League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 4/30/1979

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Flanagan	Bal	1.66	Jenkins	Tex	6-0	Bannister	Sea	29
Kravec	ChA	1.66	Martinez,D	Bal	5-0	Flanagan	Bal	29
Slaton	Mil	1.82	Palmer	Bal	5-1	Torrez	Bos	28
Martinez,D	Bal	1.95	Eckersley	Bos	4-0	Guidry	NYA	27
Honeycutt	Sea	1.95	10 tied with		3	John	NYA	25
Tanana	Cal	1.97				Ryan	Cal	24
Stanley	Bos	2.20				Eckersley	Bos	23
Palmer	Bal	2.25				Langford	Oak	23
Jenkins	Tex	2.27				Palmer	Bal	23
Langford	Oak	2.52				4 tied with		22
Lopez	Det	2.65
John	NYA	2.89


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Spillner	Cle	13	Palmer	Bal	48.0	Jenkins	Tex	1.000
LaRoche	Cal	12	Jenkins	Tex	43.2	Martinez,D	Bal	1.000
Clear	Cal	11	Gura	KC	41.2	Eckersley	Bos	1.000
Cruz	Cle	11	Caldwell	Mil	40.0	Erickson	Min	1.000
Drago	Bos	11	Eckersley	Bos	39.2	McLaughlin	Sea	1.000
Heaverlo	Oak	11	Flanagan	Bal	38.0	Augustine	Mil	1.000
Proly	ChA	11	Kravec	ChA	38.0	Campbell	Bos	1.000
6 tied with		10	Comer	Tex	37.2	Cruz	Cle	1.000
			Guidry	NYA	37.2	Kern	Tex	1.000
			John	NYA	37.1	Leonard	KC	1.000
			Martinez,D	Bal	37.0	Rainey	Bos	1.000
			Bannister	Sea	36.2	Spillner	Cle	1.000


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Figueroa	NYA	6	Slaton	Mil	3	Martinez,D	Bal	2
Gura	KC	6	Caldwell	Mil	3	Jenkins	Tex	2
Jenkins	Tex	6	Eckersley	Bos	3	McGregor	Bal	1
Palmer	Bal	6	Guidry	NYA	3	Slaton	Mil	1
33 tied with		5	10 tied with		2	Flanagan	Bal	1
						Gale	KC	1
						Sorensen	Mil	1
						Splittorff	KC	1






Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Marshall	Min	5	Stanhouse	Bal	1.000	LaRoche	Cal	3
Stanhouse	Bal	4	Hiller	Det	1.000	McClure	Mil	2
Hiller	Det	3	Lyle	Tex	1.000	Martinez,T	Bal	2
Lyle	Tex	3	Frost	Cal	1.000	Mingori	KC	2
Heaverlo	Oak	3	Rawley	Sea	1.000	Kern	Tex	2
Drago	Bos	3	Stoddard	Bal	1.000	Robinson	ChA	2
Frost	Cal	2	Baker	Det	1.000	Drago	Bos	2
Rawley	Sea	2	Lopez	Det	1.000	Spillner	Cle	2
Stoddard	Bal	2	Marshall	Min	.833	18 tied with		1
Rodriguez	KC	2	Heaverlo	Oak	.750
25 tied with		1	Rodriguez	KC	.667
			Drago	Bos	.600


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Lopez	Det	.164	Lopez	Det	5.3	Eckersley	Bos	7.9
Comer	Tex	.189	Comer	Tex	6.0	Comer	Tex	8.4
Slaton	Mil	.190	Slaton	Mil	6.2	Slaton	Mil	8.6
Eckersley	Bos	.204	Jenkins	Tex	6.4	Lopez	Det	9.5
Kravec	ChA	.205	Kravec	ChA	6.4	Jenkins	Tex	9.9
Jenkins	Tex	.205	Barrios	ChA	6.8	Palmer	Bal	9.9
Barrios	ChA	.213	Eckersley	Bos	6.8	Bannister	Sea	10.1
Waits	Cle	.218	Waits	Cle	7.2	Honeycutt	Sea	10.1
Bannister	Sea	.222	Bannister	Sea	7.4	John	NYA	10.1
Guidry	NYA	.227	Palmer	Bal	7.5	Martinez,D	Bal	10.2
Palmer	Bal	.229	Guidry	NYA	7.6	Kravec	ChA	10.4
Martinez,D	Bal	.229	Martinez,D	Bal	7.8	Stanley	Bos	10.7


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Waits	Cle	21	Eckersley	Bos	0.9	Ryan	Cal	8.3
Ryan	Cal	18	John	NYA	1.0	Torrez	Bos	8.0
Norris	Oak	17	Stanley	Bos	1.3	Lopez	Det	7.9
Gale	KC	17	Goltz	Min	1.4	Bannister	Sea	7.1
Aase	Cal	17	Splittorff	KC	1.5	Underwood	Tor	6.9
Torrez	Bos	17	Sorensen	Mil	1.5	Flanagan	Bal	6.9
Clancy	Tor	16	Flanagan	Bal	1.7	Guidry	NYA	6.5
Kravec	ChA	16	Wise	Cle	1.8	Jones,O	Sea	6.4
Jenkins	Tex	16	Honeycutt	Sea	2.0	John	NYA	6.0
Guidry	NYA	15	Caldwell	Mil	2.0	Johnson	Oak	6.0
Proly	ChA	14	Travers	Mil	2.2	Langford	Oak	5.8
9 tied with		13	Martinez,D	Bal	2.2	2 tied with		5.6


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Eckersley	Bos	0.86	Lemongello	Tor	9	Sorensen	Mil	8.6
Comer	Tex	0.93	Stone	Bal	6	Erickson	Min	8.5
Slaton	Mil	0.95	Splittorff	KC	6	Jenkins	Tex	7.3
Lopez	Det	1.06	Gura	KC	6	Goltz	Min	7.2
Jenkins	Tex	1.08	Young	Det	5	Leonard	KC	7.2
Honeycutt	Sea	1.08	Aase	Cal	5	Martinez,D	Bal	7.2
Palmer	Bal	1.10	Abbott	Sea	5	Palmer	Bal	7.2
Martinez,D	Bal	1.11	Johnson	Oak	5	Honeycutt	Sea	7.0
Bannister	Sea	1.12	Wortham	ChA	5	Splittorff	KC	6.8
John	NYA	1.13	Bannister	Sea	5	Baumgarten	ChA	6.7
Flanagan	Bal	1.13	9 tied with		4	Abbott	Sea	6.4
Kravec	ChA	1.13				Tanana	Cal	6.2


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Palmer	Bal	190	Slaton	Mil	34.00	Proly	ChA	7
Gura	KC	174	Caldwell	Mil	32.60	Jenkins	Tex	6
Jenkins	Tex	171	Waits	Cle	31.80	Palmer	Bal	6
Caldwell	Mil	163	Palmer	Bal	31.67	Aase	Cal	5
Waits	Cle	159	Guidry	NYA	31.40	Bannister	Sea	5
Guidry	NYA	157	Flanagan	Bal	31.00	Caldwell	Mil	5
Flanagan	Bal	155	Langford	Oak	31.00	Guidry	NYA	5
Langford	Oak	155	Kravec	ChA	30.80	Johnson	Oak	5
Kravec	ChA	154	Eckersley	Bos	30.60	Knapp	Cal	5
Eckersley	Bos	153	John	NYA	30.60	Martinez,D	Bal	5
Figueroa	NYA	153	Leonard	KC	30.40	22 tied with		4
John	NYA	153	2 tied with		30.33


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Proly	ChA	1-6	Marshall	Min	7	Knapp	Cal	25
Keough	Oak	0-4	Lyle	Tex	7	Aase	Cal	25
Lemongello	Tor	0-4	Drago	Bos	7	Abbott	Sea	24
Norris	Oak	0-4	Farmer	Tex	6	Lemongello	Tor	24
Waits	Cle	0-4	Proly	ChA	6	Norris	Oak	21
Guidry	NYA	1-4	Robinson	ChA	6	Underwood	Tor	21
Knapp	Cal	1-4	Rodriguez	KC	6	Wortham	ChA	21
7 tied with		3	Heaverlo	Oak	6	Waits	Cle	21
			LaRoche	Cal	6	Gura	KC	21
			Spillner	Cle	6	Jones,O	Sea	20
			14 tied with		5	Ryan	Cal	20
						Clancy	Tor	20


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Lemongello	Tor	22	Goltz	Min	44	Paxton	Cle	10
Norris	Oak	21	Caldwell	Mil	43	Goltz	Min	10
Knapp	Cal	21	Lemongello	Tor	40	Travers	Mil	9
Gura	KC	21	Palmer	Bal	40	Erickson	Min	8
Gale	KC	19	Clancy	Tor	39	Splittorff	KC	8
Aase	Cal	19	Sorensen	Mil	39	Clancy	Tor	8
Abbott	Sea	19	Leonard	KC	38	Comer	Tex	8
Clancy	Tor	18	John	NYA	38	John	NYA	8
Goltz	Min	18	Gura	KC	38	Langford	Oak	8
Wortham	ChA	18	4 tied with		37	Waits	Cle	8
Young	Det	17				10 tied with		7
Leonard	KC	17


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Billingham	Det	4	Wortham	ChA	7	Comer	Tex	.000
Minetto	Oak	3	Wise	Cle	6	Underwood	Tor	.250
Montague	Sea	3	Keough	Oak	6	Eckersley	Bos	.333
Ryan	Cal	3	Ellis,D	Tex	5	Baumgarten	ChA	.500
Knapp	Cal	3	Stanley	Bos	5	Wright	Bos	.500
Leonard	KC	3	McLaughlin	Sea	4	Young	Det	.500
11 tied with		2	Waits	Cle	4	Tanana	Cal	.600
			Palmer	Bal	4	Barrios	ChA	.667
			Slaton	Mil	4	Billingham	Det	.667
			Torrez	Bos	4	Frost	Cal	.667
			Barrios	ChA	4	Johnson	Oak	.667
			8 tied with		3	Norris	Oak	.667


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Rodriguez	KC	3	Willis	Tor	5	Baker	Det	1
Flanagan	Bal	3	Barker	Cle	4	Moore	Tor	1
Medich	Tex	2	Moore	Tor	4	Barrios	ChA	1
Young	Det	2	Tanana	Cal	4	Huffman	Tor	1
Frost	Cal	2	Leonard	KC	4	Paxton	Cle	1
Barrios	ChA	2	Lacey	Oak	3	Erickson	Min	1
Wilcox	Det	2	Freisleben	Tor	3	Martinez,D	Bal	1
Paxton	Cle	2	Haas	Mil	3	Kravec	ChA	1
Rozema	Det	2	Erickson	Min	3
Underwood	Tor	2	Torrez	Bos	3
Keough	Oak	2	Flanagan	Bal	3
Waits	Cle	2	Langford	Oak	3


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

19 tied with		.000	Burgmeier	Bos	.000	Palmer	Bal	9
			Cleveland	Mil	.000	Rozema	Det	8
			Marshall	Min	.000	Clancy	Tor	7
			Augustine	Mil	.000	Goltz	Min	7
			Clay	NYA	.000	Sorensen	Mil	7
			Medich	Tex	.000	Caldwell	Mil	7
			Rajsich	Tex	.000	Jenkins	Tex	7
			Hood	Cle	.111	Billingham	Det	6
			McClure	Mil	.111	Jones,O	Sea	6
			Jefferson	Tor	.125	Aase	Cal	6
			Spillner	Cle	.154	Flanagan	Bal	6
			Martinez,T	Bal	.167	4 tied with		5


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Guidry	NYA	138	Guidry	NYA	123	Cruz	Cle	.382
Caldwell	Mil	128	Caldwell	Mil	119	Langford	Oak	.388
Waits	Cle	127	John	NYA	119	Slaton	Mil	.434
Gura	KC	126	Gura	KC	113	Erickson	Min	.446
John	NYA	126	Bannister	Sea	109	Rodriguez	KC	.451
Bannister	Sea	119	Waits	Cle	107	Rainey	Bos	.455
Kravec	ChA	116	Flanagan	Bal	101	Stanley	Bos	.460
Flanagan	Bal	108	Kravec	ChA	99	Martinez,D	Bal	.464
Torrez	Bos	106	Tanana	Cal	96	Jenkins	Tex	.480
Tanana	Cal	105	Wortham	ChA	95	Comer	Tex	.482
Wortham	ChA	103	Splittorff	KC	92	Eckersley	Bos	.485
2 tied with		100	Eckersley	Bos	91	Figueroa	NYA	.504


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Cruz	Cle	.143	Comer	Tex	.164	Cruz	Cle	.171
Erickson	Min	.147	Erickson	Min	.167	Hood	Cle	.188
Comer	Tex	.152	Stanley	Bos	.194	Rodriguez	KC	.189
Slaton	Mil	.153	Langford	Oak	.197	Langford	Oak	.191
Langford	Oak	.162	Eckersley	Bos	.211	Slaton	Mil	.203
Barrios	ChA	.167	Cruz	Cle	.211	Martinez,D	Bal	.220
Rodriguez	KC	.170	Rainey	Bos	.222	Spillner	Cle	.231
Martinez,D	Bal	.171	LaRoche	Cal	.229	Rainey	Bos	.233
Stanley	Bos	.172	Jenkins	Tex	.230	Wilkins	Cle	.235
Jenkins	Tex	.175	Slaton	Mil	.231	Proly	ChA	.240
Eckersley	Bos	.176	Jones,O	Sea	.237	Jenkins	Tex	.250
Spillner	Cle	.179	Figueroa	NYA	.244	Figueroa	NYA	.260


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Travers	Mil	8	Minetto	Oak	3	Splittorff	KC	5
John	NYA	8	Stone	Bal	2	Wortham	ChA	5
Splittorff	KC	7	Billingham	Det	2	Stone	Bal	4
Guidry	NYA	7	Goltz	Min	2	Baumgarten	ChA	4
Knapp	Cal	6	Leonard	KC	2	Travers	Mil	4
Moore	Tor	6	21 tied with		1	Waits	Cle	4
McGregor	Bal	6				Gura	KC	4
Waits	Cle	6				John	NYA	4
8 tied with		5				9 tied with		3





Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

Caldwell	Mil	33	John	NYA	13	John	NYA	54
John	NYA	32	Travers	Mil	12	Splittorff	KC	49
Wortham	ChA	29	Splittorff	KC	12	Wortham	ChA	47
Splittorff	KC	27	Guidry	NYA	11	Travers	Mil	45
Tanana	Cal	27	Waits	Cle	10	Gura	KC	45
Gura	KC	27	Johnson	Oak	9	Guidry	NYA	45
Guidry	NYA	27	Gura	KC	9	Waits	Cle	42
Flanagan	Bal	26	7 tied with		8	Bannister	Sea	40
Bannister	Sea	26				Caldwell	Mil	40
Travers	Mil	25				Johnson	Oak	39
Torrez	Bos	25				Torrez	Bos	38
2 tied with		24				Flanagan	Bal	38


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Waits	Cle	19	Medich	Tex	2	Bannister	Sea	24
Guidry	NYA	14	Wilcox	Det	2	Guidry	NYA	23
Torrez	Bos	13	Barrios	ChA	2	Torrez	Bos	21
Aase	Cal	12	Rozema	Det	2	Jenkins	Tex	20
Kravec	ChA	11	Paxton	Cle	2	John	NYA	18
Norris	Oak	10	Rodriguez	KC	2	Langford	Oak	17
Clancy	Tor	10	Keough	Oak	2	Leonard	KC	17
Johnson	Oak	10	Underwood	Tor	2	Underwood	Tor	16
Underwood	Tor	10	19 tied with		1	Palmer	Bal	15
Bannister	Sea	10				Eckersley	Bos	15
Barrios	ChA	9				Flanagan	Bal	15
Gura	KC	9				2 tied with		14


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

McGregor	Bal	99.0	Baker	Det	2	Tanana	Cal	3
Rozema	Det	99.0	Clay	NYA	2	Kravec	ChA	3
Goltz	Min	10.0	Clear	Cal	2	Mitchell	Sea	2
Jones,O	Sea	10.0	Redfern	Min	2	McGregor	Bal	2
LaRoche	Cal	10.0	Wilkins	Cle	2	Gale	KC	2
Comer	Tex	9.0	Clancy	Tor	2	Alexander	Tex	2
Wise	Cle	9.0	Travers	Mil	2	Erickson	Min	2
Langford	Oak	8.5	Kravec	ChA	2	Sorensen	Mil	2
Erickson	Min	7.0	Gura	KC	2	Clancy	Tor	2
Wilcox	Det	7.0	John	NYA	2	Torrez	Bos	2
John	NYA	6.0	31 tied with		1	John	NYA	2
Leonard	KC	5.7				Caldwell	Mil	2

League pitching leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 4/30/1979

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 4/30/1979