Friday May 23, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 23, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        23  14  3.22   37   7   7   344   314  144  123   24  113  183
Oakland         20  19  3.53   39  19   2   357   318  159  140   19  143  206
Toronto         19  17  3.66   36  10   4   327   316  145  133   34  141  138
Chicago         22  17  3.72   39   7  15   358   331  172  148   34  129  206
Baltimore       18  21  3.79   39   6  10   339   328  157  143   38  116  165
Texas           20  18  3.82   38   9   6   347   351  168  147   29  124  210
Milwaukee       17  18  3.96   35   5   7   313   336  156  138   32   95  127
Seattle         20  20  4.10   40  12   7   358   354  175  163   36  151  180
California      16  21  4.12   37   7   6   330   335  170  151   27  130  148
Kansas City     22  16  4.20   38   9  10   345   353  179  161   30  127  149
Minnesota       16  23  4.21   39   8   5   342   346  192  160   31  105  199
Detroit         16  21  4.79   37   7   5   327   331  179  174   33  134  149
Cleveland       15  21  4.82   36   7   6   316   342  181  169   34  127  194
Boston          20  18  4.85   38   6  10   341   362  203  184   31  145  154

 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
Larry Gura (KCA)       5   2  1.86   9   9   5   0   3   73   59   15   15    2   22   21
Britt Burns (CHA)      5   3  1.87   8   7   4   0   1   58   42   16   12    6   12   41
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
Rick Honeycutt (SEA)   7   1  2.59   8   8   4   0   1   63   50   20   18    5   18   21
Ron Guidry (NYA)       5   0  2.78   9   9   1   0   1   68   63   24   21    6   26   55

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   1  2.19  12   0   0   2   0   25   12    6    6    2    9   20
Tim Stoddard           0   2  3.06  14   0   0   7   0   18   15    8    6    0    6    9
Steve Stone            6   3  3.20   9   9   0   0   0   56   54   26   20    6   20   25
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  2.23  20   0   0   8   0   36   28    9    9    0    8   22
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
Bob Stanley            3   4  4.50   9   9   2   0   0   62   70   33   31    6   23   28
Chuck Rainey           4   0  4.57   8   5   2   0   1   43   38   24   22    3   23   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  2.03  15   0   0   1   0   27   19    9    6    4    9   15
Mark Clear             2   2  2.22  12   0   0   2   0   24   15    7    6    0   14   25
John Montague          1   1  2.45  11   0   0   2   0   18   15    7    5    1    5    5
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  5.85   8   5   0   0   0   32   39   22   21    4   11   14
Frank Tanana           2   5  7.42   7   7   1   0   0   30   45   30   25    2   13   15

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Britt Burns            5   3  1.87   8   7   4   0   1   58   42   16   12    6   12   41
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
Nardi Contreras        0   0  9.82   1   0   0   0   0    4    4    4    4    0    2    0

 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
Victor Cruz            1   2  5.06  14   0   0   1   0   16   15    9    9    3    8   17
Dan Spillner           3   3  5.08   8   7   2   0   0   44   53   28   25    7   16   23
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
Jack Morris            4   5  4.79  10  10   2   0   0   68   61   38   36    5   23   28
Dave Rozema            2   2  4.81  11   6   1   1   1   39   42   21   21    2   12    8
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  2.25  16   0   0   7   0   32   26    8    8    1    5    6
Renie Martin           5   1  3.19   9   4   1   0   0   37   33   19   13    5   15   21
Paul Splittorff        3   2  3.75   6   6   1   0   0   36   41   17   15    0    9    6
Marty Pattin           1   0  4.01  11   0   0   2   0   25   29   11   11    1    6   10
Gary Christenson       2   0  5.40  14   0   0   1   0   18   18   15   11    3   13    8
Rich Gale              1   5  6.02   9   9   1   0   0   55   58   41   37    6   28   37
Dennis Leonard         3   4  6.46  10  10   1   0   0   61   76   46   44   12   19   38
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
Bill Travers           2   2  3.99   6   6   1   0   1   29   32   14   13    5   11   10
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
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
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
Pete Redfern           6   2  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   52   22   19    4   15   46
Darrell Jackson        1   2  3.12   8   4   0   0   0   35   31   12   12    2   13   14
John Verhoeven         0   1  4.18  13   0   0   0   0   24   23   14   11    4   10   16
Geoff Zahn             3   5  4.47   9   9   4   0   1   58   68   38   29    4   15   19
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  8.22  14   0   0   1   0   23   31   22   21    2   10   10
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  2.70  13   0   0   0   0   33   27   11   10    4    6   16
Ron Guidry             5   0  2.78   9   9   1   0   1   68   63   24   21    6   26   55
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
Rick Langford          3   3  3.35   9   7   4   0   1   54   54   25   20    3   16   24
Brian Kingman          2   4  4.02   7   7   1   0   0   40   38   22   18    3   18   18
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         7   1  2.59   8   8   4   0   1   63   50   20   18    5   18   21
Floyd Bannister        2   4  2.86   8   8   4   0   0   50   47   17   16    5   18   36
Shane Rawley           2   1  3.00  13   0   0   3   0   30   23   11   10    2   20   16
Glenn Abbott           3   2  3.12   7   7   3   0   1   49   47   20   17    6   10   26
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
Fergie Jenkins         3   3  3.62   9   9   3   0   0   60   51   29   24    7   20   36
Jim Kern               2   5  3.66  14   0   0   1   0   20   15   11    8    1   17    9
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
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
Paul Mirabella         4   3  2.98   9   9   2   0   1   54   53   19   18    5   25   15
Jerry Garvin           0   2  3.60  13   0   0   1   0   10   10    4    4    2    5    7
Balor Moore            1   0  4.71  10   0   0   1   0   21   23   12   11    1   11    8
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  4.86   7   4   1   0   1   33   28   18   18    5   13   18
Joey McLaughlin        1   2  5.34  16   0   0   2   0   30   34   22   18    5   14   15
Dave Lemanczyk         2   5  5.49   9   8   0   0   0   39   54   27   24    3   13    9

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  D. Eckersley (BOS)        5
  R. Gale (KCA)             5
  J. Kern (TEX)             5
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        5
  J. Morris (DET)           5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  R. Waits (CLE)            5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5
  D. Aase (CAL)             4
  F. Bannister (SEA)        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
  R. Langford (OAK)         4
  D. Stieb (TOR)            4

Saves:

  E. Farmer (CHA)          12
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        8
  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
  R. Guidry (NYA)        68.0
  M. Norris (OAK)        68.0
  J. Morris (DET)        67.2
  D. Stieb (TOR)         67.2
  J. Matlack (TEX)       65.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      65.0
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)     62.2

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         76
  B. Stanley (BOS)         70
  M. Torrez (BOS)          69
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        68
  G. Zahn (MIN)            68
  L. Barker (CLE)          66
  R. Guidry (NYA)          63
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        62
  J. Denny (CLE)           61
  J. Matlack (TEX)         61

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         46
  R. Gale (KCA)            41
  J. Morris (DET)          38
  G. Zahn (MIN)            38
  M. Torrez (BOS)          34
  J. Koosman (MIN)         33
  B. Stanley (BOS)         33
  K. Kravec (CHA)          32
  L. Barker (CLE)          31
  F. Tanana (CAL)          30

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         12
  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
  D. Spillner (CLE)         7

Walks:

  J. Beattie (SEA)         29
  M. Keough (OAK)          29
  R. Gale (KCA)            28
  D. Stieb (TOR)           28
  M. Torrez (BOS)          27
  R. Guidry (NYA)          26
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       25
  M. Norris (OAK)          25
  D. Aase (CAL)            24
  L. Barker (CLE)          24

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          55
  M. Norris (OAK)          49
  P. Redfern (MIN)         46
  B. Burns (CHA)           41
  M. Keough (OAK)          41
  J. Matlack (TEX)         41
  D. Leonard (KCA)         38
  L. Barker (CLE)          37
  R. Gale (KCA)            37
  F. Bannister (SEA)       36

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