Wednesday August 6, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 6, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        57  53  3.34  110  45  13   976   907  404  362   78  356  555
Baltimore       59  50  3.36  109  47  15   991   885  396  370   80  364  502
Oakland         68  43  3.36  111  26  28   993   863  417  371   74  360  552
Kansas City     61  49  3.63  110  38  12   986   973  449  398   75  322  546
California      49  64  3.89  113  43  11  1016   948  518  439   83  463  709
Texas           53  59  3.92  112  43  10  1013   996  510  441   87  358  515
Chicago         54  57  3.95  111  25  27   988  1020  475  434   68  447  549
Cleveland       50  58  4.04  108  24  19   977   938  501  438   95  436  558
Milwaukee       53  59  4.14  112  21  27   988  1010  525  454   88  412  454
Detroit         46  66  4.21  112  32  17   982  1039  558  459  103  386  566
Boston          67  44  4.22  111  45  20  1001  1025  519  470  109  334  491
Minnesota       49  64  4.35  113  37  13  1007   987  555  487  103  472  580

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      16   7  2.32  26  25  15   1   7  206  162   61   53   11   58  129
D. Eckersley (CLE)     9   3  2.33  24  14   4   2   2  120   88   34   31   10   58  100
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      9   8  2.51  21  20  10   0   2  151  124   54   42    9   58   89
Steve Busby (KC)      15   8  2.73  26  26  15   0   3  208  184   66   63   10   64  130
Catfish Hunter (NY)   15  10  2.73  27  27  19   0   5  224  172   76   68   21   65  104
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
Mike Torrez (BAL)     14   6  3.06  25  25  12   0   1  188  169   72   64   11   94   84
Jim Kaat (CHI)        16   9  3.08  30  28   9   0   1  208  203   83   71   10   53  102
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   10   6  3.11  23  23  12   0   1  179  144   72   62   14   66  150

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dyar Miller            2   2  2.22  13   0   0   5   0   28   16    7    7    3   13   23
Jim Palmer            16   7  2.32  26  25  15   1   7  206  162   61   53   11   58  129
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Mike Torrez           14   6  3.06  25  25  12   0   1  188  169   72   64   11   94   84
Wayne Garland          1   3  3.49  20   0   0   3   0   57   46   23   22    4   27   31
Doyle Alexander        4   7  3.54  25   5   1   1   0   86   87   35   34    5   32   27
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.79  28   0   0   5   0   36   34   15   15    1   15   28
Ross Grimsley          8  11  3.80  27  25   6   0   1  159  168   73   67   21   39   76
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  3.13  17   4   0   0   0   37   38   23   13    6   16   21
Jim Willoughby         3   1  3.38  13   0   0   6   0   27   22   10   10    3    6   21
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
Luis Tiant            13  11  4.26  26  26  13   0   0  197  208  103   93   21   52  107
Rick Wise             14   6  4.28  24  24  12   0   1  177  182   88   84   24   51  104
Dick Drago             1   1  4.91  25   2   0   7   0   40   38   22   22    4   22   21
Reggie Cleveland       9   7  4.95  23  13   1   0   0  116  126   69   64   15   36   52
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  1.38   9   0   0   1   0   13   14    4    2    1    5    8
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa            9   8  2.51  21  20  10   0   2  151  124   54   42    9   58   89
Don Kirkwood           4   4  2.57  34   0   0   6   0   63   60   27   18    5   20   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  3.80  38   0   0   1   0   45   39   27   19    6   15   21
Bill Singer            6  11  4.63  22  20   7   1   0  142  129   79   73   12   61   72
Dick Lange             4   5  4.65  21   7   1   1   0   72   77   48   37    5   43   30
Chuck Hockenbery       0   1  4.67   8   1   0   1   0   17   16    9    9    2   10   11
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  1.96  43   0   0  17   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              16   9  3.08  30  28   9   0   1  208  203   83   71   10   53  102
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
Jesse Jefferson        3   4  4.15  10  10   0   0   0   48   40   23   22    3   43   31
Dave Hamilton          2   2  4.34  15   1   0   3   0   29   29   14   14    3   15   21
Claude Osteen          6  10  4.54  27  27   3   0   0  143  169   76   72   11   69   47
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    2    2    0    4    2
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  5.24  19   0   0   2   0   55   61   35   32    5   28   37
Stan Bahnsen           4   6  6.01  12  12   2   0   0   67   78   49   45    9   40   31
Rich Hinton            0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0   13   19   10   10    1    7   12
Jim Otten              0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    5    4    1    7    3
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  0.93   5   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    1    0    6    4
Dave LaRoche           4   3  1.97  43   0   0   9   0   59   36   17   13    3   47   69
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             6   6  4.90  15  15   2   0   0   83  100   49   45   11   24   29
Fritz Peterson         6   7  4.95  16  16   2   0   0   84   86   51   46    9   27   29
Jackie Brown           0   2  5.93  17   1   0   1   0   30   34   23   20    4   16   14
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  3.38   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    4    2    0    5    6
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
Bob Reynolds           0   1  4.06  18   0   0   3   0   31   34   16   14    6   13   25
Lerrin LaGrow          7  11  4.07  23  22   7   0   2  133  143   81   60   13   50   59
Ray Bare               6   6  4.28  19  11   3   0   0   95  107   48   45    5   32   43
Fernando Arroyo        1   0  4.56   7   0   0   0   0   26   26   14   13    1   13   14
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Tom Walker             3   8  4.85  30   9   1   0   0   91   91   58   49   12   31   47
Dave Lemanczyk         0   4  5.03  19   3   1   0   0   68   76   46   38    6   35   41
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           15   8  2.73  26  26  15   0   3  208  184   66   63   10   64  130
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         11   9  3.87  25  25   8   0   3  167  168   77   72   15   47   53
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
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  2.97  34   1   0   6   0   67   56   24   22    7   29   55
Tom Murphy             1   4  3.29  31   0   0  14   0   52   47   19   19    3   13   19
Rick Austin            2   1  3.52  15   0   0   2   0   23   16   10    9    1   21   18
Tom Hausman            3   3  3.78  25   5   1   0   0   88   80   43   37    2   39   42
Jim Colborn            7   9  3.85  25  18   5   2   1  136  133   66   58   12   43   48
Jim Slaton            11  10  3.94  27  24   8   0   3  164  172   84   72   20   63   96
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   6  3.11  23  23  12   0   1  179  144   72   62   14   66  150
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.21  35   0   0   6   0   56   56   20   20    5   17   27
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  10  4.15  22  22   8   0   0  165  161   88   76   14   53   82
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        15  10  2.73  27  27  19   0   5  224  172   76   68   21   65  104
Sparky Lyle            3   5  2.86  38   0   0   5   0   57   56   20   18    1   25   45
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  12  3.84  26  25   7   0   1  173  169   84   74   17   68   99
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
Paul Lindblad          8   0  2.01  45   0   0   6   0   85   65   24   19    6   32   41
Sonny Siebert          2   2  2.08   7   7   0   0   0   30   26    9    7    1   15   22
Jim Todd               4   3  2.96  38   0   0   7   0   79   71   31   26    3   23   36
Vida Blue             14   8  2.96  27  26  10   1   2  197  171   73   65   15   60  136
Dick Bosman            7   1  3.22  12  12   1   0   0   73   63   28   26    6   13   22
Rollie Fingers         7   5  3.34  50   0   0  14   0   89   68   34   33   10   22   76
Ken Holtzman          13   9  3.50  28  27   8   0   2  188  164   82   73   13   85   89
Glenn Abbott           5   3  3.95  17  10   3   0   1   73   60   33   32    7   30   42
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Stan Bahnsen           3   4  4.44  10   9   1   0   0   49   49   24   24    1   19   27
Jim Perry              3   4  4.66  15  11   2   0   1   68   61   43   35    7   26   33
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
Gaylord Perry          5   6  3.50  12  12   7   0   3   93   84   43   36    5   23   65
Stan Perzanowski       0   1  3.68   3   1   1   0   0   15   14    7    6    0    4    2
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
Fergie Jenkins        13  12  3.91  26  26  16   0   3  196  188   93   85   28   38  111
Clyde Wright           3   4  3.96  16  12   1   0   0   75   79   42   33    4   37   25
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
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

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Kaat (CHI)            16
  J. Palmer (BAL)          16
  S. Busby (KC)            15
  C. Hunter (NY)           15
  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  B. Lee (BOS)             14
  M. Torrez (BAL)          14
  R. Wise (BOS)            14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  P. Dobson (NY)           12
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  D. Medich (NY)           12
  J. Bibby (CLE)           11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        11
  L. LaGrow (DET)          11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           19
  G. Perry (TEX)           17
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         16
  S. Busby (KC)            15
  J. Palmer (BAL)          15
  B. Lee (BOS)             13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         17
  R. Fingers (OAK)         14
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          9
  D. Bird (KC)              8
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        6
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         6

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  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)        224.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        214.0
  S. Busby (KC)         208.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         207.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       206.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         202.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          199.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         197.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        196.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      195.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           219
  L. Tiant (BOS)          208
  G. Perry (TEX)          204
  J. Kaat (CHI)           203
  B. Lee (BOS)            200
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        188
  S. Busby (KC)           184
  R. Wise (BOS)           182
  M. Lolich (DET)         180
  D. Medich (NY)          174

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        103
  L. Tiant (BOS)          103
  G. Perry (TEX)          100
  W. Wood (CHI)            95
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  B. Lee (BOS)             93
  D. Goltz (MIN)           88
  R. Wise (BOS)            88
  P. Dobson (NY)           84
  N. Ryan (CAL)            84

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           122
  M. Torrez (BAL)          94
  V. Albury (MIN)          93
  J. Hughes (MIN)          88
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        85
  R. May (NY)              69
  C. Osteen (CHI)          69
  P. Dobson (NY)           68
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        66
  C. Hunter (NY)           65

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           168
  F. Tanana (CAL)         165
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       150
  G. Perry (TEX)          150
  V. Blue (OAK)           136
  S. Busby (KC)           130
  J. Palmer (BAL)         129
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        111
  L. Tiant (BOS)          107
  C. Hunter (NY)          104

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