Saturday April 21, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, April 21, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Texas            8   3  2.88   11   2   3    97    86   38   31    4   46   59
Milwaukee        7   6  3.45   13   8   1   112   118   55   43   13   41   39
California      12   3  3.45   15   4   4   133   121   59   51   12   59   88
New York         8   6  3.94   14   2   6   126   121   60   55    8   50   45
Boston           8   4  3.96   12   2   4   109    93   49   48    9   48   59
Chicago          7   6  4.03   13   1   4   116    91   64   52    5   61   62
Minnesota        8   5  4.27   13   2   4   118   134   65   56   12   38   53
Baltimore        6   8  4.49   14   3   3   122   116   68   61   19   57   42
Detroit          5   5  4.86   10   1   2    87    89   53   47    6   42   39
Oakland          4  11  4.94   15   0   2   133   152   87   73   11   77   72
Cleveland        3   9  4.96   12   1   1   107   111   65   59   11   55   51
Seattle          5  10  5.06   15   1   2   132   160   95   74   19   42   86
Kansas City      5   7  5.45   12   2   3    99   115   76   60   11   47   45
Toronto          5   8  6.22   13   1   2   110   143   91   76    6   64   44

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tommy John (NY)        3   0  0.76   3   3   1   0   1   24   17    2    2    0    4    5
Fergie Jenkins (TEX)   4   0  1.42   4   4   2   0   1   32   24    6    5    2   10   25
Mike Norris (OAK)      1   1  1.57   3   3   0   0   0   23   14    7    4    0   17    9
John Montague (SEA)    2   0  1.71   8   0   0   0   0   21   13    5    4    1    6   13
Geoff Zahn (MIN)       2   0  1.80   2   2   1   0   0   15   11    3    3    1    1    7
Mike Marshall (MIN)    2   1  1.84   8   0   0   4   0   15   10    3    3    1    7    8
Lary Sorensen (MIL)    2   1  2.08   3   3   3   0   0   26   22    6    6    3    3    4
Mike Caldwell (MIL)    3   1  2.31   4   4   4   0   1   35   33    9    9    2    7   17
Rich Wortham (CHI)     3   0  2.59   3   3   1   0   0   24   16    8    7    0   12   22
D. Eckersley (BOS)     2   1  2.63   4   4   1   0   0   24   23    7    7    1   11   10

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tippy Martinez         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    4
Tim Stoddard           0   1  1.86   3   0   0   0   0   10    6    3    2    1    2    7
Jim Palmer             2   1  3.09   4   4   3   0   0   35   31   15   12    2   11    7
Don Stanhouse          1   0  4.15   6   0   0   2   0    9    6    4    4    0    9    0
Sammy Stewart          1   1  4.85   4   1   0   1   0   13    9    7    7    2    9    7
Steve Stone            1   1  5.11   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    7    7    4   11    5
Dennis Martinez        0   2  5.68   3   3   0   0   0   19   21   14   12    6    7    3
Scott McGregor         0   0  6.14   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    5    1    0    3
Mike Flanagan          1   2  7.20   3   3   0   0   0   15   19   13   12    3    8    6

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          1   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
Dick Drago             2   0  2.08   7   0   0   2   0   13    6    3    3    1    3   13
Andy Hassler           1   0  2.57   2   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    0    4    2
Dennis Eckersley       2   1  2.63   4   4   1   0   0   24   23    7    7    1   11   10
Chuck Rainey           1   0  3.38   2   1   0   0   0   11    5    4    4    1    3    8
Bill Campbell          0   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    5    2
Steve Renko            0   1  4.05   1   1   0   0   0    7    6    3    3    2    2    5
Bob Stanley            1   1  5.06   4   3   1   1   0   21   26   12   12    1    4    6
Mike Torrez            0   1  6.75   3   3   0   0   0   20   16   16   15    3   16   12

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dyar Miller            1   0  0.87   4   0   0   0   0   10   11    1    1    1    3    6
Dave LaRoche           1   0  1.69   3   0   0   2   0    5    6    1    1    1    2    3
Mark Clear             1   0  2.70   4   0   0   1   0   10   10    3    3    0    7    5
Frank Tanana           2   2  2.81   4   4   0   0   0   26   23   11    8    4    4   12
Chris Knapp            1   0  3.18   3   3   1   0   0   17   16   10    6    1    9    5
Nolan Ryan             3   1  3.33   4   4   2   0   1   27   14   10   10    2   20   33
Don Aase               2   0  3.57   3   3   1   0   0   23   21    9    9    1    6   16
Dave Frost             1   0  5.56   3   1   0   1   0   11   12    7    7    0    5    6
Jim Barr               0   0 14.73   3   0   0   0   0    4    8    7    6    2    3    2

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Kucek             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    4    0    0    3    0
Francisco Barrios      1   0  1.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    1    1    0    2    1
Pablo Torrealba        0   0  1.59   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    1    1    1    2    1
Randy Scarbery         1   0  2.45   1   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    3    1
Rich Wortham           3   0  2.59   3   3   1   0   0   24   16    8    7    0   12   22
Mike Proly             1   2  3.27   7   2   0   3   0   22   15    8    8    0    7   13
Ken Kravec             0   2  4.26   4   4   0   0   0   25   20   15   12    1   13   15
Ross Baumgarten        1   0  4.38   2   2   0   0   0   12   11    7    6    1    3    3
Dewey Robinson         0   1  8.59   5   0   0   0   0    7    4    7    7    1    5    2
Lerrin LaGrow          0   1  9.35   7   1   0   1   0    9   13   12    9    1   11    4

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sid Monge              1   0  0.82   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    1    1    0    3    9
Dan Spillner           0   0  0.96   5   0   0   0   0    9    4    1    1    0    4    5
Wayne Garland          0   1  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    2    0    0    1
Rick Waits             1   2  3.00   3   3   1   0   1   21   16    8    7    0   14    9
Victor Cruz            0   2  4.82   5   0   0   1   0    9   10    5    5    2    4    5
Eric Wilkins           0   1  5.40   2   2   0   0   0   10   12    8    6    0    7    9
Rick Wise              1   2  5.71   3   3   0   0   0   17   18   12   11    6    7    9
Don Hood               0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    3    3    0    5    1
Paul Reuschel          0   0  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    5    9    4    4    0    3    0
Mike Paxton            0   1 11.17   3   3   0   0   0   10   18   12   12    2    6    2
Len Barker             0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    5    9    8    7    1    2    1

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Baker            0   1  2.08   3   0   0   1   0    9    6    2    2    0    4    6
John Hiller            1   0  2.16   5   0   0   1   0    8    7    2    2    1    5    6
Aurelio Lopez          0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    1    2
Sheldon Burnside       1   1  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    0    6    5
Milt Wilcox            2   0  4.12   3   3   1   0   0   20   17    9    9    1    9    9
Dave Rozema            0   1  5.06   3   3   0   0   0   16   18   12    9    1    5    2
Jack Billingham        1   1  5.17   3   3   0   0   0   16   19   11    9    1    8    5
Kip Young              0   0 13.50   1   1   0   0   0    4    6    6    6    2    2    4
Bruce Taylor           0   1 19.29   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    6    5    0    2    0

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.80   4   0   0   2   0    5    4    1    1    0    3    2
Steve Busby            0   0  3.38   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    4    1    2    3    2
Steve Mingori          0   0  4.15   4   0   0   1   0    9    8    7    4    0    5    5
Paul Splittorff        1   2  4.43   3   3   2   0   0   20   20   12   10    2    9    6
Dennis Leonard         1   2  4.95   3   3   0   0   0   20   24   15   11    2    7   11
Larry Gura             1   2  5.68   4   4   0   0   0   25   26   20   16    4   12   10
Eduardo Rodriguez      2   0  7.71   6   0   0   0   0    5    7    4    4    0    1    3
Rich Gale              0   1  8.38   2   2   0   0   0   10   16    9    9    1    2    5
George Throop          0   0 13.50   4   0   0   0   0    3    7    4    4    0    5    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lary Sorensen          2   1  2.08   3   3   3   0   0   26   22    6    6    3    3    4
Mike Caldwell          3   1  2.31   4   4   4   0   1   35   33    9    9    2    7   17
Bob McClure            2   0  2.45   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    2    3
Bob Galasso            0   0  2.70   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    5    1    1    3    0
Bill Castro            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    2    1    0    2    1
Jim Slaton             0   1  4.22   3   2   0   0   0   11   19    9    5    1    8    2
Moose Haas             0   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    1    3    4
Reggie Cleveland       0   2  5.14   5   0   0   1   0    7    7    5    4    1    2    3
Bill Travers           0   1  5.63   3   3   1   0   0   16   15   12   10    4   11    4
Jerry Augustine        0   0 16.20   4   0   0   0   0    2    5    3    3    0    0    1

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Redfern           0   0  1.04   3   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    1    0    4    8
Geoff Zahn             2   0  1.80   2   2   1   0   0   15   11    3    3    1    1    7
Mike Marshall          2   1  1.84   8   0   0   4   0   15   10    3    3    1    7    8
Roger Erickson         0   2  3.77   3   3   0   0   0   14   14    9    6    2    8    2
Jerry Koosman          3   0  4.24   3   3   1   0   0   23   30   12   11    3    7   15
Paul Hartzell          0   0  5.02   2   2   0   0   0   14   19    8    8    3    3    4
Dave Goltz             1   2  5.68   3   3   0   0   0   19   27   14   12    1    4    4
Jeff Holly             0   0  8.44   4   0   0   0   0    5    8    7    5    0    2    4
Gary Serum             0   0 18.90   2   0   0   0   0    3    9    7    7    1    2    1

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tommy John             3   0  0.76   3   3   1   0   1   24   17    2    2    0    4    5
Paul Mirabella         0   1  2.53   5   0   0   0   0   11    9    4    3    0    4    0
Ken Clay               0   0  2.77   4   0   0   0   0   13   12    4    4    1    2    4
Ron Guidry             1   1  3.32   4   3   1   1   0   22   12    8    8    1    8   14
Dick Tidrow            1   0  3.52   6   0   0   2   0    8   10    3    3    0    2    5
Rich Gossage           1   1  4.32   6   0   0   3   0    8    9    4    4    0    7    4
Ed Figueroa            2   1  5.46   4   4   0   0   0   28   30   17   17    2   15    9
Catfish Hunter         0   1  8.64   2   2   0   0   0    8   12    9    8    1    4    2
Luis Tiant             0   1 12.46   2   2   0   0   0    4   10    9    6    3    4    2

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Hamilton          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    3    3
Dave Heaverlo          1   0  0.71   8   0   0   1   0   13   10    1    1    0    5    7
Mike Norris            1   1  1.57   3   3   0   0   0   23   14    7    4    0   17    9
Alan Wirth             1   0  3.38   3   1   0   0   0   11    9    4    4    1    7    7
Craig Minetto          0   0  3.60   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    0    1    5
Matt Keough            0   2  5.96   4   4   0   0   0   23   36   22   15    2   14   12
Rick Langford          0   4  6.65   4   4   0   0   0   22   25   16   16    4    9    4
John Henry Johnson     0   2  7.47   3   3   0   0   0   16   21   15   13    2    9   13
Bob Lacey              0   1  7.71  10   0   0   1   0    9   17    9    8    2    3    9
Jim Todd               1   1  9.64   8   0   0   0   0    9   13   11   10    0    9    3

 Seattle               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Montague          2   0  1.71   8   0   0   0   0   21   13    5    4    1    6   13
Odell Jones            0   1  3.60   3   3   1   0   0   20   29   13    8    2    5   17
Paul Mitchell          0   1  4.76   3   2   0   0   0   11   16   14    6    3    4    7
Rick Honeycutt         0   3  5.00   4   1   0   0   0   18   15   11   10    2    3    8
Glenn Abbott           1   1  5.54   3   3   0   0   0   13   16   11    8    4    5    6
Floyd Bannister        1   2  5.68   3   3   0   0   0   19   26   14   12    3    3   11
Byron McLaughlin       1   0  6.30   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    7    7    2    7    7
Rafael Vasquez         0   0  8.31   3   0   0   0   0    4   10    4    4    1    2    4
Shane Rawley           0   2  8.38   5   1   0   2   0   10   15   10    9    0    4    8
Mike Parrott           0   0 10.13   3   0   0   0   0    5   11    6    6    1    3    5

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Farmer              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    0    0    3    1
Dave Rajsich           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    0    0    0    1    2
Fergie Jenkins         4   0  1.42   4   4   2   0   1   32   24    6    5    2   10   25
Jim Kern               2   0  2.38   4   0   0   1   0   11   13    7    3    0    6   12
Dock Ellis             0   0  3.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    7    2    2    0    2    2
Steve Comer            1   1  4.00   3   3   0   0   0   18   15    8    8    0    6   10
Doyle Alexander        0   0  4.26   3   3   0   0   0   13   13    7    6    0   13    4
Sparky Lyle            1   1  5.19   6   0   0   2   0    9    5    5    5    2    2    1
Doc Medich             0   1  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    3    2

 Toronto               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Lemanczyk         0   0  3.48   3   1   0   0   0   10   10    4    4    2    4    5
Dave Freisleben        1   0  3.72   6   0   0   2   0   10   10    5    4    0    5    7
Jim Clancy             1   2  5.02   3   3   1   0   0   14   17   12    8    1    7    6
Tom Murphy             1   2  5.27   6   0   0   0   0   14   19    8    8    0    3    3
Phil Huffman           2   0  5.93   3   3   0   0   0   14   18    9    9    0    7    4
Balor Moore            0   0  6.23   4   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    6    0    9    3
Mike Willis            0   0  6.43   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    5    0    2    1
Jesse Jefferson        0   0  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    5   10    4    4    0    2    2
Tom Underwood          0   2  8.74   3   3   0   0   0   11   15   20   11    0   15    6
Mark Lemongello        0   2  9.18   3   3   0   0   0   17   24   17   17    3   10    7

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Jenkins (TEX)          4
  M. Caldwell (MIL)         3
  T. John (NY)              3
  J. Koosman (MIN)          3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  R. Wortham (CHI)          3
  D. Aase (CAL)             2
  D. Drago (BOS)            2
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        2
  E. Figueroa (NY)          2

Losses:

  R. Langford (OAK)         4
  R. Honeycutt (SEA)        3
  F. Bannister (SEA)        2
  J. Clancy (TOR)           2
  R. Cleveland (MIL)        2
  V. Cruz (CLE)             2
  R. Erickson (MIN)         2
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         2
  D. Goltz (MIN)            2
  L. Gura (KC)              2

Complete Games:

  M. Caldwell (MIL)         4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  L. Sorensen (MIL)         3
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  P. Splittorff (KC)        2
  D. Aase (CAL)             1
  J. Clancy (TOR)           1
  D. Eckersley (BOS)        1
  R. Guidry (NY)            1

Saves:

  M. Marshall (MIN)         4
  R. Gossage (NY)           3
  M. Proly (CHI)            3
  D. Drago (BOS)            2
  D. Freisleben (TOR)       2
  A. Hrabosky (KC)          2
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          2
  S. Lyle (TEX)             2
  S. Rawley (SEA)           2
  D. Stanhouse (BAL)        2

Shutouts:

  M. Caldwell (MIL)         1
  F. Jenkins (TEX)          1
  T. John (NY)              1
  N. Ryan (CAL)             1
  R. Waits (CLE)            1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Caldwell (MIL)      35.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        35.0
  F. Jenkins (TEX)       31.2
  E. Figueroa (NY)       28.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          27.0
  L. Sorensen (MIL)      26.0
  F. Tanana (CAL)        25.2
  L. Gura (KC)           25.1
  K. Kravec (CHI)        25.1
  R. Wortham (CHI)       24.1

Hits:

  M. Keough (OAK)          36
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        33
  J. Palmer (BAL)          31
  E. Figueroa (NY)         30
  J. Koosman (MIN)         30
  O. Jones (SEA)           29
  D. Goltz (MIN)           27
  F. Bannister (SEA)       26
  L. Gura (KC)             26
  B. Stanley (BOS)         26

Runs:

  M. Keough (OAK)          22
  L. Gura (KC)             20
  T. Underwood (TOR)       20
  E. Figueroa (NY)         17
  M. Lemongello (TOR)      17
  R. Langford (OAK)        16
  M. Torrez (BOS)          16
  J. Johnson (OAK)         15
  K. Kravec (CHI)          15
  D. Leonard (KC)          15

Home Runs:

  D. Martinez (BAL)         6
  R. Wise (CLE)             6
  G. Abbott (SEA)           4
  L. Gura (KC)              4
  R. Langford (OAK)         4
  S. Stone (BAL)            4
  F. Tanana (CAL)           4
  B. Travers (MIL)          4
  F. Bannister (SEA)        3
  M. Flanagan (BAL)         3

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            20
  M. Norris (OAK)          17
  M. Torrez (BOS)          16
  E. Figueroa (NY)         15
  T. Underwood (TOR)       15
  M. Keough (OAK)          14
  R. Waits (CLE)           14
  D. Alexander (TEX)       13
  K. Kravec (CHI)          13
  L. Gura (KC)             12

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            33
  F. Jenkins (TEX)         25
  R. Wortham (CHI)         22
  M. Caldwell (MIL)        17
  O. Jones (SEA)           17
  D. Aase (CAL)            16
  J. Koosman (MIN)         15
  K. Kravec (CHI)          15
  R. Guidry (NY)           14
  D. Drago (BOS)           13

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