Saturday May 20, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 20, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         23  14  2.54   37   2  10   337   280  118   95   16  140  142
Detroit         22  11  3.36   33  10   7   305   282  131  114   25  109  151
New York        21  14  3.45   35   5  11   313   292  131  120   23  102  133
Texas           18  17  3.59   35  12   6   316   308  144  126   27  105  175
California      21  15  3.59   36   9  11   323   305  136  129   20  136  209
Boston          24  13  3.89   37   8   8   331   358  157  143   36  108  130
Kansas City     19  16  3.92   35   8  12   305   292  149  133   33  108  122
Cleveland       17  18  3.96   35   8   8   307   286  147  135   25  130  153
Seattle         14  26  4.19   40   5   7   363   375  192  169   28  148  150
Minnesota       14  24  4.29   38   7   5   344   359  186  164   34  131  178
Chicago         11  22  4.46   33   4   5   284   293  157  141   27  121  129
Milwaukee       17  19  4.58   36  11   5   312   348  175  159   26  103  152
Baltimore       15  20  4.80   35   8   7   306   318  193  163   30  152  180
Toronto         14  21  5.32   35   8   5   303   316  187  179   39  159  135

 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
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
Rick Langford (OAK)    1   2  2.80   9   6   0   0   0   45   37   16   14    4   17   16
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
Jim Palmer             4   4  3.19   9   9   2   0   1   59   54   26   21    4   22   30
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
Don Stanhouse          0   3  4.12  15   0   0   7   0   20   12   10    9    0   17   13
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
Bob Stanley            3   1  3.69  14   0   0   2   0   32   37   13   13    1   12    8
Dennis Eckersley       3   1  3.95   9   9   2   0   0   66   71   32   29   11   18   24
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          2   3  8.68   7   0   0   0   0    9   17    9    9    1    3    5

 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
Paul Hartzell          0   3  3.54  17   0   0   5   0   28   30   11   11    0    5   15
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.77   9   0   0   0   0   14   18    6    6    0   10    2
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   3  6.25   6   5   1   0   1   32   34   22   22    2   14   10

 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
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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  4.05  12   0   0   3   0   20   16   10    9    3    8   12
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
Ken Kravec             1   3  5.53   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   18   17    4   14   15
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

 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   7  3.21   9   9   4   0   0   62   58   23   22    4   16   23
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   4  2.76  10   0   0   3   0   16   23   10    5    0    6    6
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  3.75   8   0   0   0   0   12   12    7    5    2    3    6
Jim Slaton             4   1  5.23   8   8   1   0   0   52   63   33   30    7   24   21
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
Al Hrabosky            1   0  1.13  15   0   0   5   0   16    8    2    2    1    7   13
Steve Mingori          0   0  1.23  11   0   0   4   0   15    9    3    2    0    4    7
Rich Gale              4   0  2.48   4   4   1   0   0   29   21    8    8    1   13   12
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   8   0   0   1   0   10    7    0    0    0    1    3
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   2  3.38  10   0   0   1   0   13   16    7    5    0    3    7
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  4.82  12   0   0   2   0   19   23   10   10    1    6   19
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           1   1  7.88   2   2   0   0   0    8   11    8    7    1    5    5

 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  3.62  13   0   0   0   0   32   25   13   13    4   21   24
Tom Johnson            1   4  3.64  13   0   0   3   0   30   37   14   12    2   11   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   6  5.44   9   9   1   0   0   50   63   31   30    6   14   18
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
Ed Figueroa            4   1  3.18   7   7   3   0   0   57   54   24   20    4   12   17
Sparky Lyle            2   1  3.77  14   0   0   6   0   31   31   15   13    1   10    7
Ken Holtzman           1   0  4.32   4   3   0   0   0   17   21    8    8    2    9    3
Dick Tidrow            2   3  4.47   7   7   1   0   0   46   45   23   23    2   16   14
Jim Beattie            2   0  4.70   5   5   0   0   0   23   22   12   12    2   11    7
Ken Clay               0   2  5.23   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    6    6    0    4    3
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
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
Rick Langford          1   2  2.80   9   6   0   0   0   45   37   16   14    4   17   16
Pete Broberg           4   3  2.83   8   8   0   0   0   48   43   22   15    1   14   25
Steve Renko            0   0  3.21   3   1   0   0   0   14   18    5    5    0    4    2
Alan Wirth             1   3  3.69   7   7   0   0   0   32   27   15   13    2   18   13
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
Enrique Romo           3   0  3.27  14   0   0   4   0   33   24   12   12    2   14   14
Paul Mitchell          2   4  3.48   8   8   2   0   1   44   50   22   17    4   12   19
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
Shane Rawley           1   4  4.02  17   0   0   3   0   31   35   17   14    2   14   25
Tom House              2   2  4.11   9   3   1   0   0   35   37   17   16    1    3   10
Glenn Abbott           1   2  4.22   5   5   0   0   0   21   27   10   10    3    8    5
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
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  2.19   8   0   0   3   0   12   11    5    3    1    1   10
Roger Moret            0   0  2.25   1   0   0   1   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    0
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
Fergie Jenkins         4   2  3.42   9   5   3   0   0   55   54   23   21    4    8   31
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  2.42  12   0   0   2   0   22   13    6    6    1    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         1   7  8.47   8   8   1   0   0   39   51   38   37    8   21   12

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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
  R. Wise (CLE)             7
  J. Augustine (MIL)        6
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     6
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        5
  F. Barrios (CHI)          4
  S. Foucault (DET)         4
  R. Gossage (NY)           4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4

Complete Games:

  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4
  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  R. Wise (CLE)             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

Saves:

  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        7
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  E. Sosa (OAK)             6
  R. Gossage (NY)           5
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         5
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          5
  J. Hiller (DET)           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
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     66.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          66.0
  B. Lee (BOS)           64.1
  D. Martinez (BAL)      64.0
  R. Erickson (MIN)      63.1

Hits:

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

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          43
  J. Augustine (MIL)       41
  R. Erickson (MIN)        41
  D. Martinez (BAL)        41
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       38
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        36
  D. Pole (SEA)            34
  J. Slaton (DET)          33
  M. Torrez (BOS)          33
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       32

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          13
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Pole (SEA)             7
  J. Slaton (DET)           7
  D. Alexander (TEX)        6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          6
  W. Garland (CLE)          6
  J. Garvin (TOR)           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
  J. Slaton (DET)          24
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        24
  S. Burke (SEA)           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
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         31


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