Friday May 21, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 21, 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  15  2.96   36  17   2   323   275  119  106   26   96  160
California      20  22  3.06   42   9   8   379   317  145  129   28  149  256
Chicago         14  21  3.08   35   6   7   315   281  135  108   22  120  209
Minnesota       21  19  3.17   40  10   8   355   324  148  125   33  140  203
Kansas City     19  19  3.25   38   4  12   338   299  132  122   17  131  182
Oakland         28  15  3.32   43  21   6   385   306  159  142   33  149  262
Boston          25  11  3.47   36   6  16   324   300  137  125   18  137  189
Detroit         19  19  3.61   38   7   8   342   321  154  137   25  162  213
New York        16  20  3.74   36  10   4   325   323  150  135   33  102  149
Washington      15  23  3.78   38   7   3   343   342  158  144   30  129  171
Cleveland       15  22  4.22   37   3   8   333   286  171  156   30  206  212

 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)      5   2  1.27  10  10   3   0   3   78   54   15   11    2   19   55
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    7   0  1.69   9   9   3   0   2   69   64   17   13    0   15   44
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    5   4  1.90  10  10   5   0   3   81   62   21   17    7   14   64
Steve Kline (NY)       4   2  1.94   8   8   4   0   1   65   48   16   14    5   10   27
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  2.35   7   0   0   1   0    8    7    3    2    0    3    4
Tom Dukes              0   2  2.57   6   0   0   0   0   14   12    4    4    1    2   10
Dave McNally           6   2  2.83   9   9   5   0   0   70   65   22   22    3   12   29
Pat Dobson             2   3  3.14   9   9   2   0   0   63   56   26   22    8   18   36
Mike Cuellar           4   1  3.61   9   9   4   0   2   67   58   30   27    6   23   18
Dick Hall              2   3  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9    7    6    4    1    2    3
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    4   10    4    2    0    3    3
Pete Richert           0   2  5.40   9   0   0   1   0    7    5    4    4    1    3    5

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   0  1.26  15   0   0   7   0   14   14    2    2    1    6   13
Sonny Siebert          7   0  1.69   9   9   3   0   2   69   64   17   13    0   15   44
Ken Tatum              2   2  2.33  16   0   0   6   0   19   12    5    5    1   11    6
Bill Lee               4   1  2.49  12   1   0   1   0   22   15    6    6    1   16   17
Jim Lonborg            1   0  3.09   2   1   0   0   0   12    6    4    4    1    2    8
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  0.98  15   0   0   3   0   18   15    3    2    0   11   16
Eddie Fisher           4   1  2.13  16   0   0   1   0   25   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   4  3.28   9   9   2   0   1   58   44   22   21    7   25   57
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  3.97  12   1   0   2   0   23   21   10   10    2   12   23
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            5   2  1.27  10  10   3   0   3   78   54   15   11    2   19   55
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          2   0  0.00   7   0   0   2   0   12    4    0    0    0    4    8
Ray Lamb               1   1  2.23  11   5   1   1   0   40   29   11   10    2   12   23
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Steve Mingori          1   1  3.18  17   0   0   1   0   17   10    6    6    2   11   15
Rick Austin            0   0  3.46  12   0   0   0   0   13   12    5    5    1   12    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  5.93  16   0   0   1   0   27   30   19   18    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  8.59   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    7    7    1    4    0

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Scherman          2   0  1.88  19   0   0   4   0   24   19    8    5    2   10   16
Bill Denehy            0   1  2.61   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    3    3    1    6    4
Dean Chance            1   6  2.72  10  10   0   0   0   53   52   23   16    3   26   39
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
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          5   4  1.90  10  10   5   0   3   81   62   21   17    7   14   64
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  1.83  14   0   0   3   0   20   16    5    4    1   10    8
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  3.66  13   0   0   0   0   20   15    8    8    2    8    9
Fritz Peterson         3   3  4.39   9   8   0   0   0   53   70   31   26    5    7   21
Stan Bahnsen           1   6  4.91   9   8   2   0   0   48   56   29   26    8   14   17
Lindy McDaniel         2   5  4.98  13   0   0   1   0   22   26   12   12    5    5    9
Gary Jones             0   0  5.06   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    3    0    4    4
Mike Kekich            1   0  5.65   9   4   0   0   0   29   34   19   18    2   17   20
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
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  3.73  10   8   2   0   1   60   51   27   25    9   16   45
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  5.65   9   0   0   0   0   14   11   10    9    2    7    9
Blue Moon Odom         0   1  6.75   2   2   0   0   0    7    6    5    5    1    3    4
Jim Panther            0   1 11.12   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    9    7    1    5    4
Darold Knowles         0   1 17.36   5   0   0   1   0    5    9    9    9    1    3    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   2   0   0   0   0    8    2    0    0    0    1    3
Mike Thompson          0   1  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    1    2    1    0    9    1
Joe Grzenda            2   1  1.42  11   0   0   0   0   13   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
Jerry Janeski          1   3  3.57  15   4   0   1   0   35   32   17   14    3   16    9
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
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
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5
  J. Perry (MIN)            5
  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
  L. McDaniel (NY)          5
  S. McDowell (CLE)         5
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      5

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)             9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  M. Lolich (DET)           5
  D. McLain (WAS)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  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
  F. Scherman (DET)         4
  J. Aker (NY)              3
  D. Knowles (OAK)          3
  C. Machemehl (CLE)        3
  R. Perranoski (MIN)       3

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3
  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
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      80.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)       78.0
  D. McLain (WAS)        76.2
  C. Wright (CAL)        76.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        74.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        74.0
  D. McNally (BAL)       70.0
  A. Messersmith (CAL)   69.2

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:

  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  J. Perry (MIN)            9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           8
  T. Hall (MIN)             8
  S. McDowell (CLE)         8
  D. McLain (WAS)           8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  D. Bosman (WAS)           7
  W. Bunker (KC)            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
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        64
  M. Lolich (DET)          64
  R. May (CAL)             57
  T. Bradley (CHI)         55
  D. McLain (WAS)          51
  T. Hall (MIN)            50
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     49
  B. Johnson (CHI)         48
  M. Pattin (MIL)          47


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