Wednesday May 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 5, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       11  13  2.77   24   7   4   215   177   72   66   12   99  128
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
Oakland         19  11  3.16   30  15   3   271   215  110   95   23  103  199
Chicago         10  14  3.23   24   4   5   217   199   94   78   16   83  143
Kansas City     14  12  3.28   26   3   9   233   203   90   85   13   83  128
Washington      12  14  3.38   26   5   2   232   215   96   87   17   77  111
Minnesota       12  14  3.40   26   7   4   230   212  101   87   21   99  119
Boston          15   8  3.84   23   4  10   208   197   99   89   13   81  109
New York        10  13  3.97   23   7   1   209   216  102   92   21   66   94
Detroit         11  13  4.19   24   4   4   211   207  115   98   14  104  122
Cleveland        8  17  4.20   25   1   5   221   175  115  103   14  151  145

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)        7   1  1.02   8   8   7   0   4   62   33   10    7    1   22   69
Tom Bradley (CHI)      3   1  1.80   6   6   1   0   1   45   34   11    9    2   13   36
Dick Drago (KC)        4   1  1.89   6   6   1   0   0   48   49   11   10    0    3   22
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  1.69  12   0   0   1   0   11    7    2    2    0    8    8
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Steve Dunning          2   2  3.10   5   4   1   0   1   29   16   10   10    2   18   32
Rick Austin            0   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    6    4
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  6.06  13   0   0   3   0   16   15   14   11    1   13    8
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   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    3    2
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.13  14   0   0   2   0   13   13    6    3    1    7    7
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
Dean Chance            0   5  3.38   7   7   0   0   0   35   39   20   13    3   12   23
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  4.82   7   5   0   0   0   37   39   20   20    4   20   15
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  1.08  13   0   0   2   0   17    8    2    2    0    7    9
Dick Drago             4   1  1.89   6   6   1   0   0   48   49   11   10    0    3   22
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  2.29  12   0   0   4   0   20   20    5    5    1    7   13
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          2   2  2.95   6   6   1   0   0   43   29   17   14    1   20   17
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  0.90   7   0   0   1   0   10    7    2    1    0    5    6
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              5   2  3.46   7   7   2   0   0   52   50   21   20    6   21   17
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  1.50  10   0   0   1   0   12   11    3    2    0    6    4
Steve Kline            3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   40   29   11   10    3    7   11
Gary Waslewski         0   0  2.57   9   0   0   0   0   14    9    4    4    1    3    9
Mel Stottlemyre        2   0  2.97   5   5   2   0   1   36   31   13   12    4   11   20
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   4  5.55   7   6   2   0   0   36   44   22   22    6   11   13
Gary Jones             0   0  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    0    3    2
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              7   1  1.02   8   8   7   0   4   62   33   10    7    1   22   69
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   7   0   0   0   0    9    7    3    1    0    3    6
Horacio Pina           1   0  1.59  11   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   4  3.46   7   7   3   0   2   52   45   22   20    5   17   35
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.77  11   0   0   1   0   14   16    6    6    2    6   15
Jerry Janeski          1   2  3.98  10   2   0   1   0   20   21   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  9.00   9   0   0   0   0    7   12    7    7    2    6    8

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  J. Perry (MIN)            5
  D. Drago (KC)             4
  E. Fisher (CAL)           4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  M. Lolich (DET)           4
  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  S. Siebert (BOS)          4
  T. Timmerman (DET)        4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  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
  K. Sanders (MIL)          4
  B. Locker (OAK)           3
  C. Machemehl (CLE)        3
  M. Queen (CAL)            3
  L. Allen (CAL)            2
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         2
  R. Perranoski (MIN)       2

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             4
  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:

  V. Blue (OAK)          61.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        55.0
  D. McLain (WAS)        52.0
  J. Perry (MIN)         52.0
  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

Hits:

  T. Murphy (CAL)          50
  J. Perry (MIN)           50
  C. Wright (CAL)          50
  D. Drago (KC)            49
  T. John (CHI)            49
  M. Lolich (DET)          49
  B. Johnson (CHI)         46
  D. McLain (WAS)          45
  S. Bahnsen (NY)          44
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         44

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            33
  C. Hunter (OAK)          27
  S. Hargan (CLE)          26
  R. Culp (BOS)            24
  C. Wright (CAL)          23
  S. Bahnsen (NY)          22
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         22
  R. Fingers (OAK)         22
  D. McLain (WAS)          22
  T. Murphy (CAL)          22

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        37
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     27
  A. Foster (CLE)          23
  V. Blue (OAK)            22
  J. Palmer (BAL)          21
  J. Perry (MIN)           21
  D. Segui (OAK)           21
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        20
  J. Niekro (DET)          20
  S. Dunning (CLE)         18

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            69
  T. Bradley (CHI)         36
  R. Fingers (OAK)         36
  M. Lolich (DET)          36
  D. McLain (WAS)          35
  M. Pattin (MIL)          35
  T. Hall (MIN)            33
  R. May (CAL)             33
  S. Dunning (CLE)         32
  B. Johnson (CHI)         32


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