Tuesday May 27, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 27, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        26  15  3.42   41   7  10   379   357  166  144   30  126  210
Oakland         22  21  3.62   43  20   2   393   350  178  158   20  159  225
Toronto         21  19  3.65   40  10   4   362   354  163  147   37  159  151
Milwaukee       21  18  3.66   39   7   8   349   359  160  142   33  102  142
Chicago         24  19  3.74   43   7  17   392   373  188  163   35  143  225
Baltimore       20  23  3.79   43   7  11   377   366  174  159   45  131  187
Texas           22  20  3.95   42   9   8   381   392  193  167   32  139  232
California      17  24  4.10   41   8   6   367   372  189  167   28  143  173
Kansas City     25  17  4.11   42  11  10   381   388  193  174   33  141  174
Minnesota       16  27  4.16   43   9   5   376   380  207  174   34  109  215
Seattle         22  22  4.20   44  14   8   392   392  197  183   41  163  207
Cleveland       18  22  4.77   40   9   6   351   379  198  186   39  138  217
Boston          21  21  4.79   42   7  10   377   404  220  201   34  152  172
Detroit         17  24  5.07   41   7   5   362   383  214  204   38  149  164

 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)      6   3  1.63   9   8   4   0   1   66   52   16   12    6   15   46
Larry Gura (KCA)       6   2  1.87  10  10   6   0   3   82   64   18   17    3   24   28
Mike Proly (CHA)       0   2  2.13  17   0   0   2   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  3.05  17   0   0   8   0   21   21    9    7    0    8   10
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
Steve Stone            6   3  3.52  10  10   0   0   0   61   59   31   24    8   22   28
Dave Ford              1   3  3.69  11   3   1   1   0   32   29   14   13    3    6    8
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            3   0  3.38  10   1   1   0   0   43   47   18   16    4   14   23
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
Don Aase               4   4  3.13   9   9   3   0   1   63   62   24   22    3   28   29
Fred Martinez          1   0  3.57   6   2   0   0   0   23   14    9    9    1   12    7
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            6   3  1.63   9   8   4   0   1   66   52   16   12    6   15   46
Ed Farmer              3   0  2.06  19   0   0  13   0   35   27    8    8    2   11   21
Mike Proly             0   2  2.13  17   0   0   2   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
Victor Cruz            2   2  4.19  15   0   0   1   0   19   16    9    9    3    8   21
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
Wayne Garland          0   0  5.56   3   0   0   0   0   11   13   10    7    4    3    7
Dan Spillner           3   3  5.66   9   8   2   0   0   48   61   33   30   10   18   25
Bob Owchinko           0   4  5.82   8   5   0   0   0   34   44   22   22    5   12   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   3  4.32   6   5   1   0   1   33   32   16   16    0   18   14
John Hiller            1   0  4.40  11   0   0   0   0   31   38   15   15    3   14   18
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
Dave Tobik             0   0  5.68   9   0   0   0   0   25   25   16   16    4   12   11
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

 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         4   4  5.89  11  11   2   0   0   70   87   48   46   13   21   45
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
Rickey Keeton          1   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    3    1    1    0    4    0
Bob McClure            1   1  2.29  18   0   0   4   0   20   15    5    5    1    8   14
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  2.13  19   0   0   4   0   38   30    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   3  3.02   9   5   0   0   0   42   36   14   14    3   14   15
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
Ron Davis              2   2  2.43  14   0   0   1   0   37   29   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
Mike Griffin           2   2  3.38   6   6   0   0   0   32   32   18   12    3   14   15
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  2.52  12   0   0   0   0   25   21    8    7    1    4   12
Jeff Jones             1   1  2.70  13   0   0   2   0   17    9    6    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   5  3.94   8   8   1   0   0   48   47   25   21    3   21   21
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   4  4.94  10  10   1   0   0   58   59   33   32    5   35   29
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
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
Bob Babcock            0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    0    0    2
Jon Matlack            3   1  3.02   9   9   3   0   1   66   61   24   22    2   12   41
Fergie Jenkins         3   4  3.48  10  10   3   0   0   65   55   30   25    7   22   37
Gaylord Perry          3   2  3.58   9   9   2   0   1   55   60   28   22    4   21   35
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
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  2.95  10  10   2   0   1   61   59   22   20    5   28   17
Tom Buskey             2   1  2.95  13   0   0   0   0   21   19    9    7    5   11   14
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
  B. Burns (CHA)            6
  L. Gura (KCA)             6
  M. Keough (OAK)           6
  P. Redfern (MIN)          6
  S. Stone (BAL)            6
  L. Barker (CLE)           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
  B. Kingman (OAK)          5
  J. Koosman (MIN)          5
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        5
  J. Morris (DET)           5
  M. Parrott (SEA)          5
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       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
  B. McClure (MIL)          4
  S. Monge (CLE)            4

Shutouts:

  L. Gura (KCA)             3
  T. John (NYA)             3
  D. Aase (CAL)             1
  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

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
  D. Leonard (KCA)       70.1
  R. Guidry (NYA)        68.0
  J. Denny (CLE)         67.2
  J. Morris (DET)        67.2
  D. Stieb (TOR)         67.2

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         87
  G. Zahn (MIN)            78
  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)         48
  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)         13
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        11
  D. Spillner (CLE)        10
  J. Koosman (MIN)          9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  G. Abbott (SEA)           8
  J. Clancy (TOR)           8
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        8
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       8
  S. Stone (BAL)            8

Walks:

  J. Beattie (SEA)         35
  R. Gale (KCA)            32
  M. Keough (OAK)          30
  M. Torrez (BOS)          29
  D. Aase (CAL)            28
  J. Clancy (TOR)          28
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       28
  D. Stieb (TOR)           28
  L. Barker (CLE)          27
  M. Norris (OAK)          27

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          55
  M. Norris (OAK)          53
  F. Bannister (SEA)       47
  M. Keough (OAK)          47
  B. Burns (CHA)           46
  P. Redfern (MIN)         46
  D. Leonard (KCA)         45
  R. Gale (KCA)            42
  T. Underwood (NYA)       42
  J. Matlack (TEX)         41

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