Thursday May 19, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 19, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        20  14  2.83   34  11   9   308   294  121   97   20  113  167
Baltimore       17  14  3.27   31  13   4   278   240  106  101   22  100  128
Milwaukee       19  18  3.34   37  10   9   329   305  140  122   26  123  134
Minnesota       24  12  3.39   36   5  11   324   341  138  122   25   99  144
Texas           18  14  3.41   32  13   4   287   264  121  109   25   91  154
Kansas City     17  18  3.66   35   6   8   315   318  147  128   31  117  177
California      17  20  3.77   37  15   7   330   319  160  138   37  150  255
Chicago         22  12  3.79   34   8  10   304   313  150  128   28  112  159
Toronto         15  22  4.37   37   6   5   328   357  176  159   21  151  165
Boston          18  14  4.37   32   6   8   284   296  150  138   34   66  145
Oakland         17  19  4.44   36   7   7   320   351  179  158   37  140  200
Detroit         14  20  4.60   34   7   6   303   320  180  155   38   93  160
Seattle         14  27  4.91   41   3   7   359   383  226  196   43  176  186
Cleveland       12  20  5.28   32   3   8   290   328  186  170   35  120  172

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Figueroa (NY)       5   2  1.22   8   8   6   0   1   66   48   14    9    2   18   28
Bert Blyleven (TEX)    4   3  1.54   8   8   5   0   2   70   57   17   12    4   19   55
Dick Tidrow (NY)       2   1  1.75  12   0   0   2   0   36   35    8    7    2    9   24
Jim Slaton (MIL)       2   4  1.99   8   8   2   0   1   63   55   20   14    5   24   22
Doyle Alexander (TEX)  5   1  2.19   7   7   4   0   1   53   41   13   13    6   15   18
Steve Stone (CHI)      4   3  2.34   8   8   5   0   0   62   51   19   16    3   22   29
Fernando Arroyo (DET)  2   2  2.41  11   1   0   0   0   41   36   14   11    4    9   11
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   3  2.58   9   9   5   0   2   73   50   21   21    4   23   43
Frank Tanana (CAL)     6   1  2.70   9   9   6   0   2   73   63   22   22    9   18   70
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       6   4  2.72  10  10   8   0   2   86   56   27   26    5   65   89

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             5   3  2.58   9   9   5   0   2   73   50   21   21    4   23   43
Dennis Martinez        1   2  2.70   7   0   0   1   0   20   12    6    6    1    7   12
Ross Grimsley          4   2  3.00   7   7   3   0   0   48   49   16   16    6   11   14
Mike Flanagan          1   2  3.26   6   5   2   1   1   39   30   14   14    4   10   25
Rudy May               4   4  3.48   8   8   3   0   0   54   53   25   21    3   25   18
Scott McGregor         1   0  3.48   4   2   0   1   0   21   21    9    8    1    4    8
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  4.66   8   0   0   0   0   10    9    5    5    0    9    3
Tippy Martinez         0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    7    8    4    4    0    6    1
Dyar Miller            1   1  8.10   6   0   0   1   0    7    8    6    6    3    5    4

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Reggie Cleveland       2   3  3.08   7   7   2   0   0   53   42   20   18    5   14   27
Tom Murphy             0   1  3.57   6   0   0   0   0   18   19    9    7    2    6   10
Fergie Jenkins         4   3  3.64   8   8   3   0   1   59   51   26   24   11    8   29
Bob Stanley            3   0  3.69   6   5   1   1   1   39   45   19   16    2    8   10
Jim Willoughby         3   0  3.75  11   0   0   1   0   24   21   11   10    1    6   10
Bill Campbell          2   3  3.81  15   0   0   6   0   26   22   13   11    2   11   21
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
Frank Tanana           6   1  2.70   9   9   6   0   2   73   63   22   22    9   18   70
Nolan Ryan             6   4  2.72  10  10   8   0   2   86   56   27   26    5   65   89
Dave LaRoche           0   0  3.00   2   0   0   1   0    3    3    1    1    1    2    2
Paul Hartzell          1   4  3.06  10   3   1   3   0   35   33   15   12    2    9   20
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  4.11   9   0   0   1   0   15   16    9    7    2    9    8
Mickey Scott           0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   10   10    9    5    0    3    4
Wayne Simpson          3   3  5.50   8   8   0   0   0   38   46   26   23    4   21   25
Gary Ross              0   2  6.10   7   6   0   0   0   31   47   26   21    7    7   15
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  1.09  15   0   0   6   0   25   17    4    3    2    6   12
Steve Stone            4   3  2.34   8   8   5   0   0   62   51   19   16    3   22   29
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            5   1  4.25   9   9   1   0   0   49   48   29   23    6   25   30
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  5.02   9   7   0   0   0   38   46   25   21    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
Jim Bibby              2   1  5.63   6   4   1   0   1   24   31   15   15    3    4   14
Rick Waits             0   0  5.71  10   0   0   1   0   17   20   11   11    1    9    9
Wayne Garland          1   5  7.07   7   7   1   0   0   36   53   29   28    6   14   13
Pat Dobson             0   4  7.85   9   6   0   0   0   37   48   32   32    9   18   15
Sid Monge              0   0  8.53   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    7    6    0    5    6

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         2   1  2.35   8   0   0   2   0   15   12    4    4    0    5   16
Fernando Arroyo        2   2  2.41  11   1   0   0   0   41   36   14   11    4    9   11
Dave Rozema            3   1  2.86   8   8   4   0   1   63   54   23   20    5   10   30
Dave Roberts           3   5  3.93   8   8   3   0   0   55   55   30   24   10   13   22
Bob Sykes              0   1  4.50   7   4   0   0   0   28   28   17   14    2   14   21
John Hiller            1   4  5.16  14   1   0   4   0   23   19   15   13    2   13   25
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  1.71  14   0   0   4   0   21   17    4    4    2    7   23
Larry Gura             2   1  2.27  12   3   0   3   0   32   26   10    8    3    7   16
Jim Colborn            5   4  2.98   9   9   3   0   1   63   54   23   21    6   20   28
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
Dennis Leonard         2   3  4.08   8   7   2   1   0   53   57   32   24    3   20   37
Tom Hall               0   0  4.26   5   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    3    2    5    8
Marty Pattin           0   1  4.32   6   2   0   0   0   17   19    8    8    2    5    9
Steve Mingori          0   3  4.67   8   0   0   0   0   17   15    9    9    3    6    4
Paul Splittorff        1   4  4.72   9   9   1   0   0   55   63   32   29    7   27   22

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob McClure            1   0  1.45  18   0   0   3   0   19   15    5    3    0    6    6
Jim Slaton             2   4  1.99   8   8   2   0   1   63   55   20   14    5   24   22
Moose Haas             3   2  2.84   8   8   1   0   0   57   50   21   18    5   19   28
Bill Travers           3   4  3.04   7   7   2   0   1   50   47   20   17    4   26   18
Jerry Augustine        4   4  3.15   8   8   4   0   0   66   54   26   23    4   21   22
Barry Cort             1   1  3.57   6   3   1   0   0   23   25    9    9    1    7   15
Bill Castro            4   1  4.58  15   0   0   6   0   18   19    9    9    3    1    5
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   0  5.30   5   0   0   0   0   19   20   11   11    2    8   12
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  2.00  14   0   0   2   0   27   20    7    6    2    9   13
Jim Hughes             0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    1
Tom Burgmeier          5   1  2.23  17   0   0   4   0   32   30    8    8    3    8    7
Mike Pazik             1   0  2.50   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    1    6    6
Paul Thormodsgard      2   1  2.84   7   7   0   0   0   38   42   13   12    4   14   13
Geoff Zahn             6   1  3.46   8   8   3   0   0   55   65   23   21    7   10   32
Dave Goltz             2   3  3.67   9   9   2   0   0   61   65   29   25    1   22   24
Dave Johnson           0   0  4.05   2   0   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    1    4    6
Jeff Holly             2   0  4.12   4   2   0   0   0   20   18    9    9    0    5   13
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            2   1  0.92  13   0   0   6   0   29   25    4    3    2    9   16
Ed Figueroa            5   2  1.22   8   8   6   0   1   66   48   14    9    2   18   28
Dick Tidrow            2   1  1.75  12   0   0   2   0   36   35    8    7    2    9   24
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.76   8   2   0   1   0   31   28    8    6    2    8   25
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
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
Ken Holtzman           2   3  5.35   6   6   0   0   0   35   48   25   21    2   11    6
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              1   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0   12    7    1    0    0    3   12
Pablo Torrealba        1   0  0.00   8   0   0   2   0    8    7    0    0    0    4    4
Rick Langford          3   3  2.75   9   5   0   0   0   39   38   15   12    1   20   28
Joe Coleman            0   0  2.84   9   0   0   0   0   19   14    6    6    2   13   12
Dave Giusti            0   2  2.95  16   0   0   4   0   21   24    8    7    0    8   12
Vida Blue              3   3  3.80   8   8   4   0   0   64   67   27   27    7   16   42
Mike Norris            1   1  3.91   6   3   0   0   0   25   29   14   11    2    8   12
Mike Torrez            3   1  4.44   4   4   2   0   0   26   23   14   13    3   11   12
Doc Medich             2   2  4.60   7   7   1   0   0   45   54   29   23    6   17   25
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  1.46   7   0   0   1   0   12    8    2    2    0    7    7
Enrique Romo           1   2  1.98   8   3   0   1   0   27   25    6    6    2   11   21
Frank MacCormack       0   0  3.86   3   3   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    0   12    4
John Montague          3   3  4.15  14   2   0   2   0   48   48   26   22    3   24   22
Dave Pagan             1   1  4.23  15   1   1   2   1   38   41   22   18    2   10   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
Glenn Abbott           1   4  5.72   9   8   0   0   0   39   44   28   25    8   16   15
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 16.71   4   3   0   0   0    7   18   13   13    5    8    5

 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        5   1  2.19   7   7   4   0   1   53   41   13   13    6   15   18
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          3   4  4.92   8   8   4   0   1   53   56   35   29    4   11   30
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
Jerry Johnson          1   1  2.79  12   0   0   1   0   29   29   10    9    1   17   11
Pete Vuckovich         2   3  3.47  13   0   0   2   0   23   20   10    9    1   14   16
Jerry Garvin           5   1  3.75   8   8   3   0   0   58   59   25   24    4   20   31
Dave Lemanczyk         2   3  4.23   8   8   2   0   0   62   64   33   29    4   29   26
Jesse Jefferson        1   3  4.32   7   7   0   0   0   42   51   24   20    2   18   24
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   6  6.80   9   9   0   0   0   45   51   40   34    4   31   27
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:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  G. Zahn (MIN)             6
  D. Alexander (TEX)        5
  K. Brett (CHI)            5
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        5
  J. Colborn (KC)           5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  J. Garvin (TOR)           5
  C. Knapp (CHI)            5

Losses:

  B. Singer (TOR)           6
  W. Garland (CLE)          5
  D. Roberts (DET)          5
  S. Thomas (SEA)           5
  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  J. Colborn (KC)           4
  P. Dobson (CLE)           4
  D. Ellis (OAK)            4
  A. Fitzmorris (CLE)       4

Complete Games:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  E. Figueroa (NY)          6
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  S. Stone (CHI)            5
  D. Alexander (TEX)        4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4

Saves:

  B. Campbell (BOS)         6
  B. Castro (MIL)           6
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  T. Johnson (MIN)          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)          86.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        73.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        73.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)      70.1
  E. Figueroa (NY)       66.1
  J. Augustine (MIL)     65.2
  V. Blue (OAK)          64.0
  J. Colborn (KC)        63.1
  J. Slaton (MIL)        63.1
  D. Rozema (DET)        63.0

Hits:

  V. Blue (OAK)            67
  D. Goltz (MIN)           65
  G. Zahn (MIN)            65
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       64
  S. Thomas (SEA)          64
  K. Brett (CHI)           63
  P. Splittorff (KC)       63
  F. Tanana (CAL)          63
  J. Garvin (TOR)          59
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        57

Runs:

  B. Singer (TOR)          40
  S. Thomas (SEA)          37
  G. Perry (TEX)           35
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       33
  P. Dobson (CLE)          32
  D. Leonard (KC)          32
  V. Ruhle (DET)           32
  P. Splittorff (KC)       32
  D. Roberts (DET)         30
  W. Garland (CLE)         29

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (BOS)         11
  D. Roberts (DET)         10
  P. Dobson (CLE)           9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  G. Abbott (SEA)           8
  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        7
  G. Ross (CAL)             7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        7
  S. Thomas (SEA)           7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            65
  B. Singer (TOR)          31
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       29
  P. Splittorff (KC)       27
  B. Travers (MIL)         26
  C. Knapp (CHI)           25
  R. May (BAL)             25
  J. Montague (SEA)        24
  J. Slaton (MIL)          24
  D. Gullett (NY)          23

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            89
  F. Tanana (CAL)          70
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        55
  J. Palmer (BAL)          43
  V. Blue (OAK)            42
  D. Eckersley (CLE)       39
  D. Leonard (KC)          37
  D. Gullett (NY)          32
  G. Zahn (MIN)            32
  J. Garvin (TOR)          31

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