Thursday May 4, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 4, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         18   5  1.74   23   1   8   217   167   55   42    7   90   92
New York        13   9  3.14   22   5   5   195   181   76   68   17   51   88
California      14   9  3.18   23   4   8   212   193   80   75   13   90  142
Kansas City     14   8  3.33   22   6  10   192   173   81   71   19   63   78
Detroit         15   5  3.34   20   6   5   183   162   80   68   11   59   83
Texas           10  10  3.68   20   6   2   181   183   84   74   12   68   98
Cleveland       10  11  3.89   21   5   6   183   164   85   79   22   77   86
Minnesota        8  18  4.03   26   6   1   239   240  126  107   21   88  127
Chicago          7  13  4.09   20   3   4   174   170   94   79   16   72   77
Boston          14  10  4.43   24   3   5   215   245  118  106   27   78   88
Seattle          8  20  4.51   28   3   5   252   269  139  126   15  114  115
Milwaukee       10  12  4.59   22   5   4   192   213  110   98   14   64  106
Baltimore        9  13  4.76   22   4   5   191   202  122  101   24   93  107
Toronto          8  15  5.02   23   5   4   199   201  116  111   30   91   87

 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
Pete Broberg (OAK)     4   0  1.08   5   5   0   0   0   33   27    9    4    0   10   19
J. Johnson (OAK)       2   1  1.26   4   4   1   0   1   29   18    4    4    2   12   12
Jim Palmer (BAL)       3   1  1.40   5   5   2   0   1   39   30    8    6    2    7   23
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
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
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   0  2.01   5   5   0   0   0   31   25    9    7    0   17   20

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          0   1  0.68   9   0   0   5   0   13    5    1    1    0    9    9
Jim Palmer             3   1  1.40   5   5   2   0   1   39   30    8    6    2    7   23
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
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
Bob Stanley            1   1  3.38  10   0   0   2   0   21   25    8    8    1   10    8
Dennis Eckersley       1   1  4.06   6   6   1   0   0   44   47   22   20    6   13   14
Tom Burgmeier          1   0  4.50   8   0   0   1   0    8   10    4    4    1    3    4
Luis Tiant             1   0  4.95   4   3   0   0   0   20   17   11   11    2   10   13
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  1.23  10   0   0   5   0   15    8    2    2    1    7    8
Nolan Ryan             1   1  1.98   5   5   1   0   1   41   19   10    9    1   25   59
Paul Hartzell          0   2  2.82  12   0   0   3   0   22   19    7    7    0    4   10
Frank Tanana           5   1  2.89   6   6   2   0   1   47   50   18   15    4    8   24
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
Wilbur Wood            2   3  3.28   6   6   3   0   0   47   47   22   17    5   19   15
Jim Willoughby         0   1  3.46   8   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    5    0    3    5
Rich Wortham           0   1  4.05   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    0    3    2
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
Dennis Kinney          0   1  2.03   6   0   0   3   0   13    9    5    3    1    5    5
Rick Wise              1   4  2.68   5   5   3   0   0   37   27   12   11    4   10   14
Jim Kern               2   1  4.22   8   0   0   2   0   11    9    5    5    2    6    8
Don Hood               3   0  4.55   5   5   0   0   0   30   35   15   15    3   16    9
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  1.47   8   0   0   2   0   18   11    6    3    1    7   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             3   1  5.12   5   5   0   0   0   32   39   21   18    3   12   15
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  1.04   9   0   0   4   0    9    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   4  3.50   7   7   4   0   0   54   56   25   21   10   16   37
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
Jerry Augustine        4   3  4.70   7   7   2   0   1   44   51   25   23    2   17   13
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
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  1.35   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    1    0    3    3
Tom Johnson            1   4  2.86   8   0   0   1   0   22   24    8    7    2    8   15
Gary Serum             2   0  2.93   8   2   1   0   0   28   23   10    9    3    4   15
Geoff Zahn             2   0  3.13   5   5   2   0   0   37   35   18   13    3   13   13
Roger Erickson         2   2  3.86   6   6   1   0   0   42   40   22   18    1   13   23
Greg Thayer            0   1  3.93   9   0   0   0   0   18   14    8    8    3   12   12
Dave Goltz             0   3  4.06   4   4   1   0   0   31   33   14   14    3   11   21
Paul Thormodsgard      1   3  5.35   6   6   1   0   0   34   41   21   20    3   10   14
Pete Redfern           0   2  6.52   3   2   0   0   0   10   10   12    7    2    6    4
Dave Johnson           0   2  8.44   4   1   0   0   0   11   14   11   10    1    8    7

 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
Rich Gossage           1   3  2.37   8   0   0   1   0   19   16    7    5    3    3   19
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    3    1    0    3
Dick Tidrow            1   2  3.07   4   4   1   0   0   29   23   10   10    1   10    9
Ed Figueroa            4   1  3.15   5   5   3   0   0   40   38   17   14    4    4   13
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
Pete Broberg           4   0  1.08   5   5   0   0   0   33   27    9    4    0   10   19
John Henry Johnson     2   1  1.26   4   4   1   0   1   29   18    4    4    2   12   12
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
Bob Lacey              2   0  2.18  13   0   0   2   0   21   15    5    5    1    6    5
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
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  2.82  13   0   0   3   0   22   23    9    7    1   11   19
Enrique Romo           2   0  3.38   9   0   0   2   0   21   18    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  4.43   9   2   0   0   0   20   18   13   10    0   14    8
John Montague          0   1  4.50   4   0   0   0   0   10   11    5    5    0    7    2
Rick Honeycutt         1   3  4.61   6   5   0   0   0   27   29   17   14    2   16   10
Steve Burke            0   1  4.85  10   0   0   0   0   30   27   17   16    2   18    8
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
Byron McLaughlin       0   2  9.35   2   2   0   0   0    9   10    9    9    1    8   14

 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
Doyle Alexander        2   1  2.83   5   5   2   0   1   35   35   11   11    3   12   17
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
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  2.30   8   0   0   1   0   16    7    4    4    0    7    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   2  6.41   5   4   0   0   0   27   33   20   19    3   15   12
Balor Moore            1   0  6.75   6   0   0   0   0    9   13    7    7    2    9    4
Dave Lemanczyk         0   5  7.67   5   5   1   0   0   27   32   23   23    8   10   10
Dave Wallace           0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    2    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        5
  T. Johnson (MIN)          4
  D. Leonard (KC)           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

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  R. Wise (CLE)             3
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  D. Alexander (TEX)        2
  J. Augustine (MIL)        2
  M. Fidrych (DET)          2
  M. Haas (MIL)             2
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          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
  D. Kinney (CLE)           3
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           3
  S. Mingori (KC)           3

Shutouts:

  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Augustine (MIL)        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

Innings Pitched:

  D. Leonard (KC)        54.0
  P. Splittorff (KC)     46.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        46.2
  W. Wood (CHI)          46.2
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     44.1
  J. Augustine (MIL)     44.0
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      42.2
  R. Erickson (MIN)      42.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          41.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      40.2

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KC)          56
  M. Torrez (BOS)          52
  J. Augustine (MIL)       51
  F. Tanana (CAL)          50
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       47
  W. Wood (CHI)            47
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        46
  D. Martinez (BAL)        45
  D. Pole (SEA)            45
  W. Garland (CLE)         43

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          10
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        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
  S. Burke (SEA)           18
  J. Augustine (MIL)       17
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       17
  M. Keough (OAK)          17
  W. Garland (CLE)         16
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       16
  D. Hood (CLE)            16

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            59
  D. Leonard (KC)          37
  M. Haas (MIL)            26
  F. Tanana (CAL)          24
  R. Erickson (MIN)        23
  J. Palmer (BAL)          23
  J. Matlack (TEX)         22
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        21
  D. Goltz (MIN)           21
  M. Keough (OAK)          20


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