Saturday June 3, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 3, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         28  21  2.50   49   5  11   443   374  153  123   20  175  186
New York        30  19  3.02   49   9  13   441   395  167  148   31  133  205
Detroit         27  22  3.39   49  15   9   443   413  187  167   41  157  229
Texas           24  24  3.51   48  15   9   431   414  190  168   36  142  220
Boston          36  16  3.54   52  15  13   468   496  199  184   47  143  182
California      25  23  3.77   48  12  11   428   413  199  179   34  179  263
Kansas City     26  21  3.87   47  13  14   414   402  204  178   39  148  165
Cleveland       23  24  3.97   47  13  10   412   393  196  182   35  162  220
Chicago         19  28  3.98   47   8   9   407   394  201  180   36  167  193
Minnesota       21  29  4.05   50   9  10   455   458  231  205   37  175  234
Baltimore       26  25  4.07   51  17   9   449   431  233  203   38  191  252
Milwaukee       23  25  4.27   48  17   6   417   449  217  198   39  129  189
Seattle         17  36  4.41   53   7   9   476   501  266  233   41  191  197
Toronto         19  31  4.87   50  12   7   440   448  252  238   56  212  198

 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
Matt Keough (OAK)      3   4  2.28  11  11   1   0   0   67   52   24   17    2   31   39
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       5   2  2.42  10  10   3   0   0   74   63   27   20    5   23   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
Pete Broberg (OAK)     5   4  2.90  10  10   1   0   0   59   53   29   19    2   17   31

 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
Scott McGregor         6   3  3.75   9   8   4   0   1   60   53   26   25    5   10   28
Don Stanhouse          0   4  3.80  19   0   0   8   0   24   15   11   10    0   22   14
Nelson Briles          1   4  4.03   8   6   1   0   0   38   39   20   17    3   14   23
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  6.35  20   0   0   1   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            8   2  4.05  12  12   3   0   1   87  100   43   39    8   31   38
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  7.71   9   0   0   1   0   12   20   10   10    1    5    7

 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
Nolan Ryan             3   5  3.66  11  11   5   0   2   86   53   37   35    6   58  102
Paul Hartzell          1   4  3.67  22   0   0   5   0   34   36   15   14    3    5   19
Chris Knapp            6   4  3.75  11  11   2   0   0   70   67   31   29    6   21   37
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  0.75   8   0   0   1   0   12    5    1    1    1    3    7
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.16  14   0   0   3   0   26   21   10    9    3   11   14
Jim Willoughby         0   4  3.24  22   0   0   4   0   33   28   13   12    1    6   15
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             3   4  5.36   8   8   0   0   0   45   43   28   27    6   23   26
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  1.59   5   0   0   1   0   17    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            2   3  4.69  10   6   0   1   0   48   46   26   25    5   18   23
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
Jim Crawford           1   2  2.61  12   0   0   0   0   21   19   10    6    2    9   12
Milt Wilcox            4   2  3.08   9   7   5   0   2   61   49   23   21    3   20   47
Bob Sykes              3   3  3.30   6   6   3   0   2   44   43   16   16    7   15   27
Steve Foucault         1   4  3.38  11   0   0   3   0   19   28   12    7    1    6    7
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  1.33  19   0   0   7   0   20   10    3    3    1    9   17
Steve Mingori          1   0  2.25  16   0   0   4   0   20   17    7    5    0    5   11
Paul Splittorff        6   4  2.74  12  12   5   0   1   95   81   31   29    7   18   23
Larry Gura             3   1  3.56  11   4   0   0   0   43   36   20   17    4   16   13
Rich Gale              5   1  3.63   7   7   2   0   0   45   45   20   18    1   25   16
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
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   3  2.84  14   0   0   1   0   25   31   10    8    1    5   13
Mike Caldwell          5   3  3.11  12   9   5   1   1   84   76   30   29    4   21   39
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   8  5.88  13  13   3   0   1   72   96   51   47    8   26   22
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             2   3  3.13   6   6   2   0   0   46   43   17   16    3   19   26
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
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
Ken Clay               1   2  3.00  10   2   0   0   0   24   23    9    8    0    5    9
Jim Beattie            2   1  3.22   7   7   0   0   0   36   32   15   13    3   22   11
Andy Messersmith       0   1  3.60   2   2   0   0   0   10    7    5    4    3    4    5
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            3   4  2.28  11  11   1   0   0   67   52   24   17    2   31   39
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
Enrique Romo           3   1  3.46  19   0   0   5   0   39   27   15   15    2   19   18
Steve Burke            0   1  3.49  18   0   0   0   0   49   46   22   19    2   24   16
Rick Honeycutt         2   4  3.56   9   8   1   0   0   48   44   23   19    3   22   14
Paul Mitchell          2   5  3.65  10  10   2   0   1   57   62   28   23    7   20   26
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  2.41  14   0   0   5   0   19   15    7    5    1    5   13
Paul Lindblad          1   0  2.53   7   0   0   1   0   11    7    3    3    2    5    7
Roger Moret            0   0  2.57   4   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  4.66   8   3   0   1   0   37   35   20   19    1   16   18
Jim Umbarger           2   5  5.23  11   8   1   0   0   53   60   33   31    7   20   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  2.81  18   0   0   4   0   32   21   10   10    3   12   12
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
Tom Underwood          2   6  3.88  11  11   3   0   1   67   66   33   29    8   33   50
Jesse Jefferson        4   6  3.99  11  10   5   0   1   77   64   36   34   10   35   23
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
  M. Torrez (BOS)           8
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  R. Erickson (MIN)         6
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         6
  C. Knapp (CAL)            6
  S. McGregor (BAL)         6
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         6

Losses:

  J. Augustine (MIL)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  D. Leonard (KC)           8
  R. Wise (CLE)             8
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        6
  J. Matlack (TEX)          6
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     6
  T. Underwood (TOR)        6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          5
  P. Mitchell (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
  M. Torrez (BOS)        86.2
  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

Hits:

  M. Torrez (BOS)         100
  D. Martinez (BAL)        97
  J. Augustine (MIL)       96
  R. Erickson (MIN)        92
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        91
  J. Matlack (TEX)         90
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       89
  W. Wood (CHI)            88
  D. Leonard (KC)          86
  F. Tanana (CAL)          86

Runs:

  D. Martinez (BAL)        52
  J. Augustine (MIL)       51
  D. Leonard (KC)          50
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       48
  R. Erickson (MIN)        47
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        43
  M. Torrez (BOS)          43
  J. Garvin (TOR)          42
  D. Pole (SEA)            42
  J. Slaton (DET)          42

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
  T. Underwood (TOR)       33
  W. Wood (CHI)            32
  M. Keough (OAK)          31
  M. Torrez (BOS)          31

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           102
  R. Guidry (NY)           65
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        58
  T. Underwood (TOR)       50
  J. Matlack (TEX)         47
  F. Tanana (CAL)          47
  M. Wilcox (DET)          47
  D. Martinez (BAL)        43
  D. Leonard (KC)          42
  J. Palmer (BAL)          40


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