Thursday May 18, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 18, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         22  13  2.51   35   2  10   319   269  109   89   15  138  136
Detroit         21  10  3.23   31  10   6   287   254  120  103   20  100  142
New York        20  13  3.31   33   5  11   296   271  118  109   22   97  129
Texas           17  15  3.44   32  12   5   290   279  129  111   26   97  160
California      20  14  3.59   34   8  11   306   287  129  122   19  131  198
Boston          23  12  3.79   35   8   8   314   336  145  132   33  101  124
Kansas City     18  15  3.95   33   8  11   287   273  141  126   31  101  112
Cleveland       16  17  3.99   33   7   8   289   267  140  128   25  125  147
Seattle         12  25  4.21   37   5   6   336   345  180  157   23  137  144
Minnesota       13  23  4.27   36   7   4   327   336  177  155   33  128  176
Milwaukee       16  18  4.53   34  11   4   294   326  164  148   25   98  142
Chicago         10  21  4.54   31   4   5   267   277  151  135   25  114  118
Baltimore       14  19  4.89   33   8   6   289   304  185  157   30  141  172
Toronto         13  20  5.05   33   8   5   285   287  168  160   36  149  130

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J. Johnson (OAK)       3   2  1.81   7   7   2   0   1   50   36   12   10    3   18   22
Ron Guidry (NY)        5   0  1.84   8   8   1   0   0   59   51   15   12    1   22   37
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   29    9    9    4   11   15
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
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   2  2.62   8   8   0   0   0   45   36   18   13    2   27   29
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   3  2.69   9   9   3   0   1   70   56   22   21    6   13   17
Pete Broberg (OAK)     4   2  2.72   7   7   0   0   0   40   38   17   12    0   13   22
Rick Langford (OAK)    0   2  2.95   8   6   0   0   0   43   37   16   14    4   17   15

 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          4   3  3.45   9   9   4   0   0   63   59   25   24    4   21   43
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  2.05  14   0   0   6   0   22   17    5    5    1   12    9
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
Chris Knapp            5   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   0   50   53   21   19    3   15   33
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.65   8   0   0   0   0   12   16    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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  3.50  11   0   0   3   0   18   13    8    7    1    8   11
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
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.20   6   0   0   0   0   15   13    7    7    3    6    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   4  5.56   8   8   1   0   0   45   47   29   28    6   20   12
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   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    1    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
Rick Wise              2   6  3.42   8   8   3   0   0   53   48   21   20    4   16   21
Dennis Kinney          0   2  3.71  12   0   0   4   0   27   20   13   11    2   10   12
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Don Hood               3   1  4.28   8   8   0   0   0   48   50   24   23    3   27   22
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   3  2.51   9   0   0   3   0   14   21    9    4    0    5    5
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
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
Jack Morris            0   0  5.40   3   3   0   0   0   15   13    9    9    1   10    5
Fernando Arroyo        0   0  8.10   1   0   0   0   0    3    6    3    3    1    0    1

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   0  1.23  11   0   0   4   0   15    9    3    2    0    4    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  3.94   8   3   0   0   0   32   30   15   14    4    8   10
Dennis Leonard         3   7  4.58  10  10   4   0   0   71   74   43   36   13   23   40
Jim Colborn            1   2  5.73   6   3   0   0   0   22   30   17   14    3   10    5
Doug Bird              2   2  6.23  12   0   0   1   0   17   19   13   12    1   11    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            1   0  0.00   7   0   0   0   0    9    7    0    0    0    1    3
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   2  1.64   8   0   0   1   0   11   12    4    2    0    2    6
Mike Caldwell          3   2  3.41   9   6   3   1   1   61   52   24   23    3   18   29
Andy Replogle          2   0  3.95   7   3   1   0   0   27   38   13   12    5    9    8
Lary Sorensen          4   3  4.13   9   9   3   0   0   70   69   36   32    5   24   26
Bob McClure            0   1  5.19  10   0   0   2   0   17   21   10   10    1    5   17
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   2   0   0   1   0    4    1    0    0    0    1    2
Geoff Zahn             3   2  3.07   8   8   3   0   0   59   51   27   20    5   20   27
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.19  12   0   0   0   0   31   21   11   11    4   20   24
Tom Johnson            1   4  3.45  12   0   0   3   0   29   35   13   11    2   10   20
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             5   0  1.84   8   8   1   0   0   59   51   15   12    1   22   37
Rich Gossage           2   4  2.03  14   0   0   5   0   31   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
Elias Sosa             4   0  0.91  18   0   0   6   0   30   21    3    3    0   15   14
Joe Coleman            3   0  0.95   9   0   0   0   0   19   11    2    2    0    5    4
John Henry Johnson     3   2  1.81   7   7   2   0   1   50   36   12   10    3   18   22
Bob Lacey              3   1  2.10  19   0   0   2   0   26   20    8    6    1    9   10
Matt Keough            2   2  2.62   8   8   0   0   0   45   36   18   13    2   27   29
Pete Broberg           4   2  2.72   7   7   0   0   0   40   38   17   12    0   13   22
Rick Langford          0   2  2.95   8   6   0   0   0   43   37   16   14    4   17   15
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
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  2.38   7   0   0   3   0   11   10    5    3    1    1   10
Fergie Jenkins         4   1  2.61   8   4   3   0   0   48   41   16   14    3    8   24
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           2   2  4.33   8   5   1   0   0   44   44   22   21    5   13   29
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
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
Jim Clancy             2   3  5.13   7   6   1   0   0   40   44   25   23    4   24   19
Jerry Garvin           2   1  6.10   7   7   1   0   0   41   52   28   28    6   17   20
Balor Moore            2   0  6.16  10   0   0   0   0   19   26   13   13    4   13    8
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
  R. Guidry (NY)            5
  C. Knapp (CAL)            5
  M. Torrez (BOS)           5
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  J. Billingham (DET)       4
  P. Broberg (OAK)          4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  D. LaRoche (CAL)          6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  E. Sosa (OAK)             6
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        6
  R. Gossage (NY)           5
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         5
  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:

  D. Leonard (KC)        70.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     70.1
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      69.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          66.0
  B. Lee (BOS)           64.1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      62.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        61.2
  D. Martinez (BAL)      61.1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      60.2
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     60.0

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       81
  D. Leonard (KC)          74
  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:

  D. Leonard (KC)          43
  J. Augustine (MIL)       41
  R. Erickson (MIN)        38
  D. Martinez (BAL)        38
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        36
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       31
  D. Pole (SEA)            30
  W. Wood (CHI)            30
  F. Barrios (CHI)         29
  J. Garvin (TOR)          28

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          13
  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. Hood (CLE)            27
  M. Keough (OAK)          27
  D. Martinez (BAL)        27
  J. Clancy (TOR)          24
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       24
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        24
  R. Erickson (MIN)        23
  D. Leonard (KC)          23
  W. Wood (CHI)            23

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            82
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        43
  D. Leonard (KC)          40
  J. Matlack (TEX)         38
  R. Guidry (NY)           37
  C. Knapp (CAL)           33
  F. Tanana (CAL)          32
  D. Martinez (BAL)        30
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        29
  M. Keough (OAK)          29

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