Sunday August 3, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 3, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         67  40  3.19  107  26  27   960   821  383  340   71  341  529
New York        55  52  3.35  107  43  13   950   886  395  354   75  348  539
Baltimore       55  50  3.38  105  46  12   955   851  384  359   77  358  476
Kansas City     58  49  3.66  107  36  12   958   948  440  389   75  311  531
California      48  61  3.85  109  43  11   983   906  495  420   82  440  695
Chicago         51  56  3.97  107  24  25   952   989  461  420   68  429  526
Texas           50  58  4.02  108  39  10   977   970  503  436   85  354  499
Cleveland       47  58  4.05  105  24  16   950   908  490  427   93  424  547
Milwaukee       53  56  4.15  109  20  27   961   980  514  443   86  403  447
Detroit         46  62  4.17  108  30  17   948   994  532  439  102  373  546
Boston          66  42  4.18  108  45  20   974   992  502  453  104  328  474
Minnesota       49  61  4.33  110  36  13   981   961  539  472  100  453  570

 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
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
Jim Kaat (CHI)        15   9  3.17  29  27   8   0   1  199  198   82   70   10   50  100

 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
Wayne Garland          1   3  3.67  19   0   0   2   0   54   46   23   22    4   27   30
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   8  3.93  25  25  12   0   4  181  156   80   79   17   62   77
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  2.75  11   0   0   6   0   20   16    6    6    1    6   15
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       9   7  4.95  23  13   1   0   0  116  126   69   64   15   36   52
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  1.50   8   0   0   1   0   12   13    4    2    1    5    6
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           4   4  2.45  33   0   0   6   0   62   59   26   17    5   19   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  25  25  10   0   5  182  139   84   72   12  122  168
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  4.30  35   0   0   1   0   38   36   25   18    6   12   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   9  3.17  29  27   8   0   1  199  198   82   70   10   50  100
Wilbur Wood           11  13  3.81  29  29  11   0   2  196  214   93   83   16   57   89
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  4.09  19   0   0   1   0   33   33   16   15    3   14   17
Danny Osborn           2   0  4.10  16   0   0   0   0   42   42   19   19    2   24   25
Dave Hamilton          2   2  4.34  15   1   0   3   0   29   29   14   14    3   15   21
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
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 10.80   3   0   0   0   0    7   11    8    8    1    6    4
Lloyd Allen            0   2 11.81   3   2   0   0   0    5    8    7    7    2    6    2
Pete Vuckovich         0   1 27.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    7    7    7    0    2    0

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Waits             1   0  1.13   4   0   0   0   0    8    4    1    1    0    5    3
Dave LaRoche           4   3  2.04  42   0   0   8   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
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Roric Harrison         4   3  4.28  11  11   3   0   0   76   77   38   36    5   30   33
Jim Bibby              2   5  4.30  12   6   1   0   0   52   50   30   25    2   27   35
Don Hood               4   7  4.76  19  13   1   0   0   91   86   56   48   10   40   33
Eric Raich             5   6  4.77  14  14   2   0   0   77   91   45   41    9   23   29
Fritz Peterson         5   7  5.05  15  15   2   0   0   77   79   48   43    9   26   27
Jackie Brown           0   2  6.43  15   1   0   0   0   28   32   23   20    4   14   13
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Fred Beene             1   0  7.15  15   0   0   1   0   39   53   35   31    3   22   15

 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   8  4.75  29   9   1   0   0   91   89   55   48   12   31   47
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  23  23   2   0   0  139  166  103   90   22   62   89

 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
Paul Splittorff        4   6  3.71  24  12   2   1   1   85   82   46   35    7   37   50
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
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 Slaton            11  10  3.94  27  24   8   0   3  164  172   84   72   20   63   96
Jim Colborn            7   9  4.01  24  17   5   2   1  128  128   65   57   12   41   47
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
Bert Blyleven         10   5  3.05  22  22  11   0   1  171  139   68   58   13   62  146
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.13  34   0   0   6   0   55   54   19   19    5   17   26
Vic Albury             6   6  3.86  29  14   2   1   0  124   94   67   53   13   93   69
Tom Johnson            0   1  3.98  10   0   0   1   0   20   19    9    9    3   15    6
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
Bill Campbell          3   6  4.48  34   7   2   3   1   98  106   55   49   11   37   60
Ray Corbin             5   7  5.14  18  11   3   0   0   89  105   59   51   13   38   49
Mark Wiley             1   2  5.79  12   3   1   2   0   28   35   22   18    3    8    7
Bill Butler            1   3  6.39  15   3   1   0   0   51   68   40   36    6   19   39
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   3  3.11  35   0   0   5   0   67   62   26   23    5   31   37
Larry Gura             3   4  3.21  17  11   1   0   0   90  101   35   32    4   25   40
Rudy May              10   6  3.26  21  20   8   0   0  133  113   57   48    7   66   98
Doc Medich             9  12  3.62  26  25   9   0   2  179  174   76   72   19   47   96
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  2.04  44   0   0   6   0   84   62   24   19    6   29   39
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   3  3.93  16  10   3   0   1   71   59   32   31    7   29   41
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   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    4    3    0    4    7
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.26  27   1   0   2   0   47   36   20   17    2   16   25
Steve Hargan           7   6  3.34  22  18   8   0   1  140  141   62   52   12   43   66
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  4.73  44   3   0   2   0   70   73   39   37    4   42   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. LaRoche (CLE)          8
  D. Drago (BOS)            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. Kaat (CHI)         198.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         197.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       197.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         196.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          194.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        189.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      186.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           214
  L. Tiant (BOS)          199
  J. Kaat (CHI)           198
  G. Perry (TEX)          197
  B. Lee (BOS)            191
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        182
  R. Wise (BOS)           182
  S. Busby (KC)           174
  D. Medich (NY)          174
  J. Slaton (MIL)         172

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        103
  L. Tiant (BOS)          100
  G. Perry (TEX)           98
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  W. Wood (CHI)            93
  R. Wise (BOS)            88
  B. Lee (BOS)             87
  N. Ryan (CAL)            84
  J. Slaton (MIL)          84
  P. Broberg (MIL)         83

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         28
  R. Wise (BOS)            24
  J. Coleman (DET)         22
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        21
  L. Tiant (BOS)           21
  G. Perry (TEX)           20
  J. Slaton (MIL)          20
  C. Hunter (NY)           19
  D. Medich (NY)           19
  P. Broberg (MIL)         18

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           122
  V. Albury (MIN)          93
  M. Torrez (BAL)          93
  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:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           168
  F. Tanana (CAL)         165
  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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