Saturday May 11, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 11, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       15  13  3.11   28   8   5   260   247  105   90   25   84  132
New York        18  15  3.49   33  10   7   294   292  129  114   27   90  137
Kansas City     13  15  3.51   28  11   0   251   252  112   98   17   85  120
Oakland         15  15  3.60   30   4   5   275   284  131  110   26   72  122
California      16  15  3.66   32   9   3   287   266  138  117   22  138  201
Cleveland       15  15  3.77   30   7   6   272   254  130  114   31  112  130
Detroit         14  14  3.79   28   8   4   254   238  122  107   31   94  124
Texas           16  15  3.85   31  17   1   281   256  141  120   27  107  186
Chicago         14  13  3.87   29   9   6   263   254  126  113   22  112  154
Minnesota       12  14  3.99   27   6   6   237   249  123  105   19   65  157
Boston          14  16  4.01   30   9   3   269   271  136  120   24   78  118
Milwaukee       11  13  4.14   24   6   4   224   221  109  103   23   70   91

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller (DET)      5   1  0.98  13   0   0   4   0   37   28    9    4    1   13   31
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    4   1  1.78   7   7   4   0   0   66   43   17   13    3   21   43
Fergie Jenkins (TEX)   6   2  1.88   8   8   8   0   2   72   51   18   15    4    8   48
Bill Lee (BOS)         3   3  1.91   8   7   3   0   1   57   55   21   12    3   11   13
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    3   4  2.12   8   8   4   0   1   64   58   20   15    1   13   49
Catfish Hunter (OAK)   6   2  2.33   9   9   3   0   1   70   59   20   18    5    7   25
Bill Singer (CAL)      4   2  2.38   8   8   4   0   0   64   60   25   17    1   25   45
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   3   1  2.43  16   0   0   3   0   30   26    8    8    2    5   29
Ross Grimsley (BAL)    4   2  2.44   7   7   3   0   0   55   44   18   15    6   13   32
Lerrin LaGrow (DET)    2   3  2.60   6   6   3   0   0   45   34   16   13    5   14   14

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Reynolds           2   0  0.54  13   0   0   2   0   17   18    1    1    1    1   10
Don Hood               0   0  2.13   3   0   0   0   0   13    6    3    3    0    7    8
Ross Grimsley          4   2  2.44   7   7   3   0   0   55   44   18   15    6   13   32
Dave McNally           3   2  3.02   7   7   1   0   0   51   56   18   17    4   13   22
Jim Palmer             2   3  3.05   8   8   2   0   0   62   60   27   21    5   28   28
Doyle Alexander        1   0  3.52   4   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    3    2
Mike Cuellar           2   3  3.89   6   6   2   0   0   39   38   22   17    6   13   18
Grant Jackson          1   3  5.91   8   0   0   3   0   11   11    7    7    3    4    9
Jesse Jefferson        0   0 10.13   3   0   0   0   0    5    8    6    6    0    2    3

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Lee               3   3  1.91   8   7   3   0   1   57   55   21   12    3   11   13
Rick Wise              2   2  2.30   4   4   1   0   0   27   22    7    7    0    9   17
Dick Drago             2   1  2.59   7   1   0   1   0   24   20    8    7    2    7   10
Diego Segui            2   2  2.63  13   0   0   2   0   24   23    9    7    1   10   22
Roger Moret            0   0  4.40   5   2   0   0   0   14   17    7    7    1    7    4
Luis Tiant             2   4  4.97   8   8   3   0   1   58   59   33   32    6   13   30
Reggie Cleveland       1   3  5.35   8   5   2   0   0   39   38   25   23    7   13   18
Juan Marichal          1   1  7.84   4   3   0   0   0   21   29   18   18    3    5    3
Lance Clemons          1   0 11.81   5   0   0   0   0    5    8    8    7    1    3    1

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Figueroa            0   0  1.23   4   0   0   0   0    7    9    1    1    0    0    3
Dave Sells             1   2  2.19   5   0   0   0   0   12   10    4    3    0    3    6
Bill Singer            4   2  2.38   8   8   4   0   0   64   60   25   17    1   25   45
Frank Tanana           3   3  2.95   8   8   2   0   0   61   59   22   20    6   25   31
Dick Selma             2   1  4.02  11   0   0   1   0   16   14    7    7    1   11    8
Bill Stoneman          1   3  4.28   6   6   0   0   0   34   35   16   16    5   16   21
Nolan Ryan             4   3  4.75   9   9   3   0   0   61   48   40   32    6   49   67
Skip Lockwood          1   0  5.28   9   0   0   0   0   15   15   10    9    2    5   13
Rudy May               0   1  6.32   8   1   0   2   0   16   14   12   11    1    4    7
Bill Gilbreth          0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    0    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Moran             0   0  1.86   5   0   0   0   0   10    9    4    2    0    4    3
Rich Gossage           0   0  2.92   6   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    4    0    7    6
Stan Bahnsen           4   2  3.39   9   9   4   0   0   61   64   27   23    2   30   33
Jim Kaat               4   2  3.43   9   9   1   0   0   58   62   25   22    5   20   28
Terry Forster          2   3  3.73  15   1   0   5   0   41   30   19   17    1   15   31
Wilbur Wood            4   5  4.02   9   9   4   0   1   63   59   29   28   10   18   40
Skip Pitlock           0   0  4.26   6   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    1    9    6
Cy Acosta              0   1  5.19   7   0   0   1   0    9    7    6    5    1    6    4
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 11.57   1   1   0   0   0    2    5    3    3    1    1    2
Wayne Granger          0   0 54.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    6    6    6    1    2    1

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Buskey             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   2   0    4    2    0    0    0    1    2
Gaylord Perry          4   1  1.78   7   7   4   0   0   66   43   17   13    3   21   43
Steve Kline            1   2  2.31   3   3   1   0   0   23   17    6    6    2    7    6
Milt Wilcox            1   0  2.66   8   1   1   2   0   20   17    8    6    3    7    6
Jim Perry              2   2  2.78   6   6   1   0   1   45   34   15   14    0   13   12
Fred Beene             1   0  3.18   4   0   0   0   0   11   10    4    4    1    3    7
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    4    7
Bob Johnson            1   2  4.05   5   5   0   0   0   27   25   17   12    4   23   19
Tom Timmerman          1   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0   10    9    6    6    1    5    2
Fritz Peterson         2   1  5.54   3   3   0   0   0   13   19    8    8    3    2    4
Dick Tidrow            1   3  7.11   4   4   0   0   0   19   21   17   15    4   13    8
Tom Hilgendorf         1   1  9.35   7   0   0   1   0    9   15    9    9    4    5    4
Dick Bosman            0   0  9.39   3   1   0   0   0    8   15    9    8    1    3    7
Ken Sanders            0   1 10.38   8   0   0   1   0    9   17   10   10    4    5    3

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            5   1  0.98  13   0   0   4   0   37   28    9    4    1   13   31
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    1    1    0
Luke Walker            0   0  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    7    8    2    2    0    2    2
Lerrin LaGrow          2   3  2.60   6   6   3   0   0   45   34   16   13    5   14   14
Bill Slayback          1   1  3.63   4   2   0   0   0   22   20    9    9    1    4   11
Joe Coleman            5   1  3.63   9   9   2   0   1   62   54   26   25   10   26   40
Mickey Lolich          1   5  4.84   8   8   3   0   0   58   66   36   31    7   22   20
Woodie Fryman          0   3 10.57   5   3   0   0   0   15   17   19   18    5   12    6
Jim Ray                0   0 12.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    6    4    4    1    0    0

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            0   0  0.00   6   0   0   0   0    6    2    0    0    0    2    4
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.31   4   0   0   0   0   12    8    4    3    0    6    8
Nelson Briles          0   1  2.45   2   2   0   0   0   11   10    3    3    0    6    1
Doug Bird              0   1  2.87   7   0   0   0   0   16   15    5    5    2    1   10
Paul Splittorff        3   3  3.07   8   8   2   0   0   56   61   22   19    3   13   16
Al Fitzmorris          3   1  3.21   5   4   1   0   0   28   31   12   10    1   10    8
Steve Busby            5   3  3.39   8   8   6   0   0   64   55   26   24    4   22   47
Gene Garber            0   2  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    8   10    8    4    2    7    1
Marty Pattin           1   1  4.58   6   6   2   0   0   39   41   21   20    4   16   21
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  6.00   8   0   0   0   0   12   17    9    8    1    2    3
Steve Mingori          0   1 54.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    2    2    2    0    0    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Sprague             0   0  1.32   5   0   0   0   0   14   13    4    2    0    1   10
Eduardo Rodriguez      1   0  2.75  11   0   0   2   0   20   13    7    6    0   10   10
Jerry Bell             1   0  2.84   4   0   0   0   0   13   15    5    4    2    3    4
Tom Murphy             1   2  2.93   9   0   0   2   0   15   11    5    5    2    6    7
Kevin Kobel            0   1  3.24   4   1   0   0   0    8    5    3    3    2    3    5
Bill Champion          0   0  3.38   2   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    5    1
Jim Slaton             4   3  3.59   8   8   2   0   1   58   62   23   23    5   22   23
Clyde Wright           3   4  4.50   7   7   3   0   0   46   49   25   23    5    8   17
Jim Colborn            1   3  7.23   8   8   1   0   0   42   47   34   34    7   12   14

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Butler            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    5    4    0    0    0    2    6
Bill Campbell          2   1  0.39  12   0   0   6   0   23   16    1    1    0    5   10
Bert Blyleven          3   4  2.12   8   8   4   0   1   64   58   20   15    1   13   49
Joe Decker             3   2  3.58   6   6   2   0   1   38   38   17   15    2   11   32
Dick Woodson           1   1  4.33   5   4   0   0   0   27   30   16   13    5    4   12
Vic Albury             1   1  4.37   6   3   0   0   0   23   20   15   11    4   12   12
Ray Corbin             2   0  4.70   7   1   0   0   0   15   19   10    8    3    4    6
Bill Hands             0   4  7.82   6   5   0   0   0   25   43   22   22    3    5   22
Tom Burgmeier          0   1  8.25   8   0   0   0   0   12   11   11   11    1    5    5
Danny Fife             0   0 17.36   4   0   0   0   0    5   10   11    9    0    4    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Pagan             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    2    2
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    1
Sparky Lyle            1   0  2.00  12   0   0   5   0   18   19    4    4    1    4   14
Dick Tidrow            2   0  2.28   3   2   1   0   0   24   22    7    6    3    5    8
Fred Beene             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    1    2   10
Doc Medich             5   2  3.10   8   8   3   0   0   61   54   24   21    8   15   25
Ken Wright             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    7    2
Mel Stottlemyre        5   3  3.45   8   8   4   0   0   60   64   24   23    3   21   18
Steve Kline            2   2  3.46   4   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   10    3    5    6
Pat Dobson             2   5  3.91   8   8   2   0   0   53   52   30   23    6   11   33
Sam McDowell           1   2  4.20   5   2   0   0   0   15   11    7    7    0    8    9
Fritz Peterson         0   0  4.70   3   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    5
Tom Buskey             0   1  6.35   4   0   0   1   0    6   10    4    4    1    3    3
Rick Sawyer            0   0 16.20   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    3    3    0    1    1
Dick Woodson           0   0 36.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    4    4    0    3    0

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          1   2  1.96   7   2   0   1   0   23   17    8    5    0    7    8
Catfish Hunter         6   2  2.33   9   9   3   0   1   70   59   20   18    5    7   25
Rollie Fingers         3   1  2.43  16   0   0   3   0   30   26    8    8    2    5   29
Leon Hooten            0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    1    4    1
Ken Holtzman           3   4  3.64   9   9   1   0   0   59   78   25   24    5   10   23
Darold Knowles         1   0  4.85  12   0   0   1   0   13   15   10    7    3    9    5
Vida Blue              1   4  4.88   8   8   0   0   0   48   52   36   26    6   20   19
Dave Hamilton          0   0  5.54   5   0   0   0   0   13   13    8    8    2    5    6
Blue Moon Odom         0   2  9.28   3   2   0   0   0   11   18   13   11    2    5    6

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fergie Jenkins         6   2  1.88   8   8   8   0   2   72   51   18   15    4    8   48
Steve Foucault         1   2  2.10  11   0   0   1   0   26   15    8    6    1    9   24
David Clyde            2   0  2.84   5   5   2   0   0   32   31   11   10    1   11   12
Jackie Brown           0   1  3.00   4   0   0   0   0   12    7    6    4    0    8    6
Steve Hargan           2   3  3.83   8   6   2   0   1   47   40   26   20    6   21   39
Jim Bibby              5   4  4.36   9   9   5   0   1   64   65   35   31    5   30   44
Lloyd Allen            0   0  6.75   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    7    6    1    6    4
Jim Merritt            0   0  7.88   5   1   0   0   0    8   14    7    7    2    2    2
Jim Shellenback        0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    1    4    0
Pete Broberg           0   3 14.00   3   2   0   0   0    9   18   16   14    4    5    6
Steve Dunning          0   0 19.29   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    5    5    2    3    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          6
  J. Bibby (TEX)            5
  S. Busby (KC)             5
  J. Coleman (DET)          5
  J. Hiller (DET)           5
  D. Medich (NY)            5
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       5
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          4
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         4

Losses:

  P. Dobson (NY)            5
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  J. Bibby (TEX)            4
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  B. Hands (MIN)            4
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         4
  S. Kline (CLE)            4
  L. Tiant (BOS)            4

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)          8
  S. Busby (KC)             6
  J. Bibby (TEX)            5
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  G. Perry (CLE)            4
  B. Singer (CAL)           4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  R. Grimsley (BAL)         3

Saves:

  B. Campbell (MIN)         6
  T. Forster (CHI)          5
  S. Lyle (NY)              5
  J. Hiller (DET)           4
  T. Buskey (CLE)           3
  R. Fingers (OAK)          3
  G. Jackson (BAL)          3
  R. May (CAL)              2
  T. Murphy (MIL)           2
  B. Reynolds (BAL)         2

Shutouts:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  J. Bibby (TEX)            1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         1
  J. Coleman (DET)          1
  J. Decker (MIN)           1
  S. Hargan (TEX)           1
  C. Hunter (OAK)           1
  B. Lee (BOS)              1
  J. Perry (CLE)            1
  J. Slaton (MIL)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)       71.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        69.2
  G. Perry (CLE)         65.2
  B. Singer (CAL)        64.1
  J. Bibby (TEX)         64.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      63.2
  S. Busby (KC)          63.2
  W. Wood (CHI)          62.2
  J. Coleman (DET)       62.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        62.0

Hits:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)        78
  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  J. Bibby (TEX)           65
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         64
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      64
  J. Kaat (CHI)            62
  J. Slaton (MIL)          62
  P. Splittorff (KC)       61
  J. Palmer (BAL)          60
  B. Singer (CAL)          60

Runs:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            40
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  M. Lolich (DET)          36
  J. Bibby (TEX)           35
  J. Colborn (MIL)         34
  L. Tiant (BOS)           33
  P. Dobson (NY)           30
  W. Wood (CHI)            29
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         27
  J. Palmer (BAL)          27

Home Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)         10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  D. Medich (NY)            8
  R. Cleveland (BOS)        7
  J. Colborn (MIL)          7
  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  D. Tidrow (NY)            7
  V. Blue (OAK)             6
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          6
  P. Dobson (NY)            6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            49
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         30
  J. Bibby (TEX)           30
  J. Palmer (BAL)          28
  J. Coleman (DET)         26
  B. Singer (CAL)          25
  F. Tanana (CAL)          25
  B. Johnson (CLE)         23
  S. Busby (KC)            22
  M. Lolich (DET)          22

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            67
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        49
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         48
  S. Busby (KC)            47
  B. Singer (CAL)          45
  J. Bibby (TEX)           44
  G. Perry (CLE)           43
  J. Coleman (DET)         40
  W. Wood (CHI)            40
  S. Hargan (TEX)          39

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