Sunday August 17, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 17, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         74  48  3.33  122  29  31  1092   949  456  404   85  394  613
Baltimore       66  54  3.35  120  51  16  1091   976  435  406   86  396  550
New York        62  59  3.37  121  51  15  1070   994  448  401   83  390  599
Kansas City     67  53  3.55  120  40  15  1074  1051  480  424   82  350  592
California      55  69  3.85  124  45  12  1114  1054  561  477   85  496  759
Chicago         59  63  3.98  122  26  29  1092  1131  527  483   78  487  604
Texas           60  63  4.00  123  46  12  1111  1118  565  494   94  387  579
Cleveland       53  65  4.10  118  25  21  1066  1046  556  486  105  481  598
Boston          74  49  4.11  123  50  22  1106  1116  559  505  115  370  541
Milwaukee       56  66  4.15  122  25  29  1075  1089  569  495   99  464  496
Detroit         48  74  4.17  122  37  17  1074  1130  598  498  108  415  609
Minnesota       56  67  4.36  123  43  13  1096  1073  601  531  112  502  635

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      19   7  2.24  29  28  17   1   9  233  181   67   58   12   64  142
Frank Tanana (CAL)    11   6  2.57  24  23  10   0   4  168  144   52   48   11   51  179
Ed Figueroa (CAL)     11   9  2.65  24  23  11   0   2  173  150   65   51   10   61  101
D. Eckersley (CLE)     9   4  2.66  26  16   4   2   2  129  100   43   38   11   63  105
Steve Busby (KC)      15   9  2.75  28  28  16   0   3  219  192   70   67   11   68  135
Catfish Hunter (NY)   16  12  2.86  30  30  22   0   5  249  195   90   79   22   70  119
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   12   6  3.01  25  25  14   0   2  197  155   76   66   16   67  161
Rudy May (NY)         11   8  3.03  24  23  10   0   0  157  129   62   53    7   76  113
Vida Blue (OAK)       16   9  3.05  30  29  11   1   2  216  187   81   73   18   70  156
Jim Kaat (CHI)        17   9  3.12  33  31   9   0   1  231  231   92   80   14   55  112

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            19   7  2.24  29  28  17   1   9  233  181   67   58   12   64  142
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            3   3  2.80  18   0   0   6   0   35   23   11   11    3   14   29
Mike Torrez           14   6  3.18  27  27  12   0   1  198  179   78   70   11  104   90
Doyle Alexander        5   7  3.47  27   6   1   1   0   96   95   38   37    5   34   31
Mike Cuellar          12   8  3.61  28  28  14   0   5  205  171   85   82   17   66   88
Wayne Garland          1   4  3.76  22   0   0   3   0   65   57   28   27    5   28   34
Ross Grimsley          8  12  3.89  30  27   6   0   1  171  184   80   74   23   44   78
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Grant Jackson          3   3  4.23  32   0   0   5   0   38   39   18   18    3   18   31
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 Willoughby         4   1  2.76  16   0   0   8   0   33   23   10   10    3    7   22
Jim Burton             1   2  3.14  20   4   0   0   0   43   47   27   15    6   17   27
Roger Moret            9   2  3.61  29   9   3   1   1   95   80   38   38    4   48   53
Bill Lee              15   7  3.86  31  27  14   0   3  214  216  100   92   15   56   54
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Rick Wise             16   7  4.07  27  27  14   0   1  201  205   97   91   26   63  119
Luis Tiant            15  11  4.11  28  28  14   0   0  213  220  107   97   22   57  112
Dick Drago             1   1  4.37  27   2   0   7   0   45   43   22   22    4   22   22
Reggie Cleveland       9   9  5.04  26  16   2   0   0  134  140   81   75   17   43   63
Diego Segui            2   4  5.28  29   1   1   6   0   61   68   39   36   10   34   38

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             0   0  1.45  13   0   0   1   0   19   25    5    3    1    8   10
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Frank Tanana          11   6  2.57  24  23  10   0   4  168  144   52   48   11   51  179
Ed Figueroa           11   9  2.65  24  23  11   0   2  173  150   65   51   10   61  101
Don Kirkwood           4   4  2.70  36   0   0   7   0   67   65   29   20    5   20   43
Nolan Ryan            12  12  3.61  26  26  10   0   5  184  143   88   74   13  125  169
Mickey Scott           3   1  3.72  39   0   0   1   0   46   39   27   19    6   15   22
Bill Singer            7  11  4.38  24  22   7   1   0  156  142   82   76   12   67   74
Chuck Hockenbery       0   3  4.68  11   3   0   1   0   33   34   18   17    2   14   15
Dick Lange             4   5  4.97  24   7   1   1   0   80   88   55   44    5   48   33
Andy Hassler           3  11  5.84  25  17   6   0   1  122  143   84   79   10   47   78
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           7   7  2.01  49   0   0  18   0  112   83   27   25    2   55  105
Terry Forster          3   3  2.19  17   1   0   4   0   37   30   12    9    0   24   32
Jim Kaat              17   9  3.12  33  31   9   0   1  231  231   92   80   14   55  112
Dave Hamilton          4   2  3.14  18   1   0   4   0   43   42   15   15    3   18   33
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  3.75  22   0   0   1   0   36   34   16   15    3   16   18
Wilbur Wood           12  16  4.02  33  33  11   0   2  224  243  110  100   19   70  102
Danny Osborn           2   0  4.10  16   0   0   0   0   42   42   19   19    2   24   25
Jesse Jefferson        3   5  4.30  12  11   1   0   0   61   52   31   29    5   52   40
Claude Osteen          6  11  4.73  29  29   3   0   0  152  183   86   80   12   75   49
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
Dave LaRoche           4   3  1.81  47   0   0  11   0   65   40   17   13    3   50   72
Rick Waits             1   0  2.19   8   0   0   1   0   12    8    3    3    0   10    5
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Dennis Eckersley       9   4  2.66  26  16   4   2   2  129  100   43   38   11   63  105
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   7  3.78  17   6   1   0   0   64   59   33   27    2   34   37
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Roric Harrison         5   4  4.37  13  13   3   0   0   91   93   46   44    7   35   39
Fritz Peterson         8   7  4.77  18  18   3   0   0  100  107   59   53   11   33   35
Don Hood               4   8  4.91  21  15   1   0   0  103  102   65   56   12   45   40
Eric Raich             6   8  5.36  17  17   2   0   0   91  114   58   54   12   31   32
Jackie Brown           0   2  5.63  19   1   0   1   0   38   47   27   24    6   18   20
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Fred Beene             1   0  6.80  17   0   0   1   0   44   56   39   33    3   24   17

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Pentz             0   2  1.54   5   0   0   0   0   12    9    5    2    0    7   10
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Mickey Lolich         10  13  3.60  25  25  15   0   1  188  200   91   75   15   55  104
Vern Ruhle            10   9  3.68  25  24   7   0   3  157  156   80   64   13   51   56
Ray Bare               7   7  3.82  21  13   4   0   1  111  116   50   47    5   36   50
Lerrin LaGrow          7  12  4.24  24  23   7   0   2  136  151   85   64   14   50   60
Bob Reynolds           0   2  4.67  21   0   0   3   0   35   40   20   18    8   14   26
Tom Walker             3   8  4.69  31   9   1   0   0   96   96   59   50   12   33   49
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Dave Lemanczyk         0   4  5.03  19   3   1   0   0   68   76   46   38    6   35   41
Fernando Arroyo        1   0  5.06   9   0   0   0   0   27   27   16   15    1   16   15
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.23   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    3    5    8
Joe Coleman            8  14  5.62  25  25   2   0   0  155  186  110   97   23   68  100

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob McClure            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2
Steve Mingori          0   3  2.35  30   0   0   2   0   46   37   16   12    2   16   24
Steve Busby           15   9  2.75  28  28  16   0   3  219  192   70   67   11   68  135
Paul Splittorff        6   6  3.15  27  15   3   1   1  106   94   51   37    7   44   54
Doug Bird              8   5  3.50  41   0   0   9   0   72   72   29   28    6   27   54
Marty Pattin           8   8  3.63  29  14   5   0   1  139  140   66   56   11   37   71
Dennis Leonard         8   5  3.74  23  21   5   0   0  147  149   69   61   12   63   96
Al Fitzmorris         12   9  3.81  26  26   8   0   3  173  172   78   73   15   49   55
Lindy McDaniel         4   1  4.04  29   0   0   1   0   65   66   31   29    2   19   34
Nelson Briles          6   5  4.27  18  14   3   1   0   97  106   52   46   16   19   62
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  3.15  34   0   0  16   0   54   50   19   19    3   13   20
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  3.23  36   1   0   6   0   70   59   27   25    8   34   56
Rick Austin            2   1  3.49  19   0   0   2   0   28   19   12   11    2   24   22
Tom Hausman            3   5  3.90  27   7   1   0   0  102   96   50   44    6   47   45
Jim Colborn            8   9  4.03  27  20   6   2   1  147  146   74   66   13   50   56
Jim Slaton            11  13  4.05  30  27  10   0   3  187  195   98   84   22   73  106
Lafayette Currence     0   1  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    7    2    2    0    4    3
Bill Travers           5   7  4.16  19  15   3   1   0   84   84   50   39    9   36   36
Ed Sprague             1   7  4.54  18  11   0   1   0   67   81   45   34    5   40   21
Pete Broberg          10  11  4.76  29  23   2   0   1  149  153   88   79   18   73   68
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         12   6  3.01  25  25  14   0   2  197  155   76   66   16   67  161
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.21  35   0   0   6   0   56   56   20   20    5   17   27
Dave Goltz            10  10  3.84  24  24  10   0   1  183  171   90   78   16   57   95
Jim Hughes            11  10  4.05  27  24   9   0   2  176  168   87   79   13   98   88
Vic Albury             6   7  4.21  30  15   2   1   0  128  102   74   60   14   95   70
Bill Campbell          3   6  4.32  36   7   2   3   1  102  107   55   49   11   37   62
Tom Johnson            1   1  4.97  13   0   0   1   0   29   31   16   16    4   18   11
Ray Corbin             5   7  5.14  18  11   3   0   0   89  105   59   51   13   38   49
Mark Wiley             1   3  6.05  15   3   1   2   0   39   50   30   26    4   13   15
Bill Butler            1   4  7.71  17   5   1   0   0   54   76   52   46    9   22   42
Mike Pazik             0   4  8.24   5   3   0   0   0   20   28   20   18    5   10    8
Joe Decker             1   3  8.49   9   6   1   0   0   23   24   22   22    2   30    7

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Guidry             0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    5    5
Catfish Hunter        16  12  2.86  30  30  22   0   5  249  195   90   79   22   70  119
Rudy May              11   8  3.03  24  23  10   0   0  157  129   62   53    7   76  113
Larry Gura             4   4  3.10  18  12   2   0   0   99  106   38   34    5   27   42
Dick Tidrow            6   3  3.12  37   0   0   5   0   69   65   27   24    5   31   38
Sparky Lyle            3   5  3.34  40   0   0   6   0   62   64   25   23    1   27   46
Doc Medich            11  13  3.61  29  28  10   0   2  199  197   85   80   20   55  102
Pat Dobson            10  13  3.96  28  27   7   0   1  184  182   91   81   19   72  105
Dave Pagan             0   0  4.28  10   0   0   0   0   27   28   15   13    2   12   15
Tippy Martinez         1   1  4.40  12   1   0   4   0   14   14    8    7    1   14   12
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  1.97  50   0   0   6   0   91   70   25   20    6   35   44
Jim Todd               4   3  2.80  43   0   0   8   0   87   78   33   27    4   25   38
Vida Blue             16   9  3.05  30  29  11   1   2  216  187   81   73   18   70  156
Rollie Fingers         8   5  3.20  55   0   0  16   0   96   71   35   34   10   24   86
Sonny Siebert          2   3  3.27   8   8   0   0   0   33   32   14   12    3   17   25
Dick Bosman            8   2  3.28  14  14   2   0   0   85   72   33   31    8   15   27
Ken Holtzman          14  10  3.42  31  30   8   0   2  205  181   90   78   14   91   99
Stan Bahnsen           4   5  3.49  13  11   2   0   0   67   63   28   26    1   23   34
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Glenn Abbott           5   3  4.06  20  10   3   0   1   82   69   38   37    9   33   43
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
Gaylord Perry          7   6  3.01  14  14   9   0   4  111   96   44   37    5   24   83
Steve Hargan           8   6  3.37  24  20   8   0   1  152  159   68   57   12   45   71
Stan Perzanowski       1   2  3.62   5   3   1   0   0   27   28   12   11    0    8    8
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.79  34   1   0   2   0   55   47   26   23    2   19   30
Fergie Jenkins        14  12  3.92  28  28  17   0   3  211  208  100   92   30   41  121
Bill Hands             6   7  4.10  18  18   4   0   1  110  118   58   50   12   28   67
Steve Foucault         5   2  4.10  43   0   0   6   0   83   73   43   38    9   45   44
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Clyde Wright           3   5  4.39  18  13   1   0   0   80   90   48   39    5   40   28
Mike Kekich            0   0  4.76  14   0   0   2   0   17   17   10    9    2   10   10
Jim Umbarger           4   5  4.90  48   4   0   2   0   79   84   45   43    6   45   27
Jim Bibby              2   6  5.00  12  12   4   0   1   68   73   41   38    2   28   31
Tommy Moore            0   2  6.75  10   0   0   0   0   17   24   15   13    1   10   11

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          19
  J. Kaat (CHI)            17
  V. Blue (OAK)            16
  C. Hunter (NY)           16
  R. Wise (BOS)            16
  S. Busby (KC)            15
  B. Lee (BOS)             15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        14
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         14

Losses:

  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  J. Bibby (CLE)           13
  P. Dobson (NY)           13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  D. Medich (NY)           13
  J. Slaton (MIL)          13
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        12
  C. Hunter (NY)           12

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           22
  G. Perry (TEX)           19
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         17
  J. Palmer (BAL)          17
  S. Busby (KC)            16
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         14
  B. Lee (BOS)             14
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         18
  R. Fingers (OAK)         16
  T. Murphy (MIL)          16
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         11
  D. Bird (KC)              9
  J. Todd (OAK)             8
  J. Willoughby (BOS)       8
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         7

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3
  B. Lee (BOS)              3

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        249.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       232.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        232.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         231.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         223.2
  S. Busby (KC)         219.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         215.2
  B. Lee (BOS)          214.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        212.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      211.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           243
  J. Kaat (CHI)           231
  L. Tiant (BOS)          220
  B. Lee (BOS)            216
  G. Perry (TEX)          216
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        208
  R. Wise (BOS)           205
  M. Lolich (DET)         200
  D. Medich (NY)          197
  C. Hunter (NY)          195

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        110
  W. Wood (CHI)           110
  L. Tiant (BOS)          107
  G. Perry (TEX)          101
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        100
  B. Lee (BOS)            100
  J. Slaton (MIL)          98
  R. Wise (BOS)            97
  J. Kaat (CHI)            92
  P. Dobson (NY)           91

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         30
  R. Wise (BOS)            26
  J. Coleman (DET)         23
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        23
  C. Hunter (NY)           22
  J. Slaton (MIL)          22
  L. Tiant (BOS)           22
  G. Perry (TEX)           21
  D. Medich (NY)           20
  P. Dobson (NY)           19

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           125
  M. Torrez (BAL)         104
  J. Hughes (MIN)          98
  V. Albury (MIN)          95
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        91
  R. May (NY)              76
  C. Osteen (CHI)          75
  P. Broberg (MIL)         73
  J. Slaton (MIL)          73
  P. Dobson (NY)           72

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         179
  N. Ryan (CAL)           169
  G. Perry (TEX)          168
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       161
  V. Blue (OAK)           156
  J. Palmer (BAL)         142
  S. Busby (KC)           135
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        121
  C. Hunter (NY)          119
  R. Wise (BOS)           119


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