Friday August 22, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 22, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         76  50  3.30  126  30  32  1128   978  467  413   86  404  634
Baltimore       69  56  3.33  125  52  17  1139  1014  455  422   87  407  571
New York        63  62  3.37  125  53  15  1108  1027  464  415   85  405  620
Kansas City     68  56  3.57  124  41  15  1110  1089  502  440   86  362  607
California      58  70  3.82  128  45  12  1155  1081  575  490   87  512  792
Chicago         62  64  3.94  126  28  30  1129  1162  539  495   81  498  618
Texas           61  67  3.98  128  47  13  1159  1167  586  513   99  409  602
Boston          76  50  4.05  126  53  22  1132  1133  563  509  115  382  550
Cleveland       57  66  4.05  123  27  23  1111  1081  571  500  108  492  614
Milwaukee       56  70  4.14  126  25  29  1114  1125  590  512  104  479  507
Detroit         50  76  4.14  126  39  17  1108  1164  612  510  113  425  627
Minnesota       59  68  4.29  127  45  14  1132  1104  611  539  113  510  660

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      19   7  2.17  30  29  17   1   9  245  186   69   59   12   64  148
Frank Tanana (CAL)    11   6  2.60  25  24  10   0   4  180  154   56   52   12   55  189
D. Eckersley (CLE)     9   5  2.62  27  17   5   2   2  138  105   45   40   12   64  109
Steve Busby (KC)      15   9  2.75  28  28  16   0   3  219  192   70   67   11   68  135
Ed Figueroa (CAL)     11  10  2.76  25  24  11   0   2  179  155   69   55   11   63  108
Catfish Hunter (NY)   17  12  2.83  31  31  23   0   5  258  200   92   81   22   72  126
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   13   6  2.97  26  26  15   0   2  206  160   78   68   16   68  169
Jim Kaat (CHI)        18   9  3.04  34  32   9   0   1  240  239   93   81   14   56  113
Rudy May (NY)         11   9  3.12  25  24  10   0   0  164  137   67   57    7   79  118
Vida Blue (OAK)       16  10  3.15  31  30  11   1   2  220  195   85   77   19   72  160

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            19   7  2.17  30  29  17   1   9  245  186   69   59   12   64  148
Jesse Jefferson        0   2  2.35   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    3    2    0    8    4
Dyar Miller            4   3  2.65  19   0   0   6   0   37   23   11   11    3   14   29
Mike Torrez           15   7  3.37  29  29  12   0   1  208  194   87   78   12  109   97
Doyle Alexander        5   7  3.47  27   6   1   1   0   96   95   38   37    5   34   31
Wayne Garland          1   4  3.52  23   0   0   3   0   69   57   28   27    5   29   36
Mike Cuellar          12   9  3.67  29  29  14   0   5  208  178   90   85   17   67   88
Ross Grimsley          9  12  3.79  31  28   7   0   1  180  191   82   76   23   44   80
Grant Jackson          3   3  3.95  34   0   0   6   0   41   40   18   18    3   19   32
Dave Johnson           0   1  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    0    7    4
Paul Mitchell          1   0  5.40   6   4   1   0   0   32   26   19   19    6   11   21
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 Willoughby         4   1  2.76  16   0   0   8   0   33   23   10   10    3    7   22
Jim Burton             1   2  3.14  20   4   0   0   0   43   47   27   15    6   17   27
Roger Moret           10   2  3.39  30  10   4   1   1  104   84   39   39    4   57   59
Bill Lee              16   7  3.71  32  28  15   0   4  223  220  100   92   15   57   57
Dick Pole              2   4  4.05  11   7   2   0   1   60   63   29   27    7   16   29
Rick Wise             16   7  4.07  27  27  14   0   1  201  205   97   91   26   63  119
Luis Tiant            15  12  4.08  29  29  15   0   0  221  229  110  100   22   59  112
Dick Drago             1   1  4.37  27   2   0   7   0   45   43   22   22    4   22   22
Reggie Cleveland       9   9  5.04  26  16   2   0   0  134  140   81   75   17   43   63
Diego Segui            2   4  5.28  29   1   1   6   0   61   68   39   36   10   34   38

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             0   0  1.89  14   0   0   1   0   19   26    6    4    1    8   10
Orlando Pena           0   2  2.13   7   0   0   0   0   13   13    3    3    0    8    4
Don Kirkwood           5   4  2.55  38   0   0   7   0   71   66   29   20    5   22   44
Frank Tanana          11   6  2.60  25  24  10   0   4  180  154   56   52   12   55  189
Ed Figueroa           11  10  2.76  25  24  11   0   2  179  155   69   55   11   63  108
Mickey Scott           4   1  3.49  41   0   0   1   0   49   42   28   19    6   16   25
Nolan Ryan            13  12  3.52  27  27  10   0   5  192  146   89   75   13  128  178
Bill Singer            7  11  4.36  25  23   7   1   0  163  146   85   79   12   70   75
Chuck Hockenbery       0   3  4.68  11   3   0   1   0   33   34   18   17    2   14   15
Dick Lange             4   5  4.97  24   7   1   1   0   80   88   55   44    5   48   33
Andy Hassler           3  11  5.78  26  17   6   0   1  123  143   84   79   10   48   80
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           7   7  2.01  50   0   0  19   0  112   83   27   25    2   55  105
Terry Forster          3   3  2.19  17   1   0   4   0   37   30   12    9    0   24   32
Dave Hamilton          5   2  2.93  19   1   0   4   0   46   44   15   15    3   18   34
Jim Kaat              18   9  3.04  34  32   9   0   1  240  239   93   81   14   56  113
Cecil Upshaw           1   1  3.68  23   0   0   1   0   37   35   16   15    3   18   18
Wilbur Wood           13  16  3.98  34  34  12   0   2  233  249  113  103   20   71  109
Danny Osborn           2   0  4.10  16   0   0   0   0   42   42   19   19    2   24   25
Claude Osteen          6  12  4.60  30  30   4   0   0  160  189   88   82   13   76   52
Jesse Jefferson        3   5  4.78  13  12   1   0   0   64   58   36   34    5   57   41
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
Rich Hinton            0   0  5.71   5   0   0   0   0   17   21   11   11    2    8   13
Stan Bahnsen           4   6  6.01  12  12   2   0   0   67   78   49   45    9   40   31
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
Rick Waits             2   0  1.40   9   0   0   1   0   19   10    3    3    0   12    8
Dave LaRoche           4   3  1.74  48   0   0  12   0   67   41   17   13    3   52   72
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  2.61   3   1   1   0   1   10    4    3    3    1    8   10
Dennis Eckersley       9   5  2.62  27  17   5   2   2  138  105   45   40   12   64  109
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 Bibby              2   7  3.69  18   6   1   1   0   68   61   34   28    2   34   39
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
Roric Harrison         6   4  4.27  14  14   3   0   0   97   97   48   46    7   38   42
Fritz Peterson         9   7  4.89  19  19   3   0   0  105  115   63   57   12   33   36
Don Hood               4   8  4.99  22  16   1   0   0  105  106   68   58   13   47   41
Jackie Brown           1   2  5.13  20   2   1   1   0   47   56   30   27    6   19   22
Eric Raich             6   8  5.36  17  17   2   0   0   91  114   58   54   12   31   32
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  1.32   6   0   0   0   0   14    9    5    2    0   10   12
John Hiller            2   3  2.17  36   0   0  14   0   71   52   19   17    6   36   87
Mickey Lolich         11  13  3.48  26  26  16   0   1  197  209   92   76   15   56  110
Ray Bare               7   8  3.78  22  14   4   0   1  117  121   52   49    6   37   54
Vern Ruhle            10  10  3.91  26  25   7   0   3  159  162   85   69   15   51   57
Lerrin LaGrow          7  12  4.24  24  23   7   0   2  136  151   85   64   14   50   60
Tom Walker             3   8  4.51  32   9   1   0   0  102   99   62   51   13   34   51
Bob Reynolds           0   2  4.67  21   0   0   3   0   35   40   20   18    8   14   26
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            9  14  5.48  26  26   3   0   0  164  197  113  100   24   72  103

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob McClure            0   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0    3    2    0    0    0    3    3
Steve Mingori          0   3  2.35  30   0   0   2   0   46   37   16   12    2   16   24
Steve Busby           15   9  2.75  28  28  16   0   3  219  192   70   67   11   68  135
Paul Splittorff        6   7  3.12  28  16   3   1   1  113  104   58   39    8   44   57
Marty Pattin           8   8  3.55  31  14   5   0   1  145  143   67   57   12   37   73
Dennis Leonard         9   5  3.58  24  22   6   0   0  156  155   70   62   12   64  103
Doug Bird              8   5  3.61  42   0   0   9   0   72   73   31   29    6   28   54
Al Fitzmorris         12  10  3.91  27  27   8   0   3  179  179   83   78   16   53   56
Lindy McDaniel         4   1  3.97  32   0   0   1   0   68   70   32   30    2   21   35
Nelson Briles          6   5  4.27  18  14   3   1   0   97  106   52   46   16   19   62
Mark Littell           0   1 15.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    5    5    5    1    2    0
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
Eduardo Rodriguez      6   0  3.18  37   1   0   6   0   71   59   27   25    8   35   56
Rick Austin            2   2  3.27  21   0   0   2   0   33   21   13   12    3   25   23
Tom Murphy             1   5  3.42  36   0   0  16   0   55   52   21   21    4   15   23
Tom Hausman            3   5  3.85  28   8   1   0   0  110  104   53   47    7   47   46
Jim Colborn            8   9  3.87  28  21   6   2   1  158  156   78   68   14   50   59
Bill Travers           5   7  4.10  20  15   3   1   0   86   85   50   39    9   37   36
Jim Slaton            11  14  4.12  31  28  10   0   3  192  202  104   88   23   78  107
Lafayette Currence     0   1  4.15   3   0   0   0   0    4    7    2    2    0    4    3
Ed Sprague             1   7  4.54  18  11   0   1   0   67   81   45   34    5   40   21
Pete Broberg          10  12  4.86  30  24   2   0   1  156  159   93   84   18   78   70
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         13   6  2.97  26  26  15   0   2  206  160   78   68   16   68  169
Tom Burgmeier          5   6  3.10  36   0   0   6   0   58   58   21   20    5   18   29
Dave Goltz            12  10  3.75  26  26  11   0   1  197  186   95   82   16   62  104
Jim Hughes            11  11  4.00  28  25   9   0   2  182  174   89   81   14   99   91
Bill Campbell          3   6  4.15  38   7   2   4   1  106  110   55   49   11   37   65
Vic Albury             6   7  4.21  30  15   2   1   0  128  102   74   60   14   95   70
Tom Johnson            1   1  4.97  13   0   0   1   0   29   31   16   16    4   18   11
Ray Corbin             5   7  5.14  18  11   3   0   0   89  105   59   51   13   38   49
Mark Wiley             1   3  6.05  15   3   1   2   0   39   50   30   26    4   13   15
Bill Butler            1   4  7.71  17   5   1   0   0   54   76   52   46    9   22   42
Mike Pazik             0   4  8.24   5   3   0   0   0   20   28   20   18    5   10    8
Joe Decker             1   3  8.49   9   6   1   0   0   23   24   22   22    2   30    7

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Guidry             0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    5    5
Catfish Hunter        17  12  2.83  31  31  23   0   5  258  200   92   81   22   72  126
Dick Tidrow            6   3  3.12  37   0   0   5   0   69   65   27   24    5   31   38
Rudy May              11   9  3.12  25  24  10   0   0  164  137   67   57    7   79  118
Sparky Lyle            3   6  3.24  41   0   0   6   0   67   66   26   24    1   29   46
Larry Gura             4   4  3.43  19  13   2   0   0  105  115   44   40    7   30   45
Doc Medich            11  14  3.50  30  29  11   0   2  208  204   87   81   20   59  104
Pat Dobson            10  13  3.92  29  27   7   0   1  186  184   91   81   19   73  109
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  1.97  51   0   0   6   0   91   70   25   20    6   35   44
Jim Todd               4   3  2.67  45   0   0   9   0   91   79   33   27    4   25   42
Sonny Siebert          3   3  3.08   9   9   0   0   0   38   35   15   13    3   17   27
Vida Blue             16  10  3.15  31  30  11   1   2  220  195   85   77   19   72  160
Rollie Fingers         8   5  3.19  56   0   0  16   0   96   71   35   34   10   25   87
Dick Bosman            8   3  3.27  15  15   2   0   0   94   78   36   34    8   17   32
Ken Holtzman          15  10  3.32  32  31   9   0   2  214  187   92   79   14   95  102
Stan Bahnsen           4   5  3.49  13  11   2   0   0   67   63   28   26    1   23   34
Glenn Abbott           5   3  3.87  21  10   3   0   1   86   74   39   37    9   34   45
Dave Hamilton          1   2  4.04  11   4   0   0   0   36   42   19   16    4   18   20
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          7   6  2.88  15  15   9   0   4  122  109   46   39    5   25   89
Steve Hargan           8   7  3.43  25  21   8   0   1  157  165   72   60   13   47   73
Stan Thomas            4   3  3.52  36   1   0   2   0   61   53   27   24    2   24   31
Mike Bacsik            1   2  3.71   7   3   0   0   0   27   28   17   11    1    9   13
Fergie Jenkins        14  13  3.90  29  29  18   0   3  219  213  104   95   32   44  127
Steve Foucault         5   3  4.04  45   0   0   7   0   89   76   45   40    9   49   47
Bill Hands             6   7  4.10  18  18   4   0   1  110  118   58   50   12   28   67
Jackie Brown           5   5  4.22  17   7   2   0   1   70   70   37   33    7   35   35
Stan Perzanowski       1   3  4.50   6   4   1   0   0   30   32   16   15    0    9   10
Clyde Wright           3   5  4.57  20  13   1   0   0   83   95   51   42    7   43   30
Jim Umbarger           5   5  4.64  49   5   0   2   0   85   91   46   44    6   48   28
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
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)          19
  J. Kaat (CHI)            18
  C. Hunter (NY)           17
  V. Blue (OAK)            16
  B. Lee (BOS)             16
  R. Wise (BOS)            16
  S. Busby (KC)            15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  M. Torrez (BAL)          15

Losses:

  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  G. Perry (TEX)           15
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  D. Medich (NY)           14
  J. Slaton (MIL)          14
  J. Bibby (CLE)           13
  P. Dobson (NY)           13
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  P. Broberg (MIL)         12

Complete Games:

  C. Hunter (NY)           23
  G. Perry (TEX)           19
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         18
  J. Palmer (BAL)          17
  S. Busby (KC)            16
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15
  B. Lee (BOS)             15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         14

Saves:

  R. Gossage (CHI)         19
  R. Fingers (OAK)         16
  T. Murphy (MIL)          16
  J. Hiller (DET)          14
  D. LaRoche (CLE)         12
  D. Bird (KC)              9
  J. Todd (OAK)             9
  J. Willoughby (BOS)       8
  D. Drago (BOS)            7
  S. Foucault (TEX)         7

Shutouts:

  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  C. Hunter (NY)            5
  G. Perry (TEX)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  B. Lee (BOS)              4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  S. Busby (KC)             3
  A. Fitzmorris (KC)        3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          3

Innings Pitched:

  C. Hunter (NY)        258.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       244.2
  G. Perry (TEX)        243.0
  J. Kaat (CHI)         239.2
  W. Wood (CHI)         232.2
  B. Lee (BOS)          223.1
  L. Tiant (BOS)        220.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         220.1
  S. Busby (KC)         219.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)      219.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           249
  J. Kaat (CHI)           239
  G. Perry (TEX)          229
  L. Tiant (BOS)          229
  B. Lee (BOS)            220
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        213
  M. Lolich (DET)         209
  R. Wise (BOS)           205
  D. Medich (NY)          204
  J. Slaton (MIL)         202

Runs:

  J. Coleman (DET)        113
  W. Wood (CHI)           113
  L. Tiant (BOS)          110
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        104
  J. Slaton (MIL)         104
  G. Perry (TEX)          103
  B. Lee (BOS)            100
  R. Wise (BOS)            97
  D. Goltz (MIN)           95
  P. Broberg (MIL)         93

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)         32
  R. Wise (BOS)            26
  J. Coleman (DET)         24
  R. Grimsley (BAL)        23
  J. Slaton (MIL)          23
  C. Hunter (NY)           22
  L. Tiant (BOS)           22
  G. Perry (TEX)           21
  D. Medich (NY)           20
  W. Wood (CHI)            20

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           128
  M. Torrez (BAL)         109
  J. Hughes (MIN)          99
  V. Albury (MIN)          95
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        95
  R. May (NY)              79
  P. Broberg (MIL)         78
  J. Slaton (MIL)          78
  C. Osteen (CHI)          76
  P. Dobson (NY)           73

Strikeouts:

  F. Tanana (CAL)         189
  N. Ryan (CAL)           178
  G. Perry (TEX)          174
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       169
  V. Blue (OAK)           160
  J. Palmer (BAL)         148
  S. Busby (KC)           135
  F. Jenkins (TEX)        127
  C. Hunter (NY)          126
  R. Wise (BOS)           119

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