Sunday April 30, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, April 30, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         16   5  1.85   21   1   6   199   157   51   41    7   83   85
California      14   7  2.83   21   4   8   194   172   63   61   12   82  134
Kansas City     14   5  3.00   19   6  10   168   147   63   56   15   57   65
New York        10   9  3.05   19   5   2   168   153   65   57   11   43   72
Detroit         13   5  3.38   18   5   4   165   151   74   62   11   55   75
Minnesota        8  16  3.63   24   6   1   223   215  107   90   21   76  119
Texas            9  10  3.82   19   5   2   172   180   83   73   12   65   93
Cleveland        8  11  4.04   19   5   4   165   149   79   74   21   67   80
Chicago          6  12  4.13   18   2   4   157   154   87   72   16   66   71
Seattle          8  18  4.35   26   3   5   234   250  125  113   13  104  107
Boston          11   9  4.47   20   2   3   179   209   99   89   25   55   73
Milwaukee        9  11  4.80   20   4   4   174   199  105   93   12   63  102
Toronto          8  13  4.87   21   4   4   183   190  103   99   28   76   80
Baltimore        8  11  5.02   19   3   5   165   183  110   92   22   78   90

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J. Johnson (OAK)       2   1  1.26   4   4   1   0   1   29   18    4    4    2   12   12
Pete Broberg (OAK)     3   0  1.33   4   4   0   0   0   27   24    6    4    0    7   17
Jim Palmer (BAL)       3   1  1.38   4   4   2   0   1   33   25    7    5    2    6   17
Ron Guidry (NY)        2   0  1.50   5   5   1   0   0   36   32    9    6    0   12   19
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   0  1.67   4   4   2   0   1   32   27    6    6    3    6   13
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   1  1.79   5   5   2   0   1   40   26    8    8    4    7   10
Gary Serum (MIN)       2   0  1.85   7   1   1   0   0   24   16    5    5    3    3   11
Rick Langford (OAK)    0   1  1.95   5   5   0   0   0   32   26    9    7    3   12    9
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       1   1  1.98   5   5   1   0   1   41   19   10    9    1   25   59
Rick Waits (CLE)       1   1  2.08   4   3   2   0   1   26   16    7    6    2    7   16

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          0   0  0.00   8   0   0   5   0   10    4    0    0    0    8    6
Jim Palmer             3   1  1.38   4   4   2   0   1   33   25    7    5    2    6   17
Nelson Briles          1   1  2.77   3   2   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    1    5   11
Mike Flanagan          1   3  4.91   5   5   1   0   0   29   33   17   16    4    9   15
Dennis Martinez        2   1  5.97   6   5   0   0   0   32   41   23   21    4   12   14
Tippy Martinez         0   1  6.30   9   0   0   0   0   10   12    8    7    2   11    6
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  7.94   4   0   0   0   0   11   17   16   10    5   15    5
Tim Stoddard           0   1  7.94   6   0   0   0   0   11   14   15   10    2    5    9
Scott McGregor         1   3 11.15   4   3   0   0   0   15   27   20   19    2    7    7

 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
Dick Drago             2   1  2.19   8   0   0   2   0   12   12    3    3    2    4    7
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  2.25   5   0   0   1   0    4    3    1    1    1    1    2
Bill Lee               4   0  2.25   5   5   2   0   1   40   37   12   10    6    6   12
Luis Tiant             1   0  3.00   3   2   0   0   0   15    8    5    5    2    5   11
Bob Stanley            1   1  3.06   8   0   0   0   0   18   22    6    6    0    6    5
Dennis Eckersley       0   1  5.09   5   5   0   0   0   35   43   21   20    6   11   12
Mike Torrez            2   1  5.34   5   5   0   0   0   30   47   21   18    4   10   13
Allen Ripley           0   1  8.31   3   3   0   0   0   13   17   14   12    1    5    2
Jim Wright             0   0  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    6    5    2    4    6
Bill Campbell          1   3 12.79   6   0   0   0   0    6   14    9    9    1    3    3

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           2   0  1.38   9   0   0   5   0   13    7    2    2    1    6    7
Nolan Ryan             1   1  1.98   5   5   1   0   1   41   19   10    9    1   25   59
Frank Tanana           5   0  2.45   5   5   2   0   1   40   43   11   11    4    7   17
Ken Brett              1   1  2.65   3   2   1   0   1   17   14    5    5    1    6    7
Paul Hartzell          0   2  2.95  11   0   0   3   0   21   19    7    7    0    4   10
Chris Knapp            3   2  3.14   5   5   0   0   0   29   32   11   10    2   12   20
Dyar Miller            1   0  4.50   5   0   0   0   0    8   14    4    4    0    7    2
Don Aase               1   1  4.71   4   4   0   0   0   21   23   11   11    3    9   11
Tom Griffin            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    2    2    0    6    1

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Hinton            0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    1    3    3
Pablo Torrealba        1   3  2.57   8   0   0   1   0   14   11    7    4    0    9    9
Jim Willoughby         0   1  3.09   7   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    4    0    2    4
Wilbur Wood            1   3  3.35   5   5   2   0   0   38   39   19   14    5   17   12
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    1    1    2
Steve Stone            1   1  4.18   4   4   0   0   0   24   23   14   11    1    7   16
Francisco Barrios      1   1  4.71   5   5   0   0   0   29   26   16   15    3   14    7
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  5.40   8   0   0   3   0   10   10    7    6    1    4    6
Ken Kravec             1   3  6.23   4   4   0   0   0   22   27   16   15    4    9   12

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
David Clyde            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    2    2
Sid Monge              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    3    2
Rick Waits             1   1  2.08   4   3   2   0   1   26   16    7    6    2    7   16
Rick Wise              1   4  2.68   5   5   3   0   0   37   27   12   11    4   10   14
Dennis Kinney          0   1  2.89   5   0   0   2   0    9    7    5    3    1    3    4
Don Hood               2   0  3.65   4   4   0   0   0   25   27   10   10    2   14    8
Jim Kern               2   1  4.50   7   0   0   1   0   10    9    5    5    2    6    6
Rick Kreuger           0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    7    4    4    4    1    2    5
Mike Paxton            0   1  5.40   5   1   0   1   0   15   13    9    9    3    4   10
Wayne Garland          2   3  7.89   6   6   0   0   0   30   43   27   26    6   16   13

 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
John Hiller            3   0  1.53   7   0   0   1   0   18   11    6    3    1    6   14
Dave Rozema            2   0  1.67   4   4   2   0   1   32   27    6    6    3    6   13
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
Jack Billingham        3   0  3.16   4   4   1   0   0   31   25   11   11    0    9    5
Steve Foucault         0   1  3.38   5   0   0   3   0    8   13    5    3    0    3    3
Jack Morris            0   0  3.97   2   2   0   0   0   11    8    5    5    1    6    3
Jim Crawford           1   2  4.91   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    6    4    2    2    6
Jim Slaton             2   1  5.40   4   4   0   0   0   23   32   17   14    3   11   13
Milt Wilcox            0   1  8.18   3   1   0   0   0   11   12   12   10    0    7    8

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gale              1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    7    6    0    0    0    1    4
Steve Mingori          0   0  0.00   6   0   0   3   0    7    0    0    0    0    2    4
Marty Pattin           1   0  0.00   4   0   0   2   0    7    7    0    0    0    1    1
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.50   7   0   0   4   0    6    3    1    1    0    4    5
Paul Splittorff        4   1  1.79   5   5   2   0   1   40   26    8    8    4    7   10
Larry Gura             2   0  3.05   5   2   0   0   0   21   18    8    7    2    4    3
Dennis Leonard         3   3  3.11   6   6   4   0   0   46   47   19   16    7   14   31
Jim Colborn            1   0  4.50   3   1   0   0   0   10   12    7    5    1    6    1
Doug Bird              1   1  4.85   6   0   0   1   0   13   14    8    7    0    8    5
Steve Busby            1   0 10.13   4   4   0   0   0   11   14   12   12    1   10    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
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   2  1.93   6   0   0   1   0    9    7    3    2    0    1    6
Bob McClure            0   1  3.55   7   0   0   2   0   13   16    5    5    0    3   14
Mike Caldwell          1   1  3.63   6   3   1   1   0   35   32   14   14    1   14   21
Lary Sorensen          2   1  4.50   5   5   0   0   0   34   35   21   17    1   14   13
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
Jerry Augustine        3   3  5.91   6   6   1   0   0   35   48   25   23    2   17   12
Andy Replogle          1   0  6.17   4   1   0   0   0   12   22    9    8    3    2    4
Randy Stein            0   1 12.15   3   1   0   0   0    7   10   12    9    0    5    4

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mac Scarce             0   1  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    1    0    2    3
Gary Serum             2   0  1.85   7   1   1   0   0   24   16    5    5    3    3   11
Geoff Zahn             2   0  3.13   5   5   2   0   0   37   35   18   13    3   13   13
Tom Johnson            1   4  3.15   7   0   0   1   0   20   23    8    7    2    7   15
Paul Thormodsgard      1   2  3.66   5   5   1   0   0   32   35   14   13    3    9   14
Roger Erickson         2   2  3.86   6   6   1   0   0   42   40   22   18    1   13   23
Dave Goltz             0   3  4.06   4   4   1   0   0   31   33   14   14    3   11   21
Greg Thayer            0   1  4.38   7   0   0   0   0   12    9    6    6    3    7   10
Dave Johnson           0   1  6.48   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    6    6    1    5    5
Pete Redfern           0   2  6.52   3   2   0   0   0   10   10   12    7    2    6    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Beattie            1   0  1.42   1   1   0   0   0    6    5    1    1    0    3    3
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.50   5   5   1   0   0   36   32    9    6    0   12   19
Sparky Lyle            2   0  2.13   5   0   0   2   0   13   10    3    3    1    1    4
Ken Clay               0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    1    1
Rich Gossage           1   3  2.50   7   0   0   0   0   18   16    7    5    3    3   17
Ed Figueroa            3   1  2.53   4   4   3   0   0   32   28   12    9    1    3   10
Dick Tidrow            1   2  3.07   4   4   1   0   0   29   23   10   10    1   10    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
Joe Coleman            2   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2
Elias Sosa             3   0  0.92  11   0   0   3   0   20   15    2    2    0   12    8
John Henry Johnson     2   1  1.26   4   4   1   0   1   29   18    4    4    2   12   12
Pete Broberg           3   0  1.33   4   4   0   0   0   27   24    6    4    0    7   17
Rick Langford          0   1  1.95   5   5   0   0   0   32   26    9    7    3   12    9
Matt Keough            1   0  2.13   4   4   0   0   0   25   20    8    6    0   14   18
Alan Wirth             1   2  2.21   4   4   0   0   0   20   15    7    5    1   14    9
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  2.33  10   0   0   2   0   19   15    7    5    0    6    6
Bob Lacey              2   0  2.50  12   0   0   1   0   18   13    5    5    1    5    3
Steve Renko            0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    6   11    3    3    0    0    1

 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
Shane Rawley           0   1  3.15  12   0   0   3   0   20   22    9    7    1   10   18
Enrique Romo           2   0  3.54   8   0   0   2   0   20   17    8    8    0   11   10
Paul Mitchell          1   3  4.13   5   5   1   0   0   28   31   15   13    1    8   15
Jim Todd               0   2  4.19   8   2   0   0   0   19   16   11    9    0   12    7
Byron McLaughlin       0   1  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    0    4   10
John Montague          0   1  4.50   4   0   0   0   0   10   11    5    5    0    7    2
Steve Burke            0   1  4.55   9   0   0   0   0   28   25   15   14    2   16    8
Rick Honeycutt         1   3  4.61   6   5   0   0   0   27   29   17   14    2   16   10
Mike Parrott           0   0  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   13    6    6    2    1    3
Dick Pole              2   3  5.14   5   5   1   0   0   28   37   17   16    5   10   12
Tom House              1   2  5.79   5   3   1   0   0   23   30   16   15    0    3    8

 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
Fergie Jenkins         2   1  2.87   6   2   2   0   0   31   27   11   10    1    7   14
Jon Matlack            2   3  3.18   5   5   1   0   0   34   40   17   12    2   10   22
Jim Umbarger           0   1  3.38   5   2   0   0   0   21   21    8    8    1    5   16
Doyle Alexander        1   1  3.46   4   4   1   0   1   26   32   10   10    3    9   12
Len Barker             1   1  3.72   5   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    4    1    6    5
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  4.05   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    3    1    1    5
Dock Ellis             2   1  4.95   4   4   1   0   0   20   14   13   11    2   11    6
Doc Medich             0   1  9.95   3   2   0   0   0   13   21   14   14    1   10    5

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0   14    5    0    0    0    5    6
Mike Willis            0   1  2.70   9   0   0   3   0   13   10    4    4    1    4    6
Don Kirkwood           1   0  3.27   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    0    3    7
Jesse Jefferson        1   3  4.08   5   4   2   0   1   35   28   18   16    7   17   13
Jerry Garvin           2   1  5.08   5   5   1   0   0   34   41   19   19    6   11   17
Tom Underwood          0   2  5.60   4   4   0   0   0   18   21   13   11    2    9    7
Jim Clancy             1   1  6.14   4   3   0   0   0   22   28   15   15    2   10   10
Balor Moore            1   0  6.75   5   0   0   0   0    9   13    7    7    2    7    4
Dave Lemanczyk         0   5  7.67   5   5   1   0   0   27   32   23   23    8   10   10

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  B. Lee (BOS)              4
  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        3
  J. Billingham (DET)       3
  P. Broberg (OAK)          3
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  J. Hiller (DET)           3
  C. Knapp (CAL)            3
  D. Leonard (KC)           3

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        5
  T. Johnson (MIN)          4
  R. Wise (CLE)             4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        3
  B. Campbell (BOS)         3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3
  W. Garland (CLE)          3
  D. Goltz (MIN)            3
  R. Gossage (NY)           3
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        3

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  R. Wise (CLE)             3
  M. Fidrych (DET)          2
  M. Haas (MIL)             2
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  B. Lee (BOS)              2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  D. Rozema (DET)           2

Saves:

  D. LaRoche (CAL)          5
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        5
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          4
  S. Foucault (DET)         3
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         3
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           3
  S. Mingori (KC)           3
  S. Rawley (SEA)           3
  E. Sosa (OAK)             3
  M. Willis (TOR)           3

Shutouts:

  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        1
  J. Johnson (OAK)          1
  B. Lee (BOS)              1
  J. Palmer (BAL)           1
  D. Rozema (DET)           1
  N. Ryan (CAL)             1
  P. Splittorff (KC)        1
  F. Tanana (CAL)           1

Innings Pitched:

  D. Leonard (KC)        46.1
  R. Erickson (MIN)      42.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          41.0
  P. Splittorff (KC)     40.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        40.1
  B. Lee (BOS)           40.0
  W. Wood (CHI)          37.2
  G. Zahn (MIN)          37.1
  R. Wise (CLE)          37.0
  R. Guidry (NY)         36.0

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       48
  D. Leonard (KC)          47
  M. Torrez (BOS)          47
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       43
  W. Garland (CLE)         43
  F. Tanana (CAL)          43
  J. Garvin (TOR)          41
  D. Martinez (BAL)        41
  R. Erickson (MIN)        40
  J. Matlack (TEX)         40

Runs:

  W. Garland (CLE)         27
  J. Augustine (MIL)       25
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       23
  D. Martinez (BAL)        23
  R. Erickson (MIN)        22
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       21
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        21
  M. Torrez (BOS)          21
  S. McGregor (BAL)        20
  J. Garvin (TOR)          19

Home Runs:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        7
  D. Leonard (KC)           7
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        6
  W. Garland (CLE)          6
  J. Garvin (TOR)           6
  B. Lee (BOS)              6
  M. Haas (MIL)             5
  J. Kerrigan (BAL)         5
  D. Pole (SEA)             5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            25
  J. Augustine (MIL)       17
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       17
  W. Wood (CHI)            17
  S. Burke (SEA)           16
  W. Garland (CLE)         16
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       16
  J. Kerrigan (BAL)        15
  F. Barrios (CHI)         14
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        14

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            59
  D. Leonard (KC)          31
  M. Haas (MIL)            26
  R. Erickson (MIN)        23
  J. Matlack (TEX)         22
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        21
  D. Goltz (MIN)           21
  C. Knapp (CAL)           20
  R. Guidry (NY)           19
  M. Keough (OAK)          18


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