Tuesday May 20, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 20, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        20  14  3.26   34   7   7   315   292  135  114   20  105  160
Toronto         19  14  3.33   33  10   4   300   281  122  111   25  128  131
Oakland         19  17  3.39   36  18   2   326   282  138  123   18  133  197
Chicago         22  15  3.62   37   7  15   341   310  161  137   31  121  194
California      15  19  3.70   34   7   6   304   290  137  125   22  119  132
Texas           18  17  3.77   35   8   6   320   323  152  134   25  113  181
Baltimore       16  20  3.91   36   5   9   313   312  149  136   36  109  153
Milwaukee       16  17  4.04   33   4   7   296   321  150  133   30   88  122
Kansas City     20  15  4.17   35   8  10   313   315  163  145   25  123  136
Seattle         18  20  4.18   38  12   5   340   343  170  158   33  144  171
Minnesota       15  22  4.23   37   7   5   325   333  185  153   29   99  190
Detroit         16  18  4.65   34   7   5   300   303  160  155   27  121  138
Cleveland       14  20  4.91   34   7   5   299   323  175  163   30  124  184
Boston          18  18  5.04   36   6   9   323   352  200  181   31  138  145

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Norris (OAK)      5   2  0.53   8   8   6   0   1   68   33    7    4    0   25   49
Britt Burns (CHA)      5   2  1.35   7   6   4   0   1   53   36   12    8    4   10   37
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
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
Jon Matlack (TEX)      3   1  2.29   8   8   3   0   1   63   55   18   16    2    9   36
Mike Proly (CHA)       0   2  2.33  15   0   0   1   0   39   33   14   10    3   11   20

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   1  2.28  11   0   0   1   0   24   12    6    6    2    9   19
Tim Stoddard           0   2  3.06  14   0   0   7   0   18   15    8    6    0    6    9
Steve Stone            5   3  3.35   8   8   0   0   0   48   51   23   18    6   17   19
Dave Ford              1   2  3.49  10   3   1   1   0   28   26   12   11    2    6    7
Sammy Stewart          1   4  3.54   9   1   0   0   0   41   40   18   16    2   18   24
Mike Flanagan          4   2  3.68   8   8   4   0   1   59   57   25   24    6   15   29
Jim Palmer             3   2  3.82   7   6   0   0   0   38   40   17   16    9   13   17
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
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  2.36  19   0   0   7   0   34   27    9    9    0    8   21
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
Chuck Rainey           4   0  4.57   8   5   2   0   1   43   38   24   22    3   23   24
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
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  1.73  14   0   0   1   0   26   18    8    5    3    8   15
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
Jim Barr               0   0  3.38   8   0   0   1   0   29   29   11   11    3    9   10
Fred Martinez          1   0  3.45   5   1   0   0   0   16   10    6    6    1    9    4
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
Ed Farmer              3   0  2.32  17   0   0  12   0   31   23    8    8    2   10   19
Mike Proly             0   2  2.33  15   0   0   1   0   39   33   14   10    3   11   20
Steve Trout            1   3  3.76   7   6   2   0   1   41   37   19   17    3   11   17
Richard Dotson         5   1  3.86   8   8   1   0   0   44   46   22   19    4   18   34
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
Rich Wortham           3   1  4.64  14   2   0   0   0   33   30   19   17    1   22   18
Francisco Barrios      1   0  4.82   2   2   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    3    3    2
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
Sid Monge              0   1  3.52  15   0   0   3   0   15   13    6    6    1   13   12
John Denny             3   4  4.30   8   8   2   0   1   59   61   28   28    4   21   32
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
Mike Stanton           1   0  4.66  12   0   0   1   0   19   19   10   10    0   10   17
Dan Spillner           3   2  5.06   7   6   2   0   0   37   43   24   21    4   16   21
Victor Cruz            1   2  5.40  13   0   0   1   0   15   13    9    9    3    8   14
Wayne Garland          0   0  5.56   3   0   0   0   0   11   13   10    7    4    3    7
Bob Owchinko           0   4  5.97   6   5   0   0   0   32   40   21   21    5   10   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            1   0  3.57   8   0   0   0   0   23   23    9    9    2   12   15
Dave Tobik             0   0  4.42   6   0   0   0   0   18   16    9    9    1    8    6
Dave Rozema            2   2  4.74   9   6   1   1   1   38   41   20   20    1   12    8
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
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
Pat Underwood          0   2  5.50  11   1   0   0   0   18   24   11   11    3    9   10
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  1.78  14   0   0   7   0   30   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  4.50  13   0   0   1   0   18   15   13    9    2   13    8
Rich Gale              1   5  6.02   9   9   1   0   0   55   58   41   37    6   28   37
Dennis Leonard         2   4  6.46   9   9   1   0   0   54   66   41   39   11   19   35
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          3   3  4.35   8   8   1   0   0   50   62   29   24    5   11   17
Jim Slaton             1   1  4.41   3   3   0   0   0   16   17   10    8    3    5    4
Reggie Cleveland       2   2  4.73  15   0   0   2   0   27   23   15   14    1   10   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  2.36  17   0   0   4   0   34   28    9    9    3    6   28
Roger Erickson         0   2  2.52   7   2   1   0   0   25   20   16    7    0   12   14
Darrell Jackson        1   2  3.12   8   4   0   0   0   35   31   12   12    2   13   14
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
Tom Underwood          3   3  2.14  10   4   1   1   1   46   33   14   11    2   13   29
Tommy John             7   1  2.45   9   9   5   0   3   70   59   21   19    2   16   16
Ron Davis              2   2  2.59  12   0   0   0   0   31   26   10    9    3    6   15
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
Ed Figueroa            1   2  4.50   5   3   0   1   0   18   25    9    9    1    8    3
Rich Gossage           0   0  4.60  12   0   0   3   0   16   15   12    8    1    8    7
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   2  0.53   8   8   6   0   1   68   33    7    4    0   25   49
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
Rick Honeycutt         6   1  2.81   7   7   4   0   1   58   48   20   18    5   18   18
Floyd Bannister        2   4  2.86   8   8   4   0   0   50   47   17   16    5   18   36
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 Heaverlo          1   0  3.86  15   0   0   2   0   16   14    7    7    1    8    8
Rob Dressler           0   3  4.67   9   1   0   0   0   35   35   20   18    5   11   21
Jim Beattie            2   3  4.89   8   8   0   0   0   42   46   24   23    2   24   21
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
Dave Roberts           0   0  7.15   4   0   0   0   0   11   15    9    9    1    1    5
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  2.57  10   0   0   0   0   21   19    7    6    0   12   17
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   2  4.89   7   6   1   0   0   35   38   20   19    4   10   20
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  2.33  11   0   0   0   0   19   17    7    5    4    9   12
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  4.00  12   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
Balor Moore            1   0  5.21   8   0   0   1   0   19   23   12   11    1   10    8
Dave Lemanczyk         2   5  5.66   8   8   0   0   0   35   46   25   22    2   13    8

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  D. Eckersley (BOS)        5
  R. Gale (KCA)             5
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        5
  R. Waits (CLE)            5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5
  F. Bannister (SEA)        4
  J. Denny (CLE)            4
  J. Kern (TEX)             4
  B. Kingman (OAK)          4
  B. Kison (CAL)            4

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           7
  M. Norris (OAK)           6
  L. Gura (KCA)             5
  T. John (NYA)             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)          12
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        7
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      7
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         7
  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
  J. Denny (CLE)            1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1
  R. Guidry (NYA)           1
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        1

Innings Pitched:

  T. John (NYA)          69.2
  M. Norris (OAK)        68.0
  M. Keough (OAK)        66.2
  J. Matlack (TEX)       63.0
  R. Guidry (NYA)        61.0
  J. Morris (DET)        60.2
  D. Stieb (TOR)         60.1
  L. Gura (KCA)          59.2
  J. Denny (CLE)         58.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      58.2

Hits:

  B. Stanley (BOS)         67
  D. Leonard (KCA)         66
  M. Torrez (BOS)          63
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        62
  J. Denny (CLE)           61
  G. Zahn (MIN)            61
  J. Koosman (MIN)         60
  L. Barker (CLE)          59
  T. John (NYA)            59
  R. Gale (KCA)            58

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:

  R. Gale (KCA)            28
  M. Keough (OAK)          26
  M. Norris (OAK)          25
  J. Beattie (SEA)         24
  R. Guidry (NYA)          24
  M. Torrez (BOS)          24
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       23
  C. Rainey (BOS)          23
  D. Aase (CAL)            22
  J. Clancy (TOR)          22

Strikeouts:

  M. Norris (OAK)          49
  R. Guidry (NYA)          48
  M. Keough (OAK)          41
  P. Redfern (MIN)         41
  B. Burns (CHA)           37
  R. Gale (KCA)            37
  F. Bannister (SEA)       36
  J. Matlack (TEX)         36
  D. Leonard (KCA)         35
  L. Barker (CLE)          34


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