Saturday May 31, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 31, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        28  16  3.40   44   7  11   408   384  178  154   31  131  237
Oakland         25  21  3.55   46  22   3   420   372  187  166   21  167  232
Toronto         22  21  3.67   43  10   5   390   378  178  159   43  174  170
Milwaukee       23  20  3.76   43   7   9   383   394  178  160   42  108  154
Baltimore       22  24  3.80   46   8  12   405   394  187  171   46  144  198
Chicago         24  23  3.95   47   7  17   424   414  214  186   39  163  235
Texas           22  23  4.05   45   9   8   407   424  210  183   35  147  252
Kansas City     27  18  4.11   45  12  11   407   411  205  186   34  149  183
Minnesota       18  29  4.12   47  10   5   413   419  227  189   38  119  236
Seattle         23  24  4.18   47  14   8   418   422  212  194   43  176  225
California      19  25  4.26   44   8   8   393   407  208  186   33  152  187
Cleveland       21  23  4.60   44  10   7   388   414  210  198   41  149  250
Detroit         19  25  4.95   44   8   6   389   408  224  214   41  158  186
Boston          22  23  5.03   45   8  11   404   443  246  226   38  160  187

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Norris (OAK)      6   3  1.42  10  10   6   0   1   82   49   16   13    0   31   56
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
Scott McGregor         4   2  3.12   9   9   2   0   0   58   53   21   20    4   20   30
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
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
Chuck Rainey           5   1  4.03  10   7   2   0   1   58   50   28   26    5   26   31
Bob Stanley            3   5  4.44  10  10   3   0   0   71   79   37   35    6   26   35
Mike Torrez            1   5  4.50  11  11   1   0   0   68   81   39   34    4   30   26
Dick Drago             2   2  5.02  14   0   0   2   0   29   28   17   16    3   11   12
Skip Lockwood          2   1  6.35   9   0   0   0   0   17   24   15   12    1    7    5
Dennis Eckersley       1   5  7.16   7   7   1   0   0   33   35   29   26    8   13   14
Keith MacWhorter       0   1  8.38   5   0   0   0   0   10   15   10    9    0    7    3
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  2.23  18   1   0   2   0   36   28   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
Bruce Kison            3   4  3.71  10  10   2   0   1   61   56   30   25    3   24   24
Fred Martinez          1   0  3.90   7   3   0   0   0   28   22   12   12    1   14    8
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  2.27  21   0   0  13   0   40   31   10   10    3   15   22
Mike Proly             0   3  2.91  19   0   0   2   0   46   44   19   15    3   19   21
Steve Trout            2   5  4.03  10   9   2   0   1   58   63   29   26    4   14   28
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
Dan Spillner           4   3  5.08  10   9   3   0   0   57   69   35   32   10   18   34
Wayne Garland          0   0  5.56   3   0   0   0   0   11   13   10    7    4    3    7
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
Pat Underwood          0   3  5.06  13   3   0   0   0   32   41   18   18    5   12   15
Aurelio Lopez          4   3  5.46  19   0   0   5   0   31   33   20   19    5   10   27
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  2.61  19   0   0   8   0   38   38   11   11    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           6   2  3.72  11   6   1   0   0   48   42   26   20    6   21   28
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  2.57  19   0   0   4   0   21   16    6    6    2    8   15
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
Mike Caldwell          4   2  3.48  10  10   3   0   1   67   69   31   26   10   19   19
John Flinn             0   0  3.86   3   1   0   0   0    7    5    3    3    0    1    3
Reggie Cleveland       3   2  4.37  18   0   0   3   0   35   32   18   17    1   14   17
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  3.90  14   0   0   0   0   28   27   17   12    4   10   17
Jerry Koosman          4   5  4.50  12  11   2   0   0   74   73   39   37    9   18   42
Geoff Zahn             3   7  5.16  12  11   4   0   1   68   88   51   39    5   18   25
Mike Marshall          1   3  6.46  17   0   0   1   0   31   39   23   22    2   11   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
Rudy May               3   1  2.40  11   0   0   3   0   30   27    9    8    2    5   25
Ron Davis              2   2  2.61  15   0   0   1   0   38   30   13   11    4    7   16
Tom Underwood          4   3  2.85  12   6   1   1   1   60   45   22   19    5   16   42
Ron Guidry             5   1  3.12  10  10   1   0   1   75   71   30   26    7   27   61
Tommy John             7   2  3.26  11  11   5   0   3   77   75   30   28    3   21   22
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            6   3  1.42  10  10   6   0   1   82   49   16   13    0   31   56
Matt Keough            6   4  2.28  10  10   8   0   1   79   52   23   20    2   30   47
Bob Lacey              1   0  2.45  13   0   0   1   0   26   22    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
Dave Roberts           0   0  5.51   7   0   0   1   0   16   20   11   10    2    2   11
Gary Wheelock          0   0  6.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    0    1    1
Mike Parrott           1   6  6.63   7   7   1   0   0   37   54   32   27    8   20   14
Byron McLaughlin       1   3  9.25  14   2   0   1   0   24   36   26   25    1   21   15

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Babcock            0   0  1.93   3   0   0   0   0    5    2    1    1    0    0    4
Danny Darwin           3   1  2.14  12   1   0   0   0   34   31   10    8    0   16   33
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   3  4.81   9   8   1   0   0   49   53   27   26    5   15   28
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
Jerry Garvin           1   2  2.70  17   0   0   1   0   17   15    5    5    2    6   12
Jim Clancy             3   3  2.78   9   9   3   0   1   65   50   25   20    8   32   32
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
Joey McLaughlin        1   3  4.91  19   0   0   3   0   37   39   24   20    6   17   21
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  4.97   9   6   1   0   1   42   41   23   23    7   16   20
Dave Lemanczyk         2   5  5.40  10   8   0   0   0   43   57   29   26    4   15   10
Balor Moore            1   0  5.87  12   0   0   1   0   23   27   17   15    3   12   10

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  G. Zahn (MIN)             7
  R. Gale (KCA)             6
  J. Kern (TEX)             6
  M. Parrott (SEA)          6
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        5
  B. Kingman (OAK)          5
  J. Koosman (MIN)          5
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        5
  J. Morris (DET)           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
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      8
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         8
  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. Norris (OAK)        82.1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      81.0
  M. Keough (OAK)        79.0
  T. John (NYA)          77.1
  J. Morris (DET)        76.1
  R. Guidry (NYA)        75.0
  J. Denny (CLE)         74.2
  J. Koosman (MIN)       74.0
  D. Stieb (TOR)         73.2

Hits:

  G. Zahn (MIN)            88
  D. Leonard (KCA)         87
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        84
  M. Torrez (BOS)          81
  B. Stanley (BOS)         79
  L. Barker (CLE)          76
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        76
  T. John (NYA)            75
  J. Denny (CLE)           73
  J. Koosman (MIN)         73

Runs:

  G. Zahn (MIN)            51
  R. Gale (KCA)            48
  D. Leonard (KCA)         48
  J. Morris (DET)          41
  K. Kravec (CHA)          40
  L. Barker (CLE)          39
  J. Koosman (MIN)         39
  M. Torrez (BOS)          39
  B. Stanley (BOS)         37
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        36

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         13
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        11
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        10
  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

Walks:

  J. Beattie (SEA)         35
  R. Gale (KCA)            34
  D. Stieb (TOR)           33
  J. Clancy (TOR)          32
  M. Norris (OAK)          31
  M. Keough (OAK)          30
  M. Torrez (BOS)          30
  D. Aase (CAL)            28
  L. Barker (CLE)          28
  J. Denny (CLE)           28

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          61
  M. Norris (OAK)          56
  F. Bannister (SEA)       54
  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

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