Sunday May 16, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 16, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       14  18  2.70   32   8   6   287   237   96   86   16  133  160
Baltimore       19  13  2.95   32  15   2   287   245  102   94   19   85  140
California      18  19  3.10   37   6   8   334   276  126  115   24  134  225
Chicago         13  20  3.20   33   5   7   298   271  133  106   21  112  195
Oakland         25  14  3.28   39  19   5   349   281  144  127   29  136  235
Kansas City     18  19  3.33   37   4  11   329   293  132  122   17  128  181
Minnesota       18  17  3.38   35   9   6   312   292  135  117   31  128  168
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  19  3.72   34   7   3   308   311  140  127   26  112  149
Detroit         16  17  3.79   33   7   6   297   284  142  125   22  140  182
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
Vida Blue (OAK)        8   1  1.27  10  10   8   0   4   78   45   14   11    1   28   81
Tom Bradley (CHI)      4   2  1.43   9   9   2   0   2   69   49   15   11    2   18   49
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
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    3   4  2.26   8   8   4   0   3   64   51   18   16    6   13   45
Dick Drago (KC)        4   1  2.28   8   8   1   0   0   55   59   15   14    0    8   27
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  0.64  14   0   0   2   0   14    8    1    1    0    4   17
Mel Queen              1   1  1.02  14   0   0   3   0   18   14    3    2    0   11   16
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  4.35  11   1   0   2   0   21   20   10   10    2   12   22
Archie Reynolds        0   1  4.35   5   0   0   0   0   10   10    5    5    2    6    5
Jim Maloney            0   1  4.50   4   2   0   0   0   10   10    5    5    1    6    2
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joel Horlen            0   1  0.93   7   0   0   2   0   10    4    1    1    0    4   11
Tom Bradley            4   2  1.43   9   9   2   0   2   69   49   15   11    2   18   49
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  2.51  11   1   0   1   0   14   10    4    4    1    3   12
Don Eddy               0   2  2.61  11   0   0   0   0   10   11    3    3    2    8    6
Vicente Romo           1   2  3.52  16   0   0   2   0   23   14    9    9    3   14   16
Bart Johnson           4   3  3.82   9   9   3   0   0   61   63   30   26    4   25   42
Steve Kealey           1   1  3.98  14   0   0   1   0   20   21   13    9    3    9   13
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            4   0  2.80   6   6   2   0   0   45   40   16   14    2   17   30
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  19   0   0   2   0   22   14    5    4    0   10   12
Ted Abernathy          1   3  1.83  17   0   0   7   0   20    9    4    4    0   14   13
Bruce Dal Canton       4   1  2.06   7   7   2   0   0   52   47   15   12    1   15   25
Dick Drago             4   1  2.28   8   8   1   0   0   55   59   15   14    0    8   27
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               1   2  4.07  16   0   0   1   0   24   22   11   11    0   15   29
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  4.76  10   1   0   0   0   23   14   12   12    3    8    8
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.17   6   6   0   0   0   31   34   19   18    7    6   15
Mike McCormick         0   0  7.36   3   1   0   0   0    7   10    6    6    0    3    2
Jim Rooker             0   5  8.41   7   4   0   0   0   20   26   22   19    0   14   12

 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          3   3  2.78   8   8   1   0   0   58   43   21   18    1   30   24
Ken Sanders            1   3  2.83  18   0   0   6   0   29   28    9    9    1    9   17
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  0.46  11   0   0   2   0   20   10    3    1    0   10   14
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
Pete Hamm              1   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    2    3
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
Vida Blue              8   1  1.27  10  10   8   0   4   78   45   14   11    1   28   81
Chuck Dobson           2   0  1.42   3   3   1   0   0   19   16    3    3    2    9    6
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Blue Moon Odom         0   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    2    2    1    0    3
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
Bob Locker             2   1  3.92  15   0   0   4   0   21   18    9    9    1    8   14
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Ron Klimkowski         2   1  4.11   9   0   0   0   0   15   10    7    7    1   12    9
Jim Roland             0   1  5.11   8   0   0   0   0   12    9    8    7    1    7    6
Jim Panther            0   1 11.12   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    9    7    1    5    4
Darold Knowles         0   1 14.73   4   0   0   1   0    4    6    6    6    0    2    3
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  2.93  14   0   0   0   0   15   10    5    5    0    9   10
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
Casey Cox              0   2  3.71  10   9   0   0   0   51   53   26   21    4   15   14
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  4.94  11   4   1   0   0   31   42   17   17    3   14   10
Denny Riddleberger     1   1  7.36  13   0   0   0   0   11   15    9    9    3    9   11

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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
  J. Coleman (DET)          4
  R. Corbin (MIN)           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
  J. Rooker (KC)            5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  D. Bosman (WAS)           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)         7
  K. Sanders (MIL)          6
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  S. Lyle (BOS)             5
  B. Locker (OAK)           4
  D. Knowles (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
  T. Bradley (CHI)       69.0
  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

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. Drago (KC)            59

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
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        30
  V. Blue (OAK)            28
  J. Perry (MIN)           28
  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
  T. Bradley (CHI)         49
  D. McLain (WAS)          49
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     48
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        45
  M. Pattin (MIL)          45
  B. Johnson (CHI)         42
  R. May (CAL)             42
  T. Hall (MIN)            41


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