Wednesday May 10, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 10, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         19   9  2.04   28   2   8   260   205   73   59   10  106  113
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           13  12  3.44   25   8   3   227   221  101   87   19   81  123
Kansas City     15  12  3.79   27   6  11   233   223  112   98   26   82   95
Boston          19  11  3.97   30   6   5   270   293  132  119   30   86  109
Chicago          8  16  4.06   24   4   4   208   209  110   94   21   85   91
Seattle         11  22  4.24   33   5   5   295   300  158  139   19  128  135
Minnesota       10  21  4.26   31   7   2   281   292  154  133   28   98  152
Cleveland       12  14  4.37   26   5   7   225   218  118  109   25  101  114
Milwaukee       12  15  4.44   27   8   4   237   259  132  117   18   76  122
Baltimore       11  15  4.92   26   6   5   227   242  148  124   24  112  129
Toronto         10  18  5.00   28   7   4   241   242  141  134   32  117  110

 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
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
Rick Langford (OAK)    0   2  2.57   6   6   0   0   0   35   30   12   10    3   13   11

 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
Mike Flanagan          3   3  3.61   7   7   3   0   0   47   44   20   19    4   15   29
Nelson Briles          1   2  3.93   4   3   0   0   0   18   16   11    8    2    8   13
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
Allen Ripley           0   2  4.71   5   5   0   0   0   29   31   18   15    3   10    7
Luis Tiant             1   0  4.91   5   4   0   0   0   22   19   12   12    2   10   14
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  6.00   9   0   0   1   0    9   12    6    6    2    3    4
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
Rich Wortham           1   1  2.45   2   2   0   0   0   15   16    5    4    0    6    7
Wilbur Wood            2   3  3.28   6   6   3   0   0   47   47   22   17    5   19   15
Jim Willoughby         0   2  3.93  11   0   0   0   0   18   17    9    8    1    3    7
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  4.05   9   0   0   3   0   13   11    7    6    1    5    7
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
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
Dennis Kinney          0   1  3.20   9   0   0   4   0   20   13    9    7    2    8    9
Rick Wise              2   5  3.23   7   7   3   0   0   47   41   18   17    4   13   17
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   3  4.30   8   8   2   0   0   61   62   33   29    5   21   23
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
Paul Thormodsgard      1   4  5.22   7   7   1   0   0   40   46   24   23    5   10   16
Roger Erickson         2   3  5.29   8   8   1   0   0   51   56   34   30    3   15   26
Pete Redfern           0   2  6.52   3   2   0   0   0   10   10   12    7    2    6    4
Dave Johnson           0   2  7.50   6   1   0   0   0   12   15   11   10    1    9    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   6   0   0   0   0   12    6    0    0    0    3    3
Elias Sosa             3   0  0.76  13   0   0   4   0   24   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
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
Rick Langford          0   2  2.57   6   6   0   0   0   35   30   12   10    3   13   11
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   4  3.92   8   7   1   0   0   41   38   22   18    3   20   13
Enrique Romo           3   0  4.37  10   0   0   2   0   23   21   11   11    2   11   10
Steve Burke            0   1  4.41  11   0   0   0   0   33   28   19   16    2   20   11
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
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
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  2.89   5   0   0   1   0    9   10    5    3    1    1    9
Doyle Alexander        3   1  3.05   6   6   2   0   1   41   40   14   14    6   15   20
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
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
Jim Clancy             2   2  4.79   6   5   1   0   0   36   39   21   19    3   19   17
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
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
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3
  J. Billingham (DET)       3

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        6
  D. Leonard (KC)           5
  R. Wise (CLE)             5
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        4
  T. Johnson (MIN)          4
  J. Matlack (TEX)          4
  D. Pole (SEA)             4
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     4

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         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

Saves:

  D. LaRoche (CAL)          5
  S. Lyle (NY)              5
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        5
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         4
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          4
  D. Kinney (CLE)           4
  S. Mingori (KC)           4
  E. Sosa (OAK)             4
  S. Foucault (DET)         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
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      60.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     54.2
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     53.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        53.0
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      51.2
  R. Erickson (MIN)      51.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          50.0
  J. Augustine (MIL)     49.2
  B. Lee (BOS)           49.0

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       63
  D. Leonard (KC)          63
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        62
  F. Tanana (CAL)          58
  M. Torrez (BOS)          58
  R. Erickson (MIN)        56
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       54
  D. Martinez (BAL)        53
  J. Matlack (TEX)         49
  B. Lee (BOS)             48

Runs:

  R. Erickson (MIN)        34
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        33
  J. Augustine (MIL)       32
  D. Leonard (KC)          32
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       28
  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
  D. Alexander (TEX)        6
  W. Garland (CLE)          6
  J. Garvin (TOR)           6
  B. Lee (BOS)              6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            30
  D. Hood (CLE)            21
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        21
  S. Burke (SEA)           20
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       20
  D. Leonard (KC)          20
  D. Martinez (BAL)        20
  J. Clancy (TOR)          19
  W. Wood (CHI)            19
  J. Augustine (MIL)       18

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            71
  D. Leonard (KC)          39
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        29
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  R. Gossage (NY)          26

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