Thursday July 10, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 10, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         53  31  3.15   84  19  23   755   632  300  264   55  280  425
New York        44  40  3.39   84  38   9   740   666  310  279   60  281  420
Baltimore       40  42  3.49   82  37   6   746   692  307  289   57  275  348
Kansas City     46  39  3.64   85  29   6   766   755  350  310   53  258  422
California      40  48  3.76   88  35   9   797   729  398  333   63  355  583
Chicago         38  44  3.78   82  18  20   733   767  344  308   52  320  395
Cleveland       37  46  3.98   83  22  12   751   710  386  332   80  310  445
Texas           41  46  3.98   87  30   8   793   780  405  351   73  298  398
Detroit         37  46  4.16   83  22  12   731   775  409  338   80  292  434
Milwaukee       45  40  4.19   85  12  25   751   766  398  350   68  311  346
Minnesota       38  47  4.32   85  28  10   754   743  417  362   82  328  446
Boston          47  37  4.39   84  34  14   760   783  411  371   79  276  361

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   5  2.09  20  20  13   0   6  168  130   45   39    7   40  102
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      7   5  2.29  16  15   8   0   2  110   85   39   28    5   39   66
Steve Busby (KC)      11   7  2.64  21  21  13   0   2  171  144   53   50    8   52  106
Jim Kaat (CHI)        13   5  2.69  23  21   6   0   0  157  157   57   47    6   40   81
Catfish Hunter (NY)   12   8  2.82  21  21  16   0   5  175  128   59   55   14   48   79
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   5  3.10  18  17   6   0   1  119  112   45   41   11   41  137
Vida Blue (OAK)       12   6  3.10  22  21   6   1   1  157  131   61   54   13   51  115
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    10   7  3.11  22  21   8   0   2  153  127   61   53   11   69   74
Steve Hargan (TEX)     6   4  3.13  17  14   6   0   1  109  103   47   38    9   34   56
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      10   8  3.27  19  19   8   0   5  143  106   61   52   10   97  138

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            13   5  2.09  20  20  13   0   6  168  130   45   39    7   40  102
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        3   5  3.25  21   4   1   1   0   69   70   26   25    5   23   21
Mike Torrez            9   5  3.60  18  18   9   0   0  135  133   60   54    8   72   56
Ross Grimsley          5  10  3.88  21  19   5   0   1  125  132   57   54   18   25   57
Grant Jackson          2   2  3.94  23   0   0   5   0   30   27   13   13    1   12   23
Mike Cuellar           7   6  4.03  20  20   9   0   3  143  128   65   64   14   52   53
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   1  2.57   3   2   0   0   0    7   11    9    2    1    7    2
Jim Burton             0   2  3.12  11   3   0   0   0   26   27   18    9    5   10   13
Bill Lee              10   6  3.98  22  20   9   0   2  156  158   76   69   10   46   42
Luis Tiant            11   8  4.02  20  20  11   0   0  150  151   72   67   14   41   84
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Roger Moret            5   0  4.36  23   3   1   1   0   54   45   26   26    4   35   29
Rick Wise             10   6  4.59  19  19  10   0   0  139  143   75   71   18   40   78
Dick Drago             1   1  4.68  22   1   0   7   0   33   29   17   17    2   20   16
Jim Willoughby         0   0  5.40   3   0   0   1   0    8   12    5    5    1    3    8
Reggie Cleveland       6   6  5.44  19   9   1   0   0   86   97   55   52   12   31   39
Diego Segui            2   3  5.66  22   0   0   5   0   41   47   29   26    5   27   21

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Kirkwood           2   3  1.70  28   0   0   6   0   53   48   19   10    3   14   34
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa            7   5  2.29  16  15   8   0   2  110   85   39   28    5   39   66
Frank Tanana           7   5  3.10  18  17   6   0   1  119  112   45   41   11   41  137
Nolan Ryan            10   8  3.27  19  19   8   0   5  143  106   61   52   10   97  138
Dick Lange             3   1  3.66  16   2   0   1   0   47   45   26   19    1   28   21
Bill Singer            6   9  4.43  18  17   7   1   0  128  111   67   63   12   51   67
Mickey Scott           2   1  4.45  29   0   0   1   0   30   29   22   15    5    9   19
Andy Hassler           3   9  5.29  18  15   6   0   1   99  110   62   58    6   34   63
Chuck Hockenbery       0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    2    3
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  9.53   3   1   0   0   0    6    7    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  1.99  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   5  2.69  23  21   6   0   0  157  157   57   47    6   40   81
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  3.60  15   0   0   1   0   25   21   10   10    2   10   13
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.93  11   0   0   1   0   37   37   17   16    3   13   22
Claude Osteen          4   6  3.95  19  19   3   0   0  114  125   54   50    9   56   37
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.11   6   1   0   2   0   15   15    7    7    2    8   11
Jesse Jefferson        1   2  4.43   5   5   0   0   0   20   21   11   10    0   17   13
Danny Osborn           1   0  4.57   9   0   0   0   0   22   23   11   11    2    8   15
Wilbur Wood            6  13  4.64  23  23   7   0   0  149  187   87   77   15   44   64
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  1.55  31   0   0   5   0   41   20    9    7    2   28   47
Dennis Eckersley       5   2  2.47  19   9   2   2   1   84   60   24   23    9   37   71
Tom Buskey             4   3  2.50  36   0   0   5   0   58   53   21   16    5   20   23
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Eric Raich             5   3  3.30  10  10   2   0   0   63   61   27   23    5   16   21
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
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
Jim Bibby              1   3  4.36   5   5   1   0   0   33   32   20   16    1   15   22
Don Hood               2   5  4.57  14   8   1   0   0   65   53   40   33    9   30   25
Fritz Peterson         4   7  5.93  12  12   2   0   0   58   64   43   38    6   21   23
Fred Beene             1   0  6.65   7   0   0   0   0   23   36   20   17    3    7    9
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Jackie Brown           0   1 10.54   7   1   0   0   0   14   25   19   16    4    5    8

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   3  2.61  30   0   0  11   0   59   47   19   17    6   33   69
Mickey Lolich         10   5  3.31  17  17   8   0   1  125  136   58   46    9   37   71
Vern Ruhle             8   5  3.32  18  17   4   0   1  111  112   57   41   13   37   42
Bob Reynolds           0   0  3.79  11   0   0   1   0   19   23   10    8    3    8   14
Ray Bare               4   5  4.11  15   7   2   0   0   70   76   35   32    3   25   36
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  4.34  14   1   1   0   0   48   54   26   23    3   24   32
Tom Walker             3   6  4.38  23   7   1   0   0   72   69   41   35   10   22   39
Lerrin LaGrow          5   8  4.50  17  16   4   0   1   94  102   58   47    9   35   43
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.23   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    3    5    8
Joe Coleman            5  12  5.91  18  18   2   0   0  110  128   82   72   18   52   71
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  2.45  24   0   0   0   0   33   25   12    9    2   11   18
Steve Busby           11   7  2.64  21  21  13   0   2  171  144   53   50    8   52  106
Marty Pattin           6   5  3.39  22   7   3   0   1   93   90   39   35    6   23   41
Doug Bird              6   3  3.47  27   0   0   5   0   49   47   20   19    3   20   34
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  3.60  18   0   0   1   0   50   48   22   20    1   17   24
Al Fitzmorris          9   5  3.81  19  19   5   0   2  125  129   57   53    7   33   41
Dennis Leonard         5   4  3.97  16  14   4   0   0  100  102   49   44    9   49   67
Paul Splittorff        2   6  4.22  19  10   1   0   0   64   71   41   30    6   32   41
Nelson Briles          4   4  4.33  12  12   3   0   0   73   76   39   35   11   14   45
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
Rick Austin            2   0  2.25   6   0   0   1   0   12    6    4    3    0    9   10
Bill Castro            3   2  2.26  15   5   0   1   0   68   68   22   17    3   14   22
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  2.67  29   1   0   5   0   57   44   19   17    5   25   47
Bill Travers           4   2  4.47   9   8   2   1   0   44   39   26   22    4   15   20
Jim Colborn            4   7  4.52  19  12   3   2   0   92   93   52   46    9   29   34
Ed Sprague             1   5  4.53  15   8   0   1   0   58   69   34   29    5   33   15
Jim Slaton             7   8  4.76  21  18   3   0   2  113  138   70   60   16   53   70
Pete Broberg           9   8  4.85  21  19   1   0   1  115  124   67   62   16   51   48
Tom Hausman            2   2  4.96  17   2   0   0   0   49   45   32   27    1   25   28
Bill Champion          6   5  5.18  23  12   3   0   1   99  107   62   57    8   48   34

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          4   5  2.96  26   0   0   5   0   46   43   15   15    4   15   21
Dave Goltz             7   6  3.50  17  17   6   0   0  131  127   62   51   10   29   62
Bert Blyleven          6   4  3.66  16  16   7   0   0  118  104   57   48   11   44  104
Vic Albury             5   4  3.82  24  10   2   1   0   97   70   52   41   12   70   56
Bill Campbell          2   4  3.92  26   6   2   3   1   80   86   41   35   10   28   51
Jim Hughes             7   7  4.43  18  15   6   0   2  112  102   60   55   11   63   58
Mark Wiley             1   1  4.50   7   2   1   0   0   16   21   11    8    1    5    5
Ray Corbin             5   6  4.75  15   9   3   0   0   78   86   45   41   11   30   45
Tom Johnson            0   1  4.91   3   0   0   1   0    4    3    2    2    1    3    2
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        12   8  2.82  21  21  16   0   5  175  128   59   55   14   48   79
Sparky Lyle            2   5  2.93  30   0   0   5   0   40   38   15   13    1   20   32
Dick Tidrow            5   1  3.23  23   0   0   4   0   53   50   22   19    3   25   33
Rudy May               7   6  3.35  18  17   7   0   0  110   91   50   41    6   62   82
Pat Dobson             9   8  3.50  20  20   7   0   1  139  135   63   54   15   59   77
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             7  10  3.78  20  20   8   0   2  145  135   63   61   16   37   78
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  1.92  29   0   0   7   0   56   47   17   12    1   12   22
Paul Lindblad          6   0  2.24  34   0   0   4   0   68   48   20   17    6   26   33
Vida Blue             12   6  3.10  22  21   6   1   1  157  131   61   54   13   51  115
Ken Holtzman          10   7  3.11  22  21   8   0   2  153  127   61   53   11   69   74
Rollie Fingers         5   4  3.23  41   0   0  11   0   70   49   25   25    6   17   59
Jim Perry              2   1  3.54   9   7   1   0   1   41   31   19   16    3   16   20
Dick Bosman            6   1  3.54   9   9   1   0   0   53   54   23   21    4   11   16
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
Tommy Moore            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1
Stan Thomas            4   1  2.27  22   0   0   1   0   40   22   12   10    0   14   22
Steve Hargan           6   4  3.13  17  14   6   0   1  109  103   47   38    9   34   56
Bill Hands             5   5  3.57  12  12   4   0   1   81   78   37   32    9   20   45
Jim Umbarger           4   4  3.65  34   3   0   1   0   62   60   26   25    4   34   19
Clyde Wright           1   3  3.76  11   9   0   0   0   55   57   31   23    2   33   19
Mike Bacsik            1   2  4.01   6   3   0   0   0   25   27   17   11    1    8   12
Fergie Jenkins        10   9  4.12  20  20  12   0   1  151  152   75   69   25   31   87
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
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          1   5  6.29   7   7   2   0   1   49   65   38   34    4   16   29

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Kaat (CHI)            13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  V. Blue (OAK)            12
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  S. Busby (KC)            11
  L. Tiant (BOS)           11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        10
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         10
  B. Lee (BOS)             10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           14
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        10
  D. Medich (NY)           10
  J. Bibby (CLE)            9
  A. Hassler (CAL)          9
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          9
  B. Singer (CAL)           9
  S. Bahnsen (OAK)          8

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           16
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  G. Perry (TEX)           12
  L. Tiant (BOS)           11
  R. Wise (BOS)            10
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  M. Torrez (BAL)           9

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Gossage (CHI)         12
  R. Fingers (OAK)         11
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         6
  D. Bird (KC)              5
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        5
  T. Buskey (CLE)           5

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  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)        175.1
  S. Busby (KC)         170.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        170.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       168.1
  J. Kaat (CHI)         157.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         156.2
  B. Lee (BOS)          156.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     153.1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      150.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        150.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           187
  G. Perry (TEX)          185
  B. Lee (BOS)            158
  J. Kaat (CHI)           157
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        152
  L. Tiant (BOS)          151
  S. Busby (KC)           144
  R. Wise (BOS)           143
  J. Slaton (MIL)         138
  M. Lolich (DET)         136

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           95
  W. Wood (CHI)            87
  J. Coleman (DET)         82
  B. Lee (BOS)             76
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         75
  R. Wise (BOS)            75
  L. Tiant (BOS)           72
  J. Slaton (MIL)          70
  P. Broberg (MIL)         67
  B. Singer (CAL)          67

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         25
  G. Perry (TEX)           20
  J. Coleman (DET)         18
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        18
  R. Wise (BOS)            18
  P. Broberg (MIL)         16
  D. Medich (NY)           16
  J. Slaton (MIL)          16
  P. Dobson (NY)           15
  W. Wood (CHI)            15

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            97
  M. Torrez (BAL)          72
  V. Albury (MIN)          70
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        69
  J. Hughes (MIN)          63
  R. May (NY)              62
  P. Dobson (NY)           59
  C. Osteen (CHI)          56
  J. Slaton (MIL)          53
  S. Busby (KC)            52

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           138
  F. Tanana (CAL)         137
  V. Blue (OAK)           115
  G. Perry (TEX)          114
  S. Busby (KC)           106
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       104
  J. Palmer (BAL)         102
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         87
  L. Tiant (BOS)           84
  R. May (NY)              82

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