Tuesday May 16, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 16, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         22  11  2.35   33   2  10   303   252   99   79   15  128  131
Detroit         20   9  3.10   29  10   5   270   232  109   93   17   95  135
New York        19  12  3.31   31   5  10   278   253  110  102   21   87  123
California      19  13  3.39   32   7  10   289   265  115  109   17  122  188
Texas           15  15  3.44   30  11   4   272   262  122  104   25   92  146
Boston          23  12  3.79   35   8   8   314   336  145  132   33  101  124
Kansas City     18  14  3.82   32   8  11   278   264  133  118   29   95  111
Cleveland       15  16  4.04   31   7   8   270   251  131  121   25  115  142
Seattle         12  25  4.21   37   5   6   336   345  180  157   23  137  144
Minnesota       12  23  4.22   35   7   3   318   326  171  149   32  125  174
Chicago          9  20  4.33   29   4   5   249   257  136  120   24  103  110
Milwaukee       15  17  4.43   32  11   4   276   298  152  136   20   92  132
Baltimore       13  19  4.96   32   7   6   280   297  182  154   30  138  163
Toronto         13  19  5.04   32   8   5   277   278  163  155   34  143  127

 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
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
Bill Lee (BOS)         6   0  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   64   62   20   18    6   17   18
Fergie Jenkins (TEX)   4   1  2.61   8   4   3   0   0   48   41   16   14    3    8   24
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   3  2.69   9   9   3   0   1   70   56   22   21    6   13   17
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       2   2  2.70   7   7   3   0   0   53   46   23   16    4   17   25

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Stanhouse          0   2  3.18  13   0   0   6   0   17    9    7    6    0   14   12
Nelson Briles          1   2  3.27   5   3   0   0   0   22   18   11    8    2   11   16
Mike Flanagan          3   3  3.52   8   8   3   0   0   54   52   22   21    4   18   34
Jim Palmer             3   4  3.63   8   8   2   0   1   52   50   25   21    4   18   29
Dennis Martinez        3   2  4.70  10   9   1   0   0   61   65   38   32    6   27   30
Scott McGregor         2   3  7.40   5   4   1   0   0   24   31   21   20    2    8   12
John Flinn             1   1  7.71   4   0   0   0   0    5    5    4    4    1    3    3
Tippy Martinez         0   1  8.35  14   0   0   0   0   18   30   18   17    3   15   12
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

 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               6   0  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   64   62   20   18    6   17   18
Jim Wright             1   0  3.21   4   1   1   0   1   14   12    6    5    2    4    9
Dennis Eckersley       3   1  3.60   8   8   2   0   0   60   62   27   24    9   17   24
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
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  4.26  12   0   0   3   0   13   14    6    6    2    5    6
Allen Ripley           0   3  4.42   6   6   1   0   0   37   38   21   18    3   12    8
Luis Tiant             1   0  4.91   5   4   0   0   0   22   19   12   12    2   10   14
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
Nolan Ryan             2   2  2.02   7   7   3   0   2   58   27   14   13    2   36   76
Dave LaRoche           3   0  2.41  13   0   0   5   0   19   14    5    5    1   11    9
Chris Knapp            4   3  3.00   7   7   1   0   0   45   45   16   15    3   14   29
Frank Tanana           6   1  3.06   8   8   2   0   1   62   65   25   21    5   12   32
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.75   7   0   0   0   0   12   15    5    5    0    8    2
Paul Hartzell          0   3  3.76  16   0   0   5   0   26   28   11   11    0    5   13
Tom Griffin            0   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    0    8    1
Don Aase               2   2  4.98   6   6   0   0   0   34   39   19   19    4   16   17
Ken Brett              1   2  5.60   5   4   1   0   1   27   29   17   17    2   12    9

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Hinton            0   0  0.90   6   0   0   0   0   10    5    1    1    1    3    4
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.38   5   0   0   0   0   11   10    4    4    2    3    7
Jim Willoughby         0   2  3.38  13   0   0   1   0   21   17    9    8    1    5    9
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  3.52  10   0   0   3   0   15   11    7    6    1    6    8
Rich Wortham           1   2  3.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   26    9    8    0    7    9
Wilbur Wood            3   4  4.25   8   8   3   0   0   53   60   30   25    5   23   17
Steve Stone            1   2  4.50   6   6   0   0   0   36   39   21   18    2   12   22
Francisco Barrios      1   3  4.78   7   7   1   0   0   43   41   24   23    6   18   11
Pablo Torrealba        1   4  5.68  10   1   0   1   0   19   21   15   12    2   17   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
Al Fitzmorris          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
David Clyde            1   0  1.53   4   1   1   0   0   18   14    4    3    0    6   10
Rick Waits             3   2  2.42   7   6   3   0   1   45   35   14   12    2   17   24
Dennis Kinney          0   1  3.38  11   0   0   4   0   24   17   11    9    2    9   11
Rick Wise              2   6  3.42   8   8   3   0   0   53   48   21   20    4   16   21
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Don Hood               3   1  4.19   7   7   0   0   0   43   45   21   20    3   23   21
Mike Paxton            1   2  4.34   7   3   0   1   0   29   23   15   14    4   10   18
Sid Monge              0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    4    3    1    5    5
Jim Kern               3   1  6.59  12   0   0   3   0   14   15   10   10    2   10   12
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              2   0  0.00   2   2   2   0   2   18    8    0    0    0    9   14
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  2.45  12   0   0   2   0   29   21   11    8    1   10   25
Steve Foucault         1   2  2.70   8   0   0   3   0   13   20    8    4    0    5    4
Jack Billingham        3   1  3.53   6   6   1   0   0   43   43   19   17    3   13   15
Milt Wilcox            2   1  3.57   6   4   2   0   1   35   24   16   14    0   13   23
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             4   1  4.86   7   7   1   0   0   46   52   28   25    5   21   20

 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            1   0  1.38  13   0   0   4   0   13    7    2    2    1    5    9
Rich Gale              3   0  2.08   3   3   1   0   0   22   13    5    5    0   11   11
Paul Splittorff        4   3  2.69   9   9   3   0   1   70   56   22   21    6   13   17
Marty Pattin           1   0  2.70   6   0   0   2   0   10   14    3    3    2    2    3
Larry Gura             2   1  3.81   7   3   0   0   0   28   27   13   12    3    6    9
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  6.75  11   0   0   1   0   16   19   13   12    1   10    8
Andy Hassler           0   0  9.64   1   1   0   0   0    5    7    6    5    0    4    1
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   6   0   0   0   0    7    6    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          3   2  3.41   9   6   3   1   1   61   52   24   23    3   18   29
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          4   3  4.13   9   9   3   0   0   70   69   36   32    5   24   26
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  8.31   5   1   0   0   0   13   16   15   12    1    9    6
Bill Travers           0   1 18.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    6    5    4    0    3    2

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2
Geoff Zahn             2   2  2.70   7   7   3   0   0   53   46   23   16    4   17   25
Tom Johnson            1   4  3.00  11   0   0   3   0   27   31   11    9    2   10   20
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.19  12   0   0   0   0   31   21   11   11    4   20   24
Dave Goltz             1   3  3.65   5   5   1   0   0   37   38   15   15    3   15   25
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.86   9   0   0   0   0   14   17    7    6    3    7    8
Gary Serum             2   0  3.94   9   3   1   0   0   32   31   15   14    4    4   16
Roger Erickson         2   3  5.43   9   9   1   0   0   56   63   38   34    3   23   26
Paul Thormodsgard      1   5  5.52   8   8   1   0   0   44   54   28   27    6   13   17
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
Rich Gossage           2   4  2.08  13   0   0   4   0   30   20    9    7    5    8   27
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    3    1    0    3
Sparky Lyle            2   0  2.83  12   0   0   6   0   29   25    9    9    1    9    7
Ed Figueroa            4   1  3.14   6   6   3   0   0   49   44   20   17    4    6   16
Jim Beattie            2   0  3.60   4   4   0   0   0   20   18    8    8    1    9    7
Dick Tidrow            1   3  4.58   6   6   1   0   0   39   36   20   20    2   16   12
Ken Holtzman           1   0  4.91   3   3   0   0   0   15   20    8    8    2    8    3
Catfish Hunter         2   3  5.47   5   5   0   0   0   26   23   16   16    5    9   14
Ken Clay               0   1  5.63   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    5    5    0    3    2

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Coleman            3   0  0.00   8   0   0   0   0   15    7    0    0    0    3    3
Elias Sosa             4   0  0.64  16   0   0   6   0   28   18    2    2    0   14   13
John Henry Johnson     3   1  1.28   6   6   2   0   1   42   29    8    6    3   14   21
Matt Keough            2   1  2.05   7   7   0   0   0   44   33   15   10    2   24   29
Bob Lacey              3   1  2.10  19   0   0   2   0   26   20    8    6    1    9   10
Pete Broberg           4   2  2.72   7   7   0   0   0   40   38   17   12    0   13   22
Rick Langford          0   2  3.12   7   6   0   0   0   40   37   16   14    4   17   13
Steve Renko            0   0  3.21   3   1   0   0   0   14   18    5    5    0    4    2
Alan Wirth             1   3  3.60   6   6   0   0   0   25   22   12   10    2   17   11
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  4.34  15   0   0   2   0   29   30   16   14    3   13    7

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Mitchell          2   3  2.97   7   7   2   0   1   39   44   18   13    2   11   19
Rick Honeycutt         2   4  3.56   9   8   1   0   0   48   44   23   19    3   22   14
Enrique Romo           3   0  3.64  12   0   0   3   0   30   24   12   12    2   13   11
Glenn Abbott           1   2  4.02   4   4   0   0   0   16   19    7    7    1    7    5
Shane Rawley           0   4  4.15  16   0   0   3   0   30   34   17   14    2   12   25
Steve Burke            0   1  4.33  12   0   0   0   0   35   32   20   17    2   21   11
Tom House              1   2  4.35   8   3   1   0   0   31   34   16   15    0    3   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              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         4   1  2.61   8   4   3   0   0   48   41   16   14    3    8   24
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  2.79   6   0   0   2   0   10   10    5    3    1    1    9
Doyle Alexander        3   2  3.04   7   7   3   0   1   50   49   18   17    6   20   27
Jon Matlack            3   4  3.22   7   7   2   0   0   50   60   25   18    3   14   31
Dock Ellis             2   2  3.46   6   6   2   0   0   39   28   18   15    4   13   10
Len Barker             1   2  3.86   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    7    5    2    8    7
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  2.11  11   0   0   2   0   21   10    5    5    0    8    8
Don Kirkwood           1   0  3.27   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    0    3    7
Tom Underwood          1   3  3.54   7   7   2   0   1   41   35   18   16    3   21   26
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
Dave Wallace           0   0  4.82   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    5    5    1   10    4
Mike Willis            1   2  4.94  14   0   0   3   0   24   22   14   13    2   11   11
Jerry Garvin           2   1  6.10   7   7   1   0   0   41   52   28   28    6   17   20
Balor Moore            2   0  6.89   9   0   0   0   0   16   22   12   12    3   12    7
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)              6
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  M. Torrez (BOS)           5
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  P. Broberg (OAK)          4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  R. Guidry (NY)            4
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          4
  C. Knapp (CAL)            4
  J. Slaton (DET)           4

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        7
  D. Leonard (KC)           6
  R. Wise (CLE)             6
  J. Augustine (MIL)        5
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     5
  R. Gossage (NY)           4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        4
  T. Johnson (MIN)          4
  J. Matlack (TEX)          4

Complete Games:

  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         3
  E. Figueroa (NY)          3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3
  B. Lee (BOS)              3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         3

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  E. Sosa (OAK)             6
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        6
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         5
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          5
  R. Gossage (NY)           4
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          4
  D. Kinney (CLE)           4
  S. Mingori (KC)           4
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        3

Shutouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  B. Sykes (DET)            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

Innings Pitched:

  P. Splittorff (KC)     70.1
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      69.2
  D. Leonard (KC)        68.0
  B. Lee (BOS)           64.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        61.2
  D. Martinez (BAL)      61.1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      60.2
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     60.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          58.0
  R. Erickson (MIN)      56.1

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KC)          70
  J. Augustine (MIL)       69
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        69
  D. Martinez (BAL)        65
  F. Tanana (CAL)          65
  M. Torrez (BOS)          65
  R. Erickson (MIN)        63
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       62
  B. Lee (BOS)             62
  J. Matlack (TEX)         60

Runs:

  R. Erickson (MIN)        38
  D. Martinez (BAL)        38
  D. Leonard (KC)          37
  J. Augustine (MIL)       36
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        36
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       31
  D. Pole (SEA)            30
  W. Wood (CHI)            30
  J. Garvin (TOR)          28
  J. Slaton (DET)          28

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          12
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        9
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Pole (SEA)             7
  D. Alexander (TEX)        6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          6
  W. Garland (CLE)          6
  J. Garvin (TOR)           6
  B. Lee (BOS)              6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            36
  D. Martinez (BAL)        27
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       24
  M. Keough (OAK)          24
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        24
  R. Erickson (MIN)        23
  D. Hood (CLE)            23
  W. Wood (CHI)            23
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       22
  S. Burke (SEA)           21

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            76
  D. Leonard (KC)          40
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        34
  R. Guidry (NY)           32
  F. Tanana (CAL)          32
  J. Matlack (TEX)         31
  D. Martinez (BAL)        30
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        29
  M. Keough (OAK)          29
  C. Knapp (CAL)           29

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