Friday June 16, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 16, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         32  31  2.87   63   6  14   564   502  217  180   43  220  257
New York        36  25  3.20   61  11  16   549   517  223  195   39  174  271
Boston          44  19  3.37   63  19  14   564   591  240  211   52  170  230
Texas           30  31  3.56   61  18  12   549   524  241  217   41  176  280
Kansas City     32  27  3.56   59  19  15   523   484  237  207   47  185  211
Detroit         31  29  3.57   60  16  10   539   517  240  214   53  202  268
Baltimore       36  26  3.66   62  24  11   551   508  258  224   42  223  310
Chicago         29  31  3.76   60  11  16   522   497  239  218   41  210  263
California      32  30  3.84   62  15  12   554   531  264  236   48  236  345
Minnesota       25  35  3.85   60  11  11   542   553  266  232   40  205  274
Milwaukee       35  26  3.99   61  22   8   536   565  261  238   47  161  239
Cleveland       26  32  4.13   58  15  12   508   498  256  233   44  196  263
Seattle         19  46  4.55   65   8   9   583   621  336  295   61  239  250
Toronto         21  40  4.80   61  13   8   536   550  302  286   64  252  257

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Guidry (NY)       10   0  1.57  13  13   5   0   1  103   77   21   18    2   30   86
Jim Palmer (BAL)       9   4  1.86  15  15   7   0   5  111   85   29   23    4   34   55
Matt Keough (OAK)      4   4  2.00  13  13   1   0   0   77   56   24   17    2   33   46
Luis Tiant (BOS)       6   0  2.39  10   9   4   0   2   64   53   18   17    4   19   35
Paul Splittorff (KC)   8   5  2.41  15  15   7   0   1  119   95   37   32    9   23   28
Frank Tanana (CAL)    10   3  2.43  14  14   6   0   2  111  101   37   30   10   24   62
Dave Goltz (MIN)       3   4  2.64   8   8   2   0   0   61   59   19   18    3   24   32
J. Johnson (OAK)       4   3  2.64  14  13   3   0   2   78   64   25   23    7   34   31
Rick Waits (CLE)       3   7  2.74  13  12   7   0   1   85   71   32   26    4   26   44
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       6   4  2.77  13  13   4   0   0   94   83   39   29    5   30   44

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             9   4  1.86  15  15   7   0   5  111   85   29   23    4   34   55
Mike Flanagan          9   4  2.86  15  15   9   0   1  113   85   37   36    6   38   76
Don Stanhouse          1   4  3.18  22   0   0  10   0   28   18   12   10    0   24   15
Scott McGregor         7   4  3.43  11  10   5   0   2   76   67   31   29    6   16   36
Nelson Briles          1   4  3.83   9   6   1   0   0   40   41   20   17    3   16   24
Dennis Martinez        6   3  4.64  17  16   2   0   1  107  120   62   55    8   44   54
Tippy Martinez         2   1  5.68  22   0   0   1   0   32   40   21   20    4   19   27
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  5.87   8   0   0   0   0   23   25   21   15    6   19    8
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  1.93  14   0   0   6   0   23   19    6    5    2    7    9
Luis Tiant             6   0  2.39  10   9   4   0   2   64   53   18   17    4   19   35
Jim Wright             3   0  2.60   8   4   2   0   2   45   39   14   13    2    9   26
Bill Lee               7   3  2.82  13  13   5   0   1   93   95   41   29   10   27   22
Bob Stanley            4   1  3.35  19   0   0   3   0   46   51   17   17    1   14   12
Dennis Eckersley       6   2  3.36  14  14   3   0   1  104  113   44   39   14   29   43
Mike Torrez           10   2  3.65  14  14   4   0   1  104  116   47   42    8   34   44
Allen Ripley           1   4  4.88  10   9   1   0   0   52   60   31   28    7   16   15
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  5.40  17   0   0   3   0   17   20   10   10    2    9    8
Bill Campbell          4   4  5.94  12   0   0   2   0   17   24   11   11    2    6   16

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dyar Miller            2   0  2.16  16   0   0   0   0   42   41   11   10    2   21   14
Frank Tanana          10   3  2.43  14  14   6   0   2  111  101   37   30   10   24   62
Paul Hartzell          1   4  3.43  27   0   0   5   0   45   42   18   17    4    6   24
Dave LaRoche           5   3  3.79  24   0   0   7   0   36   30   19   15    3   24   24
Chris Knapp            6   5  3.98  13  13   3   0   0   84   82   39   37    9   25   46
Nolan Ryan             3   6  4.04  13  13   5   0   2  100   74   47   45    6   67  113
Tom Griffin            0   2  4.50  10   3   0   0   0   22   25   17   11    3   15    7
Don Aase               3   3  4.96  12  12   0   0   0   65   79   38   36    7   32   34
Ken Brett              2   4  6.39  13   7   1   0   1   49   57   38   35    4   22   21

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Hinton            1   0  0.98   9   0   0   1   0   18   10    2    2    1    3    8
Jim Willoughby         0   4  2.59  27   0   0   7   0   42   33   13   12    1    6   17
Steve Stone            6   4  3.38  13  13   2   0   1   91   79   38   34    5   38   55
Francisco Barrios      5   6  3.40  15  14   5   0   2   93   81   36   35    7   29   37
Ron Schueler           2   1  3.63  11   2   0   0   0   35   28   14   14    5   11   22
Rich Wortham           1   2  3.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   26    9    8    0    7    9
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.90  19   0   0   7   0   32   29   15   14    3   14   18
Wilbur Wood            6   5  4.43  15  15   3   0   0   91  104   50   45   10   38   38
Ken Kravec             5   4  4.45  10  10   0   0   0   61   55   31   30    6   31   43
Pablo Torrealba        2   4  5.27  16   3   1   1   1   41   52   31   24    3   33   16

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dan Spillner           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Rick Waits             3   7  2.74  13  12   7   0   1   85   71   32   26    4   26   44
Sid Monge              2   1  3.14   7   2   0   1   0   29   20   15   10    1   15   12
Rick Wise              4   9  3.60  14  14   6   0   0  100   92   44   40   10   28   44
David Clyde            4   1  3.72   9   6   2   0   0   48   53   23   20    2   16   32
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Mike Paxton            3   3  4.36  12   6   0   1   0   54   50   27   26    5   20   26
Dennis Kinney          0   2  4.42  18   0   0   5   0   39   37   21   19    3   14   19
Don Hood               3   3  4.67  12  12   0   0   0   71   78   38   37    7   34   30
Jim Kern               5   2  4.71  19   0   0   5   0   29   29   15   15    2   17   31
Al Fitzmorris          0   1  6.28   7   0   0   0   0   14   19   10   10    3    7    5
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
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
Steve Foucault         1   4  2.49  14   0   0   3   0   25   36   13    7    1   10   12
John Hiller            5   3  2.49  22   0   0   7   0   47   32   16   13    4   15   43
Dave Rozema            2   3  2.72   8   8   2   0   1   53   46   16   16    4   15   18
Steve Baker            1   0  2.73   5   4   0   0   0   30   25   10    9    3   16   23
Jim Crawford           1   2  2.92  14   0   0   0   0   25   21   12    8    2   13   12
Bob Sykes              3   4  3.51   8   8   3   0   2   51   55   22   20    8   17   28
Jack Billingham        5   4  3.76  12  12   2   0   0   81   77   37   34    7   32   22
Milt Wilcox            4   4  3.93  11   9   5   0   2   71   67   34   31    6   23   49
Jack Morris            1   2  4.28  11   3   0   0   0   40   35   20   19    5   18   16
Jim Slaton             6   3  4.77  13  13   2   0   0   89   98   50   47   11   38   34
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   2  2.36  23   0   0   8   0   27   17    7    7    2   12   24
Paul Splittorff        8   5  2.41  15  15   7   0   1  119   95   37   32    9   23   28
Steve Mingori          1   1  2.66  17   0   0   4   0   20   18    8    6    1    6   11
Rich Gale              6   1  2.89   9   9   3   0   1   62   49   22   20    1   39   21
Larry Gura             4   1  3.10  13   6   0   0   0   58   47   23   20    4   20   17
Marty Pattin           1   1  3.24  11   0   0   2   0   17   19    6    6    4    3    8
Dennis Leonard         6   9  3.96  15  15   8   0   1  109  111   57   48   17   30   57
Jim Colborn            1   2  4.76   8   3   0   0   0   28   31   18   15    4   12    8
Andy Hassler           0   3  5.05   6   6   1   0   0   36   47   25   20    1   14   16
Doug Bird              3   2  5.25  20   1   0   1   0   36   36   22   21    3   16   20
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            2   0  0.59  11   0   0   3   0   15   11    1    1    0    1    6
Mike Caldwell          7   3  3.11  15  12   7   1   1  107   98   38   37    4   28   44
Lary Sorensen          8   4  3.48  15  15   8   0   0  122  112   51   47    8   30   42
Bob McClure            2   2  3.66  19   0   0   3   0   32   32   14   13    3   11   27
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   3  3.68  15   1   0   1   0   29   36   14   12    3    8   14
Bill Travers           3   2  4.39   7   7   1   0   1   41   45   24   20    5   14   15
Andy Replogle          3   1  4.50  11   7   1   0   0   50   67   28   25    9   20   16
Randy Stein            2   1  4.72  11   1   0   0   0   34   32   21   18    2   14   22
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
Jerry Augustine        6   8  5.58  15  14   3   0   1   81  108   54   50    8   29   27

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darrell Jackson        1   0  1.23   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    1    1    0    4    7
Dave Goltz             3   4  2.64   8   8   2   0   0   61   59   19   18    3   24   32
Geoff Zahn             6   4  2.77  13  13   4   0   0   94   83   39   29    5   30   44
Mike Marshall          1   5  2.81  16   0   0   8   0   26   18    9    8    1   13   20
Gary Serum             3   2  3.34  14   7   1   0   0   62   60   26   23    5   12   29
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.64  14   0   0   0   0   30   29   13   12    4   12   17
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.92  16   0   0   0   0   39   36   17   17    4   25   27
Roger Erickson         7   4  4.50  16  16   3   0   0  104  115   59   52    6   39   43
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
Ron Guidry            10   0  1.57  13  13   5   0   1  103   77   21   18    2   30   86
Rich Gossage           3   6  1.71  24   0   0   9   0   53   28   14   10    6   19   41
Don Gullett            1   0  2.38   3   3   0   0   0   11   12    4    3    1    5   10
Ed Figueroa            7   4  3.23  13  13   4   0   0  100  103   42   36    7   23   38
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  3.28   8   0   0   0   0   25   22    9    9    2    4   13
Jim Beattie            2   2  3.33  10   8   0   0   0   49   49   21   18    3   27   15
Ken Clay               1   3  3.73  13   2   0   0   0   31   39   15   13    0    7   13
Sparky Lyle            4   1  3.96  23   0   0   7   0   50   56   24   22    3   14   12
Ken Holtzman           1   0  4.08   5   3   0   0   0   18   21    8    8    2    9    3
Dick Tidrow            3   4  4.21  11  11   2   0   0   68   71   34   32    2   21   18
Catfish Hunter         2   3  5.47   5   5   0   0   0   26   23   16   16    5    9   14
Andy Messersmith       0   1  6.14   4   3   0   0   0   15   16   15   10    6    6    8

 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
Matt Keough            4   4  2.00  13  13   1   0   0   77   56   24   17    2   33   46
Mike Morgan            0   1  2.00   1   1   1   0   0    9   10    3    2    1    5    0
Steve Renko            1   2  2.44   8   6   0   0   0   44   47   13   12    1   18   23
Bob Lacey              5   3  2.55  35   0   0   3   0   49   40   18   14    3   20   23
John Henry Johnson     4   3  2.64  14  13   3   0   2   78   64   25   23    7   34   31
Rick Langford          1   4  2.87  17   7   0   0   0   69   61   25   22    7   25   28
Elias Sosa             4   2  2.91  30   0   0   9   0   46   45   18   15    4   17   25
Dave Heaverlo          2   2  3.55  25   0   0   2   0   58   55   27   23    7   22   25
Alan Wirth             2   4  3.67  10  10   0   0   0   42   37   19   17    3   22   14
Pete Broberg           6   6  4.04  13  13   1   0   0   71   75   42   32    7   19   38

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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   7  3.69  12  12   2   0   1   71   72   34   29    8   27   33
Enrique Romo           3   2  3.77  24   0   0   5   0   45   37   19   19    3   23   24
Shane Rawley           3   5  3.91  26   1   0   3   0   53   58   28   23    4   22   38
Tom House              4   4  4.16  15   8   3   0   0   67   79   36   31    4   10   18
Jim Todd               0   3  4.73  17   2   0   1   0   40   36   24   21    3   24   15
Mike Parrott           0   0  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   13    6    6    2    1    3
Glenn Abbott           1   4  4.97   8   8   0   0   0   38   49   22   21    7   14   13
Dick Pole              4   8  5.47  14  14   2   0   0   79   90   59   48   10   32   34
John Montague          0   2  5.64  11   0   0   0   0   30   39   20   19    2   16    7
Byron McLaughlin       0   3  5.77   9   7   0   0   0   39   42   27   25    8   19   35
Jim Colborn            0   3 10.66   3   3   0   0   0   13   16   16   15    5    5    0

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Comer            3   1  1.23  10   0   0   1   0   22   21    3    3    0    7   13
Reggie Cleveland       1   2  1.95  19   0   0   6   0   28   20    8    6    1    6   19
Jon Matlack            5   7  2.86  13  13   6   0   0  101  107   41   32    5   25   58
Fergie Jenkins         6   3  3.09  13   9   5   0   0   87   77   32   30    5   12   49
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.46   9   0   0   2   0   13   10    5    5    2    8    7
Dock Ellis             5   3  3.78  12  12   3   0   0   81   61   38   34    7   29   28
Len Barker             1   2  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    7    5    2    8    7
Doyle Alexander        5   4  4.03  12  12   3   0   1   83   86   39   37    9   34   37
Doc Medich             1   3  4.59  10   5   0   1   0   51   46   27   26    2   25   22
Jim Umbarger           2   5  4.89  14   8   1   0   0   57   62   33   31    7   20   35
Roger Moret            0   1  4.91   7   2   0   1   0   15   23    8    8    1    2    5

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Coleman            0   0  3.07   8   0   0   0   0   15   16    6    5    1    7    8
Don Kirkwood           1   0  3.43   6   1   0   0   0   21   22    9    8    1    7   11
Tom Underwood          3   7  3.56  13  13   4   0   1   83   78   38   33    9   40   64
Jesse Jefferson        5   6  3.83  13  12   5   0   1   92   78   41   39   13   37   33
Tom Murphy             2   4  3.86  22   0   0   5   0   37   30   16   16    4   15   15
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    1   11    7
Balor Moore            2   1  4.38  16   1   0   0   0   37   42   19   18    4   18   17
Jim Clancy             4   5  4.40  12  11   2   0   0   74   76   39   36    6   40   36
Mike Willis            1   2  5.11  21   0   0   3   0   37   34   22   21    5   16   20
Jerry Garvin           2   6  6.89  12  12   1   0   0   65   90   51   50    9   27   28
Dave Lemanczyk         1   9  7.97  12  11   1   0   0   61   72   55   54   11   34   18

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Guidry (NY)           10
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  M. Torrez (BOS)          10
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         8
  P. Splittorff (KC)        8
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         7
  R. Erickson (MIN)         7
  E. Figueroa (NY)          7

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        9
  D. Leonard (KC)           9
  R. Wise (CLE)             9
  J. Augustine (MIL)        8
  D. Pole (SEA)             8
  J. Matlack (TEX)          7
  P. Mitchell (SEA)         7
  T. Underwood (TOR)        7
  R. Waits (CLE)            7
  F. Barrios (CHI)          6

Complete Games:

  M. Flanagan (BAL)         9
  D. Leonard (KC)           8
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         8
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        7
  R. Waits (CLE)            7
  J. Matlack (TEX)          6
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  R. Wise (CLE)             6

Saves:

  D. Stanhouse (BAL)       10
  R. Gossage (NY)           9
  E. Sosa (OAK)             9
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          8
  M. Marshall (MIN)         8
  J. Hiller (DET)           7
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           7
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          7
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  J. Willoughby (CHI)       7

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  F. Barrios (CHI)          2
  J. Johnson (OAK)          2
  S. McGregor (BAL)         2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  B. Sykes (DET)            2
  F. Tanana (CAL)           2
  L. Tiant (BOS)            2
  M. Wilcox (DET)           2
  J. Wright (BOS)           2

Innings Pitched:

  L. Sorensen (MIL)     121.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)    119.1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)     113.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       111.1
  F. Tanana (CAL)       111.0
  D. Leonard (KC)       109.0
  M. Caldwell (MIL)     107.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)     106.2
  D. Eckersley (BOS)    104.1
  R. Erickson (MIN)     104.0

Hits:

  D. Martinez (BAL)       120
  M. Torrez (BOS)         116
  R. Erickson (MIN)       115
  D. Eckersley (BOS)      113
  L. Sorensen (MIL)       112
  D. Leonard (KC)         111
  J. Augustine (MIL)      108
  J. Matlack (TEX)        107
  W. Wood (CHI)           104
  E. Figueroa (NY)        103

Runs:

  D. Martinez (BAL)        62
  R. Erickson (MIN)        59
  D. Pole (SEA)            59
  D. Leonard (KC)          57
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       55
  J. Augustine (MIL)       54
  J. Garvin (TOR)          51
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        51
  J. Slaton (DET)          50
  W. Wood (CHI)            50

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          17
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       14
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       13
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       11
  J. Slaton (DET)          11
  B. Lee (BOS)             10
  D. Pole (SEA)            10
  F. Tanana (CAL)          10
  R. Wise (CLE)            10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            67
  D. Martinez (BAL)        44
  J. Clancy (TOR)          40
  T. Underwood (TOR)       40
  R. Erickson (MIN)        39
  R. Gale (KC)             39
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        38
  J. Slaton (DET)          38
  S. Stone (CHI)           38
  W. Wood (CHI)            38

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           113
  R. Guidry (NY)           86
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        76
  T. Underwood (TOR)       64
  F. Tanana (CAL)          62
  J. Matlack (TEX)         58
  D. Leonard (KC)          57
  J. Palmer (BAL)          55
  S. Stone (CHI)           55
  D. Martinez (BAL)        54

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