Thursday May 20, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 20, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       14  21  2.87   35   8   6   311   266  111   99   23  146  184
Baltimore       21  14  2.88   35  17   2   313   265  111  100   22   91  154
California      20  21  3.06   41   9   8   370   309  142  126   26  147  249
Oakland         28  14  3.16   42  21   6   376   295  149  132   30  144  252
Chicago         13  21  3.17   34   5   7   306   276  135  108   22  119  203
Minnesota       20  19  3.23   39   9   8   346   320  147  124   32  140  196
Kansas City     19  19  3.25   38   4  12   338   299  132  122   17  131  182
Boston          24  11  3.46   35   6  16   314   294  133  121   17  133  183
New York        16  19  3.64   35  10   4   317   311  142  128   31   95  145
Detroit         18  19  3.70   37   7   7   333   318  154  137   25  156  205
Washington      15  22  3.85   37   7   3   335   337  157  143   30  126  167
Cleveland       14  22  4.14   36   3   8   324   276  164  149   29  199  210

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)        9   1  1.14  11  11   9   0   5   87   48   14   11    1   31   86
Tom Bradley (CHI)      4   2  1.43   9   9   2   0   2   69   49   15   11    2   18   49
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    7   0  1.69   9   9   3   0   2   69   64   17   13    0   15   44
Steve Kline (NY)       4   2  1.94   8   8   4   0   1   65   48   16   14    5   10   27
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
Bill Parsons (MIL)     4   4  2.07   8   8   4   0   1   61   44   14   14    5   29   42
Mike Hedlund (KC)      4   2  2.17   8   8   1   0   1   54   43   13   13    3   22   15
Jim Palmer (BAL)       6   2  2.19   9   9   6   0   0   74   51   19   18    5   29   44
Ray Lamb (CLE)         1   1  2.23  11   5   1   1   0   40   29   11   10    2   12   23

 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             6   2  2.19   9   9   6   0   0   74   51   19   18    5   29   44
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  1.26  14   0   0   7   0   14   14    2    2    1    5   13
Sonny Siebert          7   0  1.69   9   9   3   0   2   69   64   17   13    0   15   44
Bill Lee               4   1  2.49  12   1   0   1   0   22   15    6    6    1   16   17
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
Bobby Bolin            0   1  3.45  15   0   0   2   0   16   10    7    6    1   14   12
Ray Culp               4   2  4.17   9   9   2   0   1   58   60   31   27    6   21   35
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  0.56  15   0   0   2   0   16    8    1    1    0    5   19
Mel Queen              1   1  1.02  14   0   0   3   0   18   14    3    2    0   11   16
Eddie Fisher           4   1  2.22  15   0   0   1   0   24   12   10    6    3    9   18
Clyde Wright           4   3  2.70  10  10   2   0   2   77   67   25   23    5   13   42
Rudy May               3   3  3.10   8   8   2   0   1   52   38   19   18    5   23   51
Andy Messersmith       3   5  3.36  10  10   3   0   0   70   53   32   26    3   38   49
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  4.76   5   2   0   0   0   11   13    6    6    1    6    4
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
Tom Bradley            4   2  1.43   9   9   2   0   2   69   49   15   11    2   18   49
Joel Horlen            0   1  1.54   8   0   0   2   0   12    7    2    2    1    5   13
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   4  3.61  10  10   3   0   0   67   65   31   27    4   31   48
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   6   0   0   2   0   12    3    0    0    0    4    8
Ray Lamb               1   1  2.23  11   5   1   1   0   40   29   11   10    2   12   23
Steve Mingori          1   1  2.51  16   0   0   1   0   14    9    4    4    1    9   13
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Rick Austin            0   0  3.46  11   0   0   0   0   13   12    5    5    1   11    9
Alan Foster            3   2  3.67   9   8   1   0   0   49   41   24   20    3   30   23
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
Vince Colbert          1   1  5.61  15   0   0   1   0   26   27   17   16    2   16    9
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          2   0  1.99  18   0   0   3   0   23   19    8    5    2   10   13
Bill Denehy            0   1  2.61   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    3    3    1    6    4
Joe Coleman            4   0  2.85   7   7   2   0   0   54   47   19   17    3   20   37
Mickey Lolich          6   3  2.89  12  12   5   0   0   90   77   30   29    6   28   64
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
Tom Timmerman          4   2  3.27  16   0   0   1   0   22   15    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  1.80  18   0   0   8   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
Mike Hedlund           4   2  2.17   8   8   1   0   1   54   43   13   13    3   22   15
Dick Drago             4   1  2.28   8   8   1   0   0   55   59   15   14    0    8   27
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  2.01  14   0   0   0   0   22   17    7    5    1   14   16
Bill Parsons           4   4  2.07   8   8   4   0   1   61   44   14   14    5   29   42
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
Lew Krausse            1   5  2.92   8   8   0   0   0   49   50   18   16    7   23   26
Jim Slaton             1   0  3.52   3   2   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    0    6    4
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  4.05   6   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    0    5    3
Jim Hannan             0   0  5.79   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    4    3    1    4    2
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
Jim Strickland         1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    4
Ray Corbin             4   2  0.83  13   0   0   2   0   22   14    4    2    0   11   14
Pete Hamm              1   0  1.38   2   2   0   0   0   13    7    2    2    0    6    3
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
Stan Williams          0   2  3.03  17   0   0   1   0   30   27   15   10    0   18   15
Tom Hall               1   3  3.55  10   7   0   2   0   51   43   24   20    8   17   50
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Jim Perry              5   3  4.29  10  10   2   0   0   63   69   33   30    9   30   20
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  1.94   8   8   4   0   1   65   48   16   14    5   10   27
Mel Stottlemyre        4   1  2.97   8   8   4   0   2   61   47   21   20    5   22   31
Gary Waslewski         0   0  3.86  12   0   0   0   0   19   15    8    8    2    8    9
Lindy McDaniel         2   4  4.22  12   0   0   1   0   21   22   10   10    5    5    9
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   6  4.91   9   8   2   0   0   48   56   29   26    8   14   17
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              9   1  1.14  11  11   9   0   5   87   48   14   11    1   31   86
Chuck Dobson           3   0  2.00   4   4   1   0   0   27   24    6    6    3   11    9
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
Ron Klimkowski         2   1  3.86  10   0   0   1   0   16   10    7    7    1   12    9
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
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
Mike Thompson          0   1  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    1    2    1    0    9    1
Joe Grzenda            2   1  1.46  10   0   0   0   0   12   10    4    2    0    3    9
Horacio Pina           1   0  3.44  16   0   0   0   0   18   15    7    7    0   10   13
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)             9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           7
  S. Siebert (BOS)          7
  M. Lolich (DET)           6
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  J. Perry (MIN)            5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  J. Coleman (DET)          4

Losses:

  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6
  D. Chance (DET)           6
  D. McLain (WAS)           6
  D. Bosman (WAS)           5
  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  T. John (CHI)             5
  L. Krausse (MIL)          5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      5
  T. Murphy (CAL)           5

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McLain (WAS)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          4
  S. Kline (NY)             4
  B. Parsons (MIL)          4

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)         8
  S. Lyle (BOS)             7
  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)             5
  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
  C. Wright (CAL)           2
  D. Bosman (WAS)           1

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)        90.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          86.2
  D. McLain (WAS)        76.2
  C. Wright (CAL)        76.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        74.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        74.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      71.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       70.0
  A. Messersmith (CAL)   69.2
  S. Siebert (BOS)       69.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          77
  D. McLain (WAS)          75
  F. Peterson (NY)         70
  J. Kaat (MIN)            69
  J. Perry (MIN)           69
  T. Murphy (CAL)          68
  C. Wright (CAL)          67
  B. Johnson (CHI)         65
  D. McNally (BAL)         65
  D. Bosman (WAS)          64

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            39
  D. McLain (WAS)          37
  C. Hunter (OAK)          34
  J. Perry (MIN)           33
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     32
  R. Culp (BOS)            31
  B. Johnson (CHI)         31
  F. Peterson (NY)         31
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         30
  M. Lolich (DET)          30

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        52
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     38
  V. Blue (OAK)            31
  B. Johnson (CHI)         31
  A. Foster (CLE)          30
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        30
  J. Perry (MIN)           30
  J. Palmer (BAL)          29
  B. Parsons (MIL)         29
  M. Lolich (DET)          28

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            86
  M. Lolich (DET)          64
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        57
  R. May (CAL)             51
  D. McLain (WAS)          51
  T. Hall (MIN)            50
  T. Bradley (CHI)         49
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     49
  B. Johnson (CHI)         48
  M. Pattin (MIL)          47

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