Thursday May 12, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 12, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       14  11  2.85   25  11   3   227   189   76   72   18   77  109
New York        16  12  2.91   28   8   9   250   246  101   81   16   90  127
Kansas City     15  15  3.44   30   5   8   272   272  123  104   23  102  154
Texas           15  12  3.47   27  10   3   244   221  105   94   24   83  129
Minnesota       19  11  3.52   30   3  10   269   283  119  105   24   81  123
Milwaukee       15  15  3.56   30   8   8   263   250  119  104   20  103  100
California      14  17  3.81   31  12   6   274   270  138  116   28  130  206
Chicago         18  11  4.00   29   7   8   259   262  134  115   26  106  137
Boston          14  13  4.24   27   6   5   238   246  124  112   28   55  115
Toronto         14  17  4.30   31   6   4   274   294  145  131   20  118  139
Cleveland       11  16  4.63   27   3   7   249   267  142  128   31   97  150
Detroit         12  16  4.70   28   6   5   251   266  154  131   33   78  128
Oakland         16  14  4.85   30   7   7   260   293  157  140   37  114  156
Seattle         11  24  5.10   35   2   6   305   323  201  173   36  150  151

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bert Blyleven (TEX)    4   2  1.45   7   7   4   0   2   62   46   14   10    4   17   50
Ed Figueroa (NY)       3   2  1.49   6   6   4   0   0   48   39   13    8    2   13   17
Jim Slaton (MIL)       1   3  1.77   6   6   2   0   1   46   39   13    9    3   20   13
Steve Stone (CHI)      2   3  1.99   6   6   4   0   0   45   32   13   10    3   19   25
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   2  2.13   8   8   5   0   2   72   48   17   17    4   18   43
Doyle Alexander (TEX)  4   1  2.44   6   6   3   0   1   44   34   12   12    6   14   11
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       5   3  2.51   8   8   6   0   2   68   44   20   19    2   52   69
Moose Haas (MIL)       2   1  2.57   6   6   0   0   0   42   38   15   12    3   11   20
Jim Colborn (KC)       4   3  2.61   7   7   2   0   0   52   49   17   15    4   18   22
Fernando Arroyo (DET)  1   2  2.70   9   0   0   0   0   30   26   12    9    3    8    7

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             5   2  2.13   8   8   5   0   2   72   48   17   17    4   18   43
Mike Flanagan          0   1  2.55   4   3   1   1   0   25   16    7    7    3    6   14
Rudy May               3   3  2.72   6   6   2   0   0   43   43   17   13    1   20   13
Scott McGregor         1   0  2.93   3   2   0   1   0   15   16    5    5    1    4    8
Dennis Martinez        1   2  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   18   12    6    6    1    7   11
Ross Grimsley          3   2  3.07   6   6   3   0   0   41   40   14   14    6    9   13
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  4.70   6   0   0   0   0    8    6    4    4    0    8    3
Dyar Miller            1   1  6.23   5   0   0   1   0    4    5    3    3    2    3    4
Tippy Martinez         0   0 20.25   3   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    2    0

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Reggie Cleveland       2   3  2.98   6   6   2   0   0   45   37   17   15    4   12   22
Fergie Jenkins         4   2  2.98   7   7   3   0   1   54   43   20   18   10    6   25
Bob Stanley            2   0  3.45   5   4   1   1   1   31   35   15   12    0    8    8
Jim Willoughby         2   0  3.86   9   0   0   1   0   16   14    8    7    1    5    6
Luis Tiant             2   2  3.90   5   5   0   0   0   32   39   14   14    6    5   21
Tom Murphy             0   1  4.30   5   0   0   0   0   15   17    9    7    2    6    9
Bill Lee               0   0  5.14   4   1   0   0   0   14   19    8    8    2    2    4
Bill Campbell          1   3  5.19  11   0   0   3   0   17   15   12   10    2    8   12
Rick Wise              1   2 13.50   4   4   0   0   0   11   22   16   16    1    2    8
Tom House              0   0 27.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    5    5    0    1    0

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    1
Nolan Ryan             5   3  2.51   8   8   6   0   2   68   44   20   19    2   52   69
Frank Tanana           5   1  2.80   8   8   5   0   2   64   58   20   20    8   17   60
Paul Hartzell          1   3  3.26   7   3   1   2   0   30   28   14   11    2    8   17
Sid Monge              0   1  3.65   4   0   0   1   0   12   14    7    5    2    6    4
John Verhoeven         0   2  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    3    2    0    4    3
Don Kirkwood           1   0  4.15   8   0   0   1   0   13   15    8    6    1    9    7
Mickey Scott           0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   10   10    9    5    0    3    4
Dick Drago             0   1  4.85   9   0   0   1   0   13   15    8    7    3    3    9
Gary Ross              0   2  5.68   6   5   0   0   0   25   39   21   16    5    7    9
Wayne Simpson          2   2  5.72   6   6   0   0   0   28   33   21   18    3   17   20
Mike Cuellar           0   1 18.90   2   1   0   0   0    3    9    7    7    2    3    3

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  1.19  13   0   0   4   0   23   16    4    3    2    6   11
Steve Stone            2   3  1.99   6   6   4   0   0   45   32   13   10    3   19   25
Bruce Dal Canton       0   1  2.35   5   0   0   2   0   15   10    5    4    1    7    5
Francisco Barrios      3   1  3.89   7   5   1   0   0   44   39   21   19    4   14   24
Chris Knapp            4   1  4.28   8   8   1   0   0   40   39   25   19    5   22   26
Ken Brett              4   2  5.14   7   7   1   0   0   42   54   25   24    4   11   25
Dave Hamilton          1   1  5.40  14   0   0   2   0   20   22   13   12    2   10   10
Bart Johnson           3   2  5.64   8   3   0   0   0   22   33   17   14    0   13    9
Silvio Martinez        0   0 10.80   4   0   0   0   0    5   12    6    6    3    3    2
Wilbur Wood            0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    5    5    4    2    1    0

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Hood               1   0  1.88   7   0   0   0   0   14    9    3    3    1    7   10
Jim Kern               1   2  2.65  13   0   0   2   0   17   16    6    5    0    9   14
Rick Waits             0   0  3.29   7   0   0   1   0   14   11    5    5    1    7    8
Dennis Eckersley       2   2  3.83   7   7   1   0   0   49   48   24   21    7   17   37
Jim Bibby              2   0  3.97   5   3   1   0   1   23   25   10   10    2    4   14
Tom Buskey             0   0  4.50   9   0   0   0   0   18   23   13    9    3    4    8
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  4.68   7   6   0   0   0   33   36   21   17    1   17   20
Dave LaRoche           2   2  5.30  13   0   0   4   0   19   15   13   11    3    7   18
Pat Dobson             0   3  6.30   7   5   0   0   0   30   38   21   21    7   14   10
Wayne Garland          1   4  7.24   6   6   1   0   0   32   46   26   26    6   11   11

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fernando Arroyo        1   2  2.70   9   0   0   0   0   30   26   12    9    3    8    7
Dave Rozema            3   0  2.95   7   7   3   0   1   55   48   20   18    5    7   27
Steve Foucault         1   1  3.24   6   0   0   2   0    8    4    3    3    0    4    7
John Hiller            1   3  3.93  11   0   0   3   0   18   13   10    8    2    8   19
Dave Roberts           3   4  4.11   7   7   3   0   0   46   46   27   21    9   11   21
Bob Sykes              0   1  4.30   5   3   0   0   0   23   25   14   11    2   13   19
Vern Ruhle             3   3  5.88   7   7   0   0   0   41   52   28   27    5    9   10
Jim Crawford           0   0  5.91   6   0   0   0   0   11   18   12    7    3    8   10
Ray Bare               0   2 12.56   5   4   0   0   0   14   24   21   20    3    7    4
Steve Grilli           0   0 17.18   2   0   0   0   0    4   10    7    7    1    3    4

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Littell           3   1  1.96  12   0   0   4   0   18   14    4    4    2    6   21
Larry Gura             2   1  2.31  10   2   0   3   0   23   18    8    6    3    5   12
Jim Colborn            4   3  2.61   7   7   2   0   0   52   49   17   15    4   18   22
Tom Hall               0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    1    2    4
Dennis Leonard         2   2  3.19   7   6   2   1   0   48   46   25   17    2   19   34
Doug Bird              2   0  3.86   9   0   0   0   0   19   25    8    8    1    7   11
Andy Hassler           1   1  4.00   5   5   0   0   0   27   33   16   12    1   12   16
Paul Splittorff        1   3  4.25   8   8   1   0   0   53   58   28   25    5   26   22
Marty Pattin           0   1  4.30   5   2   0   0   0   15   15    7    7    1    4    8
Steve Mingori          0   3  5.65   7   0   0   0   0   14   13    9    9    3    3    4

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob McClure            1   0  1.38  13   0   0   2   0   13    9    3    2    0    4    3
Jim Slaton             1   3  1.77   6   6   2   0   1   46   39   13    9    3   20   13
Moose Haas             2   1  2.57   6   6   0   0   0   42   38   15   12    3   11   20
Bill Travers           3   4  3.04   7   7   2   0   1   50   47   20   17    4   26   18
Barry Cort             1   0  3.38   4   1   1   0   0   13   14    5    5    0    2   10
Jerry Augustine        3   4  3.40   7   7   3   0   0   56   48   24   21    3   21   17
Bill Castro            3   1  5.28  13   0   0   6   0   15   18    9    9    3    1    5
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   0  7.82   4   0   0   0   0   13   17   11   11    2    7    8
Gary Beare             1   2 10.80   5   3   0   0   0   15   20   19   18    2   11    6

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Johnson            3   2  1.21  13   0   0   5   0   22   17    4    3    1    5   14
Dave Johnson           0   0  1.80   1   0   0   0   0    5    2    1    1    1    1    5
Jim Hughes             0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    1
Ron Schueler           1   1  2.21  11   0   0   1   0   20   14    6    5    2    8   11
Mike Pazik             1   0  2.50   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    1    6    6
Jeff Holly             2   0  2.76   3   1   0   0   0   16   11    5    5    0    3   12
Tom Burgmeier          3   1  2.84  13   0   0   4   0   25   26    8    8    3    5    6
Paul Thormodsgard      2   1  3.19   6   6   0   0   0   31   36   12   11    4   13   10
Dave Goltz             1   2  3.80   7   7   1   0   0   47   51   22   20    1   15   17
Geoff Zahn             5   1  3.94   7   7   2   0   0   46   58   22   20    6    9   28
Pete Redfern           1   3  6.30   6   6   0   0   0   30   39   28   21    4   14   12
Don Carrithers         0   0 15.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    7    5    5    1    1    1

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            1   1  0.92  10   0   0   6   0   20   16    2    2    1    5   11
Ed Figueroa            3   2  1.49   6   6   4   0   0   48   39   13    8    2   13   17
Ron Guidry             2   0  1.61   7   1   0   1   0   22   23    6    4    0    5   21
Dick Tidrow            2   1  1.65  10   0   0   2   0   27   26    5    5    1    6   15
Dock Ellis             1   1  1.83   3   3   1   0   0   20   18    9    4    1    8    5
Mike Torrez            2   0  3.21   2   2   1   0   0   14   10    6    5    2    8    9
Catfish Hunter         1   2  3.44   3   3   1   0   0   18   19   12    7    3    6    9
Ken Holtzman           2   2  4.63   5   5   0   0   0   35   44   20   18    2   10    6
Gil Patterson          0   1  4.97   4   3   0   0   0   13   13    7    7    1   10   11
Don Gullett            2   2  5.73   5   5   1   0   0   33   38   21   21    3   19   23

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pablo Torrealba        1   0  0.00   7   0   0   2   0    7    7    0    0    0    3    4
Dave Giusti            0   1  2.25  12   0   0   4   0   16   16    5    4    0    4    8
Rick Langford          3   1  2.73   7   3   0   0   0   30   26   11    9    1   16   22
Vida Blue              3   2  3.83   6   6   4   0   0   47   49   20   20    7   11   34
Mike Norris            1   1  3.91   6   3   0   0   0   25   29   14   11    2    8   12
Doc Medich             2   2  4.32   6   6   1   0   0   42   50   25   20    6   14   20
Joe Coleman            0   0  4.38   5   0   0   0   0   12    9    6    6    2   10    8
Mike Torrez            3   1  4.44   4   4   2   0   0   26   23   14   13    3   11   12
Jim Umbarger           1   2  5.87   8   4   0   0   0   23   32   20   15    3   16   13
Stan Bahnsen           1   1  6.75  10   1   0   1   0   17   20   13   13    5   10   16
Doug Bair              1   0 14.85   4   0   0   0   0    7   14   11   11    3    6    3
Dock Ellis             0   3 22.09   3   3   0   0   0    7   18   18   18    5    5    4

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           0   1  1.35   5   3   0   1   0   20   15    3    3    1    8   18
Mike Kekich            1   0  2.08   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    5    3
Frank MacCormack       0   0  3.86   3   3   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    0   12    4
Bill Laxton            2   1  4.30  14   0   0   1   0   23   18   11   11    2   13   13
Stan Thomas            1   4  4.40   8   7   1   0   0   47   56   32   23    5   19   13
John Montague          3   3  4.75  12   2   0   2   0   42   45   26   22    3   21   17
Tommy Moore            2   1  5.01  13   1   0   0   0   32   35   21   18    1   19   13
Gary Wheelock          2   3  5.23   5   5   1   0   0   31   28   19   18    5    7   19
Dave Pagan             0   1  5.61  13   0   0   2   0   26   30   20   16    2    9   11
Rick Jones             0   1  6.00   2   2   0   0   0    6   10    4    4    2    4    1
Glenn Abbott           0   4  6.09   8   7   0   0   0   34   40   25   23    8   12   14
Diego Segui            0   4  8.06   8   4   0   0   0   26   31   28   23    5   15   22
Dick Pole              0   1 21.00   2   1   0   0   0    3    5    7    7    2    6    3

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0    7    2    0    0    0    3    2
Bert Blyleven          4   2  1.45   7   7   4   0   2   62   46   14   10    4   17   50
Adrian Devine          2   1  1.46   9   0   0   1   0   12    7    2    2    1    6    8
Doyle Alexander        4   1  2.44   6   6   3   0   1   44   34   12   12    6   14   11
Paul Lindblad          1   2  3.80   8   0   0   1   0   21   18   10    9    3    6   11
Nelson Briles          2   0  3.98   5   2   0   0   0   20   14    9    9    3    7    7
Gaylord Perry          2   4  5.32   7   7   3   0   1   44   50   32   26    4   10   25
Tommy Boggs            0   2  5.73   5   5   0   0   0   22   31   14   14    1   10   12
Mike Wallace           0   0  7.56   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    7    7    1   10    2
Mike Bacsik            0   0 19.29   2   0   0   0   0    2    9    5    5    1    0    1

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Willis            1   0  0.50   6   0   0   2   0   18   14    1    1    1    5    7
Jerry Garvin           5   0  3.19   7   7   3   0   0   54   50   20   19    4   17   31
Jerry Johnson          1   1  3.86   9   0   0   0   0   21   22    9    9    1   13    8
Pete Vuckovich         2   2  3.86  11   0   0   2   0   19   17    9    8    1   11   11
Dave Lemanczyk         2   3  4.82   6   6   2   0   0   47   50   29   25    4   20   21
Jesse Jefferson        0   3  4.93   6   6   0   0   0   35   45   23   19    2   15   17
Chuck Hartenstein      0   1  4.97   6   0   0   0   0   13   16    7    7    1    1   10
Steve Hargan           1   3  5.22   6   5   1   0   0   29   36   17   17    2   14   11
Bill Singer            2   4  5.90   7   7   0   0   0   40   44   30   26    4   22   23

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Garvin (TOR)           5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  M. Torrez (NY)            5
  G. Zahn (MIN)             5
  D. Alexander (TEX)        4
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         4
  K. Brett (CHI)            4
  J. Colborn (KC)           4

Losses:

  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  D. Ellis (OAK)            4
  W. Garland (CLE)          4
  G. Perry (TEX)            4
  D. Roberts (DET)          4
  D. Segui (SEA)            4
  B. Singer (TOR)           4
  S. Thomas (SEA)           4
  B. Travers (MIL)          4

Complete Games:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  F. Tanana (CAL)           5
  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  B. Blyleven (TEX)         4
  E. Figueroa (NY)          4
  S. Stone (CHI)            4
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3
  J. Augustine (MIL)        3
  J. Garvin (TOR)           3

Saves:

  B. Castro (MIL)           6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  T. Johnson (MIN)          5
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          5
  T. Burgmeier (MIN)        4
  D. Giusti (OAK)           4
  L. LaGrow (CHI)           4
  M. Littell (KC)           4
  B. Campbell (BOS)         3
  L. Gura (KC)              3

Shutouts:

  B. Blyleven (TEX)         2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  F. Tanana (CAL)           2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Bibby (CLE)            1
  F. Jenkins (BOS)          1
  G. Perry (TEX)            1
  D. Rozema (DET)           1
  J. Slaton (MIL)           1

Innings Pitched:

  J. Palmer (BAL)        71.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)          68.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        64.1
  B. Blyleven (TEX)      62.0
  J. Augustine (MIL)     55.2
  D. Rozema (DET)        55.0
  F. Jenkins (BOS)       54.1
  J. Garvin (TOR)        53.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     53.0
  J. Colborn (KC)        51.2

Hits:

  P. Splittorff (KC)       58
  F. Tanana (CAL)          58
  G. Zahn (MIN)            58
  S. Thomas (SEA)          56
  K. Brett (CHI)           54
  V. Ruhle (DET)           52
  D. Goltz (MIN)           51
  J. Garvin (TOR)          50
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       50
  D. Medich (OAK)          50

Runs:

  G. Perry (TEX)           32
  S. Thomas (SEA)          32
  B. Singer (TOR)          30
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       29
  P. Redfern (MIN)         28
  V. Ruhle (DET)           28
  D. Segui (SEA)           28
  P. Splittorff (KC)       28
  D. Ellis (OAK)           27
  D. Roberts (DET)         27

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (BOS)         10
  D. Roberts (DET)          9
  G. Abbott (SEA)           8
  F. Tanana (CAL)           8
  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  P. Dobson (CLE)           7
  D. Eckersley (CLE)        7
  D. Alexander (TEX)        6
  D. Ellis (OAK)            6
  W. Garland (CLE)          6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            52
  P. Splittorff (KC)       26
  B. Travers (MIL)         26
  C. Knapp (CHI)           22
  B. Singer (TOR)          22
  J. Augustine (MIL)       21
  J. Montague (SEA)        21
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       20
  R. May (BAL)             20
  J. Slaton (MIL)          20

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            69
  F. Tanana (CAL)          60
  B. Blyleven (TEX)        50
  J. Palmer (BAL)          43
  D. Eckersley (CLE)       37
  V. Blue (OAK)            34
  D. Leonard (KC)          34
  J. Garvin (TOR)          31
  G. Zahn (MIN)            28
  D. Rozema (DET)          27

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