Wednesday May 21, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 21, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        21  14  3.29   35   7   7   326   300  140  119   22  108  169
Oakland         20  17  3.31   37  18   2   340   291  140  125   18  137  201
Toronto         19  15  3.52   34  10   4   309   295  133  121   30  132  132
Chicago         22  16  3.60   38   7  15   350   321  164  140   32  125  202
California      16  19  3.74   35   7   6   313   303  145  130   23  123  139
Texas           18  18  3.86   36   8   6   329   337  161  141   29  116  187
Baltimore       16  21  3.92   37   5   9   321   323  153  140   37  111  155
Milwaukee       16  18  4.08   34   4   7   304   332  156  138   32   91  124
Kansas City     20  16  4.10   36   8  10   327   329  167  149   25  127  142
Minnesota       16  22  4.17   38   8   5   334   340  187  155   29  103  192
Seattle         19  20  4.20   39  12   6   349   351  175  163   36  149  173
Detroit         16  19  4.75   35   7   5   311   316  169  164   32  124  146
Cleveland       15  20  4.83   35   7   6   308   330  177  165   31  127  189
Boston          19  18  4.96   37   6   9   332   358  202  183   31  141  150

 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  1.86   9   9   5   0   3   73   59   15   15    2   22   21
Dave Stieb (TOR)       4   1  2.09   7   7   4   0   1   60   48   15   14    1   22   25
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
Tommy John (NYA)       7   1  2.45   9   9   5   0   3   70   59   21   19    2   16   16

 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
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
Mike Flanagan          4   3  3.88   9   9   4   0   1   65   68   29   28    7   17   31
Scott McGregor         1   2  4.64   6   6   0   0   0   33   35   17   17    3   13   20
Paul Hartzell          0   1  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    9   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
Dick Drago             2   1  3.51  12   0   0   2   0   26   21   11   10    2   11   11
Skip Lockwood          2   1  3.75   7   0   0   0   0   12   13    7    5    0    5    4
Mike Torrez            1   4  4.47   9   9   1   0   0   58   69   34   29    4   27   21
Chuck Rainey           4   0  4.57   8   5   2   0   1   43   38   24   22    3   23   24
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  2.03  15   0   0   1   0   27   19    9    6    4    9   15
John Montague          1   1  2.20  10   0   0   2   0   16   13    6    4    1    4    4
Mark Clear             2   2  2.22  12   0   0   2   0   24   15    7    6    0   14   25
Don Aase               3   3  2.47   7   7   2   0   0   51   48   16   14    2   22   24
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  4.05   8   8   2   0   1   47   47   25   21    3   22   18
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   4  3.83   8   7   2   0   1   47   47   22   20    4   14   22
Richard Dotson         5   1  3.86   8   8   1   0   0   44   46   22   19    4   18   34
Randy Scarbery         1   1  3.91  12   0   0   2   0   25   23   12   11    1    6   17
Ross Baumgarten        1   2  4.45   6   6   0   0   0   30   25   18   15    5   14   13
Rich Wortham           3   1  4.54  15   2   0   0   0   34   30   19   17    1   23   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  3.18  16   0   0   4   0   17   13    6    6    1   13   14
Len Barker             5   2  4.14   9   9   1   0   0   59   66   31   27    3   24   37
John Denny             3   4  4.30   8   8   2   0   1   59   61   28   28    4   21   32
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  4.22   7   0   0   0   0   21   20   10   10    2    9    8
Dave Rozema            2   2  4.70  10   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
Pat Underwood          0   2  5.50  11   1   0   0   0   18   24   11   11    3    9   10
Dan Schatzeder         2   4  5.68   8   8   0   0   0   44   45   29   28    8   18   24
Aurelio Lopez          3   3  5.76  16   0   0   4   0   25   29   17   16    4    8   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
Larry Gura             5   2  1.86   9   9   5   0   3   73   59   15   15    2   22   21
Dan Quisenberry        2   2  2.30  15   0   0   7   0   31   26    8    8    1    5    6
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  0.77  15   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   2  3.26   8   8   3   0   1   58   57   26   21    5   17   18
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
Geoff Zahn             3   5  4.47   9   9   4   0   1   58   68   38   29    4   15   19
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
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   1  2.45   9   9   5   0   3   70   59   21   19    2   16   16
Tom Underwood          3   3  2.50  11   5   1   1   1   54   38   18   15    3   15   36
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               2   1  3.48   8   0   0   2   0   21   17    9    8    2    5   16
Rich Gossage           0   0  4.41  13   0   0   3   0   16   16   12    8    1    8    8
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   2  0.53   8   8   6   0   1   68   33    7    4    0   25   49
Matt Keough            5   3  1.76   8   8   7   0   1   67   40   15   13    1   26   41
Jeff Jones             1   1  1.93  10   0   0   2   0   14    6    3    3    0    5   15
Bob Lacey              1   0  2.70  10   0   0   0   0   23   20    8    7    1    4   11
Brian Kingman          2   4  4.02   7   7   1   0   0   40   38   22   18    3   18   18
Rick Langford          3   2  4.03   8   6   3   0   1   45   48   22   20    3   15   24
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  3.63  16   0   0   3   0   17   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            3   3  5.01   9   9   0   0   0   50   54   29   28    5   29   23
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  2.20   6   0   0   0   0   16   23    7    4    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  2.89  16   0   0   3   0   28   26    9    9    3   11   14
Gaylord Perry          3   1  3.12   8   8   2   0   1   52   54   22   18    4   17   33
Jim Kern               2   5  3.66  14   0   0   1   0   20   15   11    8    1   17    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  5.66  11   0   0   2   0   21   20   13   13    3    6   18
Steve Comer            1   3  9.67   6   6   0   0   0   22   38   26   24    5   12    7

 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
Jerry Garvin           0   2  4.00  12   0   0   1   0    9   10    4    4    2    5    6
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  4.86   7   4   1   0   1   33   28   18   18    5   13   18
Balor Moore            1   0  5.12   9   0   0   1   0   19   23   12   11    1   11    8
Joey McLaughlin        1   2  5.34  16   0   0   2   0   30   34   22   18    5   14   15
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
  L. Barker (CLE)           5
  B. Burns (CHA)            5
  R. Dotson (CHA)           5
  L. Gura (KCA)             5
  M. Keough (OAK)           5
  M. Norris (OAK)           5
  S. Stone (BAL)            5

Losses:

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

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
  S. Monge (CLE)            4
  R. Gossage (NYA)          3
  D. Heaverlo (SEA)         3
  S. Lyle (TEX)             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:

  L. Gura (KCA)          72.2
  T. John (NYA)          69.2
  M. Norris (OAK)        68.0
  M. Keough (OAK)        66.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      65.0
  J. Matlack (TEX)       63.0
  R. Guidry (NYA)        61.0
  J. Morris (DET)        60.2
  D. Stieb (TOR)         60.1
  L. Barker (CLE)        58.2

Hits:

  M. Torrez (BOS)          69
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        68
  G. Zahn (MIN)            68
  B. Stanley (BOS)         67
  L. Barker (CLE)          66
  D. Leonard (KCA)         66
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        62
  J. Denny (CLE)           61
  J. Koosman (MIN)         60
  L. Gura (KCA)            59

Runs:

  R. Gale (KCA)            41
  D. Leonard (KCA)         41
  G. Zahn (MIN)            38
  J. Morris (DET)          34
  M. Torrez (BOS)          34
  J. Koosman (MIN)         33
  K. Kravec (CHA)          32
  B. Stanley (BOS)         32
  L. Barker (CLE)          31
  J. Beattie (SEA)         29

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         11
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        8
  J. Koosman (MIN)          8
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       8
  D. Boitano (NYN)          7
  J. Clancy (TOR)           7
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         7
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          7
  G. Abbott (SEA)           6

Walks:

  J. Beattie (SEA)         29
  R. Gale (KCA)            28
  M. Torrez (BOS)          27
  M. Keough (OAK)          26
  M. Norris (OAK)          25
  L. Barker (CLE)          24
  R. Guidry (NYA)          24
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       23
  C. Rainey (BOS)          23
  R. Wortham (CHA)         23

Strikeouts:

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


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