Saturday July 26, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 26, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         62  37  3.16   99  24  26   890   742  353  312   66  319  491
Baltimore       49  47  3.41   96  42  10   872   788  353  330   65  326  422
New York        50  48  3.44   98  40  11   869   816  371  332   68  324  493
Kansas City     53  46  3.68   99  34   9   887   879  411  363   68  293  498
Chicago         48  49  3.73   97  23  23   873   884  401  362   61  380  481
California      45  57  3.83  102  40  11   922   858  466  392   73  406  652
Cleveland       43  53  3.94   96  23  14   873   829  443  382   87  381  511
Texas           47  54  4.06  101  35   9   917   921  478  414   80  336  469
Milwaukee       50  50  4.11  100  16  27   883   894  471  403   77  373  404
Detroit         44  54  4.16   98  28  16   863   902  482  399   94  333  511
Boston          58  40  4.31   98  40  19   883   900  470  423   89  315  414
Minnesota       43  57  4.31  100  33  11   895   870  490  429   94  403  523

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   7  2.19  23  22  14   1   6  185  146   53   45    8   49  110
D. Eckersley (CLE)     7   3  2.31  22  12   3   2   2  105   78   30   27    9   50   89
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      8   7  2.38  19  18  10   0   2  136  106   48   36    7   49   81
Frank Tanana (CAL)     9   5  2.76  21  20   8   0   3  143  129   48   44   11   47  159
Catfish Hunter (NY)   13   9  2.81  24  24  17   0   5  199  151   69   62   17   57   92
Steve Busby (KC)      12   8  2.93  23  23  13   0   2  181  163   62   59   10   54  116
Jim Kaat (CHI)        15   7  2.93  27  25   8   0   1  184  182   71   60    8   45   94
Vida Blue (OAK)       13   8  2.96  25  24   9   1   2  183  153   68   60   15   58  129
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    9   4  3.08  20  20  10   0   1  155  127   62   53   12   52  133
Marty Pattin (KC)      8   6  3.33  25  10   5   0   1  116  112   50   43    7   30   54

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            13   7  2.19  23  22  14   1   6  185  146   53   45    8   49  110
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            1   2  2.55   9   0   0   2   0   18   10    5    5    2   11   11
Mike Torrez           11   6  3.35  22  22  10   0   1  164  151   68   61    9   84   72
Paul Mitchell          1   0  3.38   3   2   1   0   0   19   11    7    7    2    4    8
Doyle Alexander        3   6  3.52  23   5   1   1   0   79   79   32   31    5   30   24
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.67  25   0   0   5   0   34   31   14   14    1   13   27
Ross Grimsley          6  11  3.94  24  22   5   0   1  137  147   65   60   19   35   63
Mike Cuellar          10   6  3.95  23  23  11   0   4  166  145   74   73   14   59   70
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Wayne Garland          1   3  4.18  17   0   0   1   0   47   44   22   22    4   25   28
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  3.13  15   3   0   0   0   32   34   21   11    5   14   16
Jim Willoughby         0   0  3.68   8   0   0   5   0   15   16    6    6    1    5   10
Bill Lee              12   6  3.96  25  22  11   0   2  175  174   85   77   12   49   44
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Luis Tiant            13  10  4.13  24  24  13   0   0  181  185   93   83   17   51   98
Rick Wise             13   6  4.17  22  22  12   0   1  164  167   80   76   19   46   92
Roger Moret            6   1  4.59  25   5   1   1   0   65   56   33   33    4   41   35
Reggie Cleveland       8   6  4.97  21  11   1   0   0  101  107   59   56   13   36   45
Dick Drago             1   1  5.40  23   2   0   7   0   37   34   22   22    4   21   18
Diego Segui            2   3  5.70  25   0   0   6   0   47   53   33   30    6   29   25

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             0   0  0.96   6   0   0   1   0    9    9    3    1    0    5    4
Don Kirkwood           3   4  2.08  30   0   0   6   0   56   53   22   13    3   15   36
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa            8   7  2.38  19  18  10   0   2  136  106   48   36    7   49   81
Frank Tanana           9   5  2.76  21  20   8   0   3  143  129   48   44   11   47  159
Nolan Ryan            11  11  3.54  23  23   9   0   5  168  129   78   66   12  112  154
Chuck Hockenbery       0   0  4.05   4   0   0   1   0    7    5    3    3    1    3    6
Mickey Scott           2   1  4.33  33   0   0   1   0   35   34   24   17    6   10   19
Dick Lange             3   3  4.55  18   4   0   1   0   55   58   35   28    3   32   22
Bill Singer            6  10  4.60  21  19   7   1   0  137  124   76   70   12   56   69
Andy Hassler           3   9  5.67  21  15   6   0   1  108  130   73   68    8   37   67
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           5   6  1.94  38   0   0  14   0   88   64   21   19    2   46   85
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Jim Kaat              15   7  2.93  27  25   8   0   1  184  182   71   60    8   45   94
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  3.24   7   7   0   0   0   33   29   13   12    1   26   19
Wilbur Wood            9  13  3.93  27  27  10   0   2  183  202   90   80   16   52   85
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.01  16   0   0   2   0   49   47   25   22    4   24   31
Danny Osborn           2   0  4.09  13   0   0   0   0   33   31   15   15    2   19   19
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  4.18  18   0   0   1   0   32   32   15   15    3   13   16
Dave Hamilton          2   2  4.30  12   1   0   2   0   23   25   11   11    3   11   18
Claude Osteen          5   8  4.50  24  24   3   0   0  130  148   69   65   11   63   45
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           4   2  1.69  37   0   0   7   0   53   28   14   10    3   41   62
Dennis Eckersley       7   3  2.31  22  12   3   2   2  105   78   30   27    9   50   89
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Tom Buskey             4   3  2.82  39   0   0   5   0   61   57   24   19    5   25   24
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              2   4  3.97   9   6   1   0   0   48   45   26   21    2   25   33
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Eric Raich             5   5  4.09  12  12   2   0   0   70   78   36   32    7   20   25
Roric Harrison         4   2  4.20   9   9   3   0   0   64   65   30   30    4   24   30
Don Hood               3   6  4.69  17  11   1   0   0   81   72   50   42   10   35   31
Fritz Peterson         4   7  5.43  13  13   2   0   0   65   69   44   39    7   23   23
Fred Beene             1   0  5.74  11   0   0   0   0   31   42   24   20    3   12   11
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Jackie Brown           0   2  7.30  11   1   0   0   0   25   32   23   20    4   13   11

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Mickey Lolich         10   9  3.38  21  21  11   0   1  155  163   74   58   13   46   90
Vern Ruhle             8   7  3.58  20  19   4   0   1  121  123   64   48   13   43   44
Lerrin LaGrow          7   9  3.89  20  19   6   0   2  116  118   65   50   10   43   52
Ray Bare               6   5  4.01  17   9   3   0   0   85   94   41   38    5   27   40
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  4.53  15   1   1   0   0   52   58   30   26    4   26   35
Tom Walker             3   7  4.64  26   8   1   0   0   83   80   50   43   11   26   44
Bob Reynolds           0   0  4.74  15   0   0   2   0   25   29   15   13    6    8   19
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            8  12  5.82  21  21   2   0   0  128  150   95   83   20   57   82
Fernando Arroyo        0   0 12.46   3   0   0   0   0    9   14   12   12    1    7    7

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   2  2.37  26   0   0   1   0   38   30   14   10    2   13   22
Steve Busby           12   8  2.93  23  23  13   0   2  181  163   62   59   10   54  116
Marty Pattin           8   6  3.33  25  10   5   0   1  116  112   50   43    7   30   54
Doug Bird              6   3  3.38  31   0   0   6   0   56   50   22   21    5   21   40
Dennis Leonard         7   5  3.79  19  17   5   0   0  121  121   57   51   10   54   83
Al Fitzmorris         10   8  3.80  23  23   7   0   3  154  158   70   65   12   45   48
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.12  22   0   0   1   0   55   54   27   25    1   18   28
Nelson Briles          5   5  4.21  15  14   3   0   0   88   92   47   41   14   16   56
Paul Splittorff        2   6  4.26  22  10   1   1   0   70   76   44   33    7   35   46
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
Lafayette Currence     0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Rick Austin            2   0  1.56  11   0   0   2   0   17    8    4    3    0   15   15
Tom Murphy             1   1  1.96  26   0   0  14   0   46   34   10   10    1    9   18
Bill Castro            3   2  2.52  17   5   0   1   0   71   74   27   20    3   15   23
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  2.97  33   1   0   6   0   64   55   23   21    6   28   53
Tom Hausman            3   2  3.99  22   2   0   0   0   65   57   35   29    1   34   33
Jim Colborn            6   8  4.06  22  15   4   2   0  113  111   59   51   10   35   40
Bill Travers           4   5  4.22  13  11   2   1   0   60   56   38   28    6   25   28
Jim Slaton             9  10  4.31  25  22   6   0   3  146  163   81   70   19   62   85
Ed Sprague             1   7  4.54  18  11   0   1   0   67   81   45   34    5   40   21
Pete Broberg           9  10  5.05  24  21   1   0   1  128  140   79   72   17   59   52
Bill Champion          6   5  5.64  25  12   3   0   1  104  115   70   65    9   51   35

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          4   6  3.08  31   0   0   6   0   53   50   18   18    5   15   26
Bert Blyleven          9   4  3.08  20  20  10   0   1  155  127   62   53   12   52  133
Vic Albury             5   5  3.88  27  12   2   1   0  114   86   60   49   13   86   62
Dave Goltz             8   8  3.97  20  20   7   0   0  152  145   78   67   11   44   74
Bill Campbell          2   6  4.08  30   6   2   3   1   88   93   46   40   11   30   54
Jim Hughes             8   8  4.13  21  18   7   0   2  137  123   69   63   12   78   74
Ray Corbin             5   7  4.69  17  10   3   0   0   86   97   53   45   12   35   46
Tom Johnson            0   1  5.59   6   0   0   1   0   10   11    6    6    3    7    3
Mark Wiley             1   2  7.06   9   3   1   0   0   22   31   21   17    2    8    6
Bill Butler            0   3  7.30  13   2   0   0   0   41   60   37   33    6   12   33
Mike Pazik             0   4  8.24   5   3   0   0   0   20   28   20   18    5   10    8
Joe Decker             1   3  9.82   7   6   1   0   0   18   19   20   20    2   26    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         1   0  1.29   6   0   0   2   0    7    3    1    1    0    5    5
Catfish Hunter        13   9  2.81  24  24  17   0   5  199  151   69   62   17   57   92
Sparky Lyle            2   5  3.10  36   0   0   5   0   52   53   20   18    1   24   43
Dick Tidrow            6   2  3.15  31   0   0   4   0   60   58   24   21    4   28   36
Larry Gura             3   3  3.28  15   9   1   0   0   74   83   30   27    3   23   32
Rudy May               9   6  3.42  20  19   7   0   0  124  110   56   47    7   65   91
Pat Dobson             9  11  3.75  24  23   7   0   1  161  157   76   67   15   64   90
Doc Medich             7  12  3.85  24  23   8   0   2  161  162   73   69   18   45   87
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  1.65  35   0   0   7   0   71   54   18   13    1   17   29
Paul Lindblad          7   0  2.13  40   0   0   5   0   76   53   21   18    6   26   36
Vida Blue             13   8  2.96  25  24   9   1   2  183  153   68   60   15   58  129
Dick Bosman            6   1  3.36  11  11   1   0   0   64   61   26   24    5   12   19
Glenn Abbott           5   2  3.39  14   8   3   0   1   58   43   23   22    6   24   33
Rollie Fingers         6   5  3.40  47   0   0  13   0   85   64   33   32    9   22   73
Ken Holtzman          12   8  3.47  26  25   8   0   2  174  152   76   67   13   77   80
Jim Perry              3   3  3.75  12  10   2   0   1   58   44   29   24    4   19   27
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Stan Bahnsen           2   2  4.83   7   6   0   0   0   32   30   17   17    1   17   18
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   5   0   0   0   0   10   11    1    0    0    1    5
Stan Perzanowski       0   0  1.93   1   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    0
Steve Hargan           6   6  3.38  20  16   7   0   1  125  127   57   47   10   39   62
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.50  25   1   0   1   0   44   33   19   17    2   16   24
Bill Hands             5   6  3.69  15  15   4   0   1   98  100   48   40   10   26   60
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Clyde Wright           2   4  4.23  15  11   0   0   0   66   73   40   31    3   37   22
Fergie Jenkins        12  11  4.23  24  24  14   0   2  179  177   92   84   27   36  103
Steve Foucault         3   2  4.33  37   0   0   4   0   71   63   39   34    8   40   37
Gaylord Perry          3   5  4.59   9   9   4   0   3   67   71   38   34    4   19   46
Jim Umbarger           4   4  4.61  41   3   0   2   0   68   71   37   35    4   39   21
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

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Kaat (CHI)            15
  V. Blue (OAK)            13
  C. Hunter (NY)           13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  R. Wise (BOS)            13
  S. Busby (KC)            12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  B. Lee (BOS)             12

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  G. Perry (TEX)           14
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  R. Wise (BOS)            12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  B. Lee (BOS)             11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         14
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Fingers (OAK)         13
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  D. Bird (KC)              6
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        6
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         6

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  J. Slaton (MIL)           3
  F. Tanana (CAL)           3
  V. Blue (OAK)             2
  S. Busby (KC)             2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        198.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        188.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       184.2
  J. Kaat (CHI)         184.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         183.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         182.2
  S. Busby (KC)         181.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        181.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      178.2
  B. Lee (BOS)          175.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           202
  G. Perry (TEX)          191
  L. Tiant (BOS)          185
  J. Kaat (CHI)           182
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        177
  B. Lee (BOS)            174
  R. Wise (BOS)           167
  S. Busby (KC)           163
  M. Lolich (DET)         163
  J. Slaton (MIL)         163

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         95
  G. Perry (TEX)           95
  L. Tiant (BOS)           93
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         92
  W. Wood (CHI)            90
  B. Lee (BOS)             85
  J. Slaton (MIL)          81
  R. Wise (BOS)            80
  P. Broberg (MIL)         79
  D. Goltz (MIN)           78

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         27
  J. Coleman (DET)         20
  G. Perry (TEX)           20
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        19
  J. Slaton (MIL)          19
  R. Wise (BOS)            19
  D. Medich (NY)           18
  P. Broberg (MIL)         17
  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  L. Tiant (BOS)           17

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           112
  V. Albury (MIN)          86
  M. Torrez (BAL)          84
  J. Hughes (MIN)          78
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        77
  R. May (NY)              65
  P. Dobson (NY)           64
  C. Osteen (CHI)          63
  J. Slaton (MIL)          62
  P. Broberg (MIL)         59

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         159
  N. Ryan (CAL)           154
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       133
  G. Perry (TEX)          131
  V. Blue (OAK)           129
  S. Busby (KC)           116
  J. Palmer (BAL)         110
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        103
  L. Tiant (BOS)           98
  J. Kaat (CHI)            94

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