Tuesday May 4, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 4, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       10  13  2.76   23   7   3   206   173   69   63   12   98  124
California      14  12  3.06   26   4   6   238   199   88   81   19   87  161
Baltimore       14   9  3.15   23  11   1   206   180   78   72   16   64   93
Chicago         10  14  3.23   24   4   5   217   199   94   78   16   83  143
Oakland         18  11  3.27   29  14   3   262   211  110   95   23   99  188
Kansas City     13  12  3.33   25   3   8   224   192   88   83   13   82  122
Washington      12  13  3.33   25   5   2   224   208   92   83   16   70  107
Minnesota       11  14  3.46   25   7   3   221   204   98   85   21   92  117
Boston          15   8  3.84   23   4  10   208   197   99   89   13   81  109
New York        10  12  3.90   22   7   1   201   205   97   87   20   62   92
Detroit         11  12  4.20   23   4   4   202   199  110   94   14  101  118
Cleveland        8  16  4.21   24   1   5   212   168  111   99   13  145  136

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)        6   1  1.20   7   7   6   0   3   53   29   10    7    1   18   58
Tom Bradley (CHI)      3   1  1.80   6   6   1   0   1   45   34   11    9    2   13   36
Dick Drago (KC)        3   1  1.83   5   5   1   0   0   39   39    9    8    0    2   16
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    4   0  1.99   6   6   2   0   1   45   43   14   10    0    7   27
Mike Hedlund (KC)      3   0  2.10   5   5   1   0   1   34   23    8    8    2   13   10
Bill Parsons (MIL)     2   3  2.11   5   5   3   0   1   38   28    9    9    3   18   28
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    2   4  2.15   6   6   3   0   2   46   34   13   11    5   11   31
A. Messersmith (CAL)   2   2  2.23   6   6   2   0   0   44   30   16   11    1   27   31
Steve Kline (NY)       3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   40   29   11   10    3    7   11
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   0  2.34   6   6   4   0   0   50   37   14   13    4   21   26

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          0   0  1.80   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    1    1    5
Jim Palmer             5   0  2.34   6   6   4   0   0   50   37   14   13    4   21   26
Pat Dobson             1   2  2.80   5   5   1   0   0   35   27   13   11    2   12   18
Dave McNally           4   1  2.81   6   6   4   0   0   48   43   15   15    2    6   19
Eddie Watt             0   0  3.18   5   0   0   1   0    6    7    3    2    0    2    4
Tom Dukes              0   2  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    0    1    4
Mike Cuellar           2   0  4.09   6   6   2   0   1   44   44   22   20    5   15   11
Pete Richert           0   2  4.91   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    2    1    2    2
Dick Hall              2   2  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    4    1    2    2
Jim Hardin             0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    0    2    2

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   0  0.00  10   0   0   4   0   10    8    0    0    0    2    7
Sonny Siebert          4   0  1.99   6   6   2   0   1   45   43   14   10    0    7   27
Ken Tatum              1   2  2.51  12   0   0   5   0   14    9    4    4    0    8    4
Bill Lee               2   1  3.72   9   0   0   0   0   10    8    4    4    1    7   12
Mike Nagy              1   0  3.86   5   5   0   0   0   33   33   15   14    1   13    7
Ray Culp               3   1  4.89   6   6   2   0   1   39   40   24   21    5   13   23
Ken Brett              0   1  5.06   5   0   0   0   0   11    8    6    6    0    9    6
Bobby Bolin            0   1  5.19  10   0   0   1   0    9    6    6    5    1    7    6
Gary Peters            2   2  5.23   5   5   0   0   0   33   34   19   19    4   12   15
Cal Koonce             0   0 10.13   3   1   0   0   0    5    8    7    6    1    3    2

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           1   0  0.00   9   0   0   1   0   10    6    0    0    0    3   12
Mel Queen              0   1  1.38  11   0   0   3   0   13   11    2    2    0    7   13
Eddie Fisher           4   1  1.96  10   0   0   0   0   18    9    4    4    3    4   14
Andy Messersmith       2   2  2.23   6   6   2   0   0   44   30   16   11    1   27   31
Rudy May               2   1  2.67   5   5   1   0   1   30   19    9    9    3   11   33
Clyde Wright           2   3  3.71   7   7   0   0   0   51   50   23   21    5    9   22
Lloyd Allen            2   0  3.75   9   0   0   2   0   12    9    5    5    2    5   15
Tom Murphy             1   3  4.13   7   7   1   0   0   48   50   22   22    4   15   13
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6
Jim Maloney            0   1  6.14   2   1   0   0   0    7    9    5    5    1    4    2

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joel Horlen            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    4
Jim Magnuson           0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    1    0    1    3
Tom Bradley            3   1  1.80   6   6   1   0   1   45   34   11    9    2   13   36
Terry Forster          0   2  2.45   6   1   0   1   0   11    5    3    3    1    3    8
Wilbur Wood            1   1  2.51   6   4   0   1   0   29   24   11    8    2    8   17
Steve Kealey           0   0  2.57   9   0   0   1   0   14   12    4    4    1    5    8
Bart Johnson           3   2  3.13   6   6   3   0   0   46   46   17   16    2   15   32
Don Eddy               0   2  3.24   9   0   0   0   0    8    9    3    3    2    8    5
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Tommy John             2   4  5.31   7   7   0   0   0   41   49   33   24    3   17   20
Vicente Romo           1   2  5.65  12   0   0   2   0   14   11    9    9    3   10    9

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Lamb               0   0  1.59   8   2   0   1   0   23   13    4    4    0    8   15
Steve Mingori          1   0  1.74  11   0   0   1   0   10    7    2    2    0    8    8
Steve Dunning          2   1  2.31   4   3   1   0   1   23   10    6    6    1   13   26
Rick Austin            0   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    6    4
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.38   8   1   0   0   0   21   16    9    8    0   10   18
Vince Colbert          1   1  3.43  11   0   0   0   0   21   18    9    8    1   12    7
Sam McDowell           1   4  4.33   7   6   0   0   0   35   24   20   17    5   37   30
Alan Foster            1   2  5.26   6   5   0   0   0   26   21   18   15    1   23   12
Chuck Machemehl        0   1  6.46  12   0   0   3   0   15   15   14   11    1   13    7
Steve Hargan           0   5  7.85   7   7   0   0   0   29   38   26   25    4   15    9

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Denehy            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    2    0
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.25  13   0   0   2   0   12   12    5    3    1    7    7
Dean Chance            0   4  2.67   6   6   0   0   0   30   34   16    9    3   10   22
Mickey Lolich          4   2  3.27   8   8   4   0   0   55   49   21   20    3   13   36
Tom Timmerman          4   1  3.31  10   0   0   0   0   16   10    6    6    1    8    5
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.60   6   0   0   0   0   10    7    4    4    1    6    4
Joe Coleman            1   0  3.66   3   3   0   0   0   20   15   10    8    1   13   15
Daryl Patterson        0   0  4.50   9   0   0   0   0    6   11    5    3    0    2    4
Joe Niekro             1   3  5.09   6   5   0   0   0   35   38   20   20    4   20   14
Dave Boswell           0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    0    6    3
Bill Zepp              0   1  9.82   7   0   0   2   0    7    8    9    8    0    7    4
Jim Foor               0   0 18.00   3   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    4    2
Mike Kilkenny          0   1 36.00   4   1   0   0   0    2    8    9    8    0    3    2

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ted Abernathy          1   1  0.68  12   0   0   5   0   13    5    1    1    0   10    9
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  1.13  12   0   0   1   0   16    7    2    2    0    7    9
Dick Drago             3   1  1.83   5   5   1   0   0   39   39    9    8    0    2   16
Mike Hedlund           3   0  2.10   5   5   1   0   1   34   23    8    8    2   13   10
Bruce Dal Canton       2   1  2.48   5   5   1   0   0   36   37   11   10    1   11   18
Ken Wright             0   1  3.24   7   1   0   1   0   17   12    7    6    2    5   15
Wally Bunker           2   1  4.87   4   4   0   0   0   20   24   12   11    5    3   10
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  5.09   6   1   0   0   0   18   11   10   10    3    7    6
Jim York               0   2  5.29  10   0   0   1   0   17   15   10   10    0   12   20
Jim Rooker             0   4 11.77   5   4   0   0   0   13   19   18   17    0   12    9

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Marcelino Lopez        1   1  1.23  10   0   0   0   0   15   10    4    2    0    9    8
Bill Parsons           2   3  2.11   5   5   3   0   1   38   28    9    9    3   18   28
Ken Sanders            1   1  2.55  11   0   0   3   0   18   19    5    5    1    7   11
Marty Pattin           3   3  2.55   6   6   3   0   1   49   38   14   14    3   16   35
Lew Krausse            1   2  2.56   5   5   0   0   0   32   27   10    9    4   15   18
Skip Lockwood          1   2  2.78   5   5   1   0   0   36   26   14   11    1   19   15
Jim Slaton             1   0  3.52   3   2   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    0    6    4
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  4.26   5   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    5    3
John Gelnar            0   0 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    1    3    2    2    0    1    0
Larry Bearnarth        0   0 15.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    7    5    5    0    2    2

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Corbin             2   0  1.04   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    1    0    5    5
Bert Blyleven          2   4  2.15   6   6   3   0   2   46   34   13   11    5   11   31
Jim Kaat               2   1  2.79   7   6   2   0   2   42   44   15   13    1    6   16
Jim Perry              4   2  3.65   6   6   2   0   0   44   43   18   18    6   14   16
Tom Hall               0   2  3.69   6   5   0   0   0   32   30   16   13    6   13   33
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Stan Williams          0   2  4.82  12   0   0   1   0   19   20   13   10    0   13    7
Ron Perranoski         0   3  5.93  11   0   0   2   0   14   14   10    9    0   13    3
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              1   2  1.64   9   0   0   1   0   11   10    3    2    0    6    4
Steve Kline            3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   40   29   11   10    3    7   11
Mel Stottlemyre        2   0  2.97   5   5   2   0   1   36   31   13   12    4   11   20
Gary Waslewski         0   0  3.00   8   0   0   0   0   12    6    4    4    1    3    9
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  4.05   8   0   0   0   0   13   14    6    6    3    2    7
Fritz Peterson         2   2  4.22   6   5   0   0   0   32   43   20   15    3    7   11
Stan Bahnsen           1   3  5.08   6   5   2   0   0   34   41   19   19    5   10   13
Mike Kekich            0   0  7.11   7   2   0   0   0   19   25   15   15    1   11   14
Bill Burbach           0   1 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    3    6    6    4    0    5    3

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Chuck Dobson           0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    1    1
Vida Blue              6   1  1.20   7   7   6   0   3   53   29   10    7    1   18   58
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Ron Klimkowski         2   1  2.45   7   0   0   0   0   15    7    4    4    1   10    9
Diego Segui            3   2  2.53   6   6   3   0   0   43   32   13   12    4   21   22
Bob Locker             1   0  3.60  11   0   0   3   0   15   12    6    6    1    4   12
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Catfish Hunter         4   2  3.99   7   7   3   0   1   47   42   27   21    4   17   31
Rollie Fingers         1   3  4.06   7   7   2   0   1   44   39   22   20    8   11   36
Jim Roland             0   1  5.56   7   0   0   0   0   11    9    8    7    1    6    6
Jim Panther            0   1 11.12   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    9    7    1    5    4
Marcel Lachemann       0   0 54.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    2    2    2    0    1    0

 Washington            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Grzenda            2   0  0.96   6   0   0   0   0    9    7    3    1    0    2    6
Horacio Pina           1   0  1.64  10   0   0   0   0   11    3    2    2    0    5    8
Casey Cox              0   2  2.63   7   6   0   0   0   41   36   15   12    1    9   12
Dick Bosman            2   2  2.81   7   7   1   0   1   48   40   15   15    4   12   14
Denny McLain           3   3  3.15   6   6   3   0   2   46   40   18   16    4   13   31
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.77  11   0   0   1   0   14   16    6    6    2    6   15
Jerry Janeski          1   2  3.98   9   2   0   1   0   20   20   11    9    1    7    3
Jim Shellenback        1   2  4.70   6   4   1   0   0   23   28   12   12    2   11    8
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    1    2
Denny Riddleberger     0   0 11.12   8   0   0   0   0    6   11    7    7    2    4    8

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)             6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  E. Fisher (CAL)           4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  M. Lolich (DET)           4
  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  J. Perry (MIN)            4
  S. Siebert (BOS)          4
  T. Timmerman (DET)        4
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3

Losses:

  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  D. Chance (DET)           4
  T. John (CHI)             4
  S. McDowell (CLE)         4
  J. Rooker (KC)            4
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           3
  R. Fingers (OAK)          3
  L. McDaniel (NY)          3
  D. McLain (WAS)           3

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             6
  M. Lolich (DET)           4
  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  C. Hunter (OAK)           3
  B. Johnson (CHI)          3
  S. Kline (NY)             3
  D. McLain (WAS)           3
  B. Parsons (MIL)          3

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)         5
  K. Tatum (BOS)            5
  S. Lyle (BOS)             4
  B. Locker (OAK)           3
  C. Machemehl (CLE)        3
  M. Queen (CAL)            3
  K. Sanders (MIL)          3
  L. Allen (CAL)            2
  R. Perranoski (MIN)       2
  V. Romo (CHI)             2

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             3
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         2
  J. Kaat (MIN)             2
  D. McLain (WAS)           2
  D. Bosman (WAS)           1
  T. Bradley (CHI)          1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          1
  R. Culp (BOS)             1
  S. Dunning (CLE)          1
  R. Fingers (OAK)          1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)        55.0
  V. Blue (OAK)          52.2
  C. Wright (CAL)        51.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        50.0
  M. Pattin (MIL)        49.1
  D. Bosman (WAS)        48.0
  D. McNally (BAL)       48.0
  T. Murphy (CAL)        48.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        47.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      46.0

Hits:

  T. Murphy (CAL)          50
  C. Wright (CAL)          50
  T. John (CHI)            49
  M. Lolich (DET)          49
  B. Johnson (CHI)         46
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         44
  J. Kaat (MIN)            44
  D. McNally (BAL)         43
  J. Perry (MIN)           43
  F. Peterson (NY)         43

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            33
  C. Hunter (OAK)          27
  S. Hargan (CLE)          26
  R. Culp (BOS)            24
  C. Wright (CAL)          23
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         22
  R. Fingers (OAK)         22
  T. Murphy (CAL)          22
  M. Lolich (DET)          21
  S. McDowell (CLE)        20

Home Runs:

  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  T. Hall (MIN)             6
  J. Perry (MIN)            6
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  W. Bunker (KC)            5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  R. Culp (BOS)             5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  C. Wright (CAL)           5

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        37
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     27
  A. Foster (CLE)          23
  J. Palmer (BAL)          21
  D. Segui (OAK)           21
  J. Niekro (DET)          20
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        19
  V. Blue (OAK)            18
  B. Parsons (MIL)         18
  C. Hunter (OAK)          17

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            58
  T. Bradley (CHI)         36
  R. Fingers (OAK)         36
  M. Lolich (DET)          36
  M. Pattin (MIL)          35
  T. Hall (MIN)            33
  R. May (CAL)             33
  B. Johnson (CHI)         32
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        31
  C. Hunter (OAK)          31


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