Wednesday July 30, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 30, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         66  38  3.12  104  26  27   935   788  367  324   68  332  517
New York        52  51  3.38  103  42  12   914   850  384  343   71  341  525
Baltimore       52  49  3.43  101  44  11   919   825  374  350   75  342  455
Kansas City     56  47  3.70  103  34  12   923   921  427  379   70  304  514
California      47  59  3.82  106  43  11   958   881  481  407   77  423  673
Chicago         50  52  3.83  102  23  25   915   935  429  389   65  403  501
Cleveland       46  55  3.98  101  24  15   917   865  466  405   92  404  535
Texas           48  57  4.04  105  38   9   950   954  494  427   83  345  483
Detroit         46  57  4.11  103  30  17   906   939  502  414   96  350  529
Milwaukee       52  53  4.15  105  18  27   928   946  498  428   83  394  430
Boston          61  42  4.24  103  43  19   928   941  486  437   96  322  448
Minnesota       44  60  4.36  104  33  11   930   910  515  451   97  423  543

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
D. Eckersley (CLE)     8   3  2.20  23  13   4   2   2  114   82   31   28   10   54   98
Jim Palmer (BAL)      14   7  2.30  24  23  14   1   6  191  153   57   49   11   54  113
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      8   7  2.38  19  18  10   0   2  136  106   48   36    7   49   81
Catfish Hunter (NY)   13  10  2.69  25  25  18   0   5  208  154   70   62   17   61   97
Frank Tanana (CAL)     9   6  2.78  22  21   9   0   3  152  135   51   47   11   48  165
Steve Busby (KC)      13   8  2.84  24  24  13   0   2  190  168   63   60   10   56  121
Vida Blue (OAK)       14   8  2.86  26  25  10   1   2  192  161   69   61   15   59  132
Jim Kaat (CHI)        15   8  3.00  28  26   8   0   1  192  188   76   64    8   48   97
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    9   5  3.22  21  21  10   0   1  162  134   67   58   13   57  139
Steve Hargan (TEX)     7   6  3.22  21  17   8   0   1  134  135   58   48   11   41   65

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            14   7  2.30  24  23  14   1   6  191  153   57   49   11   54  113
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            2   2  2.70  11   0   0   3   0   23   15    7    7    3   13   15
Mike Torrez           12   6  3.23  23  23  11   0   1  173  157   69   62    9   86   76
Doyle Alexander        3   7  3.53  24   5   1   1   0   82   79   33   32    5   32   25
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.86  27   0   0   5   0   35   33   15   15    1   13   28
Mike Cuellar          10   7  3.90  24  24  12   0   4  175  149   77   76   16   60   77
Paul Mitchell          1   0  3.96   4   3   1   0   0   25   17   11   11    4    7   17
Ross Grimsley          6  11  3.99  25  23   5   0   1  144  154   70   64   21   36   67
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  2.94  16   3   0   0   0   34   34   21   11    5   14   19
Jim Willoughby         1   0  2.95   9   0   0   5   0   18   16    6    6    1    6   14
Bill Lee              13   6  3.77  26  23  12   0   3  184  180   85   77   12   50   46
Roger Moret            7   1  4.03  26   6   2   1   1   74   62   33   33    4   42   41
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  4.36  23  23  12   0   1  169  176   86   82   22   49   98
Reggie Cleveland       8   7  4.98  22  12   1   0   0  108  117   65   60   14   36   47
Dick Drago             1   1  5.40  23   2   0   7   0   37   34   22   22    4   21   18
Diego Segui            2   4  5.43  26   1   1   6   0   56   63   37   34    9   30   36

 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
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Don Kirkwood           3   4  2.16  31   0   0   6   0   58   54   23   14    4   15   39
Ed Figueroa            8   7  2.38  19  18  10   0   2  136  106   48   36    7   49   81
Frank Tanana           9   6  2.78  22  21   9   0   3  152  135   51   47   11   48  165
Chuck Hockenbery       0   0  3.00   5   0   0   1   0    9    5    3    3    1    4    7
Nolan Ryan            12  11  3.56  24  24  10   0   5  177  137   82   70   12  119  159
Dick Lange             4   3  4.06  19   5   1   1   0   64   62   36   29    4   36   25
Mickey Scott           2   1  4.33  33   0   0   1   0   35   34   24   17    6   10   19
Bill Singer            6  10  4.60  21  19   7   1   0  137  124   76   70   12   56   69
Andy Hassler           3  10  5.91  22  16   6   0   1  113  134   79   74   10   41   70
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  1.91  40   0   0  15   0   89   66   21   19    2   48   86
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Jim Kaat              15   8  3.00  28  26   8   0   1  192  188   76   64    8   48   97
Danny Osborn           2   0  3.69  15   0   0   0   0   39   36   16   16    2   22   23
Wilbur Wood           10  13  3.87  28  28  10   0   2  191  207   92   82   16   55   87
Jesse Jefferson        2   3  4.17   8   8   0   0   0   37   34   18   17    2   28   23
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  4.18  18   0   0   1   0   32   32   15   15    3   13   16
Claude Osteen          6   8  4.41  25  25   3   0   0  137  157   71   67   11   67   47
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.44  17   0   0   2   0   51   52   28   25    5   25   32
Dave Hamilton          2   2  4.62  13   1   0   3   0   25   27   13   13    3   12   19
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
Rich Hinton            0   0  9.64   1   0   0   0   0    5    8    5    5    1    4    2
Lloyd Allen            0   2 11.81   3   2   0   0   0    5    8    7    7    2    6    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Waits             1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    2    1
Dave LaRoche           4   3  1.98  39   0   0   7   0   55   31   16   12    3   42   63
Dennis Eckersley       8   3  2.20  23  13   4   2   2  114   82   31   28   10   54   98
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
Roric Harrison         4   2  4.02  10  10   3   0   0   72   72   32   32    5   27   31
Jim Bibby              2   4  4.06  11   6   1   0   0   51   46   28   23    2   27   35
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Eric Raich             5   5  4.42  13  13   2   0   0   75   84   41   37    9   21   28
Don Hood               3   7  4.97  18  12   1   0   0   83   78   54   46   10   37   33
Fritz Peterson         5   7  5.20  14  14   2   0   0   71   73   46   41    8   24   24
Fred Beene             1   0  6.43  14   0   0   1   0   35   45   29   25    3   18   14
Jackie Brown           0   2  6.67  13   1   0   0   0   27   32   23   20    4   14   12
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Pentz             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    0    0    0    0    2    4
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Mickey Lolich         10  10  3.32  22  22  12   0   1  163  168   76   60   13   47   95
Vern Ruhle             9   7  3.33  21  20   5   0   2  130  129   64   48   13   43   45
Lerrin LaGrow          7  10  3.92  21  20   6   0   2  119  125   71   52   10   46   52
Ray Bare               6   5  4.01  17   9   3   0   0   85   94   41   38    5   27   40
Bob Reynolds           0   0  4.56  16   0   0   3   0   26   30   15   13    6    9   20
Tom Walker             3   7  4.69  27   9   1   0   0   86   84   52   45   11   27   45
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Dave Lemanczyk         0   2  5.02  17   1   1   0   0   57   65   36   32    6   29   36
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.23   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    3    5    8
Joe Coleman            8  13  5.81  22  22   2   0   0  133  155   99   86   20   61   86
Fernando Arroyo        1   0  8.10   4   0   0   0   0   13   16   12   12    1    9    8

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   2  2.30  28   0   0   2   0   43   34   15   11    2   15   24
Steve Busby           13   8  2.84  24  24  13   0   2  190  168   63   60   10   56  121
Marty Pattin           8   6  3.58  26  11   5   0   1  121  121   55   48    8   31   56
Doug Bird              6   4  3.66  34   0   0   8   0   59   57   25   24    5   22   41
Dennis Leonard         8   5  3.74  20  18   5   0   0  128  128   59   53   10   57   88
Al Fitzmorris         10   8  3.80  23  23   7   0   3  154  158   70   65   12   45   48
Paul Splittorff        3   6  4.14  23  11   1   1   0   76   81   46   35    7   36   47
Nelson Briles          5   5  4.21  15  14   3   0   0   88   92   47   41   14   16   56
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.34  24   0   0   1   0   56   59   29   27    2   19   28
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
Bill Castro            3   2  2.52  17   5   0   1   0   71   74   27   20    3   15   23
Tom Murphy             1   2  2.85  28   0   0  14   0   47   41   15   15    2   10   18
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  2.97  34   1   0   6   0   67   56   24   22    7   29   55
Rick Austin            2   1  3.54  13   0   0   2   0   20   12    9    8    1   18   18
Jim Colborn            7   8  3.76  23  16   5   2   1  122  118   59   51   10   38   45
Tom Hausman            3   2  3.80  23   3   0   0   0   73   62   37   31    1   38   37
Jim Slaton            10  10  4.17  26  23   7   0   3  155  169   83   72   20   63   89
Bill Travers           4   5  4.41  15  12   2   1   0   63   63   42   31    7   27   31
Ed Sprague             1   7  4.54  18  11   0   1   0   67   81   45   34    5   40   21
Lafayette Currence     0   1  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    7    2    2    0    2    1
Pete Broberg           9  10  5.11  25  22   1   0   1  132  145   83   75   18   61   56
Bill Champion          6   5  5.72  26  12   3   0   1  105  118   72   67    9   53   36

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.00  33   0   0   6   0   54   50   18   18    5   16   26
Bert Blyleven          9   5  3.22  21  21  10   0   1  162  134   67   58   13   57  139
Tom Johnson            0   1  3.72   8   0   0   1   0   19   18    8    8    3   11    5
Dave Goltz             8   8  3.97  20  20   7   0   0  152  145   78   67   11   44   74
Vic Albury             5   6  4.07  28  13   2   1   0  117   91   65   53   13   88   65
Bill Campbell          2   6  4.08  32   6   2   3   1   90   97   47   41   11   31   56
Jim Hughes             8   9  4.24  22  19   7   0   2  142  131   75   67   13   80   77
Ray Corbin             5   7  5.14  18  11   3   0   0   89  105   59   51   13   38   49
Mark Wiley             1   2  6.46  10   3   1   0   0   24   31   21   17    2    8    6
Bill Butler            0   3  7.13  14   2   0   0   0   42   61   37   33    6   14   34
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
Ron Guidry             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    2    3
Catfish Hunter        13  10  2.69  25  25  18   0   5  208  154   70   62   17   61   97
Dick Tidrow            6   2  3.09  33   0   0   4   0   64   61   25   22    4   31   36
Sparky Lyle            2   5  3.10  36   0   0   5   0   52   53   20   18    1   24   43
Rudy May              10   6  3.26  21  20   8   0   0  133  113   57   48    7   66   98
Larry Gura             3   4  3.27  16  10   1   0   0   83   90   33   30    4   25   37
Pat Dobson             9  11  3.75  24  23   7   0   1  161  157   76   67   15   64   90
Doc Medich             8  12  3.76  25  24   8   0   2  170  170   75   71   19   46   94
Tippy Martinez         1   1  4.22   8   1   0   3   0   11   10    6    5    1    9   10
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  1.70  36   0   0   7   0   74   58   19   14    1   19   32
Paul Lindblad          8   0  2.02  42   0   0   6   0   80   58   23   18    6   27   38
Vida Blue             14   8  2.86  26  25  10   1   2  192  161   69   61   15   59  132
Ken Holtzman          13   8  3.31  27  26   8   0   2  182  157   76   67   13   78   84
Dick Bosman            6   1  3.36  11  11   1   0   0   64   61   26   24    5   12   19
Rollie Fingers         6   5  3.39  48   0   0  13   0   85   64   33   32    9   22   74
Glenn Abbott           5   2  3.69  15   9   3   0   1   63   52   27   26    6   26   38
Stan Bahnsen           3   2  3.98   8   7   1   0   0   41   38   18   18    1   17   22
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Jim Perry              3   4  4.12  13  11   2   0   1   63   51   34   29    6   25   31
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   1  1.80   6   0   0   0   0   10   11    3    2    0    3    5
Steve Hargan           7   6  3.22  21  17   8   0   1  134  135   58   48   11   41   65
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.48  26   1   0   1   0   44   34   20   17    2   16   24
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Bill Hands             5   6  3.86  16  16   4   0   1  103  109   52   44   11   26   62
Fergie Jenkins        12  12  4.10  25  25  15   0   2  187  182   93   85   28   36  107
Gaylord Perry          3   6  4.10  10  10   5   0   3   75   75   40   34    4   22   51
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
Steve Foucault         3   2  4.52  38   0   0   4   0   72   65   41   36    8   41   37
Jim Umbarger           4   4  4.59  42   3   0   2   0   69   72   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
Stan Perzanowski       0   0  6.35   2   0   0   0   0    6    7    4    4    0    2    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Kaat (CHI)            15
  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  C. Hunter (NY)           13
  B. Lee (BOS)             13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  R. Wise (BOS)            13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  D. Medich (NY)           12
  P. Dobson (NY)           11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  J. Bibby (CLE)           10
  P. Broberg (MIL)         10

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           18
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         15
  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  S. Busby (KC)            13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  B. Lee (BOS)             12
  M. Lolich (DET)          12
  R. Wise (BOS)            12

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         15
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  R. Fingers (OAK)         13
  D. Bird (KC)              8
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  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
  B. Lee (BOS)              3
  J. Slaton (MIL)           3
  F. Tanana (CAL)           3
  V. Blue (OAK)             2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        207.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        196.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         192.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         191.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       191.1
  W. Wood (CHI)         190.2
  S. Busby (KC)         190.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      186.2
  B. Lee (BOS)          184.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     182.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           207
  G. Perry (TEX)          195
  J. Kaat (CHI)           188
  L. Tiant (BOS)          185
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        182
  B. Lee (BOS)            180
  R. Wise (BOS)           176
  D. Medich (NY)          170
  J. Slaton (MIL)         169
  S. Busby (KC)           168

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         99
  G. Perry (TEX)           97
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  L. Tiant (BOS)           93
  W. Wood (CHI)            92
  R. Wise (BOS)            86
  B. Lee (BOS)             85
  P. Broberg (MIL)         83
  J. Slaton (MIL)          83
  N. Ryan (CAL)            82

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         28
  R. Wise (BOS)            22
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        21
  J. Coleman (DET)         20
  G. Perry (TEX)           20
  J. Slaton (MIL)          20
  D. Medich (NY)           19
  P. Broberg (MIL)         18
  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  L. Tiant (BOS)           17

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           119
  V. Albury (MIN)          88
  M. Torrez (BAL)          86
  J. Hughes (MIN)          80
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        78
  C. Osteen (CHI)          67
  R. May (NY)              66
  P. Dobson (NY)           64
  J. Slaton (MIL)          63
  P. Broberg (MIL)         61

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         165
  N. Ryan (CAL)           159
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       139
  G. Perry (TEX)          136
  V. Blue (OAK)           132
  S. Busby (KC)           121
  J. Palmer (BAL)         113
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        107
  D. Eckersley (CLE)       98
  R. May (NY)              98

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