Saturday May 15, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 15, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       13  18  2.72   31   8   5   278   231   94   84   16  130  154
Baltimore       19  13  2.95   32  15   2   287   245  102   94   19   85  140
California      18  18  3.02   36   6   8   325   264  120  109   22  126  221
Oakland         24  13  3.12   37  19   4   332   263  132  115   26  128  230
Chicago         13  19  3.19   32   5   7   290   263  127  103   20  110  190
Kansas City     17  18  3.35   35   4  10   311   274  124  116   17  121  171
Minnesota       17  17  3.42   34   9   5   303   286  133  115   31  125  162
New York        15  16  3.44   31  10   3   283   274  121  108   24   80  131
Boston          20  11  3.62   31   6  13   278   263  124  112   16  115  162
Washington      15  18  3.71   33   7   3   299   300  135  123   23  106  144
Detroit         15  17  3.78   32   6   6   288   274  138  121   21  139  176
Cleveland       12  20  4.00   32   3   6   286   242  141  127   21  173  181

 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)     4   1  2.06   7   7   2   0   0   52   47   15   12    1   15   25
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
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           6   2  2.83   9   9   5   0   0   70   65   22   22    3   12   29
Tom Dukes              0   2  3.00   5   0   0   0   0   12   12    4    4    1    1    8
Pete Richert           0   2  3.38   7   0   0   1   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  1.38  12   0   0   5   0   13   14    2    2    1    3   11
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  2.70  14   0   0   6   0   17   10    5    5    1    8    6
Ken Brett              0   1  3.15   7   0   0   0   0   20   14    8    7    0   14   17
Ray Culp               3   2  4.41   8   8   2   0   1   51   53   29   25    5   19   29
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.50  13   0   0   1   0   12    8    7    6    1   11    9
Gary Peters            4   2  4.63   7   7   1   0   0   47   50   24   24    4   16   22
Mike Nagy              1   2  5.60   7   7   0   0   0   35   41   23   22    2   17    9
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       3   4  2.60   9   9   3   0   0   66   45   25   19    2   36   48
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  1.00   6   0   0   2   0    9    3    1    1    0    4   11
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           4   3  3.82   9   9   3   0   0   61   63   30   26    4   25   42
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   3   0   0   1   0    7    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  1.59  14   0   0   1   0   11    7    2    2    0    8   10
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
Alan Foster            3   2  3.64   8   7   1   0   0   42   32   21   17    2   30   19
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
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
Mickey Lolich          5   3  3.02  11  11   5   0   0   83   71   29   28    5   25   60
Tom Timmerman          4   2  3.26  13   0   0   1   0   19   12    7    7    2    8    8
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  1.66  18   0   0   2   0   22   13    5    4    0   10   12
Ted Abernathy          1   3  2.04  16   0   0   6   0   18    7    4    4    0   14   12
Bruce Dal Canton       4   1  2.06   7   7   2   0   0   52   47   15   12    1   15   25
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  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
Lew Krausse            1   4  2.42   7   7   0   0   0   45   42   13   12    5   20   21
Marty Pattin           3   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   64   48   21   18    5   22   45
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
Jim Hannan             0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    2    1    2    1
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  3.21  16   0   0   1   0   28   27   15   10    0   17   14
Jim Perry              5   3  3.88   9   9   2   0   0   60   62   27   26    9   28   18
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
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Ron Perranoski         0   3  8.22  14   0   0   3   0   15   19   15   14    1   14    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  2.25  10   0   0   0   0   16    9    4    4    1    5    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
Stan Bahnsen           1   5  4.85   8   7   2   0   0   43   51   26   23    7   12   16
Mike Kekich            1   0  5.47   8   3   0   0   0   25   29   15   15    1   13   19
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           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
Bob Locker             2   0  3.18  13   0   0   3   0   17   14    6    6    1    6   14
Catfish Hunter         6   2  3.31   9   9   5   0   1   65   52   32   24    6   21   37
Diego Segui            3   2  3.48   7   7   3   0   0   44   36   18   17    5   23   23
Rollie Fingers         1   4  3.76   9   8   2   0   1   55   48   25   23    8   15   40
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Jim Roland             0   1  5.56   7   0   0   0   0   11    9    8    7    1    6    6
Darold Knowles         0   1 10.80   3   0   0   1   0    3    4    4    4    0    2    3
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
Paul Lindblad          1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    6    1    0    0    0    0    2
Joe Grzenda            2   1  1.46  10   0   0   0   0   12   10    4    2    0    3    9
Horacio Pina           1   0  3.38  13   0   0   0   0   13    9    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  3.81  13   3   0   1   0   28   27   15   12    3   14    5
Jim Shellenback        1   2  5.04  10   4   1   0   0   30   42   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
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  S. Siebert (BOS)          6
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  J. Perry (MIN)            5
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  R. Corbin (MIN)           4
  B. Dal Canton (KC)        4

Losses:

  S. Bahnsen (NY)           5
  D. Chance (DET)           5
  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  T. John (CHI)             5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  D. McLain (WAS)           5
  T. Murphy (CAL)           5
  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:

  T. Abernathy (KC)         6
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  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:

  M. Lolich (DET)        83.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          77.2
  D. McLain (WAS)        70.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       70.0
  C. Wright (CAL)        67.2
  A. Messersmith (CAL)   65.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        65.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        65.0
  M. Pattin (MIL)        64.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       64.0

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          71
  D. McLain (WAS)          66
  D. McNally (BAL)         65
  B. Johnson (CHI)         63
  J. Kaat (MIN)            62
  J. Perry (MIN)           62
  C. Wright (CAL)          62
  F. Peterson (NY)         61
  T. Murphy (CAL)          60
  D. Bosman (WAS)          57

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            39
  C. Hunter (OAK)          32
  B. Johnson (CHI)         30
  D. McLain (WAS)          30
  R. Culp (BOS)            29
  M. Lolich (DET)          29
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         28
  S. McDowell (CLE)        28
  T. Murphy (CAL)          28
  J. Perry (MIN)           27

Home Runs:

  J. Perry (MIN)            9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          8
  T. Hall (MIN)             8
  S. McDowell (CLE)         8
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           7
  W. Bunker (KC)            7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  D. McLain (WAS)           6
  D. Bosman (WAS)           5

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        42
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     36
  A. Foster (CLE)          30
  V. Blue (OAK)            28
  J. Perry (MIN)           28
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        27
  B. Johnson (CHI)         25
  M. Lolich (DET)          25
  J. Palmer (BAL)          25
  B. Parsons (MIL)         25

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            81
  M. Lolich (DET)          60
  D. McLain (WAS)          49
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     48
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        45
  T. Bradley (CHI)         45
  M. Pattin (MIL)          45
  B. Johnson (CHI)         42
  R. May (CAL)             42
  T. Hall (MIN)            41


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