Monday May 29, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 29, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         27  19  2.53   46   4  11   417   352  147  117   20  165  174
New York        29  15  3.10   44   9  12   398   360  152  137   26  118  173
Detroit         24  20  3.43   44  14   7   398   373  169  152   38  142  200
Texas           23  21  3.52   44  14   9   397   378  174  155   34  130  204
California      25  19  3.54   44  12  11   394   365  165  155   26  162  249
Boston          33  15  3.60   48  14  11   432   460  188  173   46  136  168
Kansas City     24  19  3.90   43  11  14   378   364  187  164   38  139  154
Cleveland       20  24  3.99   44  12   9   385   367  185  171   31  156  200
Chicago         15  28  4.12   43   6   7   371   367  191  170   34  155  176
Baltimore       22  24  4.14   46  15   7   405   395  216  186   34  176  233
Minnesota       18  28  4.16   46   8   8   420   427  217  194   36  161  221
Seattle         17  32  4.28   49   7   9   442   457  236  210   35  175  182
Milwaukee       22  21  4.33   43  15   6   374   400  196  180   34  121  175
Toronto         16  30  5.07   46  11   6   405   415  242  228   53  201  178

 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         5   3  4.21   8   7   4   0   1   51   47   25   24    4    9   24
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            7   2  4.00  11  11   3   0   1   79   89   39   35    7   30   36
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
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
Chris Knapp            6   4  3.59  10  10   2   0   0   63   63   27   25    5   17   35
Tom Griffin            0   1  4.35   6   1   0   0   0   10   10    6    5    0   11    1
Don Aase               2   2  4.70   8   8   0   0   0   46   52   24   24    5   21   25
Ken Brett              1   3  6.08   9   5   1   0   1   37   42   25   25    3   15   14

 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
Pablo Torrealba        2   4  3.55  13   2   1   1   1   38   41   22   15    3   27   16
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
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 Waits             3   5  3.29  11  10   5   0   1   68   61   29   25    4   23   36
Rick Wise              2   8  3.33  10  10   5   0   0   70   66   27   26    5   21   29
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
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
Bob Sykes              3   2  2.54   5   5   3   0   2   39   35   11   11    6   14   26
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  5.09   6   3   0   0   0   23   19   13   13    2   11    8
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              5   0  2.61   6   6   2   0   0   41   37   14   12    1   22   15
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  3.57  12   0   0   1   0   18   20    9    7    1    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
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
Jerry Augustine        5   7  5.56  12  12   3   0   1   70   92   46   43    6   25   20
Randy Stein            0   1  6.43   7   1   0   0   0   21   22   18   15    1   11   12
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  1.23   8   0   0   5   0   15    5    2    2    0    6   13
Geoff Zahn             4   2  2.71   9   9   3   0   0   66   58   27   20    5   21   30
Dave Goltz             1   3  3.65   5   5   1   0   0   37   38   15   15    3   15   25
Gary Serum             3   2  3.83  12   6   1   0   0   52   53   24   22    5   10   24
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.96  15   0   0   0   0   36   31   16   16    4   25   26
Mac Scarce             1   1  4.05  11   0   0   0   0   20   20   10    9    3   10   13
Roger Erickson         5   3  4.61  12  12   2   0   0   80   84   45   41    4   29   37
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
Andy Messersmith       0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    5    1    0    0    0    1    3
Rawly Eastwick         2   0  1.56   5   0   0   0   0   17   15    3    3    1    1    8
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
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           5   4  2.90  10  10   1   0   0   59   53   29   19    2   17   31
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  4.03  21   1   0   3   0   45   47   23   20    2   17   29
John Montague          0   1  4.70   6   0   0   0   0   15   19    9    8    0   10    4
Mike Parrott           0   0  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   13    6    6    2    1    3
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
Dick Pole              4   5  5.98  11  11   1   0   0   59   71   42   39    9   19   22

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          1   0  0.93   6   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    1    1    5    6
Steve Comer            0   1  1.35   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    0    5    4
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
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   2   0   0   1   0    6    6    2    2    1    1    3
Fergie Jenkins         5   2  3.08  10   6   4   0   0   64   61   24   22    4    9   33
Dock Ellis             3   2  3.26   9   9   2   0   0   58   42   24   21    4   21   15
Doyle Alexander        4   3  3.62   9   9   3   0   1   65   62   27   26    8   26   32
Len Barker             1   2  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    7    5    2    8    7
Doc Medich             1   1  5.06   7   3   0   1   0   32   34   19   18    1   13   16
Jim Umbarger           2   4  5.12  10   7   1   0   0   51   56   30   29    7   16   32

 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   6  4.15  10  10   3   0   1   61   60   32   28    8   29   45
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
  M. Torrez (BOS)           7
  C. Knapp (CAL)            6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         6
  J. Augustine (MIL)        5
  P. Broberg (OAK)          5
  R. Erickson (MIN)         5

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Leonard (KC)           8
  R. Wise (CLE)             8
  J. Augustine (MIL)        7
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        6
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     6
  T. Underwood (TOR)        6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          5
  J. Matlack (TEX)          5
  D. Pole (SEA)             5

Complete Games:

  M. Flanagan (BAL)         5
  B. Lee (BOS)              5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         5
  R. Waits (CLE)            5
  R. Wise (CLE)             5
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        4
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          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
  R. Erickson (MIN)      80.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        79.2
  D. Martinez (BAL)      79.1
  M. Torrez (BOS)        78.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)        77.1
  R. Guidry (NY)         76.2

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       92
  D. Martinez (BAL)        89
  M. Torrez (BOS)          89
  R. Erickson (MIN)        84
  J. Matlack (TEX)         83
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        82
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       81
  D. Leonard (KC)          80
  W. Wood (CHI)            80
  J. Slaton (DET)          79

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       48
  D. Martinez (BAL)        47
  J. Augustine (MIL)       46
  R. Erickson (MIN)        45
  D. Pole (SEA)            42
  J. Slaton (DET)          39
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        39
  M. Torrez (BOS)          39
  W. Wood (CHI)            39

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          14
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       12
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       10
  B. Lee (BOS)              9
  D. Pole (SEA)             9
  D. Alexander (TEX)        8
  A. Replogle (MIL)         8
  J. Slaton (DET)           8
  T. Underwood (TOR)        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
  M. Torrez (BOS)          30
  R. Erickson (MIN)        29
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       29

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            97
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        54
  R. Guidry (NY)           54
  T. Underwood (TOR)       45
  J. Matlack (TEX)         44
  F. Tanana (CAL)          44
  D. Martinez (BAL)        42
  D. Leonard (KC)          41
  J. Palmer (BAL)          38
  M. Wilcox (DET)          38


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