Wednesday July 2, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 2, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         49  28  3.23   77  17  22   693   580  284  249   53  268  393
Baltimore       36  39  3.39   75  34   4   685   625  275  258   53  259  321
New York        41  35  3.43   76  34   9   669   602  284  255   52  258  386
Kansas City     42  35  3.60   77  27   6   694   666  316  278   47  238  379
Chicago         36  39  3.80   75  14  19   675   697  319  285   46  299  364
California      36  45  3.80   81  34   6   734   662  369  310   61  319  534
Cleveland       33  42  3.93   75  21   9   682   640  340  298   71  286  411
Texas           37  40  3.98   77  24   7   708   706  361  313   57  264  344
Milwaukee       42  35  4.06   77  11  23   683   681  351  308   61  279  318
Minnesota       35  40  4.31   75  25   9   666   645  367  319   70  291  404
Boston          42  33  4.34   75  33  12   682   695  356  329   68  241  314
Detroit         28  46  4.43   74  17   9   650   706  388  320   73  274  387

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   5  1.78  18  18  13   0   6  152  115   36   30    5   36   95
D. Eckersley (CLE)     5   1  2.09  18   8   2   2   1   78   54   19   18    7   35   65
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      6   4  2.18  14  13   7   0   1   95   69   34   23    3   35   56
Steve Busby (KC)      11   6  2.57  19  19  12   0   2  154  125   47   44    7   45   95
Jim Kaat (CHI)        12   4  2.82  21  19   5   0   0  141  138   53   44    6   39   72
Catfish Hunter (NY)   11   7  2.85  19  19  15   0   4  158  112   54   50   11   44   74
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      10   7  2.91  17  17   8   0   5  127   85   47   41   10   85  125
Steve Hargan (TEX)     5   3  3.05  15  12   5   0   1   94   88   41   32    7   27   51
Marty Pattin (KC)      6   4  3.05  21   6   3   0   1   91   83   35   31    6   22   40
Rudy May (NY)          7   4  3.12  16  15   7   0   0   98   78   42   34    5   53   74

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            12   5  1.78  18  18  13   0   6  152  115   36   30    5   36   95
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            1   2  2.38   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    3    3    0    9    3
Doyle Alexander        2   5  3.38  18   4   1   1   0   67   68   26   25    5   22   19
Mike Torrez            9   5  3.60  18  18   9   0   0  135  133   60   54    8   72   56
Mike Cuellar           6   5  3.71  17  17   7   0   3  121  100   51   50   13   46   41
Wayne Garland          0   2  4.04  13   0   0   0   0   36   32   16   16    1   23   21
Ross Grimsley          4   9  4.13  19  17   4   0   1  109  114   52   50   18   21   52
Grant Jackson          2   2  4.13  21   0   0   3   0   28   27   13   13    1   12   23
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Bob Reynolds           0   1  9.00   7   0   0   0   0    6   11    6    6    1    1    1
Paul Mitchell          0   0 13.50   1   1   0   0   0    3    5    5    5    1    2    2

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Barr             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    3    0
Jim Burton             0   2  2.95   8   3   0   0   0   18   19   12    6    3    6    9
Roger Moret            5   0  3.59  20   1   1   1   0   43   31   17   17    3   29   19
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Bill Lee               9   6  4.06  21  19   9   0   2  149  150   73   67    9   46   40
Luis Tiant            11   7  4.07  18  18  10   0   0  135  140   66   61   13   37   78
Dick Drago             1   1  4.45  19   1   0   6   0   30   27   15   15    2   17   14
Rick Wise              9   6  4.73  18  18  10   0   0  133  138   73   70   18   36   73
Reggie Cleveland       4   5  5.00  16   8   1   0   0   76   84   45   42    9   30   31
Diego Segui            1   2  5.89  19   0   0   5   0   37   42   26   24    4   21   21

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Kirkwood           2   3  1.89  24   0   0   3   0   48   45   19   10    3   13   31
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa            6   4  2.18  14  13   7   0   1   95   69   34   23    3   35   56
Nolan Ryan            10   7  2.91  17  17   8   0   5  127   85   47   41   10   85  125
Frank Tanana           6   4  3.21  16  15   6   0   1  104   94   38   37   11   33  121
Dick Lange             2   1  4.14  15   1   0   1   0   41   41   26   19    1   22   18
Bill Singer            6   9  4.43  18  17   7   1   0  128  111   67   63   12   51   67
Mickey Scott           1   1  4.66  27   0   0   1   0   29   29   22   15    5    9   19
Andy Hassler           3   9  5.16  16  15   6   0   1   98  108   60   56    6   31   62
Steve Blateric         0   0  6.23   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    5    3    0    1    5
Luis Quintana          0   2  6.43   4   0   0   0   0    7   13    6    5    2    6    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
Charlie Hudson         0   1 12.46   1   1   0   0   0    4    6    6    6    0    4    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           4   6  1.78  32   0   0  11   0   76   55   17   15    2   43   68
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Jim Kaat              12   4  2.82  21  19   5   0   0  141  138   53   44    6   39   72
Dave Hamilton          1   1  3.00   4   1   0   2   0   12    9    4    4    1    5    8
Danny Osborn           1   0  3.72   8   0   0   0   0   19   20    8    8    1    8   14
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.93  11   0   0   1   0   37   37   17   16    3   13   22
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  3.97  14   0   0   1   0   23   18   10   10    2    9   11
Claude Osteen          3   6  4.03  18  18   2   0   0  105  119   51   47    8   51   35
Wilbur Wood            6  11  4.80  21  21   5   0   0  133  166   81   71   12   40   58
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    2    2    0    4    2
Jesse Jefferson        1   1  4.97   3   3   0   0   0   13   11    7    7    0   10    7
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  7.71   2   1   0   0   0    5    4    4    4    1    6    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           3   1  1.75  27   0   0   2   0   36   19    9    7    2   27   41
Dennis Eckersley       5   1  2.09  18   8   2   2   1   78   54   19   18    7   35   65
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Tom Buskey             4   3  2.75  33   0   0   5   0   52   47   19   16    5   19   22
Eric Raich             4   2  3.28   8   8   2   0   0   49   48   22   18    4   10   19
Gaylord Perry          6   9  3.56  15  15  10   0   1  121  120   57   48   16   34   85
Jim Kern               1   2  3.77  13   7   0   0   0   72   60   31   30    5   45   55
Jim Bibby              1   2  4.00   4   4   1   0   0   27   25   15   12    1   12   18
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Don Hood               1   4  4.56  12   6   1   0   0   53   47   30   27    6   26   19
Roric Harrison         2   2  4.79   5   5   2   0   0   36   35   19   19    3   15   22
Fred Beene             0   0  5.93   5   0   0   0   0   14   21   10    9    1    5    3
Fritz Peterson         4   7  5.93  12  12   2   0   0   58   64   43   38    6   21   23
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Jackie Brown           0   1 10.80   5   0   0   0   0   10   17   12   12    3    3    7

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   3  2.78  27   0   0   9   0   55   45   19   17    6   31   65
Mickey Lolich          9   5  3.24  16  16   8   0   1  117  124   53   42    9   34   67
Vern Ruhle             6   5  3.75  16  15   3   0   1   94   99   53   39   12   36   34
Bob Reynolds           0   0  3.93  10   0   0   0   0   18   22   10    8    3    8   13
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  4.34  14   1   1   0   0   48   54   26   23    3   24   32
Ray Bare               2   5  4.67  13   5   1   0   0   54   60   31   28    1   21   27
Lerrin LaGrow          4   8  4.76  16  15   3   0   1   85   96   56   45    8   33   38
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Tom Walker             2   6  4.86  22   6   0   0   0   63   61   40   34    9   22   35
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.23   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    3    5    8
Joe Coleman            3  12  6.51  16  16   1   0   0   93  117   77   67   16   46   59
Fernando Arroyo        0   0 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    5    7    6    6    1    5    6

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   2  2.51  23   0   0   0   0   29   20   10    8    2   10   13
Steve Busby           11   6  2.57  19  19  12   0   2  154  125   47   44    7   45   95
Marty Pattin           6   4  3.05  21   6   3   0   1   91   83   35   31    6   22   40
Doug Bird              6   3  3.35  25   0   0   5   0   48   44   19   18    2   20   32
Al Fitzmorris          8   4  3.57  17  17   5   0   2  113  113   48   45    7   30   36
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  3.64  15   0   0   1   0   42   37   19   17    1   16   23
Nelson Briles          4   3  4.19  10  10   3   0   0   67   69   35   31    9   14   42
Dennis Leonard         3   4  4.26  14  13   3   0   0   87   87   46   41    8   47   60
Paul Splittorff        1   6  4.61  16  10   1   0   0   55   65   39   28    5   27   33
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
Tom Murphy             1   1  2.05  25   0   0  14   0   44   33   10   10    1    9   18
Bill Castro            3   2  2.26  15   5   0   1   0   68   68   22   17    3   14   22
Bill Travers           4   0  2.74   7   6   2   1   0   43   31   16   13    3   13   19
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  3.08  26   1   0   3   0   50   38   19   17    5   24   44
Rick Austin            1   0  3.24   4   0   0   1   0    8    4    3    3    0    6    8
Pete Broberg           9   7  4.36  19  18   1   0   1  109  113   58   53   14   47   46
Jim Colborn            3   6  4.48  17  10   2   2   0   78   76   45   39    9   25   30
Tom Hausman            2   1  4.83  14   1   0   0   0   41   35   26   22    1   22   23
Bill Champion          6   5  4.93  20  12   3   0   1   95  101   57   52    6   43   33
Ed Sprague             1   5  4.98  13   8   0   1   0   47   61   30   26    4   29   12
Jim Slaton             6   8  5.04  19  16   3   0   2  100  121   65   56   15   47   63

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Wiley             1   0  2.51   5   1   1   0   0   14   14    6    4    0    5    5
Tom Burgmeier          4   4  2.80  22   0   0   5   0   35   27   11   11    3   12   14
Dave Goltz             6   6  3.38  15  15   5   0   0  115  110   52   43    7   24   57
Bert Blyleven          6   3  3.72  15  15   6   0   0  109   97   53   45   10   40   98
Vic Albury             5   4  3.83  20  10   2   1   0   94   68   51   40   11   68   52
Jim Hughes             7   6  3.87  16  13   6   0   2  100   89   48   43    9   53   53
Bill Campbell          1   4  4.55  24   4   1   3   0   65   71   36   33   10   21   45
Ray Corbin             4   5  4.90  13   7   3   0   0   64   73   39   35    9   28   40
Bill Butler            0   2  7.94  11   2   0   0   0   34   50   34   30    5   11   29
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   7  2.85  19  19  15   0   4  158  112   54   50   11   44   74
Sparky Lyle            2   5  2.97  28   0   0   5   0   36   35   14   12    1   19   29
Rudy May               7   4  3.12  16  15   7   0   0   98   78   42   34    5   53   74
Pat Dobson             8   7  3.48  18  18   6   0   1  124  121   57   48   13   53   71
Larry Gura             2   2  3.53  12   6   0   0   0   51   57   22   20    2   19   24
Dick Tidrow            5   1  3.64  21   0   0   4   0   47   46   21   19    3   24   29
Dave Pagan             0   0  3.68   9   0   0   0   0   22   21    9    9    2   10   13
Doc Medich             6   9  3.93  18  18   6   0   2  128  121   58   56   14   35   70
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  2.04  27   0   0   7   0   53   44   16   12    1   11   21
Paul Lindblad          6   0  2.34  31   0   0   4   0   62   44   19   16    6   25   30
Ken Holtzman           8   7  3.14  20  19   7   0   1  138  113   56   48   10   65   64
Rollie Fingers         5   4  3.17  38   0   0  10   0   65   46   23   23    5   17   56
Vida Blue             12   5  3.17  21  20   5   1   1  148  126   59   52   13   50  107
Jim Perry              1   1  3.93   8   6   1   0   1   34   25   18   15    3   16   16
Dick Bosman            5   1  3.98   7   7   1   0   0   43   43   21   19    4    8   15
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Glenn Abbott           3   2  4.17  12   7   2   0   0   45   38   22   21    5   21   24
Stan Bahnsen           1   1  4.80   3   3   0   0   0   15   13    8    8    0    8   13
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  2.33  20   0   0   1   0   39   22   12   10    0   13   21
Mike Bacsik            1   1  2.78   5   2   0   0   0   23   21   13    7    0    8   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  3.38  30   3   0   0   0   53   52   20   20    4   29   14
Mike Kekich            0   0  3.75  11   0   0   2   0   12   12    6    5    1    7    6
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
Fergie Jenkins         9   8  4.38  18  18  10   0   0  134  143   70   65   23   28   75
Jim Bibby              2   6  5.00  12  12   4   0   1   68   73   41   38    2   28   31
Gaylord Perry          0   4  8.71   5   5   0   0   0   31   49   30   30    3   11   14

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           13
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  W. Wood (CHI)            11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         9
  A. Hassler (CAL)          9
  D. Medich (NY)            9
  B. Singer (CAL)           9
  J. Bibby (CLE)            8
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          8
  L. LaGrow (DET)           8

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  S. Busby (KC)            12
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         10
  G. Perry (TEX)           10
  L. Tiant (BOS)           10
  R. Wise (BOS)            10
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  M. Torrez (BAL)           9
  M. Lolich (DET)           8

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Gossage (CHI)         11
  R. Fingers (OAK)         10
  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)        158.0
  S. Busby (KC)         154.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        152.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       151.2
  B. Lee (BOS)          148.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         147.2
  J. Kaat (CHI)         140.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     137.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        135.0
  M. Torrez (BAL)       135.0

Hits:

  G. Perry (TEX)          169
  W. Wood (CHI)           166
  B. Lee (BOS)            150
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        143
  L. Tiant (BOS)          140
  J. Kaat (CHI)           138
  R. Wise (BOS)           138
  M. Torrez (BAL)         133
  V. Blue (OAK)           126
  S. Busby (KC)           125

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           87
  W. Wood (CHI)            81
  J. Coleman (DET)         77
  B. Lee (BOS)             73
  R. Wise (BOS)            73
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         70
  B. Singer (CAL)          67
  L. Tiant (BOS)           66
  J. Slaton (MIL)          65
  A. Hassler (CAL)         60

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         23
  G. Perry (TEX)           19
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        18
  R. Wise (BOS)            18
  J. Coleman (DET)         16
  J. Slaton (MIL)          15
  P. Broberg (MIL)         14
  D. Medich (NY)           14
  V. Blue (OAK)            13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            85
  M. Torrez (BAL)          72
  V. Albury (MIN)          68
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        65
  P. Dobson (NY)           53
  J. Hughes (MIN)          53
  R. May (NY)              53
  C. Osteen (CHI)          51
  B. Singer (CAL)          51
  V. Blue (OAK)            50

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           125
  F. Tanana (CAL)         121
  V. Blue (OAK)           107
  G. Perry (TEX)           99
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        98
  S. Busby (KC)            95
  J. Palmer (BAL)          95
  L. Tiant (BOS)           78
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         75
  C. Hunter (NY)           74


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