Friday June 2, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 2, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         27  21  2.53   48   4  11   434   370  152  122   20  175  182
New York        30  18  2.99   48   9  13   433   389  162  144   28  129  200
Detroit         27  21  3.32   48  15   9   434   398  178  160   39  155  226
Texas           24  23  3.51   47  15   9   423   408  186  165   36  135  217
Boston          35  16  3.53   51  15  12   459   484  195  180   46  141  179
California      25  22  3.74   47  12  11   419   407  194  174   32  175  260
Kansas City     26  20  3.78   46  13  14   405   391  195  170   39  143  162
Chicago         18  28  3.95   46   8   8   398   385  196  175   36  161  188
Cleveland       22  24  3.97   46  13   9   403   385  192  178   34  160  219
Minnesota       20  29  4.12   49   8  10   446   453  229  204   37  171  233
Baltimore       25  25  4.14   50  17   8   440   424  232  202   37  190  248
Milwaukee       23  24  4.25   47  17   6   408   436  211  193   37  128  183
Seattle         17  35  4.45   52   7   9   467   495  264  231   39  186  193
Toronto         18  31  4.91   49  12   6   431   439  249  235   55  208  192

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Guidry (NY)        8   0  1.80  11  11   3   0   0   85   68   20   17    2   26   65
J. Johnson (OAK)       4   3  2.04  10  10   3   0   2   66   49   17   15    3   25   25
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   4  2.19  12  12   5   0   4   86   70   26   21    4   30   40
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   2  2.39   7   7   2   0   1   49   38   13   13    4   14   18
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       5   2  2.42  10  10   3   0   0   74   63   27   20    5   23   35
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   4  2.48  10  10   0   0   0   58   48   23   16    2   31   35
Rick Langford (OAK)    1   2  2.68  12   6   0   0   0   57   46   20   17    4   23   19
Paul Splittorff (KC)   6   4  2.74  12  12   5   0   1   95   81   31   29    7   18   23
Frank Tanana (CAL)     8   2  2.77  11  11   4   0   2   84   86   31   26    8   15   47
Ed Figueroa (NY)       5   3  2.87  10  10   4   0   0   82   79   32   26    5   17   29

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             7   4  2.19  12  12   5   0   4   86   70   26   21    4   30   40
Mike Flanagan          6   4  3.20  12  12   6   0   1   84   70   31   30    4   30   58
Don Stanhouse          0   4  3.80  18   0   0   8   0   24   14   11   10    0   22   14
Nelson Briles          1   4  4.03   8   6   1   0   0   38   39   20   17    3   14   23
Scott McGregor         5   3  4.21   8   7   4   0   1   51   47   25   24    4    9   24
Dennis Martinez        4   3  4.89  14  13   1   0   0   85   97   52   46    7   36   43
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  5.87   8   0   0   0   0   23   25   21   15    6   19    8
Tippy Martinez         1   1  6.43  19   0   0   0   0   28   36   21   20    4   17   23
John Flinn             1   1  7.88   7   0   0   0   0    8    9    8    7    2    6    5
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  1.37  12   0   0   6   0   20   15    3    3    2    4    9
Jim Wright             2   0  2.61   6   3   1   0   1   31   30   10    9    2    6   17
Bob Stanley            4   1  2.74  17   0   0   3   0   43   45   13   13    1   12   12
Luis Tiant             4   0  2.93   8   7   2   0   1   46   40   16   15    3   19   27
Bill Lee               7   2  3.18  11  11   5   0   1   82   80   31   29    9   24   20
Dennis Eckersley       5   1  3.51  11  11   3   0   1   82   89   35   32   12   19   31
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
Dyar Miller            1   0  2.22  12   0   0   0   0   28   29    8    7    1   12    8
Dave LaRoche           3   1  2.77  17   0   0   6   0   26   22    9    8    1   17   10
Frank Tanana           8   2  2.77  11  11   4   0   2   84   86   31   26    8   15   47
Chris Knapp            6   4  3.59  10  10   2   0   0   63   63   27   25    5   17   35
Paul Hartzell          1   3  3.62  21   0   0   5   0   32   34   14   13    2    5   18
Nolan Ryan             3   5  3.66  11  11   5   0   2   86   53   37   35    6   58  102
Don Aase               2   3  4.65   9   9   0   0   0   50   60   28   26    5   23   25
Tom Griffin            0   1  4.76   7   1   0   0   0   11   14    9    6    1   12    1
Ken Brett              1   3  6.75  10   5   1   0   1   37   46   31   28    3   16   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
Jim Willoughby         0   4  3.00  21   0   0   4   0   33   25   12   11    1    6   15
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.16  14   0   0   3   0   26   21   10    9    3   11   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            4   3  3.82  10  10   1   0   0   68   65   33   29    3   27   39
Wilbur Wood            5   4  3.98  12  12   3   0   0   81   88   41   36    9   32   32
Francisco Barrios      3   5  4.32  12  11   3   0   1   67   60   33   32    7   23   24
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
Sid Monge              2   0  1.88   4   0   0   0   0   14    7    4    3    1    8   10
David Clyde            3   0  2.29   7   4   2   0   0   39   38   13   10    2   12   23
Rick Wise              3   8  3.06  11  11   6   0   0   79   70   28   27    6   21   37
Rick Waits             3   5  3.29  11  10   5   0   1   68   61   29   25    4   23   36
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               5   1  5.06  15   0   0   3   0   21   22   12   12    2   13   24
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            1   0  1.35   2   2   0   0   0   13   11    3    2    1    7   13
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
John Hiller            4   3  2.53  19   0   0   6   0   43   31   15   12    4   13   38
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
Jim Crawford           1   2  2.89  11   0   0   0   0   19   17    8    6    2    8   11
Milt Wilcox            4   2  3.08   9   7   5   0   2   61   49   23   21    3   20   47
Jack Billingham        4   3  3.74  10  10   2   0   0   67   66   30   28    6   25   19
Jack Morris            0   1  4.44   7   3   0   0   0   26   19   13   13    2   13    9
Jim Slaton             5   2  4.81  11  11   1   0   0   73   84   42   39    9   30   28
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  15   0   0   4   0   19   17    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        6   4  2.74  12  12   5   0   1   95   81   31   29    7   18   23
Larry Gura             3   1  3.43  10   4   0   0   0   39   34   17   15    4   14   12
Marty Pattin           1   1  3.68   9   0   0   2   0   15   19    6    6    4    2    8
Dennis Leonard         4   8  4.45  12  12   5   0   1   83   86   50   41   14   25   42
Andy Hassler           0   2  4.65   5   5   1   0   0   31   40   20   16    1   12   12
Jim Colborn            1   2  4.76   8   3   0   0   0   28   31   18   15    4   12    8
Doug Bird              3   2  6.26  16   0   0   1   0   23   23   17   16    2   14   14
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          5   3  3.11  12   9   5   1   1   84   76   30   29    4   21   39
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   3  3.38  13   0   0   1   0   19   22    9    7    1    5    9
Lary Sorensen          6   4  3.67  12  12   6   0   0   96   91   43   39    6   28   33
Andy Replogle          3   0  4.08   9   5   1   0   0   40   50   19   18    8   14   15
Bob McClure            0   2  4.81  15   0   0   3   0   24   29   14   13    3    7   21
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  5.96   8   1   0   0   0   23   22   18   15    1   11   12
Bill Travers           1   2  6.63   4   4   0   0   0   19   23   16   14    3   10    5

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Geoff Zahn             5   2  2.42  10  10   3   0   0   74   63   27   20    5   23   35
Mike Marshall          1   3  3.00  11   0   0   7   0   18    9    6    6    1    9   17
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  4.22  12   0   0   0   0   21   21   11   10    3   10   13
Roger Erickson         6   3  4.36  13  13   2   0   0   89   92   47   43    4   33   38
Paul Thormodsgard      1   6  5.05  12  12   1   0   0   66   81   40   37    7   17   23
Tom Johnson            1   4  5.23  15   0   0   3   0   31   40   20   18    2   14   21
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  1.74  18   0   0   7   0   41   24   11    8    6   10   36
Ron Guidry             8   0  1.80  11  11   3   0   0   85   68   20   17    2   26   65
Ed Figueroa            5   3  2.87  10  10   4   0   0   82   79   32   26    5   17   29
Jim Beattie            2   1  3.22   7   7   0   0   0   36   32   15   13    3   22   11
Ken Clay               1   2  3.43   9   2   0   0   0   21   23    9    8    0    4    6
Sparky Lyle            3   1  3.98  19   0   0   6   0   41   44   20   18    2   12    9
Dick Tidrow            3   4  3.98   9   9   2   0   0   61   59   28   27    2   18   16
Ken Holtzman           1   0  4.08   5   3   0   0   0   18   21    8    8    2    9    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
Joe Coleman            3   0  1.37  10   0   0   0   0   20   12    3    3    1    5    4
Elias Sosa             4   1  1.49  24   0   0   6   0   36   33    7    6    1   15   18
John Henry Johnson     4   3  2.04  10  10   3   0   2   66   49   17   15    3   25   25
Bob Lacey              4   2  2.06  26   0   0   3   0   35   26   10    8    1   14   17
Matt Keough            2   4  2.48  10  10   0   0   0   58   48   23   16    2   31   35
Rick Langford          1   2  2.68  12   6   0   0   0   57   46   20   17    4   23   19
Steve Renko            0   1  2.82   5   3   0   0   0   22   26    8    7    0    8    5
Pete Broberg           5   4  2.90  10  10   1   0   0   59   53   29   19    2   17   31
Alan Wirth             2   3  3.23   9   9   0   0   0   39   33   16   14    3   21   14
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  3.70  20   0   0   2   0   41   44   19   17    3   16   14

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom House              3   4  3.44  12   6   3   0   0   55   61   26   21    1    6   14
Steve Burke            0   1  3.49  18   0   0   0   0   49   46   22   19    2   24   16
Enrique Romo           3   1  3.55  18   0   0   5   0   38   27   15   15    2   19   17
Rick Honeycutt         2   4  3.56   9   8   1   0   0   48   44   23   19    3   22   14
Paul Mitchell          2   4  3.88   9   9   2   0   1   49   56   26   21    5   15   23
Shane Rawley           2   5  3.94  22   1   0   3   0   46   49   25   20    2   19   31
Jim Todd               0   3  4.42  15   2   0   1   0   37   32   21   18    1   21   15
Mike Parrott           0   0  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   13    6    6    2    1    3
Byron McLaughlin       0   2  5.74   6   5   0   0   0   27   26   19   17    5   16   24
John Montague          0   1  5.89   7   0   0   0   0   18   25   13   12    0   12    4
Dick Pole              4   5  5.98  11  11   1   0   0   59   71   42   39    9   19   22
Glenn Abbott           1   4  6.04   7   7   0   0   0   28   40   20   19    6   10   10
Jim Colborn            0   1 15.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    5    6    5    1    2    0

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Comer            1   1  1.86   5   0   0   0   0   10    9    2    2    0    5    6
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  2.50  13   0   0   5   0   18   14    7    5    1    5   12
Paul Lindblad          1   0  2.53   7   0   0   1   0   11    7    3    3    2    5    7
Roger Moret            0   0  2.70   3   0   0   1   0    7    8    2    2    1    1    3
Jon Matlack            5   6  2.90  11  11   5   0   0   84   90   35   27    5   23   47
Fergie Jenkins         5   3  3.01  11   7   4   0   0   72   67   26   24    4    9   39
Dock Ellis             3   2  3.26   9   9   2   0   0   58   42   24   21    4   21   15
Doyle Alexander        4   3  3.75  10  10   3   0   1   70   70   31   29    9   29   33
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  2.43  17   0   0   3   0   30   18    8    8    2   12   11
Joe Coleman            0   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    2    2
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    1   11    7
Jesse Jefferson        4   6  3.99  11  10   5   0   1   77   64   36   34   10   35   23
Tom Underwood          1   6  4.15  10  10   3   0   1   61   60   32   28    8   29   45
Jim Clancy             4   4  4.27  10   9   2   0   0   65   65   33   31    6   36   31
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   4  6.51  10  10   1   0   0   57   75   42   41    9   22   25
Dave Lemanczyk         1   8  7.83  10  10   1   0   0   54   63   48   47   11   29   15

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Guidry (NY)            8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  M. Torrez (BOS)           7
  R. Erickson (MIN)         6
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         6
  C. Knapp (CAL)            6
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         6
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Flanagan (BAL)         6
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         6
  R. Wise (CLE)             6
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         5
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        5
  B. Lee (BOS)              5
  D. Leonard (KC)           5
  J. Matlack (TEX)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5

Saves:

  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        8
  R. Gossage (NY)           7
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          7
  M. Marshall (MIN)         7
  D. Drago (BOS)            6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  E. Sosa (OAK)             6
  R. Cleveland (TEX)        5

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  J. Johnson (OAK)          2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  B. Sykes (DET)            2
  F. Tanana (CAL)           2
  M. Wilcox (DET)           2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Augustine (MIL)        1
  F. Barrios (CHI)          1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1

Innings Pitched:

  L. Sorensen (MIL)      95.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     95.1
  R. Erickson (MIN)      88.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)        86.1
  N. Ryan (CAL)          86.0
  R. Guidry (NY)         85.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      84.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      84.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        84.1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      84.0

Hits:

  D. Martinez (BAL)        97
  J. Augustine (MIL)       92
  R. Erickson (MIN)        92
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        91
  J. Matlack (TEX)         90
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       89
  M. Torrez (BOS)          89
  W. Wood (CHI)            88
  D. Leonard (KC)          86
  F. Tanana (CAL)          86

Runs:

  D. Martinez (BAL)        52
  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       48
  R. Erickson (MIN)        47
  J. Augustine (MIL)       46
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        43
  J. Garvin (TOR)          42
  D. Pole (SEA)            42
  J. Slaton (DET)          42
  W. Wood (CHI)            41

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            58
  J. Clancy (TOR)          36
  D. Martinez (BAL)        36
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       35
  R. Erickson (MIN)        33
  D. Hood (CLE)            33
  W. Wood (CHI)            32
  M. Keough (OAK)          31
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        30
  J. Palmer (BAL)          30

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           102
  R. Guidry (NY)           65
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        58
  J. Matlack (TEX)         47
  F. Tanana (CAL)          47
  M. Wilcox (DET)          47
  T. Underwood (TOR)       45
  D. Martinez (BAL)        43
  D. Leonard (KC)          42
  J. Palmer (BAL)          40


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