Wednesday July 16, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 16, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         55  32  3.12   87  21  24   782   652  308  271   57  287  437
New York        46  41  3.44   87  39   9   774   708  331  296   65  290  439
Baltimore       41  44  3.48   85  38   6   771   711  318  298   58  288  366
Kansas City     47  41  3.65   88  31   6   793   783  362  322   54  264  440
Chicago         40  45  3.73   85  19  21   759   787  352  315   53  330  408
California      40  51  3.86   91  35   9   824   758  420  353   66  364  596
Cleveland       40  46  3.97   86  22  14   778   734  397  343   81  329  459
Detroit         39  47  4.12   86  23  13   757   802  418  347   80  301  449
Texas           41  49  4.16   90  30   8   817   822  433  378   75  307  414
Milwaukee       46  42  4.20   88  12  26   778   791  412  363   69  326  367
Minnesota       39  49  4.29   88  29  10   787   775  430  375   83  336  464
Boston          50  37  4.42   87  35  16   787   812  428  387   83  286  374

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   6  2.26  21  21  13   0   6  175  138   52   44    8   45  105
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      7   5  2.29  16  15   8   0   2  110   85   39   28    5   39   66
D. Eckersley (CLE)     6   2  2.36  20  10   2   2   1   92   65   25   24    9   43   73
Steve Busby (KC)      11   7  2.64  21  21  13   0   2  171  144   53   50    8   52  106
Catfish Hunter (NY)   12   8  2.85  22  22  16   0   5  183  137   62   58   16   52   85
Jim Kaat (CHI)        13   6  2.87  24  22   6   0   0  160  165   62   51    6   42   81
Vida Blue (OAK)       12   7  3.10  23  22   7   1   1  166  140   65   57   14   54  120
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    11   7  3.16  23  22   8   0   2  160  132   64   56   12   71   78
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   5  3.16  19  18   6   0   1  125  118   48   44   11   41  143
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   6  2.26  21  21  13   0   6  175  138   52   44    8   45  105
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
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
Ross Grimsley          5  11  4.11  22  20   5   0   1  127  137   61   58   18   29   58
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Wayne Garland          0   3  4.58  15   0   0   0   0   39   37   20   20    2   25   23
Paul Mitchell          0   0  4.66   2   1   0   0   0   10    6    5    5    1    3    6
Bob Reynolds           0   1  9.00   7   0   0   0   0    6   11    6    6    1    1    1

 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
Luis Tiant            12   8  3.96  21  21  12   0   0  159  159   76   70   14   44   90
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Bill Lee              10   6  4.07  23  20   9   0   2  157  160   78   71   10   47   42
Roger Moret            5   0  4.36  23   3   1   1   0   54   45   26   26    4   35   29
Rick Wise             11   6  4.56  20  20  10   0   0  146  151   78   74   19   42   81
Jim Willoughby         0   0  4.66   4   0   0   2   0   10   13    5    5    1    3    8
Dick Drago             1   1  5.40  23   2   0   7   0   37   34   22   22    4   21   18
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   4  2.03  29   0   0   6   0   53   49   21   12    3   15   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  3.16  19  18   6   0   1  125  118   48   44   11   41  143
Nolan Ryan            10   9  3.50  20  20   8   0   5  152  113   70   59   11  102  144
Dick Lange             3   2  3.91  17   3   0   1   0   53   52   30   23    2   30   22
Bill Singer            6   9  4.50  19  17   7   1   0  130  115   69   65   12   51   67
Mickey Scott           2   1  4.59  31   0   0   1   0   33   32   24   17    6    9   19
Andy Hassler           3   9  5.26  19  15   6   0   1   99  111   62   58    6   35   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   6  2.87  24  22   6   0   0  160  165   62   51    6   42   81
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  3.51  16   0   0   1   0   26   23   10   10    2   10   13
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.63  12   0   0   1   0   40   38   17   16    3   15   24
Dave Hamilton          1   2  3.78   7   1   0   2   0   17   15    7    7    2    9   11
Claude Osteen          5   6  3.96  20  20   3   0   0  120  130   57   53   10   58   40
Wilbur Wood            7  13  4.38  24  24   8   0   1  158  190   87   77   15   46   69
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
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  2.05  33   0   0   7   0   44   22   12   10    3   33   50
Dennis Eckersley       6   2  2.36  20  10   2   2   1   92   65   25   24    9   43   73
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
Jim Bibby              2   3  4.10   6   5   1   0   0   37   34   21   17    1   20   27
Roric Harrison         4   2  4.10   7   7   3   0   0   53   52   24   24    3   20   27
Don Hood               2   5  4.81  15   9   1   0   0   67   59   43   36    9   31   26
Fritz Peterson         4   7  5.93  12  12   2   0   0   58   64   43   38    6   21   23
Fred Beene             1   0  6.38   8   0   0   0   0   24   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  2.48  31   0   0  12   0   62   49   19   17    6   33   73
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
Lerrin LaGrow          6   8  4.11  18  17   5   0   2  103  108   58   47    9   37   46
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
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            6  12  5.91  19  19   2   0   0  116  137   86   76   18   55   77
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  3.40  28   0   0   5   0   50   47   20   19    3   21   35
Al Fitzmorris          9   6  3.68  20  20   6   0   2  134  136   59   55    8   35   46
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.03  19   0   0   1   0   51   52   25   23    1   17   25
Nelson Briles          4   4  4.16  13  12   3   0   0   76   78   39   35   11   14   46
Paul Splittorff        2   6  4.22  19  10   1   0   0   64   71   41   30    6   32   41
Dennis Leonard         5   5  4.27  17  15   4   0   0  103  109   54   49    9   51   71
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  2.54  30   1   0   6   0   60   47   19   17    5   25   50
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
Pete Broberg           9   8  4.71  22  19   1   0   1  120  126   68   63   16   56   50
Jim Slaton             8   8  4.83  22  19   3   0   2  119  143   74   64   17   54   76
Bill Travers           4   3  4.88  10   9   2   1   0   48   43   30   26    4   20   24
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   6  3.08  28   0   0   5   0   50   48   17   17    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  3.68  25  10   2   1   0  100   72   52   41   12   72   58
Bill Campbell          2   4  3.80  27   6   2   3   1   83   87   41   35   10   29   52
Jim Hughes             7   7  4.44  19  16   6   0   2  120  110   64   59   11   67   62
Ray Corbin             5   6  4.75  15   9   3   0   0   78   86   45   41   11   30   45
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
Tom Johnson            0   1  8.31   4   0   0   1   0    4    6    4    4    2    3    2
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
Tippy Martinez         1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Catfish Hunter        12   8  2.85  22  22  16   0   5  183  137   62   58   16   52   85
Dick Tidrow            5   1  3.27  25   0   0   4   0   55   52   23   20    3   25   34
Rudy May               7   6  3.35  18  17   7   0   0  110   91   50   41    6   62   82
Sparky Lyle            2   5  3.38  31   0   0   5   0   40   41   17   15    1   20   32
Pat Dobson             9   8  3.43  21  20   7   0   1  144  137   64   55   15   60   83
Larry Gura             3   2  3.45  13   7   1   0   0   60   68   25   23    3   19   26
Doc Medich             7  11  3.86  22  21   8   0   2  149  143   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  1.91  30   0   0   7   0   57   49   17   12    1   12   22
Paul Lindblad          6   0  2.24  34   0   0   4   0   68   48   20   17    6   26   33
Jim Perry              3   1  3.08  10   8   2   0   1   50   34   20   17    3   17   21
Vida Blue             12   7  3.10  23  22   7   1   1  166  140   65   57   14   54  120
Rollie Fingers         5   4  3.13  42   0   0  12   0   72   50   25   25    6   18   61
Ken Holtzman          11   7  3.16  23  22   8   0   2  160  132   64   56   12   71   78
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   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    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   5  3.39  18  15   6   0   1  112  110   51   42    9   35   56
Clyde Wright           1   3  3.70  12   9   0   0   0   56   58   31   23    2   33   19
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Bill Hands             5   5  3.80  13  13   4   0   1   85   87   41   36    9   22   49
Jim Umbarger           4   4  3.92  37   3   0   1   0   64   65   30   28    4   34   20
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Fergie Jenkins        10  10  4.44  21  21  12   0   1  156  160   83   77   26   33   92
Steve Foucault         2   2  4.61  35   0   0   4   0   66   58   38   34    8   37   36
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           14
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        11
  D. Medich (NY)           11
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         10
  J. Bibby (CLE)            9
  A. Hassler (CAL)          9
  N. Ryan (CAL)             9
  B. Singer (CAL)           9

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)           12
  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)         12
  J. Hiller (DET)          12
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         6
  E. Rodriguez (MIL)        6
  D. Segui (BOS)            6

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
  L. LaGrow (DET)           2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        183.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       175.0
  S. Busby (KC)         170.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        170.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         165.2
  J. Kaat (CHI)         160.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     159.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        159.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         158.1
  B. Lee (BOS)          157.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           190
  G. Perry (TEX)          185
  J. Kaat (CHI)           165
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        160
  B. Lee (BOS)            160
  L. Tiant (BOS)          159
  R. Wise (BOS)           151
  S. Busby (KC)           144
  D. Medich (NY)          143
  J. Slaton (MIL)         143

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           95
  W. Wood (CHI)            87
  J. Coleman (DET)         86
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         83
  B. Lee (BOS)             78
  R. Wise (BOS)            78
  L. Tiant (BOS)           76
  J. Slaton (MIL)          74
  N. Ryan (CAL)            70
  B. Singer (CAL)          69

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         26
  G. Perry (TEX)           20
  R. Wise (BOS)            19
  J. Coleman (DET)         18
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        18
  D. Medich (NY)           18
  J. Slaton (MIL)          17
  P. Broberg (MIL)         16
  C. Hunter (NY)           16
  P. Dobson (NY)           15

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           102
  M. Torrez (BAL)          74
  V. Albury (MIN)          72
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        71
  J. Hughes (MIN)          67
  R. May (NY)              62
  P. Dobson (NY)           60
  C. Osteen (CHI)          58
  P. Broberg (MIL)         56
  J. Coleman (DET)         55

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           144
  F. Tanana (CAL)         143
  V. Blue (OAK)           120
  G. Perry (TEX)          114
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       110
  S. Busby (KC)           106
  J. Palmer (BAL)         105
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         92
  L. Tiant (BOS)           90
  C. Hunter (NY)           85


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report