Friday May 7, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 7, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       11  14  2.74   25   7   4   224   184   77   68   13  102  133
Baltimore       16   9  2.98   25  13   1   224   193   80   74   17   67  106
California      15  14  3.02   29   4   7   265   217   96   89   19   99  183
Oakland         19  11  3.16   30  15   3   271   215  110   95   23  103  199
Kansas City     14  13  3.29   27   3   9   241   211   93   88   14   86  132
Chicago         10  16  3.40   26   4   5   235   218  108   89   17   91  156
Washington      13  14  3.44   27   5   3   241   225  101   92   18   83  115
Minnesota       13  15  3.45   28   7   5   248   230  110   95   22  108  126
Boston          17   8  3.70   25   5  11   226   213  104   93   13   91  121
New York        11  14  3.99   25   8   2   226   235  110  100   21   69  100
Detroit         12  13  4.06   25   5   4   220   215  116   99   14  110  135
Cleveland        8  18  4.16   26   1   5   232   183  119  107   16  156  152

 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
Bill Parsons (MIL)     2   3  2.11   5   5   3   0   1   38   28    9    9    3   18   28
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
Marty Pattin (MIL)     3   3  2.40   7   7   3   0   1   56   44   18   15    4   19   39
Pat Dobson (BAL)       2   2  2.44   6   6   2   0   0   44   36   14   12    3   12   28
Mike Hedlund (KC)      3   1  2.45   6   6   1   0   1   40   30   11   11    3   16   13

 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  11   0   0   5   0   11    9    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               3   1  3.00  10   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    4    1    9   15
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
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.82  11   0   0   1   0    9    6    6    5    1    7    8
Ray Culp               3   1  4.91   7   7   2   0   1   44   47   28   24    5   18   25
Ken Brett              0   1  5.06   5   0   0   0   0   11    8    6    6    0    9    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  11   0   0   1   0   11    7    0    0    0    3   13
Mel Queen              1   1  1.17  12   0   0   3   0   15   13    2    2    0    8   13
Eddie Fisher           4   1  1.66  13   0   0   1   0   22    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  3.53   8   8   0   0   0   59   54   25   23    5   12   31
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   3   0   0   0   0    5    1    0    0    0    4    7
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
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
Terry Forster          0   2  2.77   7   1   0   1   0   13    8    4    4    1    3   10
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
Vicente Romo           1   2  4.34  13   0   0   2   0   19   13    9    9    3   11   10
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Tommy John             2   5  5.88   8   8   0   0   0   41   52   36   27    3   18   20

 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  1.64  13   0   0   1   0   11    7    2    2    0    8    9
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
Vince Colbert          1   1  3.32  12   0   0   0   0   22   18    9    8    1   12    7
Rick Austin            0   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    6    4
Sam McDowell           1   4  3.95   8   7   0   0   0   43   31   22   19    6   40   35
Alan Foster            1   2  5.26   6   5   0   0   0   26   21   18   15    1   23   12
Chuck Machemehl        0   2  6.38  14   0   0   3   0   18   16   16   13    2   15    9
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          5   2  2.95   9   9   5   0   0   64   57   22   21    3   19   49
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  0.63  13   0   0   5   0   14    5    1    1    0   10   10
Tom Burgmeier          1   1  1.02  14   0   0   2   0   18    9    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   1  2.45   6   6   1   0   1   40   30   11   11    3   16   13
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
Marty Pattin           3   3  2.40   7   7   3   0   1   56   44   18   15    4   19   39
Ken Sanders            1   2  2.49  13   0   0   4   0   22   21    6    6    1    7   14
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   1  0.90   8   0   0   1   0   10    8    3    1    0    7    6
Bert Blyleven          2   4  2.63   7   7   3   0   2   55   44   18   16    6   13   34
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  5.40  13   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
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.38   9   0   0   1   0   16   17    6    6    3    2    7
Mel Stottlemyre        2   1  3.45   6   6   3   0   1   44   38   18   17    4   14   21
Fritz Peterson         3   2  4.23   7   6   0   0   0   38   52   23   18    3    7   16
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  0.93   8   0   0   0   0   10    7    3    1    0    3    6
Horacio Pina           1   0  1.59  11   0   0   0   0   11    3    2    2    0    5    8
Dick Bosman            2   2  2.81   7   7   1   0   1   48   40   15   15    4   12   14
Casey Cox              0   2  3.38   8   7   0   0   0   43   40   19   16    1   11   12
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.38   5   0   0   0   0    8    9    3    3    0    3    4
Denny McLain           3   4  3.46   7   7   3   0   2   52   45   22   20    5   17   35
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Jerry Janeski          1   2  3.98  10   2   0   1   0   20   21   11    9    1    7    3
Jim Shellenback        1   2  4.56   7   4   1   0   0   26   31   13   13    3   13    9
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  7.88  10   0   0   0   0    8   12    7    7    2    6    8

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  D. Chance (DET)           5
  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  T. John (CHI)             5
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         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
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  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
  S. Lyle (BOS)             5
  K. Tatum (BOS)            5
  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:

  M. Lolich (DET)        64.0
  V. Blue (OAK)          61.2
  C. Wright (CAL)        58.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       57.0
  M. Pattin (MIL)        56.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      54.2
  B. Johnson (CHI)       52.0
  D. McLain (WAS)        52.0
  J. Perry (MIN)         52.0
  A. Messersmith (CAL)   51.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          57
  C. Wright (CAL)          54
  B. Johnson (CHI)         53
  T. John (CHI)            52
  F. Peterson (NY)         52
  T. Murphy (CAL)          50
  J. Perry (MIN)           50
  D. Drago (KC)            49
  R. Culp (BOS)            47
  D. McNally (BAL)         47

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            36
  R. Culp (BOS)            28
  C. Hunter (OAK)          27
  S. Hargan (CLE)          26
  C. Wright (CAL)          25
  B. Johnson (CHI)         23
  F. Peterson (NY)         23
  S. Bahnsen (NY)          22
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         22
  R. Fingers (OAK)         22

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        40
  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
  M. Lolich (DET)          19

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            69
  M. Lolich (DET)          49
  M. Pattin (MIL)          39
  B. Johnson (CHI)         38
  T. Hall (MIN)            37
  T. Bradley (CHI)         36
  R. Fingers (OAK)         36
  S. McDowell (CLE)        35
  D. McLain (WAS)          35
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     35


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