Wednesday June 4, 1975
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American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 4, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         30  20  3.24   50  11  13   444   374  183  160   34  171  227
California      24  27  3.38   51  23   5   459   372  201  172   31  208  336
New York        24  24  3.47   48  21   5   423   365  182  163   37  172  234
Baltimore       19  28  3.51   47  21   0   424   390  179  165   33  159  202
Kansas City     30  21  3.66   51  18   5   455   436  214  185   34  147  249
Texas           24  25  3.79   49  16   4   444   425  219  187   32  165  225
Cleveland       20  26  3.83   46  15   7   407   373  197  173   41  180  242
Minnesota       23  22  3.85   45  17   7   397   357  198  170   41  182  252
Chicago         22  27  3.98   49   8  13   439   450  213  194   29  207  250
Boston          26  19  4.04   45  22   7   406   388  197  182   37  145  183
Detroit         21  23  4.06   44  11   6   390   407  214  176   43  162  221
Milwaukee       23  24  4.06   47   6  14   415   416  216  187   40  168  193

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage (CHI)     3   3  1.08  20   0   0   8   0   50   26    7    6    0   24   40
Jim Palmer (BAL)       8   3  1.69  12  12   8   0   4  101   79   25   19    4   18   69
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       9   3  2.45  12  12   6   0   4   96   54   27   26    8   59   96
Jim Hughes (MIN)       6   2  2.51  10   7   5   0   2   61   44   19   17    5   28   36
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      4   1  2.66   8   7   4   0   0   51   34   19   15    2   25   34
Jim Kaat (CHI)         8   2  2.70  15  13   3   0   0   97   93   35   29    5   29   55
Bill Hands (TEX)       5   3  2.76   8   8   3   0   1   62   57   23   19    3   14   32
Vern Ruhle (DET)       5   1  2.83  11  10   2   0   1   64   59   30   20    9   19   22
Jim Kern (CLE)         1   2  2.85  11   5   0   0   0   60   44   19   19    4   38   45
Rudy May (NY)          5   2  2.85  10   9   4   0   0   60   40   24   19    2   37   40

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             8   3  1.69  12  12   8   0   4  101   79   25   19    4   18   69
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Mike Torrez            6   3  3.27  11  11   6   0   0   85   82   37   31    5   47   38
Wayne Garland          0   2  3.27   8   0   0   0   0   22   19    8    8    0   14   10
Doyle Alexander        1   3  3.76  10   2   1   0   0   41   39   17   17    5   11   16
Mike Cuellar           3   4  3.81  11  11   5   0   2   78   59   33   33    7   30   22
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Ross Grimsley          1   7  4.78  11  11   1   0   0   64   75   35   34   10   14   30
Bob Reynolds           0   1  9.00   7   0   0   0   0    6   11    6    6    1    1    1
Grant Jackson          0   2  9.58  12   0   0   0   0   10   13   11   11    1    9    8

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Drago             0   0  2.12  11   0   0   4   0   17   11    4    4    0   10    9
Dick Pole              1   0  2.49   5   2   1   0   1   22   22    7    6    2    7   14
Luis Tiant             6   5  3.58  11  11   7   0   0   83   73   37   33   10   24   42
Bill Lee               7   5  3.61  13  12   7   0   2   97   87   43   39    3   31   29
Roger Moret            3   0  3.79   8   0   0   0   0   19   13    8    8    2   18   10
Reggie Cleveland       3   3  4.76   8   8   1   0   0   57   57   32   30    7   22   19
Rick Wise              5   4  4.96  12  12   6   0   0   91   99   52   50   13   20   48
Diego Segui            1   2  5.31  10   0   0   3   0   20   26   14   12    0   13   12

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Kirkwood           0   2  1.82  14   0   0   3   0   30   26    9    6    1    8   20
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Nolan Ryan             9   3  2.45  12  12   6   0   4   96   54   27   26    8   59   96
Ed Figueroa            4   1  2.66   8   7   4   0   0   51   34   19   15    2   25   34
Mickey Scott           1   0  2.84  17   0   0   0   0   13   12    9    4    0    6    9
Frank Tanana           2   4  3.21  10   9   3   0   1   53   45   20   19    6   21   60
Dick Lange             1   1  3.38   6   0   0   1   0   16   10    8    6    0    6    7
Bill Singer            4   7  3.74  12  11   5   1   0   89   76   40   37    5   36   46
Andy Hassler           3   5  4.05  10  10   5   0   1   67   62   33   30    4   24   41
Steve Blateric         0   0  6.23   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    5    3    0    1    5
Chuck Dobson           0   2  6.75   9   2   0   0   0   28   30   26   21    5   13   14
Dave Sells             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    2    2    0    1    0

 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           3   3  1.08  20   0   0   8   0   50   26    7    6    0   24   40
Terry Forster          3   3  2.06  15   0   0   4   0   35   27   11    8    0   24   30
Jim Kaat               8   2  2.70  15  13   3   0   0   97   93   35   29    5   29   55
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.20   6   0   0   1   0   20   18    7    7    2    7   12
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  4.61   8   0   0   0   0   14   12    7    7    0    7    9
Claude Osteen          1   5  4.90  12  12   1   0   0   64   80   35   35    6   34   24
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    2    2    0    4    2
Danny Osborn           0   0  4.91   4   0   0   0   0   11   11    6    6    0    7    9
Wilbur Wood            2   9  5.36  14  14   2   0   0   87  114   60   52    7   27   39
Stan Bahnsen           4   4  6.47   9   9   2   0   0   49   53   35   35    7   32   25
Jim Otten              0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    5    4    1    7    3
Lloyd Allen            0   1  7.36   1   1   0   0   0    4    2    3    3    1    5    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dennis Eckersley       3   0  0.28  12   2   2   2   1   32   18    2    1    0   13   25
Dave LaRoche           0   0  2.37  17   0   0   1   0   19   15    7    5    2   15   24
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Tom Buskey             2   1  2.78  20   0   0   4   0   32   28   10   10    2   12   14
Jim Kern               1   2  2.85  11   5   0   0   0   60   44   19   19    4   38   45
Gaylord Perry          6   7  3.34  13  13   9   0   1  102   96   45   38   13   29   75
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Eric Raich             1   0  4.09   2   2   0   0   0   11   13    5    5    1    2    0
Fritz Peterson         4   5  5.77   9   9   2   0   0   44   50   32   28    3   20   15
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Don Hood               1   3  7.06   7   5   1   0   0   29   26   23   23    4   17   12

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   2  2.10  15   0   0   6   0   34   23    9    8    5   18   40
Vern Ruhle             5   1  2.83  11  10   2   0   1   64   59   30   20    9   19   22
Tom Walker             1   2  2.88  15   1   0   0   0   34   27   17   11    5   14   22
Mickey Lolich          6   3  3.60  10  10   5   0   1   70   82   32   28    5   21   42
Lerrin LaGrow          3   4  4.58  10  10   2   0   0   59   67   36   30    6   22   24
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Ray Bare               1   2  4.85   9   1   0   0   0   26   28   14   14    0    9    9
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  5.34   9   1   1   0   0   29   36   19   17    1   15   17
Joe Coleman            3   7  5.95  11  11   1   0   0   65   75   46   43   10   35   42

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lindy McDaniel         2   0  1.89   5   0   0   0   0   19   15    4    4    0    5    9
Steve Mingori          0   1  2.70  15   0   0   0   0   17   13    7    5    2    6   10
Doug Bird              3   2  2.97  16   0   0   5   0   30   25   10   10    2   10   23
Steve Busby            7   4  3.04  13  13   7   0   2  101   83   35   34    6   31   66
Al Fitzmorris          8   3  3.22  12  12   5   0   2   87   76   34   31    5   24   27
Marty Pattin           3   0  3.53  13   0   0   0   0   36   39   17   14    2    7   10
Dennis Leonard         2   1  3.59   8   7   2   0   0   53   45   24   21    5   24   31
Nelson Briles          4   3  4.19  10  10   3   0   0   67   69   35   31    9   14   42
Paul Splittorff        1   5  4.70  11   7   1   0   0   38   48   30   20    3   19   26
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            1   0  0.89  10   0   0   1   0   40   31    6    4    1    6   14
Tom Murphy             1   1  1.38  19   0   0   9   0   33   22    5    5    0    6   10
Eduardo Rodriguez      4   0  3.38  16   0   0   2   0   32   23   12   12    3   13   30
Pete Broberg           6   6  3.89  13  13   1   0   1   79   74   37   34   11   34   31
Bill Champion          6   4  4.56  13  12   3   0   1   77   76   42   39    4   33   28
Ed Sprague             1   2  4.98   8   7   0   0   0   34   42   21   19    3   19   11
Tom Hausman            1   1  5.09   6   0   0   0   0   18   17   14   10    1   10   12
Jim Colborn            0   4  5.14  11   4   1   2   0   42   47   29   24    7   12   14
Jim Slaton             3   6  5.97  13  10   1   0   0   57   80   47   38   10   32   43
Bill Travers           0   0  6.75   1   1   0   0   0    3    4    3    2    0    3    0

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hughes             6   2  2.51  10   7   5   0   2   61   44   19   17    5   28   36
Dave Goltz             4   5  3.23   9   9   3   0   0   70   61   31   25    4   18   38
Ray Corbin             2   2  3.31   8   2   1   0   0   35   31   17   13    5   20   19
Vic Albury             3   2  3.69  10   8   2   0   0   46   37   25   19    6   34   19
Bert Blyleven          5   2  3.76  13  13   5   0   0   93   84   47   39    8   35   85
Tom Burgmeier          2   2  3.93  12   0   0   4   0   18   14    8    8    2   10    6
Bill Campbell          0   3  4.24  16   1   0   3   0   34   32   17   16    6   17   28
Joe Decker             1   1  4.61   2   2   1   0   0   14   15    7    7    0    6    3
Mike Pazik             0   2  8.18   3   2   0   0   0   11   13   10   10    4    7    6
Bill Butler            0   1  9.82   5   1   0   0   0   15   26   17   16    1    7   12

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Pagan             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    2    2
Rudy May               5   2  2.85  10   9   4   0   0   60   40   24   19    2   37   40
Catfish Hunter         7   5  3.09  13  13   9   0   3  105   74   39   36    7   29   50
Pat Dobson             5   5  3.48  12  12   3   0   1   83   83   40   32   12   41   46
Larry Gura             0   1  3.57   6   1   0   0   0   18   20    8    7    1    6    6
Doc Medich             4   7  3.63  13  13   5   0   2   97   82   40   39   11   27   49
Sparky Lyle            1   4  3.70  21   0   0   3   0   24   25   11   10    1   16   18
Dick Tidrow            2   0  4.13  12   0   0   2   0   28   26   13   13    2   13   21
Mike Wallace           0   0 14.54   3   0   0   0   0    4   11    7    7    1    1    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               1   2  1.67  17   0   0   6   0   38   24    8    7    0    6   15
Sonny Siebert          2   0  1.72   3   3   0   0   0   16   14    3    3    1    6    8
Dick Bosman            2   0  2.45   2   2   0   0   0   15   11    4    4    1    1    4
Rollie Fingers         5   2  2.74  26   0   0   5   0   46   34   14   14    3   13   38
Vida Blue              9   3  2.91  14  14   4   0   1  102   83   40   33    9   31   69
Ken Holtzman           4   6  3.21  14  13   4   0   0   93   81   39   33    5   44   38
Dave Hamilton          1   2  3.30   9   4   0   0   0   30   31   14   11    2   14   16
Paul Lindblad          3   0  3.93  18   0   0   2   0   37   32   19   16    6   15   14
Glenn Abbott           2   2  4.64   7   7   2   0   0   33   31   18   17    4   17   14
Jim Perry              0   1  7.00   3   2   0   0   0    9   10    7    7    2    7    3
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
Mike Kekich            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1
Jim Merritt            0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    0    0    0    0
Jim Umbarger           1   1  1.63  20   0   0   0   0   28   20    5    5    1   17    6
Bill Hands             5   3  2.76   8   8   3   0   1   62   57   23   19    3   14   32
Steve Hargan           4   3  3.45   9   7   4   0   0   60   54   30   23    5   14   36
Stan Thomas            1   0  3.50  10   0   0   0   0   18   14    9    7    0    9   10
Jackie Brown           4   5  3.81  13   6   2   0   1   57   57   28   24    5   23   28
Steve Foucault         2   1  3.89  23   0   0   4   0   44   33   22   19    6   18   26
Clyde Wright           0   3  4.02   8   7   0   0   0   40   43   24   18    0   24   16
Jim Bibby              2   4  4.84  10  10   3   0   1   58   60   34   31    2   26   27
Fergie Jenkins         5   5  4.99  11  11   4   0   0   74   84   43   41   10   19   43

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)             9
  N. Ryan (CAL)             9
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        8
  J. Kaat (CHI)             8
  J. Palmer (BAL)           8
  S. Busby (KC)             7
  C. Hunter (NY)            7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  P. Broberg (MIL)          6
  B. Champion (MIL)         6

Losses:

  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         7
  D. Medich (NY)            7
  G. Perry (CLE)            7
  J. Perry (OAK)            7
  B. Singer (CAL)           7
  P. Broberg (MIL)          6
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  J. Slaton (MIL)           6

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  G. Perry (CLE)            9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           8
  S. Busby (KC)             7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  L. Tiant (BOS)            7
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  M. Torrez (BAL)           6
  R. Wise (BOS)             6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)           9
  R. Gossage (CHI)          8
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  J. Todd (OAK)             6
  D. Bird (KC)              5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        4
  T. Buskey (CLE)           4
  D. Drago (BOS)            4
  T. Forster (CHI)          4

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  C. Hunter (NY)            3
  S. Busby (KC)             2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          2
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        2
  J. Hughes (MIN)           2
  B. Lee (BOS)              2
  D. Medich (NY)            2
  J. Bibby (TEX)            1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        105.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        102.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         102.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       101.0
  S. Busby (KC)         100.2
  B. Lee (BOS)           97.1
  J. Kaat (CHI)          96.2
  D. Medich (NY)         96.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          95.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      93.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           114
  R. Wise (BOS)            99
  G. Perry (CLE)           96
  J. Kaat (CHI)            93
  B. Lee (BOS)             87
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        84
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         84
  V. Blue (OAK)            83
  S. Busby (KC)            83
  P. Dobson (NY)           83

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)            60
  R. Wise (BOS)            52
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        47
  J. Slaton (MIL)          47
  J. Coleman (DET)         46
  G. Perry (CLE)           45
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         43
  B. Lee (BOS)             43
  B. Champion (MIL)        42
  J. Perry (OAK)           41

Home Runs:

  G. Perry (CLE)           13
  R. Wise (BOS)            13
  P. Dobson (NY)           12
  P. Broberg (MIL)         11
  D. Medich (NY)           11
  J. Coleman (DET)         10
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        10
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         10
  J. Perry (OAK)           10
  J. Slaton (MIL)          10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            59
  M. Torrez (BAL)          47
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        44
  P. Dobson (NY)           41
  J. Kern (CLE)            38
  R. May (NY)              37
  B. Singer (CAL)          36
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        35
  J. Coleman (DET)         35
  V. Albury (MIN)          34

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            96
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        85
  G. Perry (CLE)           75
  V. Blue (OAK)            69
  J. Palmer (BAL)          69
  S. Busby (KC)            66
  F. Tanana (CAL)          60
  J. Kaat (CHI)            55
  C. Hunter (NY)           50
  D. Medich (NY)           49

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