Sunday May 18, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 18, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        19  13  3.08   32   6   7   298   272  123  102   17   93  150
Toronto         18  13  3.35   31   9   4   282   265  116  105   22  120  121
Oakland         19  15  3.39   34  17   2   308   265  131  116   18  129  186
Chicago         20  15  3.76   35   7  13   323   299  159  135   31  114  180
California      13  19  3.81   32   7   5   284   269  131  120   21  115  125
Texas           18  15  3.81   33   8   6   300   305  144  127   23  106  167
Seattle         17  19  4.03   36  12   5   319   320  153  143   28  133  162
Milwaukee       15  16  4.04   31   4   7   276   298  141  124   29   82  110
Baltimore       14  19  4.10   33   5   8   287   293  144  131   36  104  140
Kansas City     18  15  4.30   33   8   9   293   297  158  140   25  117  127
Minnesota       15  20  4.31   35   6   5   309   324  180  148   28   93  183
Detroit         15  17  4.66   32   6   4   282   288  151  146   25  111  129
Cleveland       13  18  5.00   31   6   5   272   290  163  151   29  116  165
Boston          17  17  5.05   34   6   8   306   334  190  172   29  133  143

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Norris (OAK)      5   1  0.45   7   7   5   0   1   60   29    6    3    0   24   45
Britt Burns (CHA)      5   2  1.35   7   6   4   0   1   53   36   12    8    4   10   37
Tommy John (NYA)       7   0  1.66   8   8   5   0   3   65   52   14   12    0   10   14
Matt Keough (OAK)      5   3  1.76   8   8   7   0   1   67   40   15   13    1   26   41
Larry Gura (KCA)       5   2  1.96   8   8   5   0   3   60   47   13   13    2   20   15
Dave Stieb (TOR)       4   1  2.09   7   7   4   0   1   60   48   15   14    1   22   25
Tom Underwood (NYA)    3   3  2.14  10   4   1   1   1   46   33   14   11    2   13   29
Floyd Bannister (SEA)  2   3  2.17   7   7   4   0   0   50   43   13   12    3   17   36
Pete Redfern (MIN)     6   1  2.19   8   8   2   0   0   58   47   17   14    2   13   41
Paul Mirabella (TOR)   4   2  2.28   8   8   2   0   1   51   49   14   13    3   23   15

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   1  2.49  10   0   0   1   0   22   11    6    6    2    9   16
Sammy Stewart          1   3  3.09   8   0   0   0   0   35   32   14   12    2   15   22
Tim Stoddard           0   2  3.12  13   0   0   6   0   17   15    8    6    0    6    9
Mike Flanagan          4   2  3.68   8   8   4   0   1   59   57   25   24    6   15   29
Dave Ford              1   2  3.81   9   3   1   1   0   26   26   12   11    2    6    6
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    1
Steve Stone            4   3  3.86   7   7   0   0   0   40   45   22   17    6   16   13
Scott McGregor         1   2  4.64   6   6   0   0   0   33   35   17   17    3   13   20
Jim Palmer             2   2  4.70   6   5   0   0   0   31   36   17   16    9   12   16
Paul Hartzell          0   1  8.22   2   0   0   0   0    8   11    8    7    2    5    3
Dennis Martinez        1   1  8.22   6   4   0   0   0   15   22   14   14    4    7    5

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          2   0  2.37  18   0   0   6   0   30   23    8    8    0    7   20
Steve Renko            2   0  3.34   8   0   0   0   0   30   33   13   11    2   14   15
Jack Billingham        1   0  3.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    0    4    2
Skip Lockwood          2   1  3.75   7   0   0   0   0   12   13    7    5    0    5    4
Dick Drago             2   1  3.80  11   0   0   2   0   24   21   11   10    2   11   10
Mike Torrez            0   4  4.73   8   8   1   0   0   51   63   32   27    4   24   17
Bob Stanley            2   4  4.91   8   8   2   0   0   55   67   32   30    6   19   25
Chuck Rainey           3   0  4.93   7   4   2   0   1   38   34   22   21    3   21   24
Dennis Eckersley       1   5  7.16   7   7   1   0   0   33   35   29   26    8   13   14
Keith MacWhorter       0   1  8.44   3   0   0   0   0    5    8    6    5    0    5    1
Bruce Hurst            2   1 10.57   7   6   0   0   0   23   32   28   27    4   10   11

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           1   0  1.48  12   0   0   0   0   24   15    7    4    2    8   13
Don Aase               3   3  2.47   7   7   2   0   0   51   48   16   14    2   22   24
John Montague          1   1  2.77   8   0   0   2   0   13   10    4    4    1    2    3
Fred Martinez          0   0  2.79   4   0   0   0   0   10    4    3    3    1    7    3
Mark Clear             0   2  3.00  10   0   0   2   0   18   12    7    6    0   12   19
Jim Barr               0   0  3.38   8   0   0   1   0   29   29   11   11    3    9   10
Bruce Kison            2   4  3.67   7   7   2   0   1   42   37   20   17    3   22   14
Dave Frost             3   3  5.02   7   7   2   0   0   43   45   24   24    4   12   15
Chris Knapp            1   2  5.47   6   5   0   0   0   25   30   16   15    3   10   11
Frank Tanana           2   4  6.83   6   6   1   0   0   29   39   23   22    2   11   13

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Britt Burns            5   2  1.35   7   6   4   0   1   53   36   12    8    4   10   37
Mike Proly             0   2  2.33  15   0   0   1   0   39   33   14   10    3   11   20
Ed Farmer              3   0  2.45  15   0   0  10   0   29   23    8    8    2    9   17
Steve Trout            1   3  3.76   7   6   2   0   1   41   37   19   17    3   11   17
Richard Dotson         4   1  3.99   7   7   1   0   0   38   40   20   17    4   16   29
Randy Scarbery         1   1  4.24  11   0   0   2   0   23   22   12   11    1    6   14
Ross Baumgarten        1   2  4.45   6   6   0   0   0   30   25   18   15    5   14   13
Francisco Barrios      1   0  4.82   2   2   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    3    3    2
Rich Wortham           3   1  4.99  13   2   0   0   0   31   29   19   17    1   20   17
Ken Kravec             1   3  8.38   7   6   0   0   0   29   44   32   27    5   14   14

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Stanton           1   0  3.44  11   0   0   1   0   18   15    7    7    0    9   17
Sid Monge              0   1  4.15  14   0   0   3   0   13   11    6    6    1   12   10
Rick Waits             2   4  4.17   6   6   2   0   0   45   37   23   21    3   13   22
Len Barker             4   2  4.38   8   8   1   0   0   51   59   29   25    2   21   34
Dan Spillner           3   2  5.06   7   6   2   0   0   37   43   24   21    4   16   21
John Denny             2   4  5.07   7   7   1   0   0   50   57   28   28    4   19   27
Wayne Garland          0   0  5.56   3   0   0   0   0   11   13   10    7    4    3    7
Bob Owchinko           0   3  5.81   5   4   0   0   0   26   33   17   17    4   10    9
Victor Cruz            1   2  6.35  11   0   0   1   0   11    9    8    8    3    7   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
Dan Petry              2   1  2.16   4   3   1   0   1   25   19    6    6    0   12   13
John Hiller            0   0  2.70   7   0   0   0   0   20   21    6    6    2   10   13
Pat Underwood          0   2  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   14   18    6    6    1    5    8
Dave Tobik             0   0  4.42   6   0   0   0   0   18   16    9    9    1    8    6
Jack Morris            4   4  4.75   9   9   2   0   0   61   57   34   32    5   18   26
Dave Rozema            2   2  5.05   8   6   1   0   1   36   40   20   20    1   11    8
Aurelio Lopez          3   2  5.06  15   0   0   4   0   21   23   13   12    2    7   15
Dan Schatzeder         2   4  5.36   7   7   0   0   0   40   42   25   24    6   17   20
Milt Wilcox            2   2  5.95   8   7   2   0   1   39   41   27   26    6   17   17
Jack Billingham        0   0  6.14   8   0   0   0   0    7   11    5    5    1    6    3

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Terrell          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Dan Quisenberry        1   1  1.75  12   0   0   6   0   26   19    5    5    1    3    6
Larry Gura             5   2  1.96   8   8   5   0   3   60   47   13   13    2   20   15
Renie Martin           4   1  3.25   8   3   0   0   0   28   26   16   10    3   15   17
Marty Pattin           1   0  3.57   9   0   0   2   0   23   24    9    9    0    5   10
Paul Splittorff        3   2  3.75   6   6   1   0   0   36   41   17   15    0    9    6
Gary Christenson       2   0  4.41  11   0   0   1   0   16   15   12    8    2   12    7
Dennis Leonard         2   4  6.66   8   8   1   0   0   49   59   38   36   11   18   32
Rich Gale              0   5  6.89   8   8   1   0   0   48   53   41   37    6   25   32
Steve Busby            0   0  9.00   5   0   0   0   0    7   12    7    7    0    9    2

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Castro            0   0  0.46  13   0   0   1   0   20   17    3    1    1    1    8
Bob McClure            1   1  2.70  15   0   0   3   0   17   14    5    5    1    7    9
Mike Caldwell          3   1  2.86   7   7   3   0   1   50   46   20   16    3   14   16
Moose Haas             4   3  3.50   7   7   0   0   0   44   47   17   17    4   13   23
Lary Sorensen          2   3  4.22   7   7   1   0   0   43   52   25   20    4   11   12
Jim Slaton             1   1  4.41   3   3   0   0   0   16   17   10    8    3    5    4
Reggie Cleveland       2   2  4.74  14   0   0   2   0   25   22   14   13    1    8   13
Jerry Augustine        1   2  5.31  12   1   0   1   0   20   24   13   12    0    9    5
Bill Travers           1   2  5.75   5   5   0   0   0   20   28   14   13    5    7    7
John Flinn             0   0  6.75   2   1   0   0   0    4    5    3    3    0    1    2
Dan Boitano            0   1  8.15  11   0   0   0   0   18   26   17   16    7    6   11

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Redfern           6   1  2.19   8   8   2   0   0   58   47   17   14    2   13   41
Doug Corbett           3   1  2.27  16   0   0   4   0   32   26    8    8    2    6   28
Roger Erickson         0   2  2.52   7   2   1   0   0   25   20   16    7    0   12   14
Darrell Jackson        1   1  2.76   7   3   0   0   0   29   27    9    9    2    9   10
John Verhoeven         0   1  4.64  12   0   0   0   0   21   22   14   11    4   10   15
Geoff Zahn             2   5  4.93   8   8   3   0   1   49   61   36   27    4   11   17
Jerry Koosman          3   3  5.33   9   8   0   0   0   51   57   32   30    8   11   30
Terry Felton           0   3  7.13   5   4   0   0   0   18   20   18   14    2    9   14
Mike Marshall          0   3  9.00  13   0   0   1   0   21   31   22   21    2   10    9
Albert Williams        0   0 11.12   2   2   0   0   0    6   13    8    7    2    2    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tommy John             7   0  1.66   8   8   5   0   3   65   52   14   12    0   10   14
Ron Davis              2   2  1.80  11   0   0   0   0   30   22    7    6    2    6   15
Tom Underwood          3   3  2.14  10   4   1   1   1   46   33   14   11    2   13   29
Mike Griffin           0   2  2.75   4   4   0   0   0   20   18   11    6    2   10    8
Ron Guidry             3   0  3.29   7   7   0   0   0   52   52   22   19    5   21   41
Rudy May               1   1  3.50   7   0   0   2   0   18   15    8    7    1    4   15
Rich Gossage           0   0  3.95  11   0   0   3   0   14   12   10    6    1    5    6
Ed Figueroa            1   2  4.50   5   3   0   1   0   18   25    9    9    1    8    3
Luis Tiant             2   2  6.53   6   6   0   0   0   30   35   23   22    3   12   18
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
Mike Norris            5   1  0.45   7   7   5   0   1   60   29    6    3    0   24   45
Jeff Jones             1   1  1.32   8   0   0   2   0   14    3    2    2    0    5   14
Matt Keough            5   3  1.76   8   8   7   0   1   67   40   15   13    1   26   41
Bob Lacey              0   0  2.51   8   0   0   0   0   14   13    5    4    1    2    7
Rick Langford          3   2  4.03   8   6   3   0   1   45   48   22   20    3   15   24
Brian Kingman          2   4  4.73   6   6   1   0   0   32   33   21   17    3   15   15
Steve McCatty          3   4  5.35   8   6   1   0   0   39   45   25   23    3   19   22
Mark Souza             0   0  7.71   5   0   0   0   0    7    9    6    6    1    5    2
Rick Lysander          0   0  7.90   5   0   0   0   0   14   24   13   12    3    4    5
Dave Hamilton          0   0  8.64  10   1   0   0   0   17   21   16   16    3   14   11

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Heaverlo          1   0  1.69  14   0   0   2   0   16   11    3    3    1    6    8
Floyd Bannister        2   3  2.17   7   7   4   0   0   50   43   13   12    3   17   36
Rick Honeycutt         6   1  2.81   7   7   4   0   1   58   48   20   18    5   18   18
Glenn Abbott           3   2  3.32   6   6   3   0   1   41   40   17   15    4    8   23
Shane Rawley           1   1  4.03  11   0   0   2   0   22   21   11   10    2   15   10
Dave Roberts           0   0  4.35   3   0   0   0   0   10   10    5    5    1    1    5
Jim Beattie            2   3  4.89   8   8   0   0   0   42   46   24   23    2   24   21
Rob Dressler           0   3  5.53   8   1   0   0   0   28   32   18   17    4    8   17
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   2  9.00  12   1   0   1   0   19   27   19   19    1   17   13

 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
Jon Matlack            3   1  2.29   8   8   3   0   1   63   55   18   16    2    9   36
Danny Darwin           2   1  2.79   9   0   0   0   0   19   18    7    6    0   12   16
Sparky Lyle            2   1  2.81  15   0   0   3   0   26   23    8    8    2   11   13
Gaylord Perry          3   1  3.20   7   7   2   0   1   45   48   20   16    3   16   25
Fergie Jenkins         2   3  4.26   8   8   2   0   0   51   49   28   24    7   17   28
Jim Kern               2   3  4.40  12   0   0   1   0   14   14    8    7    1   11    7
Doc Medich             3   1  4.55   6   5   1   0   0   30   30   15   15    3    9   17
Dave Rajsich           0   0  6.00   9   0   0   2   0   18   17   12   12    2    6   15
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
Dave Stieb             4   1  2.09   7   7   4   0   1   60   48   15   14    1   22   25
Paul Mirabella         4   2  2.28   8   8   2   0   1   51   49   14   13    3   23   15
Tom Buskey             2   0  2.45  10   0   0   0   0   15   14    6    4    3    8   10
Jim Clancy             2   1  2.98   6   6   2   0   1   42   34   14   14    5   18   20
Jesse Jefferson        2   1  3.86   6   3   1   0   1   30   23   13   13    3   11   17
Jerry Garvin           0   2  4.15  11   0   0   1   0    9   10    4    4    2    5    6
Joey McLaughlin        1   2  4.74  15   0   0   2   0   25   25   16   13    2   13   15
Dave Lemanczyk         2   4  5.19   7   7   0   0   0   35   43   23   20    2   12    8
Balor Moore            1   0  5.87   7   0   0   1   0   15   19   11   10    1    8    5

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League Leaders

Wins:

  T. John (NYA)             7
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        6
  P. Redfern (MIN)          6
  B. Burns (CHA)            5
  L. Gura (KCA)             5
  M. Keough (OAK)           5
  M. Norris (OAK)           5
  L. Barker (CLE)           4
  R. Dotson (CHA)           4
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4

Losses:

  D. Eckersley (BOS)        5
  R. Gale (KCA)             5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5
  J. Denny (CLE)            4
  B. Kingman (OAK)          4
  B. Kison (CAL)            4
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        4
  D. Leonard (KCA)          4
  S. McCatty (OAK)          4
  J. Morris (DET)           4

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           7
  L. Gura (KCA)             5
  T. John (NYA)             5
  M. Norris (OAK)           5
  F. Bannister (SEA)        4
  B. Burns (CHA)            4
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4
  D. Stieb (TOR)            4
  G. Abbott (SEA)           3

Saves:

  E. Farmer (CHA)          10
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        6
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      6
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         6
  D. Corbett (MIN)          4
  A. Lopez (DET)            4
  R. Gossage (NYA)          3
  S. Lyle (TEX)             3
  B. McClure (MIL)          3
  S. Monge (CLE)            3

Shutouts:

  L. Gura (KCA)             3
  T. John (NYA)             3
  G. Abbott (SEA)           1
  B. Burns (CHA)            1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  J. Clancy (TOR)           1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        1
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        1
  M. Keough (OAK)           1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Keough (OAK)        66.2
  T. John (NYA)          65.0
  J. Matlack (TEX)       63.0
  J. Morris (DET)        60.2
  D. Stieb (TOR)         60.1
  M. Norris (OAK)        60.0
  L. Gura (KCA)          59.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      58.2
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)     57.2
  P. Redfern (MIN)       57.2

Hits:

  B. Stanley (BOS)         67
  M. Torrez (BOS)          63
  G. Zahn (MIN)            61
  L. Barker (CLE)          59
  D. Leonard (KCA)         59
  J. Denny (CLE)           57
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        57
  J. Koosman (MIN)         57
  J. Morris (DET)          57
  J. Matlack (TEX)         55

Runs:

  R. Gale (KCA)            41
  D. Leonard (KCA)         38
  G. Zahn (MIN)            36
  J. Morris (DET)          34
  J. Koosman (MIN)         32
  K. Kravec (CHA)          32
  B. Stanley (BOS)         32
  M. Torrez (BOS)          32
  L. Barker (CLE)          29
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       29

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         11
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        8
  J. Koosman (MIN)          8
  D. Boitano (MIL)          7
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          7
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         6
  R. Gale (KCA)             6
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       6
  B. Stanley (BOS)          6

Walks:

  M. Keough (OAK)          26
  R. Gale (KCA)            25
  J. Beattie (SEA)         24
  M. Norris (OAK)          24
  M. Torrez (BOS)          24
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       23
  D. Aase (CAL)            22
  B. Kison (CAL)           22
  D. Stieb (TOR)           22
  L. Barker (CLE)          21

Strikeouts:

  M. Norris (OAK)          45
  R. Guidry (NYA)          41
  M. Keough (OAK)          41
  P. Redfern (MIN)         41
  B. Burns (CHA)           37
  F. Bannister (SEA)       36
  J. Matlack (TEX)         36
  L. Barker (CLE)          34
  R. Gale (KCA)            32
  D. Leonard (KCA)         32

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