Saturday May 16, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 16, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
California      22  11  3.08   33   5  10   304   232  121  104   29  121  218
Baltimore       24   9  3.14   33  11  11   298   258  118  104   27  118  201
Minnesota       21  10  3.19   31   6  11   271   257  117   96   29   97  177
Boston          15  17  3.36   32   8   8   284   243  125  106   25  116  209
Oakland         17  17  3.53   34   9   6   301   259  135  118   35  112  192
New York        19  16  3.69   36   2  11   324   323  158  133   33  110  182
Cleveland       11  18  3.75   29   5   7   264   248  114  110   23  145  212
Chicago         15  17  4.17   32   6   9   276   286  155  128   32  107  147
Washington      13  20  4.27   33   3   8   306   322  162  145   23  168  181
Detroit         15  16  4.33   31   9   4   275   295  149  132   26  125  200
Kansas City     11  21  4.61   32   2   4   297   312  172  152   46  126  195
Milwaukee       11  22  4.73   34   3   6   295   315  184  155   31  130  186

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Phoebus (BAL)      3   1  1.90   6   6   2   0   0   47   27   15   10    5   20   18
Bob Johnson (KC)       1   1  1.93   8   3   1   0   0   33   30   10    7    3   10   33
John Morris (MIL)      1   0  2.18  10   2   1   0   0   33   24    9    8    2   10   17
Sam McDowell (CLE)     5   3  2.33   9   9   5   0   1   73   50   22   19    3   34   81
Ray Culp (BOS)         3   4  2.39   8   8   4   0   0   60   45   20   16    5   14   51
Catfish Hunter (OAK)   5   3  2.45   9   9   4   0   0   66   51   25   18    7   22   49
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   2   1  2.73  10   1   0   2   0   33   27   11   10    3    8   17
Jim Perry (MIN)        5   2  2.80   8   8   3   0   1   55   51   23   17    4    9   40
Jim Palmer (BAL)       4   2  2.95   8   8   4   0   0   58   48   22   19    5   28   38
Luis Tiant (MIN)       5   0  2.96   8   8   2   0   1   46   35   15   15    6   21   29

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Richert           1   0  0.00  10   0   0   6   0   12    3    0    0    0    3   20
Marcelino Lopez        0   0  1.00   5   0   0   0   0    9    5    1    1    1    7    8
Eddie Watt             1   1  1.20  12   0   0   3   0   15    8    2    2    0    8    9
Tom Phoebus            3   1  1.90   6   6   2   0   0   47   27   15   10    5   20   18
Dick Hall              3   1  2.20   8   0   0   1   0   16   19    7    4    1    2   13
Jim Palmer             4   2  2.95   8   8   4   0   0   58   48   22   19    5   28   38
Dave McNally           7   1  3.63   9   9   2   0   0   62   58   25   25    6   17   50
Mike Cuellar           4   2  4.42   8   8   3   0   0   53   53   28   26    8   18   29
Jim Hardin             1   1  5.03   9   2   0   1   0   20   29   12   11    1    7   12
Dave Leonhard          0   0 10.80   6   0   0   0   0    5    8    6    6    0    8    4

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Jarvis             0   1  1.74   9   0   0   0   0   10    6    5    2    0    8    4
Ed Phillips            0   1  1.80   8   0   0   0   0   10   11    2    2    2    3   11
Lee Stange             1   2  1.80   7   0   0   0   0   10   10    9    2    1    8    9
Ray Culp               3   4  2.39   8   8   4   0   0   60   45   20   16    5   14   51
Vicente Romo           2   0  2.63  10   2   0   1   0   24   24    7    7    3    4    9
Bill Lee               1   1  3.12   8   3   0   1   0   26   26   10    9    2    8   15
Sparky Lyle            0   1  3.21  13   0   0   6   0   14    6    7    5    0   14    8
Jim Lonborg            2   1  3.60   4   4   0   0   0   25   26   10   10    2    8   19
Sonny Siebert          3   1  4.26   7   7   2   0   1   38   33   18   18    4   11   27
Gary Peters            3   3  4.70   8   8   2   0   1   52   46   29   27    6   25   34
Ken Brett              0   2  5.02   9   0   0   0   0   14   10    8    8    0   13   22

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Greg Garrett           2   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    2    5
Harvey Shank           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    2    1
Paul Doyle             1   0  0.57  12   0   0   4   0   16    7    1    1    1    3   15
Ken Tatum              2   0  0.95  12   0   0   5   0   19   11    2    2    1    5   11
Eddie Fisher           2   0  1.07  13   0   0   0   0   25   13    5    3    2    5   18
Rudy May               2   2  3.04  10   7   0   0   0   50   38   21   17    4   21   43
Andy Messersmith       4   3  3.41   9   9   2   0   1   58   42   26   22    6   25   56
Clyde Wright           4   2  3.67   8   8   2   0   0   56   48   26   23    5   25   25
Tom Murphy             4   3  4.02   9   9   1   0   1   56   51   28   25    7   24   31
Wally Wolf             0   0  5.06   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    3    3    1    4    5
Mel Queen              0   1  5.40   5   0   0   1   0    8   12    5    5    1    5    7
Dave LaRoche           1   0 20.25   2   0   0   0   0    1    3    4    3    1    0    1

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wilbur Wood            2   1  2.05  14   0   0   7   0   22   15    7    5    1    6   15
Jerry Crider           1   0  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    7    4    2    2    2    3    6
Joel Horlen            5   2  3.02   8   8   3   0   0   57   62   21   19    4   13   24
Jerry Janeski          3   2  3.09   7   7   1   0   1   47   42   20   16    2   17   22
Don Secrist            0   0  3.60   6   0   0   0   0   10   12    4    4    2    7    6
Tommy John             3   6  3.75   9   9   2   0   0   60   61   32   25    8   27   33
Danny Murphy           0   0  4.30  10   0   0   2   0   15   14    7    7    1    7    8
Billy Wynne            0   1  5.95   6   4   0   0   0   20   23   15   13    4   10   10
Tommie Sisk            1   1  6.75   9   1   0   0   0   20   23   23   15    4    7    8
Gene Rounsaville       0   1  9.95   8   0   0   0   0    6   10    8    7    1    2    3
Gerry Arrigo           0   3 10.66   4   3   0   0   0   13   20   16   15    3    8   12

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sam McDowell           5   3  2.33   9   9   5   0   1   73   50   22   19    3   34   81
Barry Moore            3   2  3.33   7   7   0   0   0   49   46   18   18    3   34   23
Bob Miller             0   1  3.38   7   0   0   0   0    8   12    3    3    1    4    4
Dean Chance            1   3  3.68   8   8   0   0   0   51   56   21   21    4   26   44
Phil Hennigan          1   1  3.78  11   0   0   1   0   17   15    7    7    1   10    9
Mike Paul              0   0  4.26   8   0   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    1    7   10
Steve Hargan           1   2  4.50   6   2   0   0   0   16   21    8    8    3    5    8
Rich Hand              0   3  4.71   8   3   0   2   0   21   19   12   11    3    8   11
Dennis Higgins         0   3  7.16  14   0   0   4   0   16   17   13   13    3   14   19
Dick Ellsworth         0   0  9.45   4   0   0   0   0    7    7    7    7    1    3    3

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Hiller            2   0  2.76   8   0   0   0   0   16   10    6    5    2    9   15
Joe Niekro             3   3  3.18   8   8   2   0   1   51   53   23   18    6   12   26
Mickey Lolich          4   4  3.25  10  10   5   0   2   75   80   29   27    6   28   67
Norm McRae             0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    3    2
Fred Lasher            1   2  4.32  11   0   0   3   0    8    9    5    4    0   10    8
Jerry Robertson        0   0  4.38   9   0   0   0   0   12   17    8    6    1    5   11
Les Cain               1   2  4.71   3   3   1   0   0   21   20   11   11    1   13   14
Earl Wilson            2   2  5.11   6   6   1   0   0   37   31   22   21    6   16   28
Mike Kilkenny          2   1  6.31   7   4   0   0   0   26   33   21   18    1   20   14
Tom Timmerman          0   1  6.43  12   0   0   1   0   14   24   11   10    1    3    3
Fred Scherman          0   1  7.20   7   0   0   0   0   10   12    8    8    1    4    8
Daryl Patterson        0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    4    4    3    1    2    4

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Johnson            1   1  1.93   8   3   1   0   0   33   30   10    7    3   10   33
Bill Butler            2   2  3.12   7   7   0   0   0   43   31   16   15    6   24   30
Al Fitzmorris          2   1  3.22  12   0   0   0   0   22   17    8    8    3   11   13
Moe Drabowsky          0   2  3.75  14   0   0   1   0   24   18   10   10    1    9   25
Ken Wright             1   0  4.00  12   0   0   1   0    9   12    5    4    0    3    5
Dave Morehead          1   1  4.42   7   6   0   1   0   37   41   27   18    4   17   26
Jim Rooker             1   2  4.58  10   2   0   1   0   35   39   18   18    3   18   18
Dick Drago             1   3  5.23   8   7   1   0   1   41   54   29   24    9   13   22
Mike Hedlund           2   2  7.36   7   0   0   0   0   15   18   12   12    6    5    5
Wally Bunker           0   5  8.16   8   5   0   0   0   29   35   27   26    8   16   15
Roger Nelson           0   2 10.38   3   2   0   0   0    9   17   10   10    3    0    3

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Lockwood          0   0  1.23   1   1   0   0   0    7    8    3    1    1    3    5
John Morris            1   0  2.18  10   2   1   0   0   33   24    9    8    2   10   17
Bob Locker             0   1  2.75  16   0   0   3   0   20   23   12    6    0    8   13
John O'Donoghue        2   0  4.11  17   0   0   0   0   15   17    9    7    1    4   10
Lew Krausse            3   6  4.76   9   8   1   0   0   45   57   32   24    5   22   25
Bobby Bolin            1   2  5.05   9   6   0   0   0   36   35   22   20    7   25   26
John Gelnar            1   2  5.23  12   0   0   3   0   21   23   13   12    1    3    8
Gene Brabender         1   5  5.36   8   8   0   0   0   44   36   31   26    4   21   30
George Lauzerique      1   2  5.91   9   4   1   0   0   32   34   21   21    6   13   24
Marty Pattin           1   3  6.00   8   5   0   0   0   27   35   20   18    3   11   12
Bob Meyer              0   1  7.20   9   0   0   0   0   15   23   12   12    1   10   16

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Perranoski         2   1  1.69  14   0   0   9   0   27   19    9    5    2   14   12
Stan Williams          3   0  1.80  14   0   0   1   0   20   18    8    4    3    5   16
Bill Zepp              0   0  2.08   5   1   0   0   0   13   14    4    3    0    2    7
Jim Perry              5   2  2.80   8   8   3   0   1   55   51   23   17    4    9   40
Luis Tiant             5   0  2.96   8   8   2   0   1   46   35   15   15    6   21   29
Tom Hall               1   1  3.24   9   0   0   0   0   17   11    6    6    1   11   19
Jim Kaat               4   1  3.31   8   8   1   0   0   54   58   23   20    6    9   28
Steve Barber           0   0  4.35   6   0   0   1   0   10   12    5    5    0    6    6
Dave Boswell           1   5  6.37   6   6   0   0   0   30   39   24   21    7   20   20

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lindy McDaniel         2   0  1.29  13   0   0   3   0   21   16    4    3    0    2   19
Steve Hamilton         3   0  1.37  12   0   0   2   0   20    9    3    3    0    9   15
Jack Aker              2   1  2.18  12   0   0   6   0   21   18    7    5    2    6   14
John Cumberland        1   2  2.33   5   3   0   0   0   27   20    8    7    2    5   20
Stan Bahnsen           3   3  3.04   8   8   2   0   1   53   52   22   18    5   20   32
Ron Klimkowski         0   2  3.04  10   2   0   0   0   27   29   11    9    3    9    5
Mel Stottlemyre        3   3  3.47   9   9   0   0   0   62   65   32   24    8   18   31
Fritz Peterson         4   2  3.93   8   8   0   0   0   53   52   26   23    8   12   24
Joe Verbanic           1   0  4.60   7   0   0   0   0   16   20    9    8    1   12    8
Bill Burbach           0   2 10.26   4   4   0   0   0   17   23   19   19    2    9   10
Mike Kekich            0   1 14.54   3   2   0   0   0    9   19   17   14    2    8    4

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mudcat Grant           0   0  1.93  12   0   0   1   0   19   14    4    4    1    5    8
Catfish Hunter         5   3  2.45   9   9   4   0   0   66   51   25   18    7   22   49
Rollie Fingers         2   1  2.73  10   1   0   2   0   33   27   11   10    3    8   17
Roberto Rodriquez      0   0  2.92   5   0   0   0   0   12    9    5    4    2    2    8
Diego Segui            1   3  3.65  15   0   0   2   0   25   20   10   10    3    6   18
Jim Roland             0   1  4.15   6   1   0   0   0    9    8    5    4    1    7    2
Blue Moon Odom         3   2  4.23   8   8   1   0   0   38   34   23   18    4   24   35
Al Downing             3   3  4.24   6   6   1   0   0   34   33   17   16    5   18   20
Paul Lindblad          0   0  4.50   9   0   0   1   0   14   13    7    7    3    4   10
Chuck Dobson           3   4  4.73   9   9   3   0   1   51   50   28   27    6   16   25

 Washington            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Horacio Pina           2   0  2.08  17   0   0   4   0   17   16    5    4    0   11    8
Jim Hannan             0   0  2.35   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    4    6
Jan Dukes              0   0  2.70   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    2    0    1    4
Darold Knowles         0   3  2.74  14   0   0   3   0   23   18    9    7    1   19   12
Joe Coleman            1   3  3.47   8   7   1   0   0   49   40   21   19    5   25   30
Dick Bosman            3   3  3.71   8   8   1   0   1   53   55   22   22    2   32   34
Joe Grzenda            1   2  3.86   9   0   0   1   0   14   11    6    6    0    8    7
Casey Cox              3   3  5.02   8   8   0   0   0   52   68   34   29    7   15   21
George Brunet          2   4  5.18   7   6   1   0   0   33   47   23   19    3   15   16
Jim Shellenback        0   1  6.05   9   4   0   0   0   19   25   15   13    1   11   12
Dick Such              1   1  6.23  10   0   0   0   0   22   18   15   15    1   23   21
Pedro Ramos            0   0  7.56   4   0   0   0   0    8   10    7    7    2    4   10

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  D. McNally (BAL)          7
  J. Horlen (CHI)           5
  C. Hunter (OAK)           5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  J. Perry (MIN)            5
  L. Tiant (MIN)            5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4
  M. Lolich (DET)           4
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      4

Losses:

  T. John (CHI)             6
  L. Krausse (MIL)          6
  D. Boswell (MIN)          5
  G. Brabender (MIL)        5
  W. Bunker (KC)            5
  G. Brunet (WAS)           4
  R. Culp (BOS)             4
  C. Dobson (OAK)           4
  M. Lolich (DET)           4
  G. Arrigo (CHI)           3

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  R. Culp (BOS)             4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  C. Dobson (OAK)           3
  J. Horlen (CHI)           3
  J. Perry (MIN)            3
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           2

Saves:

  R. Perranoski (MIN)       9
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  J. Aker (NY)              6
  S. Lyle (BOS)             6
  P. Richert (BAL)          6
  K. Tatum (CAL)            5
  P. Doyle (CAL)            4
  D. Higgins (CLE)          4
  H. Pina (WAS)             4
  J. Gelnar (MIL)           3

Shutouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)           2
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           1
  D. Bosman (WAS)           1
  C. Dobson (OAK)           1
  D. Drago (KC)             1
  J. Janeski (CHI)          1
  S. McDowell (CLE)         1
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      1
  T. Murphy (CAL)           1
  J. Niekro (DET)           1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)        74.2
  S. McDowell (CLE)      73.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)        66.0
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    62.1
  D. McNally (BAL)       62.0
  R. Culp (BOS)          60.1
  T. John (CHI)          60.0
  A. Messersmith (CAL)   58.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        58.0
  J. Horlen (CHI)        56.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          80
  C. Cox (WAS)             68
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      65
  J. Horlen (CHI)          62
  T. John (CHI)            61
  J. Kaat (MIN)            58
  D. McNally (BAL)         58
  L. Krausse (MIL)         57
  D. Chance (CLE)          56
  D. Bosman (WAS)          55

Runs:

  C. Cox (WAS)             34
  T. John (CHI)            32
  L. Krausse (MIL)         32
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      32
  G. Brabender (MIL)       31
  D. Drago (KC)            29
  M. Lolich (DET)          29
  G. Peters (BOS)          29
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         28
  C. Dobson (OAK)          28

Home Runs:

  D. Drago (KC)             9
  W. Bunker (KC)            8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          8
  T. John (CHI)             8
  F. Peterson (NY)          8
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       8
  B. Bolin (MIL)            7
  D. Boswell (MIN)          7
  C. Cox (WAS)              7
  C. Hunter (OAK)           7

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        34
  B. Moore (CLE)           34
  D. Bosman (WAS)          32
  M. Lolich (DET)          28
  J. Palmer (BAL)          28
  T. John (CHI)            27
  D. Chance (CLE)          26
  B. Bolin (MIL)           25
  J. Coleman (WAS)         25
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     25

Strikeouts:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        81
  M. Lolich (DET)          67
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     56
  R. Culp (BOS)            51
  D. McNally (BAL)         50
  C. Hunter (OAK)          49
  D. Chance (CLE)          44
  R. May (CAL)             43
  J. Perry (MIN)           40
  J. Palmer (BAL)          38


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report