Tuesday August 5, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 5, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        57  52  3.33  109  45  13   968   902  399  358   77  353  548
Oakland         68  42  3.34  110  26  28   985   853  412  366   74  355  546
Baltimore       57  50  3.40  107  47  13   973   868  392  367   79  362  489
Kansas City     60  49  3.64  109  37  12   977   963  446  395   75  318  543
California      49  63  3.85  112  43  11  1008   933  507  431   82  459  707
Texas           52  59  3.94  111  42  10  1004   989  508  440   86  358  508
Chicago         53  57  3.98  110  24  27   979  1015  474  433   68  444  547
Cleveland       49  58  4.05  107  24  18   968   929  498  435   95  433  552
Milwaukee       53  58  4.13  111  21  27   979  1000  520  449   88  407  453
Detroit         46  64  4.22  110  31  17   964  1018  546  452  103  384  553
Boston          66  44  4.24  110  45  20   992  1019  517  468  108  332  483
Minnesota       49  63  4.35  112  36  13   999   982  551  483  102  468  576

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      16   7  2.32  26  25  15   1   7  206  162   61   53   11   58  129
D. Eckersley (CLE)     9   3  2.33  24  14   4   2   2  120   88   34   31   10   58  100
Ed Figueroa (CAL)      9   8  2.51  21  20  10   0   2  151  124   54   42    9   58   89
Steve Busby (KC)      14   8  2.71  25  25  14   0   3  199  174   63   60   10   60  127
Catfish Hunter (NY)   15  10  2.73  27  27  19   0   5  224  172   76   68   21   65  104
Frank Tanana (CAL)     9   6  2.78  22  21   9   0   3  152  135   51   47   11   48  165
Vida Blue (OAK)       14   8  2.96  27  26  10   1   2  197  171   73   65   15   60  136
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   10   5  3.05  22  22  11   0   1  171  139   68   58   13   62  146
Rudy May (NY)         11   6  3.11  22  21   9   0   0  142  120   58   49    7   69  103
Mike Torrez (BAL)     13   6  3.12  24  24  12   0   1  182  162   70   63   10   93   81

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            16   7  2.32  26  25  15   1   7  206  162   61   53   11   58  129
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            2   2  2.55  12   0   0   4   0   25   15    7    7    3   13   17
Mike Torrez           13   6  3.12  24  24  12   0   1  182  162   70   63   10   93   81
Doyle Alexander        4   7  3.54  25   5   1   1   0   86   87   35   34    5   32   27
Wayne Garland          1   3  3.67  19   0   0   2   0   54   46   23   22    4   27   30
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.79  28   0   0   5   0   36   34   15   15    1   15   28
Ross Grimsley          7  11  3.82  26  24   6   0   1  153  159   71   65   21   38   73
Mike Cuellar          10   8  3.93  25  25  12   0   4  181  156   80   79   17   62   77
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Paul Mitchell          1   0  5.60   5   4   1   0   0   27   23   17   17    6    8   18
Bob Reynolds           0   1  9.00   7   0   0   0   0    6   11    6    6    1    1    1

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Barr             0   1  2.57   3   2   0   0   0    7   11    9    2    1    7    2
Jim Burton             1   2  2.94  16   3   0   0   0   34   34   21   11    5   14   19
Roger Moret            8   1  3.70  27   7   3   1   1   83   71   34   34    4   43   49
Bill Lee              14   6  3.84  28  25  13   0   3  199  200   93   85   14   53   49
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Jim Willoughby         2   1  4.22  12   0   0   6   0   21   20   10   10    3    6   15
Luis Tiant            13  11  4.26  26  26  13   0   0  197  208  103   93   21   52  107
Rick Wise             14   6  4.28  24  24  12   0   1  177  182   88   84   24   51  104
Dick Drago             1   1  4.91  25   2   0   7   0   40   38   22   22    4   22   21
Reggie Cleveland       9   7  4.95  23  13   1   0   0  116  126   69   64   15   36   52
Diego Segui            2   4  5.52  27   1   1   6   0   59   66   39   36   10   32   36

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             0   0  1.38   9   0   0   1   0   13   14    4    2    1    5    8
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa            9   8  2.51  21  20  10   0   2  151  124   54   42    9   58   89
Don Kirkwood           4   4  2.57  34   0   0   6   0   63   60   27   18    5   20   40
Frank Tanana           9   6  2.78  22  21   9   0   3  152  135   51   47   11   48  165
Nolan Ryan            12  11  3.56  25  25  10   0   5  182  139   84   72   12  122  168
Mickey Scott           2   1  3.77  37   0   0   1   0   43   38   26   18    6   14   21
Dick Lange             4   4  4.19  20   6   1   1   0   69   66   40   32    4   41   28
Chuck Hockenbery       0   1  4.40   7   1   0   1   0   14   13    7    7    2    9   11
Bill Singer            6  11  4.63  22  20   7   1   0  142  129   79   73   12   61   72
Andy Hassler           3  10  5.91  22  16   6   0   1  113  134   79   74   10   41   70
Steve Blateric         0   0  6.23   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    5    3    0    1    5
Luis Quintana          0   2  6.43   4   0   0   0   0    7   13    6    5    2    6    5
Chuck Dobson           0   2  6.75   9   2   0   0   0   28   30   26   21    5   13   14
Dave Sells             0   0  8.64   4   0   0   0   0    8    9   10    8    3    8    7
Charlie Hudson         0   1  9.53   3   1   0   0   0    6    7    6    6    0    4    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Pitlock           0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Rich Gossage           5   6  1.96  43   0   0  17   0   96   70   23   21    2   52   95
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Jim Kaat              15   9  3.17  29  27   8   0   1  199  198   82   70   10   50  100
Wilbur Wood           12  13  3.79  30  30  11   0   2  202  219   95   85   16   59   93
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  4.09  19   0   0   1   0   33   33   16   15    3   14   17
Danny Osborn           2   0  4.10  16   0   0   0   0   42   42   19   19    2   24   25
Jesse Jefferson        3   4  4.15  10  10   0   0   0   48   40   23   22    3   43   31
Dave Hamilton          2   2  4.34  15   1   0   3   0   29   29   14   14    3   15   21
Claude Osteen          6  10  4.54  27  27   3   0   0  143  169   76   72   11   69   47
Jack Kucek             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    9    2    2    0    4    2
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  5.24  19   0   0   2   0   55   61   35   32    5   28   37
Stan Bahnsen           4   6  6.01  12  12   2   0   0   67   78   49   45    9   40   31
Rich Hinton            0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0   13   19   10   10    1    7   12
Jim Otten              0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    5    4    1    7    3
Lloyd Allen            0   2 11.81   3   2   0   0   0    5    8    7    7    2    6    2
Pete Vuckovich         0   1 27.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    7    7    7    0    2    0

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Waits             1   0  0.93   5   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    1    0    6    4
Dave LaRoche           4   3  2.04  42   0   0   8   0   57   34   17   13    3   45   65
Dennis Eckersley       9   3  2.33  24  14   4   2   2  120   88   34   31   10   58  100
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Tom Buskey             4   3  2.82  39   0   0   5   0   61   57   24   19    5   25   24
Gaylord Perry          6   9  3.56  15  15  10   0   1  121  120   57   48   16   34   85
Jim Kern               1   2  3.77  13   7   0   0   0   72   60   31   30    5   45   55
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Jim Bibby              2   5  4.20  13   6   1   0   0   56   53   31   26    2   28   36
Roric Harrison         4   3  4.28  11  11   3   0   0   76   77   38   36    5   30   33
Don Hood               4   7  4.76  19  13   1   0   0   91   86   56   48   10   40   33
Eric Raich             6   6  4.90  15  15   2   0   0   83  100   49   45   11   24   29
Fritz Peterson         5   7  5.05  15  15   2   0   0   77   79   48   43    9   26   27
Jackie Brown           0   2  5.93  17   1   0   1   0   30   34   23   20    4   16   14
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Fred Beene             1   0  7.15  15   0   0   1   0   39   53   35   31    3   22   15

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Gene Pentz             0   1  3.38   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    4    2    0    5    6
Mickey Lolich         10  11  3.48  23  23  13   0   1  171  180   82   66   14   50   97
Vern Ruhle             9   8  3.65  22  21   5   0   2  133  138   70   54   13   45   47
Lerrin LaGrow          7  10  4.22  22  21   6   0   2  124  134   77   58   13   48   53
Ray Bare               6   6  4.28  19  11   3   0   0   95  107   48   45    5   32   43
Fernando Arroyo        1   0  4.56   7   0   0   0   0   26   26   14   13    1   13   14
Bob Reynolds           0   1  4.61  17   0   0   3   0   27   32   16   14    6   13   20
Tom Walker             3   8  4.75  29   9   1   0   0   91   89   55   48   12   31   47
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Dave Lemanczyk         0   3  4.88  18   2   1   0   0   63   68   41   34    6   35   39
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.23   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    3    5    8
Joe Coleman            8  13  5.81  23  23   2   0   0  139  166  103   90   22   62   89

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mingori          0   3  2.35  30   0   0   2   0   46   37   16   12    2   16   24
Steve Busby           14   8  2.71  25  25  14   0   3  199  174   63   60   10   60  127
Marty Pattin           8   6  3.59  27  12   5   0   1  125  126   60   50   10   31   59
Doug Bird              7   4  3.68  36   0   0   8   0   64   63   27   26    5   25   47
Dennis Leonard         8   5  3.70  21  19   5   0   0  134  135   61   55   10   60   89
Paul Splittorff        4   6  3.71  24  12   2   1   1   85   82   46   35    7   37   50
Al Fitzmorris         11   9  3.87  25  25   8   0   3  167  168   77   72   15   47   53
Nelson Briles          5   5  4.21  15  14   3   0   0   88   92   47   41   14   16   56
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  4.33  26   0   0   1   0   60   63   31   29    2   19   33
Bruce Dal Canton       0   2 15.58   4   2   0   0   0    9   23   18   15    0    7    5

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Castro            3   2  2.52  17   5   0   1   0   71   74   27   20    3   15   23
Tom Murphy             1   3  2.81  30   0   0  14   0   51   44   16   16    3   12   19
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  2.97  34   1   0   6   0   67   56   24   22    7   29   55
Rick Austin            2   1  3.22  14   0   0   2   0   22   14    9    8    1   19   18
Tom Hausman            3   3  3.78  25   5   1   0   0   88   80   43   37    2   39   42
Jim Slaton            11  10  3.94  27  24   8   0   3  164  172   84   72   20   63   96
Jim Colborn            7   9  4.01  24  17   5   2   1  128  128   65   57   12   41   47
Bill Travers           4   6  4.14  17  13   3   1   0   74   74   45   34    7   31   35
Ed Sprague             1   7  4.54  18  11   0   1   0   67   81   45   34    5   40   21
Lafayette Currence     0   1  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    7    2    2    0    2    1
Pete Broberg           9  10  5.11  25  22   1   0   1  132  145   83   75   18   61   56
Bill Champion          6   6  5.89  27  13   3   0   1  110  125   77   72   10   55   40

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bert Blyleven         10   5  3.05  22  22  11   0   1  171  139   68   58   13   62  146
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.21  35   0   0   6   0   56   56   20   20    5   17   27
Vic Albury             6   6  3.86  29  14   2   1   0  124   94   67   53   13   93   69
Tom Johnson            0   1  3.98  10   0   0   1   0   20   19    9    9    3   15    6
Dave Goltz             8  10  4.15  22  22   8   0   0  165  161   88   76   14   53   82
Jim Hughes             9   9  4.18  24  21   7   0   2  157  150   81   73   13   88   79
Bill Campbell          3   6  4.48  34   7   2   3   1   98  106   55   49   11   37   60
Ray Corbin             5   7  5.14  18  11   3   0   0   89  105   59   51   13   38   49
Mark Wiley             1   3  6.14  13   3   1   2   0   29   37   24   20    4   10    7
Bill Butler            1   3  6.39  15   3   1   0   0   51   68   40   36    6   19   39
Mike Pazik             0   4  8.24   5   3   0   0   0   20   28   20   18    5   10    8
Joe Decker             1   3  9.82   7   6   1   0   0   18   19   20   20    2   26    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Guidry             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    2    3
Catfish Hunter        15  10  2.73  27  27  19   0   5  224  172   76   68   21   65  104
Sparky Lyle            3   5  2.91  37   0   0   5   0   56   56   20   18    1   25   44
Dick Tidrow            6   3  3.11  35   0   0   5   0   67   62   26   23    5   31   37
Rudy May              11   6  3.11  22  21   9   0   0  142  120   58   49    7   69  103
Larry Gura             3   4  3.21  17  11   1   0   0   90  101   35   32    4   25   40
Doc Medich             9  12  3.62  26  25   9   0   2  179  174   76   72   19   47   96
Pat Dobson             9  11  3.79  25  24   7   0   1  166  164   79   70   16   65   93
Dave Pagan             0   0  4.28  10   0   0   0   0   27   28   15   13    2   12   15
Tippy Martinez         1   1  4.63   9   1   0   3   0   12   11    7    6    1   11   11
Mike Wallace           0   0 14.54   3   0   0   0   0    4   11    7    7    1    1    2

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Norris            1   0  0.00   3   3   1   0   1   16    4    2    0    0    6    4
Paul Lindblad          8   0  2.04  44   0   0   6   0   84   62   24   19    6   29   39
Sonny Siebert          2   2  2.08   7   7   0   0   0   30   26    9    7    1   15   22
Jim Todd               4   3  2.96  38   0   0   7   0   79   71   31   26    3   23   36
Vida Blue             14   8  2.96  27  26  10   1   2  197  171   73   65   15   60  136
Dick Bosman            7   1  3.22  12  12   1   0   0   73   63   28   26    6   13   22
Rollie Fingers         7   5  3.34  50   0   0  14   0   89   68   34   33   10   22   76
Ken Holtzman          13   9  3.50  28  27   8   0   2  188  164   82   73   13   85   89
Glenn Abbott           5   3  3.93  16  10   3   0   1   71   59   32   31    7   29   41
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Stan Bahnsen           3   3  4.09   9   8   1   0   0   44   43   20   20    1   18   24
Jim Perry              3   4  4.66  15  11   2   0   1   68   61   43   35    7   26   33
Blue Moon Odom         0   2 12.27   7   2   0   0   0   11   19   15   15    1   11    4

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Merritt            0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    0    0    0    0
Tommy Moore            0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    4    3    0    4    7
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.26  27   1   0   2   0   47   36   20   17    2   16   25
Steve Hargan           7   6  3.34  22  18   8   0   1  140  141   62   52   12   43   66
Stan Perzanowski       0   1  3.68   3   1   1   0   0   15   14    7    6    0    4    2
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Bill Hands             6   6  3.76  17  17   4   0   1  108  112   53   45   12   28   67
Gaylord Perry          4   6  3.76  11  11   6   0   3   84   77   41   35    4   23   58
Fergie Jenkins        13  12  3.91  26  26  16   0   3  196  188   93   85   28   38  111
Clyde Wright           3   4  3.96  16  12   1   0   0   75   79   42   33    4   37   25
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Steve Foucault         3   2  4.52  38   0   0   4   0   72   65   41   36    8   41   37
Jim Umbarger           4   4  4.73  44   3   0   2   0   70   73   39   37    4   42   21
Mike Kekich            0   0  4.76  14   0   0   2   0   17   17   10    9    2   10   10
Jim Bibby              2   6  5.00  12  12   4   0   1   68   73   41   38    2   28   31

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          16
  C. Hunter (NY)           15
  J. Kaat (CHI)            15
  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  S. Busby (KC)            14
  B. Lee (BOS)             14
  R. Wise (BOS)            14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  D. Medich (NY)           12
  J. Bibby (CLE)           11
  P. Dobson (NY)           11
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           19
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         16
  G. Perry (TEX)           16
  J. Palmer (BAL)          15
  S. Busby (KC)            14
  B. Lee (BOS)             13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  M. Torrez (BAL)          12

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         17
  R. Fingers (OAK)         14
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  T. Murphy (MIL)          14
  D. Bird (KC)              8
  D. LaRoche (CLE)          8
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  J. Todd (OAK)             7
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        6
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         6

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3
  B. Lee (BOS)              3
  J. Slaton (MIL)           3

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        224.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       206.0
  G. Perry (TEX)        205.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         202.0
  S. Busby (KC)         199.0
  B. Lee (BOS)          199.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         198.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         197.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        196.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      195.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           219
  L. Tiant (BOS)          208
  B. Lee (BOS)            200
  J. Kaat (CHI)           198
  G. Perry (TEX)          197
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        188
  R. Wise (BOS)           182
  M. Lolich (DET)         180
  S. Busby (KC)           174
  D. Medich (NY)          174

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        103
  L. Tiant (BOS)          103
  G. Perry (TEX)           98
  W. Wood (CHI)            95
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         93
  B. Lee (BOS)             93
  D. Goltz (MIN)           88
  R. Wise (BOS)            88
  N. Ryan (CAL)            84
  J. Slaton (MIL)          84

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         28
  R. Wise (BOS)            24
  J. Coleman (DET)         22
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        21
  C. Hunter (NY)           21
  L. Tiant (BOS)           21
  G. Perry (TEX)           20
  J. Slaton (MIL)          20
  D. Medich (NY)           19
  P. Broberg (MIL)         18

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           122
  V. Albury (MIN)          93
  M. Torrez (BAL)          93
  J. Hughes (MIN)          88
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        85
  R. May (NY)              69
  C. Osteen (CHI)          69
  P. Dobson (NY)           65
  C. Hunter (NY)           65
  J. Slaton (MIL)          63

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           168
  F. Tanana (CAL)         165
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       146
  G. Perry (TEX)          143
  V. Blue (OAK)           136
  J. Palmer (BAL)         129
  S. Busby (KC)           127
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        111
  L. Tiant (BOS)          107
  C. Hunter (NY)          104

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