Monday May 19, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 19, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        20  13  2.99   33   7   7   307   278  123  102   17   96  157
Toronto         19  13  3.31   32  10   4   291   271  118  107   24  124  126
Oakland         19  16  3.45   35  17   2   318   278  137  122   18  132  193
Chicago         21  15  3.66   36   7  14   332   303  159  135   31  117  188
California      14  19  3.67   33   7   5   297   283  133  121   21  117  130
Texas           18  16  3.74   34   8   6   313   314  147  130   24  112  177
Seattle         18  19  3.94   37  12   5   331   328  156  145   30  138  167
Baltimore       15  19  4.01   34   5   9   296   299  145  132   36  105  146
Milwaukee       15  17  4.01   32   4   7   287   310  145  128   29   86  117
Minnesota       15  21  4.23   36   7   5   317   327  181  149   28   95  186
Kansas City     19  15  4.29   34   8   9   304   310  163  145   25  120  130
Detroit         15  18  4.55   33   7   4   291   294  152  147   25  114  134
Cleveland       13  19  4.97   32   6   5   281   305  167  155   29  120  175
Boston          17  18  5.13   35   6   8   314   344  197  179   31  135  144

 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
Tim Stoddard           0   2  3.06  14   0   0   7   0   18   15    8    6    0    6    9
Sammy Stewart          1   3  3.09   8   0   0   0   0   35   32   14   12    2   15   22
Steve Stone            5   3  3.35   8   8   0   0   0   48   51   23   18    6   17   19
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
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  3.21   9   0   0   0   0   34   36   14   12    3   14   15
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
Jack Billingham        1   1  8.00   2   2   0   0   0    9   12    8    8    1    6    3
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  1.44  13   0   0   0   0   25   17    7    4    2    8   14
John Montague          1   1  2.30   9   0   0   2   0   16   11    4    4    1    3    4
Don Aase               3   3  2.47   7   7   2   0   0   51   48   16   14    2   22   24
Mark Clear             1   2  2.49  11   0   0   2   0   22   15    7    6    0   12   22
Fred Martinez          0   0  2.79   4   0   0   0   0   10    4    3    3    1    7    3
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  4.59   8   8   2   0   0   49   53   26   25    4   13   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  2.37  16   0   0  11   0   30   23    8    8    2   10   19
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             2   3  6.57   8   7   0   0   0   37   48   32   27    5   16   20

 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  3.52  15   0   0   3   0   15   13    6    6    1   13   12
Len Barker             4   2  4.38   8   8   1   0   0   51   59   29   25    2   21   34
Rick Waits             2   5  4.41   7   7   2   0   0   51   49   27   25    3   16   29
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  5.84  12   0   0   1   0   12   10    8    8    3    7   13
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
Milt Wilcox            2   3  5.03   9   8   3   0   1   48   47   28   27    6   20   22
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
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        2   1  1.84  13   0   0   6   0   29   24    6    6    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  3.42  10   0   0   2   0   24   25    9    9    0    6   10
Paul Splittorff        3   2  3.75   6   6   1   0   0   36   41   17   15    0    9    6
Gary Christenson       2   0  4.76  12   0   0   1   0   17   15   13    9    2   13    7
Dennis Leonard         2   4  6.46   9   9   1   0   0   54   66   41   39   11   19   35
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   1  0.78  14   0   0   1   0   23   20    4    2    1    3    9
Bob McClure            1   1  2.70  16   0   0   3   0   17   15    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  3.51   8   8   0   0   0   51   55   20   20    4   15   29
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
Jerry Koosman          3   4  4.76  10   9   1   0   0   59   60   33   31    8   13   33
Geoff Zahn             2   5  4.93   8   8   3   0   1   49   61   36   27    4   11   17
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             4   0  2.80   8   8   1   0   1   61   58   22   19    5   24   48
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   9   0   0   2   0   14    5    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  3.57   9   0   0   0   0   18   17    8    7    1    3   11
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  5.15   9   7   1   0   0   44   50   27   25    3   19   24
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   1  8.05  11   1   0   0   0   19   23   17   17    3   16   12

 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  3.12   7   7   3   0   1   49   47   20   17    6   10   26
Shane Rawley           2   1  3.46  12   0   0   2   0   26   22   11   10    2   18   12
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  3.12   8   8   2   0   1   52   54   22   18    4   17   33
Jim Kern               2   4  3.66  13   0   0   1   0   20   15    9    8    1   16    9
Fergie Jenkins         2   3  4.26   8   8   2   0   0   51   49   28   24    7   17   28
Doc Medich             3   1  4.55   6   5   1   0   0   30   30   15   15    3    9   17
Dave Rajsich           0   0  5.79  10   0   0   2   0   19   19   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             3   1  2.81   7   7   3   0   1   51   40   16   16    7   22   25
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
  S. Stone (BAL)            5
  L. Barker (CLE)           4
  R. Dotson (CHA)           4

Losses:

  D. Eckersley (BOS)        5
  R. Gale (KCA)             5
  R. Waits (CLE)            5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5
  J. Denny (CLE)            4
  J. Kern (TEX)             4
  B. Kingman (OAK)          4
  B. Kison (CAL)            4
  J. Koosman (MIN)          4
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        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)          11
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         7
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        6
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      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. Guidry (NYA)           1
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        1
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Keough (OAK)        66.2
  T. John (NYA)          65.0
  J. Matlack (TEX)       63.0
  R. Guidry (NYA)        61.0
  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
  J. Koosman (MIN)       58.2

Hits:

  B. Stanley (BOS)         67
  D. Leonard (KCA)         66
  M. Torrez (BOS)          63
  G. Zahn (MIN)            61
  J. Koosman (MIN)         60
  L. Barker (CLE)          59
  R. Guidry (NYA)          58
  J. Denny (CLE)           57
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        57
  J. Morris (DET)          57

Runs:

  R. Gale (KCA)            41
  D. Leonard (KCA)         41
  G. Zahn (MIN)            36
  J. Morris (DET)          34
  J. Koosman (MIN)         33
  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 (NYN)          7
  J. Clancy (TOR)           7
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          7
  G. Abbott (SEA)           6
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         6
  R. Gale (KCA)             6

Walks:

  M. Keough (OAK)          26
  R. Gale (KCA)            25
  J. Beattie (SEA)         24
  R. Guidry (NYA)          24
  M. Norris (OAK)          24
  M. Torrez (BOS)          24
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       23
  D. Aase (CAL)            22
  J. Clancy (TOR)          22
  B. Kison (CAL)           22

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          48
  M. Norris (OAK)          45
  M. Keough (OAK)          41
  P. Redfern (MIN)         41
  B. Burns (CHA)           37
  F. Bannister (SEA)       36
  J. Matlack (TEX)         36
  D. Leonard (KCA)         35
  L. Barker (CLE)          34
  J. Koosman (MIN)         33

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