Monday May 26, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 26, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        25  15  3.38   40   7   9   370   348  160  139   29  123  206
Oakland         22  20  3.63   42  20   2   384   340  174  155   20  156  222
Toronto         21  18  3.63   39  10   4   354   347  158  143   36  155  147
Milwaukee       20  18  3.73   38   7   7   340   356  159  141   33   97  139
Baltimore       20  22  3.74   42   7  11   368   357  167  153   42  129  183
Chicago         23  19  3.83   42   7  16   383   363  188  163   35  140  220
Texas           22  19  3.98   41   9   8   373   386  191  165   32  137  229
Kansas City     24  17  4.16   41  10  10   372   377  191  172   32  139  167
Seattle         22  21  4.20   43  13   8   384   387  193  179   41  157  201
California      16  24  4.20   40   7   6   358   368  189  167   28  139  169
Minnesota       16  26  4.21   42   9   5   367   373  205  172   33  108  214
Cleveland       17  22  4.74   39   9   6   342   367  192  180   36  135  211
Boston          20  21  4.81   41   6  10   368   393  216  197   33  152  164
Detroit         17  23  4.96   40   7   5   354   367  205  195   37  147  161

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Norris (OAK)      5   3  1.22   9   9   6   0   1   74   43   13   10    0   27   53
Britt Burns (CHA)      5   3  1.87   8   7   4   0   1   58   42   16   12    6   12   41
Larry Gura (KCA)       6   2  1.87  10  10   6   0   3   82   64   18   17    3   24   28
Mike Proly (CHA)       0   2  2.14  16   0   0   1   0   42   35   14   10    3   14   21
Matt Keough (OAK)      6   4  2.28  10  10   8   0   1   79   52   23   20    2   30   47
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
Floyd Bannister (SEA)  3   4  2.73   9   9   5   0   0   59   53   20   18    5   20   47
Ron Guidry (NYA)       5   0  2.78   9   9   1   0   1   68   63   24   21    6   26   55
Pete Redfern (MIN)     6   2  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   52   22   19    4   15   46

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   2  2.60  13   0   0   2   0   28   14    8    8    2   11   22
Tim Stoddard           0   2  3.15  16   0   0   8   0   20   20    9    7    0    8   10
Steve Stone            6   3  3.20   9   9   0   0   0   56   54   26   20    6   20   25
Jim Palmer             4   2  3.28   8   7   1   0   0   47   47   18   17    9   16   25
Sammy Stewart          1   4  3.46  10   1   0   0   0   42   41   18   16    2   18   24
Dave Ford              1   2  3.49  10   3   1   1   0   28   26   12   11    2    6    7
Scott McGregor         3   2  3.70   8   8   1   0   0   49   45   20   20    4   18   27
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    1
Mike Flanagan          4   3  4.00  10  10   4   0   1   72   74   33   32   11   20   34
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  2.31  22   0   0   8   0   39   29   10   10    0    8   23
Steve Renko            2   0  3.21   9   0   0   0   0   34   36   14   12    3   14   15
Skip Lockwood          2   1  3.77   8   0   0   0   0   14   15    8    6    0    7    5
Mike Torrez            1   4  3.97  10  10   1   0   0   66   76   34   29    4   29   25
Dick Drago             2   2  4.10  13   0   0   2   0   26   24   13   12    2   11   11
Chuck Rainey           4   1  4.44   9   6   2   0   1   51   43   27   25    4   24   26
Bob Stanley            3   4  4.50   9   9   2   0   0   62   70   33   31    6   23   28
Keith MacWhorter       0   1  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    8   11    7    6    0    6    3
Dennis Eckersley       1   5  7.16   7   7   1   0   0   33   35   29   26    8   13   14
Jack Billingham        1   2  9.00   3   3   0   0   0   13   22   13   13    2    7    3
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   1  2.53  16   1   0   1   0   32   26   12    9    4   10   20
Mark Clear             2   4  2.76  14   0   0   2   0   29   22   12    9    0   16   32
Fred Martinez          1   0  3.57   6   2   0   0   0   23   14    9    9    1   12    7
Don Aase               3   4  3.64   8   8   2   0   0   54   58   24   22    3   24   25
John Montague          1   1  3.68  12   0   0   2   0   22   24   11    9    2    7    8
Jim Barr               0   0  3.94   9   0   0   1   0   32   34   14   14    5   10   12
Bruce Kison            2   4  4.02   9   9   2   0   1   54   53   29   24    3   23   21
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  2.06  19   0   0  13   0   35   27    8    8    2   11   21
Mike Proly             0   2  2.14  16   0   0   1   0   42   35   14   10    3   14   21
Steve Trout            2   4  3.74   9   8   2   0   1   53   55   25   22    4   14   26
Richard Dotson         5   1  4.07   9   9   1   0   0   49   52   25   22    4   23   36
Randy Scarbery         1   2  4.13  14   0   0   2   0   28   24   14   13    1    7   18
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  5.03  16   2   0   0   0   34   32   21   19    1   23   18
Ken Kravec             2   4  7.26   9   8   0   0   0   40   54   37   32    6   17   23
Nardi Contreras        0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    5    7    5    5    0    2    1

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sid Monge              0   1  3.38  17   0   0   4   0   19   15    7    7    2   13   14
John Denny             4   4  3.99   9   9   3   0   1   68   69   30   30    4   24   40
Rick Waits             3   5  4.05   8   8   3   0   0   60   57   29   27    3   16   35
Len Barker             5   3  4.55  10  10   1   0   0   63   70   36   32    4   27   39
Mike Stanton           1   0  4.71  13   0   0   1   0   21   21   11   11    0   11   18
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   7   5   0   0   0   32   41   21   21    5   11   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  3.71  10   0   0   0   0   27   28   11   11    2   14   17
Jack Morris            4   5  4.79  10  10   2   0   0   68   61   38   36    5   23   28
Dave Rozema            2   2  4.89  12   6   1   1   1   42   47   23   23    2   15    8
Milt Wilcox            2   4  4.92  10   9   3   0   1   53   53   35   29    7   21   26
Aurelio Lopez          4   3  4.97  17   0   0   4   0   29   30   17   16    4    9   22
Pat Underwood          0   2  5.40  12   2   0   0   0   25   35   15   15    4    9   10
Jack Billingham        0   0  6.14   8   0   0   0   0    7   11    5    5    1    6    3
Dan Schatzeder         2   5  6.14   9   9   0   0   0   48   51   34   33    8   22   24
Dave Tobik             0   0  6.45   8   0   0   0   0   22   24   16   16    4   11    9

 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             6   2  1.87  10  10   6   0   3   82   64   18   17    3   24   28
Dan Quisenberry        3   2  2.52  18   0   0   7   0   36   33   10   10    1    6    7
Paul Splittorff        3   2  3.55   7   6   1   0   0   38   42   17   15    0   10    6
Renie Martin           5   2  3.67  10   5   1   0   0   42   39   23   17    6   17   25
Marty Pattin           1   0  3.96  12   0   0   2   0   25   29   11   11    1    7   11
Gary Christenson       2   0  5.40  15   0   0   1   0   18   18   15   11    3   14    8
Rich Gale              1   5  5.78  10  10   1   0   0   62   63   44   40    6   32   42
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  0.74  16   0   0   1   0   24   22    4    2    1    3   10
Bob McClure            1   1  2.55  17   0   0   3   0   18   15    5    5    1    7   11
Mike Caldwell          4   2  2.95   9   9   3   0   1   64   63   26   21    5   18   18
Moose Haas             5   3  2.98   9   9   1   0   1   60   59   20   20    4   15   32
Lary Sorensen          4   3  3.99   9   9   2   0   0   59   68   31   26    6   11   20
Bill Travers           2   2  3.99   6   6   1   0   1   29   32   14   13    5   11   10
Jim Slaton             1   1  4.41   3   3   0   0   0   16   17   10    8    3    5    4
Reggie Cleveland       2   2  4.88  16   0   0   2   0   28   25   16   15    1   11   16
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  2.25  18   0   0   4   0   36   28    9    9    3    6   32
Roger Erickson         0   3  2.73   8   3   2   0   0   33   27   19   10    1   13   19
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   6  4.71  10  10   4   0   1   65   78   44   34    4   16   21
Jerry Koosman          3   5  4.85  11  10   1   0   0   65   68   37   35    9   14   37
Terry Felton           0   3  7.13   5   4   0   0   0   18   20   18   14    2    9   14
Mike Marshall          0   3  7.46  15   0   0   1   0   25   33   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
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
Tom Underwood          4   3  2.85  12   6   1   1   1   60   45   22   19    5   16   42
Rudy May               2   1  2.92   9   0   0   3   0   25   21    9    8    2    5   19
Tommy John             7   2  3.01  10  10   5   0   3   72   66   26   24    3   20   18
Rich Gossage           0   0  3.80  15   0   0   4   0   21   20   13    9    2   11   16
Ed Figueroa            1   2  4.88   6   3   0   1   0   24   33   13   13    2   10    5
Luis Tiant             3   2  6.11   7   7   0   0   0   35   40   25   24    3   14   23
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   3  1.22   9   9   6   0   1   74   43   13   10    0   27   53
Matt Keough            6   4  2.28  10  10   8   0   1   79   52   23   20    2   30   47
Bob Lacey              1   0  2.55  11   0   0   0   0   25   21    8    7    1    4   12
Jeff Jones             1   1  2.87  12   0   0   2   0   16    8    5    5    0    8   15
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          4   4  5.33  10   8   1   0   0   51   55   32   30    3   23   25
Ernie Camacho          0   0  6.23   2   0   0   0   0    4    7    3    3    0    2    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 10.13  13   1   0   0   0   21   29   24   24    4   19   16

 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        3   4  2.73   9   9   5   0   0   59   53   20   18    5   20   47
Shane Rawley           2   1  3.00  13   0   0   3   0   30   23   11   10    2   20   16
Glenn Abbott           4   2  3.09   8   8   3   0   1   55   52   22   19    8   14   28
Dave Heaverlo          1   0  4.12  17   0   0   3   0   20   18    9    9    2    8    8
Jim Beattie            3   3  5.01   9   9   0   0   0   50   54   29   28    5   29   23
Rob Dressler           0   3  5.02  10   1   0   0   0   38   42   23   21    5   11   23
Gary Wheelock          0   0  6.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    0    1    1
Dave Roberts           0   0  6.14   6   0   0   1   0   15   19   11   10    2    1    8
Mike Parrott           1   5  6.96   6   6   1   0   0   32   45   27   25    6   18   13
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
Bob Babcock            0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Danny Darwin           3   1  2.14  12   1   0   0   0   34   31   10    8    0   16   33
Sparky Lyle            2   1  2.67  18   0   0   4   0   30   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   2  3.58   9   9   2   0   1   55   60   28   22    4   21   35
Fergie Jenkins         3   3  3.62   9   9   3   0   0   60   51   29   24    7   20   36
Jim Kern               2   5  3.97  16   0   0   2   0   23   18   13   10    2   18   12
Adrian Devine          1   1  4.66   8   0   0   0   0   19   33   13   10    1    7    7
Doc Medich             4   2  4.79   8   7   1   0   0   41   45   23   22    5   13   26
Dave Rajsich           0   0  5.82  12   0   0   2   0   22   22   16   14    3    7   18
Steve Comer            1   3  9.39   7   6   0   0   0   23   39   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   2  2.95   8   8   3   0   1   58   46   21   19    8   28   29
Paul Mirabella         4   3  2.98   9   9   2   0   1   54   53   19   18    5   25   15
Jerry Garvin           1   2  3.00  15   0   0   1   0   15   13    5    5    2    5   10
Luis Leal              1   0  3.52   1   1   0   0   0    8   12    3    3    1    4    0
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  4.31   8   5   1   0   1   40   35   19   19    5   16   20
Joey McLaughlin        1   2  5.28  17   0   0   2   0   31   35   22   18    5   14   15
Balor Moore            1   0  5.32  11   0   0   1   0   22   25   15   13    1   12    8
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
  L. Gura (KCA)             6
  M. Keough (OAK)           6
  P. Redfern (MIN)          6
  S. Stone (BAL)            6
  L. Barker (CLE)           5
  B. Burns (CHA)            5
  R. Dotson (CHA)           5
  R. Guidry (NYA)           5

Losses:

  G. Zahn (MIN)             6
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        5
  R. Gale (KCA)             5
  J. Kern (TEX)             5
  J. Koosman (MIN)          5
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        5
  J. Morris (DET)           5
  M. Parrott (SEA)          5
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           8
  L. Gura (KCA)             6
  M. Norris (OAK)           6
  F. Bannister (SEA)        5
  T. John (NYA)             5
  B. Burns (CHA)            4
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4
  R. Langford (OAK)         4
  D. Stieb (TOR)            4

Saves:

  E. Farmer (CHA)          13
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        8
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         8
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      7
  D. Corbett (MIN)          4
  R. Gossage (NYA)          4
  A. Lopez (DET)            4
  S. Lyle (TEX)             4
  S. Monge (CLE)            4
  D. Heaverlo (SEA)         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
  M. Haas (MIL)             1

Innings Pitched:

  L. Gura (KCA)          81.2
  M. Keough (OAK)        79.0
  M. Norris (OAK)        74.0
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      72.0
  T. John (NYA)          71.2
  R. Guidry (NYA)        68.0
  J. Denny (CLE)         67.2
  J. Morris (DET)        67.2
  D. Stieb (TOR)         67.2
  J. Matlack (TEX)       65.2

Hits:

  G. Zahn (MIN)            78
  D. Leonard (KCA)         76
  M. Torrez (BOS)          76
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        74
  L. Barker (CLE)          70
  B. Stanley (BOS)         70
  J. Denny (CLE)           69
  J. Koosman (MIN)         68
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        68
  T. John (NYA)            66

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         46
  R. Gale (KCA)            44
  G. Zahn (MIN)            44
  J. Morris (DET)          38
  J. Koosman (MIN)         37
  K. Kravec (CHA)          37
  L. Barker (CLE)          36
  M. Wilcox (DET)          35
  D. Schatzeder (DET)      34
  M. Torrez (BOS)          34

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         12
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        11
  J. Koosman (MIN)          9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  G. Abbott (SEA)           8
  J. Clancy (TOR)           8
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        8
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       8
  D. Boitano (NYN)          7
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          7

Walks:

  R. Gale (KCA)            32
  M. Keough (OAK)          30
  J. Beattie (SEA)         29
  M. Torrez (BOS)          29
  J. Clancy (TOR)          28
  D. Stieb (TOR)           28
  L. Barker (CLE)          27
  M. Norris (OAK)          27
  R. Guidry (NYA)          26
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       25

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          55
  M. Norris (OAK)          53
  F. Bannister (SEA)       47
  M. Keough (OAK)          47
  P. Redfern (MIN)         46
  R. Gale (KCA)            42
  T. Underwood (NYA)       42
  B. Burns (CHA)           41
  J. Matlack (TEX)         41
  J. Denny (CLE)           40

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