Friday August 8, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 8, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        59  53  3.31  112  46  14   994   920  410  366   79  366  558
Oakland         70  43  3.32  113  27  29  1011   872  420  373   74  366  568
Baltimore       61  50  3.37  111  47  16  1010   909  406  378   82  367  511
Kansas City     62  50  3.63  112  38  12  1003   988  455  404   77  325  554
California      49  66  3.91  115  43  11  1033   967  530  449   84  475  715
Texas           54  60  3.96  114  43  11  1031  1019  524  454   90  362  525
Chicago         55  58  3.98  113  25  27  1006  1037  486  445   69  457  560
Cleveland       51  59  4.04  110  24  20   995   956  510  446   98  440  566
Milwaukee       53  61  4.15  114  22  27  1006  1028  535  464   90  421  461
Boston          68  45  4.20  113  47  20  1018  1036  524  475  113  336  499
Detroit         46  68  4.22  114  32  17  1001  1063  568  469  103  392  577
Minnesota       50  65  4.38  115  38  13  1024  1007  566  498  104  479  586

 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)       15   8  2.88  28  27  11   1   2  206  175   74   66   15   65  145
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            3   2  1.97  15   0   0   6   0   32   17    7    7    3   13   26
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
Doyle Alexander        5   7  3.59  26   6   1   1   0   93   94   38   37    5   34   30
Wayne Garland          1   3  3.64  21   0   0   3   0   59   50   25   24    5   27   32
Ross Grimsley          8  11  3.80  27  25   6   0   1  159  168   73   67   21   39   76
Mike Cuellar          10   8  3.91  26  26  12   0   4  187  164   84   81   17   63   78
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.96  30   0   0   5   0   36   38   16   16    2   15   29
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
Rick Wise             15   6  4.17  25  25  13   0   1  186  190   90   86   26   52  108
Luis Tiant            13  11  4.26  26  26  13   0   0  197  208  103   93   21   52  107
Reggie Cleveland       9   8  4.85  24  14   2   0   0  124  129   72   67   17   37   56
Dick Drago             1   1  4.91  25   2   0   7   0   40   38   22   22    4   22   21
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  1.20  10   0   0   1   0   15   17    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
Chuck Hockenbery       0   1  3.38   9   1   0   1   0   24   21    9    9    2   12   13
Nolan Ryan            12  12  3.61  26  26  10   0   5  184  143   88   74   13  125  169
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  4.78  22   7   1   1   0   75   80   51   40    5   45   32
Andy Hassler           3  11  6.18  23  17   6   0   1  115  138   84   79   10   46   71
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  2.04  44   0   0  17   0   97   72   24   22    2   53   95
Jim Kaat              16   9  3.08  30  28   9   0   1  208  203   83   71   10   53  102
Dave Hamilton          3   2  3.60  16   1   0   3   0   35   32   14   14    3   15   26
Wilbur Wood           12  14  3.92  31  31  11   0   2  209  226  101   91   17   63   98
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  3.93  20   0   0   1   0   34   34   16   15    3   15   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
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 18.56   2   2   0   0   0    5   11   11   11    0    6    1

 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  1.95  44   0   0  10   0   60   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
Jim Bibby              2   5  3.94  14   6   1   0   0   59   55   31   26    2   29   36
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Roric Harrison         5   3  4.18  12  12   3   0   0   84   86   41   39    6   30   37
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
Don Hood               4   8  4.97  20  14   1   0   0   96   93   62   53   12   43   37
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
Gene Pentz             0   1  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    2    0    7    8
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Mickey Lolich         10  11  3.48  23  23  13   0   1  171  180   82   66   14   50   97
Vern Ruhle             9   8  3.89  23  22   5   0   2  139  146   76   60   13   46   48
Lerrin LaGrow          7  11  4.07  23  22   7   0   2  133  143   81   60   13   50   59
Bob Reynolds           0   2  4.22  19   0   0   3   0   32   37   17   15    6   13   26
Ray Bare               6   6  4.28  19  11   3   0   0   95  107   48   45    5   32   43
Fernando Arroyo        1   0  4.50   8   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  14  5.66  24  24   2   0   0  148  178  106   93   22   65   96

 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
Paul Splittorff        5   6  3.46  25  13   2   1   1   91   86   46   35    7   37   52
Marty Pattin           8   7  3.60  28  13   5   0   1  133  133   63   53   10   34   63
Dennis Leonard         8   5  3.70  21  19   5   0   0  134  135   61   55   10   60   89
Doug Bird              7   4  3.78  37   0   0   8   0   64   64   28   27    6   25   48
Al Fitzmorris         11   9  3.87  25  25   8   0   3  167  168   77   72   15   47   53
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.19  27   0   0   1   0   62   64   31   29    2   19   33
Nelson Briles          5   5  4.36  16  14   3   0   0   89   94   49   43   15   16   57
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   4  3.23  32   0   0  14   0   53   48   19   19    3   13   20
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  3.26  35   1   0   6   0   69   59   27   25    8   32   56
Rick Austin            2   1  3.47  16   0   0   2   0   23   16   10    9    1   22   19
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  11  3.95  28  25   9   0   3  173  181   88   76   20   65   99
Bill Travers           4   7  4.20  18  14   3   1   0   79   79   48   37    8   34   36
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
Jim Hughes            10   9  4.01  25  22   8   0   2  166  157   82   74   13   92   83
Dave Goltz             8  10  4.15  22  22   8   0   0  165  161   88   76   14   53   82
Vic Albury             6   7  4.21  30  15   2   1   0  128  102   74   60   14   95   70
Bill Campbell          3   6  4.48  34   7   2   3   1   98  106   55   49   11   37   60
Tom Johnson            0   1  4.57  11   0   0   1   0   22   23   11   11    3   15    7
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  9.30   8   6   1   0   0   20   20   21   21    2   27    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  2.75  39   0   0   6   0   59   58   20   18    1   26   45
Larry Gura             4   4  3.10  18  12   2   0   0   99  106   38   34    5   27   42
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
Doc Medich            10  12  3.59  27  26   9   0   2  186  180   79   74   19   54   97
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
Vida Blue             15   8  2.88  28  27  11   1   2  206  175   74   66   15   65  145
Jim Todd               4   3  2.96  38   0   0   7   0   79   71   31   26    3   23   36
Dick Bosman            7   1  3.22  12  12   1   0   0   73   63   28   26    6   13   22
Rollie Fingers         7   5  3.28  51   0   0  15   0   91   68   34   33   10   22   80
Ken Holtzman          14   9  3.42  29  28   8   0   2  195  169   84   74   13   86   92
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
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.28  29   1   0   2   0   49   39   21   18    2   16   27
Steve Hargan           8   6  3.38  23  19   8   0   1  147  149   65   55   12   44   69
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
Tommy Moore            0   2  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   14   17    8    6    1    5    9
Fergie Jenkins        13  12  3.91  26  26  16   0   3  196  188   93   85   28   38  111
Clyde Wright           3   4  3.94  17  12   1   0   0   75   79   42   33    4   38   25
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Steve Foucault         3   2  4.60  40   0   0   5   0   74   68   43   38    9   41   39
Mike Kekich            0   0  4.76  14   0   0   2   0   17   17   10    9    2   10   10
Jim Umbarger           4   5  4.92  45   4   0   2   0   75   78   43   41    5   43   22
Jim Bibby              2   6  5.00  12  12   4   0   1   68   73   41   38    2   28   31

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  P. Dobson (NY)           12
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  D. Medich (NY)           12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12
  J. Bibby (CLE)           11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        11
  A. Hassler (CAL)         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
  R. Wise (BOS)            13
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         17
  R. Fingers (OAK)         15
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         10
  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
  W. Wood (CHI)         209.0
  S. Busby (KC)         208.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         207.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         206.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       206.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          199.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        196.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      195.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           226
  L. Tiant (BOS)          208
  G. Perry (TEX)          204
  J. Kaat (CHI)           203
  B. Lee (BOS)            200
  R. Wise (BOS)           190
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        188
  S. Busby (KC)           184
  J. Slaton (MIL)         181
  M. Lolich (DET)         180

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        106
  L. Tiant (BOS)          103
  W. Wood (CHI)           101
  G. Perry (TEX)          100
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  B. Lee (BOS)             93
  R. Wise (BOS)            90
  D. Goltz (MIN)           88
  N. Ryan (CAL)            88
  J. Slaton (MIL)          88

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         28
  R. Wise (BOS)            26
  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)           125
  V. Albury (MIN)          95
  M. Torrez (BAL)          94
  J. Hughes (MIN)          92
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        86
  R. May (NY)              69
  C. Osteen (CHI)          69
  P. Dobson (NY)           68
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        66
  V. Blue (OAK)            65

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           169
  F. Tanana (CAL)         165
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       150
  G. Perry (TEX)          150
  V. Blue (OAK)           145
  S. Busby (KC)           130
  J. Palmer (BAL)         129
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        111
  R. Wise (BOS)           108
  L. Tiant (BOS)          107

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us