Sunday May 8, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 8, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       14   9  2.52   23  11   3   211   171   63   59   13   69   99
New York        16  10  2.88   26   8   9   234   228   88   75   14   84  120
Minnesota       18  10  3.33   28   3   9   252   261  106   93   19   78  112
Milwaukee       15  11  3.41   26   6   8   230   220   98   87   16   83   82
Kansas City     15  12  3.45   27   4   8   245   240  110   94   21   91  137
Texas           13  10  3.57   23   9   3   207   189   93   82   21   70  118
California      10  17  4.13   27  10   4   238   245  129  109   28  114  183
Chicago         16  10  4.13   26   5   8   231   240  125  106   26  101  123
Boston          14  11  4.34   25   4   5   222   236  119  107   25   50  105
Toronto         12  17  4.35   29   6   4   256   276  138  124   19  112  131
Seattle          9  22  4.88   31   2   5   271   276  174  147   33  134  131
Cleveland        8  16  4.91   24   2   5   222   247  135  121   28   89  133
Detroit         10  15  4.99   25   4   5   224   247  143  124   31   71  111
Oakland         14  14  5.17   28   5   7   242   279  155  139   36  113  148

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bert Blyleven (TEX)    4   2  1.45   7   7   4   0   2   62   46   14   10    4   17   50
Ed Figueroa (NY)       3   2  1.49   6   6   4   0   0   48   39   13    8    2   13   17
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   1  1.55   7   7   5   0   2   64   39   11   11    3   14   39
Dick Tidrow (NY)       2   1  1.65  10   0   0   2   0   27   26    5    5    1    6   15
Jim Slaton (MIL)       1   2  1.93   5   5   1   0   1   37   34   12    8    2   15    9
Steve Stone (CHI)      2   3  1.99   6   6   4   0   0   45   32   13   10    3   19   25
Doyle Alexander (TEX)  4   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   36   27    9    9    5   10   10
Ross Grimsley (BAL)    3   1  2.48   5   5   3   0   0   40   36   11   11    3    8   13
Moose Haas (MIL)       2   1  2.57   6   6   0   0   0   42   38   15   12    3   11   20
Jim Colborn (KC)       4   2  2.62   6   6   2   0   0   45   40   13   13    3   15   18

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             5   1  1.55   7   7   5   0   2   64   39   11   11    3   14   39
Ross Grimsley          3   1  2.48   5   5   3   0   0   40   36   11   11    3    8   13
Mike Flanagan          0   1  2.55   4   3   1   1   0   25   16    7    7    3    6   14
Dyar Miller            1   1  2.70   4   0   0   1   0    3    4    1    1    1    2    4
Rudy May               3   3  2.72   6   6   2   0   0   43   43   17   13    1   20   13
Scott McGregor         1   0  2.93   3   2   0   1   0   15   16    5    5    1    4    8
Dennis Martinez        1   2  3.46   5   0   0   0   0   13   10    5    5    1    6    5
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  3.68   5   0   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    0    7    3
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         4   1  2.91   6   6   2   0   1   46   38   17   15    7    4   21
Reggie Cleveland       2   2  3.13   5   5   1   0   0   37   32   15   13    4    9   16
Bob Stanley            2   0  3.45   5   4   1   1   1   31   35   15   12    0    8    8
Jim Willoughby         2   0  3.86   9   0   0   1   0   16   14    8    7    1    5    6
Luis Tiant             2   2  3.90   5   5   0   0   0   32   39   14   14    6    5   21
Tom Murphy             0   1  4.30   5   0   0   0   0   15   17    9    7    2    6    9
Bill Lee               0   0  5.14   4   1   0   0   0   14   19    8    8    2    2    4
Bill Campbell          1   3  5.19  11   0   0   3   0   17   15   12   10    2    8   12
Rick Wise              1   2 13.50   4   4   0   0   0   11   22   16   16    1    2    8
Tom House              0   0 27.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    5    5    0    1    0

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             4   3  2.75   7   7   5   0   2   59   42   19   18    2   46   63
Frank Tanana           4   1  3.25   7   7   4   0   1   55   52   20   20    8   17   53
Paul Hartzell          1   3  3.62   6   3   1   1   0   27   26   14   11    2    8   14
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
Mickey Scott           0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   10   10    9    5    0    3    4
Don Kirkwood           0   0  4.82   7   0   0   1   0    9   12    7    5    1    6    6
Dick Drago             0   1  4.85   9   0   0   1   0   13   15    8    7    3    3    9
Gary Ross              0   2  6.00   5   4   0   0   0   21   33   17   14    5    5    8
Wayne Simpson          1   2  6.04   5   5   0   0   0   22   28   18   15    3   13   16
Mike Cuellar           0   1 18.90   2   1   0   0   0    3    9    7    7    2    3    3

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  1.23  12   0   0   4   0   22   15    4    3    2    5   11
Steve Stone            2   3  1.99   6   6   4   0   0   45   32   13   10    3   19   25
Bruce Dal Canton       0   1  2.35   5   0   0   2   0   15   10    5    4    1    7    5
Francisco Barrios      3   1  4.14   6   4   1   0   0   37   34   19   17    4   14   21
Chris Knapp            3   1  4.80   7   7   0   0   0   30   33   22   16    5   21   22
Dave Hamilton          1   0  5.12  13   0   0   2   0   19   22   12   11    2    9    9
Ken Brett              3   2  5.73   6   6   0   0   0   33   45   22   21    4   11   20
Bart Johnson           3   2  5.73   7   3   0   0   0   22   32   17   14    0   11    8
Silvio Martinez        0   0 10.80   4   0   0   0   0    5   12    6    6    3    3    2
Wilbur Wood            0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    5    5    4    2    1    0

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Hood               1   0  1.88   7   0   0   0   0   14    9    3    3    1    7   10
Jim Kern               0   2  2.19  11   0   0   1   0   12   14    4    3    0    8   11
Rick Waits             0   0  3.29   6   0   0   1   0   14   10    5    5    1    6    8
Dennis Eckersley       2   2  3.69   6   6   1   0   0   46   44   22   19    5   15   34
Tom Buskey             0   0  4.50   9   0   0   0   0   18   23   13    9    3    4    8
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  4.68   7   6   0   0   0   33   36   21   17    1   17   20
Dave LaRoche           2   2  5.71  12   0   0   3   0   17   15   13   11    3    7   16
Pat Dobson             0   3  6.52   6   5   0   0   0   29   38   21   21    7   12   10
Jim Bibby              1   0  6.59   4   2   0   0   0   14   20   10   10    2    3    7
Wayne Garland          0   4  8.51   5   5   1   0   0   24   38   23   23    5   10    9

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fernando Arroyo        1   2  2.70   8   0   0   0   0   27   23   11    8    3    7    7
Steve Foucault         1   1  3.24   6   0   0   2   0    8    4    3    3    0    4    7
Dave Rozema            2   0  3.33   6   6   2   0   1   46   43   19   17    4    5   21
Bob Sykes              0   0  3.63   4   2   0   0   0   17   19    8    7    1   10   12
John Hiller            1   3  3.93  11   0   0   3   0   18   13   10    8    2    8   19
Dave Roberts           2   4  4.86   6   6   2   0   0   37   41   24   20    9   10   17
Vern Ruhle             3   3  5.88   7   7   0   0   0   41   52   28   27    5    9   10
Jim Crawford           0   0  5.91   6   0   0   0   0   11   18   12    7    3    8   10
Ray Bare               0   2 12.56   5   4   0   0   0   14   24   21   20    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
Larry Gura             2   1  1.99   9   2   0   3   0   23   16    7    5    3    5   11
Mark Littell           3   1  2.12  11   0   0   4   0   17   13    4    4    2    4   20
Jim Colborn            4   2  2.62   6   6   2   0   0   45   40   13   13    3   15   18
Tom Hall               0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    1    2    4
Dennis Leonard         2   1  3.46   6   5   1   1   0   39   35   23   15    2   18   28
Doug Bird              2   0  3.63   8   0   0   0   0   17   24    7    7    1    6   11
Andy Hassler           1   1  4.00   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   16   12    1   12   16
Paul Splittorff        1   2  4.08   7   7   1   0   0   46   50   23   21    4   22   17
Marty Pattin           0   1  4.30   5   2   0   0   0   15   15    7    7    1    4    8
Steve Mingori          0   3  6.08   6   0   0   0   0   13   13    9    9    3    3    4

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob McClure            1   0  0.00  12   0   0   2   0   11    7    1    0    0    3    3
Jim Slaton             1   2  1.93   5   5   1   0   1   37   34   12    8    2   15    9
Moose Haas             2   1  2.57   6   6   0   0   0   42   38   15   12    3   11   20
Bill Travers           3   3  2.62   6   6   2   0   1   45   40   15   13    2   24   15
Barry Cort             1   0  3.38   4   1   1   0   0   13   14    5    5    0    2   10
Jerry Augustine        3   3  3.78   6   6   2   0   0   48   43   20   20    3   19   14
Bill Castro            3   1  5.65  12   0   0   6   0   14   16    9    9    3    1    4
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    9   13    7    7    2    2    4
Gary Beare             1   1 12.10   4   2   0   0   0   10   15   14   13    1    6    3

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Holly             1   0  0.90   2   0   0   0   0   10    4    1    1    0    2    8
Tom Johnson            3   2  1.21  13   0   0   5   0   22   17    4    3    1    5   14
Jim Hughes             0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    1
Ron Schueler           1   1  2.37  10   0   0   1   0   19   12    6    5    2    7    9
Mike Pazik             1   0  2.50   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    1    6    6
Tom Burgmeier          3   1  2.63  12   0   0   3   0   24   25    7    7    2    5    6
Geoff Zahn             5   0  2.95   6   6   2   0   0   43   48   15   14    3    9   28
Paul Thormodsgard      2   1  3.19   6   6   0   0   0   31   36   12   11    4   13   10
Dave Goltz             1   2  3.80   7   7   1   0   0   47   51   22   20    1   15   17
Pete Redfern           1   3  6.30   6   6   0   0   0   30   39   28   21    4   14   12
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
Sparky Lyle            1   1  1.00   9   0   0   6   0   18   15    2    2    1    5   10
Ed Figueroa            3   2  1.49   6   6   4   0   0   48   39   13    8    2   13   17
Dick Tidrow            2   1  1.65  10   0   0   2   0   27   26    5    5    1    6   15
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
Catfish Hunter         1   1  2.81   2   2   1   0   0   16   11    5    5    1    3    9
Mike Torrez            2   0  3.21   2   2   1   0   0   14   10    6    5    2    8    9
Ken Holtzman           2   1  4.40   4   4   0   0   0   29   38   15   14    2    8    4
Don Gullett            2   2  5.73   5   5   1   0   0   33   38   21   21    3   19   23
Gil Patterson          0   1  5.91   3   3   0   0   0   11   13    7    7    1    9   10

 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
Dave Giusti            0   1  2.25  12   0   0   4   0   16   16    5    4    0    4    8
Rick Langford          3   1  2.73   7   3   0   0   0   30   26   11    9    1   16   22
Mike Norris            1   1  3.91   6   3   0   0   0   25   29   14   11    2    8   12
Joe Coleman            0   0  4.38   5   0   0   0   0   12    9    6    6    2   10    8
Mike Torrez            3   1  4.44   4   4   2   0   0   26   23   14   13    3   11   12
Vida Blue              2   2  4.50   5   5   3   0   0   38   43   19   19    6   10   31
Doc Medich             1   2  5.51   5   5   0   0   0   33   42   24   20    6   14   15
Jim Umbarger           1   2  5.87   8   4   0   0   0   23   32   20   15    3   16   13
Stan Bahnsen           1   1  6.75  10   1   0   1   0   17   20   13   13    5   10   16
Doug Bair              1   0 14.85   4   0   0   0   0    7   14   11   11    3    6    3
Dock Ellis             0   3 22.09   3   3   0   0   0    7   18   18   18    5    5    4

 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
Stan Thomas            1   3  3.80   7   6   1   0   0   43   50   27   18    4   17   12
Frank MacCormack       0   0  3.86   3   3   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    0   12    4
John Montague          3   2  4.03  11   1   0   2   0   38   38   21   17    3   18   13
Rick Jones             0   1  4.15   1   1   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    1    3    0
Bill Laxton            1   1  4.26  12   0   0   1   0   19   14    9    9    2   11   11
Dave Pagan             0   1  4.43  11   0   0   2   0   22   23   15   11    2    6   11
Gary Wheelock          2   3  5.23   5   5   1   0   0   31   28   19   18    5    7   19
Tommy Moore            1   1  5.53  11   1   0   0   0   28   28   19   17    1   18   12
Glenn Abbott           0   4  6.59   7   6   0   0   0   29   35   23   21    7   12    9
Diego Segui            0   4  7.43   7   4   0   0   0   23   27   24   19    5   12   21
Dick Pole              0   1 21.00   2   1   0   0   0    3    5    7    7    2    6    3

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.00   5   0   0   1   0    6    0    0    0    0    2    2
Bert Blyleven          4   2  1.45   7   7   4   0   2   62   46   14   10    4   17   50
Adrian Devine          1   1  1.64   6   0   0   1   0   11    6    2    2    1    5    7
Doyle Alexander        4   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   36   27    9    9    5   10   10
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.00   6   0   0   1   0   15   12    6    5    3    4    9
Nelson Briles          2   0  5.11   4   1   0   0   0   12    8    7    7    2    7    6
Tommy Boggs            0   2  5.21   4   4   0   0   0   19   25   11   11    0    7   11
Gaylord Perry          1   4  6.69   6   6   2   0   0   35   46   32   26    4    8   20
Mike Wallace           0   0  7.56   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    7    7    1   10    2
Mike Bacsik            0   0 19.29   2   0   0   0   0    2    9    5    5    1    0    1

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Willis            1   0  0.50   6   0   0   2   0   18   14    1    1    1    5    7
Jerry Garvin           4   0  3.09   6   6   3   0   0   47   42   17   16    4   15   28
Jerry Johnson          1   1  3.79   8   0   0   0   0   19   20    8    8    1   11    8
Pete Vuckovich         2   2  4.32  10   0   0   2   0   17   15    9    8    1   11   10
Dave Lemanczyk         2   3  4.82   6   6   2   0   0   47   50   29   25    4   20   21
Jesse Jefferson        0   3  4.93   6   6   0   0   0   35   45   23   19    2   15   17
Chuck Hartenstein      0   1  4.97   6   0   0   0   0   13   16    7    7    1    1   10
Steve Hargan           1   3  5.22   6   5   1   0   0   29   36   17   17    2   14   11
Bill Singer            1   4  6.34   6   6   0   0   0   33   38   27   23    3   20   19

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  M. Torrez (NY)            5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5
  D. Alexander (TEX)        4
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         4
  J. Colborn (KC)           4
  J. Garvin (TOR)           4
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4

Losses:

  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  D. Ellis (OAK)            4
  W. Garland (CLE)          4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4
  D. Roberts (DET)          4
  D. Segui (SEA)            4
  B. Singer (TOR)           4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        3
  B. Campbell (BOS)         3
  P. Dobson (CLE)           3

Complete Games:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  S. Stone (CHI)            4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3
  V. Blue (OAK)             3
  J. Garvin (TOR)           3
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         3

Saves:

  B. Castro (MIL)           6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  T. Johnson (MIN)          5
  D. Giusti (OAK)           4
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           4
  M. Littell (KC)           4
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        3
  B. Campbell (BOS)         3
  L. Gura (KC)              3
  J. Hiller (DET)           3

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  J. Palmer (BAL)        64.0
  B. Blyleven (TEX)      62.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          59.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        55.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)       48.1
  J. Augustine (MIL)     47.2
  D. Goltz (MIN)         47.1
  J. Garvin (TOR)        46.2
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)     46.2
  D. Eckersley (CLE)     46.1

Hits:

  V. Ruhle (DET)           52
  F. Tanana (CAL)          52
  D. Goltz (MIN)           51
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       50
  P. Splittorff (KC)       50
  S. Thomas (SEA)          50
  G. Zahn (MIN)            48
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        46
  G. Perry (TEX)           46
  K. Brett (CHI)           45

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           32
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       29
  P. Redfern (MIN)         28
  V. Ruhle (DET)           28
  D. Ellis (OAK)           27
  B. Singer (TOR)          27
  S. Thomas (SEA)          27
  D. Medich (OAK)          24
  D. Roberts (DET)         24
  D. Segui (SEA)           24

Home Runs:

  D. Roberts (DET)          9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  G. Abbott (SEA)           7
  P. Dobson (CLE)           7
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          7
  V. Blue (OAK)             6
  D. Ellis (OAK)            6
  D. Medich (OAK)           6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  D. Alexander (TEX)        5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  B. Travers (MIL)         24
  P. Splittorff (KC)       22
  C. Knapp (CHI)           21
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       20
  R. May (BAL)             20
  B. Singer (TOR)          20
  J. Augustine (MIL)       19
  D. Gullett (NY)          19
  S. Stone (CHI)           19

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            63
  F. Tanana (CAL)          53
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        50
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  V. Blue (OAK)            31
  J. Garvin (TOR)          28
  D. Leonard (KC)          28
  G. Zahn (MIN)            28
  S. Stone (CHI)           25

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