Friday July 4, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 4, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         50  29  3.18   79  18  22   710   595  287  251   53  272  400
New York        41  37  3.45   78  35   9   686   617  292  263   57  261  390
Baltimore       37  40  3.48   77  34   5   702   648  288  271   56  263  330
Kansas City     44  35  3.59   79  27   6   712   683  323  284   47  240  385
Chicago         37  40  3.76   77  15  20   692   720  324  289   47  301  375
California      37  46  3.82   83  34   7   751   685  381  319   61  328  550
Cleveland       35  42  3.88   77  21  11   700   650  344  302   74  289  418
Milwaukee       43  36  4.07   79  11  23   701   698  361  317   63  288  326
Texas           38  42  4.07   80  25   7   734   733  381  332   64  278  354
Minnesota       36  42  4.29   78  26   9   693   675  378  330   72  302  418
Boston          42  35  4.30   77  34  12   699   707  362  334   70  247  323
Detroit         30  46  4.40   76  18   9   668   722  395  327   76  280  402

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   5  1.92  19  19  13   0   6  160  124   40   34    6   37  100
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
Ken Holtzman (OAK)     9   7  2.95  21  20   8   0   2  147  117   56   48   10   68   70
Steve Hargan (TEX)     6   3  2.96  16  13   6   0   1  103   94   43   34    8   30   53
Catfish Hunter (NY)   11   8  2.98  20  20  15   0   4  166  121   59   55   14   46   76
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
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      10   7  3.15  18  18   8   0   5  134   96   53   47   10   91  133

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            13   5  1.92  19  19  13   0   6  160  124   40   34    6   37  100
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
Grant Jackson          2   2  3.99  22   0   0   4   0   29   27   13   13    1   12   23
Ross Grimsley          4   9  4.13  19  17   4   0   1  109  114   52   50   18   21   52
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
Luis Tiant            11   8  4.03  19  19  11   0   0  143  144   69   64   14   40   81
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
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   5  3.17  17  16   6   0   1  111  104   43   39   11   35  128
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 11.57   2   1   0   0   0    5    7    6    6    0    4    0
Chuck Hockenbery       0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    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           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  12  4.71  22  22   6   0   0  141  178   84   74   13   42   62
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  1.69  29   0   0   4   0   37   19    9    7    2   27   42
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  2.68  34   0   0   5   0   54   50   19   16    5   19   22
Eric Raich             5   2  3.20   9   9   2   0   0   56   53   24   20    5   12   20
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  2.68  28   0   0   9   0   57   46   19   17    6   31   67
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               3   5  4.43  14   6   1   0   0   61   68   33   30    2   22   34
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  3.89  11  11   3   0   0   72   71   35   31    9   14   44
Dennis Leonard         4   4  4.27  15  13   3   0   0   91   93   48   43    8   48   61
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
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  3.08  26   1   0   3   0   50   38   19   17    5   24   44
Bill Travers           4   1  3.48   8   7   2   1   0   44   35   21   17    4   13   20
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
Ed Sprague             1   5  4.62  14   8   0   1   0   51   62   30   26    4   31   12
Tom Hausman            2   1  4.71  15   1   0   0   0   42   35   26   22    1   22   24
Jim Slaton             6   8  4.86  20  17   3   0   2  107  129   67   58   16   49   66
Bill Champion          6   5  5.10  21  12   3   0   1   97  104   60   55    6   46   34

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          4   4  2.50  24   0   0   5   0   40   34   11   11    3   13   17
Mark Wiley             1   0  3.14   6   1   1   0   0   14   15    7    5    0    5    5
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
Bill Campbell          2   4  4.00  25   5   2   3   1   74   76   36   33   10   24   49
Jim Hughes             7   6  4.23  17  14   6   0   2  104   95   54   49   10   57   56
Ray Corbin             4   6  4.93  14   8   3   0   0   69   79   42   38   10   30   42
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
Sparky Lyle            2   5  2.92  29   0   0   5   0   37   36   14   12    1   19   29
Catfish Hunter        11   8  2.98  20  20  15   0   4  166  121   59   55   14   46   76
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
Ken Holtzman           9   7  2.95  21  20   8   0   2  147  117   56   48   10   68   70
Rollie Fingers         5   4  3.11  39   0   0  10   0   67   47   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  3.94   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
Steve Hargan           6   3  2.96  16  13   6   0   1  103   94   43   34    8   30   53
Bill Hands             5   4  3.34  11  11   3   0   1   73   72   32   27    6   17   37
Jim Umbarger           4   4  3.81  32   3   0   0   0   59   59   26   25    4   33   17
Clyde Wright           0   3  3.97  10   8   0   0   0   48   51   29   21    0   31   16
Mike Bacsik            1   2  4.01   6   3   0   0   0   25   27   17   11    1    8   12
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Steve Foucault         2   2  4.26  32   0   0   4   0   63   55   34   30    8   34   33
Fergie Jenkins         9   8  4.38  18  18  10   0   0  134  143   70   65   23   28   75
Mike Kekich            0   0  4.41  13   0   0   2   0   16   15    9    8    2   10    9
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:

  J. Kaat (CHI)            13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  V. Blue (OAK)            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
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           13
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  W. Wood (CHI)            12
  D. Medich (NY)           10
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         9
  A. Hassler (CAL)          9
  B. Singer (CAL)           9
  J. Bibby (CLE)            8
  C. Hunter (NY)            8
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          8

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  S. Busby (KC)            12
  L. Tiant (BOS)           11
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         10
  G. Perry (TEX)           10
  R. Wise (BOS)            10
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  M. Torrez (BAL)           9
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         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
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         2
  J. Hughes (MIN)           2
  B. Lee (BOS)              2
  D. Medich (NY)            2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        166.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       159.2
  S. Busby (KC)         154.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        152.1
  J. Kaat (CHI)         149.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          148.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         147.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     146.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        143.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         141.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           178
  G. Perry (TEX)          169
  B. Lee (BOS)            150
  J. Kaat (CHI)           149
  L. Tiant (BOS)          144
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        143
  R. Wise (BOS)           138
  M. Torrez (BAL)         133
  J. Slaton (MIL)         129
  V. Blue (OAK)           126

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           87
  W. Wood (CHI)            84
  J. Coleman (DET)         82
  B. Lee (BOS)             73
  R. Wise (BOS)            73
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         70
  L. Tiant (BOS)           69
  B. Singer (CAL)          67
  J. Slaton (MIL)          67
  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
  C. Hunter (NY)           14

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            91
  M. Torrez (BAL)          72
  V. Albury (MIN)          68
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        68
  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)         128
  V. Blue (OAK)           107
  J. Palmer (BAL)         100
  G. Perry (TEX)           99
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        98
  S. Busby (KC)            95
  L. Tiant (BOS)           81
  J. Kaat (CHI)            77
  C. Hunter (NY)           76


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