Saturday May 13, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 13, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         21   9  1.97   30   2   9   278   220   79   61   11  117  121
California      18  11  3.10   29   7   9   264   236   97   91   17  107  179
New York        17  11  3.15   28   5   8   252   225   96   88   19   78  117
Detroit         17   9  3.39   26   8   5   236   213  105   89   17   79  119
Texas           14  13  3.49   27   9   3   245   238  109   95   23   84  130
Kansas City     16  13  3.80   29   6  11   251   242  120  106   28   84   97
Boston          21  11  3.91   32   6   7   288   310  138  125   31   93  116
Cleveland       14  14  4.15   28   6   8   243   230  122  112   25  107  123
Chicago          9  17  4.17   26   4   5   222   226  119  103   23   92   99
Minnesota       10  22  4.22   32   7   2   290   299  158  136   29  102  158
Seattle         12  23  4.29   35   5   6   312   324  172  149   21  132  136
Milwaukee       13  16  4.39   29   9   4   250   270  137  122   18   81  125
Baltimore       12  17  4.91   29   7   5   253   270  163  138   26  121  143
Toronto         11  19  5.07   30   8   4   259   261  153  146   33  131  114

 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)        4   0  1.61   7   7   1   0   0   50   45   12    9    0   19   32
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
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   29    9    9    4   11   15
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   1  2.05   7   7   0   0   0   44   33   15   10    2   24   29
Rick Waits (CLE)       3   2  2.42   7   6   3   0   1   45   35   14   12    2   17   24
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

 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
Scott McGregor         2   3  7.40   5   4   1   0   0   24   31   21   20    2    8   12
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

 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            5   1  4.05   8   8   1   0   1   53   65   27   24    5   17   27
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  5.23  11   0   0   2   0   10   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
Chris Knapp            4   3  3.00   7   7   1   0   0   45   45   16   15    3   14   29
Frank Tanana           5   1  3.06   7   7   2   0   1   53   58   22   18    5    8   29
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
Francisco Barrios      1   2  4.42   6   6   1   0   0   37   34   19   18    5   18    7
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    8    7    4    4    2    2    5
Steve Stone            1   2  4.50   6   6   0   0   0   36   39   21   18    2   12   22
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             3   2  2.42   7   6   3   0   1   45   35   14   12    2   17   24
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   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   29    9    9    4   11   15
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
John Hiller            3   1  3.18  11   0   0   2   0   23   18   11    8    1    8   20
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  1.54  12   0   0   4   0   12    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
Larry Gura             2   1  3.76   6   3   0   0   0   26   24   12   11    3    6    6
Dennis Leonard         3   6  3.97   9   9   4   0   0   68   70   37   30   12   21   40
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
Andy Replogle          2   0  3.91   6   2   1   0   0   23   31   11   10    4    6    6
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
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   2  2.70   7   7   3   0   0   53   46   23   16    4   17   25
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.00  10   0   0   0   0   24   18    8    8    3   13   18
Tom Johnson            1   4  3.38  10   0   0   2   0   24   28   11    9    2   10   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             4   0  1.61   7   7   1   0   0   50   45   12    9    0   19   32
Sparky Lyle            2   0  1.99  10   0   0   5   0   23   18    5    5    1    7    7
Rich Gossage           2   4  2.36  12   0   0   3   0   27   20    9    7    5    8   26
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    3    1    0    3
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  0.67  15   0   0   5   0   27   18    2    2    0   14   11
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
Matt Keough            2   1  2.05   7   7   0   0   0   44   33   15   10    2   24   29
Bob Lacey              3   0  2.25  17   0   0   2   0   24   18    6    6    1    9    8
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  2.36  13   0   0   2   0   27   22    9    7    1   11    7
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
Enrique Romo           3   0  4.07  11   0   0   3   0   24   21   11   11    2   11   10
Steve Burke            0   1  4.33  12   0   0   0   0   35   32   20   17    2   21   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
Tom House              1   2  5.13   7   3   1   0   0   26   32   16   15    0    3    9
Dick Pole              3   4  5.18   8   8   1   0   0   49   55   30   28    7   14   18
Byron McLaughlin       0   2  5.94   4   3   0   0   0   17   17   13   11    2   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
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
Jim Umbarger           1   2  4.21   7   4   1   0   0   36   35   18   17    5   10   23
Doc Medich             0   1  8.04   4   2   0   0   0   16   21   14   14    1   10    7

 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
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
Dave Wallace           0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    3    0    7    3
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  5.48  13   0   0   3   0   21   20   13   13    2   11    9
Balor Moore            1   0  7.90   8   0   0   0   0   14   21   12   12    3   10    5
Dave Lemanczyk         0   7  8.62   7   7   1   0   0   31   39   31   30    8   18   11

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        7
  D. Leonard (KC)           6
  J. Augustine (MIL)        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. Waits (CLE)            3
  R. Wise (CLE)             3
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  G. Zahn (MIN)             3

Saves:

  D. LaRoche (CAL)          5
  S. Lyle (NY)              5
  E. Sosa (OAK)             5
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        5
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         4
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          4
  D. Kinney (CLE)           4
  S. Mingori (KC)           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:

  D. Leonard (KC)        68.0
  P. Splittorff (KC)     61.1
  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
  M. Torrez (BOS)        53.1
  G. Zahn (MIN)          53.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        53.0

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KC)          70
  J. Augustine (MIL)       69
  M. Torrez (BOS)          65
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        62
  D. Martinez (BAL)        61
  J. Matlack (TEX)         60
  F. Tanana (CAL)          58
  R. Erickson (MIN)        56
  D. Pole (SEA)            55
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       54

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          37
  J. Augustine (MIL)       36
  R. Erickson (MIN)        34
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        33
  D. Martinez (BAL)        32
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       31
  D. Pole (SEA)            30
  W. Garland (CLE)         27
  M. Torrez (BOS)          27
  J. Slaton (DET)          26

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          12
  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
  M. Keough (OAK)          24
  D. Martinez (BAL)        23
  W. Wood (CHI)            23
  S. Burke (SEA)           21
  D. Hood (CLE)            21
  D. Leonard (KC)          21
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        21
  J. Augustine (MIL)       20

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            76
  D. Leonard (KC)          40
  R. Guidry (NY)           32
  J. Matlack (TEX)         31
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        29
  M. Keough (OAK)          29
  C. Knapp (CAL)           29
  D. Martinez (BAL)        29
  F. Tanana (CAL)          29
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        28

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