Tuesday May 9, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 9, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         19   8  2.00   27   2   8   252   200   70   56   10  103  110
California      18   9  3.08   27   5   9   248   224   91   85   16  100  173
New York        16  10  3.15   26   5   7   234   210   90   82   18   73  108
Detroit         17   7  3.22   24   8   5   218   194   92   78   14   71  106
Texas           12  12  3.46   24   8   2   218   214   98   84   16   78  116
Kansas City     15  12  3.79   27   6  11   233   223  112   98   26   82   95
Boston          19  10  3.99   29   6   5   261   285  129  116   28   85  105
Minnesota       10  20  4.15   30   7   2   273   280  147  126   26   97  150
Chicago          7  16  4.20   23   4   4   199   199  108   93   21   82   86
Seattle         11  21  4.23   32   5   5   287   294  152  135   18  122  131
Milwaukee       12  14  4.45   26   7   4   228   254  128  113   17   72  118
Cleveland       11  14  4.51   25   5   6   216   213  117  108   25   97  112
Baltimore       10  15  5.04   25   5   5   218   235  146  122   24  109  119
Toronto          9  18  5.20   27   6   4   232   236  140  134   32  113  105

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Pete Broberg (OAK)     4   1  1.89   6   6   0   0   0   38   32   13    8    0   13   20
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
Fergie Jenkins (TEX)   3   1  2.45   7   3   3   0   0   40   34   12   11    2    8   18
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       2   1  3.71   7   7   2   0   0   53   54   25   22    7   13   22
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           3   0  1.56  11   0   0   5   0   17   10    3    3    1    9    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  3.06   7   7   2   0   1   53   58   22   18    5    8   29
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
Dennis Kinney          0   1  3.78   8   0   0   3   0   17   13    9    7    2    7    9
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Don Hood               3   0  4.50   6   6   0   0   0   36   41   19   18    3   21   16
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
Jim Kern               3   1  7.30  10   0   0   2   0   12   14   10   10    2    9   11
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
Dave Rozema            2   0  1.67   4   4   2   0   1   32   27    6    6    3    6   13
John Hiller            3   0  1.86   9   0   0   2   0   19   12    7    4    1    7   15
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   2  3.60   6   0   0   3   0   10   15    6    4    0    4    3
Jim Crawford           1   2  3.72   6   0   0   0   0   10    7    6    4    2    2    6
Milt Wilcox            2   1  3.72   5   3   2   0   1   29   21   14   12    0   10   21
Jack Morris            0   0  3.97   2   2   0   0   0   11    8    5    5    1    6    3
Jim Slaton             3   1  5.54   6   6   0   0   0   37   47   26   23    5   17   17

 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   2  5.73   6   3   0   0   0   22   30   17   14    3   10    5
Doug Bird              1   2  6.28   9   0   0   1   0   14   17   11   10    1    9    7
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  1.74   7   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    2    0    2    6
Mike Caldwell          2   2  3.31   8   5   2   1   1   52   44   20   19    2   16   28
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
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.38   8   0   0   0   0   13   16    6    5    2    7    8
Gary Serum             2   0  3.94   9   3   1   0   0   32   31   15   14    4    4   16
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   4  5.22   7   7   1   0   0   40   46   24   23    5   10   16
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  1.99  10   0   0   5   0   23   18    5    5    1    7    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         2   3  5.47   5   5   0   0   0   26   23   16   16    5    9   14

 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
John Henry Johnson     3   1  1.19   5   5   2   0   1   38   22    5    5    2   14   18
Pete Broberg           4   1  1.89   6   6   0   0   0   38   32   13    8    0   13   20
Rick Langford          0   1  1.95   5   5   0   0   0   32   26    9    7    3   12    9
Bob Lacey              2   0  1.96  15   0   0   2   0   23   16    5    5    1    7    8
Matt Keough            2   1  2.41   6   6   0   0   0   37   30   13   10    2   18   27
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  2.55  12   0   0   2   0   25   22    9    7    1   10    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   2  2.96  14   0   0   3   0   24   26   11    8    1   12   21
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  5.87   3   3   0   0   0   15   15   12   10    1   12   18

 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
Fergie Jenkins         3   1  2.45   7   3   3   0   0   40   34   12   11    2    8   18
Doyle Alexander        2   1  2.83   5   5   2   0   1   35   35   11   11    3   12   17
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          1   3  3.38   6   6   2   0   1   35   28   15   13    3   17   21
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. Thormodsgard (MIN)     4
  P. Torrealba (CHI)        4

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          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
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        2

Saves:

  D. LaRoche (CAL)          5
  S. Lyle (NY)              5
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        5
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         4
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          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
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     53.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        53.0
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      51.2
  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

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       63
  D. Leonard (KC)          63
  F. Tanana (CAL)          58
  M. Torrez (BOS)          58
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        57
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       54
  D. Martinez (BAL)        53
  J. Matlack (TEX)         49
  B. Lee (BOS)             48
  D. Pole (SEA)            48

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
  J. Slaton (DET)          26
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       25
  D. Pole (SEA)            25

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        7
  D. Pole (SEA)             7
  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. Hood (CLE)            21
  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

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            71
  D. Leonard (KC)          39
  J. Matlack (TEX)         29
  F. Tanana (CAL)          29
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