Friday August 15, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 15, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        62  57  3.36  119  50  15  1054   971  439  393   81  386  593
Baltimore       65  53  3.36  118  50  16  1073   963  430  401   84  393  543
Oakland         72  48  3.37  120  29  30  1074   939  454  402   84  385  598
Kansas City     65  53  3.57  118  39  14  1056  1036  474  419   81  346  586
California      55  67  3.81  122  45  12  1096  1027  546  464   84  493  747
Chicago         58  61  4.00  119  26  28  1063  1097  516  472   76  481  584
Texas           59  62  4.02  121  45  12  1094  1102  560  489   94  384  562
Cleveland       52  64  4.05  116  24  21  1049  1010  542  472  102  476  591
Boston          72  48  4.16  120  50  21  1078  1097  550  498  115  353  530
Milwaukee       56  64  4.18  120  23  29  1058  1080  564  491   99  450  489
Detroit         46  74  4.25  120  35  17  1056  1123  598  498  108  410  600
Minnesota       55  66  4.31  121  42  13  1078  1048  586  516  111  491  624

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      18   7  2.33  28  27  16   1   8  224  177   67   58   12   61  138
Ed Figueroa (CAL)     11   8  2.42  23  22  11   0   2  168  141   58   45    9   60   97
Frank Tanana (CAL)    11   6  2.57  24  23  10   0   4  168  144   52   48   11   51  179
D. Eckersley (CLE)     9   4  2.66  26  16   4   2   2  129  100   43   38   11   63  105
Steve Busby (KC)      15   9  2.79  27  27  16   0   3  216  191   70   67   11   68  135
Catfish Hunter (NY)   16  11  2.80  29  29  21   0   5  241  184   85   75   21   69  116
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   12   6  3.01  25  25  14   0   2  197  155   76   66   16   67  161
Rudy May (NY)         11   8  3.03  24  23  10   0   0  157  129   62   53    7   76  113
Vida Blue (OAK)       16   9  3.05  30  29  11   1   2  216  187   81   73   18   70  156
Jim Kaat (CHI)        17   9  3.10  32  30   9   0   1  223  220   89   77   13   54  109

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            18   7  2.33  28  27  16   1   8  224  177   67   58   12   61  138
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            3   3  2.80  18   0   0   6   0   35   23   11   11    3   14   29
Mike Torrez           14   6  3.18  27  27  12   0   1  198  179   78   70   11  104   90
Doyle Alexander        5   7  3.59  26   6   1   1   0   93   94   38   37    5   34   30
Mike Cuellar          12   8  3.61  28  28  14   0   5  205  171   85   82   17   66   88
Ross Grimsley          8  11  3.75  29  26   6   0   1  166  176   75   69   21   44   76
Wayne Garland          1   4  3.76  22   0   0   3   0   65   57   28   27    5   28   34
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Grant Jackson          3   3  4.23  32   0   0   5   0   38   39   18   18    3   18   31
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  2.98  19   4   0   0   0   42   45   26   14    6   17   27
Jim Willoughby         3   1  3.29  14   0   0   7   0   27   22   10   10    3    6   21
Bill Lee              15   7  3.87  30  27  14   0   3  214  216  100   92   15   56   54
Roger Moret            8   2  3.90  28   8   3   1   1   88   78   38   38    4   46   51
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Rick Wise             16   6  4.07  26  26  14   0   1  195  197   92   88   26   55  116
Luis Tiant            15  11  4.11  28  28  14   0   0  213  220  107   97   22   57  112
Dick Drago             1   1  4.37  27   2   0   7   0   45   43   22   22    4   22   22
Reggie Cleveland       9   9  5.12  25  15   2   0   0  127  135   78   72   17   38   59
Diego Segui            2   4  5.34  28   1   1   6   0   61   67   39   36   10   33   37

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             0   0  1.00  12   0   0   1   0   18   22    4    2    1    7    9
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Ed Figueroa           11   8  2.42  23  22  11   0   2  168  141   58   45    9   60   97
Don Kirkwood           4   4  2.47  35   0   0   7   0   66   61   27   18    5   20   42
Frank Tanana          11   6  2.57  24  23  10   0   4  168  144   52   48   11   51  179
Nolan Ryan            12  12  3.61  26  26  10   0   5  184  143   88   74   13  125  169
Mickey Scott           3   1  3.72  39   0   0   1   0   46   39   27   19    6   15   22
Bill Singer            7  11  4.38  24  22   7   1   0  156  142   82   76   12   67   74
Chuck Hockenbery       0   2  4.78  10   2   0   1   0   26   27   14   14    2   13   14
Dick Lange             4   5  4.92  23   7   1   1   0   79   86   54   43    5   48   33
Andy Hassler           3  11  6.01  24  17   6   0   1  118  141   84   79   10   47   73
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
Terry Forster          3   3  2.00  16   0   0   4   0   36   28   11    8    0   24   31
Rich Gossage           7   6  2.03  47   0   0  17   0  107   80   26   24    2   54   99
Jim Kaat              17   9  3.10  32  30   9   0   1  223  220   89   77   13   54  109
Dave Hamilton          3   2  3.44  17   1   0   4   0   37   33   14   14    3   16   27
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  3.82  21   0   0   1   0   35   34   16   15    3   16   17
Wilbur Wood           12  15  3.97  32  32  11   0   2  215  234  105   95   18   68   99
Danny Osborn           2   0  4.10  16   0   0   0   0   42   42   19   19    2   24   25
Jesse Jefferson        3   5  4.30  12  11   1   0   0   61   52   31   29    5   52   40
Claude Osteen          6  11  4.73  29  29   3   0   0  152  183   86   80   12   75   49
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 18.56   2   2   0   0   0    5   11   11   11    0    6    1

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           4   3  1.81  47   0   0  11   0   65   40   17   13    3   50   72
Rick Waits             1   0  2.19   8   0   0   1   0   12    8    3    3    0   10    5
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Dennis Eckersley       9   4  2.66  26  16   4   2   2  129  100   43   38   11   63  105
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
Jim Bibby              2   7  3.78  17   6   1   0   0   64   59   33   27    2   34   37
Dick Bosman            0   2  4.08   6   3   0   0   0   29   33   17   13    3    8   11
Roric Harrison         5   4  4.37  13  13   3   0   0   91   93   46   44    7   35   39
Fritz Peterson         7   7  4.75  17  17   2   0   0   91   91   54   48    9   31   32
Eric Raich             6   7  4.84  16  16   2   0   0   89  106   52   48   12   30   31
Don Hood               4   8  4.91  21  15   1   0   0  103  102   65   56   12   45   40
Jackie Brown           0   2  5.97  18   1   0   1   0   32   35   24   21    5   16   17
Jim Perry              1   6  6.69   8   6   0   0   0   38   46   34   28    8   18   11
Fred Beene             1   0  6.80  17   0   0   1   0   44   56   39   33    3   24   17

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Pentz             0   2  1.54   5   0   0   0   0   12    9    5    2    0    7   10
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Mickey Lolich         10  13  3.60  25  25  15   0   1  188  200   91   75   15   55  104
Vern Ruhle             9   9  3.90  24  23   6   0   2  148  151   80   64   13   49   53
Ray Bare               6   7  4.16  20  12   3   0   0  102  114   50   47    5   33   44
Lerrin LaGrow          7  12  4.24  24  23   7   0   2  136  151   85   64   14   50   60
Bob Reynolds           0   2  4.67  21   0   0   3   0   35   40   20   18    8   14   26
Tom Walker             3   8  4.69  31   9   1   0   0   96   96   59   50   12   33   49
Tom Makowski           0   0  4.82   3   0   0   0   0    9   10   11    5    2    9    3
Dave Lemanczyk         0   4  5.03  19   3   1   0   0   68   76   46   38    6   35   41
Fernando Arroyo        1   0  5.06   9   0   0   0   0   27   27   16   15    1   16   15
Ike Brookens           0   0  5.23   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    3    5    8
Joe Coleman            8  14  5.62  25  25   2   0   0  155  186  110   97   23   68  100

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob McClure            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1
Steve Mingori          0   3  2.35  30   0   0   2   0   46   37   16   12    2   16   24
Steve Busby           15   9  2.79  27  27  16   0   3  216  191   70   67   11   68  135
Paul Splittorff        5   6  3.26  26  14   2   1   1   97   89   48   35    7   41   53
Doug Bird              8   5  3.50  40   0   0   9   0   72   71   29   28    6   27   54
Marty Pattin           8   8  3.63  29  14   5   0   1  139  140   66   56   11   37   71
Dennis Leonard         8   5  3.74  23  21   5   0   0  147  149   69   61   12   63   96
Al Fitzmorris         12   9  3.81  26  26   8   0   3  173  172   78   73   15   49   55
Lindy McDaniel         4   1  4.04  29   0   0   1   0   65   66   31   29    2   19   34
Nelson Briles          5   5  4.19  17  14   3   1   0   92   98   49   43   15   18   58
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   4  3.15  34   0   0  16   0   54   50   19   19    3   13   20
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  3.23  36   1   0   6   0   70   59   27   25    8   34   56
Rick Austin            2   1  3.49  19   0   0   2   0   28   19   12   11    2   24   22
Tom Hausman            3   5  3.90  27   7   1   0   0  102   96   50   44    6   47   45
Jim Colborn            8   9  4.03  27  20   6   2   1  147  146   74   66   13   50   56
Jim Slaton            11  12  4.15  29  26   9   0   3  178  189   96   82   22   67  101
Lafayette Currence     0   1  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    7    2    2    0    4    3
Bill Travers           5   7  4.16  19  15   3   1   0   84   84   50   39    9   36   36
Ed Sprague             1   7  4.54  18  11   0   1   0   67   81   45   34    5   40   21
Pete Broberg          10  10  4.90  28  22   1   0   1  141  150   85   77   18   65   66
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         12   6  3.01  25  25  14   0   2  197  155   76   66   16   67  161
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.21  35   0   0   6   0   56   56   20   20    5   17   27
Tom Johnson            1   1  3.77  12   0   0   1   0   29   28   12   12    4   17   11
Dave Goltz            10  10  3.84  24  24  10   0   1  183  171   90   78   16   57   95
Vic Albury             6   7  4.21  30  15   2   1   0  128  102   74   60   14   95   70
Jim Hughes            10  10  4.21  26  23   8   0   2  167  162   86   78   13   94   83
Bill Campbell          3   6  4.41  35   7   2   3   1  100  106   55   49   11   37   62
Ray Corbin             5   7  5.14  18  11   3   0   0   89  105   59   51   13   38   49
Mark Wiley             1   3  5.75  14   3   1   2   0   36   43   27   23    4   12   13
Bill Butler            1   3  6.84  16   4   1   0   0   53   72   46   40    8   20   41
Mike Pazik             0   4  8.24   5   3   0   0   0   20   28   20   18    5   10    8
Joe Decker             1   3  9.30   8   6   1   0   0   20   20   21   21    2   27    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Guidry             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    3    4
Catfish Hunter        16  11  2.80  29  29  21   0   5  241  184   85   75   21   69  116
Rudy May              11   8  3.03  24  23  10   0   0  157  129   62   53    7   76  113
Larry Gura             4   4  3.10  18  12   2   0   0   99  106   38   34    5   27   42
Dick Tidrow            6   3  3.24  36   0   0   5   0   67   64   27   24    5   31   37
Sparky Lyle            3   5  3.34  40   0   0   6   0   62   64   25   23    1   27   46
Doc Medich            11  12  3.51  28  27  10   0   2  195  186   81   76   19   54  101
Pat Dobson            10  13  3.96  28  27   7   0   1  184  182   91   81   19   72  105
Dave Pagan             0   0  4.28  10   0   0   0   0   27   28   15   13    2   12   15
Tippy Martinez         1   1  4.40  12   1   0   4   0   14   14    8    7    1   14   12
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  49   0   0   6   0   88   69   25   20    6   34   41
Jim Todd               4   3  2.80  43   0   0   8   0   87   78   33   27    4   25   38
Vida Blue             16   9  3.05  30  29  11   1   2  216  187   81   73   18   70  156
Sonny Siebert          2   3  3.27   8   8   0   0   0   33   32   14   12    3   17   25
Rollie Fingers         7   5  3.28  53   0   0  15   0   93   71   35   34   10   23   81
Dick Bosman            8   2  3.28  14  14   2   0   0   85   72   33   31    8   15   27
Ken Holtzman          14  10  3.50  30  29   8   0   2  198  177   89   77   13   87   93
Stan Bahnsen           3   5  3.65  12  10   2   0   0   62   58   27   25    1   20   33
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
Glenn Abbott           5   3  4.06  20  10   3   0   1   82   69   38   37    9   33   43
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
Gaylord Perry          6   6  3.19  13  13   8   0   4  102   89   43   36    5   24   72
Steve Hargan           8   6  3.37  24  20   8   0   1  152  159   68   57   12   45   71
Stan Perzanowski       1   1  3.48   4   2   1   0   0   21   21    9    8    0    5    3
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.71  33   1   0   2   0   53   45   25   22    2   19   29
Fergie Jenkins        14  12  3.92  28  28  17   0   3  211  208  100   92   30   41  121
Bill Hands             6   7  4.10  18  18   4   0   1  110  118   58   50   12   28   67
Steve Foucault         5   2  4.10  43   0   0   6   0   83   73   43   38    9   45   44
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Clyde Wright           3   5  4.39  18  13   1   0   0   80   90   48   39    5   40   28
Mike Kekich            0   0  4.76  14   0   0   2   0   17   17   10    9    2   10   10
Jim Umbarger           4   5  4.90  48   4   0   2   0   79   84   45   43    6   45   27
Jim Bibby              2   6  5.00  12  12   4   0   1   68   73   41   38    2   28   31
Tommy Moore            0   2  6.75  10   0   0   0   0   17   24   15   13    1   10   11

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Palmer (BAL)          18
  J. Kaat (CHI)            17
  V. Blue (OAK)            16
  C. Hunter (NY)           16
  R. Wise (BOS)            16
  S. Busby (KC)            15
  B. Lee (BOS)             15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        14
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         14

Losses:

  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  W. Wood (CHI)            15
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  J. Bibby (CLE)           13
  P. Dobson (NY)           13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         12
  L. LaGrow (DET)          12
  D. Medich (NY)           12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           21
  G. Perry (TEX)           18
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         17
  S. Busby (KC)            16
  J. Palmer (BAL)          16
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         14
  B. Lee (BOS)             14
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         17
  T. Murphy (MIL)          16
  R. Fingers (OAK)         15
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         11
  D. Bird (KC)              9
  J. Todd (OAK)             8
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  D. Kirkwood (CAL)         7
  J. Willoughby (BOS)       7

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3
  B. Lee (BOS)              3

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        241.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       223.2
  J. Kaat (CHI)         223.1
  G. Perry (TEX)        223.0
  S. Busby (KC)         216.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         215.2
  W. Wood (CHI)         215.1
  B. Lee (BOS)          214.0
  L. Tiant (BOS)        212.2
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      211.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           234
  J. Kaat (CHI)           220
  L. Tiant (BOS)          220
  B. Lee (BOS)            216
  G. Perry (TEX)          209
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        208
  M. Lolich (DET)         200
  R. Wise (BOS)           197
  S. Busby (KC)           191
  J. Slaton (MIL)         189

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        110
  L. Tiant (BOS)          107
  W. Wood (CHI)           105
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        100
  B. Lee (BOS)            100
  G. Perry (TEX)          100
  J. Slaton (MIL)          96
  R. Wise (BOS)            92
  P. Dobson (NY)           91
  M. Lolich (DET)          91

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         30
  R. Wise (BOS)            26
  J. Coleman (DET)         23
  J. Slaton (MIL)          22
  L. Tiant (BOS)           22
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        21
  C. Hunter (NY)           21
  G. Perry (TEX)           21
  P. Dobson (NY)           19
  D. Medich (NY)           19

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           125
  M. Torrez (BAL)         104
  V. Albury (MIN)          95
  J. Hughes (MIN)          94
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        87
  R. May (NY)              76
  C. Osteen (CHI)          75
  P. Dobson (NY)           72
  V. Blue (OAK)            70
  C. Hunter (NY)           69

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         179
  N. Ryan (CAL)           169
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       161
  G. Perry (TEX)          157
  V. Blue (OAK)           156
  J. Palmer (BAL)         138
  S. Busby (KC)           135
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        121
  C. Hunter (NY)          116
  R. Wise (BOS)           116

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