Thursday May 6, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 6, 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
Baltimore       16   9  2.98   25  13   1   224   193   80   74   17   67  106
California      14  14  3.08   28   4   6   254   210   94   87   19   95  174
Oakland         19  11  3.16   30  15   3   271   215  110   95   23  103  199
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
Chicago         10  15  3.38   25   4   5   226   210  104   85   17   88  151
Minnesota       13  14  3.39   27   7   5   239   219  104   90   21  104  123
Boston          16   8  3.73   24   5  10   217   204  100   90   13   84  114
New York        10  14  4.03   24   8   1   217   223  107   97   21   69   95
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
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
Pat Dobson (BAL)       2   2  2.44   6   6   2   0   0   44   36   14   12    3   12   28

 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             2   2  2.44   6   6   2   0   0   44   36   14   12    3   12   28
Dave McNally           5   1  2.53   7   7   5   0   0   57   47   16   16    2    9   22
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
Gary Peters            3   2  4.32   6   6   1   0   0   42   41   20   20    4   15   20
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
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  10   0   0   1   0   11    6    0    0    0    3   13
Mel Queen              0   1  1.38  11   0   0   3   0   13   11    2    2    0    7   13
Eddie Fisher           4   1  1.74  12   0   0   0   0   21    9    4    4    3    4   16
Andy Messersmith       2   3  2.45   7   7   2   0   0   51   35   19   14    1   31   35
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
Tom Murphy             1   3  4.13   7   7   1   0   0   48   50   22   22    4   15   13
Lloyd Allen            2   1  4.24  10   0   0   2   0   17   14    8    8    2    7   21
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6
Jim Maloney            0   1  5.63   3   2   0   0   0    8   10    5    5    1    6    2

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joel Horlen            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    3    5
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
Don Eddy               0   2  2.70  10   0   0   0   0   10   11    3    3    2    8    6
Bart Johnson           3   3  3.63   7   7   3   0   0   52   53   23   21    3   17   38
Steve Kealey           0   0  3.77  10   0   0   1   0   14   14    8    6    1    6    8
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               1   2  3.63   7   6   0   0   0   40   37   19   16    6   16   37
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Stan Williams          0   2  4.82  13   0   0   1   0   19   20   13   10    0   14    7
Ron Perranoski         0   3  5.52  12   0   0   3   0   15   14   10    9    0   14    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   1  3.45   6   6   3   0   1   44   38   18   17    4   14   21
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
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  J. Perry (MIN)            5
  D. Drago (KC)             4
  E. Fisher (CAL)           4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  M. Lolich (DET)           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
  B. Johnson (CHI)          3

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  M. Lolich (DET)           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
  R. Perranoski (MIN)       3
  M. Queen (CAL)            3
  L. Allen (CAL)            2
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         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
  D. McNally (BAL)       57.0
  M. Lolich (DET)        55.0
  B. Johnson (CHI)       52.0
  D. McLain (WAS)        52.0
  J. Perry (MIN)         52.0
  A. Messersmith (CAL)   51.1
  C. Wright (CAL)        51.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        50.0
  M. Pattin (MIL)        49.1

Hits:

  B. Johnson (CHI)         53
  T. Murphy (CAL)          50
  J. Perry (MIN)           50
  C. Wright (CAL)          50
  D. Drago (KC)            49
  T. John (CHI)            49
  M. Lolich (DET)          49
  D. McNally (BAL)         47
  D. McLain (WAS)          45
  S. Bahnsen (NY)          44

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            33
  C. Hunter (OAK)          27
  S. Hargan (CLE)          26
  R. Culp (BOS)            24
  B. Johnson (CHI)         23
  C. Wright (CAL)          23
  S. Bahnsen (NY)          22
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         22
  R. Fingers (OAK)         22
  D. McLain (WAS)          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)     31
  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
  B. Johnson (CHI)         38
  T. Hall (MIN)            37
  T. Bradley (CHI)         36
  R. Fingers (OAK)         36
  M. Lolich (DET)          36
  D. McLain (WAS)          35
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     35
  M. Pattin (MIL)          35
  R. May (CAL)             33


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