Friday May 12, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 12, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         20   9  2.04   29   2   8   269   215   77   61   11  110  118
California      18  10  3.13   28   6   9   256   231   95   89   17  106  178
New York        16  11  3.19   27   5   7   243   217   94   86   19   75  111
Detroit         17   8  3.40   25   8   5   227   210  102   86   16   74  113
Texas           14  12  3.43   26   9   3   236   232  104   90   20   83  125
Kansas City     16  12  3.76   28   6  11   242   235  115  101   27   83   96
Boston          20  11  3.97   31   6   6   279   303  136  123   30   92  111
Chicago          9  16  4.09   25   4   5   213   215  113   97   21   89   94
Minnesota       10  21  4.26   31   7   2   281   292  154  133   28   98  152
Seattle         11  23  4.27   34   5   5   303   315  166  144   20  130  136
Cleveland       13  14  4.28   27   5   8   234   223  121  111   25  103  117
Milwaukee       12  16  4.51   28   8   4   241   265  136  121   18   79  123
Toronto         11  18  4.93   29   8   4   250   250  144  137   32  123  112
Baltimore       11  17  5.05   28   6   5   244   266  162  137   26  120  138

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J. Johnson (OAK)       3   1  1.28   6   6   2   0   1   42   29    8    6    3   14   21
Ron Guidry (NY)        3   0  1.49   6   6   1   0   0   42   37   10    7    0   17   26
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
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       2   2  2.02   7   7   3   0   2   58   27   14   13    2   36   76
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
Rick Langford (OAK)    0   2  2.57   6   6   0   0   0   35   30   12   10    3   13   11
Bill Lee (BOS)         5   0  2.60   7   7   2   0   1   55   53   18   16    6   16   14
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   2  2.64   8   8   2   0   1   61   48   19   18    5   12   15

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             3   3  2.91   7   7   2   0   1   46   44   19   15    2   15   26
Don Stanhouse          0   2  3.38  12   0   0   5   0   16    9    7    6    0   13   11
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   2  4.58   9   8   1   0   0   57   61   32   29    5   23   29
John Flinn             0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    0    0
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  8.36   6   0   0   0   0   14   20   19   13    5   17    5
Tippy Martinez         0   1  8.62  12   0   0   0   0   16   26   16   15    3   15    8
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  2.08   9   0   0   3   0   13   13    3    3    2    4    7
Bill Lee               5   0  2.60   7   7   2   0   1   55   53   18   16    6   16   14
Jim Wright             1   0  3.21   4   1   1   0   1   14   12    6    5    2    4    9
Dennis Eckersley       2   1  3.71   7   7   2   0   0   53   54   25   22    7   13   22
Bob Stanley            3   1  3.77  13   0   0   2   0   31   36   13   13    1   12    8
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  5.79  10   0   0   1   0    9   12    6    6    2    4    5
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   2  2.02   7   7   3   0   2   58   27   14   13    2   36   76
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            3   3  3.53   7   7   3   0   0   51   53   25   20    5   23   17
Jim Willoughby         0   2  3.79  12   0   0   1   0   19   17    9    8    1    3    8
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
Mike Paxton            1   2  4.34   7   3   0   1   0   29   23   15   14    4   10   18
Don Hood               3   0  4.50   6   6   0   0   0   36   41   19   18    3   21   16
Sid Monge              0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    4    3    1    5    5
Jim Kern               3   1  6.75  11   0   0   3   0   13   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
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
John Hiller            3   1  3.38  10   0   0   2   0   21   17   11    8    1    8   16
Steve Foucault         0   2  3.48   7   0   0   3   0   10   16    8    4    0    4    3
Jack Billingham        3   1  3.53   6   6   1   0   0   43   43   19   17    3   13   15
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 Crawford           1   2  4.35   7   0   0   0   0   10   10    7    5    2    2    6
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  1.35  10   0   0   4   0   13    7    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  2.64   8   8   2   0   1   61   48   19   18    5   12   15
Marty Pattin           1   0  2.70   6   0   0   2   0   10   14    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              2   2  6.00  10   0   0   1   0   15   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
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
Jerry Augustine        4   5  5.68   9   9   2   0   1   52   69   36   33    2   20   15
Andy Replogle          1   0  5.79   5   1   0   0   0   14   26   10    9    4    4    4
Randy Stein            0   1 10.13   4   1   0   0   0    8   10   12    9    0    6    5

 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
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    3    1    0    3
Rich Gossage           2   4  2.45  11   0   0   2   0   26   20    9    7    5    7   26
Ed Figueroa            4   1  3.14   6   6   3   0   0   49   44   20   17    4    6   16
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   7   0   0   0   0   12    6    0    0    0    3    3
Elias Sosa             4   0  0.71  14   0   0   4   0   25   17    2    2    0   14   10
John Henry Johnson     3   1  1.28   6   6   2   0   1   42   29    8    6    3   14   21
Pete Broberg           4   1  1.89   6   6   0   0   0   38   32   13    8    0   13   20
Bob Lacey              2   0  2.31  16   0   0   2   0   23   17    6    6    1    8    8
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  2.36  13   0   0   2   0   27   22    9    7    1   11    7
Matt Keough            2   1  2.41   6   6   0   0   0   37   30   13   10    2   18   27
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
Paul Mitchell          2   3  2.97   7   7   2   0   1   39   44   18   13    2   11   19
Rick Honeycutt         2   4  3.92   8   7   1   0   0   41   38   22   18    3   20   13
Shane Rawley           0   3  4.05  15   0   0   3   0   27   30   15   12    1   12   21
Steve Burke            0   1  4.33  12   0   0   0   0   35   32   20   17    2   21   11
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
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  5.13   7   3   1   0   0   26   32   16   15    0    3    9
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            3   4  3.22   7   7   2   0   0   50   60   25   18    3   14   31
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        2   4  4.40   7   6   3   0   1   47   41   25   23    8   24   16
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:

  B. Lee (BOS)              5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  P. Broberg (OAK)          4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  C. Knapp (CAL)            4
  E. Sosa (OAK)             4
  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  M. Torrez (BOS)           4
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  R. Wise (CLE)             3
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  G. Zahn (MIN)             3
  D. Alexander (TEX)        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
  D. Drago (BOS)            3
  S. Foucault (DET)         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)     61.1
  D. Leonard (KC)        60.2
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      60.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          58.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      57.0
  B. Lee (BOS)           55.1
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     53.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        53.0
  J. Augustine (MIL)     52.1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      51.2

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       69
  D. Leonard (KC)          63
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        62
  D. Martinez (BAL)        61
  J. Matlack (TEX)         60
  F. Tanana (CAL)          58
  M. Torrez (BOS)          58
  R. Erickson (MIN)        56
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       54
  B. Lee (BOS)             53

Runs:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       36
  R. Erickson (MIN)        34
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        33
  D. Leonard (KC)          32
  D. Martinez (BAL)        32
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       28
  W. Garland (CLE)         27
  J. Slaton (DET)          26
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       25
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       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)            36
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       24
  D. Martinez (BAL)        23
  W. Wood (CHI)            23
  S. Burke (SEA)           21
  D. Hood (CLE)            21
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        21
  J. Augustine (MIL)       20
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       20
  D. Leonard (KC)          20

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            76
  D. Leonard (KC)          39
  J. Matlack (TEX)         31
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        29
  D. Martinez (BAL)        29
  F. Tanana (CAL)          29
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        28
  C. Knapp (CAL)           28
  M. Keough (OAK)          27
  R. Erickson (MIN)        26


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