Thursday July 3, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 3, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         49  29  3.22   78  17  22   701   591  287  251   53  269  394
New York        41  36  3.43   77  35   9   677   607  287  258   54  259  388
Baltimore       36  40  3.47   76  34   4   693   639  284  267   55  262  325
Kansas City     43  35  3.61   78  27   6   703   675  321  282   47  239  382
Chicago         37  39  3.76   76  14  20   684   708  321  286   46  299  371
California      37  45  3.83   82  34   7   743   673  375  316   61  325  543
Cleveland       34  42  3.91   76  21  10   691   642  342  300   73  287  416
Milwaukee       43  35  4.03   78  11  23   693   690  353  310   62  283  323
Texas           37  41  4.04   78  24   7   717   717  371  322   61  269  348
Boston          42  34  4.31   76  33  12   691   703  359  331   69  244  320
Minnesota       35  41  4.35   76  25   9   675   657  374  326   71  296  409
Detroit         29  46  4.44   75  18   9   659   713  393  325   75  279  393

 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)        13   4  2.72  22  20   5   0   0  149  149   55   45    6   39   77
Catfish Hunter (NY)   11   7  2.85  19  19  15   0   4  158  112   54   50   11   44   74
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
Ken Holtzman (OAK)     8   7  3.14  20  19   7   0   1  138  113   56   48   10   65   64

 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  3.33  19   4   1   1   0   68   69   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  3.93  18  18   7   0   3  126  109   56   55   14   48   44
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
Wayne Garland          0   3  4.74  14   0   0   0   0   38   36   20   20    2   24   22
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  3.35  21   2   1   1   0   51   38   19   19    4   31   25
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   3  5.68  20   0   0   5   0   38   43   27   24    4   22   21

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Kirkwood           2   3  1.88  25   0   0   4   0   48   45   19   10    3   13   32
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  3.15  18  18   8   0   5  134   96   53   47   10   91  133
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           2   1  4.50  28   0   0   1   0   30   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  1.76  33   0   0  12   0   77   55   17   15    2   43   70
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Jim Kaat              13   4  2.72  22  20   5   0   0  149  149   55   45    6   39   77
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  1.72  28   0   0   3   0   37   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               2   4  4.23  13   7   1   0   0   62   49   32   29    8   27   24
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            4  12  6.37  17  17   2   0   0  102  124   82   72   18   51   65
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
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  3.64  15   0   0   1   0   42   37   19   17    1   16   23
Al Fitzmorris          9   4  3.69  18  18   5   0   2  120  121   53   49    7   31   36
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  4.40  17  10   1   0   0   57   66   39   28    5   27   36
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
Rick Austin            2   0  2.45   5   0   0   1   0   11    5    3    3    0    8   10
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
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
Jim Slaton             6   8  4.86  20  17   3   0   2  107  129   67   58   16   49   66
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

 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  2.78  23   0   0   5   0   36   28   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  4.23  17  14   6   0   2  104   95   54   49   10   57   56
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   3  7.28  12   2   0   0   0   38   55   35   31    5   12   31
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  10  3.89  19  19   7   0   2  136  126   61   59   16   36   72
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   3  2.00  28   0   0   7   0   54   45   17   12    1   11   22
Paul Lindblad          6   0  2.31  32   0   0   4   0   62   44   19   16    6   25   30
Rollie Fingers         5   4  3.11  39   0   0  10   0   67   47   23   23    5   17   56
Ken Holtzman           8   7  3.14  20  19   7   0   1  138  113   56   48   10   65   64
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  3.94   8   8   1   0   0   48   52   23   21    4    9   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  2.27  21   0   0   1   0   40   22   12   10    0   13   22
Mike Bacsik            1   1  2.78   5   2   0   0   0   23   21   13    7    0    8   11
Steve Hargan           5   3  3.05  15  12   5   0   1   94   88   41   32    7   27   51
Bill Hands             5   4  3.34  11  11   3   0   1   73   72   32   27    6   17   37
Jim Umbarger           4   4  3.58  31   3   0   0   0   55   56   23   22    4   30   15
Clyde Wright           0   3  3.97  10   8   0   0   0   48   51   29   21    0   31   16
Steve Foucault         2   2  4.12  31   0   0   4   0   63   54   33   29    7   33   33
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
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
Mike Kekich            0   0  5.14  12   0   0   2   0   14   15    9    8    2    8    8
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:

  J. Kaat (CHI)            13
  V. Blue (OAK)            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
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        9
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          9

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           13
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  W. Wood (CHI)            11
  D. Medich (NY)           10
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         9
  A. Hassler (CAL)          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)         12
  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
  J. Kaat (CHI)         149.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          148.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         147.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     137.2
  D. Medich (NY)        136.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        135.0

Hits:

  G. Perry (TEX)          169
  W. Wood (CHI)           166
  B. Lee (BOS)            150
  J. Kaat (CHI)           149
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        143
  L. Tiant (BOS)          140
  R. Wise (BOS)           138
  M. Torrez (BAL)         133
  J. Slaton (MIL)         129
  V. Blue (OAK)           126

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           87
  J. Coleman (DET)         82
  W. Wood (CHI)            81
  B. Lee (BOS)             73
  R. Wise (BOS)            73
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         70
  B. Singer (CAL)          67
  J. Slaton (MIL)          67
  L. Tiant (BOS)           66
  D. Medich (NY)           61

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            91
  M. Torrez (BAL)          72
  V. Albury (MIN)          68
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        65
  J. Hughes (MIN)          57
  P. Dobson (NY)           53
  R. May (NY)              53
  J. Coleman (DET)         51
  C. Osteen (CHI)          51
  B. Singer (CAL)          51

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           133
  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
  J. Kaat (CHI)            77
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         75


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