Tuesday May 23, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 23, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         24  16  2.52   40   3  10   364   297  127  102   17  150  151
New York        24  14  3.23   38   6  12   340   314  134  122   23  106  150
Detroit         23  13  3.42   36  12   7   331   307  143  126   26  120  168
California      22  16  3.57   38  10  11   341   322  142  135   20  145  220
Texas           19  19  3.62   38  13   7   341   330  155  137   31  117  182
Boston          26  15  3.74   41  10   9   368   396  168  153   40  121  146
Kansas City     20  19  3.93   39  10  13   339   322  169  148   34  119  139
Cleveland       18  20  4.03   38   9   9   333   315  162  149   28  136  173
Minnesota       17  24  4.08   41   8   7   371   378  190  168   34  139  188
Seattle         16  28  4.11   44   6   8   399   406  206  182   31  155  164
Milwaukee       19  19  4.41   38  13   5   330   358  178  162   28  109  157
Chicago         12  24  4.42   36   4   6   309   324  172  152   29  130  141
Baltimore       17  21  4.50   38  11   7   332   330  196  166   30  156  198
Toronto         15  24  5.13   39  10   5   342   353  204  195   44  167  148

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J. Johnson (OAK)       4   2  1.53   8   8   3   0   2   59   39   12   10    3   22   25
Ron Guidry (NY)        6   0  1.73   9   9   2   0   0   68   56   16   13    1   24   48
Bill Lee (BOS)         6   1  2.49   9   9   4   0   1   72   70   22   20    7   20   18
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   3  2.60   9   9   0   0   0   52   41   21   15    2   28   33
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   2  2.66   6   6   2   0   1   44   36   13   13    4   13   16
Rick Waits (CLE)       3   3  2.67   9   8   4   0   1   57   47   21   17    3   21   31
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       4   2  2.71   9   9   3   0   0   66   58   27   20    5   21   30
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   4  2.72  10  10   4   0   1   79   63   25   24    6   14   18
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

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Flanagan          5   3  3.01  10  10   5   0   1   72   61   25   24    4   23   52
Jim Palmer             4   4  3.19   9   9   2   0   1   59   54   26   21    4   22   30
Nelson Briles          1   3  3.30   6   4   1   0   0   30   24   14   11    2   13   20
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
Scott McGregor         3   3  5.40   6   5   2   0   1   33   35   21   20    2    8   17
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
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
Jim Wright             1   0  2.25   5   2   1   0   1   24   21    7    6    2    6   14
Bill Lee               6   1  2.49   9   9   4   0   1   72   70   22   20    7   20   18
Bob Stanley            3   1  3.62  15   0   0   3   0   32   39   13   13    1   12    8
Dennis Eckersley       3   1  3.95   9   9   2   0   0   66   71   32   29   11   18   24
Luis Tiant             2   0  4.06   6   5   1   0   0   31   27   15   14    3   16   20
Mike Torrez            5   2  4.30   9   9   1   0   1   61   73   33   29    6   23   31
Allen Ripley           1   3  4.33   7   7   1   0   0   44   45   24   21    5   12   11
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  5.14  14   0   0   3   0   14   17    8    8    2    6    7
Bill Campbell          2   4  8.44   8   0   0   0   0   11   19   10   10    1    4    6

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           3   1  2.28  15   0   0   6   0   24   18    6    6    1   15   10
Frank Tanana           7   1  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   71   74   26   22    6   13   40
Nolan Ryan             3   3  3.12   9   9   5   0   2   75   46   27   26    4   46   89
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
Don Aase               2   2  4.35   7   7   0   0   0   41   46   20   20    4   19   20
Tom Griffin            0   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    0    8    1
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  0.87   7   0   0   0   0   10    5    1    1    1    3    4
Jim Willoughby         0   3  3.18  17   0   0   2   0   28   23   11   10    1    5   12
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.63   7   0   0   0   0   17   15    7    7    3    7   11
Rich Wortham           1   2  3.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   26    9    8    0    7    9
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  4.05  12   0   0   3   0   20   16   10    9    3    8   12
Wilbur Wood            4   4  4.27  10  10   3   0   0   65   76   36   31    6   27   27
Steve Stone            3   2  4.38   8   8   0   0   0   51   52   28   25    2   21   28
Pablo Torrealba        1   4  5.01  11   1   0   1   0   23   29   20   13    2   18   11
Ken Kravec             1   3  5.53   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   18   17    4   14   15
Francisco Barrios      1   5  5.98   9   9   1   0   0   47   52   32   31    7   20   12

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
David Clyde            2   0  1.50   5   2   1   0   0   24   21    6    4    0    8   12
Sid Monge              1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11    5    4    3    1    7    8
Rick Waits             3   3  2.67   9   8   4   0   1   57   47   21   17    3   21   31
Rick Wise              2   7  3.21   9   9   4   0   0   62   58   23   22    4   16   23
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Al Fitzmorris          0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    0
Don Hood               3   2  4.61   9   9   0   0   0   55   58   29   28    5   29   25
Mike Paxton            1   2  4.63   8   4   0   1   0   35   30   19   18    4   14   19
Dennis Kinney          0   2  4.66  14   0   0   5   0   29   26   17   15    2   10   16
Jim Kern               4   1  5.30  14   0   0   3   0   19   18   11   11    2   11   19
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
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
Dave Rozema            2   2  2.66   6   6   2   0   1   44   36   13   13    4   13   16
Steve Foucault         1   4  2.76  10   0   0   3   0   16   23   10    5    0    6    6
Milt Wilcox            3   1  3.05   7   5   3   0   1   44   30   17   15    0   15   34
Jack Billingham        4   2  3.39   8   8   2   0   0   58   55   24   22    6   18   19
Jim Crawford           1   2  3.60   9   0   0   0   0   15   14    8    6    2    5    9
Jim Slaton             4   1  5.23   8   8   1   0   0   52   63   33   30    7   24   21
Jack Morris            0   0  6.75   4   3   0   0   0   16   17   12   12    1   11    6
Fernando Arroyo        0   0  8.31   2   0   0   0   0    4    8    4    4    1    0    1

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            1   0  1.02  16   0   0   6   0   18    9    2    2    1    7   15
Steve Mingori          0   0  1.10  12   0   0   4   0   16   11    4    2    0    4    8
Rich Gale              4   0  2.48   4   4   1   0   0   29   21    8    8    1   13   12
Paul Splittorff        4   4  2.72  10  10   4   0   1   79   63   25   24    6   14   18
Marty Pattin           1   1  3.65   7   0   0   2   0   12   17    5    5    3    2    5
Larry Gura             2   1  3.72   9   4   0   0   0   36   33   17   15    4   12   12
Dennis Leonard         3   8  4.99  11  11   4   0   0   74   80   50   41   14   24   41
Andy Hassler           0   1  5.00   3   3   1   0   0   18   22   13   10    0   10    8
Jim Colborn            1   2  5.25   7   3   0   0   0   24   30   17   14    3   10    6
Doug Bird              3   2  6.33  14   0   0   1   0   21   22   16   15    1   13   13
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
Lary Sorensen          5   3  3.78  10  10   4   0   0   79   74   37   33    6   27   30
Andy Replogle          2   0  3.95   7   3   1   0   0   27   38   13   12    5    9    8
Bob McClure            0   1  4.82  12   0   0   2   0   19   23   10   10    1    6   19
Jerry Augustine        5   6  5.24  11  11   3   0   1   69   86   43   40    6   24   20
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
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   5   0   0   4   0    8    1    0    0    0    1    3
Geoff Zahn             4   2  2.71   9   9   3   0   0   66   58   27   20    5   21   30
Gary Serum             3   0  3.60  10   4   1   0   0   40   37   17   16    4    6   17
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
Roger Erickson         4   3  4.85  11  11   2   0   0   72   77   43   39    4   28   32
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             6   0  1.73   9   9   2   0   0   68   56   16   13    1   24   48
Rich Gossage           2   4  1.99  15   0   0   6   0   32   20    9    7    5    8   28
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.03   4   0   0   0   0   13   15    3    3    1    1    4
Ed Figueroa            5   1  2.92   8   8   3   0   0   65   62   25   21    4   13   18
Ken Clay               1   2  3.12   7   1   0   0   0   17   18    7    6    0    4    6
Sparky Lyle            2   1  3.62  16   0   0   6   0   32   32   15   13    1   11    8
Ken Holtzman           1   0  4.08   5   3   0   0   0   18   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
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  0.87  20   0   0   6   0   31   22    4    3    0   15   14
Joe Coleman            3   0  1.37  10   0   0   0   0   20   12    3    3    1    5    4
John Henry Johnson     4   2  1.53   8   8   3   0   2   59   39   12   10    3   22   25
Steve Renko            0   0  2.25   4   2   0   0   0   20   21    6    5    0    6    3
Bob Lacey              3   2  2.51  21   0   0   2   0   29   22   10    8    1   12   11
Matt Keough            2   3  2.60   9   9   0   0   0   52   41   21   15    2   28   33
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
Alan Wirth             1   3  3.69   7   7   0   0   0   32   27   15   13    2   18   13
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  4.85  16   0   0   2   0   30   33   18   16    3   13    7

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           3   1  3.44  15   0   0   4   0   34   24   13   13    2   15   14
Tom House              3   2  3.48  10   4   2   0   0   44   46   18   17    1    3   13
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  3.58  12   2   0   1   0   28   23   14   11    0   18   11
Steve Burke            0   1  3.89  14   0   0   0   0   42   38   21   18    2   23   12
Glenn Abbott           1   2  4.22   5   5   0   0   0   21   27   10   10    3    8    5
Shane Rawley           1   5  4.30  19   1   0   3   0   38   40   21   18    2   14   26
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              4   4  5.31  10  10   1   0   0   58   67   37   34    8   18   22
Byron McLaughlin       0   2  5.73   5   4   0   0   0   22   23   16   14    4   14   23

 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  2.51  10   0   0   4   0   14   12    6    4    1    3   11
Jon Matlack            4   5  3.07   9   9   4   0   0   67   75   30   23    4   21   39
Doyle Alexander        4   2  3.24   8   8   3   0   1   58   55   22   21    8   23   29
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   3  4.44   9   6   1   0   0   51   52   26   25    7   15   32
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  2.22  13   0   0   2   0   24   15    6    6    1    8    8
Don Kirkwood           1   0  2.77   4   0   0   0   0   13   14    4    4    0    3    7
Tom Underwood          1   4  3.40   8   8   2   0   1   48   42   20   18    4   22   29
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    1   11    7
Jesse Jefferson        3   5  4.26   9   8   4   0   1   61   51   31   29    9   30   20
Jim Clancy             2   4  5.11   8   7   2   0   0   49   51   30   28    6   27   22
Balor Moore            2   0  6.04  11   0   0   0   0   22   30   15   15    4   13   10
Mike Willis            1   2  6.31  15   0   0   3   0   26   27   19   18    4   13   11
Jerry Garvin           2   2  6.80   8   8   1   0   0   45   60   35   34    7   19   22
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
  R. Guidry (NY)            6
  B. Lee (BOS)              6
  J. Augustine (MIL)        5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         5
  C. Knapp (CAL)            5
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         5
  M. Torrez (BOS)           5
  D. Alexander (TEX)        4

Losses:

  D. Leonard (KC)           8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        7
  R. Wise (CLE)             7
  J. Augustine (MIL)        6
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          5
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        5
  J. Matlack (TEX)          5
  S. Rawley (SEA)           5
  B. Campbell (BOS)         4

Complete Games:

  M. Flanagan (BAL)         5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        4
  B. Lee (BOS)              4
  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  J. Matlack (TEX)          4
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         4
  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  R. Waits (CLE)            4
  R. Wise (CLE)             4

Saves:

  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        7
  R. Gossage (NY)           6
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          6
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  E. Sosa (OAK)             6
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         5
  D. Kinney (CLE)           5
  R. Cleveland (TEX)        4
  J. Hiller (DET)           4

Shutouts:

  J. Johnson (OAK)          2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  B. Sykes (DET)            2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Augustine (MIL)        1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        1
  B. Lee (BOS)              1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Splittorff (KC)     79.1
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      78.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          75.0
  D. Leonard (KC)        74.0
  R. Erickson (MIN)      72.1
  B. Lee (BOS)           72.1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      71.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        70.2
  J. Augustine (MIL)     68.2
  R. Guidry (NY)         67.2

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       86
  D. Leonard (KC)          80
  R. Erickson (MIN)        77
  W. Wood (CHI)            76
  J. Matlack (TEX)         75
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        74
  F. Tanana (CAL)          74
  M. Torrez (BOS)          73
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       71
  B. Lee (BOS)             70

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  J. Augustine (MIL)       43
  R. Erickson (MIN)        43
  D. Martinez (BAL)        41
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       38
  D. Pole (SEA)            37
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        37
  W. Wood (CHI)            36
  J. Garvin (TOR)          35
  J. Slaton (DET)          33

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          14
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        9
  D. Alexander (TEX)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Pole (SEA)             8
  F. Barrios (CHI)          7
  J. Garvin (TOR)           7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  J. Slaton (DET)           7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       30
  D. Hood (CLE)            29
  D. Martinez (BAL)        29
  R. Erickson (MIN)        28
  M. Keough (OAK)          28
  J. Clancy (TOR)          27
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        27
  W. Wood (CHI)            27
  J. Augustine (MIL)       24

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            89
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        52
  R. Guidry (NY)           48
  D. Leonard (KC)          41
  F. Tanana (CAL)          40
  J. Matlack (TEX)         39
  M. Wilcox (DET)          34
  M. Keough (OAK)          33
  C. Knapp (CAL)           33
  R. Erickson (MIN)        32

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