Friday July 11, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 11, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         53  32  3.15   85  20  23   764   641  304  267   56  283  430
New York        45  41  3.43   86  39   9   758   689  324  289   63  285  427
Baltimore       41  42  3.45   83  38   6   755   696  307  289   57  277  357
Kansas City     47  39  3.62   86  30   6   775   763  352  312   53  259  428
Chicago         39  44  3.77   83  18  21   742   773  347  311   53  323  401
California      40  49  3.78   89  35   9   806   737  403  338   65  357  584
Cleveland       38  46  3.97   84  22  13   760   719  389  335   80  312  451
Texas           41  47  4.07   88  30   8   801   796  416  362   74  301  405
Detroit         37  47  4.18   84  22  12   739   785  414  343   80  296  436
Milwaukee       45  41  4.19   86  12  25   760   777  403  354   68  315  352
Minnesota       39  48  4.28   87  29  10   771   757  422  367   82  329  457
Boston          48  37  4.43   85  34  15   769   793  419  379   82  280  365

 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
Vida Blue (OAK)       12   7  3.10  23  22   7   1   1  166  140   65   57   14   54  120
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   5  3.10  18  17   6   0   1  119  112   45   41   11   41  137
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
Marty Pattin (KC)      7   5  3.26  23   8   4   0   1  102   98   41   37    6   24   47

 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           10   5  3.38  19  19  10   0   1  144  137   60   54    8   74   65
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             1   2  3.14  12   3   0   0   0   29   29   19   10    5   12   14
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  5.40  23   2   0   7   0   37   34   22   22    4   21   18
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  5.77  23   0   0   6   0   44   50   31   28    6   28   22

 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   2  3.91  17   3   0   1   0   53   52   30   23    2   30   22
Mickey Scott           2   1  4.36  30   0   0   1   0   33   30   23   16    6    9   19
Bill Singer            6   9  4.43  18  17   7   1   0  128  111   67   63   12   51   67
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  1.92  35   0   0  13   0   80   58   19   17    2   44   73
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          5   6  3.96  20  20   3   0   0  120  130   57   53   10   58   40
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  1.51  32   0   0   6   0   42   20    9    7    2   28   50
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         4   2  4.10   7   7   3   0   0   53   52   24   24    3   20   27
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
Vern Ruhle             8   5  3.32  18  17   4   0   1  111  112   57   41   13   37   42
Mickey Lolich         10   6  3.43  18  18   8   0   1  129  141   61   49    9   40   73
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  4.36  24   7   1   0   0   76   74   43   37   10   23   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           7   5  3.26  23   8   4   0   1  102   98   41   37    6   24   47
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
Rick Austin            2   0  2.03   7   0   0   1   0   13    7    4    3    0   10   11
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
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   6  4.55  16   9   0   1   0   63   76   38   32    5   35   19
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  4.94  18   2   0   0   0   51   48   33   28    1   26   29
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  2.76  27   0   0   5   0   49   44   15   15    4   15   25
Bert Blyleven          7   4  3.47  17  17   8   0   0  127  110   58   49   11   44  110
Dave Goltz             7   6  3.50  17  17   6   0   0  131  127   62   51   10   29   62
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
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
Mark Wiley             1   2  5.23   8   3   1   0   0   21   28   15   12    1    6    6
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  3.11  24   0   0   4   0   55   51   22   19    3   25   34
Rudy May               7   6  3.35  18  17   7   0   0  110   91   50   41    6   62   82
Larry Gura             3   2  3.45  13   7   1   0   0   60   68   25   23    3   19   26
Pat Dobson             9   8  3.50  20  20   7   0   1  139  135   63   54   15   59   77
Doc Medich             7  11  3.92  21  21   8   0   2  147  139   68   64   18   39   80
Dave Pagan             0   0  4.28  10   0   0   0   0   27   28   15   13    2   12   15
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   7  3.10  23  22   7   1   1  166  140   65   57   14   54  120
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   2  2.90  23   0   0   1   0   40   25   15   13    1   14   23
Steve Hargan           6   4  3.13  17  14   6   0   1  109  103   47   38    9   34   56
Clyde Wright           1   3  3.76  11   9   0   0   0   55   57   31   23    2   33   19
Bill Hands             5   5  3.80  13  13   4   0   1   85   87   41   36    9   22   49
Jim Umbarger           4   4  3.82  35   3   0   1   0   64   62   28   27    4   34   20
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  4.41  33   0   0   4   0   63   55   35   31    8   35   33
Mike Kekich            0   0  4.76  14   0   0   2   0   17   17   10    9    2   10   10
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
  D. Medich (NY)           11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        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
  M. Torrez (BAL)          10
  R. Wise (BOS)            10
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9
  B. Lee (BOS)              9

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Gossage (CHI)         13
  R. Fingers (OAK)         11
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         6
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          6
  D. Segui (BOS)            6
  D. Bird (KC)              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
  V. Blue (OAK)         165.2
  J. Kaat (CHI)         157.0
  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
  M. Lolich (DET)         141
  V. Blue (OAK)           140

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
  D. Medich (NY)           68
  P. Broberg (MIL)         67

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            97
  M. Torrez (BAL)          74
  V. Albury (MIN)          70
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        69
  J. Hughes (MIN)          63
  R. May (NY)              62
  P. Dobson (NY)           59
  C. Osteen (CHI)          58
  V. Blue (OAK)            54
  J. Slaton (MIL)          53

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           138
  F. Tanana (CAL)         137
  V. Blue (OAK)           120
  G. Perry (TEX)          114
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       110
  S. Busby (KC)           106
  J. Palmer (BAL)         102
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         87
  L. Tiant (BOS)           84
  R. May (NY)              82

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