Friday May 26, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 26, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         25  17  2.52   42   3  11   382   314  135  107   18  155  160
New York        26  14  3.19   40   7  12   358   329  140  127   25  112  152
Detroit         24  16  3.38   40  14   7   364   341  154  137   32  132  190
California      25  16  3.45   41  12  11   368   339  148  141   22  150  233
Texas           21  20  3.55   41  14   8   370   355  164  146   32  125  189
Boston          29  15  3.71   44  12  10   395   423  178  163   43  129  152
Kansas City     22  19  3.91   41  10  14   357   337  178  155   37  129  147
Minnesota       17  26  4.07   43   8   7   391   394  200  177   35  149  203
Cleveland       18  22  4.17   40  10   9   349   338  175  162   29  145  182
Seattle         17  30  4.20   47   6   9   426   437  225  199   34  169  178
Baltimore       20  22  4.23   42  13   7   368   363  203  173   32  164  222
Milwaukee       20  20  4.38   40  14   5   347   372  185  169   30  115  163
Chicago         12  27  4.41   39   4   6   334   351  185  164   32  139  160
Toronto         15  27  5.18   42  10   5   368   377  225  212   49  176  163

 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
Frank Tanana (CAL)     8   1  2.49  10  10   4   0   2   80   78   26   22    6   14   44
Bill Lee (BOS)         7   1  2.55  10  10   5   0   1   81   77   25   23    9   20   20
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
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       4   2  2.71   9   9   3   0   0   66   58   27   20    5   21   30
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   4  2.77  10  10   3   0   2   68   60   26   21    4   24   34
Paul Splittorff (KC)   5   4  2.81  11  11   4   0   1   86   70   28   27    7   16   20
Ed Figueroa (NY)       5   1  2.92   8   8   3   0   0   65   62   25   21    4   13   18

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             5   4  2.77  10  10   3   0   2   68   60   26   21    4   24   34
Mike Flanagan          5   3  3.01  10  10   5   0   1   72   61   25   24    4   23   52
Nelson Briles          1   3  3.63   7   5   1   0   0   35   31   17   14    3   14   22
Don Stanhouse          0   3  3.98  16   0   0   7   0   20   12   10    9    0   18   13
Scott McGregor         4   3  4.46   7   6   3   0   1   42   41   22   21    3    9   23
Dennis Martinez        3   3  4.73  12  11   1   0   0   72   82   44   38    6   31   39
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.62   7   0   0   0   0   18   21   19   13    5   17    7
Tippy Martinez         1   1  6.65  16   0   0   0   0   23   32   18   17    3   17   18
John Flinn             1   1  7.20   5   0   0   0   0    5    6    5    4    1    4    4
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  1.84  10   0   0   4   0   15   14    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               7   1  2.55  10  10   5   0   1   81   77   25   23    9   20   20
Bob Stanley            3   1  3.62  15   0   0   3   0   32   39   13   13    1   12    8
Dennis Eckersley       4   1  3.95  10  10   2   0   0   73   81   35   32   12   19   26
Mike Torrez            6   2  4.00  10  10   2   0   1   70   80   35   31    6   28   32
Luis Tiant             2   0  4.06   6   5   1   0   0   31   27   15   14    3   16   20
Allen Ripley           1   3  4.33   7   7   1   0   0   44   45   24   21    5   12   11
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  6.28  15   0   0   3   0   14   19   10   10    2    8    8
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           8   1  2.49  10  10   4   0   2   80   78   26   22    6   14   44
Chris Knapp            6   3  3.03   9   9   2   0   0   59   57   22   20    3   16   35
Nolan Ryan             3   3  3.12   9   9   5   0   2   75   46   27   26    4   46   89
Paul Hartzell          1   3  3.23  18   0   0   5   0   31   30   11   11    0    5   17
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.77   9   0   0   0   0   14   18    6    6    0   10    2
Don Aase               2   2  4.70   8   8   0   0   0   46   52   24   24    5   21   25
Tom Griffin            0   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    0    8    1
Ken Brett              1   3  6.21   7   5   1   0   1   33   37   23   23    3   15   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  3.07  18   0   0   2   0   29   23   11   10    1    5   13
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.20  13   0   0   3   0   25   20   10    9    3   10   14
Rich Wortham           1   2  3.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   26    9    8    0    7    9
Steve Stone            3   3  4.10   9   9   0   0   0   59   60   31   27    2   24   35
Wilbur Wood            4   4  4.27  10  10   3   0   0   65   76   36   31    6   27   27
Pablo Torrealba        1   4  4.66  12   1   0   1   0   29   37   22   15    3   20   14
Ron Schueler           0   1  5.60   8   1   0   0   0   18   17   11   11    3    8   11
Francisco Barrios      1   5  5.73  10   9   1   0   0   49   53   32   31    7   20   14
Ken Kravec             1   4  6.23   6   6   0   0   0   30   34   22   21    6   15   19

 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 Wise              2   8  3.33  10  10   5   0   0   70   66   27   26    5   21   29
Rick Waits             3   4  3.49  10   9   4   0   1   59   55   27   23    3   21   32
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Dennis Kinney          0   2  4.45  15   0   0   5   0   30   27   17   15    2   11   17
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
Jim Kern               4   1  5.30  14   0   0   3   0   19   18   11   11    2   11   19
Al Fitzmorris          0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    7    9    4    4    0    4    1
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   1  1.32   4   4   3   0   2   34   28    5    5    3   13   24
Steve Baker            0   0  1.42   1   1   0   0   0    6    8    1    1    1    3    6
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
John Hiller            4   2  2.55  16   0   0   4   0   35   26   13   10    3   12   32
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
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
Milt Wilcox            3   2  3.61   8   6   4   0   1   52   41   23   21    3   19   38
Jim Slaton             4   1  4.85   9   9   1   0   0   59   68   35   32    7   27   23
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  0.98  17   0   0   7   0   18    9    2    2    1    7   15
Steve Mingori          1   0  1.06  13   0   0   4   0   17   11    4    2    0    4    8
Rich Gale              4   0  2.78   5   5   1   0   0   32   26   12   10    1   19   13
Paul Splittorff        5   4  2.81  11  11   4   0   1   86   70   28   27    7   16   20
Larry Gura             2   1  3.72   9   4   0   0   0   36   33   17   15    4   12   12
Marty Pattin           1   1  3.77   8   0   0   2   0   14   19    6    6    4    2    8
Jim Colborn            1   2  4.76   8   3   0   0   0   28   31   18   15    4   12    8
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
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
Mike Caldwell          4   3  3.36  11   8   4   1   1   75   68   29   28    4   19   36
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   3  3.45  11   0   0   1   0   16   19    8    6    0    4    8
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  7.90   3   3   0   0   0   14   16   13   12    2    9    5

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          1   1  0.90   6   0   0   4   0   10    3    1    1    0    4    8
Geoff Zahn             4   2  2.71   9   9   3   0   0   66   58   27   20    5   21   30
Gary Serum             3   1  3.23  11   5   1   0   0   47   44   19   17    4    7   21
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.52  10   0   0   0   0   15   17    7    6    3    7   10
Dave Goltz             1   3  3.65   5   5   1   0   0   37   38   15   15    3   15   25
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.86  14   0   0   0   0   33   26   14   14    4   23   24
Roger Erickson         4   3  4.85  11  11   2   0   0   72   77   43   39    4   28   32
Tom Johnson            1   4  4.85  14   0   0   3   0   30   38   18   16    2   13   20
Paul Thormodsgard      1   6  4.91  10  10   1   0   0   59   68   33   32    7   16   22
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            3   1  3.60  17   0   0   6   0   35   33   16   14    2   11    8
Jim Beattie            2   0  3.99   6   6   0   0   0   29   28   14   13    3   16    7
Ken Holtzman           1   0  4.08   5   3   0   0   0   18   21    8    8    2    9    3
Dick Tidrow            3   3  4.23   8   8   2   0   0   55   53   26   26    2   17   16
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  0.84  21   0   0   6   0   32   23    4    3    0   15   15
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  2.30  22   0   0   3   0   31   23   10    8    1   12   14
Matt Keough            2   3  2.60   9   9   0   0   0   52   41   21   15    2   28   33
Rick Langford          1   2  3.02  10   6   0   0   0   48   40   18   16    4   18   16
Pete Broberg           4   4  3.06   9   9   0   0   0   50   47   27   17    1   16   26
Alan Wirth             2   3  3.32   8   8   0   0   0   38   32   16   14    3   19   14
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  4.41  17   0   0   2   0   33   36   18   16    3   14   10

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           3   1  3.41  17   0   0   5   0   37   26   14   14    2   17   16
Tom House              3   2  3.48  10   4   2   0   0   44   46   18   17    1    3   13
Rick Honeycutt         2   4  3.56   9   8   1   0   0   48   44   23   19    3   22   14
Steve Burke            0   1  3.65  15   0   0   0   0   44   40   21   18    2   23   14
Jim Todd               0   3  3.73  13   2   0   1   0   31   27   16   13    0   19   11
Paul Mitchell          2   4  3.88   9   9   2   0   1   49   56   26   21    5   15   23
Shane Rawley           2   5  4.08  20   1   0   3   0   40   43   21   18    2   16   26
John Montague          0   1  4.73   5   0   0   0   0   13   16    8    7    0    9    4
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
Glenn Abbott           1   3  5.55   6   6   0   0   0   24   33   16   15    4   10    8
Byron McLaughlin       0   2  5.74   6   5   0   0   0   27   26   19   17    5   16   24

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          1   0  1.00   5   0   0   1   0    9    4    1    1    1    4    6
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  2.76  11   0   0   4   0   16   14    7    5    1    4   12
Jon Matlack            4   5  3.07   9   9   4   0   0   67   75   30   23    4   21   39
Fergie Jenkins         5   2  3.08  10   6   4   0   0   64   61   24   22    4    9   33
Doyle Alexander        4   3  3.62   9   9   3   0   1   65   62   27   26    8   26   32
Dock Ellis             2   2  3.71   8   8   2   0   0   51   41   24   21    4   19   12
Len Barker             1   2  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    7    5    2    8    7
Jim Umbarger           2   3  4.44   9   6   1   0   0   51   52   26   25    7   15   32
Doc Medich             1   1  6.00   6   3   0   1   0   24   27   16   16    1   13   12

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Kirkwood           1   0  2.40   5   0   0   0   0   15   15    5    4    0    4    8
Tom Murphy             2   0  2.42  14   0   0   2   0   26   16    7    7    2    8    8
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    1   11    7
Tom Underwood          1   5  4.10   9   9   2   0   1   53   49   27   24    6   25   37
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  5.55  12   0   0   0   0   24   31   16   15    4   13   11
Mike Willis            1   2  6.08  16   0   0   3   0   27   27   19   18    4   13   12
Jerry Garvin           2   3  6.49   9   9   1   0   0   51   66   38   37    7   20   23
Dave Lemanczyk         1   8  8.34   9   9   1   0   0   45   56   43   42   10   24   13
Joe Coleman            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    2    0    1    2

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  R. Guidry (NY)            6
  C. Knapp (CAL)            6
  M. Torrez (BOS)           6
  J. Augustine (MIL)        5
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         5
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  J. Johnson (OAK)          2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  B. Sykes (DET)            2
  F. Tanana (CAL)           2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Augustine (MIL)        1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Splittorff (KC)     86.1
  B. Lee (BOS)           81.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        79.2
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      78.2
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      75.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          75.0
  D. Leonard (KC)        74.0
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     73.0
  R. Erickson (MIN)      72.1
  D. Martinez (BAL)      72.1

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       86
  D. Martinez (BAL)        82
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       81
  D. Leonard (KC)          80
  M. Torrez (BOS)          80
  F. Tanana (CAL)          78
  R. Erickson (MIN)        77
  B. Lee (BOS)             77
  W. Wood (CHI)            76
  J. Matlack (TEX)         75

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  D. Martinez (BAL)        44
  J. Augustine (MIL)       43
  R. Erickson (MIN)        43
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       43
  J. Garvin (TOR)          38
  D. Pole (SEA)            37
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        37
  W. Wood (CHI)            36
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       35

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          14
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       12
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       10
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        9
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  D. Alexander (TEX)        8
  D. Pole (SEA)             8
  F. Barrios (CHI)          7
  J. Garvin (TOR)           7
  J. Slaton (DET)           7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  D. Martinez (BAL)        31
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       30
  D. Hood (CLE)            29
  R. Erickson (MIN)        28
  M. Keough (OAK)          28
  M. Torrez (BOS)          28
  J. Clancy (TOR)          27
  J. Slaton (DET)          27
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        27

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            89
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        52
  R. Guidry (NY)           48
  F. Tanana (CAL)          44
  D. Leonard (KC)          41
  D. Martinez (BAL)        39
  J. Matlack (TEX)         39
  M. Wilcox (DET)          38
  T. Underwood (TOR)       37
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        36


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