Friday May 14, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 14, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       13  17  2.70   30   8   5   270   220   90   81   15  128  153
Baltimore       18  13  2.92   31  15   1   278   233   98   90   18   83  136
Oakland         24  12  3.06   36  19   4   324   255  127  110   26  123  226
California      17  18  3.08   35   5   8   316   260  119  108   22  123  215
Chicago         12  19  3.23   31   5   6   281   257  125  101   19  105  185
Minnesota       17  16  3.28   33   9   5   294   270  125  107   28  119  157
Kansas City     16  18  3.39   34   4   9   302   267  120  114   17  116  166
New York        15  15  3.52   30  10   3   274   267  117  107   23   77  128
Boston          20  10  3.54   30   6  13   269   250  117  106   14  103  154
Washington      14  18  3.84   32   7   3   284   292  132  121   21  101  137
Detroit         15  16  3.85   31   6   6   273   268  134  117   19  133  167
Cleveland       11  20  4.10   31   3   5   277   238  139  126   21  169  179

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Lamb (CLE)         1   0  1.23  10   4   1   1   0   37   24    6    5    0    9   22
Tom Bradley (CHI)      4   1  1.27   8   8   2   0   2   64   45   12    9    2   18   45
Vida Blue (OAK)        8   1  1.27  10  10   8   0   4   78   45   14   11    1   28   81
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    6   0  1.61   8   8   3   0   2   61   56   15   11    0   11   41
Bill Parsons (MIL)     4   3  1.83   7   7   4   0   1   54   35   11   11    3   25   34
Steve Kline (NY)       4   2  1.98   7   7   4   0   1   59   42   14   13    5    8   21
B. Dal Canton (KC)     3   1  1.99   6   6   2   0   0   45   42   12   10    1   12   22
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   2  2.35   8   8   5   0   0   65   46   18   17    4   25   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   2  2.35   8   8   5   0   0   65   46   18   17    4   25   39
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          6   0  1.61   8   8   3   0   2   61   56   15   11    0   11   41
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  1.02  14   0   0   3   0   18   14    3    2    0   11   16
Archie Reynolds        0   0  1.17   4   0   0   0   0    8    4    1    1    0    3    4
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   5  4.17   9   9   1   0   0   58   60   28   27    5   20   15
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  2.43   8   6   0   1   0   41   35   16   11    3   10   22
Terry Forster          0   2  2.57  10   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
Vicente Romo           1   2  3.63  15   0   0   2   0   22   14    9    9    3   13   16
Steve Kealey           1   1  3.72  13   0   0   1   0   19   18   10    8    2    8   13
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               1   0  1.23  10   4   1   1   0   37   24    6    5    0    9   22
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  2.21  17   0   0   3   0   20   18    8    5    2    9   11
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
Tom Timmerman          4   1  3.06  12   0   0   1   0   18   11    6    6    1    8    5
Mickey Lolich          5   3  3.20  10  10   5   0   0   70   66   26   25    4   19   54
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    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  6.28   9   1   0   2   0   14   16   11   10    1   11   10
Jim Foor               0   0 18.00   3   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    4    2
Mike Kilkenny          0   1 30.86   5   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  1.69  17   0   0   2   0   21   12    4    4    0    8   12
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
Ted Abernathy          1   3  2.25  15   0   0   5   0   16    6    4    4    0   14   10
Mike Hedlund           3   2  2.58   7   7   1   0   1   45   37   13   13    3   19   14
Ken Wright             0   1  2.79   9   3   0   1   0   29   21   10    9    3   16   24
Jim York               0   2  4.50  14   0   0   1   0   22   21   11   11    0   15   26
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  4.64   9   1   0   0   0   21   12   11   11    3    7    7
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.17   6   6   0   0   0   31   34   19   18    7    6   15
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           4   3  1.83   7   7   4   0   1   54   35   11   11    3   25   34
Marty Pattin           3   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   64   48   21   18    5   22   45
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   3  2.96  17   0   0   5   0   27   28    9    9    1    9   16
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             4   1  0.54  10   0   0   1   0   17    9    3    1    0    9   11
Bert Blyleven          3   4  2.26   8   8   4   0   3   64   51   18   16    6   13   45
Jim Kaat               3   1  2.83   9   8   3   0   2   57   62   20   18    4   10   23
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  1.65  12   0   0   2   0   16   13    4    3    0    7    6
Steve Kline            4   2  1.98   7   7   4   0   1   59   42   14   13    5    8   21
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         2   3  3.12  10   0   0   1   0   17   18    6    6    3    3    8
Fritz Peterson         3   2  4.02   8   7   0   0   0   47   61   26   21    3    7   19
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   2   0   0   1   0    1    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  1.27  10  10   8   0   4   78   45   14   11    1   28   81
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
Catfish Hunter         6   2  3.31   9   9   5   0   1   65   52   32   24    6   21   37
Bob Locker             2   0  3.38  12   0   0   3   0   16   14    6    6    1    5   14
Diego Segui            3   2  3.48   7   7   3   0   0   44   36   18   17    5   23   23
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
Denny McLain           4   5  3.44   9   9   5   0   2   71   66   30   27    6   22   49
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
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)           6
  S. Siebert (BOS)          6
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  J. Perry (MIN)            5
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  R. Corbin (MIN)           4
  D. Drago (KC)             4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           5
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McLain (WAS)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  S. Kline (NY)             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)          5
  D. Knowles (OAK)          3
  B. Locker (OAK)           3
  C. Machemehl (CLE)        3
  R. Perranoski (MIN)       3
  M. Queen (CAL)            3
  F. Scherman (DET)         3

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
  S. Siebert (BOS)          2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       2
  D. Bosman (WAS)           1
  R. Culp (BOS)             1

Innings Pitched:

  V. Blue (OAK)          77.2
  D. McLain (WAS)        70.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        70.1
  C. Wright (CAL)        67.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        65.1
  D. McNally (BAL)       65.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        65.0
  M. Pattin (MIL)        64.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       64.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      63.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  D. McLain (WAS)          66
  J. Kaat (MIN)            62
  C. Wright (CAL)          62
  F. Peterson (NY)         61
  T. Murphy (CAL)          60
  D. Bosman (WAS)          57
  D. Drago (KC)            57
  B. Johnson (CHI)         57
  D. McNally (BAL)         57

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            39
  C. Hunter (OAK)          32
  D. McLain (WAS)          30
  R. Culp (BOS)            29
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         28
  B. Johnson (CHI)         28
  S. McDowell (CLE)        28
  T. Murphy (CAL)          28
  S. Hargan (CLE)          26
  M. Lolich (DET)          26

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)            28
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        27
  A. Foster (CLE)          26
  J. Palmer (BAL)          25
  B. Parsons (MIL)         25
  J. Niekro (DET)          23
  J. Perry (MIN)           23
  D. Segui (OAK)           23

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            81
  M. Lolich (DET)          54
  D. McLain (WAS)          49
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        45
  T. Bradley (CHI)         45
  M. Pattin (MIL)          45
  R. May (CAL)             42
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     42
  T. Hall (MIN)            41
  S. Siebert (BOS)         41

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