Tuesday May 11, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 11, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       12  15  2.72   27   8   4   242   197   82   73   14  112  140
California      17  16  2.95   33   5   8   299   244  107   98   20  117  204
Baltimore       17  12  3.04   29  13   1   261   227   96   88   18   78  133
Kansas City     16  15  3.16   31   4   9   276   240  103   97   17   97  152
Oakland         21  12  3.19   33  17   3   297   232  120  105   26  118  214
Chicago         10  18  3.31   28   4   5   255   236  116   94   18   94  162
Minnesota       15  16  3.39   31   8   5   276   254  122  104   26  116  142
Washington      13  16  3.72   29   6   3   259   255  116  107   20   89  124
New York        13  14  3.74   27   9   3   246   249  112  102   22   73  108
Boston          19   9  3.75   28   5  13   252   236  116  105   14  100  143
Detroit         14  15  3.98   29   5   6   256   249  130  113   18  129  155
Cleveland       10  19  4.07   29   2   5   259   213  130  117   19  164  167

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)        8   1  1.02   9   9   8   0   4   71   37   11    8    1   27   78
Tom Bradley (CHI)      3   1  1.47   7   7   1   0   1   55   40   12    9    2   16   40
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    5   0  1.89   7   7   2   0   1   52   48   15   11    0    9   34
Bill Parsons (MIL)     3   3  1.90   6   6   4   0   1   47   31   10   10    3   23   31
Steve Kline (NY)       4   1  1.94   6   6   4   0   1   51   37   12   11    4    8   13
B. Dal Canton (KC)     3   1  1.99   6   6   2   0   0   45   42   12   10    1   12   22
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      1   2  2.08   7   5   0   1   0   35   28   13    8    2    8   17
Dick Drago (KC)        4   1  2.22   7   7   1   0   0   53   57   14   13    0    6   26
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   1  2.37   7   7   4   0   0   57   41   16   15    4   21   37
Marty Pattin (MIL)     3   3  2.40   7   7   3   0   1   56   44   18   15    4   19   39

 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
Tom Dukes              0   2  2.16   4   0   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    0    1    6
Jim Palmer             5   1  2.37   7   7   4   0   0   57   41   16   15    4   21   37
Pat Dobson             2   2  2.55   7   7   2   0   0   53   46   18   15    3   14   31
Eddie Watt             1   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0    7    7    3    2    0    3    4
Dave McNally           5   2  2.77   8   8   5   0   0   65   57   20   20    3   10   27
Pete Richert           0   2  3.60   6   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    1    2    4
Dick Hall              2   2  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    2    3
Mike Cuellar           2   1  4.56   7   7   2   0   1   49   51   28   25    5   21   14
Jim Hardin             0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    0    3    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
Bill Lee               3   1  2.25  11   0   0   1   0   16    9    4    4    1   12   15
Ken Tatum              1   2  2.76  13   0   0   6   0   16   10    5    5    1    8    6
Ken Brett              0   1  3.63   6   0   0   0   0   17   12    7    7    0   10   16
Gary Peters            4   2  4.63   7   7   1   0   0   47   50   24   24    4   16   22
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
Mike Nagy              1   1  5.18   6   6   0   0   0   33   37   20   19    1   14    7
Cal Koonce             0   0  8.53   4   1   0   0   0    6    8    7    6    1    4    3

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Archie Reynolds        0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    0    0    0    0    3    3
Dave LaRoche           1   0  0.68  13   0   0   2   0   13    8    1    1    0    4   15
Mel Queen              1   1  1.13  13   0   0   3   0   16   13    2    2    0    9   14
Eddie Fisher           4   1  1.66  13   0   0   1   0   22    9    4    4    3    4   16
Rudy May               3   1  2.61   6   6   1   0   1   38   25   11   11    3   18   37
Andy Messersmith       2   4  2.86   8   8   2   0   0   57   41   24   18    2   33   42
Clyde Wright           3   3  3.06   9   9   1   0   1   68   62   25   23    5   13   35
Tom Murphy             1   4  4.08   8   8   1   0   0   53   56   25   24    4   18   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   2  2.08   7   5   0   1   0   35   28   13    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  3.86  11   0   0   1   0   16   16    9    7    2    6   10
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  6.38   9   8   0   0   0   42   56   39   30    3   18   20

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Hennigan          1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    6    2    0    0    0    1    3
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
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
Steve Dunning          2   2  4.09   6   5   1   0   1   33   26   15   15    3   21   36
Alan Foster            2   2  4.15   7   6   1   0   0   35   28   19   16    2   26   18
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  1.29   4   0   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    1    6    3
Fred Scherman          1   0  2.45  16   0   0   3   0   18   16    8    5    2    9    9
Dean Chance            0   5  2.97   8   8   0   0   0   39   43   20   13    3   15   27
Joe Coleman            2   0  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   27   22   11    9    1   15   17
Mickey Lolich          5   3  3.20  10  10   5   0   0   70   66   26   25    4   19   54
Tom Timmerman          4   1  3.24  11   0   0   1   0   17   10    6    6    1    8    5
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Daryl Patterson        0   0  4.00  11   0   0   0   0    9   13    6    4    1    5    5
Joe Niekro             1   4  5.58   8   6   0   0   0   40   45   25   25    4   23   15
Dave Boswell           0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    0    6    3
Bill Zepp              0   1  7.71   8   0   0   2   0    9    9    9    8    0    9    7
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
Tom Burgmeier          2   1  0.86  15   0   0   2   0   21    9    2    2    0    7   12
Ted Abernathy          1   2  1.15  14   0   0   5   0   16    6    2    2    0   12   10
Bruce Dal Canton       3   1  1.99   6   6   2   0   0   45   42   12   10    1   12   22
Dick Drago             4   1  2.22   7   7   1   0   0   53   57   14   13    0    6   26
Mike Hedlund           3   1  2.45   6   6   1   0   1   40   30   11   11    3   16   13
Ken Wright             0   1  3.43   8   2   0   1   0   21   17    9    8    3    9   19
Wally Bunker           2   2  4.28   5   5   0   0   0   27   30   14   13    7    3   13
Jim York               0   2  4.91  11   0   0   1   0   18   16   10   10    0   13   21
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  5.09   6   1   0   0   0   18   11   10   10    3    7    6
Jim Rooker             0   4 10.13   6   4   0   0   0   16   21   19   18    0   12   10

 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           3   3  1.90   6   6   4   0   1   47   31   10   10    3   23   31
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             3   1  0.64   9   0   0   1   0   14    8    3    1    0    8   10
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
Stan Williams          0   2  3.55  15   0   0   1   0   25   23   15   10    0   16   11
Jim Perry              5   2  3.81   8   8   2   0   0   54   55   24   23    7   23   17
Tom Hall               1   3  3.94   8   7   0   0   0   46   43   24   20    8   17   41
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
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  1.76  11   0   0   2   0   15   13    4    3    0    7    5
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
Mike Kekich            1   0  5.47   8   3   0   0   0   25   29   15   15    1   13   19
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
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
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1
Vida Blue              8   1  1.02   9   9   8   0   4   71   37   11    8    1   27   78
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Ron Klimkowski         2   1  2.35   8   0   0   0   0   15    7    4    4    1   12    9
Diego Segui            3   2  3.48   7   7   3   0   0   44   36   18   17    5   23   23
Bob Locker             1   0  3.60  11   0   0   3   0   15   12    6    6    1    4   12
Catfish Hunter         5   2  3.67   8   8   4   0   1   56   46   29   23    6   21   33
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Rollie Fingers         1   4  3.96   8   7   2   0   1   50   44   24   22    8   12   38
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
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
Denny McLain           3   5  3.79   8   8   4   0   2   62   58   28   26    6   19   42
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)             8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           5
  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
  S. Kline (NY)             4

Losses:

  D. Chance (DET)           5
  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  T. John (CHI)             5
  D. McLain (WAS)           5
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  S. McDowell (CLE)         4
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      4
  T. Murphy (CAL)           4

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  S. Kline (NY)             4
  D. McLain (WAS)           4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  B. Parsons (MIL)          4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  B. Johnson (CHI)          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
  J. Aker (NY)              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)          70.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        70.1
  C. Wright (CAL)        67.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       65.0
  D. McLain (WAS)        61.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)        57.0
  A. Messersmith (CAL)   56.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        56.1
  M. Pattin (MIL)        56.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       55.0

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  C. Wright (CAL)          62
  D. McLain (WAS)          58
  D. Drago (KC)            57
  D. McNally (BAL)         57
  T. John (CHI)            56
  T. Murphy (CAL)          56
  J. Perry (MIN)           55
  J. Kaat (MIN)            54
  B. Johnson (CHI)         53

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            39
  C. Hunter (OAK)          29
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         28
  R. Culp (BOS)            28
  D. McLain (WAS)          28
  S. Hargan (CLE)          26
  M. Lolich (DET)          26
  T. Murphy (CAL)          25
  J. Niekro (DET)          25
  C. Wright (CAL)          25

Home Runs:

  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  T. Hall (MIN)             8
  W. Bunker (KC)            7
  J. Perry (MIN)            7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  S. McDowell (CLE)         6
  D. McLain (WAS)           6
  D. Bosman (WAS)           5

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        40
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     33
  V. Blue (OAK)            27
  A. Foster (CLE)          26
  J. Niekro (DET)          23
  B. Parsons (MIL)         23
  J. Perry (MIN)           23
  D. Segui (OAK)           23
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21
  S. Dunning (CLE)         21

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            78
  M. Lolich (DET)          54
  D. McLain (WAS)          42
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     42
  T. Hall (MIN)            41
  T. Bradley (CHI)         40
  M. Pattin (MIL)          39
  R. Fingers (OAK)         38
  B. Johnson (CHI)         38
  R. May (CAL)             37

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