Monday May 17, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 17, 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  14  2.96   33  15   2   295   254  108   97   20   86  146
California      18  20  3.10   38   7   8   343   283  129  118   25  138  234
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
Minnesota       19  17  3.28   36   9   7   321   299  137  117   31  129  183
Kansas City     18  19  3.33   37   4  11   329   293  132  122   17  128  181
New York        16  16  3.43   32  10   4   292   281  124  111   25   86  134
Boston          21  11  3.57   32   6  14   287   272  126  114   17  118  168
Detroit         16  18  3.78   34   7   6   305   291  145  128   22  147  190
Washington      15  20  3.78   35   7   3   317   322  146  133   28  115  159
Cleveland       13  20  3.97   33   3   7   295   249  144  130   23  176  189

 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
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    4   4  2.01   9   9   4   0   3   72   58   20   16    6   14   57
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  2.28   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  1.29   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    1    1    8
Jim Palmer             5   2  2.35   8   8   5   0   0   65   46   18   17    4   25   39
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
Pat Dobson             2   3  2.84   8   8   2   0   0   57   51   22   18    4   15   33
Pete Richert           0   2  2.84   8   0   0   1   0    6    4    2    2    1    2    5
Tom Dukes              0   2  3.00   5   0   0   0   0   12   12    4    4    1    1    8
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  4.91   4   0   0   0   0    4    7    4    2    0    3    2

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   0  1.35  13   0   0   6   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  2.50  15   0   0   6   0   18   12    5    5    1    9    6
Ken Brett              0   1  3.15   7   0   0   0   0   20   14    8    7    0   14   17
Ray Culp               4   2  4.17   9   9   2   0   1   58   60   31   27    6   21   35
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   3  3.10   8   8   2   0   1   52   38   19   18    5   23   51
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   4   0   0   2   0    8    2    0    0    0    1    5
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
Steve Dunning          3   2  3.95   7   6   1   0   1   41   33   18   18    5   24   42
Vince Colbert          1   1  4.03  13   0   0   0   0   22   21   11   10    1   14    7
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
Tom Timmerman          4   2  2.95  14   0   0   1   0   21   13    7    7    2   10    9
Mickey Lolich          5   3  3.02  11  11   5   0   0   83   71   29   28    5   25   60
Dean Chance            0   6  3.18   9   9   0   0   0   45   49   23   16    3   20   34
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          4   4  2.01   9   9   4   0   3   72   58   20   16    6   14   57
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
Tom Hall               1   3  3.86   9   7   0   1   0   47   43   24   20    8   17   44
Jim Perry              5   3  3.88   9   9   2   0   0   60   62   27   26    9   28   18
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  1.50  13   0   0   3   0   18   14    4    3    0    8    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        4   1  2.97   8   8   4   0   2   61   47   21   20    5   22   31
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  2.76  15   0   0   0   0   16   11    5    5    0   10   12
Denny McLain           4   5  3.44   9   9   5   0   2   71   66   30   27    6   22   49
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
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   12   15    5    5    0    4    5
Jerry Janeski          1   2  3.94  14   3   0   1   0   30   28   16   13    3   14    6
Dick Bosman            2   5  4.09  10  10   1   0   1   62   64   28   28    7   18   25
Jim Shellenback        1   2  4.88  12   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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















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
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  J. Coleman (DET)          4

Losses:

  D. Chance (DET)           6
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           5
  D. Bosman (WAS)           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

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
  S. Lyle (BOS)             6
  K. Sanders (MIL)          6
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  B. Locker (OAK)           4
  J. Aker (NY)              3
  D. Knowles (OAK)          3
  C. Machemehl (CLE)        3
  R. Perranoski (MIN)       3
  M. Queen (CAL)            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
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      71.2
  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

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          71
  D. McLain (WAS)          66
  D. McNally (BAL)         65
  D. Bosman (WAS)          64
  B. Johnson (CHI)         63
  J. Kaat (MIN)            62
  J. Perry (MIN)           62
  C. Wright (CAL)          62
  F. Peterson (NY)         61
  R. Culp (BOS)            60

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            39
  C. Hunter (OAK)          32
  R. Culp (BOS)            31
  B. Johnson (CHI)         30
  D. McLain (WAS)          30
  M. Lolich (DET)          29
  D. Bosman (WAS)          28
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         28
  S. McDowell (CLE)        28
  T. Murphy (CAL)          28

Home Runs:

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

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
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        57
  R. May (CAL)             51
  T. Bradley (CHI)         49
  D. McLain (WAS)          49
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     48
  M. Pattin (MIL)          45
  T. Hall (MIN)            44
  S. Dunning (CLE)         42


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report