Wednesday August 20, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 20, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         75  50  3.31  125  29  32  1119   972  465  412   86  400  631
Baltimore       67  56  3.35  123  52  16  1116   999  448  416   86  405  558
New York        62  61  3.40  123  51  15  1090  1015  460  412   85  399  611
Kansas City     68  54  3.55  122  41  15  1092  1066  486  430   83  356  601
California      58  69  3.81  127  45  12  1147  1074  570  486   86  508  784
Texas           61  65  3.97  126  47  13  1136  1138  574  501   97  401  591
Chicago         61  63  3.98  124  27  29  1112  1148  536  492   80  496  614
Cleveland       55  66  4.05  121  26  22  1093  1062  563  492  107  491  609
Boston          75  50  4.07  125  52  22  1123  1129  562  508  115  373  544
Detroit         50  75  4.12  125  39  17  1100  1155  604  504  110  424  624
Milwaukee       56  69  4.13  125  25  29  1105  1119  585  507  104  471  501
Minnesota       58  68  4.30  126  45  13  1123  1093  607  536  113  509  652

 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
Jim Kaat (CHI)        17   9  3.12  33  31   9   0   1  231  231   92   80   14   55  112
Rudy May (NY)         11   9  3.12  25  24  10   0   0  164  137   67   57    7   79  118
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          9  12  3.79  31  28   7   0   1  180  191   82   76   23   44   80
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  12  4.08  29  29  15   0   0  221  229  110  100   22   59  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            13  12  3.52  27  27  10   0   5  192  146   89   75   13  128  178
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  5.78  26  17   6   0   1  123  143   84   79   10   48   80
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           13  16  3.98  34  34  12   0   2  233  249  113  103   20   71  109
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  1.32   6   0   0   0   0   14    9    5    2    0   10   12
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   8  3.78  22  14   4   0   1  117  121   52   49    6   37   54
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
Dennis Leonard         9   5  3.58  24  22   6   0   0  156  155   70   62   12   64  103
Marty Pattin           8   8  3.59  30  14   5   0   1  140  141   66   56   11   37   72
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  3.18  37   1   0   6   0   71   59   27   25    8   35   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
Bill Travers           5   7  4.10  20  15   3   1   0   86   85   50   39    9   37   36
Jim Slaton            11  14  4.12  31  28  10   0   3  192  202  104   88   23   78  107
Lafayette Currence     0   1  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    7    2    2    0    4    3
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  3.10  36   0   0   6   0   58   58   21   20    5   18   29
Dave Goltz            11  10  3.71  25  25  11   0   1  192  177   91   79   16   61   99
Jim Hughes            11  11  4.00  28  25   9   0   2  182  174   89   81   14   99   91
Vic Albury             6   7  4.21  30  15   2   1   0  128  102   74   60   14   95   70
Bill Campbell          3   6  4.31  37   7   2   3   1  102  108   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
Dick Tidrow            6   3  3.12  37   0   0   5   0   69   65   27   24    5   31   38
Rudy May              11   9  3.12  25  24  10   0   0  164  137   67   57    7   79  118
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  3.92  29  27   7   0   1  186  184   91   81   19   73  109
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  2.67  45   0   0   9   0   91   79   33   27    4   25   42
Sonny Siebert          3   3  3.08   9   9   0   0   0   38   35   15   13    3   17   27
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
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. Slaton (MIL)          14
  J. Bibby (CLE)           13
  P. Dobson (NY)           13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  D. Medich (NY)           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
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         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)             9
  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
  W. Wood (CHI)         232.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        232.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         231.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          223.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        220.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         220.1
  S. Busby (KC)         219.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      219.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           249
  J. Kaat (CHI)           231
  L. Tiant (BOS)          229
  B. Lee (BOS)            220
  G. Perry (TEX)          216
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        213
  M. Lolich (DET)         209
  R. Wise (BOS)           205
  J. Slaton (MIL)         202
  J. Coleman (DET)        197

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        113
  W. Wood (CHI)           113
  L. Tiant (BOS)          110
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        104
  J. Slaton (MIL)         104
  G. Perry (TEX)          101
  B. Lee (BOS)            100
  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
  J. Slaton (MIL)          23
  C. Hunter (NY)           22
  L. Tiant (BOS)           22
  G. Perry (TEX)           21
  D. Medich (NY)           20
  W. Wood (CHI)            20

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           128
  M. Torrez (BAL)         108
  J. Hughes (MIN)          99
  V. Albury (MIN)          95
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        91
  R. May (NY)              79
  J. Slaton (MIL)          78
  C. Osteen (CHI)          75
  P. Broberg (MIL)         73
  P. Dobson (NY)           73

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         189
  N. Ryan (CAL)           178
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       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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