Tuesday April 21, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, April 21, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         13   1  1.42   14  12   0   127    77   20   20    4   41   68
Cleveland        5   3  2.41    8   4   1    71    63   23   19    5   14   32
Baltimore        3   4  2.70    7   0   1    60    62   22   18    6   22   27
Boston           6   3  2.81    9   3   2    80    82   33   25    8   24   38
New York         6   4  2.90   10   1   3    87    79   31   28    3   28   53
Kansas City      2   6  3.17    8   1   2    71    62   30   25    4   22   32
Detroit          7   4  3.38   11   2   3    96    78   40   36    5   48   39
Chicago          5   3  3.42    8   1   2    71    56   34   27    8   32   41
Minnesota        2   8  3.61   10   1   2    87    81   40   35   11   31   46
Milwaukee        4   4  3.70    8   1   2    73    65   30   30    2   27   37
California       5   7  3.79   12   2   1   107   108   50   45    7   35   47
Toronto          3   8  4.05   11   0   1   100    90   47   45    7   52   42
Texas            4   6  4.40   10   1   1    86    80   46   42   10   33   28
Seattle          4   8  5.71   12   1   2   104   103   71   66   18   43   59

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sammy Stewart (BAL)    0   1  0.00   3   0   0   1   0   10    7    2    0    0    5    5
Matt Keough (OAK)      3   0  0.33   3   3   3   0   2   27   16    1    1    0    6   16
Brian Kingman (OAK)    1   0  0.63   2   2   1   0   1   14    9    1    1    0    5   10
Milt Wilcox (DET)      2   1  0.81   3   3   0   0   0   22   14    4    2    0   12   11
Rick Waits (CLE)       2   0  1.00   2   2   2   0   0   18   17    2    2    0    3    6
Steve McCatty (OAK)    3   0  1.29   3   3   3   0   1   28   13    4    4    3    5   10
Jim Palmer (BAL)       0   0  1.38   2   2   0   0   0   13   11    2    2    1    8    3
Bob Stanley (BOS)      2   1  1.42   3   0   0   0   0   13   10    3    2    1    4    6
Rudy May (NYA)         3   0  1.50   3   3   1   0   0   24   19    4    4    1    6   13
Mike Norris (OAK)      3   0  1.50   3   3   2   0   0   24   15    4    4    0   13   12

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Ford              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Tippy Martinez         1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    2
Scott McGregor         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    2    2
Sammy Stewart          0   1  0.00   3   0   0   1   0   10    7    2    0    0    5    5
Tim Stoddard           1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    3
Jim Palmer             0   0  1.38   2   2   0   0   0   13   11    2    2    1    8    3
Steve Stone            1   0  3.09   2   2   0   0   0   12   16    5    4    3    4    4
Mike Flanagan          0   2  5.25   2   2   0   0   0   12   15    7    7    1    2    8
Dennis Martinez        0   1 12.27   1   1   0   0   0    4    9    6    5    1    1    0

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   2   0    4    4    3    0    0    0    2
Bob Stanley            2   1  1.42   3   0   0   0   0   13   10    3    2    1    4    6
Mike Torrez            1   0  2.38   2   2   1   0   0   11   12    4    3    1    2    4
John Tudor             1   0  3.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    9    4    3    0    2    2
Frank Tanana           0   1  3.14   2   2   1   0   0   14   14    5    5    1    8    8
Steve Crawford         0   1  3.18   2   2   0   0   0   11   15    6    4    1    3    6
Dennis Eckersley       1   0  3.75   2   2   0   0   0   12   11    5    5    1    2    9
Mark Clear             1   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    3    3    1

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Aase               1   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    8    7    0    0    0    4    4
Steve Renko            0   0  1.29   3   0   0   0   0    7    2    1    1    0    3    4
Luis Sanchez           0   1  2.00   4   0   0   1   0    9    8    4    2    1    3    2
Geoff Zahn             2   1  2.55   3   3   1   0   0   25   26    8    7    1    4   10
Ken Forsch             1   0  2.87   2   2   1   0   1   16   16    5    5    0    2    8
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  4.96   3   3   0   0   0   16   16    9    9    0    5    7
Mike Witt              0   1  5.23   2   2   0   0   0   10   14    7    6    1    3    6
Bill Travers           0   1  7.04   2   2   0   0   0    8    9    6    6    1    3    3
Andy Hassler           1   1  7.11   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    5    5    2    7    2
John D'Acquisto        0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    4    5    4    1    1    1

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Francisco Barrios      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    4    0    0    0    0    2
Kevin Hickey           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    0    0    0    0    0    1
LaMarr Hoyt            2   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    6    3    1    0    0    1    7
Dennis Lamp            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    2    2
Steve Trout            1   0  1.17   1   1   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    3    1
Britt Burns            1   0  2.49   3   3   1   0   0   22   12    7    6    3    9   15
Richard Dotson         0   1  3.97   2   2   0   0   0   11    9    7    5    1    5    4
Ross Baumgarten        1   1  6.55   2   2   0   0   0   11   11    8    8    3    8    4
Ed Farmer              0   1 21.00   4   0   0   1   0    3    9   10    7    1    4    5

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Garland          1   0  0.00   1   1   1   0   1    9    6    0    0    0    1    2
Mike Stanton           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Rick Waits             2   0  1.00   2   2   2   0   0   18   17    2    2    0    3    6
Bert Blyleven          1   1  2.12   2   2   1   0   1   17   11    4    4    2    1   13
John Denny             1   1  2.30   2   2   0   0   0   16   12    7    4    1    6    5
Dan Spillner           0   0  4.50   2   0   0   1   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    0
Len Barker             0   1  5.68   1   1   0   0   0    6    9    5    4    1    1    2
Bob Lacey              0   0 15.43   2   0   0   0   0    2    6    4    4    1    1    3

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    6    1    0    0    0    2    1
Milt Wilcox            2   1  0.81   3   3   0   0   0   22   14    4    2    0   12   11
Aurelio Lopez          1   0  2.45   4   0   0   2   0    7    7    2    2    0    4    7
Dave Rozema            1   1  3.00   2   2   1   0   1   15   14    5    5    2    3    1
Jack Morris            1   1  4.09   3   3   1   0   0   22   19   11   10    1   11    8
Dave Tobik             0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    5    1
Kevin Saucier          0   0  5.79   5   0   0   1   0    5    4    3    3    0    1    4
Howard Bailey          1   1  6.55   2   2   0   0   0   11   10    8    8    2    6    4
Dave Rucker            0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    3    0    1    2
Dan Petry              0   0  Inf    1   1   0   0   0    0    0    1    1    0    3    0

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dennis Leonard         1   1  1.80   2   2   0   0   0   15   11    5    3    0    3    9
Renie Martin           0   0  1.93   2   0   0   1   0    5    4    1    1    1    2    4
Dan Quisenberry        0   1  2.25   4   0   0   1   0    4    5    2    1    0    3    0
Rich Gale              1   0  2.35   1   1   0   0   0    8    4    2    2    0    2    3
Larry Gura             0   2  2.95   3   3   1   0   0   21   16    9    7    1    8    6
Ken Brett              0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    0    3
Paul Splittorff        0   1  4.50   2   2   0   0   0   14   17    7    7    2    2    4
Juan Berenguer         0   1 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    0    2    3

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Augustine        0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    1    0
Randy Lerch            1   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    1    0    0    0    0    7
Rollie Fingers         0   1  1.08   4   0   0   1   0    8    7    1    1    0    4    8
Mike Caldwell          1   1  2.77   2   2   0   0   0   13   12    4    4    0    2    5
Jamie Easterly         0   0  2.84   4   0   0   1   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    3
Moose Haas             1   0  3.86   2   2   1   0   0   14   15    6    6    1    4    3
Jim Slaton             1   1  4.09   2   2   0   0   0   11    8    5    5    0    5    7
Pete Vuckovich         0   1  9.31   2   2   0   0   0   10   11   10   10    1    5    4
Reggie Cleveland       0   0 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    3    0

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Cooper             0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    0    0    0    4    2
Doug Corbett           0   1  1.64   6   0   0   2   0   11    6    2    2    1    2   13
Jack O'Connor          0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    1    1    0
Pete Redfern           1   1  3.29   2   2   0   0   0   14   11    5    5    1    6    6
Albert Williams        0   2  3.55   2   2   0   0   0   13   12    7    5    2    4    5
Jerry Koosman          1   2  3.92   3   3   1   0   0   21   20   10    9    4    7   11
Roger Erickson         0   1  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   15   15    9    8    2    6    7
Fernando Arroyo        0   1  7.50   2   1   0   0   0    6   11    6    5    0    1    2

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bird              1   0  0.00   3   1   0   0   0    8    5    0    0    0    4    3
Rich Gossage           0   0  0.00   4   0   0   3   0    5    1    0    0    0    2    9
Dave LaRoche           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Rudy May               3   0  1.50   3   3   1   0   0   24   19    4    4    1    6   13
Tom Underwood          0   1  2.45   4   1   0   0   0    7    8    3    2    0    3    4
Bill Castro            0   1  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    8    2    2    0    1    1
Tommy John             1   1  4.74   3   3   0   0   0   19   21   12   10    1    8   11
Ron Guidry             1   1  5.11   2   2   0   0   0   12   13    7    7    1    2    7
Ron Davis              0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    3    3    0    2    5

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Jones             1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    1    5
Craig Minetto          0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    2    1
Matt Keough            3   0  0.33   3   3   3   0   2   27   16    1    1    0    6   16
Brian Kingman          1   0  0.63   2   2   1   0   1   14    9    1    1    0    5   10
Steve McCatty          3   0  1.29   3   3   3   0   1   28   13    4    4    3    5   10
Mike Norris            3   0  1.50   3   3   2   0   0   24   15    4    4    0   13   12
Rick Langford          2   1  3.00   3   3   3   0   0   27   21    9    9    1    8   14
Bo McLaughlin          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    0    1    0

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bryan Clark            1   0  0.00   5   0   0   1   0    6    4    0    0    0    5    5
Dick Drago             0   0  3.86   4   0   0   1   0    5    3    2    2    1    1    3
Jerry Don Gleaton      2   1  3.98   3   3   0   0   0   20   17   10    9    3    7    8
Mike Parrott           0   0  4.35   4   1   0   0   0   10   12    5    5    1    7    7
Glenn Abbott           0   3  5.56   3   3   0   0   0   23   21   17   14    5    7    7
Floyd Bannister        1   2  6.30   3   3   1   0   1   20   18   14   14    6    6   13
Ken Clay               0   1  7.62   2   2   0   0   0   13   16   12   11    1    7    7
Larry Andersen         0   1 11.57   3   0   0   0   0    2    2    3    3    0    2    4
Jim Beattie            0   0 16.62   3   0   0   0   0    4   10    8    8    1    1    5

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Babcock            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    1    1
Jim Kern               0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    0
John Henry Johnson     0   0  1.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    1    0    1
Doc Medich             1   1  2.40   2   2   0   0   0   15   15    4    4    1    1    5
Jon Matlack            1   2  4.09   3   3   1   0   1   22   19   12   10    1    8    8
Danny Darwin           0   2  5.40   2   2   0   0   0   10    8    7    6    3    7    2
Fergie Jenkins         1   1  5.93   3   2   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    2    8    6
Rick Honeycutt         0   0  6.75   1   1   0   0   0    4    3    4    3    1    1    1
Steve Comer            1   0  7.71   3   0   0   0   0    7    8    6    6    1    3    2
Charlie Hough          0   0  8.10   2   0   0   0   0    3    6    3    3    0    3    2

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Bomback           1   0  1.17   1   1   0   0   0    8    7    1    1    0    4    3
Jerry Garvin           0   0  1.35   4   0   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    0    4    1
Roy Lee Jackson        0   0  1.59   6   0   0   1   0    6    3    1    1    0    3    0
Jim Clancy             1   1  2.84   3   3   0   0   0   19   14    7    6    0   13    5
Joey McLaughlin        0   1  3.00   5   0   0   0   0    9    5    3    3    0    5    3
Dave Stieb             0   3  4.95   3   3   0   0   0   20   25   12   11    2    6   10
Luis Leal              1   1  5.06   2   2   0   0   0   11    9    6    6    2    4   12
Mike Willis            0   1  6.48   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    6    1    4    3
Mike Barlow            0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    1    3    1    1    0    2    0
Jackson Todd           0   1  6.94   2   2   0   0   0   12    9    9    9    2    7    5

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Keough (OAK)           3
  R. May (NYA)              3
  S. McCatty (OAK)          3
  M. Norris (OAK)           3
  J. Gleaton (SEA)          2
  L. Hoyt (CHA)             2
  R. Langford (OAK)         2
  B. Stanley (BOS)          2
  R. Waits (CLE)            2
  M. Wilcox (DET)           2

Losses:

  G. Abbott (SEA)           3
  D. Stieb (TOR)            3
  F. Bannister (SEA)        2
  D. Darwin (TEX)           2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         2
  L. Gura (KCA)             2
  J. Jefferson (CAL)        2
  J. Koosman (MIN)          2
  J. Matlack (TEX)          2
  A. Williams (MIN)         2

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           3
  R. Langford (OAK)         3
  S. McCatty (OAK)          3
  M. Norris (OAK)           2
  R. Waits (CLE)            2
  F. Bannister (SEA)        1
  B. Blyleven (CLE)         1
  B. Burns (CHA)            1
  K. Forsch (CAL)           1
  W. Garland (CLE)          1

Saves:

  R. Gossage (NYA)          3
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        2
  D. Corbett (MIN)          2
  A. Lopez (DET)            2
  B. Clark (SEA)            1
  D. Drago (SEA)            1
  J. Easterly (MIL)         1
  E. Farmer (CHA)           1
  R. Fingers (MIL)          1
  L. Hoyt (CHA)             1

Shutouts:

  M. Keough (OAK)           2
  F. Bannister (SEA)        1
  B. Blyleven (CLE)         1
  K. Forsch (CAL)           1
  W. Garland (CLE)          1
  B. Kingman (OAK)          1
  J. Matlack (TEX)          1
  S. McCatty (OAK)          1
  D. Rozema (DET)           1

Innings Pitched:

  S. McCatty (OAK)       28.0
  M. Keough (OAK)        27.0
  R. Langford (OAK)      27.0
  G. Zahn (CAL)          24.2
  R. May (NYA)           24.0
  M. Norris (OAK)        24.0
  G. Abbott (SEA)        22.2
  M. Wilcox (DET)        22.1
  J. Matlack (TEX)       22.0
  J. Morris (DET)        22.0

Hits:

  G. Zahn (CAL)            26
  D. Stieb (TOR)           25
  G. Abbott (SEA)          21
  T. John (NYA)            21
  R. Langford (OAK)        21
  J. Koosman (MIN)         20
  J. Matlack (TEX)         19
  R. May (NYA)             19
  J. Morris (DET)          19
  F. Bannister (SEA)       18

Runs:

  G. Abbott (SEA)          17
  F. Bannister (SEA)       14
  K. Clay (SEA)            12
  T. John (NYA)            12
  J. Matlack (TEX)         12
  D. Stieb (TOR)           12
  J. Morris (DET)          11
  E. Farmer (CHA)          10
  J. Gleaton (SEA)         10
  J. Koosman (MIN)         10

Home Runs:

  F. Bannister (SEA)        6
  G. Abbott (SEA)           5
  J. Koosman (MIN)          4
  R. Baumgarten (CHA)       3
  B. Burns (CHA)            3
  M. Clear (BOS)            3
  D. Darwin (TEX)           3
  J. Gleaton (SEA)          3
  S. McCatty (OAK)          3
  S. Stone (BAL)            3

Walks:

  J. Clancy (TOR)          13
  M. Norris (OAK)          13
  M. Wilcox (DET)          12
  J. Morris (DET)          11
  B. Burns (CHA)            9
  R. Baumgarten (CHA)       8
  L. Gura (KCA)             8
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          8
  T. John (NYA)             8
  R. Langford (OAK)         8

Strikeouts:

  M. Keough (OAK)          16
  B. Burns (CHA)           15
  R. Langford (OAK)        14
  F. Bannister (SEA)       13
  B. Blyleven (CLE)        13
  D. Corbett (MIN)         13
  R. May (NYA)             13
  L. Leal (TOR)            12
  M. Norris (OAK)          12
  T. John (NYA)            11

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