Saturday May 2, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 2, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         20   3  2.08   23  17   3   208   146   50   48   16   73  110
Cleveland       10   4  2.45   14   9   1   125   115   39   34    7   28   64
New York        11   8  3.04   19   2   6   166   154   62   56   13   44  107
Milwaukee       10   8  3.28   18   2   3   170   155   65   62    9   56   89
Detroit          9  12  3.36   21   6   4   185   145   75   69   13   72   79
Toronto          7  14  3.48   21   2   1   194   171   84   75   11   97   72
Minnesota        8  12  3.59   21   3   3   185   170   85   74   22   64  100
Texas           10   9  3.67   19   4   2   167   148   73   68   12   64   68
Chicago         11   8  3.69   19   4   6   166   151   78   68   17   70   88
Kansas City      5  10  3.71   15   4   2   131   118   62   54   10   42   59
California      11  12  3.86   23   6   2   203   202  103   87   21   66   93
Baltimore        9   8  3.95   17   4   3   148   160   70   65   12   49   72
Boston           7  11  5.39   18   4   2   157   193  110   94   14   55   88
Seattle          6  15  5.45   22   2   3   192   212  124  116   27   78  107

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Matt Keough (OAK)      5   0  1.21   5   5   4   0   2   45   29    8    6    2   15   29
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
Steve McCatty (OAK)    3   1  1.70   4   4   4   0   1   37   21    7    7    4    7   14
Len Barker (CLE)       2   1  1.85   3   3   2   0   1   24   23    6    5    1    6   19
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             1   0  2.86   4   4   1   0   0   28   22    9    9    3   11    8
Scott McGregor         2   1  3.33   4   3   1   0   0   24   29    9    9    3   11   11
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
Chuck Rainey           0   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11   10    6    3    0    1    4
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  3.68   5   0   0   2   0    7   11    7    3    0    1    5
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
Bob Stanley            2   1  5.03   6   0   0   0   0   20   27   12   11    1   10    7
Mark Clear             1   0  5.40   5   0   0   0   0   13   18    8    8    4    8   14
Bill Campbell          0   0  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    4    4    0    3    4
Dennis Eckersley       2   2  6.07   5   5   1   0   0   30   34   22   20    2    7   19
Mike Torrez            1   2  6.50   4   4   1   0   0   18   22   16   13    2    7    6
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
Mike Witt              2   1  3.18   4   4   2   0   0   28   23   12   10    3    8   16
Luis Sanchez           0   2  3.45   8   0   0   2   0   16   17    9    6    4    5    5
Ken Forsch             3   1  4.24   5   5   2   0   1   34   34   16   16    3    5   17
Jesse Jefferson        0   4  4.50   6   5   0   0   0   26   27   17   13    1    6    9
Andy Hassler           1   1  4.85   8   0   0   0   0   13   12    7    7    3   10    6
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   2  2.74   4   3   1   0   0   23   24    9    7    2    7    9
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
Len Barker             2   1  1.85   3   3   2   0   1   24   23    6    5    1    6   19
John Denny             2   1  2.19   3   3   1   0   0   25   19    9    6    2    8   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
Dan Petry              0   1  2.53   3   2   1   0   0   11    6    4    3    0    5    4
Kevin Saucier          0   0  3.00   8   0   0   2   0    9    5    3    3    0    2    8
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         2   3  3.19   5   5   1   0   0   37   35   18   13    3    6   17
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  2.30  10   0   0   2   0   16   11    4    4    0   10   11
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             2   0  4.62   4   4   1   0   0   25   28   14   13    2    8   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        1   3  2.87   5   5   1   0   0   38   33   14   12    4   13   19
Fernando Arroyo        2   1  3.15   4   3   0   0   0   20   21    8    7    1    3    6
John Verhoeven         0   0  4.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    7    5    4    0    4    2
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
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
Rich Gossage           0   0  1.08   6   0   0   5   0    8    4    1    1    1    2   10
Doug Bird              1   0  1.88   6   1   0   0   0   14   12    3    3    1    5    8
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   2  4.30   5   5   0   0   0   29   29   14   14    5    5   19
Bill Castro            0   1  4.91   6   0   0   0   0    7   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
Bob Owchinko           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Matt Keough            5   0  1.21   5   5   4   0   2   45   29    8    6    2   15   29
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
Dick Drago             0   0  4.09   7   0   0   2   0   11   12    5    5    1    1    7
Floyd Bannister        2   2  4.46   5   5   1   0   1   34   32   18   17    7   13   23
Jerry Don Gleaton      2   3  4.55   5   5   1   0   0   32   29   17   16    4   17   13
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
Bob Babcock            0   0  1.93   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    3    5
John Henry Johnson     0   1  2.70   6   0   0   0   0    7    5    2    2    1    0    1
Jon Matlack            1   2  3.07   4   4   1   0   1   29   26   13   10    1   10   11
Doc Medich             2   2  3.23   4   4   1   0   1   31   33   11   11    1    5   12
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  1.54   9   0   0   1   0   12    8    2    2    0    6    2
Jerry Garvin           0   1  1.65   9   1   0   0   0   16   11    3    3    0    8    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
Joey McLaughlin        0   1  3.44   9   0   0   0   0   18   13    7    7    1    7    6
Mike Barlow            0   0  3.60   6   0   0   0   0    5    9    3    2    0    5    1
Dave Stieb             1   3  4.18   5   5   1   0   0   32   37   16   15    2   16   14
Jackson Todd           1   2  4.23   4   4   1   0   0   28   20   15   13    4   12   11
Luis Leal              2   3  4.50   6   5   0   0   0   28   25   17   14    2   13   16
Mike Willis            0   2  5.14   8   0   0   0   0   14   13    8    8    1    7    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Keough (OAK)           5
  M. Norris (OAK)           5
  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
  L. Leal (TOR)             3
  D. Leonard (KCA)          3
  J. Morris (DET)           3
  D. Stieb (TOR)            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
  L. Barker (CLE)           2
  B. Blyleven (CLE)         2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         2

Saves:

  R. Gossage (NYA)          5
  E. Farmer (CHA)           4
  D. Corbett (MIN)          3
  T. Burgmeier (BOS)        2
  D. Drago (SEA)            2
  J. Easterly (MIL)         2
  L. Hoyt (CHA)             2
  J. Jones (OAK)            2
  A. Lopez (DET)            2
  T. Martinez (BAL)         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:

  M. Keough (OAK)        44.2
  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
  A. Williams (MIN)      37.2
  G. Zahn (CAL)          37.1
  S. McCatty (OAK)       37.0
  D. Leonard (KCA)       36.2

Hits:

  G. Zahn (CAL)            41
  R. Langford (OAK)        39
  D. Stieb (TOR)           37
  K. Clay (SEA)            36
  D. Leonard (KCA)         35
  J. Morris (DET)          35
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       34
  K. Forsch (CAL)          34
  R. May (NYA)             34
  G. Abbott (SEA)          33

Runs:

  G. Abbott (SEA)          24
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       22
  K. Clay (SEA)            21
  J. Koosman (MIN)         19
  F. Bannister (SEA)       18
  D. Leonard (KCA)         18
  R. Dotson (CHA)          17
  R. Erickson (MIN)        17
  J. Gleaton (SEA)         17
  J. Jefferson (CAL)       17

Home Runs:

  G. Abbott (SEA)           7
  F. Bannister (SEA)        7
  J. Koosman (MIN)          6
  R. Guidry (NYA)           5
  H. Bailey (DET)           4
  R. Baumgarten (CHA)       4
  B. Burns (CHA)            4
  M. Clear (BOS)            4
  R. Dotson (CHA)           4
  R. Erickson (MIN)         4

Walks:

  M. Norris (OAK)          21
  J. Morris (DET)          19
  J. Gleaton (SEA)         17
  D. Darwin (TEX)          16
  D. Stieb (TOR)           16
  B. Burns (CHA)           15
  M. Keough (OAK)          15
  R. Langford (OAK)        15
  M. Wilcox (DET)          14
  F. Bannister (SEA)       13

Strikeouts:

  M. Keough (OAK)          29
  F. Bannister (SEA)       23
  M. Norris (OAK)          23
  B. Burns (CHA)           21
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        21
  D. Corbett (MIN)         20
  L. Barker (CLE)          19
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       19
  R. Guidry (NYA)          19
  R. Langford (OAK)        19

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