Friday August 1, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 1, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         66  39  3.15  105  26  27   943   799  373  330   69  337  520
New York        53  51  3.38  104  42  13   923   860  388  347   73  345  529
Baltimore       54  49  3.41  103  45  12   937   838  379  355   75  349  470
Kansas City     57  48  3.70  105  35  12   940   938  434  386   73  309  524
California      47  60  3.81  107  43  11   966   888  483  409   79  425  680
Chicago         51  52  3.81  103  24  25   920   942  430  390   65  405  503
Cleveland       46  56  3.99  102  24  15   925   874  471  410   92  410  539
Texas           49  57  4.02  106  39   9   959   956  495  428   83  346  490
Detroit         46  60  4.12  106  30  17   932   968  519  427   99  366  538
Milwaukee       52  55  4.17  107  19  27   944   965  507  437   84  399  438
Boston          64  42  4.21  106  45  19   956   975  496  447  101  325  461
Minnesota       45  61  4.36  106  34  11   945   928  522  458   99  427  549

 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
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      8   8  2.40  20  19  10   0   2  143  113   50   38    9   51   87
Jim Palmer (BAL)      15   7  2.42  25  24  14   1   6  197  160   61   53   11   57  121
Steve Busby (KC)      14   8  2.71  25  25  14   0   3  199  174   63   60   10   60  127
Catfish Hunter (NY)   14  10  2.72  26  26  18   0   5  215  163   73   65   19   63  100
Frank Tanana (CAL)     9   6  2.78  22  21   9   0   3  152  135   51   47   11   48  165
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
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Jim Palmer            15   7  2.42  25  24  14   1   6  197  160   61   53   11   57  121
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
Ross Grimsley          7  11  3.82  26  24   6   0   1  153  159   71   65   21   38   73
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
Wayne Garland          1   3  3.91  18   0   0   2   0   51   45   22   22    4   27   29
Paul Mitchell          1   0  3.96   4   3   1   0   0   25   17   11   11    4    7   17
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
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 Willoughby         2   0  2.89  10   0   0   5   0   19   16    6    6    1    6   14
Jim Burton             1   2  2.94  16   3   0   0   0   34   34   21   11    5   14   19
Bill Lee              14   6  3.66  27  24  13   0   3  194  191   87   79   13   51   47
Roger Moret            8   1  3.70  27   7   3   1   1   83   71   34   34    4   43   49
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Luis Tiant            13  10  4.27  25  25  13   0   0  190  199  100   90   21   52  102
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  0.82   7   0   0   1   0   11    9    3    1    0    5    5
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   8  2.40  20  19  10   0   2  143  113   50   38    9   51   87
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           11  13  3.81  29  29  11   0   2  196  214   93   83   16   57   89
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  1.29   3   0   0   0   0    7    3    1    1    0    5    2
Dave LaRoche           4   3  1.91  40   0   0   7   0   57   32   16   12    3   43   65
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   6  4.77  14  14   2   0   0   77   91   45   41    9   23   29
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
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Gene Pentz             0   1  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    1    0    3    4
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
Ray Bare               6   5  3.87  18  10   3   0   0   93  100   43   40    5   29   43
Lerrin LaGrow          7  10  4.22  22  21   6   0   2  124  134   77   58   13   48   53
Bob Reynolds           0   1  4.61  17   0   0   3   0   27   32   16   14    6   13   20
Tom Walker             3   7  4.65  28   9   1   0   0   89   87   53   46   11   28   46
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Dave Lemanczyk         0   3  4.88  18   2   1   0   0   63   68   41   34    6   35   39
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  6.35   5   0   0   0   0   17   19   12   12    1    9    9

 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           14   8  2.71  25  25  14   0   3  199  174   63   60   10   60  127
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   9  4.04  24  24   7   0   3  158  166   76   71   15   46   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  4.22  25   0   0   1   0   60   62   30   28    2   19   32
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  2.76  29   0   0  14   0   49   42   15   15    2   11   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   3  3.76  24   4   1   0   0   81   71   40   34    1   39   40
Jim Slaton            10  10  4.17  26  23   7   0   3  155  169   83   72   20   63   89
Bill Travers           4   5  4.43  16  12   2   1   0   65   65   43   32    7   28   32
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   6  5.89  27  13   3   0   1  110  125   77   72   10   55   40

 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
Bill Campbell          2   6  3.98  33   6   2   3   1   93   97   47   41   11   31   57
Vic Albury             5   6  4.07  28  13   2   1   0  117   91   65   53   13   88   65
Dave Goltz             8   9  4.10  21  21   8   0   0  158  154   83   72   13   46   78
Jim Hughes             9   9  4.17  23  20   7   0   2  149  140   77   69   13   82   78
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        14  10  2.72  26  26  18   0   5  215  163   73   65   19   63  100
Dick Tidrow            6   2  3.06  34   0   0   5   0   65   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
Dave Pagan             0   0  4.28  10   0   0   0   0   27   28   15   13    2   12   15
Tippy Martinez         1   1  4.63   9   1   0   3   0   12   11    7    6    1   11   11
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  2.01  37   0   0   7   0   76   61   22   17    2   21   33
Paul Lindblad          8   0  2.05  43   0   0   6   0   83   61   24   19    6   29   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
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Stan Bahnsen           3   3  4.09   9   8   1   0   0   44   43   20   20    1   18   24
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
Gaylord Perry          4   6  3.76  11  11   6   0   3   84   77   41   35    4   23   58
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
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
  J. Palmer (BAL)          15
  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  S. Busby (KC)            14
  C. Hunter (NY)           14
  B. Lee (BOS)             14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        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
  G. Perry (TEX)           16
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         15
  S. Busby (KC)            14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  B. Lee (BOS)             13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         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
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  B. Lee (BOS)              3
  J. Slaton (MIL)           3
  F. Tanana (CAL)           3

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        215.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        205.0
  S. Busby (KC)         199.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       197.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         196.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          194.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         192.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         191.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        189.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      186.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           214
  L. Tiant (BOS)          199
  G. Perry (TEX)          197
  B. Lee (BOS)            191
  J. Kaat (CHI)           188
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        182
  R. Wise (BOS)           176
  S. Busby (KC)           174
  D. Medich (NY)          170
  J. Slaton (MIL)         169

Runs:

  L. Tiant (BOS)          100
  J. Coleman (DET)         99
  G. Perry (TEX)           98
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  W. Wood (CHI)            93
  B. Lee (BOS)             87
  R. Wise (BOS)            86
  P. Broberg (MIL)         83
  D. Goltz (MIN)           83
  J. Slaton (MIL)          83

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           119
  V. Albury (MIN)          88
  M. Torrez (BAL)          86
  J. Hughes (MIN)          82
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        78
  C. Osteen (CHI)          67
  R. May (NY)              66
  P. Dobson (NY)           64
  C. Hunter (NY)           63
  J. Slaton (MIL)          63

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         165
  N. Ryan (CAL)           159
  G. Perry (TEX)          143
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       139
  V. Blue (OAK)           132
  S. Busby (KC)           127
  J. Palmer (BAL)         121
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        107
  L. Tiant (BOS)          102
  C. Hunter (NY)          100

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