Friday July 18, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 18, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         57  32  3.15   89  21  26   800   666  317  280   60  297  443
New York        46  43  3.46   89  40   9   790   723  339  304   65  299  449
Baltimore       43  44  3.49   87  38   7   792   728  327  307   59  293  376
Chicago         42  46  3.69   88  21  21   786   802  361  322   53  339  422
Kansas City     47  43  3.76   90  31   6   809   809  379  338   58  272  454
California      41  52  3.81   93  37   9   841   768  423  356   67  369  608
Cleveland       40  48  4.02   88  22  14   796   752  410  356   84  341  467
Detroit         40  49  4.05   89  25  13   782   820  427  352   80  310  463
Texas           43  49  4.07   92  32   8   835   829  435  378   75  309  422
Milwaukee       47  43  4.15   90  13  26   796   808  418  367   70  334  372
Minnesota       39  51  4.35   90  29  10   806   794  445  390   88  350  476
Boston          52  37  4.39   89  37  16   805   823  434  393   85  292  374

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      8   5  2.19  17  16   9   0   2  119   89   40   29    6   42   72
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   6  2.26  21  21  13   0   6  175  138   52   44    8   45  105
D. Eckersley (CLE)     6   2  2.36  20  10   2   2   1   92   65   25   24    9   43   73
Jim Kaat (CHI)        14   6  2.72  25  23   7   0   1  169  169   62   51    6   43   88
Catfish Hunter (NY)   12   9  2.78  23  23  17   0   5  191  142   63   59   16   55   89
Steve Busby (KC)      11   8  2.95  22  22  13   0   2  174  153   60   57   10   53  112
Vida Blue (OAK)       12   7  3.10  23  22   7   1   1  166  140   65   57   14   54  120
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   5  3.16  19  18   6   0   1  125  118   48   44   11   41  143
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    12   7  3.22  24  23   8   0   2  165  136   67   59   12   76   79
Mickey Lolich (DET)   10   7  3.23  19  19   9   0   1  137  146   65   49    9   42   78

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dyar Miller            1   2  1.80   8   0   0   1   0   15    8    3    3    0   11    7
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
Doyle Alexander        3   5  3.25  21   4   1   1   0   69   70   26   25    5   23   21
Mike Torrez           10   5  3.33  20  20  10   0   1  154  145   63   57    9   74   68
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.69  24   0   0   5   0   32   28   13   13    1   12   25
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
Mike Cuellar           8   6  4.25  21  21   9   0   3  148  135   71   70   14   55   54
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            13   8  3.91  22  22  13   0   0  168  164   79   73   15   49   90
Bill Lee              11   6  4.01  24  21  10   0   2  166  166   81   74   11   48   42
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             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            8   5  2.19  17  16   9   0   2  119   89   40   29    6   42   72
Frank Tanana           7   5  3.16  19  18   6   0   1  125  118   48   44   11   41  143
Nolan Ryan            10  10  3.44  21  21   9   0   5  160  119   72   61   11  104  150
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              14   6  2.72  25  23   7   0   1  169  169   62   51    6   43   88
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.43  13   0   0   1   0   45   40   20   17    3   18   26
Cecil Upshaw           1   0  3.51  16   0   0   1   0   26   23   10   10    2   10   13
Dave Hamilton          1   2  3.78   7   1   0   2   0   17   15    7    7    2    9   11
Wilbur Wood            8  13  4.14  25  25   9   0   2  167  192   87   77   15   47   73
Claude Osteen          5   7  4.18  21  21   3   0   0  121  134   60   56   10   58   40
Jesse Jefferson        1   2  4.43   5   5   0   0   0   20   21   11   10    0   17   13
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    2    2    0    4    2
Danny Osborn           1   0  4.97  10   0   0   0   0   25   26   14   14    2   12   16
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  2.00  34   0   0   7   0   45   22   12   10    3   34   53
Dennis Eckersley       6   2  2.36  20  10   2   2   1   92   65   25   24    9   43   73
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Tom Buskey             4   3  2.91  37   0   0   5   0   59   55   24   19    5   24   23
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
Eric Raich             5   4  3.86  11  11   2   0   0   65   68   32   28    7   17   22
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              2   4  4.40   7   6   1   0   0   43   41   25   21    2   23   30
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  6.04   9   0   0   0   0   25   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  7.65   8   1   0   0   0   20   27   20   17    4    8    9

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   3  2.44  32   0   0  12   0   63   49   19   17    6   35   74
Mickey Lolich         10   7  3.23  19  19   9   0   1  137  146   65   49    9   42   78
Bob Reynolds           0   0  3.43  12   0   0   1   0   21   23   10    8    3    8   16
Vern Ruhle             8   6  3.55  19  18   4   0   1  114  117   61   45   13   40   42
Lerrin LaGrow          7   8  3.86  19  18   6   0   2  112  115   59   48    9   38   49
Ray Bare               4   5  4.11  15   7   2   0   0   70   76   35   32    3   25   36
Tom Walker             3   6  4.25  25   7   1   0   0   78   75   43   37   10   24   42
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  4.34  14   1   1   0   0   48   54   26   23    3   24   32
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  2.39  25   0   0   0   0   38   30   14   10    2   13   22
Steve Busby           11   8  2.95  22  22  13   0   2  174  153   60   57   10   53  112
Marty Pattin           7   5  3.26  23   8   4   0   1  102   98   41   37    6   24   47
Doug Bird              6   3  3.33  29   0   0   5   0   51   47   20   19    3   21   36
Al Fitzmorris          9   7  3.90  21  21   6   0   2  138  143   64   60   10   37   46
Nelson Briles          4   4  4.16  13  12   3   0   0   76   78   39   35   11   14   46
Paul Splittorff        2   6  4.23  20  10   1   0   0   66   74   42   31    6   34   44
Dennis Leonard         5   5  4.27  17  15   4   0   0  103  109   54   49    9   51   71
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.30  20   0   0   1   0   52   54   27   25    1   18   25
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  1.84   8   0   0   1   0   15    8    4    3    0   11   12
Tom Murphy             1   1  2.05  25   0   0  14   0   44   33   10   10    1    9   18
Bill Castro            3   2  2.38  16   5   0   1   0   68   68   24   18    3   14   22
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  2.54  30   1   0   6   0   60   47   19   17    5   25   50
Jim Slaton             9   8  4.49  23  20   4   0   3  128  149   74   64   17   57   80
Jim Colborn            4   8  4.53  20  13   3   2   0   97  101   55   49   10   31   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
Tom Hausman            2   2  4.78  19   2   0   0   0   53   50   34   28    1   28   29
Bill Travers           4   3  4.88  10   9   2   1   0   48   43   30   26    4   20   24
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  3.14  29   0   0   5   0   52   49   18   18    5   15   26
Bert Blyleven          7   4  3.42  18  18   8   0   0  137  118   61   52   12   49  117
Vic Albury             5   4  3.68  25  10   2   1   0  100   72   52   41   12   72   58
Dave Goltz             7   7  3.88  18  18   6   0   0  135  133   69   58   11   34   65
Bill Campbell          2   5  4.04  28   6   2   3   1   85   89   44   38   11   30   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
Tom Johnson            0   1  6.75   5   0   0   1   0    7    8    5    5    3    6    3
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   9  2.78  23  23  17   0   5  191  142   63   59   16   55   89
Dick Tidrow            5   1  3.21  26   0   0   4   0   56   52   23   20    3   26   34
Sparky Lyle            2   5  3.22  32   0   0   5   0   45   45   18   16    1   22   36
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   9  3.71  22  21   7   0   1  146  142   69   60   15   61   83
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
Tippy Martinez         1   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    0    2    2
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  1.80  31   0   0   7   0   60   50   17   12    1   13   23
Paul Lindblad          6   0  2.31  36   0   0   5   0   70   51   21   18    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  3.18  43   0   0  13   0   74   51   26   26    7   18   64
Ken Holtzman          12   7  3.22  24  23   8   0   2  165  136   67   59   12   76   79
Dick Bosman            6   1  3.54   9   9   1   0   0   53   54   23   21    4   11   16
Glenn Abbott           4   2  4.01  13   7   2   0   0   49   40   23   22    6   22   25
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Stan Bahnsen           1   2  4.94   5   5   0   0   0   24   22   13   13    1   13   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
Fergie Jenkins        11  10  4.20  22  22  13   0   1  165  163   85   77   26   33   96
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
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          2   5  5.31   8   8   3   0   2   58   69   38   34    4   18   33

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Kaat (CHI)            14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  V. Blue (OAK)            12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  C. Hunter (NY)           12
  S. Busby (KC)            11
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         11
  B. Lee (BOS)             11
  R. Wise (BOS)            11

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  G. Perry (TEX)           13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  B. Lee (BOS)             10
  M. Torrez (BAL)          10
  R. Wise (BOS)            10
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9

Saves:

  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Fingers (OAK)         13
  R. Gossage (CHI)         13
  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
  G. Perry (TEX)            3
  J. Slaton (MIL)           3
  S. Busby (KC)             2
  E. Figueroa (CAL)         2
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        191.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        179.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       175.0
  S. Busby (KC)         174.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         169.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        168.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         167.1
  B. Lee (BOS)          166.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         165.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      165.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           192
  G. Perry (TEX)          189
  J. Kaat (CHI)           169
  B. Lee (BOS)            166
  L. Tiant (BOS)          164
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        163
  S. Busby (KC)           153
  R. Wise (BOS)           151
  J. Slaton (MIL)         149
  M. Lolich (DET)         146

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           95
  W. Wood (CHI)            87
  J. Coleman (DET)         86
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         85
  B. Lee (BOS)             81
  L. Tiant (BOS)           79
  R. Wise (BOS)            78
  J. Slaton (MIL)          74
  N. Ryan (CAL)            72
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         71

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)           104
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        76
  M. Torrez (BAL)          74
  V. Albury (MIN)          72
  J. Hughes (MIN)          67
  R. May (NY)              62
  P. Dobson (NY)           61
  C. Osteen (CHI)          58
  J. Slaton (MIL)          57
  P. Broberg (MIL)         56

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           150
  F. Tanana (CAL)         143
  V. Blue (OAK)           120
  G. Perry (TEX)          118
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       117
  S. Busby (KC)           112
  J. Palmer (BAL)         105
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         96
  L. Tiant (BOS)           90
  C. Hunter (NY)           89

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