

  C. Hunter (OAK)          20
  L. Tiant (BOS)           20
  S. Busby (KC)            19
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         19
  W. Wood (CHI)            19
  J. Bibby (TEX)           18
  G. Perry (CLE)           17
  N. Ryan (CAL)            17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         16
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        16

Losses:

  C. Wright (MIL)          18
  F. Tanana (CAL)          16
  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  J. Bibby (TEX)           15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15
  L. LaGrow (DET)          15
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         14
  P. Dobson (NY)           14
  N. Ryan (CAL)            14

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          24
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         23
  G. Perry (CLE)           21
  L. Tiant (BOS)           21
  N. Ryan (CAL)            20
  W. Wood (CHI)            18
  C. Hunter (OAK)          17
  S. Busby (KC)            16
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        16
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15

Saves:

  B. Campbell (MIN)        18
  T. Forster (CHI)         18
  T. Murphy (MIL)          16
  R. Fingers (OAK)         15
  T. Buskey (CLE)          14
  S. Lyle (NY)             12
  S. Foucault (TEX)        10
  J. Hiller (DET)          10
  D. Bird (KC)              9
  G. Jackson (BAL)          9

Shutouts:

  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  J. Bibby (TEX)            5
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         3
  M. Lolich (DET)           3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         276.1
  M. Lolich (DET)       274.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)         274.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        260.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      258.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       256.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        251.0
  R. Grimsley (BAL)     239.2
  S. Busby (KC)         238.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     234.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           260
  M. Lolich (DET)         257
  B. Lee (BOS)            254
  L. Tiant (BOS)          246
  C. Wright (MIL)         245
  S. Busby (KC)           234
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        233
  P. Dobson (NY)          231
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       228
  J. Coleman (DET)        222

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        129
  J. Bibby (TEX)          125
  W. Wood (CHI)           123
  M. Lolich (DET)         119
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        113
  C. Wright (MIL)         111
  N. Ryan (CAL)           110
  L. LaGrow (DET)         106
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        104
  B. Lee (BOS)            104

Home Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          29
  J. Coleman (DET)         25
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        25
  F. Tanana (CAL)          25
  W. Wood (CHI)            25
  J. Colborn (MIL)         24
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         23
  J. Bibby (TEX)           22
  B. Lee (BOS)             22
  R. Cleveland (BOS)       21

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           158
  J. Coleman (DET)        114
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         99
  J. Bibby (TEX)           96
  V. Blue (OAK)            80
  J. Decker (MIN)          79
  G. Perry (CLE)           78
  S. Busby (KC)            77
  J. Slaton (MIL)          77
  D. Medich (NY)           74

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           304
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       205
  M. Lolich (DET)         176
  G. Perry (CLE)          173
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        171
  S. Busby (KC)           160
  W. Wood (CHI)           148
  V. Blue (OAK)           144
  J. Coleman (DET)        143
  L. Tiant (BOS)          137

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