Friday June 6, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 6, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        31  18  3.56   49   9  11   453   427  203  179   36  146  261
Milwaukee       27  21  3.65   48   8  12   429   439  198  174   46  128  173
Baltimore       24  26  3.76   50  11  12   443   422  202  185   52  156  220
Chicago         28  24  3.85   53   9  18   475   461  232  203   41  188  252
Toronto         24  24  3.89   48  11   5   435   432  208  188   46  196  191
Oakland         25  26  3.97   51  23   3   463   431  229  204   33  190  254
Minnesota       20  30  3.99   50  12   5   440   440  237  195   40  128  249
Kansas City     31  20  4.01   51  14  12   462   461  226  206   36  168  207
Texas           24  27  4.03   52  11   9   464   491  239  208   40  169  288
Seattle         24  27  4.23   52  14   8   466   467  237  219   49  205  251
California      20  28  4.40   48   8   9   429   455  232  210   36  164  202
Cleveland       24  25  4.67   49  10   8   433   465  238  225   50  165  279
Detroit         21  26  4.75   48   9   6   428   446  239  226   42  170  210
Boston          24  25  5.10   49   9  11   439   483  273  249   42  172  196

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Britt Burns (CHA)      7   3  1.60  10   9   4   0   1   73   57   17   13    6   19   49
Mike Norris (OAK)      6   4  2.08  11  11   6   0   1   87   59   24   20    1   32   59
Larry Gura (KCA)       7   2  2.20  12  12   7   0   3   98   81   25   24    4   26   36
Rick Honeycutt (SEA)   7   1  2.64   9   9   4   0   1   72   59   23   21    6   19   24
Jim Clancy (TOR)       4   3  2.69  10  10   4   0   1   74   55   27   22    8   38   40
Scott McGregor (BAL)   5   2  2.84  10  10   3   0   0   67   57   22   21    4   21   37
Tommy John (NYA)       8   2  2.92  12  12   6   0   4   86   77   30   28    3   21   28
Moose Haas (MIL)       6   4  2.96  11  11   2   0   2   76   75   25   25    6   18   42
Dave Stieb (TOR)       5   2  2.96  10  10   4   0   1   76   64   27   25    2   35   34
Floyd Bannister (SEA)  3   5  3.04  11  11   5   0   0   71   62   26   24    6   26   59

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         1   2  2.48  15   0   0   3   0   29   14    8    8    2   11   23
Tim Stoddard           0   2  2.66  18   0   0   8   0   24   21    9    7    0   12   14
Scott McGregor         5   2  2.84  10  10   3   0   0   67   57   22   21    4   21   37
Mike Flanagan          5   4  3.60  12  12   5   0   1   90   90   38   36   12   28   39
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   5  3.91  12   2   1   0   0   51   47   24   22    3   21   29
Steve Stone            6   3  3.93  11  11   0   0   0   66   68   36   29   11   24   30
Dave Ford              1   3  4.01  12   3   1   1   0   34   32   16   15    3    6    8
Paul Hartzell          0   1  5.93   4   0   0   0   0   14   15   10    9    2    8    5
Dennis Martinez        1   1  8.44   7   4   0   0   0   16   23   15   15    5    8    5

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Renko            3   0  3.02  11   2   1   0   0   48   49   18   16    4   14   26
Tom Burgmeier          2   1  3.19  24   0   0   9   0   42   38   19   15    1    9   24
Bob Stanley            4   5  4.16  11  11   4   0   0   80   85   39   37    6   28   36
Chuck Rainey           6   1  4.29  11   8   2   0   1   65   58   33   31    6   29   31
Mike Torrez            1   5  4.50  11  11   1   0   0   68   81   39   34    4   30   26
Dick Drago             2   2  4.94  15   0   0   2   0   31   30   18   17    3   11   12
Skip Lockwood          2   1  6.43  11   0   0   0   0   21   28   18   15    2   10    7
Dennis Eckersley       1   5  7.16   7   7   1   0   0   33   35   29   26    8   13   14
Jack Billingham        1   3  8.66   4   4   0   0   0   18   28   17   17    3   10    3
Bruce Hurst            2   1 10.57   7   6   0   0   0   23   32   28   27    4   10   11
Keith MacWhorter       0   1 11.45   6   0   0   0   0   11   19   15   14    1    8    6

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           1   2  2.31  20   1   0   3   0   39   31   13   10    4   11   22
Don Aase               4   4  3.39  10  10   3   0   1   69   69   28   26    3   30   29
Mark Clear             3   4  3.74  16   0   0   2   0   34   25   17   14    0   21   40
John Montague          1   1  3.86  15   0   0   2   0   28   37   14   12    3    8   10
Bruce Kison            3   5  4.09  11  11   2   0   1   66   64   35   30    3   27   25
Dave Frost             4   3  4.25   9   9   2   0   0   55   58   27   26    4   15   17
Fred Martinez          1   1  4.83   8   4   0   0   0   32   30   17   17    2   14   11
Chris Knapp            1   2  5.40  11   5   0   1   0   37   43   23   22    4   13   15
Jim Barr               0   0  5.56  10   0   0   1   0   34   43   21   21    8   11   12
Frank Tanana           2   6  7.93   9   8   1   0   0   36   55   37   32    5   14   21

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Britt Burns            7   3  1.60  10   9   4   0   1   73   57   17   13    6   19   49
Ed Farmer              5   0  2.20  24   0   0  13   0   45   38   11   11    4   19   23
Mike Proly             0   3  3.17  20   0   0   2   0   48   46   21   17    3   20   21
Richard Dotson         6   2  3.84  11  11   2   0   0   63   61   30   27    4   30   41
Steve Trout            2   5  3.98  11  10   2   0   1   63   72   32   28    4   15   30
Ross Baumgarten        1   2  4.06   8   7   1   0   0   38   30   20   17    6   16   16
Randy Scarbery         1   2  4.08  15   0   0   2   0   29   24   14   13    1    7   18
Francisco Barrios      1   1  4.96   3   3   0   0   0   16   21    9    9    4    8    2
Rich Wortham           3   2  5.59  20   3   0   1   0   39   38   29   24    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  6.62  11  10   0   0   0   52   63   43   38    7   23   28

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Denny             5   4  3.62  10  10   3   0   1   75   73   30   30    4   28   44
Len Barker             5   3  4.10  12  12   1   0   0   79   81   40   36    4   30   52
Mike Stanton           1   0  4.30  17   0   0   1   0   29   32   14   14    1   17   27
Victor Cruz            3   2  4.39  21   0   0   2   0   27   22   13   13    6   10   29
Sid Monge              0   4  4.44  22   0   0   5   0   24   23   12   12    6   13   17
Wayne Garland          1   0  4.71   5   1   0   0   0   21   25   14   11    5    5   11
Dan Spillner           5   3  4.81  11  10   3   0   0   64   74   38   34   10   22   34
Rick Waits             4   5  5.20  11  11   3   0   0   73   77   44   42    5   22   46
Bob Owchinko           0   4  5.77   9   5   0   0   0   34   45   22   22    5   12   13
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
Roger Weaver           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    2    2
Milt Wilcox            4   4  3.80  12  11   5   0   1   71   64   38   30    7   26   38
Dan Petry              2   3  3.92   7   6   1   0   1   41   40   18   18    0   24   20
Jack Morris            5   5  4.38  12  12   2   0   0   86   81   44   42    6   24   40
John Hiller            1   0  4.40  11   0   0   0   0   31   38   15   15    3   14   18
Aurelio Lopez          5   3  4.84  21   0   0   5   0   35   35   20   19    5   10   30
Dave Rozema            2   2  4.89  12   6   1   1   1   42   47   23   23    2   15    8
Pat Underwood          0   4  5.60  14   4   0   0   0   35   49   23   22    6   12   16
Dave Tobik             0   0  6.04  10   0   0   0   0   28   30   19   19    4   15   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  2.20  12  12   7   0   3   98   81   25   24    4   26   36
Dan Quisenberry        4   2  2.32  22   0   0   9   0   43   40   11   11    1    7   10
Marty Pattin           1   0  3.48  14   0   0   2   0   34   38   14   13    1    9   14
Renie Martin           7   2  3.61  12   7   2   0   0   57   47   29   23    6   24   29
Paul Splittorff        4   3  4.43   9   8   1   0   0   45   54   24   22    2   14    8
Gary Christenson       2   0  4.87  17   0   0   1   0   20   20   15   11    3   15    8
Dennis Leonard         5   5  5.28  13  13   3   0   1   87   98   53   51   13   25   55
Rich Gale              1   6  5.63  12  11   1   0   0   70   70   48   44    6   38   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  1.19  20   0   0   2   0   30   28    6    4    1    5   13
Bob McClure            1   2  2.66  22   0   0   5   0   24   19    7    7    3    9   16
Bill Travers           3   2  2.90   8   8   1   0   1   40   38   18   13    5   14   13
Moose Haas             6   4  2.96  11  11   2   0   2   76   75   25   25    6   18   42
John Flinn             1   0  3.09   5   1   0   0   0   12    7    6    4    1    6    3
Mike Caldwell          5   2  3.39  11  11   3   0   1   74   77   33   28   10   23   24
Lary Sorensen          5   4  4.20  11  11   2   0   0   71   84   38   33    7   13   25
Jim Slaton             1   1  4.41   3   3   0   0   0   16   17   10    8    3    5    4
Rickey Keeton          1   0  4.50   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    5    5    1    6    0
Reggie Cleveland       3   2  4.71  19   0   0   3   0   36   35   20   19    2   14   17
Jerry Augustine        1   2  4.91  14   1   0   2   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   3  3.41  11  11   2   0   0   71   67   31   27    6   17   51
John Verhoeven         0   1  3.86  15   0   0   0   0   28   27   17   12    4   11   18
Jerry Koosman          5   5  4.12  13  12   3   0   0   83   78   43   38   10   20   45
Geoff Zahn             4   7  4.52  14  12   5   0   2   80   93   52   40    5   21   31
Mike Marshall          1   3  6.12  18   0   0   1   0   32   42   23   22    2   12   13
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  2.18  12   0   0   3   0   33   28    9    8    2    6   28
Ron Davis              2   3  2.68  16   0   0   1   0   44   36   15   13    4   10   16
Tommy John             8   2  2.92  12  12   6   0   4   86   77   30   28    3   21   28
Tom Underwood          5   3  3.09  13   7   1   1   1   67   50   26   23    6   19   46
Ron Guidry             6   1  3.11  11  11   2   0   1   84   78   33   29    8   29   68
Mike Griffin           2   2  4.00   7   7   0   0   0   36   38   22   16    4   16   15
Rich Gossage           0   0  4.21  18   0   0   5   0   26   25   16   12    3   12   19
Ed Figueroa            1   2  5.33   7   3   0   1   0   27   39   16   16    2   12    7
Luis Tiant             4   3  6.00   9   9   0   0   0   45   48   31   30    4   17   33
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   4  2.08  11  11   6   0   1   87   59   24   20    1   32   59
Bob Lacey              1   0  2.30  15   0   0   1   0   27   22    8    7    1    5   13
Jeff Jones             1   1  2.49  16   0   0   2   0   22   14    7    6    0   12   17
Matt Keough            6   5  3.13  12  11   8   0   1   83   61   33   29    6   33   51
Rick Langford          4   4  3.61  11   9   6   0   1   72   71   34   29    5   22   29
Brian Kingman          2   6  4.41   9   9   1   0   0   51   50   29   25    3   26   22
Steve McCatty          5   5  4.80  12  10   2   0   0   66   70   40   35    7   27   29
Ernie Camacho          0   0  7.36   4   0   0   0   0   11   20    9    9    2    4    9
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 10.03  15   1   0   0   0   23   31   26   26    4   20   18

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Honeycutt         7   1  2.64   9   9   4   0   1   72   59   23   21    6   19   24
Shane Rawley           2   1  2.77  18   0   0   3   0   39   31   13   12    2   29   20
Floyd Bannister        3   5  3.04  11  11   5   0   0   71   62   26   24    6   26   59
Glenn Abbott           4   2  3.09   8   8   3   0   1   55   52   22   19    8   14   28
Dave Heaverlo          3   0  4.18  21   0   0   3   0   28   26   13   13    3   12   14
Dave Roberts           0   0  4.50   8   1   0   1   0   24   24   13   12    2    6   16
Jim Beattie            3   5  4.90  12  12   1   0   0   72   74   40   39    7   44   33
Rob Dressler           0   3  5.18  11   1   0   0   0   40   43   25   23    5   13   25
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   4  9.59  15   2   0   1   0   25   38   28   27    2   21   17

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Darwin           4   1  2.13  13   2   0   0   0   42   43   13   10    0   19   37
Sparky Lyle            2   1  2.92  23   0   0   5   0   37   37   13   12    3   12   20
Jon Matlack            3   2  3.12  12  12   5   0   1   87   84   32   30    3   16   61
Fergie Jenkins         3   4  3.48  10  10   3   0   0   65   55   30   25    7   22   37
Gaylord Perry          3   3  3.59  11  11   2   0   1   68   71   36   27    6   24   47
Bob Babcock            0   0  4.05   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    0    2    4
Doc Medich             5   3  4.63  10   9   1   0   0   56   61   30   29    6   18   30
Adrian Devine          1   1  4.76  10   0   0   0   0   23   39   15   12    2    8    7
Jim Kern               2   8  5.34  20   1   0   2   0   30   30   21   18    4   26   19
Dave Rajsich           0   1  6.08  13   1   0   2   0   27   28   20   18    4   10   19
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
Jerry Garvin           1   2  2.41  18   0   0   1   0   19   16    5    5    2    6   12
Jim Clancy             4   3  2.69  10  10   4   0   1   74   55   27   22    8   38   40
Dave Stieb             5   2  2.96  10  10   4   0   1   76   64   27   25    2   35   34
Paul Mirabella         4   5  3.63  12  12   2   0   1   69   74   30   28    5   33   20
Tom Buskey             2   1  3.90  15   0   0   0   0   28   25   14   12    7   14   17
Jesse Jefferson        2   2  4.47  10   6   1   0   1   46   44   23   23    7   17   24
Joey McLaughlin        2   3  4.54  20   0   0   3   0   40   40   24   20    6   19   23
Dave Lemanczyk         2   5  5.40  10   8   0   0   0   43   57   29   26    4   15   10
Balor Moore            1   0  5.58  15   0   0   1   0   31   37   21   19    4   15   11
Luis Leal              1   1  6.75   2   2   0   0   0    8   17    6    6    1    4    0
Mike Barlow            0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    2    2    0    0    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  T. John (NYA)             8
  B. Burns (CHA)            7
  L. Gura (KCA)             7
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        7
  R. Martin (KCA)           7
  R. Dotson (CHA)           6
  R. Guidry (NYA)           6
  M. Haas (MIL)             6
  M. Keough (OAK)           6
  M. Norris (OAK)           6

Losses:

  J. Kern (TEX)             8
  G. Zahn (MIN)             7
  R. Gale (KCA)             6
  B. Kingman (OAK)          6
  M. Parrott (SEA)          6
  F. Tanana (CAL)           6
  F. Bannister (SEA)        5
  J. Beattie (SEA)          5
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        5
  M. Keough (OAK)           5

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           8
  L. Gura (KCA)             7
  T. John (NYA)             6
  R. Langford (OAK)         6
  M. Norris (OAK)           6
  F. Bannister (SEA)        5
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         5
  J. Matlack (TEX)          5
  M. Wilcox (DET)           5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5

Saves:

  E. Farmer (CHA)          13
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        9
  D. Quisenberry (KCA)      9
  T. Stoddard (BAL)         8
  R. Gossage (NYA)          5
  A. Lopez (DET)            5
  S. Lyle (TEX)             5
  B. McClure (MIL)          5
  S. Monge (CLE)            5
  D. Corbett (MIN)          4

Shutouts:

  T. John (NYA)             4
  L. Gura (KCA)             3
  M. Haas (MIL)             2
  G. Zahn (MIN)             2
  D. Aase (CAL)             1
  G. Abbott (SEA)           1
  B. Burns (CHA)            1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  J. Clancy (TOR)           1
  J. Denny (CLE)            1

Innings Pitched:

  L. Gura (KCA)          98.0
  M. Flanagan (BAL)      90.0
  D. Leonard (KCA)       87.0
  J. Matlack (TEX)       86.2
  M. Norris (OAK)        86.2
  T. John (NYA)          86.1
  J. Morris (DET)        86.1
  R. Guidry (NYA)        84.0
  M. Keough (OAK)        83.1
  J. Koosman (MIN)       83.0

Hits:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         98
  G. Zahn (MIN)            93
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        90
  B. Stanley (BOS)         85
  J. Matlack (TEX)         84
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        84
  L. Barker (CLE)          81
  L. Gura (KCA)            81
  J. Morris (DET)          81
  M. Torrez (BOS)          81

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         53
  G. Zahn (MIN)            52
  R. Gale (KCA)            48
  J. Morris (DET)          44
  R. Waits (CLE)           44
  J. Koosman (MIN)         43
  K. Kravec (CHA)          43
  L. Barker (CLE)          40
  J. Beattie (SEA)         40
  S. McCatty (OAK)         40

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KCA)         13
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        12
  S. Stone (BAL)           11
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        10
  J. Koosman (MIN)         10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  D. Spillner (CLE)        10
  G. Abbott (SEA)           8
  J. Barr (CAL)             8
  J. Clancy (TOR)           8

Walks:

  J. Beattie (SEA)         44
  J. Clancy (TOR)          38
  R. Gale (KCA)            38
  D. Stieb (TOR)           35
  M. Keough (OAK)          33
  P. Mirabella (TOR)       33
  M. Norris (OAK)          32
  D. Aase (CAL)            30
  L. Barker (CLE)          30
  R. Dotson (CHA)          30

Strikeouts:

  R. Guidry (NYA)          68
  J. Matlack (TEX)         61
  F. Bannister (SEA)       59
  M. Norris (OAK)          59
  D. Leonard (KCA)         55
  L. Barker (CLE)          52
  M. Keough (OAK)          51
  P. Redfern (MIN)         51
  B. Burns (CHA)           49
  G. Perry (TEX)           47

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