Thursday May 8, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 8, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Toronto         15   9  3.28   24   6   4   214   200   88   78   17   93   85
Oakland         16  11  3.32   27  12   2   241   210  102   89   13   97  145
New York        14   9  3.49   23   3   5   214   197   94   83   13   70  106
Milwaukee       11  11  3.53   22   4   3   196   189   91   77   21   66   77
California      11  14  3.72   25   7   4   220   209  100   91   17   83   94
Chicago         15  11  3.83   26   6  10   242   225  123  103   23   82  144
Minnesota       11  15  3.95   26   6   2   230   237  129  101   18   68  139
Kansas City     12  12  4.06   24   6   4   213   212  105   96   16   75   93
Texas           13  11  4.07   24   6   5   219   231  111   99   16   83  121
Baltimore       11  14  4.12   25   4   6   218   224  112  100   28   77   95
Seattle         14  14  4.25   28  10   4   250   254  127  118   26  108  121
Cleveland        9  14  5.18   23   4   3   200   216  125  115   26   87  118
Detroit          9  16  5.20   25   5   3   218   238  131  126   19   93   91
Boston          12  12  5.36   24   4   5   217   232  144  129   26   93   99

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Norris (OAK)      4   0  0.44   5   5   3   0   1   41   18    4    2    0   16   33
Britt Burns (CHA)      3   2  1.60   5   5   3   0   0   39   29   11    7    3    6   27
Matt Keough (OAK)      4   2  1.61   6   6   5   0   1   45   28    9    8    0   17   24
Floyd Bannister (SEA)  2   1  1.67   5   5   3   0   0   38   32    8    7    2   10   26
Pete Redfern (MIN)     4   1  1.69   6   6   2   0   0   43   32   10    8    0    8   33
Larry Gura (KCA)       3   2  1.84   6   6   4   0   3   44   31    9    9    1   16   10
Paul Mirabella (TOR)   3   1  1.93   6   6   1   0   1   37   34    9    8    1   19   12
Tommy John (NYA)       5   0  2.11   6   6   3   0   2   47   36   12   11    0    7    9
Dave Stieb (TOR)       4   1  2.23   6   6   4   0   1   48   38   13   12    1   17   23
Gaylord Perry (TEX)    2   1  2.34   5   5   2   0   1   35   34   12    9    3    9   17

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tim Stoddard           0   1  2.57  10   0   0   4   0   14   13    6    4    0    5    7
Dave Ford              1   1  2.78   6   2   1   1   0   23   19    8    7    1    6    6
Sammy Stewart          1   2  3.19   7   0   0   0   0   31   28   13   11    2   11   20
Paul Hartzell          0   0  3.52   1   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    3    1    4    3
Tippy Martinez         0   1  3.55   7   0   0   1   0   13    6    5    5    1    8    9
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    1
Mike Flanagan          3   2  3.94   6   6   3   0   1   46   46   20   20    5   10   17
Scott McGregor         1   1  4.41   3   3   0   0   0   16   18    8    8    2    6    6
Jim Palmer             2   2  4.61   5   5   0   0   0   27   30   15   14    7    9   14
Steve Stone            2   3  4.74   5   5   0   0   0   25   31   18   13    5   12    8
Dennis Martinez        1   1  9.00   5   4   0   0   0   14   22   14   14    4    6    4

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          1   0  3.48  13   0   0   4   0   21   23    8    8    0    6   12
Skip Lockwood          2   1  3.75   7   0   0   0   0   12   13    7    5    0    5    4
Bob Stanley            2   2  3.89   5   5   1   0   0   37   36   17   16    5   12   20
Steve Renko            1   0  4.26   6   0   0   0   0   19   22   10    9    2    8    8
Dick Drago             2   1  4.58   9   0   0   1   0   18   16   10    9    2   11    7
Mike Torrez            0   3  5.29   6   6   1   0   0   34   42   25   20    3   17   11
Dennis Eckersley       1   4  5.91   6   6   1   0   0   32   31   24   21    7   11   13
Chuck Rainey           1   0  7.15   5   2   1   0   1   23   22   19   18    3   14   13
Bruce Hurst            2   1  9.55   6   5   0   0   0   22   27   24   23    4    9   11

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Aase               3   2  2.43   5   5   2   0   0   37   34   12   10    2   15   16
Dave LaRoche           1   0  2.45   8   0   0   0   0   15   11    6    4    2    6    7
Mark Clear             0   1  2.51   8   0   0   2   0   14    9    4    4    0    7   14
Fred Martinez          0   0  2.79   4   0   0   0   0   10    4    3    3    1    7    3
John Montague          1   0  3.12   5   0   0   2   0    9    8    3    3    0    2    2
Bruce Kison            1   4  3.48   5   5   2   0   1   34   26   16   13    3   16   11
Jim Barr               0   0  4.11   5   0   0   0   0   15   20    7    7    2    4    6
Dave Frost             3   3  4.35   6   6   2   0   0   41   41   20   20    4   10   14
Frank Tanana           2   2  4.88   4   4   1   0   0   24   29   14   13    1    7   10
Chris Knapp            0   2  5.91   5   5   0   0   0   21   27   15   14    2    9   11

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Proly             0   0  1.09  11   0   0   1   0   25   22    6    3    1    9   12
Ed Farmer              2   0  1.27  11   0   0   8   0   21   12    3    3    1    5   13
Britt Burns            3   2  1.60   5   5   3   0   0   39   29   11    7    3    6   27
Steve Trout            1   2  3.78   5   5   2   0   1   33   30   15   14    3    9   14
Rich Wortham           3   0  3.96   9   1   0   0   0   25   20   13   11    1   14   15
Richard Dotson         3   1  4.34   5   5   1   0   0   29   30   16   14    4    8   25
Randy Scarbery         1   1  5.21   8   0   0   1   0   19   19   11   11    1    6   11
Ross Baumgarten        1   2  5.64   4   4   0   0   0   22   21   17   14    4   12   13
Ken Kravec             1   3  8.36   6   6   0   0   0   28   42   31   26    5   13   14

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Len Barker             4   1  3.27   6   6   1   0   0   41   41   18   15    2   15   21
Rick Waits             2   3  3.62   5   5   2   0   0   37   28   17   15    2   11   17
Wayne Garland          0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    7    7    6    3    3    2    7
Sid Monge              0   1  3.86  11   0   0   2   0   12    9    5    5    1   11   10
Mike Stanton           0   0  5.25   8   0   0   1   0   12   13    7    7    0    6    8
Dan Spillner           1   1  5.82   4   3   1   0   0   17   23   13   11    3    8   10
John Denny             1   3  6.34   5   5   0   0   0   33   44   23   23    4   14   21
Bob Owchinko           0   3  6.46   4   4   0   0   0   24   29   17   17    4    9    6
Victor Cruz            1   2  7.71   9   0   0   0   0    9    9    8    8    3    5   12
Mike Paxton            0   0 12.91   4   0   0   0   0    8   13   11   11    4    6    6

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0   16   20    6    6    2    7    9
Pat Underwood          0   2  3.95   9   0   0   0   0   14   16    6    6    1    5    7
Dan Petry              1   0  4.00   2   1   0   0   0    9    7    4    4    0    5    3
Dave Tobik             0   0  4.70   5   0   0   0   0   15   13    8    8    1    8    6
Jack Morris            3   4  4.86   7   7   2   0   0   46   43   27   25    3   17   18
Milt Wilcox            2   2  5.34   6   5   2   0   1   30   33   19   18    2   14   14
Dave Rozema            2   2  5.68   6   6   1   0   1   32   40   20   20    1   10    7
Jack Billingham        0   0  6.14   8   0   0   0   0    7   11    5    5    1    6    3
Dan Schatzeder         1   4  6.21   6   6   0   0   0   33   37   24   23    6   16   15
Aurelio Lopez          0   2  6.60  11   0   0   3   0   15   18   12   11    2    5    9

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Gura             3   2  1.84   6   6   4   0   3   44   31    9    9    1   16   10
Dan Quisenberry        1   1  1.93   9   0   0   3   0   19   12    4    4    1    1    6
Marty Pattin           1   0  2.25   5   0   0   0   0   12   13    3    3    0    2    5
Paul Splittorff        3   2  3.75   6   6   1   0   0   36   41   17   15    0    9    6
Renie Martin           1   1  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    9   12    5    4    1    5    8
Gary Christenson       2   0  4.26   8   0   0   1   0   13   12    6    6    2    4    6
Dennis Leonard         1   3  5.40   6   6   1   0   0   40   43   26   24    7   15   27
Rich Gale              0   3  6.21   6   6   0   0   0   38   42   30   26    4   18   24
Steve Busby            0   0 16.88   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    5    5    0    5    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Castro            0   0  1.04   8   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    1    1    0    2
Bob McClure            1   0  1.80  11   0   0   1   0   15   12    3    3    1    6    8
Mike Caldwell          3   1  2.58   5   5   3   0   1   38   32   14   11    3   10   14
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  3.38   9   0   0   1   0   16    9    7    6    1    6    7
Lary Sorensen          1   2  3.49   5   5   1   0   0   28   33   16   11    2    8    5
Bill Travers           1   1  3.60   3   3   0   0   0   15   15    7    6    4    6    4
Moose Haas             3   3  3.82   6   6   0   0   0   38   41   16   16    3   11   21
Jim Slaton             1   1  4.41   3   3   0   0   0   16   17   10    8    3    5    4
Jerry Augustine        0   1  6.17   8   0   0   1   0   12   12    8    8    0    9    3
Dan Boitano            0   1  6.75   7   0   0   0   0    9   12    8    7    3    5    9

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Redfern           4   1  1.69   6   6   2   0   0   43   32   10    8    0    8   33
Doug Corbett           3   0  2.66  11   0   0   1   0   24   22    7    7    2    2   22
Darrell Jackson        0   1  2.76   4   1   0   0   0   16   14    5    5    1    6    7
Roger Erickson         0   2  3.38   6   2   1   0   0   19   17   16    7    0   12   10
Geoff Zahn             2   3  3.64   6   6   3   0   1   42   49   26   17    3    7   14
John Verhoeven         0   0  3.77   9   0   0   0   0   14   14    8    6    2    5   11
Jerry Koosman          2   2  4.82   6   6   0   0   0   37   42   21   20    6   10   20
Terry Felton           0   3  7.13   5   4   0   0   0   18   20   18   14    2    9   14
Mike Marshall          0   3  8.16  10   0   0   1   0   14   20   14   13    1    9    6
Albert Williams        0   0 12.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    7    4    4    1    0    2

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Davis              2   1  1.99   9   0   0   0   0   23   18    6    5    2    6   13
Tommy John             5   0  2.11   6   6   3   0   2   47   36   12   11    0    7    9
Rich Gossage           0   0  2.19   9   0   0   2   0   12    7    4    3    1    4    4
Rudy May               1   0  2.61   4   0   0   2   0   10    8    4    3    1    1   12
Tom Underwood          2   3  3.45   8   2   0   1   0   29   26   14   11    2   11   17
Ron Guidry             1   0  3.62   5   5   0   0   0   37   36   18   15    2   14   27
Ed Figueroa            1   2  4.80   4   3   0   0   0   15   21    8    8    1    7    3
Mike Griffin           0   1  5.59   2   2   0   0   0   10    8    6    6    1    7    6
Luis Tiant             2   1  5.88   5   5   0   0   0   26   29   17   17    3    9   14
Jim Kaat               0   1  7.20   4   0   0   0   0    5    8    5    4    0    4    1

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Jones             1   0  0.00   7   0   0   2   0   13    3    0    0    0    3   13
Mike Norris            4   0  0.44   5   5   3   0   1   41   18    4    2    0   16   33
Matt Keough            4   2  1.61   6   6   5   0   1   45   28    9    8    0   17   24
Rick Langford          2   1  2.63   5   3   2   0   1   24   26    9    7    1    7   15
Bob Lacey              0   0  2.70   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    1    2    6
Brian Kingman          2   4  4.73   6   6   1   0   0   32   33   21   17    3   15   15
Steve McCatty          3   4  5.35   7   6   1   0   0   39   44   25   23    3   18   22
Rick Lysander          0   0  5.68   4   0   0   0   0   13   19    9    8    1    3    5
Dave Hamilton          0   0  8.40   8   1   0   0   0   15   18   14   14    3   12   10
Mark Souza             0   0  9.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    6    6    1    4    2

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Floyd Bannister        2   1  1.67   5   5   3   0   0   38   32    8    7    2   10   26
Dave Heaverlo          1   0  2.08  12   0   0   2   0   13    8    3    3    1    5    8
Rick Honeycutt         6   0  2.45   6   6   4   0   1   51   39   16   14    5   17   15
Glenn Abbott           2   2  4.26   5   5   2   0   0   32   35   17   15    4    6   18
Shane Rawley           1   1  5.40   8   0   0   1   0   15   16    9    9    2   14    5
Rob Dressler           0   2  5.49   6   0   0   0   0   20   23   13   12    4    4   13
Jim Beattie            0   3  5.58   6   6   0   0   0   31   35   20   19    1   20   13
Mike Parrott           1   4  5.64   5   5   1   0   0   30   38   21   19    5   18   10
Gary Wheelock          0   0  6.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    0    1    1
Byron McLaughlin       1   1  8.04  10   0   0   1   0   16   19   14   14    1   13   10
Dave Roberts           0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    4    1    0    2

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Adrian Devine          0   1  1.72   5   0   0   0   0   16   19    6    3    0    5    5
Gaylord Perry          2   1  2.34   5   5   2   0   1   35   34   12    9    3    9   17
Jon Matlack            2   0  2.54   6   6   1   0   1   46   38   14   13    2    7   28
Sparky Lyle            1   1  2.87  10   0   0   2   0   16   19    5    5    1    7   10
Danny Darwin           2   0  3.07   8   0   0   0   0   15   15    5    5    0   11   12
Doc Medich             2   0  4.74   4   3   1   0   0   19   17   10   10    2    6   10
Jim Kern               1   3  5.25   8   0   0   1   0   12   12    7    7    1   10    4
Fergie Jenkins         2   2  5.34   5   5   2   0   0   29   30   20   17    4   13   18
Dave Rajsich           0   0  6.28   8   0   0   2   0   14   15   10   10    0    5   12
Steve Comer            1   3  9.82   5   5   0   0   0   18   32   22   20    3   10    5

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Buskey             2   0  1.42   8   0   0   0   0   13   10    4    2    2    7    8
Paul Mirabella         3   1  1.93   6   6   1   0   1   37   34    9    8    1   19   12
Dave Stieb             4   1  2.23   6   6   4   0   1   48   38   13   12    1   17   23
Jerry Garvin           0   1  3.68   9   0   0   1   0    7    8    3    3    2    5    5
Jim Clancy             1   1  3.91   4   4   1   0   0   25   25   11   11    4   11    8
Dave Lemanczyk         2   3  4.31   6   6   0   0   0   31   35   17   15    2   11    6
Balor Moore            1   0  4.40   6   0   0   1   0   14   14    8    7    1    8    5
Joey McLaughlin        1   1  4.58  12   0   0   2   0   20   20   13   10    2    9   12
Jesse Jefferson        1   1  5.09   4   2   0   0   0   18   16   10   10    2    6    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        6
  T. John (NYA)             5
  L. Barker (CLE)           4
  M. Keough (OAK)           4
  M. Norris (OAK)           4
  P. Redfern (MIN)          4
  D. Stieb (TOR)            4
  D. Aase (CAL)             3
  B. Burns (CHA)            3
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         3

Losses:

  D. Eckersley (BOS)        4
  B. Kingman (OAK)          4
  B. Kison (CAL)            4
  S. McCatty (OAK)          4
  J. Morris (DET)           4
  M. Parrott (SEA)          4
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       4
  J. Beattie (SEA)          3
  S. Comer (TEX)            3
  J. Denny (CLE)            3

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           5
  L. Gura (KCA)             4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4
  D. Stieb (TOR)            4
  F. Bannister (SEA)        3
  B. Burns (CHA)            3
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3
  T. John (NYA)             3
  M. Norris (OAK)           3

Saves:

  E. Farmer (CHA)           8
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        4
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         4
  A. Lopez (DET)            3
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      3
  M. Clear (CAL)            2
  R. Gossage (NYA)          2
  D. Heaverlo (SEA)         2
  J. Jones (OAK)            2
  S. Lyle (TEX)             2

Shutouts:

  L. Gura (KCA)             3
  T. John (NYA)             2
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        1
  M. Keough (OAK)           1
  B. Kison (CAL)            1
  R. Langford (OAK)         1
  J. Matlack (TEX)          1
  P. Mirabella (TOR)        1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Honeycutt (SEA)     51.1
  D. Stieb (TOR)         48.1
  T. John (NYA)          47.0
  J. Morris (DET)        46.1
  J. Matlack (TEX)       46.0
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      45.2
  M. Keough (OAK)        44.2
  L. Gura (KCA)          44.0
  P. Redfern (MIN)       42.2
  G. Zahn (MIN)          42.0

Hits:

  G. Zahn (MIN)            49
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        46
  J. Denny (CLE)           44
  S. McCatty (OAK)         44
  D. Leonard (KCA)         43
  J. Morris (DET)          43
  R. Gale (KCA)            42
  J. Koosman (MIN)         42
  K. Kravec (CHA)          42
  M. Torrez (BOS)          42

Runs:

  K. Kravec (CHA)          31
  R. Gale (KCA)            30
  J. Morris (DET)          27
  D. Leonard (KCA)         26
  G. Zahn (MIN)            26
  S. McCatty (OAK)         25
  M. Torrez (BOS)          25
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       24
  B. Hurst (BOS)           24
  D. Schatzeder (DET)      24

Home Runs:

  D. Eckersley (BOS)        7
  D. Leonard (KCA)          7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  J. Koosman (MIN)          6
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       6
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         5
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        5
  K. Kravec (CHA)           5
  M. Parrott (SEA)          5
  B. Stanley (BOS)          5

Walks:

  J. Beattie (SEA)         20
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       19
  R. Gale (KCA)            18
  S. McCatty (OAK)         18
  M. Parrott (SEA)         18
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)       17
  M. Keough (OAK)          17
  J. Morris (DET)          17
  D. Stieb (TOR)           17
  M. Torrez (BOS)          17

Strikeouts:

  M. Norris (OAK)          33
  P. Redfern (MIN)         33
  J. Matlack (TEX)         28
  B. Burns (CHA)           27
  R. Guidry (NYA)          27
  D. Leonard (KCA)         27
  F. Bannister (SEA)       26
  R. Dotson (CHA)          25
  R. Gale (KCA)            24
  M. Keough (OAK)          24


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