Saturday May 21, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 21, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        20  16  2.90   36  11   9   329   319  131  106   21  122  177
Baltimore       19  14  3.28   33  13   4   299   262  114  109   22  112  135
Minnesota       24  14  3.44   38   5  11   340   358  146  130   26  104  151
Milwaukee       20  19  3.58   39  11   9   347   325  157  138   32  136  142
Texas           18  16  3.60   34  14   4   305   282  134  122   28   97  160
California      19  20  3.60   39  16   8   348   333  161  139   38  155  268
Kansas City     18  19  3.75   37   7   8   336   345  159  140   32  123  184
Chicago         22  14  3.86   36   8  10   322   339  160  138   30  115  164
Toronto         17  22  4.35   39   7   6   346   374  185  167   23  159  177
Oakland         18  20  4.45   38   7   7   338   368  191  167   39  149  207
Detroit         16  20  4.51   36   8   6   321   333  186  161   39   98  170
Boston          19  15  4.77   34   6   8   302   326  174  160   38   75  157
Seattle         15  28  5.15   43   3   7   376   402  246  215   48  190  199
Cleveland       13  21  5.26   34   3   8   310   352  197  181   37  131  177

 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   4  1.82   9   9   6   0   2   79   63   21   16    5   22   59
Dick Tidrow (NY)       2   2  1.82  13   0   0   2   0   40   38    9    8    2    9   28
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)  3   2  2.34  12   2   1   0   0   50   41   16   13    5   11   16
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   1  2.40  10  10   7   0   3   82   71   22   22    9   22   78
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       6   4  2.72  10  10   8   0   2   86   56   27   26    5   65   89
Rick Langford (OAK)    3   3  2.75   9   5   0   0   0   39   38   15   12    1   20   28

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dennis Martinez        2   2  2.22   8   0   0   1   0   24   14    6    6    1    8   13
Ross Grimsley          4   2  2.95   8   8   3   0   0   58   60   19   19    6   16   17
Jim Palmer             5   3  3.00  10  10   5   0   2   78   58   26   26    4   29   46
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
Tippy Martinez         1   0  4.32   7   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    0    6    1
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  4.66   8   0   0   0   0   10    9    5    5    0    9    3
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
Fergie Jenkins         4   3  3.64   8   8   3   0   1   59   51   26   24   11    8   29
Jim Willoughby         3   0  4.00  12   0   0   1   0   27   25   13   12    2    7   11
Bill Campbell          2   3  4.13  16   0   0   6   0   28   25   15   13    2   12   25
Bob Stanley            3   0  4.26   7   6   1   1   1   44   54   26   21    2   11   13
Bill Lee               1   0  5.40   5   2   0   0   0   20   26   12   12    3    4    9
Luis Tiant             2   3  5.50   7   7   0   0   0   36   47   22   22    9    7   23
Tom Murphy             0   1  6.10   7   0   0   0   0   21   27   16   14    3    8   11
Rick Wise              1   2 13.50   4   4   0   0   0   11   22   16   16    1    2    8
Tom House              1   0 24.00   5   0   0   0   0    3    7    8    8    0    2    1

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Tanana           7   1  2.40  10  10   7   0   3   82   71   22   22    9   22   78
Nolan Ryan             6   4  2.72  10  10   8   0   2   86   56   27   26    5   65   89
Dave LaRoche           0   0  3.00   3   0   0   2   0    6    6    2    2    2    2    5
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
Gary Ross              1   2  5.11   8   7   0   0   0   37   50   26   21    7    8   17
Wayne Simpson          3   3  5.50   8   8   0   0   0   38   46   26   23    4   21   25
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
Bruce Dal Canton       0   1  2.30   6   0   0   2   0   16   10    5    4    1    7    5
Steve Stone            4   3  2.34   8   8   5   0   0   62   51   19   16    3   22   29
Francisco Barrios      3   3  3.56   9   7   1   0   0   56   59   27   22    4   16   31
Chris Knapp            5   1  4.25   9   9   1   0   0   49   48   29   23    6   25   30
Bart Johnson           3   2  4.88   9   3   0   0   0   28   37   18   15    0   14   11
Ken Brett              5   3  4.92   9   9   1   0   0   57   75   32   31    6   11   30
Dave Hamilton          1   1  5.48  16   0   0   2   0   23   25   15   14    3   10   13
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
Don Hood               1   0  2.75  10   0   0   0   0   20   15    6    6    2   10   14
Dennis Eckersley       3   3  3.86   9   9   1   0   0   61   62   29   26    7   23   39
Jim Kern               1   2  3.86  17   0   0   3   0   21   20   10    9    1   11   17
Rick Waits             1   0  4.87  11   0   0   1   0   20   22   11   11    1   12   10
Al Fitzmorris          2   4  4.97  10   7   0   0   0   38   46   25   21    1   18   20
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
Tom Buskey             0   0  5.66  12   0   0   0   0   21   30   17   13    3    6    9
Wayne Garland          1   5  6.17   8   8   1   0   0   42   58   30   29    7   16   14
Pat Dobson             0   4  7.85   9   6   0   0   0   37   48   32   32    9   18   15
Sid Monge              0   0  9.39   5   0   0   0   0    8    5    9    8    0    6    7

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         3   1  1.83   9   0   0   2   0   20   13    4    4    0    5   19
Fernando Arroyo        3   2  2.34  12   2   1   0   0   50   41   16   13    5   11   16
Dave Rozema            3   1  2.86   8   8   4   0   1   63   54   23   20    5   10   30
Dave Roberts           3   5  4.22   9   9   3   0   0   60   62   34   28   10   16   24
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
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
Mark Littell           4   2  3.38  15   0   0   4   0   24   21    9    9    2   10   25
Tom Hall               0   0  3.52   6   0   0   0   0    8    4    3    3    2    6   10
Steve Mingori          0   3  3.98   9   0   0   0   0   20   19    9    9    3    6    4
Andy Hassler           1   1  4.00   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   16   12    1   12   16
Paul Splittorff        2   4  4.06  10  10   2   0   1   64   71   32   29    7   28   23
Dennis Leonard         2   3  4.08   8   7   2   1   0   53   57   32   24    3   20   37
Doug Bird              2   0  5.00  11   1   0   0   0   27   37   15   15    3    9   16
Marty Pattin           0   1  5.09   7   2   0   0   0   18   23   10   10    2    5    9

 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
Bill Travers           3   4  3.04   7   7   2   0   1   50   47   20   17    4   26   18
Sam Hinds              0   0  3.38   1   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    1    2    3
Moose Haas             3   2  3.41   9   9   1   0   0   58   51   25   22    5   25   29
Barry Cort             1   1  3.57   6   3   1   0   0   23   25    9    9    1    7   15
Jerry Augustine        5   4  3.62   9   9   5   0   0   75   64   33   30    8   24   24
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   0  5.30   5   0   0   0   0   19   20   11   11    2    8   12
Bill Castro            4   2  5.40  16   0   0   6   0   20   23   13   12    4    3    7
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  1.69  15   0   0   5   0   27   22    6    5    1    5   15
Jim Hughes             0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    1
Tom Burgmeier          5   1  2.14  18   0   0   4   0   34   30    8    8    3    8    8
Mike Pazik             1   0  2.50   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    1    6    6
Ron Schueler           2   1  2.51  15   0   0   2   0   29   24    9    8    2   10   13
Paul Thormodsgard      2   2  3.16   8   8   0   0   0   43   47   16   15    4   16   14
Geoff Zahn             6   2  3.54   9   9   3   0   0   61   71   26   24    8   12   37
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   2  1.15  14   0   0   6   0   31   29    5    4    2    9   16
Ed Figueroa            5   2  1.22   8   8   6   0   1   66   48   14    9    2   18   28
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.76   8   2   0   1   0   31   28    8    6    2    8   25
Dick Tidrow            2   2  1.82  13   0   0   2   0   40   38    9    8    2    9   28
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
Mike Torrez            2   1  4.50   4   4   1   0   0   28   27   15   14    2   16   15
Don Gullett            3   2  4.94   7   7   2   0   0   47   51   27   26    4   27   34
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

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pablo Torrealba        1   0  0.75  10   0   0   2   0   12   12    2    1    1    6    4
Bob Lacey              1   1  1.04   6   0   0   0   0   17   10    3    2    0    5   15
Joe Coleman            0   0  2.35  11   0   0   0   0   23   15    6    6    2   16   12
Rick Langford          3   3  2.75   9   5   0   0   0   39   38   15   12    1   20   28
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             3   2  4.86   8   8   1   0   0   50   60   34   27    7   18   29
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 23.48   4   4   0   0   0    8   20   21   20    5    6    4

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Kekich            2   0  1.23   8   0   0   1   0   15    8    2    2    0    8    8
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
Bill Laxton            2   1  4.21  16   0   0   1   0   26   19   12   12    2   15   15
Dave Pagan             1   1  4.23  15   1   1   2   1   38   41   22   18    2   10   21
John Montague          3   3  4.56  15   2   0   2   0   49   53   29   25    4   26   24
Tommy Moore            2   1  4.91  14   1   0   0   0   33   36   22   18    1   21   13
Gary Wheelock          2   3  5.23   5   5   1   0   0   31   28   19   18    5    7   19
Glenn Abbott           1   4  5.48  10   9   0   0   0   44   47   31   27    9   20   17
Stan Thomas            1   5  5.57  10   8   1   0   0   52   67   41   32    7   21   14
Diego Segui            0   4  6.94  11   4   0   0   0   36   38   33   28    6   21   33
Rick Jones             0   3 11.32   4   4   0   0   0   10   18   13   13    5   10    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   8   0   0   1   0    8    3    0    0    0    3    2
Bert Blyleven          4   4  1.82   9   9   6   0   2   79   63   21   16    5   22   59
Doyle Alexander        5   1  2.19   7   7   4   0   1   53   41   13   13    6   15   18
Adrian Devine          3   1  2.37  11   1   0   1   0   19   11    5    5    2    7   11
Mike Marshall          0   0  2.84   2   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    1    1
Paul Lindblad          1   2  3.51  10   0   0   2   0   26   23   11   10    4    7   14
Gaylord Perry          3   4  4.92   8   8   4   0   1   53   56   35   29    4   11   30
Nelson Briles          2   1  5.56   6   3   0   0   0   23   19   14   14    3    8    7
Tommy Boggs            0   3  5.93   6   6   0   0   0   27   40   18   18    1   12   15
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
Steve Hargan           0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    3    3    3    1    1    0

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Willis            1   1  1.78   8   0   0   3   0   25   20    5    5    3    8    9
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           6   1  3.51   9   9   4   0   0   67   66   28   26    4   24   38
Dave Lemanczyk         2   3  4.23   8   8   2   0   0   62   64   33   29    4   29   26
Jesse Jefferson        2   3  4.56   8   8   0   0   0   47   58   28   24    3   20   28
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:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  J. Garvin (TOR)           6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  G. Zahn (MIN)             6
  D. Alexander (TEX)        5
  J. Augustine (MIL)        5
  K. Brett (CHI)            5
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        5
  J. Colborn (KC)           5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          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
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         4
  J. Colborn (KC)           4
  P. Dobson (CLE)           4
  D. Ellis (OAK)            4

Complete Games:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         6
  E. Figueroa (NY)          6
  J. Augustine (MIL)        5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  S. Stone (CHI)            5
  D. Alexander (TEX)        4
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  J. Garvin (TOR)           4

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           3
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (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
  F. Tanana (CAL)        82.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)      79.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        78.0
  J. Augustine (MIL)     74.2
  J. Garvin (TOR)        66.2
  E. Figueroa (NY)       66.1
  P. Splittorff (KC)     64.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          64.0
  J. Colborn (KC)        63.1

Hits:

  K. Brett (CHI)           75
  P. Splittorff (KC)       71
  F. Tanana (CAL)          71
  G. Zahn (MIN)            71
  V. Blue (OAK)            67
  S. Thomas (SEA)          67
  J. Garvin (TOR)          66
  D. Goltz (MIN)           65
  J. Augustine (MIL)       64
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       64

Runs:

  S. Thomas (SEA)          41
  B. Singer (TOR)          40
  G. Perry (TEX)           35
  D. Medich (OAK)          34
  D. Roberts (DET)         34
  J. Augustine (MIL)       33
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       33
  D. Segui (SEA)           33
  K. Brett (CHI)           32
  P. Dobson (CLE)          32

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (BOS)         11
  D. Roberts (DET)         10
  G. Abbott (SEA)           9
  P. Dobson (CLE)           9
  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  L. Tiant (BOS)            9
  J. Augustine (MIL)        8
  G. Zahn (MIN)             8
  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            65
  B. Singer (TOR)          31
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       29
  J. Palmer (BAL)          29
  P. Splittorff (KC)       28
  D. Gullett (NY)          27
  M. Torrez (NY)           27
  J. Montague (SEA)        26
  B. Travers (MIL)         26
  M. Haas (MIL)            25

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            89
  F. Tanana (CAL)          78
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        59
  J. Palmer (BAL)          46
  V. Blue (OAK)            42
  D. Eckersley (CLE)       39
  J. Garvin (TOR)          38
  D. Leonard (KC)          37
  G. Zahn (MIN)            37
  D. Gullett (NY)          34

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