Friday May 30, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 30, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        27  16  3.38   43   7  11   397   370  172  149   31  129  227
Oakland         24  21  3.57   45  22   2   411   365  184  163   21  163  229
Toronto         22  20  3.58   42  10   5   379   365  170  151   39  169  164
Milwaukee       22  20  3.65   42   7   9   374   382  170  152   36  104  151
Baltimore       21  24  3.88   45   7  12   396   386  186  171   46  142  195
Chicago         24  22  3.89   46   7  17   416   402  208  180   38  161  233
Minnesota       18  28  4.05   46  10   5   404   403  216  182   37  117  231
Texas           22  22  4.05   44   9   8   398   416  206  179   35  145  248
Kansas City     26  18  4.12   44  12  10   398   403  201  182   34  145  180
Seattle         23  23  4.21   46  14   8   410   411  207  192   41  170  221
California      18  25  4.34   43   8   7   384   403  207  185   33  151  184
Cleveland       20  23  4.66   43   9   7   379   406  208  196   41  149  241
Boston          22  22  4.74   44   8  11   395   421  227  208   36  158  185
Detroit         19  24  4.93   43   8   6   380   399  218  208   39  154  177

 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)       7   2  1.89  11  11   7   0   3   91   70   20   19    4   24   31
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
Floyd Bannister (SEA)  3   4  2.58  10  10   5   0   0   66   56   21   19    5   23   54
Rick Honeycutt (SEA)   7   1  2.59   8   8   4   0   1   63   50   20   18    5   18   21
Jim Clancy (TOR)       3   3  2.78   9   9   3   0   1   65   50   25   20    8   32   32
Tom Underwood (NYA)    4   3  2.85  12   6   1   1   1   60   45   22   19    5   16   42
Mike Proly (CHA)       0   3  2.91  19   0   0   2   0   46   44   19   15    3   19   21

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   2  2.51  14   0   0   3   0   29   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
Mike Flanagan          5   3  3.78  11  11   4   0   1   81   84   35   34   11   25   36
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
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  2.66  23   0   0   9   0   41   30   12   12    1    9   24
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
Chuck Rainey           5   1  4.03  10   7   2   0   1   58   50   28   26    5   26   31
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
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
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  5.45  10   5   0   1   0   35   41   22   21    4   11   15
Jim Barr               0   0  5.56  10   0   0   1   0   34   43   21   21    8   11   12
Frank Tanana           2   6  7.86   8   8   1   0   0   34   53   35   30    4   14   19

 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  2.91  19   0   0   2   0   46   44   19   15    3   19   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   2  5.45  17   3   0   0   0   36   34   27   22    2   27   20
Nardi Contreras        0   0  6.23   4   0   0   0   0    9   11    6    6    0    4    4
Ken Kravec             2   4  7.05  10   9   0   0   0   45   59   40   35    7   18   24

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sid Monge              0   2  3.43  19   0   0   5   0   21   19    8    8    3   13   16
John Denny             5   4  3.62  10  10   3   0   1   75   73   30   30    4   28   44
Victor Cruz            2   2  3.74  17   0   0   1   0   22   16    9    9    3    9   24
Rick Waits             4   5  4.39   9   9   3   0   0   68   68   35   33    4   19   42
Len Barker             5   3  4.44  11  11   1   0   0   71   76   39   35    4   28   45
Mike Stanton           1   0  4.50  14   0   0   1   0   22   23   11   11    0   13   20
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
Milt Wilcox            3   4  4.35  11  10   4   0   1   62   59   36   30    7   25   33
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
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             7   2  1.89  11  11   7   0   3   91   70   20   19    4   24   31
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  0.71  17   0   0   1   0   25   23    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
John Flinn             0   0  3.86   3   1   0   0   0    7    5    3    3    0    1    3
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
Lary Sorensen          4   4  4.45  10  10   2   0   0   63   76   36   31    7   12   22
Jerry Augustine        1   2  4.98  13   1   0   1   0   22   24   13   12    0    9    5
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   2  2.14  20   0   0   4   0   42   32   10   10    4    7   35
Roger Erickson         0   3  2.54   9   4   2   0   0   39   32   21   11    2   15   22
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  3.42  17   0   0   5   0   24   20   13    9    2   12   18
Ed Figueroa            1   2  4.88   6   3   0   1   0   24   33   13   13    2   10    5
Luis Tiant             4   2  5.02   8   8   0   0   0   43   43   25   24    3   15   32
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          5   4  4.83  11   9   2   0   0   60   61   35   32    4   25   28
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
Floyd Bannister        3   4  2.58  10  10   5   0   0   66   56   21   19    5   23   54
Rick Honeycutt         7   1  2.59   8   8   4   0   1   63   50   20   18    5   18   21
Shane Rawley           2   1  2.73  15   0   0   3   0   33   27   11   10    2   22   17
Glenn Abbott           4   2  3.09   8   8   3   0   1   55   52   22   19    8   14   28
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  4.07  19   0   0   3   0   24   22   11   11    2    9   12
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  3.24  20   0   0   4   0   33   34   13   12    3   12   16
Fergie Jenkins         3   4  3.48  10  10   3   0   0   65   55   30   25    7   22   37
Gaylord Perry          3   3  3.79  10  10   2   0   1   62   66   32   26    6   22   42
Jim Kern               2   6  4.56  18   0   0   2   0   24   19   15   12    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   3  2.78   9   9   3   0   1   65   50   25   20    8   32   32
Jerry Garvin           1   2  2.93  16   0   0   1   0   15   14    5    5    2    5   11
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
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
Dave Lemanczyk         2   5  5.49   9   8   0   0   0   39   54   27   24    3   13    9
Balor Moore            1   0  5.87  12   0   0   1   0   23   27   17   15    3   12   10

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  L. Gura (KCA)             7
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        7
  T. John (NYA)             7
  B. Burns (CHA)            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
  F. Tanana (CAL)           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

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           8
  L. Gura (KCA)             7
  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)        9
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         8
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      7
  R. Gossage (NYA)          5
  A. Lopez (DET)            5
  S. Monge (CLE)            5
  D. Corbett (MIN)          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)          90.2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      81.0
  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

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         87
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        84
  B. Stanley (BOS)         79
  G. Zahn (MIN)            78
  L. Barker (CLE)          76
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        76
  M. Torrez (BOS)          76
  J. Denny (CLE)           73
  J. Koosman (MIN)         73
  R. Guidry (NYA)          71

Runs:

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

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. Barr (CAL)             8
  J. Clancy (TOR)           8
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        8
  D. Schatzeder (DET)       8

Walks:

  J. Beattie (SEA)         35
  R. Gale (KCA)            34
  D. Stieb (TOR)           33
  J. Clancy (TOR)          32
  M. Keough (OAK)          30
  M. Torrez (BOS)          29
  D. Aase (CAL)            28
  L. Barker (CLE)          28
  J. Denny (CLE)           28
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       28

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          61
  F. Bannister (SEA)       54
  M. Norris (OAK)          53
  P. Redfern (MIN)         49
  J. Matlack (TEX)         48
  M. Keough (OAK)          47
  B. Burns (CHA)           46
  L. Barker (CLE)          45
  D. Leonard (KCA)         45
  J. Denny (CLE)           44

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us