Wednesday May 21, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 21, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
California      20  19  3.14   39  18   5   353   292  146  123   18  161  252
Oakland         21  16  3.28   37  10  10   326   274  139  119   22  124  173
Texas           21  16  3.31   37  13   4   337   307  149  124   21  135  168
New York        15  21  3.42   36  17   1   316   268  133  120   29  128  190
Baltimore       16  19  3.42   35  16   0   318   283  131  121   21  121  148
Milwaukee       20  14  3.53   34   5  12   299   268  128  117   29  118  146
Minnesota       17  17  3.55   34  13   6   299   259  143  118   29  150  184
Kansas City     21  19  3.77   40  14   5   355   349  175  149   24  123  202
Boston          18  15  3.95   33  17   5   299   278  142  131   29  101  128
Chicago         15  21  4.01   36   4  10   328   342  163  146   23  162  179
Cleveland       14  20  4.01   34   9   6   301   281  152  134   32  142  178
Detroit         16  17  4.34   33   7   6   296   321  173  143   35  125  164

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage (CHI)     2   2  0.87  16   0   0   6   0   41   19    5    4    0   20   30
Jim Hughes (MIN)       4   1  1.31   7   4   3   0   2   41   27    8    6    1   21   22
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   2  1.64   9   9   7   0   3   77   59   19   14    2   13   50
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       8   1  1.83   9   9   5   0   3   74   42   16   15    3   49   74
Jim Kern (CLE)         1   0  1.84   9   3   0   0   0   49   33   10   10    2   29   38
Frank Tanana (CAL)     2   2  2.06   8   7   3   0   1   44   34   11   10    5   17   46
Vida Blue (OAK)        8   2  2.50  11  11   3   0   0   83   65   29   23    6   25   59
Bill Hands (TEX)       4   2  2.51   6   6   2   0   0   47   40   17   13    2   12   25
Jim Kaat (CHI)         6   1  2.58  11   9   2   0   0   66   70   25   19    4   20   38
Steve Busby (KC)       6   3  2.59  10  10   6   0   2   83   65   25   24    2   27   55

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             7   2  1.64   9   9   7   0   3   77   59   19   14    2   13   50
Doyle Alexander        1   2  2.73   6   2   1   0   0   33   26   10   10    5    7   11
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    6    2
Mike Torrez            5   2  3.28   8   8   4   0   0   60   62   27   22    1   36   24
Mike Cuellar           2   3  4.06   8   8   3   0   1   58   44   26   26    5   26   17
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Ross Grimsley          1   4  4.53   8   8   1   0   0   52   50   26   26    7   12   24
Wayne Garland          0   1  5.11   5   0   0   0   0   12   12    7    7    0    8    9
Grant Jackson          0   1  7.04   8   0   0   0   0    8    9    6    6    0    6    6
Bob Reynolds           0   1  9.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    8    4    4    1    0    1

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Drago             0   0  2.53   6   0   0   2   0   11    7    3    3    0    8    7
Diego Segui            1   1  2.81   8   0   0   3   0   16   16    6    5    0   10    9
Rick Wise              4   3  3.78   8   8   5   0   0   64   62   28   27    8   14   38
Luis Tiant             4   5  3.78   9   9   6   0   0   69   61   33   29    9   15   33
Bill Lee               5   4  3.95   9   9   5   0   1   71   63   34   31    2   23   16
Dick Pole              0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    8   11    5    4    1    1    2
Reggie Cleveland       3   2  4.76   7   7   1   0   0   51   51   28   27    7   20   17
Roger Moret            1   0  5.00   5   0   0   0   0    9    7    5    5    2   10    6

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             8   1  1.83   9   9   5   0   3   74   42   16   15    3   49   74
Frank Tanana           2   2  2.06   8   7   3   0   1   44   34   11   10    5   17   46
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Don Kirkwood           0   2  2.28  10   0   0   3   0   24   18    9    6    1    7   17
Mickey Scott           1   0  3.00  13   0   0   0   0    9    9    5    3    0    5    4
Ed Figueroa            2   0  3.12   5   4   2   0   0   26   20   12    9    2   12   20
Andy Hassler           3   4  3.45   9   9   5   0   1   63   57   27   24    2   20   39
Bill Singer            3   5  3.82   9   8   3   1   0   64   58   30   27    2   26   31
Dick Lange             1   1  4.09   4   0   0   1   0   11    6    5    5    0    5    2
Steve Blateric         0   0  6.23   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    5    3    0    1    5
Chuck Dobson           0   2  7.25   7   2   0   0   0   22   26   23   18    3   11   10

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Pitlock           0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Rich Gossage           2   2  0.87  16   0   0   6   0   41   19    5    4    0   20   30
Terry Forster          2   3  2.23  14   0   0   4   0   32   25   11    8    0   23   28
Jim Kaat               6   1  2.58  11   9   2   0   0   66   70   25   19    4   20   38
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  2.92   6   0   0   0   0   12    8    4    4    0    6    7
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0   13   13    6    6    2    3    8
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    2    2    0    4    2
Claude Osteen          1   4  4.99  10  10   0   0   0   52   67   29   29    5   29   19
Wilbur Wood            2   7  5.07  11  11   2   0   0   71   88   46   40    6   25   31
Jim Otten              0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    5    4    1    7    3
Danny Osborn           0   0  7.11   2   0   0   0   0    6    7    5    5    0    4    3
Stan Bahnsen           1   4  9.38   6   6   0   0   0   24   31   25   25    5   21   10

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dennis Eckersley       1   0  0.00  10   0   0   2   0   14    9    1    0    0   10   14
Jim Kern               1   0  1.84   9   3   0   0   0   49   33   10   10    2   29   38
Tom Buskey             2   1  2.70  15   0   0   4   0   23   20    7    7    1   10    9
Dave LaRoche           0   0  3.00  13   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    4    1   12   16
Gaylord Perry          5   5  3.40  10  10   7   0   1   79   72   33   30   10   23   58
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Don Hood               1   2  6.51   6   5   1   0   0   28   23   20   20    4   16   12
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Fritz Peterson         3   4  6.91   7   7   1   0   0   29   35   25   22    3   16    9

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            1   1  2.05  12   0   0   6   0   26   15    6    6    5   14   32
Tom Walker             1   1  3.00  11   1   0   0   0   27   22   13    9    4   11   15
Vern Ruhle             3   1  3.74   9   8   0   0   0   46   51   28   19    8   16   14
Mickey Lolich          4   3  4.33   8   8   3   0   1   54   68   30   26    4   16   33
Lerrin LaGrow          3   3  4.43   7   7   2   0   0   45   52   25   22    3   18   17
Tom Makowski           0   0  5.14   2   0   0   0   0    7    9   10    4    2    7    3
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  5.40   7   1   1   0   0   23   27   16   14    1   12   12
Joe Coleman            3   5  5.66   8   8   1   0   0   49   55   33   31    8   24   32
Ray Bare               1   1  5.68   8   0   0   0   0   19   22   12   12    0    7    6

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   1  1.42  12   0   0   0   0   13   10    4    2    1    4    7
Steve Busby            6   3  2.59  10  10   6   0   2   83   65   25   24    2   27   55
Lindy McDaniel         1   0  2.70   4   0   0   0   0   13   14    4    4    0    4    7
Dennis Leonard         1   1  3.06   5   4   1   0   0   35   30   13   12    3   19   24
Nelson Briles          4   2  3.26   8   8   3   0   0   58   53   25   21    6   12   39
Doug Bird              3   2  3.29  14   0   0   5   0   27   23   10   10    2    7   19
Al Fitzmorris          5   3  4.09   9   9   3   0   1   62   60   31   28    5   21   17
Paul Splittorff        1   5  5.09   9   7   1   0   0   35   43   29   20    3   18   24
Marty Pattin           0   0  5.95   9   0   0   0   0   20   28   16   13    2    4    5
Bruce Dal Canton       0   2 15.58   4   2   0   0   0    9   23   18   15    0    7    5

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Castro            0   0  1.23   6   0   0   1   0   22   14    5    3    1    1    9
Tom Murphy             1   1  1.54  13   0   0   7   0   23   16    4    4    0    3    8
Eduardo Rodriguez      4   0  1.82  11   0   0   2   0   25   13    5    5    2   10   21
Pete Broberg           6   3  3.04  10  10   1   0   1   68   54   23   23    9   28   28
Jim Colborn            0   1  3.80   7   1   0   2   0   21   18   10    9    2    8    6
Bill Champion          5   3  3.86  10  10   3   0   1   65   60   31   28    3   24   27
Ed Sprague             1   1  4.84   5   4   0   0   0   22   25   12   12    2   14    8
Jim Slaton             3   5  5.73  10   9   1   0   0   49   65   36   31   10   28   36
Tom Hausman            0   0  6.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    2    3

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          2   1  0.66   9   0   0   3   0   14    5    1    1    1    8    5
Jim Hughes             4   1  1.31   7   4   3   0   2   41   27    8    6    1   21   22
Dave Goltz             2   4  3.00   6   6   2   0   0   45   34   21   15    2   13   25
Ray Corbin             2   2  3.18   7   2   1   0   0   34   29   16   12    5   20   19
Bert Blyleven          4   1  3.25   9   9   4   0   0   69   55   30   25    6   25   63
Vic Albury             2   2  4.19   8   8   2   0   0   39   34   24   18    6   30   16
Bill Campbell          0   2  4.44  13   0   0   3   0   24   26   13   12    4   15   16
Joe Decker             1   1  4.61   2   2   1   0   0   14   15    7    7    0    6    3
Mike Pazik             0   2 10.00   2   2   0   0   0    9   13   10   10    4    7    6
Bill Butler            0   1 10.45   4   1   0   0   0   10   21   13   12    0    5    9

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Pagan             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    1    1
Pat Dobson             3   5  2.82   9   9   3   0   1   61   59   27   19    8   30   36
Catfish Hunter         5   4  3.05  10  10   7   0   2   80   55   29   27    6   25   42
Sparky Lyle            1   2  3.14  14   0   0   0   0   14   13    5    5    0   12   14
Rudy May               3   2  3.54   7   6   2   0   0   41   27   17   16    2   21   32
Larry Gura             0   1  3.57   6   1   0   0   0   18   20    8    7    1    6    6
Doc Medich             3   7  3.59  10  10   5   0   2   78   66   32   31   10   23   41
Dick Tidrow            0   0  3.93   8   0   0   1   0   18   15    8    8    1   10   16
Mike Wallace           0   0 14.54   2   0   0   0   0    4   10    7    7    1    0    2

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Norris            1   0  0.00   3   3   1   0   1   16    4    2    0    0    6    4
Jim Todd               0   1  2.14  11   0   0   4   0   21   14    6    5    0    3    8
Vida Blue              8   2  2.50  11  11   3   0   0   83   65   29   23    6   25   59
Ken Holtzman           3   5  2.81  11  10   4   0   0   77   65   29   24    3   32   30
Dave Hamilton          1   2  3.12   6   4   0   0   0   26   24   12    9    2   10   15
Rollie Fingers         3   2  3.31  21   0   0   4   0   33   29   12   12    2   11   28
Glenn Abbott           2   2  4.64   7   7   2   0   0   33   31   18   17    4   17   14
Paul Lindblad          3   0  4.67  14   0   0   2   0   27   23   16   14    4    9   11
Blue Moon Odom         0   2 12.27   7   2   0   0   0   11   19   15   15    1   11    4

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Merritt            0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Jim Umbarger           1   0  0.90  13   0   0   0   0   20   12    2    2    0   13    3
Bill Hands             4   2  2.51   6   6   2   0   0   47   40   17   13    2   12   25
Stan Thomas            1   0  2.57   7   0   0   0   0   14   10    6    4    0    8    6
Steve Hargan           4   2  2.74   7   5   4   0   0   49   43   21   15    4   11   29
Steve Foucault         2   0  3.16  18   0   0   4   0   37   26   16   13    3   16   21
Clyde Wright           0   2  3.69   6   5   0   0   0   32   30   16   13    0   22   13
Jackie Brown           2   5  3.77   9   6   2   0   1   45   50   22   19    4   21   23
Fergie Jenkins         5   2  3.90   8   8   3   0   0   55   59   26   24    7   13   31
Jim Bibby              2   3  5.20   7   7   2   0   1   36   36   23   21    1   19   17

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  P. Broberg (MIL)          6
  S. Busby (KC)             6
  J. Kaat (CHI)             6
  B. Champion (MIL)         5
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          5

Losses:

  D. Medich (NY)            7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  J. Perry (CLE)            6
  J. Brown (TEX)            5
  J. Coleman (DET)          5
  P. Dobson (NY)            5
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         5
  G. Perry (CLE)            5
  B. Singer (CAL)           5
  J. Slaton (MIL)           5

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  G. Perry (CLE)            7
  S. Busby (KC)             6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  A. Hassler (CAL)          5
  B. Lee (BOS)              5
  D. Medich (NY)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  R. Wise (BOS)             5

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)           7
  R. Gossage (CHI)          6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  D. Bird (KC)              5
  T. Buskey (CLE)           4
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  T. Forster (CHI)          4
  S. Foucault (TEX)         4
  J. Todd (OAK)             4
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        3

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  S. Busby (KC)             2
  J. Hughes (MIN)           2
  C. Hunter (NY)            2
  D. Medich (NY)            2
  J. Bibby (TEX)            1
  P. Broberg (MIL)          1
  J. Brown (TEX)            1
  B. Champion (MIL)         1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Busby (KC)          83.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          82.2
  C. Hunter (NY)         79.2
  G. Perry (CLE)         79.1
  D. Medich (NY)         77.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      77.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        76.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          73.2
  W. Wood (CHI)          71.0
  B. Lee (BOS)           70.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            88
  G. Perry (CLE)           72
  J. Kaat (CHI)            70
  M. Lolich (DET)          68
  C. Osteen (CHI)          67
  D. Medich (NY)           66
  V. Blue (OAK)            65
  S. Busby (KC)            65
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        65
  J. Slaton (MIL)          65

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)            46
  J. Slaton (MIL)          36
  B. Lee (BOS)             34
  J. Perry (CLE)           34
  J. Coleman (DET)         33
  G. Perry (CLE)           33
  L. Tiant (BOS)           33
  D. Medich (NY)           32
  B. Champion (MIL)        31
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)       31

Home Runs:

  D. Medich (NY)           10
  G. Perry (CLE)           10
  J. Slaton (MIL)          10
  P. Broberg (MIL)          9
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9
  J. Coleman (DET)          8
  P. Dobson (NY)            8
  J. Perry (CLE)            8
  V. Ruhle (DET)            8
  R. Wise (BOS)             8

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            49
  M. Torrez (BAL)          36
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        32
  V. Albury (MIN)          30
  P. Dobson (NY)           30
  J. Kern (CLE)            29
  C. Osteen (CHI)          29
  P. Broberg (MIL)         28
  J. Slaton (MIL)          28
  S. Busby (KC)            27

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            74
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        63
  V. Blue (OAK)            59
  G. Perry (CLE)           58
  S. Busby (KC)            55
  J. Palmer (BAL)          50
  F. Tanana (CAL)          46
  C. Hunter (NY)           42
  D. Medich (NY)           41
  N. Briles (KC)           39

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