Tuesday June 6, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 6, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         31  21  2.57   52   5  13   470   406  165  134   25  184  202
New York        30  22  3.15   52   9  13   465   431  184  163   35  147  215
Detroit         28  23  3.44   51  15   9   460   429  196  176   46  164  235
Texas           26  24  3.49   50  16  10   449   430  196  174   39  145  230
Boston          36  19  3.62   55  15  13   492   531  219  198   50  152  193
California      26  25  3.75   51  12  12   456   441  215  190   35  191  282
Kansas City     27  22  3.76   49  14  14   431   413  208  180   40  150  167
Baltimore       29  25  3.97   54  18  10   477   456  242  210   39  198  266
Chicago         21  29  4.01   50  10   9   433   422  214  193   36  180  203
Minnesota       21  30  4.04   51   9  10   463   467  237  208   38  175  236
Cleveland       23  28  4.17   51  14  10   446   437  222  207   41  171  232
Milwaukee       26  25  4.23   51  18   7   444   481  229  209   41  131  201
Seattle         19  37  4.35   56   7   9   503   525  276  243   45  203  221
Toronto         19  32  4.95   51  12   7   449   457  261  247   57  220  205

 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
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   4  2.12  13  13   5   0   4   93   76   27   22    4   31   45
J. Johnson (OAK)       4   3  2.22  11  11   3   0   2   69   53   19   17    4   29   26
Matt Keough (OAK)      3   4  2.28  11  11   1   0   0   67   52   24   17    2   31   39
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       5   3  2.36  11  11   3   0   0   80   69   31   21    5   23   37
Frank Tanana (CAL)     9   2  2.52  12  12   4   0   2   93   90   33   26    8   17   52
Paul Splittorff (KC)   7   4  2.55  13  13   5   0   1  102   85   33   29    7   19   23
Rick Langford (OAK)    1   2  2.59  13   6   0   0   0   59   48   20   17    4   23   21
Fergie Jenkins (TEX)   6   3  2.79  12   8   5   0   0   81   71   27   25    5   10   47
Jon Matlack (TEX)      5   6  2.90  11  11   5   0   0   84   90   35   27    5   23   47

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             7   4  2.12  13  13   5   0   4   93   76   27   22    4   31   45
Mike Flanagan          7   4  2.99  13  13   7   0   1   93   77   32   31    5   31   64
Don Stanhouse          1   4  3.29  21   0   0   9   0   27   17   12   10    0   24   14
Scott McGregor         6   3  3.75   9   8   4   0   1   60   53   26   25    5   10   28
Nelson Briles          1   4  4.03   8   6   1   0   0   38   39   20   17    3   14   23
Dennis Martinez        5   3  5.01  15  14   1   0   0   92  103   58   51    7   38   44
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  5.87   8   0   0   0   0   23   25   21   15    6   19    8
Tippy Martinez         1   1  6.07  21   0   0   1   0   30   39   21   20    4   18   25
John Flinn             1   1  7.88   8   0   0   0   0    8   10    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  1.66  13   0   0   6   0   22   17    4    4    2    4    9
Bob Stanley            4   1  2.80  18   0   0   3   0   45   48   14   14    1   12   12
Luis Tiant             4   0  2.93   8   7   2   0   1   46   40   16   15    3   19   27
Bill Lee               7   3  2.98  12  12   5   0   1   88   89   37   29   10   25   22
Jim Wright             2   0  3.25   7   3   1   0   1   36   37   14   13    2    8   20
Dennis Eckersley       5   2  3.61  12  12   3   0   1   90   99   39   36   14   24   36
Mike Torrez            8   2  4.05  12  12   3   0   1   87  100   43   39    8   31   38
Allen Ripley           1   4  4.97   9   9   1   0   0   51   60   31   28    7   15   14
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  5.40  17   0   0   3   0   17   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  2.25  13   0   0   0   0   32   32    9    8    1   14   10
Frank Tanana           9   2  2.52  12  12   4   0   2   93   90   33   26    8   17   52
Dave LaRoche           3   2  3.00  19   0   0   7   0   27   23   13    9    2   20   12
Paul Hartzell          1   4  3.29  23   0   0   5   0   38   37   15   14    3    6   21
Chris Knapp            6   4  3.75  11  11   2   0   0   70   67   31   29    6   21   37
Nolan Ryan             3   6  4.14  12  12   5   0   2   91   65   44   42    6   60  105
Don Aase               2   3  4.55  10  10   0   0   0   55   67   30   28    5   25   30
Tom Griffin            0   1  4.63   8   1   0   0   0   12   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
Jim Willoughby         0   4  3.24  22   0   0   4   0   33   28   13   12    1    6   15
Steve Stone            5   3  3.38  11  11   2   0   1   77   68   33   29    3   33   45
Rich Wortham           1   2  3.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   26    9    8    0    7    9
Francisco Barrios      4   5  3.81  13  12   4   0   2   76   67   33   32    7   26   27
Pablo Torrealba        2   4  4.08  14   2   1   1   1   40   44   25   18    3   29   16
Wilbur Wood            5   5  4.30  13  13   3   0   0   84   94   45   40    9   33   33
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  4.85  15   0   0   3   0   26   26   15   14    3   12   14
Ron Schueler           0   1  5.06   9   1   0   0   0   21   21   12   12    3    8   11
Ken Kravec             3   4  5.36   8   8   0   0   0   45   43   28   27    6   23   26

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sid Monge              2   1  2.10   6   1   0   1   0   26   15    7    6    1   11   12
David Clyde            3   0  2.29   7   4   2   0   0   39   38   13   10    2   12   23
Rick Waits             3   6  3.03  12  11   6   0   1   77   67   31   26    4   24   43
Rick Wise              3   9  3.69  12  12   6   0   0   85   79   36   35    8   23   39
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Mike Paxton            2   3  4.69  10   6   0   1   0   48   46   26   25    5   18   23
Don Hood               3   3  4.97  11  11   0   0   0   67   73   38   37    7   34   28
Jim Kern               5   1  4.98  16   0   0   3   0   22   23   12   12    2   13   24
Dennis Kinney          0   2  5.08  17   0   0   5   0   34   33   21   19    3   13   18
Al Fitzmorris          0   0  6.75   5   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    7    2    4    2
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
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
Steve Baker            1   0  2.60   3   3   0   0   0   17   14    6    5    3   11   15
Jim Crawford           1   2  2.61  12   0   0   0   0   21   19   10    6    2    9   12
Steve Foucault         1   4  3.05  12   0   0   3   0   21   29   12    7    1    6    9
Bob Sykes              3   3  3.30   6   6   3   0   2   44   43   16   16    7   15   27
Milt Wilcox            4   3  3.48  10   8   5   0   2   67   58   28   26    5   23   48
Jack Billingham        4   3  3.74  10  10   2   0   0   67   66   30   28    6   25   19
Jack Morris            1   1  4.02   8   3   0   0   0   31   22   14   14    3   13   10
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        7   4  2.55  13  13   5   0   1  102   85   33   29    7   19   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   9  4.25  13  13   6   0   1   91   92   52   43   15   26   43
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  5.76  17   0   0   1   0   25   24   17   16    2   14   15
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   9   0   0   2   0   12    7    0    0    0    1    4
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   3  2.84  14   0   0   1   0   25   31   10    8    1    5   13
Mike Caldwell          5   3  3.38  13  10   5   1   1   88   83   34   33    4   22   40
Lary Sorensen          7   4  3.44  13  13   7   0   0  105  100   44   40    6   28   37
Andy Replogle          3   0  4.08   9   5   1   0   0   40   50   19   18    8   14   15
Bob McClure            0   2  4.74  16   0   0   3   0   25   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            1   1  5.93   9   1   0   0   0   27   28   21   18    2   12   15
Bill Travers           2   2  5.96   5   5   0   0   0   26   33   20   17    4   10    8

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Geoff Zahn             5   3  2.36  11  11   3   0   0   80   69   31   21    5   23   37
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  3.91  13   6   1   0   0   53   54   25   23    5   10   24
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.96  15   0   0   0   0   36   31   16   16    4   25   26
Roger Erickson         6   3  4.36  13  13   2   0   0   89   92   47   43    4   33   38
Mac Scarce             1   1  4.50  13   0   0   0   0   22   23   12   11    4   10   13
Paul Thormodsgard      1   6  5.05  12  12   1   0   0   66   81   40   37    7   17   23
Tom Johnson            1   4  5.17  16   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
Rich Gossage           3   5  1.64  20   0   0   7   0   44   26   12    8    6   13   36
Ron Guidry             8   0  1.80  11  11   3   0   0   85   68   20   17    2   26   65
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  2.49   6   0   0   0   0   22   18    6    6    2    2   10
Ken Clay               1   2  2.81  11   2   0   0   0   26   25    9    8    0    6   11
Jim Beattie            2   1  3.12   8   7   0   0   0   40   40   16   14    3   24   13
Ed Figueroa            5   4  3.36  11  11   4   0   0   86   88   38   32    7   20   30
Andy Messersmith       0   1  3.60   2   2   0   0   0   10    7    5    4    3    4    5
Dick Tidrow            3   4  3.92  10  10   2   0   0   67   66   31   29    2   20   18
Sparky Lyle            3   1  4.07  20   0   0   6   0   42   46   21   19    2   13   10
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
Don Gullett            0   0 54.00   1   1   0   0   0    0    3    2    2    1    1    0

 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  1.77  26   0   0   8   0   41   37    9    8    2   15   22
Bob Lacey              5   2  2.06  27   0   0   3   0   39   31   12    9    2   15   18
John Henry Johnson     4   3  2.22  11  11   3   0   2   69   53   19   17    4   29   26
Matt Keough            3   4  2.28  11  11   1   0   0   67   52   24   17    2   31   39
Steve Renko            1   1  2.45   6   4   0   0   0   29   32    9    8    0   11    9
Rick Langford          1   2  2.59  13   6   0   0   0   59   48   20   17    4   23   21
Alan Wirth             2   3  3.23   9   9   0   0   0   39   33   16   14    3   21   14
Pete Broberg           6   4  3.29  11  11   1   0   0   66   64   34   24    4   18   35
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              4   4  3.36  13   7   3   0   0   62   66   28   23    3   10   18
Enrique Romo           3   1  3.48  20   0   0   5   0   41   31   16   16    2   19   21
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           3   5  3.72  24   1   0   3   0   48   49   25   20    2   21   35
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  5.40   7   6   0   0   0   33   32   22   20    6   18   30
Dick Pole              4   6  5.75  12  12   1   0   0   67   80   46   43   10   23   29
John Montague          0   1  5.89   7   0   0   0   0   18   25   13   12    0   12    4
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  1.42   6   0   0   1   0   13   14    2    2    0    5    7
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
Fergie Jenkins         6   3  2.79  12   8   5   0   0   81   71   27   25    5   10   47
Jon Matlack            5   6  2.90  11  11   5   0   0   84   90   35   27    5   23   47
Dock Ellis             4   2  3.66  10  10   2   0   0   64   49   29   26    6   23   16
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
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  4.80  15   0   0   0   0   30   35   17   16    4   16   14
Joe Coleman            0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    5    4    1    5    3
Mike Willis            1   2  5.83  18   0   0   3   0   29   30   20   19    4   14   16
Jerry Garvin           2   4  6.51  10  10   1   0   0   57   75   42   41    9   22   25
Dave Lemanczyk         1   9  8.52  11  11   1   0   0   56   68   54   53   11   32   16

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           9
  R. Guidry (NY)            8
  M. Torrez (BOS)           8
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        7
  P. Broberg (OAK)          6
  R. Erickson (MIN)         6

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        9
  D. Leonard (KC)           9
  R. Wise (CLE)             9
  J. Augustine (MIL)        8
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        6
  J. Matlack (TEX)          6
  D. Pole (SEA)             6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     6
  T. Underwood (TOR)        6

Complete Games:

  M. Flanagan (BAL)         7
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         7
  D. Leonard (KC)           6
  R. Waits (CLE)            6
  R. Wise (CLE)             6
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         5
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        5
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          5
  B. Lee (BOS)              5
  J. Matlack (TEX)          5

Saves:

  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        9
  E. Sosa (OAK)             8
  R. Gossage (NY)           7
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          7
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          7
  M. Marshall (MIN)         7
  D. Drago (BOS)            6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  R. Cleveland (TEX)        5

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  F. Barrios (CHI)          2
  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
  K. Brett (CAL)            1

Innings Pitched:

  L. Sorensen (MIL)     104.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)    102.1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      93.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        93.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)        93.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      91.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          91.1
  D. Leonard (KC)        91.0
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     89.2
  R. Erickson (MIN)      88.2

Hits:

  D. Martinez (BAL)       103
  L. Sorensen (MIL)       100
  M. Torrez (BOS)         100
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       99
  J. Augustine (MIL)       96
  W. Wood (CHI)            94
  R. Erickson (MIN)        92
  D. Leonard (KC)          92
  J. Matlack (TEX)         90
  F. Tanana (CAL)          90

Runs:

  D. Martinez (BAL)        58
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       54
  D. Leonard (KC)          52
  J. Augustine (MIL)       51
  R. Erickson (MIN)        47
  D. Pole (SEA)            46
  W. Wood (CHI)            45
  N. Ryan (CAL)            44
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        44
  M. Torrez (BOS)          43

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          15
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       14
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       11
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       10
  B. Lee (BOS)             10
  D. Pole (SEA)            10
  D. Alexander (TEX)        9
  J. Garvin (TOR)           9
  J. Slaton (DET)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            60
  D. Martinez (BAL)        38
  J. Clancy (TOR)          36
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       35
  D. Hood (CLE)            34
  R. Erickson (MIN)        33
  S. Stone (CHI)           33
  T. Underwood (TOR)       33
  W. Wood (CHI)            33
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       32

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           105
  R. Guidry (NY)           65
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        64
  F. Tanana (CAL)          52
  T. Underwood (TOR)       50
  M. Wilcox (DET)          48
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         47
  J. Matlack (TEX)         47
  J. Palmer (BAL)          45
  S. Stone (CHI)           45


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