Thursday May 22, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 22, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        22  14  3.22   36   7   7   335   308  141  120   22  111  175
Toronto         19  16  3.56   35  10   4   318   304  138  126   31  139  137
Chicago         22  16  3.60   38   7  15   350   321  164  140   32  125  202
Oakland         20  18  3.62   38  18   2   348   312  156  140   19  142  206
Baltimore       17  21  3.84   38   6   9   330   325  154  141   38  113  158
Texas           19  18  3.92   37   8   6   338   349  167  147   29  121  202
California      16  20  3.99   36   7   6   321   319  157  142   26  126  143
Kansas City     21  16  4.07   37   9  10   336   336  170  152   27  127  146
Milwaukee       16  18  4.08   34   4   7   304   332  156  138   32   91  124
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  20  4.77   36   7   5   319   326  174  169   32  129  147
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
Larry Gura (KCA)       5   2  1.86   9   9   5   0   3   73   59   15   15    2   22   21
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
Mike Proly (CHA)       0   2  2.33  15   0   0   1   0   39   33   14   10    3   11   20
Matt Keough (OAK)      5   4  2.44   9   9   7   0   1   70   49   22   19    1   29   41
Tommy John (NYA)       7   1  2.45   9   9   5   0   3   70   59   21   19    2   16   16
Tom Underwood (NYA)    3   3  2.50  11   5   1   1   1   54   38   18   15    3   15   36
Dave Stieb (TOR)       4   2  2.53   8   8   4   0   1   68   56   20   19    2   28   29

 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
Scott McGregor         2   2  3.86   7   7   1   0   0   42   37   18   18    4   15   23
Mike Flanagan          4   3  3.88   9   9   4   0   1   65   68   29   28    7   17   31
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
Fred Martinez          1   0  3.45   5   1   0   0   0   16   10    6    6    1    9    4
Don Aase               3   4  3.64   8   8   2   0   0   54   58   24   22    3   24   25
Jim Barr               0   0  3.94   9   0   0   1   0   32   34   14   14    5   10   12
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  5.40   7   5   0   0   0   27   31   17   16    3   10   12
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   2  3.06   5   4   1   0   1   32   27   11   11    0   17   14
John Hiller            1   0  3.47   9   0   0   0   0   23   25    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           5   1  3.19   9   4   1   0   0   37   33   19   13    5   15   21
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
Mike Griffin           1   2  2.36   5   5   0   0   0   27   25   12    7    2   11   11
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
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  3.93  14   0   0   3   0   18   17   12    8    1   10   11
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
Jeff Jones             1   1  1.80  11   0   0   2   0   15    6    3    3    0    5   15
Matt Keough            5   4  2.44   9   9   7   0   1   70   49   22   19    1   29   41
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
Ernie Camacho          0   0  7.36   1   0   0   0   0    4    7    3    3    0    1    5
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 10.89  12   1   0   0   0   19   28   23   23    4   17   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
Danny Darwin           3   1  1.98  11   0   0   0   0   27   25    7    6    0   14   27
Adrian Devine          0   1  2.20   6   0   0   0   0   16   23    7    4    0    5    5
Sparky Lyle            2   1  2.89  16   0   0   3   0   28   26    9    9    3   11   14
Jon Matlack            3   1  3.02   9   9   3   0   1   66   61   24   22    2   12   41
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
Tom Buskey             2   0  2.25  12   0   0   0   0   20   18    7    5    4   10   12
Paul Mirabella         4   2  2.28   8   8   2   0   1   51   49   14   13    3   23   15
Dave Stieb             4   2  2.53   8   8   4   0   1   68   56   20   19    2   28   29
Jim Clancy             3   1  2.81   7   7   3   0   1   51   40   16   16    7   22   25
Jerry Garvin           0   2  3.60  13   0   0   1   0   10   10    4    4    2    5    7
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
  R. Martin (KCA)           5
  M. Norris (OAK)           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
  D. Aase (CAL)             4
  F. Bannister (SEA)        4
  J. Denny (CLE)            4
  M. Keough (OAK)           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
  M. Keough (OAK)        70.0
  T. John (NYA)          69.2
  M. Norris (OAK)        68.0
  D. Stieb (TOR)         67.2
  J. Matlack (TEX)       65.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      65.0
  R. Guidry (NYA)        61.0
  J. Morris (DET)        60.2
  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. Matlack (TEX)         61
  J. Koosman (MIN)         60

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
  M. Keough (OAK)          29
  R. Gale (KCA)            28
  D. Stieb (TOR)           28
  M. Torrez (BOS)          27
  M. Norris (OAK)          25
  D. Aase (CAL)            24
  L. Barker (CLE)          24
  R. Guidry (NYA)          24
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       23

Strikeouts:

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

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