Wednesday May 12, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 12, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       12  16  2.73   28   8   4   251   207   85   76   14  121  142
Baltimore       18  12  2.94   30  14   1   270   228   96   88   18   79  134
California      17  17  3.08   34   5   8   307   254  115  105   21  119  210
Oakland         22  12  3.12   34  18   3   306   239  121  106   26  121  217
Chicago         12  18  3.19   30   5   6   273   248  121   97   18   99  176
Kansas City     16  16  3.26   32   4   9   284   252  109  103   17  101  153
Minnesota       16  16  3.28   32   9   5   285   261  122  104   26  116  153
New York        14  14  3.60   28  10   3   255   252  112  102   22   76  115
Boston          19  10  3.66   29   5  13   260   242  117  106   14  101  147
Detroit         15  15  3.88   30   6   6   265   257  131  114   18  130  162
Washington      13  18  3.93   31   6   3   275   284  130  120   21   98  130
Cleveland       10  20  4.20   30   2   5   268   231  138  125   21  169  174

 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)      4   1  1.27   8   8   2   0   2   64   45   12    9    2   18   45
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
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    3   4  2.26   8   8   4   0   3   64   51   18   16    6   13   45
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   1  2.37   7   7   4   0   0   57   41   16   15    4   21   37

 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
Mike Cuellar           3   1  3.86   8   8   3   0   2   58   52   28   25    5   22   15
Dick Hall              2   2  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    1    2    3
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
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.35  12   0   0   1   0   10    6    6    5    1    7    8
Ray Culp               3   2  4.41   8   8   2   0   1   51   53   29   25    5   19   29
Gary Peters            4   2  4.63   7   7   1   0   0   47   50   24   24    4   16   22
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
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
Archie Reynolds        0   0  1.59   3   0   0   0   0    6    3    1    1    0    3    3
Eddie Fisher           4   1  2.38  14   0   0   1   0   23   10    6    6    3    5   17
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
Rudy May               3   2  3.12   7   7   1   0   1   43   31   16   15    4   19   42
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
Joel Horlen            0   1  1.13   5   0   0   1   0    8    3    1    1    0    4   10
Tom Bradley            4   1  1.27   8   8   2   0   2   64   45   12    9    2   18   45
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  2.57   9   1   0   1   0   14   10    4    4    1    3   11
Don Eddy               0   2  2.70  10   0   0   0   0   10   11    3    3    2    8    6
Steve Kealey           1   0  3.44  12   0   0   1   0   18   17    9    7    2    6   11
Vicente Romo           1   2  3.80  14   0   0   2   0   21   13    9    9    3   11   14
Bart Johnson           3   3  4.05   8   8   3   0   0   53   57   28   24    3   20   38
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
Rick Austin            0   0  2.53  10   0   0   0   0   11    9    3    3    0    7    7
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Vince Colbert          1   1  4.03  13   0   0   0   0   22   21   11   10    1   14    7
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
Sam McDowell           1   5  4.59   9   8   0   0   0   49   43   28   25    8   42   39
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
Joe Coleman            3   0  2.50   5   5   1   0   0   36   30   12   10    1   16   24
Dean Chance            0   5  2.97   8   8   0   0   0   39   43   20   13    3   15   27
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
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   2  2.58   7   7   1   0   1   45   37   13   13    3   19   14
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
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  4.82   7   1   0   0   0   19   11   10   10    3    7    6
Jim York               0   2  5.12  12   0   0   1   0   19   18   11   11    0   13   21
Jim Rooker             0   4 10.13   6   4   0   0   0   16   21   19   18    0   12   10
Mike McCormick         0   0 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    3    3    0    1    0

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Marcelino Lopez        1   1  1.65  12   0   0   0   0   16   13    5    3    0   11    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   3  2.84   7   7   1   0   0   51   37   19   16    1   27   19
Ken Sanders            1   2  3.13  15   0   0   4   0   23   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          3   4  2.26   8   8   4   0   3   64   51   18   16    6   13   45
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
Mel Stottlemyre        3   1  2.87   7   7   4   0   2   53   41   18   17    4   17   28
Lindy McDaniel         1   3  3.38   9   0   0   1   0   16   17    6    6    3    2    7
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
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1
Chuck Dobson           1   0  0.69   2   2   1   0   0   13   10    1    1    0    4    4
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   1  1.74   9   0   0   0   0   10   10    4    2    0    3    6
Horacio Pina           1   0  3.38  12   0   0   0   0   13    8    5    5    0    5    8
Casey Cox              0   2  3.40   9   8   0   0   0   48   46   22   18    2   14   14
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.48   7   0   0   0   0   10   13    4    4    0    3    4
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Denny McLain           3   5  3.79   8   8   4   0   2   62   58   28   26    6   19   42
Dick Bosman            2   4  3.81   9   9   1   0   1   57   57   24   24    5   17   19
Jerry Janeski          1   2  4.03  12   2   0   1   0   22   22   12   10    1    9    3
Jim Shellenback        1   2  5.28   9   4   1   0   0   29   41   17   17    3   14   10
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  9.00  12   0   0   0   0    8   12    8    8    2    8    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
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  D. Drago (KC)             4
  E. Fisher (CAL)           4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  S. Kline (NY)             4
  D. McLain (WAS)           4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  B. Parsons (MIL)          4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4

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)         3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          2
  J. Kaat (MIN)             2
  D. McLain (WAS)           2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       2
  D. Bosman (WAS)           1
  R. Culp (BOS)             1
  S. Dunning (CLE)          1

Innings Pitched:

  V. Blue (OAK)          70.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        70.1
  C. Wright (CAL)        67.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       65.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)       64.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      63.2
  D. McLain (WAS)        61.2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)       58.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        57.0
  D. Bosman (WAS)        56.2

Hits:

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

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        42
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     33
  V. Blue (OAK)            27
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        27
  A. Foster (CLE)          26
  J. Niekro (DET)          23
  B. Parsons (MIL)         23
  J. Perry (MIN)           23
  D. Segui (OAK)           23
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         22

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            78
  M. Lolich (DET)          54
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        45
  T. Bradley (CHI)         45
  R. May (CAL)             42
  D. McLain (WAS)          42
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     42
  T. Hall (MIN)            41
  S. McDowell (CLE)        39
  M. Pattin (MIL)          39

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