Sunday May 21, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 21, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         24  15  2.54   39   3  10   355   292  124  100   17  148  146
New York        23  14  3.29   37   5  12   331   309  133  121   23  104  139
Detroit         23  12  3.45   35  11   7   323   303  141  124   25  116  167
California      21  16  3.55   37   9  11   332   313  138  131   20  142  213
Texas           19  17  3.60   36  12   7   325   314  148  130   29  108  178
Boston          25  14  3.81   39  10   8   348   374  162  147   38  117  136
Cleveland       18  19  3.85   37   9   9   325   301  152  139   26  134  168
Kansas City     19  17  3.90   36   9  12   314   299  152  136   33  109  123
Seattle         14  27  4.21   41   5   7   372   384  197  174   30  153  156
Minnesota       15  24  4.23   39   7   6   353   365  188  166   34  133  179
Chicago         12  23  4.39   35   4   6   301   314  167  147   28  128  138
Milwaukee       18  19  4.48   37  12   5   321   353  176  160   27  106  156
Baltimore       16  21  4.63   37  10   7   323   328  196  166   30  154  189
Toronto         14  23  5.30   37   8   5   321   339  198  189   41  162  142

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J. Johnson (OAK)       4   2  1.53   8   8   3   0   2   59   39   12   10    3   22   25
Ron Guidry (NY)        5   0  1.84   8   8   1   0   0   59   51   15   12    1   22   37
Bill Lee (BOS)         6   1  2.49   9   9   4   0   1   72   70   22   20    7   20   18
Matt Keough (OAK)      2   2  2.62   8   8   0   0   0   45   36   18   13    2   27   29
Dave Rozema (DET)      2   2  2.66   6   6   2   0   1   44   36   13   13    4   13   16
Rick Waits (CLE)       3   3  2.67   9   8   4   0   1   57   47   21   17    3   21   31
Paul Splittorff (KC)   4   4  2.72  10  10   4   0   1   79   63   25   24    6   14   18
Rick Langford (OAK)    1   2  2.80   9   6   0   0   0   45   37   16   14    4   17   16
Frank Tanana (CAL)     7   1  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   71   74   26   22    6   13   40
Pete Broberg (OAK)     4   3  2.83   8   8   0   0   0   48   43   22   15    1   14   25

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer             4   4  3.19   9   9   2   0   1   59   54   26   21    4   22   30
Nelson Briles          1   3  3.30   6   4   1   0   0   30   24   14   11    2   13   20
Mike Flanagan          4   3  3.45   9   9   4   0   0   63   59   25   24    4   21   43
Don Stanhouse          0   3  4.12  15   0   0   7   0   20   12   10    9    0   17   13
Dennis Martinez        3   2  4.92  11  10   1   0   0   64   70   41   35    6   29   32
Scott McGregor         3   3  5.40   6   5   2   0   1   33   35   21   20    2    8   17
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  6.62   7   0   0   0   0   18   21   19   13    5   17    7
John Flinn             1   1  7.20   5   0   0   0   0    5    6    5    4    1    4    4
Tippy Martinez         0   1  8.20  15   0   0   0   0   19   30   18   17    3   16   13
Tim Stoddard           0   1  8.76   7   0   0   0   0   12   17   17   12    3    7   10

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Reggie Cleveland       0   1  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    0    0    0    0
Dick Drago             2   1  2.08   9   0   0   3   0   13   13    3    3    2    4    7
Bill Lee               6   1  2.49   9   9   4   0   1   72   70   22   20    7   20   18
Jim Wright             1   0  3.21   4   1   1   0   1   14   12    6    5    2    4    9
Bob Stanley            3   1  3.69  14   0   0   2   0   32   37   13   13    1   12    8
Dennis Eckersley       3   1  3.95   9   9   2   0   0   66   71   32   29   11   18   24
Luis Tiant             2   0  4.06   6   5   1   0   0   31   27   15   14    3   16   20
Mike Torrez            5   2  4.30   9   9   1   0   1   61   73   33   29    6   23   31
Allen Ripley           0   3  4.42   6   6   1   0   0   37   38   21   18    3   12    8
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  4.97  13   0   0   3   0   13   15    7    7    2    5    6
Bill Campbell          2   3  8.68   7   0   0   0   0    9   17    9    9    1    3    5

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           3   1  2.28  15   0   0   6   0   24   18    6    6    1   15   10
Frank Tanana           7   1  2.80   9   9   3   0   1   71   74   26   22    6   13   40
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.00   8   8   4   0   2   66   37   23   22    4   43   82
Chris Knapp            5   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   0   50   53   21   19    3   15   33
Paul Hartzell          0   3  3.54  17   0   0   5   0   28   30   11   11    0    5   15
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.77   9   0   0   0   0   14   18    6    6    0   10    2
Don Aase               2   2  4.35   7   7   0   0   0   41   46   20   20    4   19   20
Tom Griffin            0   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    3    3    0    8    1
Ken Brett              1   3  6.25   6   5   1   0   1   32   34   22   22    2   14   10

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Hinton            0   0  0.87   7   0   0   0   0   10    5    1    1    1    3    4
Jim Willoughby         0   2  3.28  16   0   0   2   0   25   21   10    9    1    5   12
Ron Schueler           0   0  3.63   7   0   0   0   0   17   15    7    7    3    7   11
Rich Wortham           1   2  3.79   3   3   0   0   0   19   26    9    8    0    7    9
Wilbur Wood            4   4  3.98   9   9   3   0   0   61   68   32   27    5   25   24
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  4.05  12   0   0   3   0   20   16   10    9    3    8   12
Steve Stone            3   2  4.38   8   8   0   0   0   51   52   28   25    2   21   28
Pablo Torrealba        1   4  5.01  11   1   0   1   0   23   29   20   13    2   18   11
Ken Kravec             1   3  5.53   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   18   17    4   14   15
Francisco Barrios      1   5  5.98   9   9   1   0   0   47   52   32   31    7   20   12

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Fitzmorris          0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    1    0
David Clyde            2   0  1.50   5   2   1   0   0   24   21    6    4    0    8   12
Sid Monge              1   0  2.38   3   0   0   0   0   11    5    4    3    1    7    8
Rick Waits             3   3  2.67   9   8   4   0   1   57   47   21   17    3   21   31
Rick Wise              2   7  3.21   9   9   4   0   0   62   58   23   22    4   16   23
Dennis Kinney          0   2  3.62  13   0   0   5   0   27   21   13   11    2   10   14
Rick Kreuger           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    3    7
Don Hood               3   1  4.28   8   8   0   0   0   48   50   24   23    3   27   22
Mike Paxton            1   2  4.63   8   4   0   1   0   35   30   19   18    4   14   19
Jim Kern               4   1  5.30  14   0   0   3   0   19   18   11   11    2   11   19
Wayne Garland          2   3  7.89   6   6   0   0   0   30   43   27   26    6   16   13

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Taylor           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Bob Sykes              3   0  1.38   3   3   2   0   2   26   20    4    4    2   12   19
Mark Fidrych           2   0  2.45   3   3   2   0   0   22   17    6    6    1    5   10
John Hiller            3   1  2.51  14   0   0   4   0   32   24   12    9    2   11   27
Dave Rozema            2   2  2.66   6   6   2   0   1   44   36   13   13    4   13   16
Steve Foucault         1   4  2.76  10   0   0   3   0   16   23   10    5    0    6    6
Milt Wilcox            3   1  3.05   7   5   3   0   1   44   30   17   15    0   15   34
Jack Billingham        4   1  3.58   7   7   1   0   0   50   51   22   20    5   14   18
Jim Crawford           1   2  3.60   9   0   0   0   0   15   14    8    6    2    5    9
Jim Slaton             4   1  5.23   8   8   1   0   0   52   63   33   30    7   24   21
Jack Morris            0   0  6.75   4   3   0   0   0   16   17   12   12    1   11    6
Fernando Arroyo        0   0  8.31   2   0   0   0   0    4    8    4    4    1    0    1

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            1   0  1.13  15   0   0   5   0   16    8    2    2    1    7   13
Steve Mingori          0   0  1.23  11   0   0   4   0   15    9    3    2    0    4    7
Rich Gale              4   0  2.48   4   4   1   0   0   29   21    8    8    1   13   12
Paul Splittorff        4   4  2.72  10  10   4   0   1   79   63   25   24    6   14   18
Marty Pattin           1   1  3.65   7   0   0   2   0   12   17    5    5    3    2    5
Larry Gura             2   1  3.94   8   3   0   0   0   32   30   15   14    4    8   10
Dennis Leonard         3   7  4.58  10  10   4   0   0   71   74   43   36   13   23   40
Jim Colborn            1   2  5.73   6   3   0   0   0   22   30   17   14    3   10    5
Doug Bird              2   2  6.23  12   0   0   1   0   17   19   13   12    1   11    8
Andy Hassler           0   0  6.30   2   2   0   0   0   10   14    9    7    0    7    4
Steve Busby            1   0 10.13   4   4   0   0   0   11   14   12   12    1   10    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Castro            1   0  0.00   8   0   0   1   0   10    7    0    0    0    1    3
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   2  3.38  10   0   0   1   0   13   16    7    5    0    3    7
Mike Caldwell          3   3  3.68  10   7   3   1   1   66   62   28   27    3   18   31
Lary Sorensen          5   3  3.78  10  10   4   0   0   79   74   37   33    6   27   30
Andy Replogle          2   0  3.95   7   3   1   0   0   27   38   13   12    5    9    8
Bob McClure            0   1  4.82  12   0   0   2   0   19   23   10   10    1    6   19
Moose Haas             2   2  5.40   4   4   2   0   0   25   24   16   15    5    6   26
Jerry Augustine        4   6  5.73  10  10   2   0   1   60   81   41   38    5   21   19
Randy Stein            0   1  7.80   6   1   0   0   0   15   17   16   13    1   10    8
Bill Travers           1   1  7.88   2   2   0   0   0    8   11    8    7    1    5    5

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          1   0  0.00   4   0   0   3   0    7    1    0    0    0    1    2
Geoff Zahn             3   2  3.07   8   8   3   0   0   59   51   27   20    5   20   27
Gary Serum             3   0  3.60  10   4   1   0   0   40   37   17   16    4    6   17
Greg Thayer            1   1  3.62  13   0   0   0   0   32   25   13   13    4   21   24
Tom Johnson            1   4  3.64  13   0   0   3   0   30   37   14   12    2   11   20
Dave Goltz             1   3  3.65   5   5   1   0   0   37   38   15   15    3   15   25
Mac Scarce             1   1  3.86   9   0   0   0   0   14   17    7    6    3    7    8
Roger Erickson         3   3  5.26  10  10   1   0   0   63   71   41   37    4   23   27
Paul Thormodsgard      1   6  5.44   9   9   1   0   0   50   63   31   30    6   14   18
Pete Redfern           0   2  6.52   3   2   0   0   0   10   10   12    7    2    6    4
Dave Johnson           0   2  7.50   6   1   0   0   0   12   15   11   10    1    9    7

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Guidry             5   0  1.84   8   8   1   0   0   59   51   15   12    1   22   37
Rich Gossage           2   4  1.99  15   0   0   6   0   32   20    9    7    5    8   28
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  2.03   4   0   0   0   0   13   15    3    3    1    1    4
Ed Figueroa            5   1  2.92   8   8   3   0   0   65   62   25   21    4   13   18
Ken Clay               1   2  3.12   7   1   0   0   0   17   18    7    6    0    4    6
Sparky Lyle            2   1  3.62  16   0   0   6   0   32   32   15   13    1   11    8
Ken Holtzman           1   0  4.08   5   3   0   0   0   18   21    8    8    2    9    3
Dick Tidrow            2   3  4.47   7   7   1   0   0   46   45   23   23    2   16   14
Jim Beattie            2   0  4.70   5   5   0   0   0   23   22   12   12    2   11    7
Catfish Hunter         2   3  5.47   5   5   0   0   0   26   23   16   16    5    9   14

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             4   0  0.87  20   0   0   6   0   31   22    4    3    0   15   14
Joe Coleman            3   0  1.37  10   0   0   0   0   20   12    3    3    1    5    4
John Henry Johnson     4   2  1.53   8   8   3   0   2   59   39   12   10    3   22   25
Steve Renko            0   0  2.25   4   2   0   0   0   20   21    6    5    0    6    3
Matt Keough            2   2  2.62   8   8   0   0   0   45   36   18   13    2   27   29
Bob Lacey              3   2  2.67  20   0   0   2   0   27   22   10    8    1   11   10
Rick Langford          1   2  2.80   9   6   0   0   0   45   37   16   14    4   17   16
Pete Broberg           4   3  2.83   8   8   0   0   0   48   43   22   15    1   14   25
Alan Wirth             1   3  3.69   7   7   0   0   0   32   27   15   13    2   18   13
Dave Heaverlo          2   1  4.85  16   0   0   2   0   30   33   18   16    3   13    7

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           3   1  3.44  15   0   0   4   0   34   24   13   13    2   15   14
Paul Mitchell          2   4  3.48   8   8   2   0   1   44   50   22   17    4   12   19
Rick Honeycutt         2   4  3.56   9   8   1   0   0   48   44   23   19    3   22   14
Jim Todd               0   2  3.86  11   2   0   0   0   26   23   14   11    0   18   11
Steve Burke            0   1  3.96  13   0   0   0   0   39   35   20   17    2   23   11
Shane Rawley           1   4  3.98  18   0   0   3   0   32   36   17   14    2   14   25
Tom House              2   2  4.11   9   3   1   0   0   35   37   17   16    1    3   10
Glenn Abbott           1   2  4.22   5   5   0   0   0   21   27   10   10    3    8    5
John Montague          0   1  4.50   4   0   0   0   0   10   11    5    5    0    7    2
Mike Parrott           0   0  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   13    6    6    2    1    3
Dick Pole              3   4  5.68   9   9   1   0   0   51   61   34   32    7   16   19
Byron McLaughlin       0   2  5.73   5   4   0   0   0   22   23   16   14    4   14   23

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    5    2    0    0    0    4    5
Steve Comer            0   1  1.35   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    0    5    4
Reggie Cleveland       1   1  2.03   9   0   0   4   0   13   11    5    3    1    1   11
Roger Moret            0   0  2.25   1   0   0   1   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    0
Jon Matlack            4   4  3.19   8   8   3   0   0   59   68   28   21    4   16   38
Doyle Alexander        4   2  3.24   8   8   3   0   1   58   55   22   21    8   23   29
Fergie Jenkins         4   2  3.42   9   5   3   0   0   55   54   23   21    4    8   31
Len Barker             1   2  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    7    5    2    8    7
Dock Ellis             2   2  4.09   7   7   2   0   0   44   34   23   20    4   16   12
Jim Umbarger           2   2  4.33   8   5   1   0   0   44   44   22   21    5   13   29
Doc Medich             1   1  6.26   5   3   0   0   0   23   27   16   16    1   13   12

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             2   0  2.22  13   0   0   2   0   24   15    6    6    1    8    8
Don Kirkwood           1   0  2.77   4   0   0   0   0   13   14    4    4    0    3    7
Tom Underwood          1   4  3.40   8   8   2   0   1   48   42   20   18    4   22   29
Dave Wallace           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    1   11    7
Jesse Jefferson        2   5  5.11   8   7   3   0   1   49   44   30   28    8   28   17
Jim Clancy             2   3  5.13   7   6   1   0   0   40   44   25   23    4   24   19
Balor Moore            2   0  6.04  11   0   0   0   0   22   30   15   15    4   13   10
Mike Willis            1   2  6.31  15   0   0   3   0   26   27   19   18    4   13   11
Jerry Garvin           2   2  6.80   8   8   1   0   0   45   60   35   34    7   19   22
Dave Lemanczyk         1   7  8.47   8   8   1   0   0   39   51   38   37    8   21   12

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Tanana (CAL)           7
  B. Lee (BOS)              6
  E. Figueroa (NY)          5
  R. Guidry (NY)            5
  C. Knapp (CAL)            5
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         5
  M. Torrez (BOS)           5
  D. Alexander (TEX)        4
  J. Augustine (MIL)        4
  J. Billingham (DET)       4

Losses:

  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        7
  D. Leonard (KC)           7
  R. Wise (CLE)             7
  J. Augustine (MIL)        6
  P. Thormodsgard (MIN)     6
  F. Barrios (CHI)          5
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        5
  S. Foucault (DET)         4
  R. Gossage (NY)           4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        4

Complete Games:

  M. Flanagan (BAL)         4
  B. Lee (BOS)              4
  D. Leonard (KC)           4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             4
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         4
  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  R. Waits (CLE)            4
  R. Wise (CLE)             4
  D. Alexander (TEX)        3
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         3

Saves:

  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        7
  R. Gossage (NY)           6
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          6
  S. Lyle (NY)              6
  E. Sosa (OAK)             6
  P. Hartzell (CAL)         5
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          5
  D. Kinney (CLE)           5
  R. Cleveland (TEX)        4
  J. Hiller (DET)           4

Shutouts:

  J. Johnson (OAK)          2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  B. Sykes (DET)            2
  D. Alexander (TEX)        1
  J. Augustine (MIL)        1
  K. Brett (CAL)            1
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        1
  B. Lee (BOS)              1
  S. McGregor (BAL)         1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Splittorff (KC)     79.1
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      78.2
  B. Lee (BOS)           72.1
  D. Leonard (KC)        70.2
  F. Tanana (CAL)        70.2
  M. Caldwell (MIL)      66.0
  D. Eckersley (BOS)     66.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          66.0
  E. Figueroa (NY)       64.2
  D. Martinez (BAL)      64.0

Hits:

  J. Augustine (MIL)       81
  D. Leonard (KC)          74
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        74
  F. Tanana (CAL)          74
  M. Torrez (BOS)          73
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       71
  R. Erickson (MIN)        71
  B. Lee (BOS)             70
  D. Martinez (BAL)        70
  J. Matlack (TEX)         68

Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          43
  J. Augustine (MIL)       41
  R. Erickson (MIN)        41
  D. Martinez (BAL)        41
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)       38
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        37
  J. Garvin (TOR)          35
  D. Pole (SEA)            34
  J. Slaton (DET)          33
  M. Torrez (BOS)          33

Home Runs:

  D. Leonard (KC)          13
  D. Eckersley (BOS)       11
  D. Alexander (TEX)        8
  J. Jefferson (TOR)        8
  D. Lemanczyk (TOR)        8
  F. Barrios (CHI)          7
  J. Garvin (TOR)           7
  B. Lee (BOS)              7
  D. Pole (SEA)             7
  J. Slaton (DET)           7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            43
  D. Martinez (BAL)        29
  J. Jefferson (TOR)       28
  D. Hood (CLE)            27
  M. Keough (OAK)          27
  L. Sorensen (MIL)        27
  W. Wood (CHI)            25
  J. Clancy (TOR)          24
  J. Slaton (DET)          24
  D. Alexander (TEX)       23

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            82
  M. Flanagan (BAL)        43
  D. Leonard (KC)          40
  F. Tanana (CAL)          40
  J. Matlack (TEX)         38
  R. Guidry (NY)           37
  M. Wilcox (DET)          34
  C. Knapp (CAL)           33
  D. Martinez (BAL)        32
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        31


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