Monday August 4, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 4, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         67  41  3.25  108  26  27   968   834  395  350   71  349  535
New York        56  52  3.33  108  44  13   959   893  396  355   75  351  544
Baltimore       56  50  3.43  106  46  13   964   866  392  367   79  361  481
Kansas City     59  49  3.66  108  36  12   968   961  445  394   75  317  538
California      48  62  3.84  110  43  11   991   915  499  423   82  444  699
Chicago         52  56  3.95  108  24  26   961   994  463  422   68  432  533
Texas           51  58  3.98  109  40  10   986   976  503  436   85  356  503
Cleveland       48  58  4.05  106  24  17   959   917  494  431   93  429  550
Milwaukee       53  57  4.13  110  21  27   970   989  516  445   86  406  450
Detroit         46  63  4.19  109  31  17   956  1006  538  445  103  376  548
Boston          66  43  4.26  109  45  20   983  1008  514  465  108  332  476
Minnesota       49  62  4.34  111  36  13   991   973  545  478  101  461  571

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
D. Eckersley (CLE)     9   3  2.33  24  14   4   2   2  120   88   34   31   10   58  100
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
Rudy May (NY)         11   6  3.11  22  21   9   0   0  142  120   58   49    7   69  103
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  2.55  12   0   0   4   0   25   15    7    7    3   13   17
Mike Torrez           13   6  3.12  24  24  12   0   1  182  162   70   63   10   93   81
Doyle Alexander        4   7  3.54  25   5   1   1   0   86   87   35   34    5   32   27
Wayne Garland          1   3  3.67  19   0   0   2   0   54   46   23   22    4   27   30
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.79  28   0   0   5   0   36   34   15   15    1   15   28
Ross Grimsley          7  11  3.82  26  24   6   0   1  153  159   71   65   21   38   73
Mike Cuellar          10   8  3.93  25  25  12   0   4  181  156   80   79   17   62   77
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Paul Mitchell          1   0  5.60   5   4   1   0   0   27   23   17   17    6    8   18
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
Roger Moret            8   1  3.70  27   7   3   1   1   83   71   34   34    4   43   49
Bill Lee              14   6  3.84  28  25  13   0   3  199  200   93   85   14   53   49
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Jim Willoughby         2   1  4.22  12   0   0   6   0   21   20   10   10    3    6   15
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  5.52  27   1   1   6   0   59   66   39   36   10   32   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
Mickey Scott           2   1  3.98  36   0   0   1   0   41   38   26   18    6   12   20
Dick Lange             4   4  4.19  20   6   1   1   0   69   66   40   32    4   41   28
Chuck Hockenbery       0   1  4.40   7   1   0   1   0   14   13    7    7    2    9   11
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  1.97  42   0   0  16   0   96   70   23   21    2   52   95
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Jim Kaat              15   9  3.17  29  27   8   0   1  199  198   82   70   10   50  100
Wilbur Wood           12  13  3.79  30  30  11   0   2  202  219   95   85   16   59   93
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       9   3  2.33  24  14   4   2   2  120   88   34   31   10   58  100
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
Jim Bibby              2   5  4.20  13   6   1   0   0   56   53   31   26    2   28   36
Roric Harrison         4   3  4.28  11  11   3   0   0   76   77   38   36    5   30   33
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  6.35  16   1   0   1   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  11  3.48  23  23  13   0   1  171  180   82   66   14   50   97
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  2.35  30   0   0   2   0   46   37   16   12    2   16   24
Steve Busby           14   8  2.71  25  25  14   0   3  199  174   63   60   10   60  127
Marty Pattin           8   6  3.59  27  12   5   0   1  125  126   60   50   10   31   59
Doug Bird              7   4  3.68  36   0   0   8   0   64   63   27   26    5   25   47
Dennis Leonard         8   5  3.70  21  19   5   0   0  134  135   61   55   10   60   89
Paul Splittorff        4   6  3.71  24  12   2   1   1   85   82   46   35    7   37   50
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  4.33  26   0   0   1   0   60   63   31   29    2   19   33
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   6  4.14  17  13   3   1   0   74   74   45   34    7   31   35
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  4.18  24  21   7   0   2  157  150   81   73   13   88   79
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   3  6.14  13   3   1   2   0   29   37   24   20    4   10    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
Rudy May              11   6  3.11  22  21   9   0   0  142  120   58   49    7   69  103
Larry Gura             3   4  3.21  17  11   1   0   0   90  101   35   32    4   25   40
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
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
Ken Holtzman          13   9  3.50  28  27   8   0   2  188  164   82   73   13   85   89
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  4.52  14  11   2   0   1   66   57   40   33    6   26   32
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        13  12  3.91  26  26  16   0   3  196  188   93   85   28   38  111
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
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           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
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           18
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         16
  G. Perry (TEX)           16
  S. Busby (KC)            14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  B. Lee (BOS)             13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  M. Torrez (BAL)          12

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         16
  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
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3
  B. Lee (BOS)              3
  J. Slaton (MIL)           3

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        215.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        205.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         202.0
  S. Busby (KC)         199.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          199.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         198.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         197.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       197.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      195.2
  L. Tiant (BOS)        189.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           219
  B. Lee (BOS)            200
  L. Tiant (BOS)          199
  J. Kaat (CHI)           198
  G. Perry (TEX)          197
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        188
  R. Wise (BOS)           182
  M. Lolich (DET)         180
  S. Busby (KC)           174
  D. Medich (NY)          174

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        103
  L. Tiant (BOS)          100
  G. Perry (TEX)           98
  W. Wood (CHI)            95
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  B. Lee (BOS)             93
  R. Wise (BOS)            88
  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)          88
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        85
  R. May (NY)              69
  C. Osteen (CHI)          68
  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)        111
  R. Wise (BOS)           104
  R. May (NY)             103

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