Friday May 19, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 19, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         22  14  2.52   36   2  10   328   275  115   92   16  139  139
Detroit         22  10  3.28   32  10   7   296   267  125  108   23  104  149
New York        21  13  3.30   34   5  11   305   283  121  112   22   98  132
Texas           18  16  3.48   34  12   6   308   294  137  119   26  105  168
California      21  14  3.51   35   9  11   315   296  130  123   20  132  206
Boston          23  13  3.86   36   8   8   322   346  152  138   34  107  128
Kansas City     18  16  3.95   34   8  11   296   283  146  130   32  104  119
Cleveland       17  17  4.02   34   7   8   298   276  145  133   25  130  151
Seattle         13  26  4.22   39   5   6   354   366  189  166   26  144  148
Minnesota       14  23  4.23   37   7   5   336   344  180  158   34  128  177
Chicago         11  21  4.46   32   4   5   276   287  153  137   25  116  125
Milwaukee       16  19  4.60   35  11   4   303   340  171  155   25   99  146
Baltimore       14  20  4.94   34   8   6   297   314  192  163   30  146  178
Toronto         13  21  5.23   34   8   5   294   301  179  171   38  156  134

 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
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   1  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   71   74   26   22    6   13   40
Pete Broberg (OAK)     4   3  2.83   8   8   0   0   0   48   43   22   15    1   14   25

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Don Stanhouse          0   3  4.50  14   0   0   6   0   18   12   10    9    0   15   12
Dennis Martinez        3   2  4.92  11  10   1   0   0   64   70   41   35    6   29   32
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.62   7   0   0   0   0   18   21   19   13    5   17    7
John Flinn             1   1  7.20   5   0   0   0   0    5    6    5    4    1    4    4
Scott McGregor         2   3  7.40   5   4   1   0   0   24   31   21   20    2    8   12
Tippy Martinez         0   1  8.20  15   0   0   0   0   19   30   18   17    3   16   13
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  3.69  14   0   0   2   0   32   37   13   13    1   12    8
Mike Torrez            5   2  4.30   9   9   1   0   1   61   73   33   29    6   23   31
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
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  4.97  13   0   0   3   0   13   15    7    7    2    5    6
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
Frank Tanana           7   1  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   71   74   26   22    6   13   40
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.00   8   8   4   0   2   66   37   23   22    4   43   82
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
Jim Willoughby         0   2  3.47  15   0   0   1   0   23   21   10    9    1    5   10
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  3.50  11   0   0   3   0   18   13    8    7    1    8   11
Rich Wortham           1   2  3.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   26    9    8    0    7    9
Wilbur Wood            4   4  3.98   9   9   3   0   0   61   68   32   27    5   25   24
Ron Schueler           0   0  4.20   6   0   0   0   0   15   13    7    7    3    6    9
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  4.63   8   4   0   1   0   35   30   19   18    4   14   19
Jim Kern               4   1  5.94  13   0   0   3   0   17   17   11   11    2   11   15
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
Bruce Taylor           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Bob Sykes              3   0  1.38   3   3   2   0   2   26   20    4    4    2   12   19
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  2.51  14   0   0   4   0   32   24   12    9    2   11   27
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  1.26  14   0   0   4   0   14    7    2    2    1    5   11
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   1  3.65   7   0   0   2   0   12   17    5    5    3    2    5
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  6.30   2   2   0   0   0   10   14    9    7    0    7    4
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  3.00   9   0   0   1   0   12   14    6    4    0    2    6
Mike Caldwell          3   3  3.68  10   7   3   1   1   66   62   28   27    3   18   31
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  5.00  11   0   0   2   0   18   22   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  7.80   6   1   0   0   0   15   17   16   13    1   10    8
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   3   0   0   2   0    6    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         3   3  5.26  10  10   1   0   0   63   71   41   37    4   23   27
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
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.03   4   0   0   0   0   13   15    3    3    1    1    4
Rich Gossage           2   4  2.03  14   0   0   5   0   31   20    9    7    5    8   27
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            2   3  4.47   7   7   1   0   0   46   45   23   23    2   16   14
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  0.88  19   0   0   6   0   31   22    4    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   3  2.83   8   8   0   0   0   48   43   22   15    1   14   25
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   4  3.48   8   8   2   0   1   44   50   22   17    4   12   19
Enrique Romo           3   0  3.52  13   0   0   3   0   31   24   12   12    2   13   12
Rick Honeycutt         2   4  3.56   9   8   1   0   0   48   44   23   19    3   22   14
Jim Todd               0   2  3.86  10   2   0   0   0   23   21   13   10    0   16   10
Steve Burke            0   1  3.96  13   0   0   0   0   39   35   20   17    2   23   11
Glenn Abbott           1   2  4.02   4   4   0   0   0   16   19    7    7    1    7    5
Tom House              2   2  4.11   9   3   1   0   0   35   37   17   16    1    3   10
Shane Rawley           0   4  4.15  16   0   0   3   0   30   34   17   14    2   12   25
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  5.68   9   9   1   0   0   51   61   34   32    7   16   19
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
Paul Lindblad          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    5    2    0    0    0    4    5
Steve Comer            0   1  1.35   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    0    5    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
Len Barker             1   2  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    7    5    2    8    7
Dock Ellis             2   2  4.09   7   7   2   0   0   44   34   23   20    4   16   12
Jim Umbarger           2   2  4.33   8   5   1   0   0   44   44   22   21    5   13   29
Doc Medich             1   1  6.26   5   3   0   0   0   23   27   16   16    1   13   12

 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
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    1   11    7
Jesse Jefferson        2   5  5.11   8   7   3   0   1   49   44   30   28    8   28   17
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
Mike Willis            1   2  6.31  15   0   0   3   0   26   27   19   18    4   13   11
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:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  B. Lee (BOS)              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
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        5
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     5
  F. Barrios (CHI)          4
  R. Gossage (NY)           4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        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
  J. Hiller (DET)           4
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          4
  D. Kinney (CLE)           4
  S. Mingori (KC)           4

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
  F. Tanana (CAL)        70.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     70.1
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      69.2
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      66.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          66.0
  B. Lee (BOS)           64.1
  D. Martinez (BAL)      64.0
  R. Erickson (MIN)      63.1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      62.2

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       81
  D. Leonard (KC)          74
  F. Tanana (CAL)          74
  M. Torrez (BOS)          73
  R. Erickson (MIN)        71
  D. Martinez (BAL)        70
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        69
  J. Matlack (TEX)         68
  W. Wood (CHI)            68
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        62

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          43
  J. Augustine (MIL)       41
  R. Erickson (MIN)        41
  D. Martinez (BAL)        41
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        36
  D. Pole (SEA)            34
  M. Torrez (BOS)          33
  W. Wood (CHI)            32
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       31
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       30

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. Martinez (BAL)        29
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       28
  D. Hood (CLE)            27
  M. Keough (OAK)          27
  W. Wood (CHI)            25
  J. Clancy (TOR)          24
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        24
  S. Burke (SEA)           23
  R. Erickson (MIN)        23

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            82
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        43
  D. Leonard (KC)          40
  F. Tanana (CAL)          40
  J. Matlack (TEX)         38
  R. Guidry (NY)           37
  C. Knapp (CAL)           33
  D. Martinez (BAL)        32
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        31
  M. Torrez (BOS)          31


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