Sunday May 15, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 15, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       17  11  2.66   28  13   4   254   208   79   75   18   82  122
New York        18  13  2.90   31  10   9   276   265  110   89   16  103  148
Kansas City     17  16  3.40   33   6   8   299   295  132  113   27  109  170
Minnesota       22  11  3.42   33   4  11   298   314  128  113   24   90  133
Milwaukee       17  17  3.44   34  10   8   301   280  132  115   24  112  121
Texas           16  14  3.51   30  11   4   269   251  117  105   25   89  142
California      15  19  3.74   34  14   6   301   291  147  125   32  139  229
Chicago         20  12  3.81   32   7   9   286   295  143  121   27  108  153
Boston          17  13  4.25   30   6   8   265   275  137  125   32   58  130
Toronto         14  20  4.52   34   6   4   301   332  167  151   21  133  147
Detroit         14  18  4.61   32   6   6   287   303  171  147   38   86  150
Oakland         16  17  4.64   33   7   7   287   322  167  148   37  126  177
Cleveland       12  18  5.06   30   3   8   274   303  168  154   34  113  164
Seattle         11  27  5.20   38   2   6   332   358  221  192   42  163  168

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Figueroa (NY)       4   2  1.26   7   7   5   0   1   57   42   13    8    2   18   21
Bert Blyleven (TEX)    4   3  1.54   8   8   5   0   2   70   57   17   12    4   19   55
Mike Flanagan (BAL)    1   1  1.87   5   4   2   1   1   34   21    7    7    3    8   21
Jim Slaton (MIL)       1   4  1.96   7   7   2   0   1   55   46   17   12    4   22   18
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   2  2.13   8   8   5   0   2   72   48   17   17    4   18   43
Steve Stone (CHI)      3   3  2.22   7   7   4   0   0   53   42   16   13    3   21   27
Jim Colborn (KC)       5   3  2.23   8   8   3   0   1   61   49   17   15    4   19   28
Rick Langford (OAK)    3   2  2.41   8   4   0   0   0   37   33   13   10    1   20   27
Rudy May (BAL)         4   3  2.42   7   7   3   0   0   52   48   18   14    1   21   17
Doyle Alexander (TEX)  4   1  2.44   6   6   3   0   1   44   34   12   12    6   14   11

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Flanagan          1   1  1.87   5   4   2   1   1   34   21    7    7    3    8   21
Jim Palmer             5   2  2.13   8   8   5   0   2   72   48   17   17    4   18   43
Rudy May               4   3  2.42   7   7   3   0   0   52   48   18   14    1   21   17
Dennis Martinez        1   2  2.70   7   0   0   1   0   20   12    6    6    1    7   12
Scott McGregor         1   0  2.93   3   2   0   1   0   15   16    5    5    1    4    8
Ross Grimsley          4   2  3.00   7   7   3   0   0   48   49   16   16    6   11   14
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  4.70   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    4    4    0    8    3
Dyar Miller            1   1  6.23   5   0   0   1   0    4    5    3    3    2    3    4
Tippy Martinez         0   0 20.25   3   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    2    0

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Willoughby         3   0  2.70  10   0   0   1   0   23   19    8    7    1    5    9
Reggie Cleveland       2   3  2.98   6   6   2   0   0   45   37   17   15    4   12   22
Fergie Jenkins         4   2  2.98   7   7   3   0   1   54   43   20   18   10    6   25
Bob Stanley            3   0  3.69   6   5   1   1   1   39   45   19   16    2    8   10
Bill Campbell          1   3  3.91  14   0   0   6   0   23   18   12   10    2    8   17
Tom Murphy             0   1  4.30   5   0   0   0   0   15   17    9    7    2    6    9
Luis Tiant             2   2  5.18   6   6   0   0   0   33   43   19   19    7    6   21
Bill Lee               1   0  5.40   5   2   0   0   0   20   26   12   12    3    4    9
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
Dave LaRoche           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    1
Nolan Ryan             5   4  2.69   9   9   7   0   2   77   51   24   23    4   57   77
Frank Tanana           6   1  2.70   9   9   6   0   2   73   63   22   22    9   18   70
Paul Hartzell          1   3  3.16   8   3   1   2   0   31   28   14   11    2    9   18
Dick Drago             0   1  3.57  10   0   0   1   0   18   18    8    7    3    3   12
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
Don Kirkwood           1   0  4.15   8   0   0   1   0   13   15    8    6    1    9    7
Mickey Scott           0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   10   10    9    5    0    3    4
Gary Ross              0   2  5.68   6   5   0   0   0   25   39   21   16    5    7    9
Wayne Simpson          2   3  5.97   7   7   0   0   0   32   39   24   21    4   19   21
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  1.11  14   0   0   5   0   24   17    4    3    2    6   12
Steve Stone            3   3  2.22   7   7   4   0   0   53   42   16   13    3   21   27
Bruce Dal Canton       0   1  2.35   5   0   0   2   0   15   10    5    4    1    7    5
Francisco Barrios      3   2  3.46   8   6   1   0   0   52   52   25   20    4   14   30
Chris Knapp            4   1  4.28   8   8   1   0   0   40   39   25   19    5   22   26
Ken Brett              5   2  4.68   8   8   1   0   0   50   63   27   26    5   11   30
Dave Hamilton          1   1  5.14  15   0   0   2   0   21   22   13   12    2   10   11
Bart Johnson           3   2  5.64   8   3   0   0   0   22   33   17   14    0   13    9
Silvio Martinez        0   0 10.80   4   0   0   0   0    5   12    6    6    3    3    2
Wilbur Wood            0   0 12.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    5    4    2    1    1

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Kern               1   2  2.41  15   0   0   3   0   19   16    6    5    0   10   15
Don Hood               1   0  2.75   9   0   0   0   0   20   14    6    6    2    8   14
Dennis Eckersley       3   2  3.81   8   8   1   0   0   54   52   26   23    7   21   39
Al Fitzmorris          2   4  4.91   8   7   0   0   0   37   44   24   20    1   18   20
Tom Buskey             0   0  5.23  11   0   0   0   0   21   29   16   12    3    6    9
Dave LaRoche           2   2  5.30  13   0   0   4   0   19   15   13   11    3    7   18
Rick Waits             0   0  5.52   8   0   0   1   0   15   14    9    9    1    9    9
Jim Bibby              2   1  5.63   6   4   1   0   1   24   31   15   15    3    4   14
Pat Dobson             0   3  7.03   8   5   0   0   0   32   41   25   25    8   16   13
Wayne Garland          1   4  7.24   6   6   1   0   0   32   46   26   26    6   11   11
Sid Monge              0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    2    2    0    3    2

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         2   1  1.93   7   0   0   2   0   14    8    3    3    0    5   14
Fernando Arroyo        2   2  2.58  10   1   0   0   0   38   34   14   11    4    8   10
Dave Rozema            3   0  2.95   7   7   3   0   1   55   48   20   18    5    7   27
John Hiller            1   3  3.72  13   0   0   4   0   19   14   10    8    2   10   21
Dave Roberts           3   5  3.93   8   8   3   0   0   55   55   30   24   10   13   22
Bob Sykes              0   1  4.61   6   4   0   0   0   27   28   17   14    2   14   21
Jim Crawford           0   0  5.94   7   0   0   0   0   17   26   17   11    5   10   16
Vern Ruhle             3   4  6.59   8   8   0   0   0   42   56   32   31    6    9   10
Ray Bare               0   2 12.56   5   4   0   0   0   14   24   21   20    3    7    4
Steve Grilli           0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    5   10    7    7    1    3    5

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Littell           4   1  1.80  13   0   0   4   0   20   16    4    4    2    7   23
Jim Colborn            5   3  2.23   8   8   3   0   1   61   49   17   15    4   19   28
Larry Gura             2   1  2.35  11   3   0   3   0   31   25   10    8    3    7   16
Tom Hall               0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    1    2    4
Dennis Leonard         2   2  3.19   7   6   2   1   0   48   46   25   17    2   19   34
Doug Bird              2   0  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   23   30   10   10    2    8   14
Andy Hassler           1   1  4.00   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   16   12    1   12   16
Marty Pattin           0   1  4.32   6   2   0   0   0   17   19    8    8    2    5    9
Paul Splittorff        1   4  4.72   9   9   1   0   0   55   63   32   29    7   27   22
Steve Mingori          0   3  5.65   7   0   0   0   0   14   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  1.84  15   0   0   2   0   15   13    5    3    0    4    3
Jim Slaton             1   4  1.96   7   7   2   0   1   55   46   17   12    4   22   18
Moose Haas             3   1  2.65   7   7   1   0   0   51   44   18   15    5   15   27
Bill Travers           3   4  3.04   7   7   2   0   1   50   47   20   17    4   26   18
Barry Cort             1   1  3.05   5   2   1   0   0   21   21    7    7    0    5   14
Jerry Augustine        4   4  3.15   8   8   4   0   0   66   54   26   23    4   21   22
Bill Castro            3   1  5.06  14   0   0   6   0   16   18    9    9    3    1    5
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   0  7.82   4   0   0   0   0   13   17   11   11    2    7    8
Gary Beare             1   2 10.80   5   3   0   0   0   15   20   19   18    2   11    6

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Johnson            3   2  1.82  14   0   0   5   0   25   20    6    5    1    5   15
Ron Schueler           2   1  1.85  13   0   0   2   0   24   17    6    5    2    9   12
Jim Hughes             0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    1
Mike Pazik             1   0  2.50   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    1    6    6
Tom Burgmeier          4   1  2.73  15   0   0   4   0   26   26    8    8    3    6    6
Jeff Holly             2   0  2.76   3   1   0   0   0   16   11    5    5    0    3   12
Paul Thormodsgard      2   1  2.84   7   7   0   0   0   38   42   13   12    4   14   13
Dave Goltz             2   2  3.51   8   8   2   0   0   56   59   25   22    1   18   20
Geoff Zahn             5   1  3.94   7   7   2   0   0   46   58   22   20    6    9   28
Dave Johnson           0   0  4.05   2   0   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    1    4    6
Pete Redfern           1   3  5.82   7   7   0   0   0   34   48   29   22    4   14   13
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  0.87  11   0   0   6   0   21   17    3    2    1    5   13
Ed Figueroa            4   2  1.26   7   7   5   0   1   57   42   13    8    2   18   21
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.61   7   1   0   1   0   22   23    6    4    0    5   21
Dick Tidrow            2   1  1.78  11   0   0   2   0   30   29    6    6    1    7   19
Dock Ellis             1   1  1.83   3   3   1   0   0   20   18    9    4    1    8    5
Catfish Hunter         1   2  3.44   3   3   1   0   0   18   19   12    7    3    6    9
Ken Holtzman           2   2  4.63   5   5   0   0   0   35   44   20   18    2   10    6
Don Gullett            3   2  4.71   6   6   2   0   0   42   42   22   22    3   23   32
Gil Patterson          0   1  4.97   4   3   0   0   0   13   13    7    7    1   10   11
Mike Torrez            2   1  5.50   3   3   1   0   0   18   18   12   11    2   11   11

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Lacey              0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    0    6
Pablo Torrealba        1   0  0.00   7   0   0   2   0    7    7    0    0    0    3    4
Dave Giusti            0   1  2.00  14   0   0   4   0   18   18    5    4    0    5    8
Rick Langford          3   2  2.41   8   4   0   0   0   37   33   13   10    1   20   27
Joe Coleman            0   0  3.45   7   0   0   0   0   16   12    6    6    2   13   11
Mike Norris            1   1  3.91   6   3   0   0   0   25   29   14   11    2    8   12
Doc Medich             2   2  4.32   6   6   1   0   0   42   50   25   20    6   14   20
Vida Blue              3   3  4.41   7   7   4   0   0   51   60   25   25    7   12   36
Mike Torrez            3   1  4.44   4   4   2   0   0   26   23   14   13    3   11   12
Jim Umbarger           1   2  5.87   8   4   0   0   0   23   32   20   15    3   16   13
Stan Bahnsen           1   2  6.14  11   2   0   1   0   22   24   16   15    5   13   21
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
Mike Kekich            1   0  2.08   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    5    3
Enrique Romo           0   2  2.53   6   3   0   1   0   21   20    6    6    2    8   19
Frank MacCormack       0   0  3.86   3   3   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    0   12    4
John Montague          3   3  4.24  13   2   0   2   0   47   47   26   22    3   23   21
Bill Laxton            2   1  4.38  15   0   0   1   0   25   19   12   12    2   14   14
Tommy Moore            2   1  4.91  14   1   0   0   0   33   36   22   18    1   21   13
Stan Thomas            1   5  4.97   9   8   1   0   0   51   64   37   28    7   20   14
Gary Wheelock          2   3  5.23   5   5   1   0   0   31   28   19   18    5    7   19
Dave Pagan             0   1  5.52  14   0   0   2   0   29   35   22   18    2    9   13
Glenn Abbott           0   4  6.09   8   7   0   0   0   34   40   25   23    8   12   14
Diego Segui            0   4  6.68  10   4   0   0   0   31   34   28   23    5   17   26
Rick Jones             0   2  7.45   3   3   0   0   0   10   14    8    8    3    9    5
Dick Pole              0   1 19.80   3   2   0   0   0    5   11   11   11    4    6    3

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0    7    2    0    0    0    3    2
Bert Blyleven          4   3  1.54   8   8   5   0   2   70   57   17   12    4   19   55
Doyle Alexander        4   1  2.44   6   6   3   0   1   44   34   12   12    6   14   11
Adrian Devine          3   1  2.50  10   1   0   1   0   18   10    5    5    2    7   11
Paul Lindblad          1   2  3.28   9   0   0   2   0   25   22   10    9    3    6   13
Nelson Briles          2   0  3.98   5   2   0   0   0   20   14    9    9    3    7    7
Gaylord Perry          2   4  5.32   7   7   3   0   1   44   50   32   26    4   10   25
Tommy Boggs            0   3  5.93   6   6   0   0   0   27   40   18   18    1   12   15
Mike Marshall          0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    1    0
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   1  1.23   7   0   0   2   0   22   17    3    3    2    6    8
Pete Vuckovich         2   2  3.18  12   0   0   2   0   23   18    9    8    1   13   15
Jerry Johnson          1   1  3.74  10   0   0   0   0   22   22    9    9    1   13    8
Jerry Garvin           5   1  3.75   8   8   3   0   0   58   59   25   24    4   20   31
Dave Lemanczyk         2   3  4.61   7   7   2   0   0   53   55   31   27    4   24   22
Jesse Jefferson        0   3  4.93   6   6   0   0   0   35   45   23   19    2   15   17
Steve Hargan           1   3  5.22   6   5   1   0   0   29   36   17   17    2   14   11
Chuck Hartenstein      0   1  5.40   7   0   0   0   0   15   20    9    9    1    2   11
Bill Singer            2   5  6.38   8   8   0   0   0   42   50   36   30    4   26   24
Dennis DeBarr          0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    1    1    0    0    0
Tom Bruno              0   0 15.43   1   0   0   0   0    2    7    4    4    0    0    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  K. Brett (CHI)            5
  J. Colborn (KC)           5
  J. Garvin (TOR)           5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  M. Torrez (NY)            5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5
  D. Alexander (TEX)        4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4

Losses:

  D. Roberts (DET)          5
  B. Singer (TOR)           5
  S. Thomas (SEA)           5
  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  D. Ellis (OAK)            4
  A. Fitzmorris (CLE)       4
  W. Garland (CLE)          4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4
  V. Ruhle (DET)            4

Complete Games:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             7
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  S. Stone (CHI)            4
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3
  J. Colborn (KC)           3

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)         2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  F. Tanana (CAL)           2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Bibby (CLE)            1
  J. Colborn (KC)           1
  E. Figueroa (NY)          1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          1

Innings Pitched:

  N. Ryan (CAL)          77.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        73.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        71.2
  B. Blyleven (TEX)      70.1
  J. Augustine (MIL)     65.2
  J. Colborn (KC)        60.2
  J. Garvin (TOR)        57.2
  E. Figueroa (NY)       57.1
  D. Goltz (MIN)         56.1
  P. Splittorff (KC)     55.1

Hits:

  S. Thomas (SEA)          64
  K. Brett (CHI)           63
  P. Splittorff (KC)       63
  F. Tanana (CAL)          63
  V. Blue (OAK)            60
  J. Garvin (TOR)          59
  D. Goltz (MIN)           59
  G. Zahn (MIN)            58
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        57
  V. Ruhle (DET)           56

Runs:

  S. Thomas (SEA)          37
  B. Singer (TOR)          36
  G. Perry (TEX)           32
  V. Ruhle (DET)           32
  P. Splittorff (KC)       32
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       31
  D. Roberts (DET)         30
  P. Redfern (MIN)         29
  D. Segui (SEA)           28
  K. Brett (CHI)           27

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (BOS)         10
  D. Roberts (DET)         10
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  G. Abbott (SEA)           8
  P. Dobson (CLE)           8
  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        7
  S. Thomas (SEA)           7
  L. Tiant (BOS)            7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            57
  P. Splittorff (KC)       27
  B. Singer (TOR)          26
  B. Travers (MIL)         26
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       24
  D. Gullett (NY)          23
  J. Montague (SEA)        23
  C. Knapp (CHI)           22
  J. Slaton (MIL)          22
  M. Torrez (NY)           22

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            77
  F. Tanana (CAL)          70
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        55
  J. Palmer (BAL)          43
  D. Eckersley (CLE)       39
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  D. Leonard (KC)          34
  D. Gullett (NY)          32
  J. Garvin (TOR)          31
  F. Barrios (CHI)         30

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