Saturday May 8, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 8, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       11  15  2.79   26   7   4   233   194   81   72   14  107  137
Baltimore       16   9  2.98   25  13   1   224   193   80   74   17   67  106
California      16  14  2.99   30   4   8   274   223   98   91   19  106  189
Oakland         19  11  3.16   30  15   3   271   215  110   95   23  103  199
Kansas City     14  14  3.25   28   3   9   249   218   95   90   16   86  135
Chicago         10  17  3.29   27   4   5   246   226  110   90   17   94  160
Minnesota       14  15  3.40   29   8   5   257   240  112   97   23  110  130
Boston          18   8  3.63   26   5  12   235   219  106   95   14   93  130
Washington      13  15  3.65   28   5   3   249   242  110  101   19   87  117
New York        12  14  3.84   26   9   2   237   243  111  101   22   70  102
Detroit         13  13  3.94   26   5   5   229   222  117  100   14  112  138
Cleveland        8  19  4.15   27   1   5   241   194  124  111   17  157  154

 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
Ray Lamb (CLE)         0   0  1.30   9   3   0   1   0   28   17    5    4    0    9   17
Tom Bradley (CHI)      3   1  1.47   7   7   1   0   1   55   40   12    9    2   16   40
Dick Drago (KC)        4   1  1.89   6   6   1   0   0   48   49   11   10    0    3   22
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    5   0  1.89   7   7   2   0   1   52   48   15   11    0    9   34
Steve Kline (NY)       4   1  1.94   6   6   4   0   1   51   37   12   11    4    8   13
Bill Parsons (MIL)     2   3  2.11   5   5   3   0   1   38   28    9    9    3   18   28
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

 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          5   0  1.89   7   7   2   0   1   52   48   15   11    0    9   34
Ken Tatum              1   2  2.76  13   0   0   6   0   16   10    5    5    1    8    6
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  12   0   0   2   0   12    7    0    0    0    3   15
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               3   1  2.61   6   6   1   0   1   38   25   11   11    3   18   37
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
Tom Bradley            3   1  1.47   7   7   1   0   1   55   40   12    9    2   16   40
Joel Horlen            0   1  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    2    1    1    0    4    7
Jim Magnuson           0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    1    0    1    3
Wilbur Wood            1   1  2.51   6   4   0   1   0   29   24   11    8    2    8   17
Terry Forster          0   2  2.63   8   1   0   1   0   14    9    4    4    1    3   10
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
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
Phil Hennigan          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Ray Lamb               0   0  1.30   9   3   0   1   0   28   17    5    4    0    9   17
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
Rich Hand              0   1 12.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    7    4    4    1    0    0

 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  1.88  15   0   0   3   0   14   13    6    3    1    7    8
Mickey Lolich          5   2  2.95   9   9   5   0   0   64   57   22   21    3   19   49
Joe Coleman            2   0  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   27   22   11    9    1   15   17
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
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
Mike McCormick         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
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   2  4.28   5   5   0   0   0   27   30   14   13    7    3   13
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  1.13  11   0   0   0   0   16   11    4    2    0    9    9
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
Lew Krausse            1   3  2.56   6   6   0   0   0   39   34   12   11    5   20   21
Skip Lockwood          2   2  2.95   6   6   1   0   0   43   29   17   14    1   20   17
Ken Sanders            1   2  3.22  14   0   0   4   0   22   23    8    8    1    7   14
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               3   1  2.65   8   7   3   0   2   51   54   17   15    2    8   20
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            4   1  1.94   6   6   4   0   1   51   37   12   11    4    8   13
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
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.24   6   0   0   0   0    8    9    3    3    0    3    4
Casey Cox              0   2  3.38   8   7   0   0   0   43   40   19   16    1   11   12
Dick Bosman            2   3  3.44   8   8   1   0   1   52   49   20   20    5   13   16
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  3.68  11   2   0   1   0   22   22   11    9    1    8    3
Jim Shellenback        1   2  5.60   8   4   1   0   0   27   38   17   17    3   14    9
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  7.88  11   0   0   0   0    8   12    7    7    2    7    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
  S. Siebert (BOS)          5
  D. Drago (KC)             4
  E. Fisher (CAL)           4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  S. Kline (NY)             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
  D. Bosman (WAS)           3
  R. Fingers (OAK)          3

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  S. Kline (NY)             4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  C. Hunter (OAK)           3
  B. Johnson (CHI)          3
  J. Kaat (MIN)             3
  D. McLain (WAS)           3

Saves:

  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  T. Abernathy (KC)         5
  S. Lyle (BOS)             5
  K. Sanders (MIL)          4
  B. Locker (OAK)           3
  C. Machemehl (CLE)        3
  R. Perranoski (MIN)       3
  M. Queen (CAL)            3
  F. Scherman (DET)         3
  L. Allen (CAL)            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
  T. Bradley (CHI)       55.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      54.2
  D. Bosman (WAS)        52.1
  S. Siebert (BOS)       52.1
  B. Johnson (CHI)       52.0

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          57
  J. Kaat (MIN)            54
  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. Bosman (WAS)          49
  D. Drago (KC)            49

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
  W. Bunker (KC)            7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  T. Hall (MIN)             6
  S. McDowell (CLE)         6
  J. Perry (MIN)            6
  D. Bosman (WAS)           5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  R. Culp (BOS)             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
  L. Krausse (MIL)         20
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        20
  J. Niekro (DET)          20

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            69
  M. Lolich (DET)          49
  T. Bradley (CHI)         40
  M. Pattin (MIL)          39
  B. Johnson (CHI)         38
  T. Hall (MIN)            37
  R. May (CAL)             37
  R. Fingers (OAK)         36
  S. McDowell (CLE)        35
  D. McLain (WAS)          35


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