Thursday May 29, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 29, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        26  16  3.46   42   7  10   388   367  172  149   31  128  217
Toronto         22  19  3.59   41  10   5   371   358  164  148   37  165  158
Oakland         23  21  3.60   44  21   2   402   359  181  161   20  161  226
Milwaukee       22  19  3.61   41   7   9   366   373  165  147   35  103  148
Chicago         24  21  3.84   45   7  17   408   393  199  174   37  153  229
Baltimore       20  24  3.94   44   7  11   386   376  184  169   46  137  193
Texas           22  21  4.01   43   9   8   389   404  200  173   33  144  239
Minnesota       18  27  4.11   45  10   5   394   396  213  180   35  114  225
California      18  24  4.14   42   8   7   376   385  195  173   28  149  179
Kansas City     25  18  4.16   43  11  10   389   397  199  180   33  145  177
Seattle         22  23  4.25   45  14   8   400   404  204  189   41  165  213
Cleveland       20  22  4.69   42   9   7   369   396  204  192   40  148  233
Boston          21  22  4.78   43   8  10   386   413  224  205   34  155  179
Detroit         18  24  5.02   42   7   6   371   393  217  207   39  150  170

 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
Matt Keough (OAK)      6   4  2.28  10  10   8   0   1   79   52   23   20    2   30   47
Dave Stieb (TOR)       5   2  2.44   9   9   4   0   1   74   59   21   20    2   33   34
Rick Honeycutt (SEA)   7   1  2.59   8   8   4   0   1   63   50   20   18    5   18   21
Mike Proly (CHA)       0   3  2.68  18   0   0   2   0   44   40   17   13    3   16   21
Floyd Bannister (SEA)  3   4  2.73   9   9   5   0   0   59   53   20   18    5   20   47
Tom Underwood (NYA)    4   3  2.85  12   6   1   1   1   60   45   22   19    5   16   42
Mike Caldwell (MIL)    4   2  2.95   9   9   3   0   1   64   63   26   21    5   18   18

 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
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
Jim Palmer             4   3  3.86   9   8   1   0   0   51   52   23   22   10   17   29
Mike Flanagan          4   3  4.00  10  10   4   0   1   72   74   33   32   11   20   34
Sammy Stewart          1   4  4.10  11   1   0   0   0   42   42   21   19    2   20   24
Paul Hartzell          0   1  5.93   4   0   0   0   0   14   15   10    9    2    8    5
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
Bob Stanley            3   5  4.44  10  10   3   0   0   71   79   37   35    6   26   35
Chuck Rainey           4   1  4.44   9   6   2   0   1   51   43   27   25    4   24   26
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  2.36  17   1   0   1   0   34   27   12    9    4   10   22
Don Aase               4   4  3.13   9   9   3   0   1   63   62   24   22    3   28   29
Mark Clear             3   4  3.52  15   0   0   2   0   31   23   15   12    0   20   35
John Montague          1   1  3.68  13   0   0   2   0   22   26   11    9    2    7    8
Fred Martinez          1   0  3.90   7   3   0   0   0   28   22   12   12    1   14    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  5.79   9   5   0   1   0   33   40   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  1.96  20   0   0  13   0   37   27    8    8    2   13   22
Mike Proly             0   3  2.68  18   0   0   2   0   44   40   17   13    3   16   21
Steve Trout            2   4  3.74   9   8   2   0   1   53   55   25   22    4   14   26
Randy Scarbery         1   2  4.08  15   0   0   2   0   29   24   14   13    1    7   18
Richard Dotson         5   2  4.31  10  10   1   0   0   54   58   29   26    4   27   37
Ross Baumgarten        1   2  4.55   7   6   0   0   0   32   28   19   16    6   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  7.05  10   9   0   0   0   45   59   40   35    7   18   24
Nardi Contreras        0   0  7.94   3   0   0   0   0    6    8    5    5    0    3    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sid Monge              0   1  3.32  18   0   0   5   0   19   15    7    7    2   13   15
John Denny             5   4  3.62  10  10   3   0   1   75   73   30   30    4   28   44
Victor Cruz            2   2  3.80  16   0   0   1   0   21   16    9    9    3    9   23
Rick Waits             4   5  4.39   9   9   3   0   0   68   68   35   33    4   19   42
Mike Stanton           1   0  4.50  14   0   0   1   0   22   23   11   11    0   13   20
Len Barker             5   3  4.55  10  10   1   0   0   63   70   36   32    4   27   39
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            5   5  4.60  11  11   2   0   0   76   71   41   39    6   24   33
Dave Rozema            2   2  4.89  12   6   1   1   1   42   47   23   23    2   15    8
Aurelio Lopez          4   3  4.91  18   0   0   5   0   29   30   17   16    4    9   23
Milt Wilcox            2   4  4.92  10   9   3   0   1   53   53   35   29    7   21   26
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
Marty Pattin           1   0  3.62  13   0   0   2   0   32   35   13   13    1    9   14
Renie Martin           5   2  3.67  10   5   1   0   0   42   39   23   17    6   17   25
Gary Christenson       2   0  5.40  15   0   0   1   0   18   18   15   11    3   14    8
Dennis Leonard         4   4  5.89  11  11   2   0   0   70   87   48   46   13   21   45
Rich Gale              1   6  6.29  11  11   1   0   0   63   66   48   44    6   34   42
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
Bill Travers           3   2  3.31   7   7   1   0   1   35   33   14   13    5   11   12
Moose Haas             5   4  3.36  10  10   1   0   1   67   70   25   25    6   16   36
Lary Sorensen          4   3  3.99   9   9   2   0   0   59   68   31   26    6   11   20
Reggie Cleveland       2   2  4.40  17   0   0   3   0   31   27   16   15    1   11   16
Jim Slaton             1   1  4.41   3   3   0   0   0   16   17   10    8    3    5    4
Jerry Augustine        1   2  4.98  13   1   0   1   0   22   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
Darrell Jackson        1   3  3.02   9   5   0   0   0   42   36   14   14    3   14   15
Pete Redfern           6   2  3.09  10  10   2   0   0   67   59   26   23    5   15   49
John Verhoeven         0   1  4.18  13   0   0   0   0   24   23   14   11    4   10   16
Jerry Koosman          4   5  4.50  12  11   2   0   0   74   73   39   37    9   18   42
Geoff Zahn             3   6  4.71  11  10   4   0   1   65   78   44   34    4   17   21
Mike Marshall          1   3  6.59  16   0   0   1   0   29   37   22   21    2   10   12
Terry Felton           0   3  7.13   5   4   0   0   0   18   20   18   14    2    9   14
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
Rudy May               2   1  2.81  10   0   0   3   0   26   23    9    8    2    5   19
Tom Underwood          4   3  2.85  12   6   1   1   1   60   45   22   19    5   16   42
Tommy John             7   2  3.01  10  10   5   0   3   72   66   26   24    3   20   18
Ron Guidry             5   1  3.12  10  10   1   0   1   75   71   30   26    7   27   61
Mike Griffin           2   2  3.38   6   6   0   0   0   32   32   18   12    3   14   15
Rich Gossage           0   0  3.63  16   0   0   4   0   22   20   13    9    2   12   17
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          4   3  3.30  10   8   5   0   1   63   63   28   23    3   18   25
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  2.76  14   0   0   3   0   33   25   11   10    2   21   17
Glenn Abbott           4   2  3.09   8   8   3   0   1   55   52   22   19    8   14   28
Dave Heaverlo          1   0  3.74  18   0   0   3   0   22   20    9    9    2    8   11
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   3 10.07  13   2   0   1   0   22   35   26   25    1   18   15

 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
Bob Babcock            0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    0    0    2
Jon Matlack            3   1  3.11  10  10   3   0   1   72   70   27   25    3   13   48
Sparky Lyle            2   1  3.19  19   0   0   4   0   31   29   12   11    3   12   14
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   6  4.24  17   0   0   2   0   23   18   14   11    2   21   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             5   2  2.44   9   9   4   0   1   74   59   21   20    2   33   34
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  4.81  18   0   0   3   0   34   36   22   18    5   15   17
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
  J. Denny (CLE)            5
  R. Dotson (CHA)           5

Losses:

  R. Gale (KCA)             6
  J. Kern (TEX)             6
  G. Zahn (MIN)             6
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        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
  R. Langford (OAK)         5
  B. Burns (CHA)            4
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4
  D. Stieb (TOR)            4

Saves:

  E. Farmer (CHA)          13
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        8
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         8
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      7
  A. Lopez (DET)            5
  S. Monge (CLE)            5
  D. Corbett (MIN)          4
  R. Gossage (NYA)          4
  S. Lyle (TEX)             4
  B. McClure (MIL)          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
  J. Morris (DET)        76.1
  R. Guidry (NYA)        75.0
  J. Denny (CLE)         74.2
  J. Koosman (MIN)       74.0
  M. Norris (OAK)        74.0
  D. Stieb (TOR)         73.2
  J. Matlack (TEX)       72.1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      72.0

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         87
  B. Stanley (BOS)         79
  G. Zahn (MIN)            78
  M. Torrez (BOS)          76
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        74
  J. Denny (CLE)           73
  J. Koosman (MIN)         73
  R. Guidry (NYA)          71
  J. Morris (DET)          71
  L. Barker (CLE)          70

Runs:

  R. Gale (KCA)            48
  D. Leonard (KCA)         48
  G. Zahn (MIN)            44
  J. Morris (DET)          41
  K. Kravec (CHA)          40
  J. Koosman (MIN)         39
  B. Stanley (BOS)         37
  L. Barker (CLE)          36
  R. Waits (CLE)           35
  M. Wilcox (DET)          35

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         13
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        11
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  D. Spillner (CLE)        10
  J. Koosman (MIN)          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)            34
  D. Stieb (TOR)           33
  M. Keough (OAK)          30
  M. Torrez (BOS)          29
  D. Aase (CAL)            28
  J. Clancy (TOR)          28
  J. Denny (CLE)           28
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       28
  L. Barker (CLE)          27

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          61
  M. Norris (OAK)          53
  P. Redfern (MIN)         49
  J. Matlack (TEX)         48
  F. Bannister (SEA)       47
  M. Keough (OAK)          47
  B. Burns (CHA)           46
  D. Leonard (KCA)         45
  J. Denny (CLE)           44
  R. Gale (KCA)            42

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