Tuesday June 17, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 17, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        34  27  3.32   61  28   8   540   466  222  199   42  223  309
Oakland         37  25  3.39   62  14  17   555   478  236  209   46  207  317
Baltimore       27  32  3.39   59  27   2   539   488  218  203   47  199  251
California      31  34  3.41   65  31   6   581   482  262  220   44  259  415
Chicago         26  34  3.74   60  12  14   541   561  252  225   36  237  297
Kansas City     36  28  3.75   64  23   6   574   549  269  239   40  183  308
Cleveland       24  36  3.81   60  18   8   548   511  266  232   60  234  318
Texas           30  31  3.95   61  20   5   562   552  282  247   44  212  274
Milwaukee       30  31  4.15   61   7  19   538   538  284  248   51  223  250
Minnesota       29  29  4.15   58  20   8   516   487  276  238   55  227  316
Detroit         25  32  4.19   57  12   9   506   537  283  236   54  210  298
Boston          34  24  4.41   58  25  11   529   542  279  259   52  186  229

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage (CHI)     3   5  1.48  25   0   0   9   0   67   42   13   11    2   31   55
Jim Palmer (BAL)      11   3  1.65  15  15  10   0   5  126   96   29   23    5   28   79
Bill Castro (MIL)      3   1  1.78  13   3   0   1   0   61   53   17   12    2   10   19
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      5   3  2.19  11  10   6   0   0   74   51   27   18    3   30   44
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      10   5  2.59  15  15   8   0   5  118   72   39   34   10   76  119
Jim Kaat (CHI)        10   3  2.61  18  16   5   0   0  121  118   43   35    5   34   62
Bill Hands (TEX)       5   3  2.64   9   9   3   0   1   65   61   23   19    3   14   32
Steve Busby (KC)       9   5  2.68  16  16  10   0   2  128   97   39   38    6   39   81
Rudy May (NY)          7   2  2.76  13  12   6   0   0   82   62   30   25    3   46   57
Catfish Hunter (NY)    9   6  3.00  16  16  12   0   4  132   94   48   44    9   39   65

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            11   3  1.65  15  15  10   0   5  126   96   29   23    5   28   79
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            1   1  2.70   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    2    1
Doyle Alexander        1   3  3.40  14   2   1   1   0   48   45   18   18    5   15   16
Mike Torrez            7   4  3.65  14  14   8   0   0  106  105   49   43    8   55   42
Wayne Garland          0   2  3.81  10   0   0   0   0   26   22   11   11    1   16   12
Mike Cuellar           4   5  3.98  14  14   5   0   2  102   84   46   45   13   39   31
Ross Grimsley          2   8  4.02  14  14   3   0   1   87   91   40   39   13   18   43
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Grant Jackson          1   2  5.30  15   0   0   1   0   19   18   11   11    1   10   18
Bob Reynolds           0   1  9.00   7   0   0   0   0    6   11    6    6    1    1    1

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Drago             0   0  2.74  16   0   0   6   0   23   19    7    7    1   13   11
Jim Burton             0   1  3.45   3   2   0   0   0   16   14    8    6    3    3    6
Bill Lee               9   5  3.75  17  15   8   0   2  120  118   55   50    4   37   34
Dick Pole              1   2  3.96   8   4   1   0   1   39   40   18   17    6   10   18
Roger Moret            4   0  3.99  15   0   0   1   0   29   22   13   13    2   23   14
Luis Tiant             8   6  4.44  14  14   8   0   0  103  107   55   51   12   28   50
Reggie Cleveland       4   3  4.66  11   8   1   0   0   66   68   37   34    8   25   27
Rick Wise              7   5  5.28  15  15   7   0   0  107  120   66   63   14   30   54
Diego Segui            1   2  6.31  13   0   0   4   0   26   34   20   18    2   17   15

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Kirkwood           1   2  1.82  17   0   0   3   0   35   29   11    7    2   11   20
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa            5   3  2.19  11  10   6   0   0   74   51   27   18    3   30   44
Mickey Scott           1   0  2.45  19   0   0   1   0   15   12    9    4    0    6    9
Nolan Ryan            10   5  2.59  15  15   8   0   5  118   72   39   34   10   76  119
Dick Lange             1   1  2.79   8   0   0   1   0   19   13    8    6    0   10    7
Frank Tanana           4   4  3.52  13  12   4   0   1   77   66   31   30    8   29   81
Bill Singer            6   8  4.01  15  14   7   1   0  110   97   53   49    8   40   58
Andy Hassler           3   7  4.20  12  12   6   0   1   81   83   42   38    6   28   47
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  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    7    7    8    7    2    7    7

 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   5  1.48  25   0   0   9   0   67   42   13   11    2   31   55
Terry Forster          3   3  2.06  15   0   0   4   0   35   27   11    8    0   24   30
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  2.28   8   0   0   1   0   28   22    7    7    2    7   19
Jim Kaat              10   3  2.61  18  16   5   0   0  121  118   43   35    5   34   62
Claude Osteen          1   6  4.23  14  14   1   0   0   79   93   37   37    7   39   27
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  4.61   8   0   0   0   0   14   12    7    7    0    7    9
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            4  10  5.03  17  17   4   0   0  107  142   69   60    9   32   48
Stan Bahnsen           4   6  6.01  12  12   2   0   0   67   78   49   45    9   40   31
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
Jackie Brown           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Dennis Eckersley       4   0  1.59  15   5   2   2   1   57   38   11   10    4   26   40
Dave LaRoche           2   1  2.12  23   0   0   2   0   30   17    9    7    2   23   37
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Eric Raich             2   2  2.73   5   5   1   0   0   33   35   13   10    4    5   14
Tom Buskey             2   3  2.74  26   0   0   4   0   43   38   15   13    4   15   18
Fred Beene             0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6   10    3    2    0    1    1
Jim Kern               1   2  3.50  12   6   0   0   0   64   51   25   25    4   42   48
Gaylord Perry          6   9  3.56  15  15  10   0   1  121  120   57   48   16   34   85
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Roric Harrison         0   1  5.27   2   2   1   0   0   14   17    8    8    2    6    4
Don Hood               1   3  5.27  10   5   1   0   0   43   38   25   25    5   24   13
Fritz Peterson         4   6  5.56  11  11   2   0   0   57   60   39   35    6   21   22
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Jim Bibby              0   1 11.25   1   1   0   0   0    4    4    7    5    1    3    4

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   2  1.93  21   0   0   9   0   47   33   11   10    6   24   56
Vern Ruhle             5   3  3.53  13  12   2   0   1   74   77   39   29   10   27   24
Mickey Lolich          7   4  3.61  13  13   5   0   1   90  106   42   36    6   31   51
Tom Walker             2   4  3.76  18   3   0   0   0   50   42   27   21    6   17   32
Bob Reynolds           0   0  4.50   6   0   0   0   0    8   10    5    4    1    1    6
Ray Bare               2   2  4.55  10   2   0   0   0   32   33   17   16    0   11   11
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  4.81  13   1   1   0   0   43   50   26   23    3   23   29
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Lerrin LaGrow          4   6  4.94  13  13   3   0   1   71   83   46   39    7   27   30
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.40   1   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    0    1    5
Joe Coleman            3   9  5.79  13  13   1   0   0   79   88   57   51   13   39   51

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   1  2.10  19   0   0   0   0   26   18    8    6    2    6   10
Doug Bird              4   2  2.65  19   0   0   5   0   37   33   11   11    2   11   25
Steve Busby            9   5  2.68  16  16  10   0   2  128   97   39   38    6   39   81
Marty Pattin           4   3  3.43  17   2   1   0   0   60   57   27   23    5   13   28
Al Fitzmorris          8   4  3.62  15  15   5   0   2  102   98   44   41    6   28   31
Dennis Leonard         3   2  4.18  11  10   3   0   0   71   66   36   33    6   34   45
Nelson Briles          4   3  4.19  10  10   3   0   0   67   69   35   31    9   14   42
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.60  10   0   0   1   0   31   31   16   16    1   10   14
Paul Splittorff        1   5  5.19  13   9   1   0   0   43   57   35   25    3   21   27
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            3   1  1.78  13   3   0   1   0   61   53   17   12    2   10   19
Tom Murphy             1   1  2.05  25   0   0  14   0   44   33   10   10    1    9   18
Bill Travers           1   0  3.07   3   3   0   0   0   15   10    7    5    0    9    7
Eduardo Rodriguez      5   0  3.35  21   1   0   2   0   46   35   19   17    5   24   41
Jim Colborn            2   5  4.38  14   7   2   2   0   64   63   37   31    9   17   24
Pete Broberg           6   7  4.48  15  15   1   0   1   84   84   45   42   12   38   34
Bill Champion          6   5  4.72  16  12   3   0   1   82   83   46   43    4   37   30
Tom Hausman            1   1  4.82   9   0   0   0   0   28   25   19   15    1   18   17
Ed Sprague             1   3  5.12  10   7   0   0   0   39   50   24   22    3   20   11
Jim Slaton             4   8  5.99  16  13   1   0   0   77  102   60   51   14   41   49

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          4   2  2.81  17   0   0   5   0   26   18    8    8    2   10   11
Dave Goltz             6   6  3.01  12  12   5   0   0   96   82   40   32    6   23   48
Ray Corbin             3   3  3.51  10   4   2   0   0   51   50   24   20    7   22   30
Jim Hughes             6   4  3.63  13  10   5   0   2   74   66   35   30    7   37   44
Vic Albury             4   2  3.69  14   8   2   0   0   63   43   32   26    7   45   28
Bert Blyleven          5   2  3.76  13  13   5   0   0   93   84   47   39    8   35   85
Bill Campbell          0   3  4.25  22   2   0   3   0   53   55   27   25   10   20   39
Joe Decker             1   1  7.80   4   4   1   0   0   15   17   13   13    1   15    3
Mike Pazik             0   4  8.24   5   3   0   0   0   20   28   20   18    5   10    8
Bill Butler            0   2  9.67   8   2   0   0   0   22   40   27   24    2    9   19
Mark Wiley             0   0 10.13   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    3    3    0    1    1

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Pagan             0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    4    0    0    0    3    3
Rudy May               7   2  2.76  13  12   6   0   0   82   62   30   25    3   46   57
Catfish Hunter         9   6  3.00  16  16  12   0   4  132   94   48   44    9   39   65
Pat Dobson             7   5  3.21  15  15   5   0   1  107   99   46   38   12   49   62
Larry Gura             1   1  3.24   9   3   0   0   0   33   33   13   12    2   14   15
Sparky Lyle            1   5  3.45  24   0   0   5   0   29   30   13   11    1   18   22
Doc Medich             5   8  3.67  15  15   5   0   2  110   97   47   45   12   33   57
Dick Tidrow            4   0  4.14  16   0   0   3   0   37   36   18   17    2   20   26
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
Sonny Siebert          2   1  1.61   5   5   0   0   0   22   21    4    4    1    8   16
Jim Todd               1   2  2.36  23   0   0   7   0   42   33   13   11    1   10   17
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.84  32   0   0   7   0   57   39   18   18    4   16   49
Paul Lindblad          5   0  3.00  23   0   0   2   0   48   39   19   16    6   17   22
Jim Perry              1   1  3.15   5   3   1   0   1   20   12    9    7    2    9   12
Vida Blue             10   5  3.21  18  17   5   1   1  123  107   51   44   11   37   91
Ken Holtzman           6   6  3.50  17  16   5   0   1  113   97   50   44    8   50   55
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Glenn Abbott           2   2  4.50   9   7   2   0   0   38   34   20   19    4   19   17
Dick Bosman            3   1  4.66   5   5   0   0   0   29   31   16   15    4    6   10
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   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    0    0    0    0
Mike Bacsik            0   0  1.80   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    1    0    3    3
Jim Umbarger           2   2  2.44  25   2   0   0   0   44   39   12   12    3   22   11
Bill Hands             5   3  2.64   9   9   3   0   1   65   61   23   19    3   14   32
Stan Thomas            3   1  3.46  15   0   0   0   0   26   18   12   10    0   11   11
Steve Hargan           4   3  3.65  11   9   4   0   0   74   71   38   30    7   18   43
Clyde Wright           0   3  3.98   9   7   0   0   0   41   44   24   18    0   24   16
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Steve Foucault         2   1  4.31  28   0   0   4   0   54   45   29   26    7   28   32
Fergie Jenkins         7   6  4.59  14  14   7   0   0  100  107   54   51   15   23   55
Jim Bibby              2   6  5.00  12  12   4   0   1   68   73   41   38    2   28   31
Mike Kekich            0   0  7.20   7   0   0   1   0    5    6    4    4    0    5    2
Gaylord Perry          0   1  7.50   1   1   0   0   0    6   10    5    5    0    1    3

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          11
  V. Blue (OAK)            10
  J. Kaat (CHI)            10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  S. Busby (KC)             9
  C. Hunter (NY)            9
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8
  P. Dobson (NY)            7

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  J. Coleman (DET)          9
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         8
  D. Medich (NY)            8
  B. Singer (CAL)           8
  J. Slaton (MIL)           8
  J. Bibby (CLE)            7
  P. Broberg (MIL)          7
  A. Hassler (CAL)          7

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  S. Busby (KC)            10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  G. Perry (TEX)           10
  B. Lee (BOS)              8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8
  M. Torrez (BAL)           8
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          7
  B. Singer (CAL)           7

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Gossage (CHI)          9
  J. Hiller (DET)           9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  D. Drago (BOS)            6
  D. Bird (KC)              5
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        5
  S. Lyle (NY)              5
  T. Buskey (CLE)           4

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  C. Hunter (NY)            4
  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 (CLE)            1

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        132.0
  S. Busby (KC)         127.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        127.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       125.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         123.1
  J. Kaat (CHI)         120.2
  B. Lee (BOS)          120.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         118.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     113.0
  D. Medich (NY)        110.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           142
  G. Perry (TEX)          130
  R. Wise (BOS)           120
  J. Kaat (CHI)           118
  B. Lee (BOS)            118
  V. Blue (OAK)           107
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        107
  L. Tiant (BOS)          107
  M. Lolich (DET)         106
  M. Torrez (BAL)         105

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)            69
  R. Wise (BOS)            66
  G. Perry (TEX)           62
  J. Slaton (MIL)          60
  J. Coleman (DET)         57
  B. Lee (BOS)             55
  L. Tiant (BOS)           55
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         54
  B. Singer (CAL)          53
  V. Blue (OAK)            51

Home Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           16
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         15
  J. Slaton (MIL)          14
  R. Wise (BOS)            14
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        13
  P. Broberg (MIL)         12
  P. Dobson (NY)           12
  D. Medich (NY)           12

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            76
  M. Torrez (BAL)          55
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        50
  P. Dobson (NY)           49
  R. May (NY)              46
  V. Albury (MIN)          45
  J. Kern (CLE)            42
  J. Slaton (MIL)          41
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         40
  B. Singer (CAL)          40

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           119
  V. Blue (OAK)            91
  G. Perry (TEX)           88
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        85
  S. Busby (KC)            81
  F. Tanana (CAL)          81
  J. Palmer (BAL)          79
  C. Hunter (NY)           65
  P. Dobson (NY)           62
  J. Kaat (CHI)            62

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