Tuesday May 18, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 18, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       14  19  2.75   33   8   6   295   243  101   90   19  136  169
Baltimore       20  14  2.93   34  16   2   304   260  110   99   21   87  149
California      19  20  3.02   39   8   8   352   291  130  118   25  140  236
Chicago         13  20  3.20   33   5   7   298   271  133  106   21  112  195
Oakland         26  14  3.25   40  20   5   358   284  146  129   29  139  244
Minnesota       19  18  3.26   37   9   7   329   308  140  119   32  133  184
Kansas City     18  19  3.33   37   4  11   329   293  132  122   17  128  181
New York        16  17  3.50   33  10   4   301   293  130  117   27   87  137
Boston          22  11  3.55   33   6  14   296   279  129  117   17  121  173
Detroit         16  19  3.82   35   7   6   313   302  150  133   23  149  192
Washington      15  21  3.87   36   7   3   326   332  153  140   30  117  165
Cleveland       14  20  3.91   34   3   8   304   253  147  132   23  186  197

 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           4   1  3.61   9   9   4   0   2   67   58   30   27    6   23   18
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
Jim Lonborg            1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    0    0    0    0    1    2
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  4.38  14   0   0   1   0   12    9    7    6    1   12    9
Gary Peters            4   2  4.64   8   8   1   0   0   52   56   27   27    4   17   25
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             2   5  3.61  10  10   2   0   0   67   68   29   27    5   22   17
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
Vince Colbert          1   1  3.91  14   0   0   1   0   25   24   12   11    1   14    9
Steve Dunning          3   2  3.95   7   6   1   0   1   41   33   18   18    5   24   42
Sam McDowell           2   5  4.25  10   9   0   0   0   55   44   30   26    8   52   45
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
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
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
Bill Denehy            0   1  3.24   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    1    6    4
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Tom Timmerman          4   2  3.27  15   0   0   1   0   22   14    8    8    3   10    9
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Joe Niekro             1   4  5.44   9   6   0   0   0   41   46   25   25    4   23   15
Bill Zepp              0   1  5.59  10   2   0   2   0   19   22   13   12    1   13   11
Dave Boswell           0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    0    6    3
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
John Morris            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Marcelino Lopez        1   1  1.71  13   0   0   0   0   21   15    6    4    1   13   15
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
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
Marty Pattin           3   4  2.84   9   9   3   0   1   67   52   25   21    7   23   47
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  0.44  12   0   0   2   0   21   12    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   2  2.87  10   9   3   0   2   63   69   23   20    5   13   23
Pete Hamm              1   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    2    3
Stan Williams          0   2  3.03  17   0   0   1   0   30   27   15   10    0   18   15
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  2.55  11   0   0   0   0   18   12    5    5    1    6    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   3  4.39   9   8   0   0   0   53   70   31   26    5    7   21
Gary Jones             0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    0    3    3
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
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         7   2  3.15  10  10   6   0   1   74   55   34   26    6   24   46
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
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
Denny McLain           4   6  3.99  10  10   5   0   2   77   75   37   34    8   24   51
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  5.79  14   0   0   0   0   14   16    9    9    3    9   15

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           7
  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
  D. McLain (WAS)           6
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           5
  D. Bosman (WAS)           5
  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  T. John (CHI)             5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  T. Murphy (CAL)           5
  J. Rooker (KC)            5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McLain (WAS)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          4
  S. Kline (NY)             4
  B. Parsons (MIL)          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
  D. McLain (WAS)        76.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        74.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      71.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       70.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)       69.0
  C. Wright (CAL)        67.2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)       67.1
  T. Murphy (CAL)        67.1

Hits:

  D. McLain (WAS)          75
  M. Lolich (DET)          71
  F. Peterson (NY)         70
  J. Kaat (MIN)            69
  T. Murphy (CAL)          68
  D. McNally (BAL)         65
  D. Bosman (WAS)          64
  B. Johnson (CHI)         63
  J. Perry (MIN)           62
  C. Wright (CAL)          62

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            39
  D. McLain (WAS)          37
  C. Hunter (OAK)          34
  R. Culp (BOS)            31
  F. Peterson (NY)         31
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         30
  B. Johnson (CHI)         30
  S. McDowell (CLE)        30
  M. Lolich (DET)          29
  T. Murphy (CAL)          29

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        52
  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
  D. McLain (WAS)          51
  T. Bradley (CHI)         49
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     48
  M. Pattin (MIL)          47
  C. Hunter (OAK)          46
  S. McDowell (CLE)        45


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