Saturday July 5, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 5, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         50  30  3.17   80  18  22   719   602  289  253   53  274  403
New York        41  38  3.44   79  35   9   695   626  297  266   57  265  394
Baltimore       38  40  3.46   78  35   5   711   656  290  273   56  265  332
Kansas City     45  35  3.59   80  27   6   721   693  327  288   48  243  389
Chicago         37  41  3.78   78  15  20   700   731  330  294   48  307  380
California      38  46  3.78   84  35   7   760   689  381  319   61  330  555
Cleveland       36  42  3.86   78  22  11   709   658  346  304   74  292  420
Milwaukee       43  37  4.06   80  12  23   709   706  364  320   63  291  329
Texas           38  43  4.08   81  26   7   742   738  386  336   66  281  361
Minnesota       37  42  4.28   79  27   9   702   683  382  334   73  306  421
Boston          42  36  4.30   78  34  12   707   717  374  338   73  252  327
Detroit         31  46  4.37   77  19   9   677   728  397  329   77  280  406

 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)      7   4  1.99  15  14   8   0   2  104   73   34   23    3   37   61
Steve Busby (KC)      11   6  2.62  20  20  12   0   2  162  133   50   47    7   47   98
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
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      10   7  3.15  18  18   8   0   5  134   96   53   47   10   91  133
Vida Blue (OAK)       12   5  3.17  21  20   5   1   1  148  126   59   52   13   50  107

 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
Ross Grimsley          5   9  3.97  20  18   5   0   1  118  122   54   52   18   23   54
Grant Jackson          2   2  3.99  22   0   0   4   0   29   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
Jim Burton             0   2  3.28   9   3   0   0   0   25   26   18    9    5    9   13
Roger Moret            5   0  3.35  21   2   1   1   0   51   38   19   19    4   31   25
Steve Barr             0   1  3.38   2   1   0   0   0    3    4    6    1    1    5    0
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
Ed Figueroa            7   4  1.99  15  14   8   0   2  104   73   34   23    3   37   61
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
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  1.99  34   0   0  12   0   77   57   19   17    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
Jesse Jefferson        1   1  3.44   4   4   0   0   0   18   15    8    7    0   15   11
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
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.50   5   1   0   2   0   14   14    7    7    2    6    9
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
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
Roric Harrison         3   2  4.23   6   6   3   0   0   45   43   21   21    3   18   24
Don Hood               2   4  4.23  13   7   1   0   0   62   49   32   29    8   27   24
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             7   5  3.59  17  16   4   0   1  103  105   55   41   13   36   38
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  2.62  20  20  12   0   2  162  133   50   47    7   47   98
Marty Pattin           6   4  3.05  21   6   3   0   1   91   83   35   31    6   22   40
Doug Bird              6   3  3.54  26   0   0   5   0   48   46   20   19    3   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        2   6  4.30  18  10   1   0   0   59   66   39   28    5   28   37
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   7  4.38  18  11   3   2   0   86   84   48   42    9   28   33
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             7   6  3.42  16  16   6   0   0  124  118   56   47    8   28   60
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   5  3.19  17  16   7   0   0  104   85   46   37    5   56   77
Dick Tidrow            5   1  3.44  22   0   0   4   0   50   48   22   19    3   25   30
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
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  2.22  33   0   0   4   0   65   45   19   16    6   25   31
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   2  4.22   4   4   0   0   0   21   19   10   10    0   10   15
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   9  4.38  19  19  11   0   0  142  148   75   69   25   31   82
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
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          9
  B. Singer (CAL)           9
  S. Bahnsen (OAK)          8
  J. Bibby (CLE)            8

Complete Games:

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

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        166.1
  S. Busby (KC)         161.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       159.2
  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
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      141.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           178
  G. Perry (TEX)          169
  B. Lee (BOS)            150
  J. Kaat (CHI)           149
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        148
  L. Tiant (BOS)          144
  R. Wise (BOS)           138
  S. Busby (KC)           133
  M. Torrez (BAL)         133
  J. Slaton (MIL)         129

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           87
  W. Wood (CHI)            84
  J. Coleman (DET)         82
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         75
  B. Lee (BOS)             73
  R. Wise (BOS)            73
  L. Tiant (BOS)           69
  B. Singer (CAL)          67
  J. Slaton (MIL)          67
  D. Medich (NY)           61

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         25
  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
  R. May (NY)              56
  P. Dobson (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)            98
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         82
  L. Tiant (BOS)           81
  J. Kaat (CHI)            77

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