Wednesday May 17, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 17, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         22  12  2.40   34   2  10   311   260  103   83   15  132  132
Detroit         21   9  3.09   30  10   6   279   242  112   96   19   96  138
New York        19  13  3.32   32   5  10   287   265  115  106   21   94  124
Texas           16  15  3.42   31  12   4   281   270  125  107   26   94  153
California      19  14  3.58   33   8  10   297   275  124  118   19  129  194
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       16  16  3.96   32   7   8   280   258  135  123   25  119  145
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         10  20  4.39   30   4   5   258   266  142  126   24  107  112
Milwaukee       15  18  4.45   33  11   4   285   314  157  141   23   93  137
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
Ron Guidry (NY)        4   0  1.61   7   7   1   0   0   50   45   12    9    0   19   32
J. Johnson (OAK)       3   2  1.81   7   7   2   0   1   50   36   12   10    3   18   22
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
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
Rick Waits (CLE)       3   2  2.61   8   7   3   0   1   48   41   18   14    2   19   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
Pete Broberg (OAK)     4   2  2.72   7   7   0   0   0   40   38   17   12    0   13   22

 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
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
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.00   8   8   4   0   2   66   37   23   22    4   43   82
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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  3.52  10   0   0   3   0   15   11    7    6    1    6    8
Jim Willoughby         0   2  3.63  14   0   0   1   0   22   19   10    9    1    5   10
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            2   2  4.70   7   7   0   0   0   44   46   26   23    2   16   23
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
Sid Monge              1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11    5    4    3    1    7    8
Rick Waits             3   2  2.61   8   7   3   0   1   48   41   18   14    2   19   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
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
John Hiller            3   1  2.30  13   0   0   3   0   31   23   11    8    1   10   25
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
Steve Foucault         1   2  2.70   8   0   0   3   0   13   20    8    4    0    5    4
Milt Wilcox            2   1  3.57   6   4   2   0   1   35   24   16   14    0   13   23
Jack Billingham        4   1  3.58   7   7   1   0   0   50   51   22   20    5   14   18
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  1.64   8   0   0   1   0   11   12    4    2    0    2    6
Bob McClure            0   1  3.21   9   0   0   2   0   14   17    5    5    0    3   15
Mike Caldwell          3   2  3.41   9   6   3   1   1   61   52   24   23    3   18   29
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   6  5.73  10  10   2   0   1   60   81   41   38    5   21   19
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   1  2.97  13   0   0   6   0   30   27   10   10    1   10    7
Ed Figueroa            4   1  3.18   7   7   3   0   0   57   54   24   20    4   12   17
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  0.63  17   0   0   6   0   29   19    2    2    0   14   13
John Henry Johnson     3   2  1.81   7   7   2   0   1   50   36   12   10    3   18   22
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            4   4  3.19   8   8   3   0   0   59   68   28   21    4   16   38
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
  J. Billingham (DET)       4
  P. Broberg (OAK)          4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  R. Guidry (NY)            4
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          4
  C. Knapp (CAL)            4

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        7
  J. Augustine (MIL)        6
  D. Leonard (KC)           6
  R. Wise (CLE)             6
  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
  N. Ryan (CAL)             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
  J. Matlack (TEX)          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
  N. Ryan (CAL)          66.0
  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
  J. Augustine (MIL)     59.2

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       81
  D. Leonard (KC)          70
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        69
  J. Matlack (TEX)         68
  D. Martinez (BAL)        65
  F. Tanana (CAL)          65
  M. Torrez (BOS)          65
  R. Erickson (MIN)        63
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       62
  B. Lee (BOS)             62

Runs:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       41
  R. Erickson (MIN)        38
  D. Martinez (BAL)        38
  D. Leonard (KC)          37
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        36
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       31
  D. Pole (SEA)            30
  W. Wood (CHI)            30
  J. Garvin (TOR)          28
  J. Matlack (TEX)         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)            43
  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
  J. Augustine (MIL)       21

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            82
  D. Leonard (KC)          40
  J. Matlack (TEX)         38
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        34
  R. Guidry (NY)           32
  F. Tanana (CAL)          32
  D. Martinez (BAL)        30
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        29
  M. Keough (OAK)          29
  C. Knapp (CAL)           29

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