League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Rainey	Bos	1.57	Flanagan	Bal	8-1	Flanagan	Bal	70
Flanagan	Bal	2.05	Eckersley	Bos	8-2	Guidry	NYA	60
Stanley	Bos	2.38	Martinez,D	Bal	8-2	Ryan	Cal	58
Kravec	ChA	2.52	Jenkins	Tex	8-3	Eckersley	Bos	52
Slaton	Mil	2.53	Baumgarten	ChA	7-1	Underwood	Tor	50
John	NYA	2.58	Kravec	ChA	7-2	Torrez	Bos	50
Barrios	ChA	2.60	Palmer	Bal	7-2	Kravec	ChA	50
Baumgarten	ChA	2.61	Torrez	Bos	7-3	John	NYA	49
Caldwell	Mil	2.63	Caldwell	Mil	7-4	Langford	Oak	47
Waits	Cle	3.04	Rainey	Bos	6-0	Jenkins	Tex	47
Lopez	Det	3.07	McLaughlin	Sea	6-2	Koosman	Min	44
Palmer	Bal	3.09	9 tied with		5	3 tied with		41


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Kern	Tex	25	Flanagan	Bal	92.1	Rainey	Bos	1.000
LaRoche	Cal	25	Caldwell	Mil	89.0	Barrios	ChA	1.000
Lyle	Tex	24	Jenkins	Tex	87.2	Kern	Tex	1.000
Cruz	Cle	23	Eckersley	Bos	86.2	Flanagan	Bal	.889
Clear	Cal	22	Martinez,D	Bal	86.2	Baumgarten	ChA	.875
Freisleben	Tor	22	Kravec	ChA	85.2	Eckersley	Bos	.800
Heaverlo	Oak	22	John	NYA	83.2	Martinez,D	Bal	.800
Lopez	Det	22	Sorensen	Mil	83.2	Augustine	Mil	.800
Monge	Cle	22	Waits	Cle	80.0	Lyle	Tex	.800
Rawley	Sea	22	Comer	Tex	79.0	Marshall	Min	.800
Drago	Bos	21	Goltz	Min	78.2	Kravec	ChA	.778
Marshall	Min	21	Palmer	Bal	78.2	Palmer	Bal	.778


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Flanagan	Bal	12	Caldwell	Mil	7	Slaton	Mil	2
Jenkins	Tex	12	Eckersley	Bos	6	Caldwell	Mil	2
Martinez,D	Bal	12	John	NYA	6	Kravec	ChA	2
18 tied with		11	Slaton	Mil	5	Flanagan	Bal	2
			Sorensen	Mil	5	Jenkins	Tex	2
			Goltz	Min	4	Martinez,D	Bal	2
			Kravec	ChA	4	13 tied with		1
			Langford	Oak	4
			Flanagan	Bal	4
			10 tied with		3




Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Stanhouse	Bal	9	Lyle	Tex	1.000	Drago	Bos	6
Lyle	Tex	8	Stoddard	Bal	1.000	Kaat	NYA	5
Campbell	Bos	7	Trout	ChA	1.000	Martinez,T	Bal	5
Heaverlo	Oak	6	Stanhouse	Bal	.900	Clay	NYA	4
Marshall	Min	6	Heaverlo	Oak	.750	Clear	Cal	3
Rawley	Sea	6	Marshall	Min	.750	Lyle	Tex	3
Kern	Tex	6	Rawley	Sea	.750	Kern	Tex	3
Drago	Bos	5	Tidrow		.750	LaRoche	Cal	3
Hiller	Det	5	Drago	Bos	.714	9 tied with		2
Stoddard	Bal	4	Hiller	Det	.714
Monge	Cle	4	Campbell	Bos	.700
3 tied with		3	4 tied with		.667


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Barrios	ChA	.165	Barrios	ChA	5.1	Eckersley	Bos	8.8
Lopez	Det	.171	Lopez	Det	5.5	Kravec	ChA	8.9
Busby	KC	.175	Busby	KC	5.6	Barrios	ChA	9.4
Kravec	ChA	.182	Kravec	ChA	5.7	Rainey	Bos	9.4
Baumgarten	ChA	.206	Baumgarten	ChA	6.7	Baumgarten	ChA	9.8
Comer	Tex	.217	Comer	Tex	7.2	Flanagan	Bal	9.9
Eckersley	Bos	.218	Rainey	Bos	7.2	John	NYA	10.0
Rainey	Bos	.219	Eckersley	Bos	7.4	Comer	Tex	10.1
Slaton	Mil	.223	Slaton	Mil	7.6	Lopez	Det	10.4
Flanagan	Bal	.231	Jenkins	Tex	7.6	Paxton	Cle	10.5
Jenkins	Tex	.232	Bannister	Sea	7.7	Caldwell	Mil	10.5
Bannister	Sea	.235	Flanagan	Bal	7.8	Palmer	Bal	10.5


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Ryan	Cal	41	Sorensen	Mil	1.0	Guidry	NYA	8.2
Waits	Cle	38	Eckersley	Bos	1.3	Lopez	Det	8.2
Torrez	Bos	37	Wise	Cle	1.4	Ryan	Cal	7.9
Jenkins	Tex	34	John	NYA	1.6	Flanagan	Bal	6.8
Wortham	ChA	32	Flanagan	Bal	1.7	Underwood	Tor	6.5
Norris	Oak	31	Stanley	Bos	1.8	Torrez	Bos	6.4
Gale	KC	30	Caldwell	Mil	1.8	Bannister	Sea	5.9
Underwood	Tor	30	Tiant	NYA	1.9	Jones,O	Sea	5.8
Kravec	ChA	30	Paxton	Cle	1.9	Koosman	Min	5.7
Martinez,D	Bal	30	Rozema	Det	1.9	Langford	Oak	5.5
Abbott	Sea	29	Leonard	KC	2.1	Tanana	Cal	5.5
3 tied with		28	Splittorff	KC	2.1	Eckersley	Bos	5.4


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Eckersley	Bos	0.97	Jenkins	Tex	15	Sorensen	Mil	7.9
Barrios	ChA	0.98	Stone	Bal	14	Splittorff	KC	6.9
Kravec	ChA	0.98	Travers	Mil	13	Erickson	Min	6.7
Rainey	Bos	1.04	Eckersley	Bos	13	Haas	Mil	6.6
Flanagan	Bal	1.05	Lemongello	Tor	12	Goltz	Min	6.5
Baumgarten	ChA	1.09	Martinez,D	Bal	12	Abbott	Sea	6.5
John	NYA	1.10	Johnson	Oak	11	Hartzell	Min	6.4
Comer	Tex	1.11	Splittorff	KC	11	Jenkins	Tex	6.3
Slaton	Mil	1.14	Rozema	Det	10	Renko	Bos	6.3
Paxton	Cle	1.14	Gale	KC	10	Honeycutt	Sea	6.2
Caldwell	Mil	1.15	Abbott	Sea	10	3 tied with		6.0
Lopez	Det	1.16	5 tied with		9


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Flanagan	Bal	370	Slaton	Mil	32.50	Caldwell	Mil	11
Martinez,D	Bal	365	Caldwell	Mil	32.00	Jenkins	Tex	11
Jenkins	Tex	359	Waits	Cle	31.82	Johnson	Oak	11
Caldwell	Mil	352	Lemanczyk	Tor	31.13	Keough	Oak	11
Waits	Cle	350	Eckersley	Bos	31.00	Huffman	Tor	10
Eckersley	Bos	341	Sorensen	Mil	31.00	Eckersley	Bos	10
Sorensen	Mil	341	Barrios	ChA	30.88	Goltz	Min	10
Goltz	Min	336	Flanagan	Bal	30.83	Guidry	NYA	10
John	NYA	336	Leonard	KC	30.56	Langford	Oak	10
Kravec	ChA	334	Goltz	Min	30.55	Torrez	Bos	10
Langford	Oak	331	John	NYA	30.55	Martinez,D	Bal	10
Slaton	Mil	325	Martinez,D	Bal	30.42	8 tied with		9


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Keough	Oak	2-9	Lyle	Tex	18	Abbott	Sea	48
Proly	ChA	1-7	Stanhouse	Bal	14	Aase	Cal	45
Waits	Cle	2-7	Hiller	Det	14	Keough	Oak	45
Guidry	NYA	3-7	Marshall	Min	14	Gale	KC	44
Huffman	Tor	3-7	Kern	Tex	14	Goltz	Min	44
Langford	Oak	3-7	Campbell	Bos	13	Norris	Oak	43
Johnson	Oak	4-7	Rawley	Sea	13	Knapp	Cal	43
Norris	Oak	0-6	Heaverlo	Oak	13	Ryan	Cal	42
Lemongello	Tor	1-6	Cruz	Cle	13	Torrez	Bos	42
Knapp	Cal	2-6	Hamilton	Oak	12	Wilcox	Det	41
Aase	Cal	3-6	Proly	ChA	12	Splittorff	KC	41
Goltz	Min	4-6	Drago	Bos	12	2 tied with		40


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Gale	KC	42	Keough	Oak	93	Knapp	Cal	21
Abbott	Sea	42	Sorensen	Mil	91	Goltz	Min	20
Goltz	Min	39	Splittorff	KC	86	Paxton	Cle	18
Garland	Cle	38	Goltz	Min	85	Comer	Tex	18
Knapp	Cal	38	Caldwell	Mil	84	Keough	Oak	18
Hartzell	Min	38	Johnson	Oak	83	Koosman	Min	17
Keough	Oak	38	Langford	Oak	82	Tiant	NYA	16
Wilcox	Det	37	Martinez,D	Bal	82	Travers	Mil	16
Huffman	Tor	37	Abbott	Sea	81	Splittorff	KC	16
5 tied with		36	Flanagan	Bal	80	6 tied with		15
			Wise	Cle	78
			John	NYA	77


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Billingham	Det	5	Wise	Cle	13	Splittorff	KC	.286
Erickson	Min	5	Martinez,D	Bal	13	Eckersley	Bos	.375
Bacsik	Min	4	Waits	Cle	13	Jenkins	Tex	.400
Miller,D	Cal	4	Wortham	ChA	12	Tanana	Cal	.545
Montague	Sea	4	Ryan	Cal	10	Baumgarten	ChA	.556
Tiant	NYA	4	Ellis,D	Tex	10	Beattie	NYA	.556
Knapp	Cal	4	Alexander	Tex	10	Knapp	Cal	.571
Lemongello	Tor	4	Lemanczyk	Tor	9	Travers	Mil	.571
Leonard	KC	4	Jones,O	Sea	8	Wilcox	Det	.571
Ryan	Cal	4	Stanley	Bos	8	7 tied with		.600
Goltz	Min	4	Paxton	Cle	8
8 tied with		3	Keough	Oak	8


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Rozema	Det	5	Langford	Oak	8	Moore	Tor	2
Flanagan	Bal	5	Willis	Tor	7	Baker	Det	2
Barrios	ChA	4	Keough	Oak	7	Redfern	Min	1
Keough	Oak	4	McLaughlin	Sea	6	Barrios	ChA	1
9 tied with		3	Haas	Mil	6	Honeycutt	Sea	1
			Leonard	KC	6	Huffman	Tor	1
			Tanana	Cal	6	Tanana	Cal	1
			Freisleben	Tor	5	Erickson	Min	1
			Marshall	Min	5	Paxton	Cle	1
			Erickson	Min	5	Kravec	ChA	1
			Wortham	ChA	5	John	NYA	1
			8 tied with		4	Martinez,D	Bal	1


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Waits	Cle	.000	Burgmeier	Bos	.000	Caldwell	Mil	14
Haas	Mil	.000	Martinez,T	Bal	.071	Jones,O	Sea	13
Wilcox	Det	.000	Hood	Cle	.077	Billingham	Det	12
John	NYA	.000	Kaat	NYA	.091	Palmer	Bal	12
Flanagan	Bal	.000	McClure	Mil	.143	Goltz	Min	11
Baumgarten	ChA	.000	Stoddard	Bal	.182	Flanagan	Bal	11
Eckersley	Bos	.000	Augustine	Mil	.200	Stanley	Bos	10
Slaton	Mil	.000	Spillner	Cle	.222	Baumgarten	ChA	10
Keough	Oak	.063	Mirabella	NYA	.222	Jenkins	Tex	10
6 tied with		.167	Cruz	Cle	.250	Clancy	Tor	9
			Rajsich	Tex	.250	Rozema	Det	9
			Stewart	Bal	.250	Waits	Cle	9


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

Flanagan	Bal	272	Flanagan	Bal	255	Eckersley	Bos	.435
Waits	Cle	266	Caldwell	Mil	249	Slaton	Mil	.472
Caldwell	Mil	261	Splittorff	KC	242	Clay	NYA	.473
Splittorff	KC	261	John	NYA	235	Busby	KC	.476
Kravec	ChA	251	Waits	Cle	230	Tiant	NYA	.504
John	NYA	250	Kravec	ChA	223	Kravec	ChA	.511
Johnson	Oak	239	Johnson	Oak	216	Langford	Oak	.511
Underwood	Tor	238	Guidry	NYA	210	Lyle	Tex	.512
Guidry	NYA	234	Underwood	Tor	210	Paxton	Cle	.529
Koosman	Min	228	Koosman	Min	207	Stanley	Bos	.532
Tanana	Cal	218	Gura	KC	197	Rainey	Bos	.537
Gura	KC	216	Tanana	Cal	197	Jones,O	Sea	.547


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

Eckersley	Bos	.158	Eckersley	Bos	.203	Slaton	Mil	.215
Busby	KC	.163	Clay	NYA	.209	Eckersley	Bos	.232
Clay	NYA	.172	Busby	KC	.231	Lyle	Tex	.237
Kravec	ChA	.175	Tiant	NYA	.233	Busby	KC	.245
Tiant	NYA	.178	Stanley	Bos	.235	Rodriguez	KC	.263
Barrios	ChA	.183	Kravec	ChA	.242	Clay	NYA	.264
Paxton	Cle	.186	Langford	Oak	.246	Langford	Oak	.265
Lyle	Tex	.188	Erickson	Min	.246	Ryan	Cal	.267
Slaton	Mil	.188	Paxton	Cle	.250	Kravec	ChA	.269
Parrott	Sea	.194	Jones,O	Sea	.255	Wilkins	Cle	.269
Ryan	Cal	.200	Jenkins	Tex	.255	Rainey	Bos	.270
Lopez	Det	.203	Slaton	Mil	.258	Tiant	NYA	.271


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Knapp	Cal	17	Bacsik	Min	4	Travers	Mil	13
Koosman	Min	16	Minetto	Oak	3	Stone	Bal	9
Travers	Mil	14	Billingham	Det	3	Johnson	Oak	9
Honeycutt	Sea	14	Goltz	Min	3	Splittorff	KC	9
Tanana	Cal	14	John	NYA	3	Gale	KC	8
Splittorff	KC	14	10 tied with		2	Matlack	Tex	8
John	NYA	12				Underwood	Tor	8
Moore	Tor	11				Aase	Cal	6
Wortham	ChA	11				Wortham	ChA	6
Waits	Cle	11				Guidry	NYA	6
3 tied with		10				Waits	Cle	6
						11 tied with		5


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

Splittorff	KC	73	Travers	Mil	27	Splittorff	KC	116
Johnson	Oak	69	Splittorff	KC	24	Johnson	Oak	108
Caldwell	Mil	65	Koosman	Min	22	Travers	Mil	105
John	NYA	61	Knapp	Cal	20	Underwood	Tor	93
Underwood	Tor	60	Honeycutt	Sea	20	John	NYA	91
Tanana	Cal	58	Johnson	Oak	20	Wortham	ChA	85
Sorensen	Mil	57	Tanana	Cal	19	Tanana	Cal	85
Flanagan	Bal	57	John	NYA	19	Waits	Cle	85
Wortham	ChA	56	Wortham	ChA	17	Gura	KC	81
Waits	Cle	56	Guidry	NYA	17	Koosman	Min	81
Gura	KC	54	Waits	Cle	17	Guidry	NYA	81
Travers	Mil	52	3 tied with		16	Caldwell	Mil	80


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Waits	Cle	31	Barrios	ChA	4	Guidry	NYA	46
Wortham	ChA	24	Todd	Oak	3	Flanagan	Bal	45
Underwood	Tor	22	Rozema	Det	3	Koosman	Min	38
Koosman	Min	21	Wilcox	Det	3	Underwood	Tor	35
Guidry	NYA	21	Ryan	Cal	3	Eckersley	Bos	34
Torrez	Bos	20	Slaton	Mil	3	Kravec	ChA	34
Kravec	ChA	20	Keough	Oak	3	Ryan	Cal	33
Aase	Cal	19	Underwood	Tor	3	Jenkins	Tex	33
Norris	Oak	18	7 tied with		2	Torrez	Bos	33
Ryan	Cal	18				Langford	Oak	32
Johnson	Oak	18				Bannister	Sea	31
4 tied with		17				John	NYA	31


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

Leonard	KC	6.3	Clear	Cal	3	Mitchell	Sea	4
Lemongello	Tor	5.8	Ellis,D	Tex	3	Tanana	Cal	4
Jones,O	Sea	5.3	Wilcox	Det	3	Johnson	Oak	4
Jenkins	Tex	4.7	Barrios	ChA	3	Kravec	ChA	4
Wise	Cle	4.7	Travers	Mil	3	Pattin	KC	3
Rozema	Det	4.5	Gura	KC	3	Hamilton	Oak	3
Erickson	Min	4.4	Kravec	ChA	3	Wilcox	Det	3
Langford	Oak	4.0	Waits	Cle	3	Erickson	Min	3
Eckersley	Bos	3.8	25 tied with		2	Sorensen	Mil	3
Tiant	NYA	3.6				Torrez	Bos	3
3 tied with		3.5				Underwood	Tor	3
						John	NYA	3

League pitching leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 5/31/1979

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979