Monday May 8, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 8, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         19   7  1.92   26   2   8   244   194   66   52   10   97  106
California      17   9  3.05   26   5   9   239   214   86   81   15   98  168
Detroit         17   6  3.05   23   8   5   209   183   85   71   12   65  103
New York        15  10  3.24   25   5   6   225   207   89   81   18   70  105
Texas           11  12  3.57   23   7   2   209   207   97   83   15   77  112
Kansas City     15  11  3.76   26   6  11   225   212  108   94   25   79   92
Boston          18  10  4.07   28   5   5   252   278  126  114   27   85   97
Minnesota       10  19  4.18   29   7   2   265   274  144  123   24   96  145
Chicago          7  16  4.20   23   4   4   199   199  108   93   21   82   86
Seattle         11  20  4.30   31   5   5   279   286  147  133   18  117  125
Milwaukee       12  13  4.43   25   7   4   219   244  121  108   16   69  115
Cleveland       10  14  4.57   24   5   6   207   206  113  105   25   91  101
Baltimore       10  15  5.04   25   5   5   218   235  146  122   24  109  119
Toronto          8  18  5.41   26   5   4   223   231  140  134   32  109   96

 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
Ron Guidry (NY)        3   0  1.49   6   6   1   0   0   42   37   10    7    0   17   26
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
Jim Palmer (BAL)       3   2  2.23   6   6   2   0   1   40   33   14   10    2   12   25
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   1  2.41   6   6   0   0   0   37   30   13   10    2   18   27
Paul Hartzell (CAL)    0   2  2.42  14   0   0   4   0   26   23    7    7    0    4   13
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
Jim Palmer             3   2  2.23   6   6   2   0   1   40   33   14   10    2   12   25
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
John Flinn             0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    0    0
Tippy Martinez         0   1  7.63  11   0   0   0   0   15   24   14   13    2   15    7
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  8.36   6   0   0   0   0   14   20   19   13    5   17    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  2.57   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            3   1  3.38  12   0   0   2   0   29   32   11   11    1   11    8
Dennis Eckersley       1   1  4.06   6   6   1   0   0   44   47   22   20    6   13   14
Mike Torrez            4   1  4.37   7   7   1   0   1   45   58   25   22    4   16   22
Tom Burgmeier          1   0  4.50   8   0   0   1   0    8   10    4    4    1    3    4
Luis Tiant             1   0  4.91   5   4   0   0   0   22   19   12   12    2   10   14
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  2.42  14   0   0   4   0   26   23    7    7    0    4   13
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               2   1  4.67   5   5   0   0   0   27   31   14   14    4   11   14
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
Wilbur Wood            2   3  3.28   6   6   3   0   0   47   47   22   17    5   19   15
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  4.05   9   0   0   3   0   13   11    7    6    1    5    7
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
Jim Willoughby         0   2  4.15  10   0   0   0   0   17   16    9    8    1    3    7
Francisco Barrios      1   2  4.42   6   6   1   0   0   37   34   19   18    5   18    7
Pablo Torrealba        1   4  4.86   9   1   0   1   0   17   17   12    9    2   11   11
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  1.04   3   0   0   0   0    9   10    2    1    0    5    3
Rick Waits             2   2  2.78   6   5   2   0   1   36   28   13   11    2   13   18
Rick Wise              1   5  3.48   6   6   3   0   0   41   36   17   16    4   10   15
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Dennis Kinney          0   1  4.11   7   0   0   3   0   15   13    9    7    2    6    7
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
Sid Monge              0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    4    3    1    5    5
Wayne Garland          2   3  7.89   6   6   0   0   0   30   43   27   26    6   16   13
Jim Kern               2   1  8.18   9   0   0   2   0   11   13   10   10    2    9    9

 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
Milt Wilcox            2   1  3.72   5   3   2   0   1   29   21   14   12    0   10   21
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

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   0  1.54   9   0   0   4   0   12    6    3    2    0    3    7
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.80  11   0   0   4   0   10    7    2    2    1    5    7
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
Rich Gale              2   0  2.84   2   2   0   0   0   13   11    4    4    0    6    6
Dennis Leonard         3   5  3.71   8   8   4   0   0   61   63   32   25   11   20   39
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   5   0   0   0   0    6    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   4  5.26   8   8   2   0   1   50   63   32   29    2   18   15
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
Andy Replogle          1   0  5.79   5   1   0   0   0   14   26   10    9    4    4    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
Geoff Zahn             2   1  2.78   6   6   3   0   0   45   41   20   14    3   14   19
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
Gary Serum             2   0  3.94   9   3   1   0   0   32   31   15   14    4    4   16
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.97   7   0   0   0   0   11   15    6    5    2    6    5
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  8.18   5   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  1.83   9   0   0   4   0   20   16    4    4    1    6    7
Rich Gossage           2   3  2.10  10   0   0   2   0   26   19    8    6    4    7   26
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    3    1    0    3
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  4.30   3   3   0   0   0   15   14    7    7    1    8    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   5   0   0   0   0    7    5    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
Bob Lacey              2   0  2.08  14   0   0   2   0   22   16    5    5    1    6    5
Matt Keough            2   1  2.41   6   6   0   0   0   37   30   13   10    2   18   27
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
Rick Honeycutt         2   3  3.47   7   6   1   0   0   36   33   18   14    2   16   12
Enrique Romo           3   0  4.37  10   0   0   2   0   23   21   11   11    2   11   10
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  5.06   7   7   1   0   0   43   48   25   24    7   12   18
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
Dock Ellis             2   1  3.60   5   5   1   0   0   30   20   15   12    3   12    8
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  4.05   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    3    1    1    5
Len Barker             1   2  4.09   6   0   0   1   0   11   10    5    5    2    6    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
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    4    3
Don Kirkwood           1   0  3.27   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    0    3    7
Tom Underwood          0   3  4.56   5   5   1   0   0   26   23   15   13    3   13   12
Jesse Jefferson        1   4  4.74   6   5   2   0   1   38   33   22   20    8   18   14
Jerry Garvin           2   1  5.45   6   6   1   0   0   40   47   24   24    6   15   19
Mike Willis            0   2  6.35  12   0   0   3   0   17   18   12   12    2    9    8
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
  M. Torrez (BOS)           4
  J. Billingham (DET)       3
  R. Guidry (NY)            3

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        6
  D. Leonard (KC)           5
  R. Wise (CLE)             5
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        4
  T. Johnson (MIN)          4
  J. Matlack (TEX)          4
  D. Pole (SEA)             4
  P. Torrealba (CHI)        4
  B. Campbell (BOS)         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
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         4
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          4
  S. Lyle (NY)              4
  S. Mingori (KC)           4
  E. Sosa (OAK)             4
  S. Foucault (DET)         3
  D. Kinney (CLE)           3
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           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:

  D. Leonard (KC)        60.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     54.2
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      51.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          50.0
  J. Augustine (MIL)     49.2
  B. Lee (BOS)           49.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      48.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        46.2
  W. Wood (CHI)          46.2
  M. Torrez (BOS)        45.1

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       63
  D. Leonard (KC)          63
  M. Torrez (BOS)          58
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        57
  D. Martinez (BAL)        53
  F. Tanana (CAL)          50
  J. Matlack (TEX)         49
  B. Lee (BOS)             48
  D. Pole (SEA)            48
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       47

Runs:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       32
  D. Leonard (KC)          32
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        29
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       28
  R. Erickson (MIN)        27
  W. Garland (CLE)         27
  D. Martinez (BAL)        27
  D. Pole (SEA)            25
  M. Torrez (BOS)          25
  J. Garvin (TOR)          24

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Pole (SEA)             7
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        6
  W. Garland (CLE)          6
  J. Garvin (TOR)           6
  B. Lee (BOS)              6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          5
  M. Haas (MIL)             5

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            71
  D. Leonard (KC)          39
  J. Matlack (TEX)         29
  C. Knapp (CAL)           28
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