Friday April 27, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, April 27, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Texas           10   6  3.06   16   2   4   141   135   59   48    7   68   77
Boston          12   5  3.35   17   4   6   156   132   61   58   11   65   84
Milwaukee       10   8  3.59   18   9   3   155   174   79   62   19   50   57
New York        10   8  3.61   18   5   6   160   148   69   64   12   58   58
Baltimore       12   8  3.73   20   5   4   176   159   80   73   21   76   69
California      13   7  3.89   20   4   4   178   165   88   77   15   88  129
Minnesota       11   6  4.06   17   3   6   153   162   78   69   17   50   74
Chicago          8  10  4.22   18   2   4   158   137   88   74   10   81   79
Oakland          6  13  4.63   19   0   3   169   187  103   87   15   94   90
Seattle          6  14  4.63   20   2   3   179   209  113   92   24   57  114
Detroit          6   8  4.76   14   2   2   121   120   71   64   11   52   55
Kansas City     10   8  4.91   18   3   5   152   171  102   83   16   63   65
Toronto          6  12  5.33   18   2   2   154   180  112   91    8   77   65
Cleveland        5  12  5.39   17   1   2   150   175   96   90   15   71   66

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tommy John (NY)        4   0  0.83   4   4   2   0   1   33   23    3    3    0    5    8
John Montague (SEA)    2   0  1.46   9   0   0   0   0   25   14    5    4    1    8   16
Fergie Jenkins (TEX)   4   0  1.62   5   5   2   0   1   39   35    8    7    3   10   30
Dave Lemanczyk (TOR)   1   0  1.86   4   2   1   0   1   19   11    4    4    2    5    9
Mike Caldwell (MIL)    3   1  2.31   4   4   4   0   1   35   33    9    9    2    7   17
Mark Clear (CAL)       2   0  2.41   7   0   0   1   0   19   14    6    5    0   14   19
Ross Baumgarten (CHI)  2   0  2.53   3   3   1   0   1   21   17    7    6    1    6    7
D. Eckersley (BOS)     2   1  2.63   4   4   1   0   0   24   23    7    7    1   11   10
Jim Slaton (MIL)       1   1  2.75   4   3   1   0   0   20   26   10    6    1   10    7
Frank Tanana (CAL)     2   3  2.84   5   5   0   0   0   32   29   14   10    4    8   17

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    4
Tim Stoddard           1   1  1.72   6   0   0   0   0   16   10    4    3    1    4   11
Jim Palmer             3   1  3.05   5   5   3   0   0   41   37   17   14    2   11   12
Don Stanhouse          1   0  3.09   7   0   0   3   0   12    7    4    4    0   12    0
Dennis Martinez        1   2  3.89   5   5   1   0   0   35   35   17   15    6   14    9
Steve Stone            2   1  4.42   3   3   0   0   0   18   15    9    9    5   14    9
Mike Flanagan          3   2  4.50   5   5   1   0   0   32   32   17   16    4   12   14
Sammy Stewart          1   1  4.85   4   1   0   1   0   13    9    7    7    2    9    7
Scott McGregor         0   0  6.14   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    5    1    0    3

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Wright             1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    1    0    0    0    0    4
Tom Burgmeier          1   0  1.42   6   0   0   1   0    6    8    1    1    1    3    5
Dick Drago             3   0  1.53   8   0   0   2   0   18    8    3    3    1    5   15
Dennis Eckersley       2   1  2.63   4   4   1   0   0   24   23    7    7    1   11   10
Chuck Rainey           1   0  3.18   3   1   0   1   0   11    5    4    4    1    3    8
Andy Hassler           1   1  3.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   12    6    4    0    5    5
Bob Stanley            2   1  3.56   5   4   2   1   1   30   32   12   12    1    5   10
Bill Campbell          0   0  3.60   4   0   0   1   0    5    4    2    2    0    5    3
Steve Renko            0   1  4.05   2   2   0   0   0   13   13    6    6    3    5    8
Mike Torrez            1   1  5.46   5   5   1   0   1   31   26   20   19    3   23   16

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dyar Miller            1   0  2.20   6   0   0   0   0   16   16    5    4    2    7    8
Mark Clear             2   0  2.41   7   0   0   1   0   19   14    6    5    0   14   19
Frank Tanana           2   3  2.84   5   5   0   0   0   32   29   14   10    4    8   17
Nolan Ryan             3   1  3.41   5   5   2   0   1   29   15   11   11    2   24   35
Dave LaRoche           1   2  3.72   5   0   0   2   0   10   13    4    4    1    3    7
Chris Knapp            1   0  5.04   5   5   1   0   0   25   27   18   14    1   13   12
Jim Barr               0   0  5.40   5   0   0   0   0   12   13    8    7    2    6    7
Don Aase               2   1  5.47   4   4   1   0   0   25   26   15   15    3    8   18
Dave Frost             1   0  5.56   3   1   0   1   0   11   12    7    7    0    5    6

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Esser             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    2    0
Jack Kucek             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    4    0    0    3    0
Randy Scarbery         1   0  1.42   2   0   0   0   0    6    7    1    1    0    4    1
Pablo Torrealba        0   0  1.59   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    1    1    1    2    1
Ross Baumgarten        2   0  2.53   3   3   1   0   1   21   17    7    6    1    6    7
Rich Wortham           3   1  3.45   4   4   1   0   0   29   24   12   11    0   13   23
Mike Proly             1   3  3.65   8   2   0   3   0   25   19   10   10    1   11   16
Ken Kravec             0   2  4.88   5   5   0   0   0   31   25   20   17    1   16   18
Francisco Barrios      1   1  4.97   2   2   0   0   0   13   12    9    7    3    5    3
Dewey Robinson         0   1  5.73   6   0   0   0   0   11    6    7    7    1    7    4
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  9.00   8   2   0   1   0   14   21   17   14    2   12    6

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dan Spillner           0   1  1.26   8   0   0   0   0   14    7    2    2    0    7    6
Sid Monge              1   1  1.84  10   0   0   1   0   15   11    3    3    0    4   10
Rick Waits             2   2  3.68   4   4   1   0   1   29   27   13   12    1   14   10
Eric Wilkins           0   1  4.50   3   3   0   0   0   16   22   10    8    0    7   14
Victor Cruz            0   2  4.63   6   0   0   1   0   12   12    6    6    3    6    5
Rick Wise              2   2  4.81   4   4   0   0   0   24   29   14   13    6    8   14
Don Hood               0   0  6.23   4   0   0   0   0    4    1    3    3    0    5    1
Paul Reuschel          0   0  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    5    9    4    4    0    3    0
Mike Paxton            0   1  9.82   4   4   0   0   0   15   26   16   16    3    6    3
Wayne Garland          0   2 12.27   2   2   0   0   0    7   13   11   10    1    4    2
Len Barker             0   0 13.00   4   0   0   0   0    9   18   14   13    1    7    1

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sheldon Burnside       1   1  2.57   5   0   0   0   0   14   11    4    4    0    6    7
Aurelio Lopez          0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    1    2
Steve Baker            0   2  3.77   4   1   0   1   0   14   13    6    6    1    9   12
Milt Wilcox            2   0  4.12   3   3   1   0   0   20   17    9    9    1    9    9
John Hiller            1   0  4.35   6   0   0   1   0   10   11    5    5    3    6    8
Jack Billingham        1   2  4.57   4   4   0   0   0   22   22   13   11    2    9    5
Dave Rozema            1   2  4.60   5   5   1   0   0   29   30   18   15    2    6    5
Bruce Taylor           0   1 13.50   4   0   0   0   0    5    6    9    7    0    4    3
Kip Young              0   0 13.50   1   1   0   0   0    4    6    6    6    2    2    4

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            2   0  1.04   8   0   0   3   0    9    6    1    1    0    5    5
Steve Busby            0   0  3.38   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    4    1    2    3    2
Dennis Leonard         2   2  3.41   4   4   1   0   1   29   31   15   11    2   10   14
Paul Splittorff        3   2  4.09   5   5   2   0   0   33   34   20   15    2   15    8
Steve Mingori          0   0  4.35   5   0   0   1   0   10   11    8    5    1    5    5
Larry Gura             1   2  5.85   5   5   0   0   0   32   33   25   21    5   13   11
Eduardo Rodriguez      2   0  6.23   7   0   0   1   0    9   11    6    6    0    2    4
Rich Gale              0   2  6.93   4   4   0   0   0   25   35   19   19    4    5   15
George Throop          0   0 13.50   4   0   0   0   0    3    7    4    4    0    5    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Castro            0   0  1.93   5   0   0   1   0    5    4    2    1    0    2    1
Bob Galasso            0   0  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    4    4    5    1    1    3    0
Mike Caldwell          3   1  2.31   4   4   4   0   1   35   33    9    9    2    7   17
Jim Slaton             1   1  2.75   4   3   1   0   0   20   26   10    6    1   10    7
Lary Sorensen          3   2  3.35   5   5   3   0   0   38   44   15   14    5    4    7
Jerry Augustine        0   0  4.35   6   1   0   0   0   10   17    7    5    2    1    3
Reggie Cleveland       1   2  4.63   7   0   0   1   0   12   12    7    6    1    4    6
Bob McClure            2   0  5.40   5   0   0   1   0    5    5    3    3    0    4    5
Bill Travers           0   1  5.63   3   3   1   0   0   16   15   12   10    4   11    4
Moose Haas             0   1  5.73   2   2   0   0   0   11   14    9    7    3    4    7

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Redfern           1   0  0.75   4   0   0   0   0   12    6    2    1    0    5   11
Mike Marshall          2   1  1.62  10   0   0   6   0   17   12    3    3    1    7   11
Geoff Zahn             2   0  1.80   2   2   1   0   0   15   11    3    3    1    1    7
Jerry Koosman          4   0  4.02   4   4   1   0   0   31   37   15   14    5    9   23
Dave Goltz             2   2  4.18   4   4   1   0   0   28   32   15   13    1    8    6
Paul Hartzell          0   0  4.74   3   3   0   0   0   19   24   10   10    4    4    6
Roger Erickson         0   3  6.75   4   4   0   0   0   16   18   15   12    3   12    2
Jeff Holly             0   0  7.11   5   0   0   0   0    6    9    7    5    0    2    5
Gary Serum             0   0  8.31   3   0   0   0   0    9   13    8    8    2    2    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tommy John             4   0  0.83   4   4   2   0   1   33   23    3    3    0    5    8
Paul Mirabella         0   1  2.53   5   0   0   0   0   11    9    4    3    0    4    0
Ken Clay               0   0  2.77   4   0   0   0   0   13   12    4    4    1    2    4
Ron Guidry             2   1  2.92   6   5   2   1   0   37   26   12   12    2   13   22
Rich Gossage           1   1  4.32   6   0   0   3   0    8    9    4    4    0    7    4
Ed Figueroa            2   2  4.50   5   5   1   0   0   36   34   18   18    2   16   11
Dick Tidrow            1   1  5.79   7   0   0   2   0    9   13    6    6    3    3    5
Catfish Hunter         0   1  8.64   2   2   0   0   0    8   12    9    8    1    4    2
Luis Tiant             0   1 12.46   2   2   0   0   0    4   10    9    6    3    4    2

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Hamilton          0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    7    2    0    0    0    4    8
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  0.54  10   0   0   1   0   17   12    2    1    0    9   10
Craig Minetto          1   0  1.59   3   1   0   0   0   11   12    2    2    0    1    7
Alan Wirth             1   0  3.00   4   1   0   0   0   12   10    4    4    1    8    7
Mike Norris            1   1  3.25   4   4   0   0   0   28   18   13   10    1   24   10
John Henry Johnson     0   3  5.32   4   4   0   0   0   24   30   17   14    2   13   17
Rick Langford          0   4  6.65   4   4   0   0   0   22   25   16   16    4    9    4
Matt Keough            0   3  6.84   5   5   0   0   0   26   44   27   20    5   14   14
Jim Todd               1   1  7.50   9   0   0   1   0   12   13   11   10    0    9    3
Bob Lacey              0   1  8.71  11   0   0   1   0   10   21   11   10    2    3   10

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Montague          2   0  1.46   9   0   0   0   0   25   14    5    4    1    8   16
Paul Mitchell          0   2  3.79   4   3   0   0   0   19   25   16    8    3    5   15
Odell Jones            0   1  3.86   4   4   1   0   0   26   35   16   11    3    8   20
Mike Parrott           1   0  4.26   4   0   0   0   0   13   18    6    6    1    6    6
Glenn Abbott           1   2  4.71   4   4   1   0   0   21   24   14   11    4    8    7
Floyd Bannister        1   3  5.26   4   4   0   0   0   26   36   17   15    4    3   20
Byron McLaughlin       1   0  6.30   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    7    7    2    7    7
Shane Rawley           0   3  6.43   8   1   0   3   0   14   17   11   10    0    5   10
Rafael Vasquez         0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    7   12    5    5    2    2    5
Rick Honeycutt         0   3  6.98   5   2   0   0   0   19   19   16   15    4    5    8

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Rajsich           0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    0    0    0    2    2
Fergie Jenkins         4   0  1.62   5   5   2   0   1   39   35    8    7    3   10   30
Jim Kern               2   0  2.57   6   0   0   2   0   14   16    8    4    0    8   15
Sparky Lyle            2   1  3.21   9   0   0   2   0   14    6    5    5    2    3    3
Doyle Alexander        1   1  3.24   5   5   0   0   0   25   24   13    9    0   22    7
Steve Comer            1   2  3.55   4   4   0   0   0   25   20   10   10    0   11   12
Ed Farmer              0   0  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    7    4    2    0    4    3
Dock Ellis             0   1  7.04   2   2   0   0   0    8   14    6    6    1    3    2
Doc Medich             0   1  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    5    7    5    5    1    5    3

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Lemanczyk         1   0  1.86   4   2   1   0   1   19   11    4    4    2    5    9
Dave Freisleben        1   0  3.72   6   0   0   2   0   10   10    5    4    0    5    7
Jesse Jefferson        0   1  4.66   5   0   0   0   0   10   14    5    5    0    3    4
Mike Willis            0   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0   11   13    7    6    0    3    3
Jim Clancy             1   3  4.98   4   4   1   0   0   22   24   17   12    1    9    8
Balor Moore            0   0  5.79   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    6    0   10    3
Phil Huffman           2   1  5.87   4   4   0   0   0   15   23   14   10    1    8    6
Tom Murphy             1   2  6.28   7   0   0   0   0   14   21   10   10    0    5    3
Mark Lemongello        0   2  7.01   4   4   0   0   0   26   31   20   20    3   13   11
Tom Underwood          0   3  7.27   4   4   0   0   0   17   23   24   14    1   16   11

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)          4
  T. John (NY)              4
  J. Koosman (MIN)          4
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         3
  D. Drago (BOS)            3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3
  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         3
  P. Splittorff (KC)        3

Losses:

  R. Langford (OAK)         4
  F. Bannister (SEA)        3
  J. Clancy (TOR)           3
  R. Erickson (MIN)         3
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        3
  J. Johnson (OAK)          3
  M. Keough (OAK)           3
  M. Proly (CHI)            3
  S. Rawley (SEA)           3
  F. Tanana (CAL)           3

Complete Games:

  M. Caldwell (MIL)         4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         3
  R. Guidry (NY)            2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  T. John (NY)              2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  P. Splittorff (KC)        2
  B. Stanley (BOS)          2
  D. Aase (CAL)             1

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MIN)         6
  R. Gossage (NY)           3
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          3
  M. Proly (CHI)            3
  S. Rawley (SEA)           3
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        3
  D. Drago (BOS)            2
  D. Freisleben (TOR)       2
  J. Kern (TEX)             2
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          2

Shutouts:

  R. Baumgarten (CHI)       1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          1
  T. John (NY)              1
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        1
  D. Leonard (KC)           1
  N. Ryan (CAL)             1
  B. Stanley (BOS)          1
  M. Torrez (BOS)           1
  R. Waits (CLE)            1

Innings Pitched:

  J. Palmer (BAL)        41.1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)       39.0
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      37.2
  R. Guidry (NY)         37.0
  E. Figueroa (NY)       36.0
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      35.0
  D. Martinez (BAL)      34.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     33.0
  T. John (NY)           32.2
  L. Gura (KC)           32.1

Hits:

  M. Keough (OAK)          44
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        44
  J. Koosman (MIN)         37
  J. Palmer (BAL)          37
  F. Bannister (SEA)       36
  R. Gale (KC)             35
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         35
  O. Jones (SEA)           35
  D. Martinez (BAL)        35
  E. Figueroa (NY)         34

Runs:

  M. Keough (OAK)          27
  L. Gura (KC)             25
  T. Underwood (TOR)       24
  K. Kravec (CHI)          20
  M. Lemongello (TOR)      20
  P. Splittorff (KC)       20
  M. Torrez (BOS)          20
  R. Gale (KC)             19
  E. Figueroa (NY)         18
  C. Knapp (CAL)           18

Home Runs:

  D. Martinez (BAL)         6
  R. Wise (CLE)             6
  L. Gura (KC)              5
  M. Keough (OAK)           5
  J. Koosman (MIN)          5
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         5
  S. Stone (BAL)            5
  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  F. Bannister (SEA)        4
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4

Walks:

  M. Norris (OAK)          24
  N. Ryan (CAL)            24
  M. Torrez (BOS)          23
  D. Alexander (TEX)       22
  E. Figueroa (NY)         16
  K. Kravec (CHI)          16
  T. Underwood (TOR)       16
  P. Splittorff (KC)       15
  M. Clear (CAL)           14
  M. Keough (OAK)          14

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            35
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         30
  J. Koosman (MIN)         23
  R. Wortham (CHI)         23
  R. Guidry (NY)           22
  F. Bannister (SEA)       20
  O. Jones (SEA)           20
  M. Clear (CAL)           19
  D. Aase (CAL)            18
  K. Kravec (CHI)          18

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