Friday June 27, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 27, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         46  26  3.24   72  17  20   649   550  267  234   51  245  370
Baltimore       31  38  3.35   69  32   2   632   566  252  235   52  233  294
New York        40  31  3.40   71  32   9   627   557  261  237   48  246  357
California      34  41  3.53   75  33   6   681   594  325  267   53  295  498
Kansas City     41  32  3.60   73  27   6   660   631  298  264   45  214  362
Chicago         32  38  3.83   70  12  18   630   653  300  268   45  282  346
Texas           35  38  3.95   73  24   5   671   671  338  294   49  251  322
Cleveland       30  39  3.96   69  19   9   630   596  315  277   68  270  377
Milwaukee       37  34  4.05   71  10  22   629   626  326  283   55  265  298
Boston          39  29  4.26   68  30  11   620   627  319  293   60  217  282
Minnesota       32  37  4.31   69  23   8   612   584  334  293   66  272  384
Detroit         27  41  4.44   68  15   9   600   658  357  296   68  245  356

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   4  1.57  17  17  12   0   6  144  105   31   25    5   33   92
Rich Gossage (CHI)     3   6  1.82  30   0   0  11   0   74   53   17   15    2   42   67
D. Eckersley (CLE)     5   1  2.03  17   7   2   2   1   71   51   17   16    6   30   57
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      6   4  2.15  13  12   7   0   1   88   61   32   21    3   34   52
Steve Busby (KC)      11   5  2.42  18  18  12   0   2  149  114   42   40    6   43   95
Catfish Hunter (NY)   11   6  2.82  18  18  14   0   4  150  106   51   47   11   41   72
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      10   6  2.85  16  16   8   0   5  120   76   43   38   10   78  121
Jim Kaat (CHI)        11   4  2.89  20  18   5   0   0  134  135   52   43    6   36   69
Bill Hands (TEX)       5   3  2.93  10  10   3   0   1   71   68   28   23    3   16   37
Marty Pattin (KC)      6   4  2.95  20   5   3   0   1   85   77   32   28    6   18   38

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            12   4  1.57  17  17  12   0   6  144  105   31   25    5   33   92
Dyar Miller            1   2  2.08   6   0   0   0   0    9    5    2    2    0    9    2
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Doyle Alexander        1   5  3.43  17   3   1   1   0   60   60   24   23    5   21   18
Mike Torrez            7   5  3.50  16  16   9   0   0  123  117   54   48    8   63   50
Mike Cuellar           5   5  3.93  16  16   6   0   3  112   95   50   49   13   42   36
Wayne Garland          0   2  4.02  11   0   0   0   0   31   28   14   14    1   18   15
Ross Grimsley          4   9  4.08  18  17   4   0   1  108  110   51   49   18   21   52
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Grant Jackson          1   2  5.40  18   0   0   1   0   22   22   13   13    1   10   20
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
Jim Burton             0   2  3.31   4   3   0   0   0   16   17   12    6    3    5    7
Dick Drago             1   1  3.46  18   0   0   6   0   26   22   10   10    2   15   12
Bill Lee               9   5  3.77  19  17   8   0   2  136  132   63   57    6   44   34
Luis Tiant            11   6  3.82  17  17  10   0   0  127  124   58   54   12   35   74
Roger Moret            4   0  4.01  19   0   0   1   0   34   25   15   15    2   27   17
Dick Pole              1   4  4.35  10   6   2   0   1   52   55   27   25    7   14   23
Reggie Cleveland       4   3  4.61  14   8   1   0   0   70   75   39   36    8   25   29
Rick Wise              8   6  4.85  17  17   9   0   0  124  136   70   67   16   33   67
Diego Segui            1   2  6.09  16   0   0   4   0   34   41   25   23    4   19   19

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Kirkwood           2   3  1.39  23   0   0   3   0   45   41   16    7    3   12   31
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa            6   4  2.15  13  12   7   0   1   88   61   32   21    3   34   52
Nolan Ryan            10   6  2.85  16  16   8   0   5  120   76   43   38   10   78  121
Frank Tanana           5   4  3.23  15  14   5   0   1   95   86   35   34    9   31  106
Mickey Scott           1   1  3.47  24   0   0   1   0   23   23   16    9    2    8   16
Dick Lange             1   1  3.93  12   1   0   1   0   34   33   22   15    1   20   14
Bill Singer            6   8  4.07  17  16   7   1   0  122  102   59   55    9   46   62
Andy Hassler           3   8  4.65  14  14   6   0   1   93   99   52   48    6   31   61
Steve Blateric         0   0  6.23   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    5    3    0    1    5
Luis Quintana          0   2  6.43   3   0   0   0   0    7   12    6    5    2    5    5
Chuck Dobson           0   2  6.75   9   2   0   0   0   28   30   26   21    5   13   14
Dave Sells             0   0  8.64   4   0   0   0   0    8    9   10    8    3    8    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   6  1.82  30   0   0  11   0   74   53   17   15    2   42   67
Terry Forster          3   3  2.06  15   0   0   4   0   35   27   11    8    0   24   30
Jim Kaat              11   4  2.89  20  18   5   0   0  134  135   52   43    6   36   69
Jesse Jefferson        1   0  2.92   2   2   0   0   0   12    7    4    4    0    9    6
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.23  10   0   0   1   0   31   28   11   11    3   10   20
Dave Hamilton          1   1  3.72   3   1   0   1   0   10    9    4    4    1    5    6
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  3.97  14   0   0   1   0   23   18   10   10    2    9   11
Claude Osteen          2   6  4.06  16  16   1   0   0   93  108   45   42    7   46   32
Danny Osborn           1   0  4.40   6   0   0   0   0   14   15    7    7    1    7   11
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    2    2    0    4    2
Wilbur Wood            5  11  5.08  20  20   4   0   0  124  159   80   70   12   38   56
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
Dave LaRoche           2   1  1.93  25   0   0   2   0   33   17    9    7    2   27   39
Dennis Eckersley       5   1  2.03  17   7   2   2   1   71   51   17   16    6   30   57
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Tom Buskey             4   3  2.63  31   0   0   5   0   51   46   18   15    4   18   22
Eric Raich             3   2  2.70   6   6   1   0   0   40   41   16   12    4    7   14
Gaylord Perry          6   9  3.56  15  15  10   0   1  121  120   57   48   16   34   85
Jim Bibby              1   1  3.72   3   3   1   0   0   19   16   10    8    1   10   12
Jim Kern               1   2  3.77  13   7   0   0   0   72   60   31   30    5   45   55
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Don Hood               1   3  5.16  11   5   1   0   0   45   42   26   26    6   25   14
Fritz Peterson         4   7  5.93  12  12   2   0   0   58   64   43   38    6   21   23
Roric Harrison         1   2  6.08   4   4   1   0   0   27   28   18   18    3   13   16
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Fred Beene             0   0  7.00   4   0   0   0   0    9   16    8    7    0    4    2
Jackie Brown           0   0 10.29   4   0   0   0   0    7   12    8    8    3    2    6

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   3  2.92  25   0   0   9   0   52   42   19   17    6   29   62
Bob Reynolds           0   0  3.38   8   0   0   0   0   13   16    7    5    1    4   10
Mickey Lolich          8   5  3.43  15  15   7   0   1  108  121   51   41    8   33   63
Vern Ruhle             6   4  3.99  15  14   2   0   1   86   93   49   38   12   31   28
Tom Walker             2   5  4.09  21   5   0   0   0   62   55   34   28    8   20   35
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  4.34  14   1   1   0   0   48   54   26   23    3   24   32
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Lerrin LaGrow          4   7  4.98  15  14   3   0   1   78   90   53   43    8   31   36
Ray Bare               2   4  5.05  12   4   1   0   0   46   56   29   26    1   17   22
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.23   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    3    5    8
Joe Coleman            3  11  6.52  15  15   1   0   0   88  110   72   64   16   42   57

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Busby           11   5  2.42  18  18  12   0   2  149  114   42   40    6   43   95
Steve Mingori          0   2  2.63  22   0   0   0   0   27   20   10    8    2    7   13
Marty Pattin           6   4  2.95  20   5   3   0   1   85   77   32   28    6   18   38
Doug Bird              5   3  3.55  23   0   0   5   0   46   43   19   18    2   18   30
Al Fitzmorris          8   4  3.57  17  17   5   0   2  113  113   48   45    7   30   36
Dennis Leonard         3   3  4.00  13  12   3   0   0   83   80   42   37    8   45   59
Nelson Briles          4   3  4.19  10  10   3   0   0   67   69   35   31    9   14   42
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.32  12   0   0   1   0   33   32   16   16    1   11   14
Paul Splittorff        1   5  4.88  15   9   1   0   0   48   60   36   26    4   21   30
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  1.95  14   4   0   1   0   65   62   19   14    2   11   20
Tom Murphy             1   1  2.05  25   0   0  14   0   44   33   10   10    1    9   18
Bill Travers           3   0  2.41   6   5   1   1   0   34   24   12    9    1   12   18
Eduardo Rodriguez      5   0  3.21  25   1   0   3   0   48   37   19   17    5   24   43
Pete Broberg           8   7  4.47  17  17   1   0   1   95   97   52   47   13   45   39
Jim Colborn            2   6  4.58  16   9   2   2   0   71   71   42   36    9   22   27
Jim Slaton             6   8  4.85  18  15   3   0   2   95  111   60   51   14   46   62
Bill Champion          6   5  4.96  19  12   3   0   1   89   93   54   49    5   42   32
Ed Sprague             1   5  4.98  13   8   0   1   0   47   61   30   26    4   29   12
Tom Hausman            2   1  4.99  13   0   0   0   0   40   35   26   22    1   21   23
Rick Austin            0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    4    4

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          4   3  2.93  20   0   0   5   0   31   23   10   10    2   12   14
Dave Goltz             6   6  3.47  14  14   5   0   0  106  103   49   41    6   23   53
Bert Blyleven          5   3  3.64  14  14   6   0   0  101   87   49   41   10   38   95
Jim Hughes             6   6  3.96  15  12   5   0   2   91   81   45   40    9   49   50
Ray Corbin             4   4  4.06  12   6   3   0   0   64   67   33   29    8   28   40
Bill Campbell          1   3  4.06  23   3   1   3   0   62   63   30   28   10   20   44
Vic Albury             5   4  4.20  18  10   2   0   0   84   62   47   39   11   61   47
Mark Wiley             0   0  5.06   4   0   0   0   0    5    6    3    3    0    2    2
Bill Butler            0   2  7.52  10   2   0   0   0   32   46   31   27    4   10   28
Mike Pazik             0   4  8.24   5   3   0   0   0   20   28   20   18    5   10    8
Joe Decker             1   2  9.98   5   5   1   0   0   15   18   17   17    1   19    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Catfish Hunter        11   6  2.82  18  18  14   0   4  150  106   51   47   11   41   72
Pat Dobson             8   6  3.17  17  17   6   0   1  122  114   52   43   13   51   69
Rudy May               7   3  3.21  15  14   6   0   0   90   73   37   32    3   51   66
Sparky Lyle            2   5  3.34  27   0   0   5   0   32   34   14   12    1   18   25
Dave Pagan             0   0  3.60   8   0   0   0   0   20   18    8    8    2    9   11
Doc Medich             6   9  3.65  17  17   6   0   2  123  114   52   50   12   35   63
Larry Gura             2   2  3.83  11   5   0   0   0   45   47   20   19    2   18   23
Dick Tidrow            4   0  4.20  19   0   0   4   0   41   40   20   19    3   22   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  1.32   6   6   0   0   0   27   23    6    4    1   12   19
Jim Todd               4   2  2.12  26   0   0   7   0   51   42   16   12    1   11   20
Paul Lindblad          6   0  2.70  28   0   0   3   0   53   42   19   16    6   19   26
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  3.09   2   2   0   0   0   12    9    4    4    0    4   11
Rollie Fingers         5   3  3.18  36   0   0   9   0   62   43   22   22    5   17   55
Ken Holtzman           7   7  3.23  19  18   7   0   1  131  111   55   47   10   61   63
Vida Blue             11   5  3.29  20  19   5   1   1  140  122   58   51   12   45   99
Jim Perry              1   1  3.60   7   5   1   0   1   30   22   14   12    3   14   14
Dick Bosman            4   1  3.79   6   6   1   0   0   38   36   17   16    4    7   13
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Glenn Abbott           3   2  4.04  10   7   2   0   0   42   35   20   19    4   20   22
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
Stan Thomas            4   1  2.57  17   0   0   0   0   35   22   12   10    0   12   16
Mike Bacsik            0   1  2.65   4   1   0   0   0   17   16    7    5    0    7   11
Bill Hands             5   3  2.93  10  10   3   0   1   71   68   28   23    3   16   37
Steve Hargan           5   3  3.05  15  12   5   0   1   94   88   41   32    7   27   51
Jim Umbarger           4   4  3.23  29   3   0   0   0   53   51   19   19    3   28   14
Clyde Wright           0   3  3.97  10   8   0   0   0   48   51   29   21    0   31   16
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Steve Foucault         2   2  4.26  30   0   0   4   0   61   54   33   29    7   31   33
Mike Kekich            0   0  4.32   9   0   0   1   0    8    9    5    4    0    6    2
Fergie Jenkins         8   8  4.39  17  17  10   0   0  125  134   66   61   19   26   69
Jim Bibby              2   6  5.00  12  12   4   0   1   68   73   41   38    2   28   31
Gaylord Perry          0   2 10.69   3   3   0   0   0   16   32   19   19    1    4    7

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  V. Blue (OAK)            11
  S. Busby (KC)            11
  C. Hunter (NY)           11
  J. Kaat (CHI)            11
  L. Tiant (BOS)           11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  P. Broberg (MIL)          8
  P. Dobson (NY)            8

Losses:

  J. Coleman (DET)         11
  G. Perry (TEX)           11
  W. Wood (CHI)            11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         9
  D. Medich (NY)            9
  A. Hassler (CAL)          8
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          8
  B. Singer (CAL)           8
  J. Slaton (MIL)           8
  J. Bibby (CLE)            7

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           14
  S. Busby (KC)            12
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         10
  G. Perry (TEX)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10
  M. Torrez (BAL)           9
  R. Wise (BOS)             9
  B. Lee (BOS)              8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Gossage (CHI)         11
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  J. Hiller (DET)           9
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  D. Drago (BOS)            6
  D. Bird (KC)              5
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        5
  T. Buskey (CLE)           5
  S. Lyle (NY)              5

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  C. Hunter (NY)            4
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  S. Busby (KC)             2
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        2
  J. Hughes (MIN)           2
  B. Lee (BOS)              2
  D. Medich (NY)            2
  J. Slaton (MIL)           2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        150.0
  S. Busby (KC)         148.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       143.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         139.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        137.1
  B. Lee (BOS)          136.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         134.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     131.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        127.1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      125.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           159
  G. Perry (TEX)          152
  R. Wise (BOS)           136
  J. Kaat (CHI)           135
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        134
  B. Lee (BOS)            132
  L. Tiant (BOS)          124
  V. Blue (OAK)           122
  M. Lolich (DET)         121
  M. Torrez (BAL)         117

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)            80
  G. Perry (TEX)           76
  J. Coleman (DET)         72
  R. Wise (BOS)            70
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         66
  B. Lee (BOS)             63
  J. Slaton (MIL)          60
  B. Singer (CAL)          59
  V. Blue (OAK)            58
  L. Tiant (BOS)           58

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         19
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        18
  G. Perry (TEX)           17
  J. Coleman (DET)         16
  R. Wise (BOS)            16
  J. Slaton (MIL)          14
  P. Broberg (MIL)         13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  P. Dobson (NY)           13
  V. Blue (OAK)            12

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            78
  M. Torrez (BAL)          63
  V. Albury (MIN)          61
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        61
  P. Dobson (NY)           51
  R. May (NY)              51
  J. Hughes (MIN)          49
  C. Osteen (CHI)          46
  B. Singer (CAL)          46
  J. Slaton (MIL)          46

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           121
  F. Tanana (CAL)         106
  V. Blue (OAK)            99
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        95
  S. Busby (KC)            95
  J. Palmer (BAL)          92
  G. Perry (TEX)           92
  L. Tiant (BOS)           74
  C. Hunter (NY)           72
  P. Dobson (NY)           69

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