Tuesday May 2, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 2, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         17   5  1.82   22   1   7   208   162   52   42    7   86   88
New York        12   9  3.05   21   5   4   186   171   71   63   14   50   83
California      14   8  3.15   22   4   8   203   185   73   71   13   88  134
Kansas City     14   7  3.23   21   6  10   184   164   75   66   16   61   72
Detroit         14   5  3.30   19   6   4   174   155   76   64   11   57   81
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        9  11  3.83   20   5   5   174   154   80   74   21   73   84
Chicago          7  12  4.07   19   3   4   166   162   90   75   16   68   74
Seattle          8  19  4.34   27   3   5   243   259  129  117   14  105  109
Boston          12  10  4.42   22   2   4   197   225  108   97   27   70   82
Toronto          8  14  4.76   22   5   4   191   192  105  101   29   80   85
Milwaukee        9  12  4.81   21   4   4   183   210  110   98   14   64  105
Baltimore        9  12  4.90   21   4   5   182   196  120   99   24   91   98

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa (OAK)       3   0  0.79  12   0   0   4   0   23   15    2    2    0   12    9
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
Rick Waits (CLE)       2   1  1.59   5   4   2   0   1   34   21    8    6    2   12   17
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   0  1.67   4   4   2   0   1   32   27    6    6    3    6   13
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

 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   2  3.93   4   3   0   0   0   18   16   11    8    2    8   13
Dennis Martinez        3   1  4.87   7   6   1   0   0   41   45   24   22    4   19   19
Mike Flanagan          1   3  4.91   5   5   1   0   0   29   33   17   16    4    9   15
Tippy Martinez         0   1  6.30   9   0   0   0   0   10   12    8    7    2   11    6
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.92   5   0   0   0   0   13   17   16   10    5   16    5
Tim Stoddard           0   1  8.76   7   0   0   0   0   12   17   17   12    3    7   10
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
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  1.93   7   0   0   1   0    5    3    1    1    1    2    2
Dick Drago             2   1  2.19   8   0   0   2   0   12   12    3    3    2    4    7
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  3.48   9   0   0   1   0   21   25    8    8    1   10    8
Dennis Eckersley       0   1  5.09   5   5   0   0   0   35   43   21   20    6   11   12
Mike Torrez            3   1  5.45   6   6   0   0   0   36   52   25   22    4   16   18
Allen Ripley           0   2  5.91   4   4   0   0   0   21   25   17   14    2    9    3
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
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  4.09   6   0   0   0   0   11   15    5    5    0    8    2
Don Aase               1   1  4.71   4   4   0   0   0   21   23   11   11    3    9   11
Tom Griffin            0   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    0    8    1
Ken Brett              1   2  5.57   4   3   1   0   1   21   24   13   13    2    9    7

 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            2   3  3.28   6   6   3   0   0   47   47   22   17    5   19   15
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             2   1  1.59   5   4   2   0   1   34   21    8    6    2   12   17
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  4.22   8   0   0   2   0   11    9    5    5    2    6    8
Rick Kreuger           0   0  5.14   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    4    4    1    3    6
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            1   1  5.40   4   2   1   0   0   20   16   14   12    0    9   14

 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   7   0   0   3   0    7    2    1    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  1.08   8   0   0   4   0    8    3    1    1    0    4    6
Paul Splittorff        4   2  2.51   6   6   2   0   1   47   34   14   13    4    9   13
Dennis Leonard         3   3  3.11   6   6   4   0   0   46   47   19   16    7   14   31
Larry Gura             2   1  3.76   6   3   0   0   0   26   24   12   11    3    6    6
Jim Colborn            1   0  4.09   4   1   0   0   0   11   12    7    5    1    6    1
Doug Bird              1   1  5.54   7   0   0   1   0   13   15    9    8    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  3.46   8   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   2  4.64   6   6   0   0   0   43   46   26   22    3   15   16
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
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.50   5   5   1   0   0   36   32    9    6    0   12   19
Sparky Lyle            2   0  1.65   7   0   0   4   0   16   13    3    3    1    3    6
Ken Clay               0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    1    1
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    3    1    0    3
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
Jim Beattie            1   0  4.82   2   2   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    1    6    5
Ken Holtzman           0   0  4.82   2   2   0   0   0    9   12    5    5    1    5    2
Catfish Hunter         1   3  7.08   4   4   0   0   0   20   22   16   16    5    7   11

 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  0.79  12   0   0   4   0   23   15    2    2    0   12    9
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            2   0  2.01   5   5   0   0   0   31   25    9    7    0   17   20
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   4  5.14   6   6   1   0   0   35   45   21   20    6   11   14
Tom House              1   2  5.33   6   3   1   0   0   25   31   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
Tom Underwood          0   3  4.56   5   5   1   0   0   26   23   15   13    3   13   12
Jerry Garvin           2   1  5.08   5   5   1   0   0   34   41   19   19    6   11   17
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
  D. Pole (SEA)             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

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  R. Wise (CLE)             3
  W. Wood (CHI)             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

Saves:

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

  P. Splittorff (KC)     46.2
  W. Wood (CHI)          46.2
  D. Leonard (KC)        46.1
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      42.2
  R. Erickson (MIN)      42.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          41.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      40.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        40.1
  B. Lee (BOS)           40.0
  G. Zahn (MIN)          37.1

Hits:

  M. Torrez (BOS)          52
  J. Augustine (MIL)       48
  D. Leonard (KC)          47
  W. Wood (CHI)            47
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        46
  D. Martinez (BAL)        45
  D. Pole (SEA)            45
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       43
  W. Garland (CLE)         43
  F. Tanana (CAL)          43

Runs:

  W. Garland (CLE)         27
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        26
  J. Augustine (MIL)       25
  M. Torrez (BOS)          25
  D. Martinez (BAL)        24
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       23
  R. Erickson (MIN)        22
  W. Wood (CHI)            22
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       21
  D. Pole (SEA)            21

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
  D. Pole (SEA)             6
  M. Haas (MIL)             5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            25
  D. Martinez (BAL)        19
  W. Wood (CHI)            19
  J. Augustine (MIL)       17
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       17
  M. Keough (OAK)          17
  S. Burke (SEA)           16
  W. Garland (CLE)         16
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       16
  J. Kerrigan (BAL)        16

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
  M. Keough (OAK)          20
  C. Knapp (CAL)           20
  R. Guidry (NY)           19

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