Sunday May 17, 1970
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American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 17, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
California      23  12  3.10   35   5  11   323   248  128  111   32  133  228
Minnesota       22  10  3.12   32   7  11   280   263  118   97   29   99  181
Baltimore       24   9  3.14   33  11  11   298   258  118  104   27  118  201
Boston          15  17  3.36   32   8   8   284   243  125  106   25  116  209
Oakland         18  18  3.57   36   9   6   320   276  147  127   37  123  200
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  19  4.18   34   6   9   297   311  166  138   33  115  162
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     13  21  4.48   34   3   4   318   324  178  158   48  138  211
Milwaukee       11  23  4.65   35   3   6   304   324  190  157   31  132  193

 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
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
Jim Perry (MIN)        6   2  2.54   9   9   4   0   1   64   57   24   18    4   11   44
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   2   1  2.82  11   2   0   2   0   38   34   16   12    4    9   19
Jerry Janeski (CHI)    3   2  2.91   8   8   1   0   1   56   53   22   18    2   18   24
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
Joel Horlen (CHI)      5   2  3.02   8   8   3   0   0   57   62   21   19    4   13   24

 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
Harvey Shank           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    2    1
Ken Tatum              2   0  0.89  14   0   0   6   0   20   11    2    2    1    5   12
Greg Garrett           2   1  1.29   5   0   0   0   0    7    2    1    1    0    8    7
Eddie Fisher           2   0  1.39  14   1   0   0   0   32   20    7    5    3    8   22
Paul Doyle             1   0  2.20  13   0   0   4   0   16   10    4    4    3    4   15
Rudy May               2   2  3.04  10   7   0   0   0   50   38   21   17    4   21   43
Clyde Wright           5   2  3.36   9   9   2   0   0   64   54   27   24    5   27   28
Andy Messersmith       4   3  3.41   9   9   2   0   1   58   42   26   22    6   25   56
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
Jerry Crider           1   0  1.93   3   0   0   0   0    9    5    2    2    2    4    7
Jerry Janeski          3   2  2.91   8   8   1   0   1   56   53   22   18    2   18   24
Joel Horlen            5   2  3.02   8   8   3   0   0   57   62   21   19    4   13   24
Wilbur Wood            2   3  3.08  16   0   0   7   0   26   22   12    9    2    8   21
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  6.23  10   1   0   0   0   22   24   23   15    4    9   11
Bart Johnson           0   0  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    4    5    4    4    0    2    3
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
Al Fitzmorris          3   1  2.96  13   0   0   0   0   24   17    8    8    3   13   13
Bill Butler            2   2  3.12   7   7   0   0   0   43   31   16   15    6   24   30
Ken Wright             1   0  3.72  13   0   0   1   0   10   13    5    4    0    5    5
Moe Drabowsky          0   2  3.75  14   0   0   1   0   24   18   10   10    1    9   25
Jim Rooker             2   2  4.27  11   3   1   1   0   46   48   22   22    3   22   27
Dave Morehead          1   1  4.42   7   6   0   1   0   37   41   27   18    4   17   26
Dick Drago             1   3  4.84   9   8   1   0   1   48   56   31   26   11   17   29
Mike Hedlund           2   2  7.20   8   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   7  4.59  10   9   1   0   0   51   65   37   26    5   23   29
Bobby Bolin            1   2  4.78  10   6   0   0   0   38   35   22   20    7   25   28
John Gelnar            1   2  4.91  13   0   0   3   0   22   24   14   12    1    4    9
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              6   2  2.54   9   9   4   0   1   64   57   24   18    4   11   44
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  1.66  14   0   0   1   0   22   15    4    4    1    6   10
Catfish Hunter         5   3  2.45   9   9   4   0   0   66   51   25   18    7   22   49
Rollie Fingers         2   1  2.82  11   2   0   2   0   38   34   16   12    4    9   19
Roberto Rodriquez      0   0  2.92   6   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    4    2    3    8
Jim Roland             1   1  3.38   8   1   0   0   0   11   10    5    4    1    8    2
Diego Segui            1   3  3.42  16   0   0   2   0   26   22   10   10    3    7   18
Al Downing             3   3  4.00   7   6   1   0   0   36   33   17   16    5   18   21
Blue Moon Odom         3   3  4.71   9   9   1   0   0   42   37   27   22    4   27   38
Chuck Dobson           3   4  4.73   9   9   3   0   1   51   50   28   27    6   16   25
Paul Lindblad          0   0  5.87  10   0   0   1   0   15   14   10   10    4    7   10

 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

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League Leaders

Wins:

  D. McNally (BAL)          7
  J. Perry (MIN)            6
  J. Horlen (CHI)           5
  C. Hunter (OAK)           5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  L. Tiant (MIN)            5
  C. Wright (CAL)           5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4
  M. Lolich (DET)           4

Losses:

  L. Krausse (MIL)          7
  T. John (CHI)             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
  J. Perry (MIN)            4
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  C. Dobson (OAK)           3
  J. Horlen (CHI)           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)            6
  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
  C. Wright (CAL)        64.1
  J. Perry (MIN)         63.2
  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

Hits:

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

Runs:

  L. Krausse (MIL)         37
  C. Cox (WAS)             34
  T. John (CHI)            32
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      32
  G. Brabender (MIL)       31
  D. Drago (KC)            31
  M. Lolich (DET)          29
  G. Peters (BOS)          29
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         28
  C. Dobson (OAK)          28

Home Runs:

  D. Drago (KC)            11
  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
  B. Odom (OAK)            27
  C. Wright (CAL)          27
  D. Chance (CLE)          26
  B. Bolin (MIL)           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
  J. Perry (MIN)           44
  R. May (CAL)             43
  B. Odom (OAK)            38

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