Friday April 29, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, April 29, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore        8   8  2.65   16   8   1   146   119   47   43    9   46   71
Milwaukee       11   5  3.06   16   3   6   141   124   49   48    9   57   45
New York        10   9  3.10   19   3   7   171   171   70   59    9   62   85
Kansas City     11   7  3.16   18   2   6   165   152   71   58   12   60   96
Minnesota       12   9  3.34   21   2   5   189   199   82   70   15   58   76
Texas            9   8  3.59   17   7   2   153   138   67   61   14   56   87
California       9  12  4.06   21   8   3   186   197  103   84   20   92  133
Chicago         10   7  4.14   17   4   6   152   157   81   70   15   61   78
Toronto          9  11  4.29   20   4   3   176   181   93   84   15   83   98
Boston           8   9  4.62   17   2   4   150   157   86   77   17   38   72
Detroit          8  11  4.68   19   3   4   171   179  106   89   23   61   86
Oakland         12   8  4.70   20   4   6   176   195  105   92   25   81  101
Seattle          8  15  4.72   23   2   4   206   212  130  108   21   93   95
Cleveland        5  11  5.15   16   1   2   147   170   94   84   20   54   91

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)       3   1  0.96   5   5   4   0   2   47   21    5    5    2   13   29
Ed Figueroa (NY)       1   2  1.78   4   4   2   0   0   30   27   10    6    1    7   11
Bert Blyleven (TEX)    2   2  1.81   5   5   3   0   1   45   36   12    9    4   14   33
Ron Guidry (NY)        2   0  1.93   6   1   0   1   0   19   20    5    4    0    5   18
Dick Tidrow (NY)       2   1  1.93   9   0   0   1   0   23   23    5    5    1    6   10
Bill Travers (MIL)     3   2  2.15   5   5   2   0   1   38   32    9    9    1   19   10
Steve Stone (CHI)      1   3  2.16   4   4   3   0   0   33   22   10    8    2   14   17
Rick Langford (OAK)    2   0  2.18   5   1   0   0   0   21   19    6    5    0    8   16
Jim Colborn (KC)       4   1  2.19   5   5   2   0   0   37   31    9    9    2   11   17
Doyle Alexander (TEX)  3   1  2.33   4   4   2   0   1   27   21    7    7    3   10    7

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             3   1  0.96   5   5   4   0   2   47   21    5    5    2   13   29
Mike Flanagan          0   1  2.12   2   2   1   0   0   17    9    4    4    2    4    9
Dyar Miller            1   1  2.70   4   0   0   1   0    3    4    1    1    1    2    4
Rudy May               2   2  2.83   4   4   2   0   0   29   31   13    9    0    8    8
Scott McGregor         1   0  3.14   2   2   0   0   0   14   15    5    5    1    4    7
Ross Grimsley          1   1  3.43   3   3   1   0   0   21   23    8    8    2    3    8
Dennis Martinez        0   2  4.82   4   0   0   0   0    9    9    5    5    1    5    4
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    3    3    0    5    2
Tippy Martinez         0   0 81.00   2   0   0   0   0    0    3    3    3    0    2    0

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fergie Jenkins         3   1  3.13   5   5   1   0   1   37   31   15   13    6    4   20
Tom Murphy             0   1  3.18   3   0   0   0   0   11   11    5    4    1    4    4
Luis Tiant             1   1  3.44   3   3   0   0   0   18   21    7    7    3    5    9
Jim Willoughby         1   0  3.48   6   0   0   1   0   10    7    5    4    0    3    5
Reggie Cleveland       1   2  3.68   4   4   1   0   0   29   24   13   12    4    8   13
Bob Stanley            1   0  4.96   3   2   0   1   0   16   21   11    9    0    4    3
Bill Campbell          0   3  6.94   8   0   0   2   0   12   13   11    9    2    5    9
Bill Lee               0   0  7.36   2   0   0   0   0    4    7    3    3    1    2    1
Rick Wise              1   1  9.58   3   3   0   0   0   10   17   11   11    0    2    8
Tom House              0   0 33.75   2   0   0   0   0    1    5    5    5    0    1    0

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             3   2  2.41   5   5   4   0   2   41   29   11   11    1   34   35
Frank Tanana           4   0  3.23   6   6   3   0   1   47   45   17   17    7   15   45
Sid Monge              0   1  3.65   4   0   0   1   0   12   14    7    5    2    6    4
John Verhoeven         0   2  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    3    2    0    4    3
Paul Hartzell          1   2  3.91   4   3   1   0   0   23   23   13   10    1    7   12
Dick Drago             0   1  4.35   8   0   0   1   0   10   13    6    5    2    3    7
Mickey Scott           0   1  5.63   7   0   0   0   0    8    9    9    5    0    3    4
Wayne Simpson          1   2  6.04   5   5   0   0   0   22   28   18   15    3   13   16
Don Kirkwood           0   0  6.14   6   0   0   1   0    7   11    7    5    1    5    5
Gary Ross              0   1  7.20   3   2   0   0   0   10   19   11    8    3    1    2
Mike Cuellar           0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    2    1    1    0    1    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  0.60   7   0   0   3   0   15    8    2    1    0    5    8
Steve Stone            1   3  2.16   4   4   3   0   0   33   22   10    8    2   14   17
Bruce Dal Canton       0   1  2.77   4   0   0   2   0   13    9    5    4    1    6    2
Chris Knapp            3   0  3.63   4   4   0   0   0   17   21   11    7    2    9    8
Francisco Barrios      2   0  4.03   4   2   1   0   0   22   19   12   10    3   10   15
Ken Brett              2   1  5.75   4   4   0   0   0   20   27   13   13    2    4   15
Dave Hamilton          0   0  7.24   9   0   0   1   0   14   18   11   11    2    5    5
Bart Johnson           1   2  7.50   4   3   0   0   0   12   21   11   10    0    5    6
Silvio Martinez        0   0 10.80   4   0   0   0   0    5   12    6    6    3    3    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Waits             0   0  2.08   4   0   0   1   0    9    8    2    2    0    2    5
Jim Kern               0   1  2.16   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    3    2    0    6    4
Don Hood               0   0  2.31   4   0   0   0   0   12    8    3    3    1    5    7
Al Fitzmorris          1   2  4.50   4   4   0   0   0   20   23   14   10    0    9   16
Dennis Eckersley       1   1  4.60   4   4   1   0   0   31   34   17   16    4   10   23
Pat Dobson             0   3  5.64   4   4   0   0   0   22   29   14   14    5    6    9
Tom Buskey             0   0  5.68   7   0   0   0   0   13   17   10    8    3    4    5
Jim Bibby              1   0  6.52   2   1   0   0   0   10   11    7    7    1    2    5
Dave LaRoche           2   2  7.11   8   0   0   1   0   13   13   12   10    3    4   13
Wayne Garland          0   2 11.57   3   3   0   0   0    9   17   12   12    3    6    4

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fernando Arroyo        1   2  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   20   15    9    6    3    6    6
Dave Rozema            1   0  3.18   4   4   1   0   1   28   28   12   10    1    3   16
Bob Sykes              0   0  3.38   3   2   0   0   0   11   11    5    4    0    8    8
Vern Ruhle             3   1  4.01   5   5   0   0   0   34   37   16   15    3    7    6
John Hiller            1   2  4.02   9   0   0   3   0   16   10    8    7    2    8   17
Steve Foucault         1   1  4.05   5   0   0   1   0    7    4    3    3    0    4    6
Dave Roberts           1   3  4.18   4   4   2   0   0   28   26   16   13    7    8   10
Jim Crawford           0   0  6.30   5   0   0   0   0   10   18   12    7    3    7    9
Ray Bare               0   2 10.67   4   4   0   0   0   14   20   18   17    3    7    4
Steve Grilli           0   0 17.18   2   0   0   0   0    4   10    7    7    1    3    4

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hall               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2
Larry Gura             1   0  0.82   7   0   0   3   0   11    4    1    1    0    4    6
Mark Littell           2   1  0.84   7   0   0   2   0   11    3    1    1    1    2   11
Marty Pattin           0   0  1.23   3   0   0   0   0    7    3    1    1    0    1    5
Doug Bird              1   0  1.74   5   0   0   0   0   10   13    2    2    1    3    9
Jim Colborn            4   1  2.19   5   5   2   0   0   37   31    9    9    2   11   17
Andy Hassler           1   1  4.00   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   16   12    1   12   16
Dennis Leonard         1   1  4.22   4   3   0   1   0   21   23   18   10    2    9   15
Paul Splittorff        1   1  4.54   5   5   0   0   0   34   36   18   17    4   15   14
Steve Mingori          0   2  7.94   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    5    5    1    3    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob McClure            1   0  0.00   5   0   0   2   0    4    2    0    0    0    1    1
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Bill Travers           3   2  2.15   5   5   2   0   1   38   32    9    9    1   19   10
Jim Slaton             1   0  2.49   3   3   1   0   1   22   17    6    6    2    9    5
Moose Haas             0   1  3.25   4   4   0   0   0   28   28   11   10    2    9   11
Jerry Augustine        2   2  3.52   4   4   0   0   0   31   24   12   12    1   16   10
Bill Castro            3   0  4.50   9   0   0   4   0   10   11    5    5    2    0    3
Barry Cort             0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    3    3    0    1    5
Gary Beare             1   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    3    1    1    0

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Johnson            3   1  0.98   9   0   0   2   0   18   15    3    2    1    4   13
Jim Hughes             0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    1
Tom Burgmeier          2   1  2.41   9   0   0   3   0   19   21    5    5    2    2    5
Paul Thormodsgard      1   1  2.45   4   4   0   0   0   22   27    7    6    1    9    8
Mike Pazik             1   0  2.50   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    1    6    6
Ron Schueler           1   1  2.81   9   0   0   0   0   16   12    6    5    2    6    5
Geoff Zahn             3   0  3.25   4   4   1   0   0   28   27   10   10    2    6   15
Dave Goltz             0   2  3.78   5   5   1   0   0   33   35   16   14    1    9   11
Pete Redfern           1   3  5.60   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   24   17    4   14   11
Don Carrithers         0   0 15.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    7    5    5    1    1    1

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Catfish Hunter         1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    7    3    0    0    0    0    5
Sparky Lyle            1   1  1.20   8   0   0   5   0   15   12    2    2    1    4   10
Ed Figueroa            1   2  1.78   4   4   2   0   0   30   27   10    6    1    7   11
Dock Ellis             1   1  1.83   3   3   1   0   0   20   18    9    4    1    8    5
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.93   6   1   0   1   0   19   20    5    4    0    5   18
Dick Tidrow            2   1  1.93   9   0   0   1   0   23   23    5    5    1    6   10
Ken Holtzman           1   1  4.76   3   3   0   0   0   23   28   13   12    2    6    3
Gil Patterson          0   1  5.91   3   3   0   0   0   11   13    7    7    1    9   10
Don Gullett            1   2  7.13   4   4   0   0   0   24   27   19   19    2   17   13

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pablo Torrealba        1   0  0.00   7   0   0   2   0    7    7    0    0    0    3    4
Joe Coleman            0   0  2.16   3   0   0   0   0    8    6    2    2    0    6    5
Rick Langford          2   0  2.18   5   1   0   0   0   21   19    6    5    0    8   16
Mike Norris            1   0  2.20   3   2   0   0   0   16   17    6    4    1    4    7
Dave Giusti            0   1  2.84   9   0   0   3   0   13   13    5    4    0    3    4
Mike Torrez            3   1  4.44   4   4   2   0   0   26   23   14   13    3   11   12
Vida Blue              1   2  5.32   3   3   2   0   0   22   24   13   13    5    8   16
Doc Medich             1   1  5.61   4   4   0   0   0   26   33   20   16    5   13   14
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  5.73   6   1   0   1   0   11   12    7    7    3    6    9
Jim Umbarger           1   2  6.43   4   4   0   0   0   14   19   14   10    2   12    7
Dock Ellis             0   1 12.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    8    7    7    3    1    4
Doug Bair              1   0 14.85   4   0   0   0   0    7   14   11   11    3    6    3

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           0   1  1.72   3   3   0   0   0   16   12    3    3    1    7   13
Mike Kekich            1   0  2.08   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    5    3
Frank MacCormack       0   0  2.57   2   2   0   0   0    7    3    2    2    0   10    4
Stan Thomas            1   2  3.53   6   5   1   0   0   36   41   23   14    3   13   10
Gary Wheelock          2   2  3.72   4   4   1   0   0   29   23   13   12    3    5   19
John Montague          2   2  4.31  10   1   0   2   0   31   34   16   15    3   15    9
Bill Laxton            1   1  5.54  10   0   0   1   0   13   12    8    8    2    6    7
Glenn Abbott           0   2  5.91   5   4   0   0   0   21   24   16   14    4    8    8
Tommy Moore            1   1  6.62   8   1   0   0   0   18   19   15   13    0    9    6
Dave Pagan             0   1  7.94   7   0   0   1   0   11   17   13   10    2    4    7
Diego Segui            0   3  8.80   5   3   0   0   0   15   21   19   15    3   11    9

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    0    0    0    0    1    2
Adrian Devine          1   0  1.04   4   0   0   1   0    9    2    1    1    1    4    4
Paul Lindblad          1   0  1.23   5   0   0   1   0   15    8    2    2    2    4    9
Bert Blyleven          2   2  1.81   5   5   3   0   1   45   36   12    9    4   14   33
Doyle Alexander        3   1  2.33   4   4   2   0   1   27   21    7    7    3   10    7
Tommy Boggs            0   2  5.28   3   3   0   0   0   15   19    9    9    0    5    9
Gaylord Perry          1   3  6.31   4   4   2   0   0   26   35   21   18    1    6   17
Nelson Briles          1   0  6.43   3   1   0   0   0    7    4    5    5    2    4    4
Mike Wallace           0   0 11.81   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    7    7    1    8    1
Mike Bacsik            0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    6    3    3    0    0    1

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Willis            1   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0   11    7    0    0    0    4    3
Jerry Garvin           3   0  2.45   4   4   2   0   0   33   28   10    9    3    8   22
Jesse Jefferson        0   1  4.03   4   4   0   0   0   22   25   12   10    1   12   11
Dave Lemanczyk         2   1  4.11   4   4   2   0   0   31   30   15   14    3   14   16
Chuck Hartenstein      0   1  4.50   5   0   0   0   0   12   14    6    6    1    1   10
Jerry Johnson          1   1  4.91   6   0   0   0   0   15   17    8    8    1   10    8
Pete Vuckovich         1   2  4.91   8   0   0   2   0   11    9    7    6    1    9    8
Steve Hargan           1   1  5.87   4   3   0   0   0   15   18   10   10    2    9    3
Bill Singer            0   4  7.09   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   25   21    3   16   17

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Colborn (KC)           4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3
  B. Castro (MIL)           3
  J. Garvin (TOR)           3
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          3
  T. Johnson (MIN)          3
  C. Knapp (CHI)            3
  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  V. Ruhle (DET)            3

Losses:

  B. Singer (TOR)           4
  B. Campbell (BOS)         3
  P. Dobson (CLE)           3
  G. Perry (TEX)            3
  P. Redfern (MIN)          3
  D. Roberts (DET)          3
  D. Segui (SEA)            3
  S. Stone (CHI)            3
  G. Abbott (SEA)           2
  F. Arroyo (DET)           2

Complete Games:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         3
  S. Stone (CHI)            3
  F. Tanana (CAL)           3
  D. Alexander (TEX)        2
  V. Blue (OAK)             2
  J. Colborn (KC)           2
  E. Figueroa (NY)          2
  J. Garvin (TOR)           2

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              5
  B. Castro (MIL)           4
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        3
  D. Giusti (OAK)           3
  L. Gura (KC)              3
  J. Hiller (DET)           3
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           3
  B. Campbell (BOS)         2
  B. Dal Canton (CHI)       2
  T. Johnson (MIN)          2

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          1
  D. Rozema (DET)           1
  J. Slaton (MIL)           1
  F. Tanana (CAL)           1
  B. Travers (MIL)          1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Tanana (CAL)        47.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        47.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)      44.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          41.0
  B. Travers (MIL)       37.2
  F. Jenkins (BOS)       37.1
  J. Colborn (KC)        37.0
  S. Thomas (SEA)        35.2
  V. Ruhle (DET)         33.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     33.2

Hits:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          45
  S. Thomas (SEA)          41
  V. Ruhle (DET)           37
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        36
  P. Splittorff (KC)       36
  D. Goltz (MIN)           35
  G. Perry (TEX)           35
  D. Eckersley (CLE)       34
  J. Montague (SEA)        34
  A. Hassler (KC)          33

Runs:

  B. Singer (TOR)          25
  P. Redfern (MIN)         24
  S. Thomas (SEA)          23
  G. Perry (TEX)           21
  D. Medich (OAK)          20
  D. Gullett (NY)          19
  D. Segui (SEA)           19
  R. Bare (DET)            18
  D. Leonard (KC)          18
  W. Simpson (CAL)         18

Home Runs:

  D. Roberts (DET)          7
  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          6
  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  P. Dobson (CLE)           5
  D. Medich (OAK)           5
  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         4
  R. Cleveland (BOS)        4
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        4

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            34
  B. Travers (MIL)         19
  D. Gullett (NY)          17
  J. Augustine (MIL)       16
  B. Singer (TOR)          16
  J. Montague (SEA)        15
  P. Splittorff (KC)       15
  F. Tanana (CAL)          15
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        14
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       14

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          45
  N. Ryan (CAL)            35
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        33
  J. Palmer (BAL)          29
  D. Eckersley (CLE)       23
  J. Garvin (TOR)          22
  F. Jenkins (BOS)         20
  G. Wheelock (SEA)        19
  R. Guidry (NY)           18
  J. Colborn (KC)          17


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