Saturday May 6, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 6, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         19   6  1.88   25   2   8   235   186   62   49    8   96   99
California      16   9  3.05   25   5   8   230   203   83   78   14   96  162
Detroit         16   6  3.19   22   7   5   200   178   85   71   12   64   96
New York        14  10  3.34   24   5   6   213   202   87   79   18   63   99
Kansas City     14  10  3.59   24   6  10   208   194   94   83   23   69   85
Texas           11  11  3.68   22   7   2   198   200   94   81   13   76  109
Minnesota        9  19  4.01   28   7   2   256   258  135  114   21   94  142
Cleveland       10  13  4.12   23   5   6   199   185   97   91   24   83   95
Chicago          7  15  4.14   22   4   4   191   192  103   88   19   79   81
Seattle         10  20  4.21   30   5   5   270   280  140  126   15  116  121
Boston          16  10  4.22   26   4   5   234   263  122  110   27   84   92
Milwaukee       12  12  4.32   24   7   4   210   228  113  101   15   66  113
Baltimore       10  14  4.69   24   5   5   209   217  131  109   24   99  116
Toronto          8  17  5.23   25   5   4   215   221  131  125   31  101   94

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Broberg (OAK)     4   0  1.08   5   5   0   0   0   33   27    9    4    0   10   19
J. Johnson (OAK)       3   1  1.19   5   5   2   0   1   38   22    5    5    2   14   18
Jim Palmer (BAL)       3   1  1.40   5   5   2   0   1   39   30    8    6    2    7   23
Ron Guidry (NY)        3   0  1.49   6   6   1   0   0   42   37   10    7    0   17   26
Rick Waits (CLE)       2   1  1.59   5   4   2   0   1   34   21    8    6    2   12   17
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       2   1  1.62   6   6   2   0   2   50   20   10    9    1   30   71
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
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   0  2.01   5   5   0   0   0   31   25    9    7    0   17   20
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   2  2.47   7   7   2   0   1   55   38   16   15    4   11   14

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Flinn             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Jim Palmer             3   1  1.40   5   5   2   0   1   39   30    8    6    2    7   23
Don Stanhouse          0   2  2.63  10   0   0   5   0   14    6    5    4    0   11   10
Nelson Briles          1   2  3.93   4   3   0   0   0   18   16   11    8    2    8   13
Mike Flanagan          2   3  3.99   6   6   2   0   0   38   37   18   17    4   12   19
Dennis Martinez        3   1  4.62   8   7   1   0   0   49   53   27   25    4   20   23
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.92   5   0   0   0   0   13   17   16   10    5   16    5
Tippy Martinez         0   1  7.20  10   0   0   0   0   10   14    9    8    2   11    6
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  2.57   6   6   2   0   1   49   48   16   14    6   12   13
Jim Wright             1   0  3.21   4   1   1   0   1   14   12    6    5    2    4    9
Bob Stanley            2   1  3.22  11   0   0   2   0   22   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
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             2   1  1.62   6   6   2   0   2   50   20   10    9    1   30   71
Paul Hartzell          0   2  2.74  13   0   0   3   0   23   20    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            4   2  3.16   6   6   0   0   0   37   40   14   13    3   13   28
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   5   0   0   0   0    5    5    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
Rich Wortham           0   1  4.05   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    0    3    2
Steve Stone            1   1  4.11   5   5   0   0   0   31   31   17   14    1   10   20
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    1    1    2
Francisco Barrios      1   2  4.42   6   6   1   0   0   37   34   19   18    5   18    7
Jim Willoughby         0   2  4.70   9   0   0   0   0   15   16    9    8    1    3    5
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   2   0   0   0   0    6    4    0    0    0    3    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   5  3.48   6   6   3   0   0   41   36   17   16    4   10   15
Dennis Kinney          0   1  4.11   7   0   0   3   0   15   13    9    7    2    6    7
Rick Kreuger           0   0  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
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
Mike Paxton            0   2  5.14   6   2   0   1   0   21   18   12   12    4    8   15
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
Bob Sykes              1   0  0.00   1   1   1   0   1    9    4    0    0    0    3    9
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   1  3.38   5   5   1   0   0   37   36   16   14    1   11    9
Steve Foucault         0   1  3.38   5   0   0   3   0    8   13    5    3    0    3    3
Jim Crawford           1   2  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    9    7    6    4    2    2    6
Jack Morris            0   0  3.97   2   2   0   0   0   11    8    5    5    1    6    3
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   8   0   0   3   0    8    3    1    0    0    2    5
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.04  10   0   0   4   0    9    4    1    1    0    5    6
Paul Splittorff        4   2  2.47   7   7   2   0   1   55   38   16   15    4   11   14
Marty Pattin           1   0  2.70   5   0   0   2   0   10   13    3    3    2    2    3
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   1  5.87   5   2   0   0   0   15   19   13   10    2    7    4
Doug Bird              1   2  6.92   8   0   0   1   0   13   17   11   10    1    9    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
Mike Caldwell          2   1  2.89   7   4   2   1   1   44   36   14   14    1   14   25
Bob McClure            0   1  3.46   8   0   0   2   0   13   16    5    5    0    3   14
Lary Sorensen          3   2  4.35   7   7   1   0   0   52   57   29   25    4   17   19
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  1.29   6   0   0   0   0    7    7    2    1    0    4    3
Geoff Zahn             2   1  2.78   6   6   3   0   0   45   41   20   14    3   14   19
Gary Serum             2   0  2.93   8   2   1   0   0   28   23   10    9    3    4   15
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.00  10   0   0   0   0   24   18    8    8    3   13   18
Tom Johnson            1   4  3.13   9   0   0   2   0   23   26   10    8    2    9   17
Dave Goltz             0   3  4.06   4   4   1   0   0   31   33   14   14    3   11   21
Roger Erickson         2   2  4.70   7   7   1   0   0   44   45   27   23    1   15   24
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             3   0  1.49   6   6   1   0   0   42   37   10    7    0   17   26
Sparky Lyle            2   0  2.12   8   0   0   4   0   17   15    4    4    1    5    6
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    3    1    0    3
Rich Gossage           1   3  2.49   9   0   0   2   0   22   19    8    6    4    3   21
Ed Figueroa            4   1  3.15   5   5   3   0   0   40   38   17   14    4    4   13
Dick Tidrow            1   3  3.89   5   5   1   0   0   35   29   15   15    1   14   10
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
Ken Clay               0   0  5.14   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    4    4    0    2    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   4   0   0   0   0    4    2    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     3   1  1.19   5   5   2   0   1   38   22    5    5    2   14   18
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  2.08  14   0   0   2   0   22   16    5    5    1    6    5
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  2.78  11   0   0   2   0   23   21    9    7    1    8    6
Alan Wirth             1   3  3.43   5   5   0   0   0   21   18   10    8    1   16   10
Steve Renko            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    8   14    4    4    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
Paul Mitchell          2   3  3.13   6   6   2   0   1   37   38   15   13    1   10   19
Enrique Romo           2   0  3.38   9   0   0   2   0   21   18    8    8    0   11   10
Rick Honeycutt         2   3  3.47   7   6   1   0   0   36   33   18   14    2   16   12
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
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   3   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    5    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   4  3.27   6   6   1   0   0   41   49   22   15    2   12   29
Jim Umbarger           1   1  3.56   6   3   1   0   0   30   29   13   12    2    9   20
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  2.41   9   0   0   1   0   19   10    5    5    0    7    6
Don Kirkwood           1   0  3.27   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    0    3    7
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.38   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    3    3
Tom Underwood          0   3  4.56   5   5   1   0   0   26   23   15   13    3   13   12
Mike Willis            0   1  4.70  11   0   0   3   0   15   14    8    8    1    6    8
Jesse Jefferson        1   4  4.74   6   5   2   0   1   38   33   22   20    8   18   14
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  7.45   7   0   0   0   0   10   15    8    8    2   10    4
Dave Lemanczyk         0   6  7.84   6   6   1   0   0   31   36   28   27    8   15   11

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        6
  R. Wise (CLE)             5
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        4
  T. Johnson (MIN)          4
  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  J. Matlack (TEX)          4
  D. Pole (SEA)             4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        3
  B. Campbell (BOS)         3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  R. Wise (CLE)             3
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  G. Zahn (MIN)             3
  D. Alexander (TEX)        2
  J. Augustine (MIL)        2
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         2
  M. Fidrych (DET)          2
  M. Flanagan (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
  D. Kinney (CLE)           3
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           3
  S. Mingori (KC)           3

Shutouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Augustine (MIL)        1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        1
  J. Johnson (OAK)          1
  B. Lee (BOS)              1
  P. Mitchell (SEA)         1
  J. Palmer (BAL)           1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Splittorff (KC)     54.2
  D. Leonard (KC)        54.0
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      51.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          50.0
  B. Lee (BOS)           49.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      48.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        46.2
  W. Wood (CHI)          46.2
  G. Zahn (MIN)          45.1
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     44.1

Hits:

  L. Sorensen (MIL)        57
  D. Leonard (KC)          56
  D. Martinez (BAL)        53
  M. Torrez (BOS)          52
  J. Augustine (MIL)       51
  F. Tanana (CAL)          50
  J. Matlack (TEX)         49
  B. Lee (BOS)             48
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       47
  W. Wood (CHI)            47

Runs:

  L. Sorensen (MIL)        29
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       28
  R. Erickson (MIN)        27
  W. Garland (CLE)         27
  D. Martinez (BAL)        27
  J. Augustine (MIL)       25
  D. Leonard (KC)          25
  M. Torrez (BOS)          25
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       22
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       22

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          10
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        6
  W. Garland (CLE)          6
  J. Garvin (TOR)           6
  B. Lee (BOS)              6
  D. Pole (SEA)             6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          5
  M. Haas (MIL)             5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            30
  D. Martinez (BAL)        20
  W. Wood (CHI)            19
  F. Barrios (CHI)         18
  S. Burke (SEA)           18
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       18
  J. Augustine (MIL)       17
  R. Guidry (NY)           17
  M. Keough (OAK)          17
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        17

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            71
  D. Leonard (KC)          37
  J. Matlack (TEX)         29
  C. Knapp (CAL)           28
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