Friday May 1, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 1, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         19   3  2.08   22  17   2   199   139   47   46   15   66  105
Cleveland        9   4  2.56   13   8   1   116   108   38   33    7   26   56
New York        11   7  2.85   18   2   6   158   145   56   50    9   42  102
Toronto          7  12  3.24   19   2   1   178   152   72   64   11   78   67
Milwaukee        9   8  3.24   17   2   2   161   145   60   58    8   51   86
Detroit          9  11  3.41   20   5   4   177   140   72   67   13   70   75
Texas           10   8  3.48   18   4   2   158   138   66   61   12   61   62
California      11  11  3.66   22   6   2   194   186   95   79   17   63   86
Minnesota        7  12  3.67   20   3   3   176   163   83   72   21   62   97
Chicago         11   7  3.76   18   3   6   158   146   75   66   17   68   84
Kansas City      4  10  3.84   14   3   2   122   113   60   52    9   40   55
Baltimore        7   8  4.08   15   2   3   130   148   64   59   10   46   67
Boston           7  10  5.05   17   4   2   148   178   99   83   14   48   84
Seattle          5  15  5.67   21   2   2   183   205  123  115   26   74  102

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Matt Keough (OAK)      4   0  1.00   4   4   4   0   2   36   22    5    4    1    8   24
Brian Kingman (OAK)    2   1  1.30   4   4   1   0   1   28   23    4    4    1    9   15
Rick Waits (CLE)       3   0  1.33   3   3   3   0   0   27   26    4    4    0    6   10
Doug Corbett (MIN)     1   1  1.40  11   0   0   3   0   19   11    3    3    1    4   20
Doc Medich (TEX)       2   1  1.50   3   3   1   0   1   24   23    4    4    1    2    8
Steve McCatty (OAK)    3   1  1.70   4   4   4   0   1   37   21    7    7    4    7   14
Larry Gura (KCA)       2   2  2.06   5   5   3   0   1   39   25   11    9    2   10   17
Mark Bomback (TOR)     2   1  2.08   3   3   0   0   0   22   21    6    5    1   10    6
Jim Slaton (MIL)       2   1  2.13   4   4   0   0   0   25   21    6    6    1    9   15
Mike Norris (OAK)      5   0  2.14   5   5   4   0   0   42   25   10   10    4   21   23

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sammy Stewart          0   1  0.00   5   0   0   1   0   14    9    2    0    0    7    9
Tippy Martinez         1   0  2.25   5   0   0   2   0    8    8    2    2    0    0    4
Mike Flanagan          2   2  2.70   4   4   2   0   1   30   22    9    9    2    6   21
Jim Palmer             0   0  2.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   17    6    6    2   11    5
Scott McGregor         1   1  3.52   3   2   0   0   0   15   22    6    6    2    8    9
Steve Stone            1   2  6.52   4   4   0   0   0   19   29   15   14    3    8    8
Dennis Martinez        1   1  6.75   3   2   0   0   0   12   19   11    9    1    4    5
Tim Stoddard           1   1  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    4    7    3    3    0    1    4
Dave Ford              0   0 11.25   3   0   0   0   0    8   15   10   10    0    1    2

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Torrez            1   1  3.63   3   3   1   0   0   17   18   10    7    2    5    6
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  3.68   5   0   0   2   0    7   11    7    3    0    1    5
Bob Stanley            2   1  3.93   5   0   0   0   0   18   22    9    8    1    7    7
Chuck Rainey           0   0  4.26   2   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    3    0    0    1
Bill Campbell          0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    0    2    3
John Tudor             1   1  4.50   2   2   1   0   0   16   16    9    8    1    5    5
Steve Crawford         0   2  4.70   3   3   0   0   0   15   20   10    8    2    3    8
Mark Clear             1   0  5.40   5   0   0   0   0   13   18    8    8    4    8   14
Dennis Eckersley       2   2  6.07   5   5   1   0   0   30   34   22   20    2    7   19
Frank Tanana           0   3  7.08   4   4   1   0   0   20   28   16   16    2   10   16

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Renko            1   0  0.56   5   1   0   0   0   16    8    1    1    0    7    9
Don Aase               1   0  0.73   7   0   0   0   0   12   13    1    1    1    4    6
Geoff Zahn             3   2  2.65   5   5   2   0   0   37   41   15   11    3    9   14
Luis Sanchez           0   2  2.70   7   0   0   2   0   13   12    7    4    3    4    4
Ken Forsch             3   0  2.84   4   4   2   0   1   32   26   10   10    0    5   15
Mike Witt              2   1  3.18   4   4   2   0   0   28   23   12   10    3    8   16
Jesse Jefferson        0   4  4.68   5   5   0   0   0   25   26   17   13    1    6    9
Andy Hassler           1   1  6.52   7   0   0   0   0   10   10    7    7    3    8    2
Bill Travers           0   1  7.45   3   3   0   0   0   10   14   10    8    2    3    5
John D'Acquisto        0   0 11.81   3   0   0   0   0   11   13   15   14    1    9    6

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
LaMarr Hoyt            3   0  1.38   7   0   0   2   0   13    8    3    2    0    2   11
Kevin Hickey           0   0  1.69   7   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    3    2
Steve Trout            1   1  2.28   3   3   1   0   0   24   22    6    6    1    9   11
Francisco Barrios      1   1  3.00   3   2   0   0   0   15   19    6    5    2    5    5
Ross Baumgarten        2   2  3.70   4   4   0   0   0   24   20   11   10    4   13    9
Britt Burns            2   1  4.01   5   5   1   0   0   34   27   16   15    4   15   21
Dennis Lamp            0   0  4.32   4   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    0    3    6
Richard Dotson         2   1  5.26   4   4   1   0   0   26   26   17   15    4   12   13
Ed Farmer              0   1  8.00   7   0   0   4   0    9   12   11    8    2    6    6

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Stanton           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Rick Waits             3   0  1.33   3   3   3   0   0   27   26    4    4    0    6   10
John Denny             2   1  2.19   3   3   1   0   0   25   19    9    6    2    8   11
Len Barker             1   1  2.35   2   2   1   0   1   15   16    5    4    1    4   11
Bert Blyleven          2   1  2.42   3   3   2   0   1   26   21    7    7    2    4   16
Sid Monge              0   0  3.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    0    1    1
Wayne Garland          1   1  3.18   2   2   1   0   1   11   14    4    4    0    1    2
Dan Spillner           0   0  4.50   2   0   0   1   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    0
Bob Lacey              0   0 10.80   3   0   0   0   0    5    9    7    6    2    1    4

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tobik             0   0  2.16   4   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    6    4
Aurelio Lopez          1   0  2.38   6   0   0   2   0   11   13    3    3    0    5    9
Milt Wilcox            3   2  2.38   5   5   0   0   0   34   25   12    9    1   14   17
Dave Rozema            2   2  2.51   4   4   2   0   2   32   23    9    9    3    5    7
Kevin Saucier          0   0  3.00   8   0   0   2   0    9    5    3    3    0    2    8
Dan Petry              0   0  3.38   2   1   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    0    3    0
Jack Morris            1   3  3.51   5   5   3   0   0   41   35   17   16    3   19   16
Dan Schatzeder         1   1  5.06   3   1   0   0   0   11    6    6    6    2    6    2
Howard Bailey          1   3  5.70   4   4   0   0   0   24   22   15   15    4    9   10
Dave Rucker            0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    4    3    0    1    2

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Wright             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    2    1
Larry Gura             2   2  2.06   5   5   3   0   1   39   25   11    9    2   10   17
Renie Martin           0   0  3.00   3   0   0   1   0    6    5    2    2    1    2    4
Dennis Leonard         1   3  3.58   4   4   0   0   0   28   30   16   11    2    4   13
Dan Quisenberry        0   1  3.86   5   0   0   1   0    5    6    3    2    1    3    0
Paul Splittorff        0   1  4.91   3   2   0   0   0   15   19    8    8    2    2    5
Rich Gale              1   2  5.49   3   3   0   0   0   20   16   12   12    1   10    9
Ken Brett              0   0 10.13   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    3    3    0    1    3
Juan Berenguer         0   1 12.27   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    5    5    0    6    3

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Augustine        1   0  0.00   5   1   0   0   0   14    7    0    0    0    2    7
Rollie Fingers         0   1  0.53   7   0   0   1   0   17   11    1    1    0    6   15
Rickey Keeton          0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    1    1    0    0
Jim Slaton             2   1  2.13   4   4   0   0   0   25   21    6    6    1    9   15
Jamie Easterly         0   1  3.09   9   0   0   1   0   12   10    4    4    0    7    8
Randy Lerch            2   1  3.31   5   2   0   0   0   16   14    6    6    1    6   10
Mike Caldwell          2   2  3.58   4   4   1   0   0   28   28   11   11    2    4   11
Moose Haas             1   0  3.98   3   3   1   0   0   20   19    9    9    1    6   10
Pete Vuckovich         0   2  7.47   3   3   0   0   0   16   20   14   13    2    6    8
Reggie Cleveland       1   0  7.56   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    7    7    0    5    2

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Corbett           1   1  1.40  11   0   0   3   0   19   11    3    3    1    4   20
Jack O'Connor          0   0  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    1    1    2    2
Albert Williams        0   3  3.03   4   4   1   0   0   30   26   12   10    3   11   16
Fernando Arroyo        2   1  3.15   4   3   0   0   0   20   21    8    7    1    3    6
Pete Redfern           2   1  4.18   5   4   1   0   0   24   22   11   11    3    7   14
Don Cooper             0   1  4.26   5   0   0   0   0   13   13    6    6    2   10    5
Roger Erickson         1   2  4.28   4   4   0   0   0   27   27   17   13    4    9   15
John Verhoeven         0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    8    7    5    4    0    4    2
Jerry Koosman          1   3  5.16   5   5   1   0   0   30   30   19   17    6   12   17

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bird              1   0  0.90   5   1   0   0   0   10    8    1    1    0    4    5
Rich Gossage           0   0  1.08   6   0   0   5   0    8    4    1    1    1    2   10
Rudy May               4   1  2.39   5   5   1   0   0   38   34   10   10    2    9   19
Dave LaRoche           1   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    0    0    3
Tommy John             3   1  3.09   5   5   1   0   0   35   33   14   12    2   11   15
Tom Underwood          0   3  3.15   6   3   0   0   0   20   20    8    7    0    8   18
Ron Davis              0   0  3.27   8   0   0   1   0   11    7    4    4    1    2   14
Ron Guidry             2   1  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    2    4   17
Bill Castro            0   1  5.68   5   0   0   0   0    6   14    7    4    1    2    1

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Craig Minetto          0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    3    2
Matt Keough            4   0  1.00   4   4   4   0   2   36   22    5    4    1    8   24
Brian Kingman          2   1  1.30   4   4   1   0   1   28   23    4    4    1    9   15
Steve McCatty          3   1  1.70   4   4   4   0   1   37   21    7    7    4    7   14
Mike Norris            5   0  2.14   5   5   4   0   0   42   25   10   10    4   21   23
Jeff Jones             1   0  3.00   5   0   0   2   0    9    5    3    3    1    2    8
Rick Langford          4   1  3.35   5   5   4   0   0   43   39   16   16    4   15   19
Bo McLaughlin          0   0  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    1    0

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bryan Clark            1   0  1.50   9   0   0   1   0   18   14    4    3    0    9   12
Larry Andersen         1   1  3.55   7   0   0   0   0   13    9    5    5    1    2   11
Jerry Don Gleaton      2   3  4.55   5   5   1   0   0   32   29   17   16    4   17   13
Dick Drago             0   0  4.82   6   0   0   1   0    9    9    5    5    1    1    7
Floyd Bannister        1   2  5.33   4   4   1   0   1   27   28   17   16    6    9   18
Mike Parrott           0   2  6.45   6   3   0   0   0   22   29   16   16    3   10   13
Ken Clay               0   3  7.03   4   4   0   0   0   24   36   21   19    3   13   11
Glenn Abbott           0   4  7.09   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   24   21    7    9    8
Shane Rawley           0   0  8.53   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    6    6    0    3    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
Dave Schmidt           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Doc Medich             2   1  1.50   3   3   1   0   1   24   23    4    4    1    2    8
Bob Babcock            0   0  2.25   4   0   0   0   0    8    6    2    2    0    3    3
Jon Matlack            1   2  3.07   4   4   1   0   1   29   26   13   10    1   10   11
John Henry Johnson     0   1  3.18   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    0    1
Rick Honeycutt         2   0  3.32   3   3   1   0   1   19   14    8    7    3    2    6
Jim Kern               0   0  3.60   4   0   0   1   0    5    2    2    2    0    5    3
Steve Comer            2   1  3.86   6   1   0   1   0   19   19    8    8    1    8    3
Danny Darwin           2   2  4.50   4   4   1   0   1   24   15   13   12    3   16   10
Fergie Jenkins         1   1  4.86   4   3   0   0   0   17   17    9    9    2   10    9
Charlie Hough          0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    5    5    0    5    7

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roy Lee Jackson        0   0  0.77   8   0   0   1   0   12    7    1    1    0    4    2
Jerry Garvin           0   1  1.10   8   1   0   0   0   16   11    2    2    0    7    5
Mark Bomback           2   1  2.08   3   3   0   0   0   22   21    6    5    1   10    6
Jim Clancy             1   1  2.84   3   3   0   0   0   19   14    7    6    0   13    5
Mike Barlow            0   0  3.38   5   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    5    0
Dave Stieb             1   3  3.72   4   4   1   0   0   29   32   13   12    2   10   13
Luis Leal              2   2  4.03   5   4   0   0   0   22   19   13   10    2    8   15
Jackson Todd           1   2  4.23   4   4   1   0   0   28   20   15   13    4   12   11
Joey McLaughlin        0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   14   12    7    7    1    5    4
Mike Willis            0   1  4.73   7   0   0   0   0   13   12    7    7    1    4    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Norris (OAK)           5
  M. Keough (OAK)           4
  R. Langford (OAK)         4
  R. May (NYA)              4
  K. Forsch (CAL)           3
  L. Hoyt (CHA)             3
  T. John (NYA)             3
  S. McCatty (OAK)          3
  R. Waits (CLE)            3
  M. Wilcox (DET)           3

Losses:

  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  J. Jefferson (CAL)        4
  H. Bailey (DET)           3
  K. Clay (SEA)             3
  J. Gleaton (SEA)          3
  J. Koosman (MIN)          3
  D. Leonard (KCA)          3
  J. Morris (DET)           3
  D. Stieb (TOR)            3
  F. Tanana (BOS)           3

Complete Games:

  M. Keough (OAK)           4
  R. Langford (OAK)         4
  S. McCatty (OAK)          4
  M. Norris (OAK)           4
  L. Gura (KCA)             3
  J. Morris (DET)           3
  R. Waits (CLE)            3
  B. Blyleven (CLE)         2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         2
  K. Forsch (CAL)           2

Saves:

  R. Gossage (NYA)          5
  E. Farmer (CHA)           4
  D. Corbett (MIN)          3
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        2
  L. Hoyt (CHA)             2
  J. Jones (OAK)            2
  A. Lopez (DET)            2
  T. Martinez (BAL)         2
  L. Sanchez (CAL)          2
  K. Saucier (DET)          2

Shutouts:

  M. Keough (OAK)           2
  D. Rozema (DET)           2
  F. Bannister (SEA)        1
  L. Barker (CLE)           1
  B. Blyleven (CLE)         1
  D. Darwin (TEX)           1
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         1
  K. Forsch (CAL)           1
  W. Garland (CLE)          1
  L. Gura (KCA)             1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Langford (OAK)      43.0
  M. Norris (OAK)        42.0
  J. Morris (DET)        41.0
  L. Gura (KCA)          39.1
  R. May (NYA)           37.2
  G. Zahn (CAL)          37.1
  S. McCatty (OAK)       37.0
  M. Keough (OAK)        36.0
  T. John (NYA)          35.0
  M. Wilcox (DET)        34.0

Hits:

  G. Zahn (CAL)            41
  R. Langford (OAK)        39
  K. Clay (SEA)            36
  J. Morris (DET)          35
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       34
  R. May (NYA)             34
  G. Abbott (SEA)          33
  T. John (NYA)            33
  D. Stieb (TOR)           32
  J. Koosman (MIN)         30

Runs:

  G. Abbott (SEA)          24
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       22
  K. Clay (SEA)            21
  J. Koosman (MIN)         19
  F. Bannister (SEA)       17
  R. Dotson (CHA)          17
  R. Erickson (MIN)        17
  J. Gleaton (SEA)         17
  J. Jefferson (CAL)       17
  J. Morris (DET)          17

Home Runs:

  G. Abbott (SEA)           7
  F. Bannister (SEA)        6
  J. Koosman (MIN)          6
  H. Bailey (DET)           4
  R. Baumgarten (CHA)       4
  B. Burns (CHA)            4
  M. Clear (BOS)            4
  R. Dotson (CHA)           4
  R. Erickson (MIN)         4
  J. Gleaton (SEA)          4

Walks:

  M. Norris (OAK)          21
  J. Morris (DET)          19
  J. Gleaton (SEA)         17
  D. Darwin (TEX)          16
  B. Burns (CHA)           15
  R. Langford (OAK)        15
  M. Wilcox (DET)          14
  R. Baumgarten (CHA)      13
  J. Clancy (TOR)          13
  K. Clay (SEA)            13

Strikeouts:

  M. Keough (OAK)          24
  M. Norris (OAK)          23
  B. Burns (CHA)           21
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        21
  D. Corbett (MIN)         20
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       19
  R. Langford (OAK)        19
  R. May (NYA)             19
  F. Bannister (SEA)       18
  T. Underwood (NYA)       18

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