Monday April 24, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, April 24, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         11   3  1.34   14   1   5   128    85   23   19    4   57   61
Kansas City     11   2  2.66   13   3   8   115    98   40   34    6   40   46
California      10   5  2.70   15   2   6   140   124   44   42    9   58  101
New York         7   8  3.38   15   3   1   133   128   56   50   11   33   54
Detroit         10   3  3.63   13   4   3   119   105   55   48    9   40   53
Minnesota        6  11  4.02   17   4   1   154   145   81   69   16   61   81
Chicago          5   8  4.22   13   1   4   111   117   58   52   11   44   52
Cleveland        6   7  4.34   13   2   3   114   113   59   55   16   45   56
Seattle          6  14  4.51   20   3   4   180   197  100   90   10   76   71
Milwaukee        8   7  4.56   15   2   3   132   149   76   67   12   50   83
Boston          10   5  4.70   15   2   2   136   160   79   71   20   44   61
Toronto          5  10  5.08   15   3   3   131   141   76   74   24   55   51
Texas            3  10  5.20   13   1   1   116   142   75   67   11   53   63
Baltimore        5  10  5.37   15   2   3   129   136   93   77   19   64   76

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J. Johnson (OAK)       2   0  0.42   3   3   1   0   1   22   12    1    1    1    8    9
Jim Palmer (BAL)       2   0  0.53   2   2   1   0   1   17    6    1    1    1    2   10
Alan Wirth (OAK)       1   1  1.04   3   3   0   0   0   17   10    4    2    1   11    7
Matt Keough (OAK)      1   0  1.42   3   3   0   0   0   19   14    3    3    0   11   16
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   0  1.44   4   4   1   0   1   31   22    5    5    2    5    8
Rick Waits (CLE)       1   0  1.50   3   2   1   0   1   18   11    4    3    1    5    9
Ron Guidry (NY)        2   0  1.82   4   4   1   0   0   30   29    7    6    0    8   12
Chris Knapp (CAL)      2   1  1.93   3   3   0   0   0   19   18    5    4    1    9   14
Dave Rozema (DET)      1   0  2.31   3   3   1   0   0   23   20    6    6    3    5   10
Rick Langford (OAK)    0   1  2.37   3   3   0   0   0   19   15    5    5    2    7    5

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          0   0  0.00   6   0   0   3   0    7    2    0    0    0    5    5
Jim Palmer             2   0  0.53   2   2   1   0   1   17    6    1    1    1    2   10
Nelson Briles          1   1  2.77   3   2   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    1    5   11
Mike Flanagan          1   3  4.68   4   4   1   0   0   25   25   14   13    4    7   14
Tippy Martinez         0   1  6.30   7   0   0   0   0   10   11    8    7    2   10    6
Dennis Martinez        1   1  6.56   5   4   0   0   0   23   30   19   17    3   10   12
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0   11   14   14    8    4   15    4
Tim Stoddard           0   1  7.20   5   0   0   0   0   10   12   13    8    2    4    9
Scott McGregor         0   3 13.50   3   3   0   0   0   13   26   20   19    2    6    5

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Reggie Cleveland       0   1  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    0    0    0    0
Luis Tiant             1   0  2.25   2   1   0   0   0    8    3    2    2    2    3    8
Bill Lee               3   0  2.52   3   3   2   0   1   25   22    8    7    4    4   10
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  3.38   3   0   0   1   0    3    2    1    1    1    0    2
Dick Drago             2   1  3.38   6   0   0   1   0    8   10    3    3    2    3    6
Bob Stanley            1   1  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   12   18    5    5    0    5    5
Mike Torrez            2   0  4.18   4   4   0   0   0   28   39   16   13    2   10   13
Dennis Eckersley       0   0  5.46   4   4   0   0   0   28   33   17   17    6    8    6
Allen Ripley           0   1  8.31   3   3   0   0   0   13   17   14   12    1    5    2
Bill Campbell          1   1  8.53   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    6    6    0    2    3
Jim Wright             0   0  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    6    5    2    4    6

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Brett              1   0  0.00   2   1   1   0   1    9    6    0    0    0    2    2
Dave LaRoche           2   0  1.50   7   0   0   3   0   12    6    2    2    1    6    6
Chris Knapp            2   1  1.93   3   3   0   0   0   19   18    5    4    1    9   14
Nolan Ryan             0   1  2.53   4   4   0   0   0   32   17   10    9    1   19   48
Dyar Miller            0   0  2.70   3   0   0   0   0    3    5    1    1    0    4    1
Frank Tanana           4   0  2.87   4   4   1   0   1   31   39   10   10    3    5   14
Don Aase               1   1  4.08   3   3   0   0   0   18   16    8    8    3    8    7
Paul Hartzell          0   2  4.20   8   0   0   3   0   15   16    7    7    0    4    9
Tom Griffin            0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    0    1    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Hinton            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    3    3
Pablo Torrealba        1   0  1.69   5   0   0   1   0   11    6    2    2    0    8    7
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  2.08   6   0   0   3   0    9    6    2    2    0    1    5
Francisco Barrios      1   1  4.11   3   3   0   0   0   15   17    7    7    2    8    4
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    1    1    2
Wilbur Wood            0   3  4.40   4   4   1   0   0   29   33   17   14    5   14    9
Steve Stone            1   1  5.63   3   3   0   0   0   16   20   12   10    0    2    8
Jim Willoughby         0   1  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    5    4    0    1    4
Ken Kravec             1   2  6.06   3   3   0   0   0   16   21   11   11    3    6   10

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Waits             1   0  1.50   3   2   1   0   1   18   11    4    3    1    5    9
Rick Wise              1   2  2.66   3   3   1   0   0   20   18    7    6    1    6    7
Don Hood               1   0  4.08   3   3   0   0   0   18   24    8    8    2   10    6
Jim Kern               2   1  4.50   7   0   0   1   0   10    9    5    5    2    6    6
Dennis Kinney          0   1  5.06   4   0   0   1   0    5    5    5    3    1    2    3
Rick Kreuger           0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    7    4    4    4    1    2    5
Mike Paxton            0   1  6.23   4   1   0   1   0   13   13    9    9    3    3    9
Wayne Garland          1   2  6.65   4   4   0   0   0   23   29   17   17    5   11   11

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Taylor           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Steve Foucault         0   0  1.80   3   0   0   3   0    5    5    1    1    0    0    2
John Hiller            2   0  1.86   4   0   0   0   0   10    7    5    2    0    3    6
Dave Rozema            1   0  2.31   3   3   1   0   0   23   20    6    6    3    5   10
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
Jack Billingham        3   0  2.96   3   3   1   0   0   24   20    8    8    0    6    5
Jim Crawford           1   1  5.14   3   0   0   0   0    7    5    4    4    2    2    5
Jack Morris            0   0  6.23   1   1   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    0    5    3
Jim Slaton             1   1  6.35   3   3   0   0   0   17   23   14   12    3    9    8
Milt Wilcox            0   1 10.13   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    8    6    0    5    4

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   0  0.00   5   0   0   2   0    5    0    0    0    0    1    3
Marty Pattin           1   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    6    7    0    0    0    1    1
Larry Gura             2   0  1.38   4   1   0   0   0   13    9    2    2    0    4    2
Paul Splittorff        4   0  1.44   4   4   1   0   1   31   22    5    5    2    5    8
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.59   6   0   0   4   0    6    3    1    1    0    4    5
Dennis Leonard         2   2  3.07   4   4   2   0   0   29   28   13   10    4    8   20
Doug Bird              1   0  3.75   5   0   0   1   0   12   11    6    5    0    8    5
Steve Busby            1   0  7.00   3   3   0   0   0    9    9    7    7    0    8    1
Jim Colborn            0   0  9.82   2   1   0   0   0    4    9    6    4    0    1    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Castro            0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    5    0    0    0    1    2
Bob McClure            0   1  2.00   5   0   0   1   0    9   11    2    2    0    3   12
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   1  2.16   4   0   0   1   0    8    4    2    2    0    1    6
Mike Caldwell          0   0  3.10   4   1   0   1   0   20   18    7    7    1    9   15
Lary Sorensen          2   1  4.50   4   4   0   0   0   28   28   18   14    1   12   10
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
Jerry Augustine        3   1  5.84   4   4   0   0   0   25   35   16   16    2   13    8
Andy Replogle          1   0  6.00   3   1   0   0   0    9   17    7    6    3    2    3
Randy Stein            0   1 16.88   2   1   0   0   0    3    7    8    5    0    3    1

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mac Scarce             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2
Greg Thayer            0   0  2.16   5   0   0   0   0    8    4    2    2    1    6    5
Gary Serum             1   0  2.40   5   0   0   0   0   15   11    4    4    2    1    5
Tom Johnson            1   2  2.92   4   0   0   1   0   12   14    4    4    2    4   11
Paul Thormodsgard      1   1  3.22   3   3   1   0   0   22   16    9    8    2    9    8
Roger Erickson         2   2  3.86   4   4   1   0   0   28   26   16   12    1    9   14
Dave Goltz             0   3  4.06   4   4   1   0   0   31   33   14   14    3   11   21
Geoff Zahn             1   0  5.59   3   3   1   0   0   19   23   14   12    2   10    6
Pete Redfern           0   2  6.52   3   2   0   0   0   10   10   12    7    2    6    4
Dave Johnson           0   1  7.36   2   1   0   0   0    7    8    6    6    1    5    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   0  0.90   4   0   0   1   0   10    7    1    1    1    1    3
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.82   4   4   1   0   0   30   29    7    6    0    8   12
Ken Clay               0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    1    1
Rich Gossage           0   3  2.93   6   0   0   0   0   15   14    7    5    3    3   15
Dick Tidrow            1   1  2.95   3   3   0   0   0   21   16    7    7    1   10    5
Ed Figueroa            2   1  3.13   3   3   2   0   0   23   23   11    8    1    0    9
Rawly Eastwick         0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    0    0
Ken Holtzman           0   0  4.82   2   2   0   0   0    9   12    5    5    1    5    2
Catfish Hunter         0   3  9.45   3   3   0   0   0   13   17   14   14    3    5    7

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             1   0  0.00   7   0   0   3   0   12    4    0    0    0    9    5
John Henry Johnson     2   0  0.42   3   3   1   0   1   22   12    1    1    1    8    9
Alan Wirth             1   1  1.04   3   3   0   0   0   17   10    4    2    1   11    7
Pete Broberg           2   0  1.32   2   2   0   0   0   14   12    2    2    0    3   13
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  1.42   8   0   0   2   0   13    8    4    2    0    4    3
Matt Keough            1   0  1.42   3   3   0   0   0   19   14    3    3    0   11   16
Rick Langford          0   1  2.37   3   3   0   0   0   19   15    5    5    2    7    5
Bob Lacey              2   0  2.77   8   0   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    0    4    3

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Glenn Abbott           1   1  2.19   3   3   0   0   0   12   13    3    3    0    6    4
Enrique Romo           1   0  3.77   6   0   0   2   0   14   14    6    6    0    6    6
Jim Todd               0   1  3.94   6   1   0   0   0   16   12    9    7    0   10    6
Steve Burke            0   1  4.07   7   0   0   0   0   24   20   12   11    2   13    8
Shane Rawley           0   1  4.11   9   0   0   2   0   15   18    9    7    1    6   12
Rick Honeycutt         1   2  4.30   5   4   0   0   0   23   21   14   11    2   13    9
Paul Mitchell          1   2  4.30   4   4   1   0   0   23   26   11   11    0    6   12
John Montague          0   1  4.50   4   0   0   0   0   10   11    5    5    0    7    2
Dick Pole              1   3  5.16   4   4   1   0   0   23   31   14   13    4    6    7
Mike Parrott           0   0  6.23   1   1   0   0   0    4    4    3    3    1    1    1
Tom House              1   2  8.16   3   3   1   0   0   14   27   14   13    0    2    4

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Comer            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    3    4
Paul Lindblad          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    2    4
Roger Moret            0   0  2.25   1   0   0   1   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    0
Jim Umbarger           0   1  3.14   4   1   0   0   0   14   15    5    5    0    3   11
Jon Matlack            1   3  3.86   4   4   1   0   0   26   32   16   11    2    8   16
Len Barker             1   1  4.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    1    6    4
Doyle Alexander        0   1  5.29   3   3   0   0   0   17   26   10   10    3    7    9
Fergie Jenkins         0   1  6.08   4   0   0   0   0   13   19    9    9    1    5    5
Dock Ellis             1   1  8.18   3   3   0   0   0   11    9   12   10    2    7    3
Doc Medich             0   1  9.95   3   2   0   0   0   13   21   14   14    1   10    5
Reggie Cleveland       0   1 10.13   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    4    3    1    1    2

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             1   0  0.00   5   0   0   1   0   10    3    0    0    0    4    2
Don Kirkwood           1   0  3.27   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    0    3    7
Jesse Jefferson        1   2  3.68   4   3   2   0   1   29   21   13   12    6   11    9
Mike Willis            0   1  3.86   7   0   0   2   0    9    8    4    4    1    2    5
Jim Clancy             1   1  4.60   3   2   0   0   0   16   20    8    8    2    6    8
Jerry Garvin           1   0  4.82   3   3   0   0   0   19   25   10   10    4    7    8
Dave Lemanczyk         0   4  7.77   4   4   1   0   0   22   28   19   19    7    8    8
Tom Underwood          0   2  9.28   3   3   0   0   0   11   18   12   11    2    8    4
Balor Moore            0   0 11.57   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    6    6    2    6    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        3
  J. Billingham (DET)       3
  B. Lee (BOS)              3
  P. Broberg (OAK)          2
  D. Drago (BOS)            2
  R. Erickson (MIN)         2
  M. Fidrych (DET)          2
  E. Figueroa (NY)          2

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        4
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3
  D. Goltz (MIN)            3
  R. Gossage (NY)           3
  C. Hunter (NY)            3
  J. Matlack (TEX)          3
  S. McGregor (BAL)         3
  D. Pole (SEA)             3
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  R. Cleveland (TEX)        2

Complete Games:

  M. Fidrych (DET)          2
  E. Figueroa (NY)          2
  M. Haas (MIL)             2
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        2
  B. Lee (BOS)              2
  D. Leonard (KC)           2
  J. Billingham (DET)       1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  R. Erickson (MIN)         1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1

Saves:

  A. Hrabosky (KC)          4
  S. Foucault (DET)         3
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         3
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           3
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          3
  E. Sosa (OAK)             3
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        3
  D. Heaverlo (OAK)         2
  S. Mingori (KC)           2
  S. Rawley (SEA)           2

Shutouts:

  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        1
  J. Johnson (OAK)          1
  B. Lee (BOS)              1
  J. Palmer (BAL)           1
  P. Splittorff (KC)        1
  F. Tanana (CAL)           1
  R. Waits (CLE)            1

Innings Pitched:

  N. Ryan (CAL)          32.0
  P. Splittorff (KC)     31.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        31.1
  D. Goltz (MIN)         31.0
  R. Guidry (NY)         29.2
  J. Jefferson (TOR)     29.1
  D. Leonard (KC)        29.1
  W. Wood (CHI)          28.2
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     28.0
  R. Erickson (MIN)      28.0

Hits:

  F. Tanana (CAL)          39
  M. Torrez (BOS)          39
  J. Augustine (MIL)       35
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       33
  D. Goltz (MIN)           33
  W. Wood (CHI)            33
  J. Matlack (TEX)         32
  D. Pole (SEA)            31
  D. Martinez (BAL)        30
  W. Garland (CLE)         29

Runs:

  S. McGregor (BAL)        20
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       19
  D. Martinez (BAL)        19
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        18
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       17
  W. Garland (CLE)         17
  W. Wood (CHI)            17
  J. Augustine (MIL)       16
  R. Erickson (MIN)        16
  M. Haas (MIL)            16

Home Runs:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        7
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        6
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        6
  W. Garland (CLE)          5
  M. Haas (MIL)             5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4
  J. Garvin (TOR)           4
  J. Kerrigan (BAL)         4
  B. Lee (BOS)              4

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            19
  J. Kerrigan (BAL)        15
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  J. Augustine (MIL)       13
  S. Burke (SEA)           13
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       13
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        12
  W. Garland (CLE)         11
  D. Goltz (MIN)           11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       11

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            48
  M. Haas (MIL)            26
  D. Goltz (MIN)           21
  D. Leonard (KC)          20
  M. Keough (OAK)          16
  J. Matlack (TEX)         16
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        15
  R. Gossage (NY)          15
  R. Erickson (MIN)        14
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        14


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