Saturday August 2, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 2, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         67  39  3.17  106  26  27   952   813  378  335   70  338  525
New York        54  51  3.38  105  42  13   932   870  391  350   74  347  533
Baltimore       55  49  3.39  104  46  12   946   843  380  356   76  356  475
Kansas City     57  49  3.69  106  35  12   949   947  440  389   75  310  528
California      47  61  3.85  108  43  11   974   898  491  416   81  435  685
Chicago         51  54  3.86  105  24  25   936   962  442  402   66  419  518
Texas           50  57  4.00  107  39  10   968   961  497  430   84  350  496
Cleveland       46  57  4.00  103  24  15   933   886  476  415   93  414  542
Detroit         46  61  4.15  107  30  17   940   981  526  433   99  369  542
Boston          65  42  4.19  107  45  19   965   983  498  449  103  328  468
Milwaukee       52  56  4.19  108  19  27   952   977  513  443   86  403  440
Minnesota       47  61  4.31  108  36  11   963   940  526  461   99  437  561

 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  2.96  27  26  10   1   2  197  171   73   65   15   60  136
Jim Kaat (CHI)        15   8  3.00  28  26   8   0   1  192  188   76   64    8   48   97
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   10   5  3.05  22  22  11   0   1  171  139   68   58   13   62  146
Mike Torrez (BAL)     13   6  3.12  24  24  12   0   1  182  162   70   63   10   93   81

 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           13   6  3.12  24  24  12   0   1  182  162   70   63   10   93   81
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             14   6  4.28  24  24  12   0   1  177  182   88   84   24   51  104
Reggie Cleveland       8   7  4.98  22  12   1   0   0  108  117   65   60   14   36   47
Dick Drago             1   1  5.17  24   2   0   7   0   38   36   22   22    4   22   19
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
Ed Figueroa            8   8  2.40  20  19  10   0   2  143  113   50   38    9   51   87
Don Kirkwood           3   4  2.52  32   0   0   6   0   61   57   26   17    5   18   40
Frank Tanana           9   6  2.78  22  21   9   0   3  152  135   51   47   11   48  165
Nolan Ryan            12  11  3.56  24  24  10   0   5  177  137   82   70   12  119  159
Chuck Hockenbery       0   0  3.86   6   0   0   1   0    9    6    4    4    2    5    8
Dick Lange             4   4  4.19  20   6   1   1   0   69   66   40   32    4   41   28
Mickey Scott           2   1  4.21  34   0   0   1   0   36   36   24   17    6   11   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
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Rich Gossage           5   6  2.03  41   0   0  15   0   93   70   23   21    2   51   92
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
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  4.18  18   0   0   1   0   32   32   15   15    3   13   16
Claude Osteen          6   9  4.40  26  26   3   0   0  141  164   73   69   11   68   47
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.47  18   0   0   2   0   54   57   30   27    5   27   37
Dave Hamilton          2   2  4.62  13   1   0   3   0   25   27   13   13    3   12   19
Jesse Jefferson        2   4  4.85   9   9   0   0   0   39   36   22   21    3   34   25
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  9.45   2   0   0   0   0    7   10    7    7    1    6    4
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  2.05  41   0   0   7   0   57   34   17   13    3   45   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
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Jim Bibby              2   5  4.30  12   6   1   0   0   52   50   30   25    2   27   35
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  5.05  15  15   2   0   0   77   79   48   43    9   26   27
Fred Beene             1   0  6.43  14   0   0   1   0   35   45   29   25    3   18   14
Jackie Brown           0   2  6.51  14   1   0   0   0   28   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   8  3.65  22  21   5   0   2  133  138   70   54   13   45   47
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
Fernando Arroyo        1   0  4.98   6   0   0   0   0   22   23   13   12    1   10   11
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

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   3  2.37  29   0   0   2   0   46   36   16   12    2   16   24
Steve Busby           14   8  2.71  25  25  14   0   3  199  174   63   60   10   60  127
Doug Bird              6   4  3.56  35   0   0   8   0   61   59   25   24    5   22   42
Marty Pattin           8   6  3.59  27  12   5   0   1  125  126   60   50   10   31   59
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  3.22  14   0   0   2   0   22   14    9    8    1   19   18
Tom Hausman            3   3  3.76  24   4   1   0   0   81   71   40   34    1   39   40
Jim Colborn            7   9  4.01  24  17   5   2   1  128  128   65   57   12   41   47
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         10   5  3.05  22  22  11   0   1  171  139   68   58   13   62  146
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
Bill Butler            1   3  6.39  15   3   1   0   0   51   68   40   36    6   19   39
Mark Wiley             1   2  6.46  10   3   1   0   0   24   31   21   17    2    8    6
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
Sparky Lyle            3   5  2.91  37   0   0   5   0   56   56   20   18    1   25   44
Dick Tidrow            6   2  3.06  34   0   0   5   0   65   61   25   22    4   31   36
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
Doc Medich             8  12  3.76  25  24   8   0   2  170  170   75   71   19   46   94
Pat Dobson             9  11  3.79  25  24   7   0   1  166  164   79   70   16   65   93
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  2.96  27  26  10   1   2  197  171   73   65   15   60  136
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         7   5  3.36  49   0   0  13   0   88   68   34   33   10   22   75
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  3.26  27   1   0   2   0   47   36   20   17    2   16   25
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Bill Hands             6   6  3.76  17  17   4   0   1  108  112   53   45   12   28   67
Gaylord Perry          4   6  3.76  11  11   6   0   3   84   77   41   35    4   23   58
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  4.65  43   3   0   2   0   70   72   38   36    4   41   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
  R. Wise (BOS)            14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Torrez (BAL)          13

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  D. Medich (NY)           12
  J. Bibby (CLE)           11
  P. Dobson (NY)           11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  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
  M. Torrez (BAL)          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
  V. Blue (OAK)         197.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       197.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         196.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          194.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         192.0
  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)           182
  S. Busby (KC)           174
  V. Blue (OAK)           171
  D. Medich (NY)          170

Runs:

  L. Tiant (BOS)          100
  J. Coleman (DET)         99
  G. Perry (TEX)           98
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  W. Wood (CHI)            93
  R. Wise (BOS)            88
  B. Lee (BOS)             87
  P. Broberg (MIL)         83
  D. Goltz (MIN)           83
  J. Slaton (MIL)          83

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         28
  R. Wise (BOS)            24
  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
  M. Torrez (BAL)          93
  V. Albury (MIN)          88
  J. Hughes (MIN)          82
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        78
  C. Osteen (CHI)          68
  R. May (NY)              66
  P. Dobson (NY)           65
  C. Hunter (NY)           63
  J. Slaton (MIL)          63

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         165
  N. Ryan (CAL)           159
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       146
  G. Perry (TEX)          143
  V. Blue (OAK)           136
  S. Busby (KC)           127
  J. Palmer (BAL)         121
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        107
  R. Wise (BOS)           104
  L. Tiant (BOS)          102


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