Tuesday August 19, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 19, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         74  50  3.33  124  29  31  1110   968  464  411   86  400  625
Baltimore       66  56  3.37  122  51  16  1107   992  446  414   86  405  556
New York        62  60  3.40  122  51  15  1081  1005  455  408   85  395  602
Kansas City     67  54  3.57  121  40  15  1083  1060  485  429   83  355  594
California      57  69  3.84  126  45  12  1138  1071  569  485   86  504  773
Texas           61  65  3.97  126  47  13  1136  1138  574  501   97  401  591
Chicago         60  63  3.99  123  26  29  1103  1142  533  489   79  495  607
Cleveland       55  66  4.05  121  26  22  1093  1062  563  492  107  491  609
Boston          75  49  4.08  124  51  22  1115  1120  559  505  115  371  544
Milwaukee       56  68  4.13  124  25  29  1097  1111  579  503  103  464  500
Detroit         50  74  4.14  124  39  17  1092  1150  602  502  109  420  618
Minnesota       58  67  4.32  125  45  13  1114  1084  604  534  112  507  647

 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  2.60  25  24  10   0   4  180  154   56   52   12   55  189
D. Eckersley (CLE)     9   5  2.62  27  17   5   2   2  138  105   45   40   12   64  109
Ed Figueroa (CAL)     11   9  2.65  24  23  11   0   2  173  150   65   51   10   61  101
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)   13   6  2.97  26  26  15   0   2  206  160   78   68   16   68  169
Rudy May (NY)         11   8  3.03  24  23  10   0   0  157  129   62   53    7   76  113
Jim Kaat (CHI)        17   9  3.12  33  31   9   0   1  231  231   92   80   14   55  112
Vida Blue (OAK)       16  10  3.15  31  30  11   1   2  220  195   85   77   19   72  160

 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   7  3.27  28  28  12   0   1  201  184   82   73   11  108   90
Doyle Alexander        5   7  3.47  27   6   1   1   0   96   95   38   37    5   34   31
Wayne Garland          1   4  3.52  23   0   0   3   0   69   57   28   27    5   29   36
Mike Cuellar          12   9  3.67  29  29  14   0   5  208  178   90   85   17   67   88
Ross Grimsley          8  12  3.89  30  27   6   0   1  171  184   80   74   23   44   78
Grant Jackson          3   3  4.12  33   0   0   5   0   39   40   18   18    3   18   32
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Paul Mitchell          1   0  5.40   6   4   1   0   0   32   26   19   19    6   11   21
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              16   7  3.71  32  28  15   0   4  223  220  100   92   15   57   57
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  1.89  14   0   0   1   0   19   26    6    4    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  2.60  25  24  10   0   4  180  154   56   52   12   55  189
Don Kirkwood           5   4  2.62  37   0   0   7   0   69   65   29   20    5   20   43
Ed Figueroa           11   9  2.65  24  23  11   0   2  173  150   65   51   10   61  101
Mickey Scott           4   1  3.49  40   0   0   1   0   49   41   27   19    6   16   25
Nolan Ryan            12  12  3.61  26  26  10   0   5  184  143   88   74   13  125  169
Bill Singer            7  11  4.36  25  23   7   1   0  163  146   85   79   12   70   75
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
Dave Hamilton          5   2  2.93  19   1   0   4   0   46   44   15   15    3   18   34
Jim Kaat              17   9  3.12  33  31   9   0   1  231  231   92   80   14   55  112
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  3.68  23   0   0   1   0   37   35   16   15    3   18   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
Claude Osteen          6  11  4.73  29  29   3   0   0  152  183   86   80   12   75   49
Jesse Jefferson        3   5  4.78  13  12   1   0   0   64   58   36   34    5   57   41
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
Rich Hinton            0   0  5.71   5   0   0   0   0   17   21   11   11    2    8   13
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
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             2   0  1.40   9   0   0   1   0   19   10    3    3    0   12    8
Dave LaRoche           4   3  1.74  48   0   0  12   0   67   41   17   13    3   52   72
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Dennis Eckersley       9   5  2.62  27  17   5   2   2  138  105   45   40   12   64  109
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         6   4  4.27  14  14   3   0   0   97   97   48   46    7   38   42
Fritz Peterson         8   7  4.77  18  18   3   0   0  100  107   59   53   11   33   35
Don Hood               4   8  4.99  22  16   1   0   0  105  106   68   58   13   47   41
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         11  13  3.48  26  26  16   0   1  197  209   92   76   15   56  110
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            9  14  5.48  26  26   3   0   0  164  197  113  100   24   72  103

 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  3.59  30  14   5   0   1  140  141   66   56   11   37   72
Dennis Leonard         8   5  3.74  23  21   5   0   0  147  149   69   61   12   63   96
Al Fitzmorris         12  10  3.91  27  27   8   0   3  179  179   83   78   16   53   56
Lindy McDaniel         4   1  3.97  30   0   0   1   0   66   67   31   29    2   20   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
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  3.23  36   1   0   6   0   70   59   27   25    8   34   56
Rick Austin            2   2  3.45  20   0   0   2   0   31   21   13   12    3   24   22
Tom Murphy             1   5  3.48  35   0   0  16   0   54   52   21   21    4   13   20
Tom Hausman            3   5  3.85  28   8   1   0   0  110  104   53   47    7   47   46
Jim Colborn            8   9  3.87  28  21   6   2   1  158  156   78   68   14   50   59
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         13   6  2.97  26  26  15   0   2  206  160   78   68   16   68  169
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.21  35   0   0   6   0   56   56   20   20    5   17   27
Dave Goltz            11  10  3.71  25  25  11   0   1  192  177   91   79   16   61   99
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
Dick Tidrow            6   3  3.12  37   0   0   5   0   69   65   27   24    5   31   38
Sparky Lyle            3   6  3.24  41   0   0   6   0   67   66   26   24    1   29   46
Larry Gura             4   4  3.43  19  13   2   0   0  105  115   44   40    7   30   45
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  51   0   0   6   0   91   70   25   20    6   35   44
Jim Todd               4   3  2.79  44   0   0   8   0   87   78   33   27    4   25   38
Vida Blue             16  10  3.15  31  30  11   1   2  220  195   85   77   19   72  160
Rollie Fingers         8   5  3.19  56   0   0  16   0   96   71   35   34   10   25   87
Dick Bosman            8   3  3.27  15  15   2   0   0   94   78   36   34    8   17   32
Sonny Siebert          2   3  3.27   8   8   0   0   0   33   32   14   12    3   17   25
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
Glenn Abbott           5   3  3.87  21  10   3   0   1   86   74   39   37    9   34   45
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
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   7  3.43  25  21   8   0   1  157  165   72   60   13   47   73
Stan Perzanowski       1   2  3.62   5   3   1   0   0   27   28   12   11    0    8    8
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.67  35   1   0   2   0   56   48   26   23    2   20   30
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Fergie Jenkins        14  13  3.90  29  29  18   0   3  219  213  104   95   32   44  127
Steve Foucault         5   2  3.98  44   0   0   7   0   86   73   43   38    9   48   46
Bill Hands             6   7  4.10  18  18   4   0   1  110  118   58   50   12   28   67
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Clyde Wright           3   5  4.32  19  13   1   0   0   81   91   48   39    5   42   29
Jim Umbarger           5   5  4.64  49   5   0   2   0   85   91   46   44    6   48   28
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
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
  B. Lee (BOS)             16
  R. Wise (BOS)            16
  S. Busby (KC)            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
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  D. Medich (NY)           13
  J. Slaton (MIL)          13
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        12

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           22
  G. Perry (TEX)           19
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         18
  J. Palmer (BAL)          17
  S. Busby (KC)            16
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15
  B. Lee (BOS)             15
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         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)         12
  D. Bird (KC)              9
  J. Todd (OAK)             8
  J. Willoughby (BOS)       8
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  S. Foucault (TEX)         7

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  B. Lee (BOS)              4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          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
  B. Lee (BOS)          223.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         220.1
  S. Busby (KC)         219.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      219.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        212.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           243
  J. Kaat (CHI)           231
  B. Lee (BOS)            220
  L. Tiant (BOS)          220
  G. Perry (TEX)          216
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        213
  M. Lolich (DET)         209
  R. Wise (BOS)           205
  J. Coleman (DET)        197
  D. Medich (NY)          197

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        113
  W. Wood (CHI)           110
  L. Tiant (BOS)          107
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        104
  G. Perry (TEX)          101
  B. Lee (BOS)            100
  J. Slaton (MIL)          98
  R. Wise (BOS)            97
  J. Kaat (CHI)            92
  M. Lolich (DET)          92

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         32
  R. Wise (BOS)            26
  J. Coleman (DET)         24
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        23
  C. Hunter (NY)           22
  J. Slaton (MIL)          22
  L. Tiant (BOS)           22
  G. Perry (TEX)           21
  D. Medich (NY)           20
  V. Blue (OAK)            19

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           125
  M. Torrez (BAL)         108
  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
  V. Blue (OAK)            72

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         189
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       169
  N. Ryan (CAL)           169
  G. Perry (TEX)          168
  V. Blue (OAK)           160
  J. Palmer (BAL)         142
  S. Busby (KC)           135
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        127
  C. Hunter (NY)          119
  R. Wise (BOS)           119

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