Sunday May 28, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 28, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         26  19  2.54   45   3  11   408   346  145  115   19  164  169
New York        28  15  3.17   43   9  12   389   359  152  137   26  117  166
Detroit         24  19  3.38   43  14   7   389   366  163  146   35  141  196
California      25  18  3.45   43  12  11   386   353  158  148   24  161  246
Texas           22  20  3.52   42  14   9   379   363  166  148   33  126  194
Boston          32  15  3.60   47  13  11   423   451  184  169   45  134  164
Kansas City     23  19  3.95   42  10  14   369   353  185  162   38  136  152
Cleveland       20  23  4.04   43  11   9   376   361  183  169   30  154  196
Minnesota       17  27  4.13   44   8   7   403   406  208  185   35  155  210
Baltimore       21  24  4.16   45  14   7   396   389  213  183   33  176  232
Seattle         17  31  4.19   48   7   9   434   446  228  202   34  172  179
Chicago         14  28  4.22   42   5   7   362   363  191  170   34  148  174
Milwaukee       22  20  4.29   42  15   6   365   388  190  174   33  119  171
Toronto         16  29  5.08   45  10   6   397   404  237  224   51  197  170

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J. Johnson (OAK)       4   2  1.64   9   9   3   0   2   66   46   14   12    3   23   25
Ron Guidry (NY)        7   0  1.88  10  10   3   0   0   77   62   19   16    1   24   54
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   2  2.39   7   7   2   0   1   49   38   13   13    4   14   18
Jim Palmer (BAL)       6   4  2.44  11  11   4   0   3   77   68   26   21    4   25   38
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   4  2.48  10  10   0   0   0   58   48   23   16    2   31   35
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
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       4   2  2.71   9   9   3   0   0   66   58   27   20    5   21   30
Paul Splittorff (KC)   5   4  2.81  11  11   4   0   1   86   70   28   27    7   16   20
Rick Langford (OAK)    1   2  2.89  11   6   0   0   0   53   45   20   17    4   20   18

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             6   4  2.44  11  11   4   0   3   77   68   26   21    4   25   38
Mike Flanagan          5   4  3.35  11  11   5   0   1   75   67   29   28    4   27   54
Nelson Briles          1   3  3.63   7   5   1   0   0   35   31   17   14    3   14   22
Don Stanhouse          0   4  3.91  17   0   0   7   0   23   13   11   10    0   20   13
Scott McGregor         4   3  4.46   7   6   3   0   1   42   41   22   21    3    9   23
Dennis Martinez        3   3  4.65  13  12   1   0   0   79   89   47   41    6   34   42
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  5.87   8   0   0   0   0   23   25   21   15    6   19    8
Tippy Martinez         1   1  6.56  17   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  1.62  11   0   0   5   0   17   14    3    3    2    4    8
Bill Lee               7   1  2.55  10  10   5   0   1   81   77   25   23    9   20   20
Jim Wright             2   0  2.61   6   3   1   0   1   31   30   10    9    2    6   17
Luis Tiant             3   0  3.15   7   6   2   0   1   40   34   15   14    3   18   24
Bob Stanley            4   1  3.41  16   0   0   3   0   34   39   13   13    1   12   10
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
Allen Ripley           1   3  4.35   8   8   1   0   0   50   56   27   24    7   14   13
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  5.51  16   0   0   3   0   16   20   10   10    2    9    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  2.16  16   0   0   6   0   25   18    7    6    1   17   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
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.05  10   0   0   0   0   21   22    7    7    1   10    6
Paul Hartzell          1   3  3.23  19   0   0   5   0   31   32   12   11    0    5   17
Nolan Ryan             3   4  3.31  10  10   5   0   2   82   48   31   30    5   52   97
Don Aase               2   2  4.70   8   8   0   0   0   46   52   24   24    5   21   25
Tom Griffin            0   1  5.40   5   1   0   0   0    8    8    6    5    0   11    1
Ken Brett              1   3  6.03   8   5   1   0   1   34   38   23   23    3   15   11

 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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.16  14   0   0   3   0   26   21   10    9    3   11   14
Jim Willoughby         0   4  3.19  20   0   0   3   0   31   25   12   11    1    6   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  4.12  11  11   3   0   0   74   80   39   34    8   31   31
Pablo Torrealba        1   4  4.66  12   1   0   1   0   29   37   22   15    3   20   14
Francisco Barrios      2   5  4.84  11  10   2   0   1   58   55   32   31    7   21   18
Ken Kravec             2   4  5.40   7   7   0   0   0   38   37   24   23    6   17   24
Ron Schueler           0   1  5.60   8   1   0   0   0   18   17   11   11    3    8   11

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
David Clyde            3   0  1.36   6   3   2   0   0   33   28    8    5    0   10   17
Sid Monge              2   0  1.88   4   0   0   0   0   14    7    4    3    1    8   10
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  4.26  16   0   0   5   0   32   28   17   15    2   11   18
Don Hood               3   2  4.52  10  10   0   0   0   62   63   32   31    6   33   28
Mike Paxton            1   3  4.54   9   5   0   1   0   42   38   22   21    4   16   22
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
Dave Rozema            2   2  2.39   7   7   2   0   1   49   38   13   13    4   14   18
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
Steve Foucault         1   4  2.76  10   0   0   3   0   16   23   10    5    0    6    6
John Hiller            4   3  2.77  17   0   0   4   0   39   31   15   12    4   13   34
Jim Crawford           1   2  3.24  10   0   0   0   0   17   15    8    6    2    6    9
Jack Billingham        4   2  3.39   9   9   2   0   0   64   59   26   24    6   23   19
Milt Wilcox            3   2  3.61   8   6   4   0   1   52   41   23   21    3   19   38
Jim Slaton             4   2  4.93  10  10   1   0   0   66   79   39   36    8   28   25
Jack Morris            0   1  6.16   5   3   0   0   0   19   19   13   13    2   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  1.40  18   0   0   7   0   19    9    3    3    1    9   16
Steve Mingori          1   0  2.37  14   0   0   4   0   19   16    7    5    0    5   11
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             3   1  3.43  10   4   0   0   0   39   34   17   15    4   14   12
Marty Pattin           1   1  3.77   8   0   0   2   0   14   19    6    6    4    2    8
Andy Hassler           0   1  4.70   4   4   1   0   0   23   31   15   12    0   11    9
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
Doug Bird              3   2  6.45  15   0   0   1   0   22   23   17   16    2   14   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          6   3  3.59  11  11   5   0   0   88   82   39   35    6   28   32
Andy Replogle          3   0  3.93   8   4   1   0   0   34   45   16   15    8   11   13
Bob McClure            0   1  4.35  13   0   0   3   0   21   24   10   10    1    7   20
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   2  1.35   7   0   0   4   0   13    5    2    2    0    6   12
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
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
Mac Scarce             1   1  4.05  11   0   0   0   0   20   20   10    9    3   10   13
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  5.17  11  11   1   0   0   63   75   37   36    7   17   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
Rich Gossage           3   4  1.86  16   0   0   6   0   39   24   11    8    6   10   31
Ron Guidry             7   0  1.88  10  10   3   0   0   77   62   19   16    1   24   54
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.03   4   0   0   0   0   13   15    3    3    1    1    4
Ed Figueroa            5   2  2.93   9   9   4   0   0   74   72   29   24    4   15   23
Sparky Lyle            3   1  3.52  18   0   0   6   0   38   38   17   15    2   12    8
Ken Clay               1   2  3.60   8   2   0   0   0   20   23    9    8    0    4    6
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  1.27  23   0   0   6   0   35   30    6    5    1   15   17
Joe Coleman            3   0  1.37  10   0   0   0   0   20   12    3    3    1    5    4
John Henry Johnson     4   2  1.64   9   9   3   0   2   66   46   14   12    3   23   25
Bob Lacey              4   2  2.18  25   0   0   3   0   33   24   10    8    1   13   15
Matt Keough            2   4  2.48  10  10   0   0   0   58   48   23   16    2   31   35
Steve Renko            0   1  2.82   5   3   0   0   0   22   26    8    7    0    8    5
Rick Langford          1   2  2.89  11   6   0   0   0   53   45   20   17    4   20   18
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  4.36  18   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   3  3.46  11   5   3   0   0   52   55   21   20    1    6   14
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  2.65  12   0   0   5   0   17   14    7    5    1    4   12
Jon Matlack            5   5  2.97  10  10   4   0   0   76   83   32   25    5   22   44
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   1  2.54  16   0   0   3   0   28   18    8    8    2   12   10
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   6  4.39  10   9   4   0   1   68   60   35   33   10   34   20
Jim Clancy             3   4  4.53   9   8   2   0   0   58   56   31   29    6   32   23
Balor Moore            2   0  5.00  14   0   0   0   0   27   32   16   15    4   15   13
Mike Willis            1   2  6.26  17   0   0   3   0   27   30   20   19    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  7.83  10  10   1   0   0   54   63   48   47   11   29   15
Joe Coleman            0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    2    0    2    2

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Leonard (KC)           8
  R. Wise (CLE)             8
  J. Augustine (MIL)        6
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        6
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          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
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         5
  R. Wise (CLE)             5
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        4
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          4
  D. Leonard (KC)           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
  R. Cleveland (TEX)        5
  D. Drago (BOS)            5
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         5
  D. Kinney (CLE)           5

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  J. Johnson (OAK)          2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  B. Sykes (DET)            2
  F. Tanana (CAL)           2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Augustine (MIL)        1
  F. Barrios (CHI)          1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1

Innings Pitched:

  L. Sorensen (MIL)      87.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     86.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)          81.2
  B. Lee (BOS)           81.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        79.2
  D. Martinez (BAL)      79.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        77.1
  R. Guidry (NY)         76.2
  J. Matlack (TEX)       75.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      75.1

Hits:

  D. Martinez (BAL)        89
  J. Augustine (MIL)       86
  J. Matlack (TEX)         83
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        82
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       81
  D. Leonard (KC)          80
  M. Torrez (BOS)          80
  W. Wood (CHI)            80
  J. Slaton (DET)          79
  F. Tanana (CAL)          78

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       48
  D. Martinez (BAL)        47
  J. Augustine (MIL)       43
  R. Erickson (MIN)        43
  J. Slaton (DET)          39
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        39
  W. Wood (CHI)            39
  J. Garvin (TOR)          38
  D. Pole (SEA)            37

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          14
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       12
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       10
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  D. Alexander (TEX)        8
  D. Pole (SEA)             8
  A. Replogle (MIL)         8
  J. Slaton (DET)           8
  W. Wood (CHI)             8

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       34
  D. Martinez (BAL)        34
  D. Hood (CLE)            33
  J. Clancy (TOR)          32
  M. Keough (OAK)          31
  W. Wood (CHI)            31
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       29
  R. Erickson (MIN)        28
  J. Slaton (DET)          28

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            97
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        54
  R. Guidry (NY)           54
  J. Matlack (TEX)         44
  F. Tanana (CAL)          44
  D. Martinez (BAL)        42
  D. Leonard (KC)          41
  J. Palmer (BAL)          38
  M. Wilcox (DET)          38
  T. Underwood (TOR)       37


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