Tuesday May 25, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 25, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       16  22  2.85   38  10   6   338   290  119  107   25  152  203
Baltimore       23  16  2.91   39  19   2   350   290  126  113   30  101  175
Oakland         31  15  3.20   46  23   6   416   321  166  148   36  159  280
Minnesota       22  21  3.27   43  10   9   380   348  161  138   39  153  220
Chicago         15  23  3.32   38   7   7   341   314  153  126   27  131  223
California      21  24  3.36   45   9   9   409   349  170  153   33  159  275
Detroit         23  19  3.38   42   8  10   378   350  159  142   25  176  239
Kansas City     20  21  3.47   41   4  13   365   331  151  141   19  151  198
New York        17  23  3.71   40  12   4   359   359  164  148   35  114  158
Boston          26  15  3.78   41   6  17   369   356  169  155   24  151  217
Washington      17  26  4.00   43   7   5   387   380  188  172   41  147  196
Cleveland       17  23  4.10   40   5   8   360   310  179  164   31  223  230

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       10   1  1.03  12  12  10   0   5   96   53   15   11    1   34   95
Tom Bradley (CHI)      5   3  1.52  11  11   3   0   3   83   60   18   14    3   24   59
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    8   0  1.62  10  10   3   0   2   78   69   18   14    0   18   46
Bill Parsons (MIL)     5   4  1.80   9   9   5   0   2   70   48   14   14    5   29   47
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    5   4  1.90  10  10   5   0   3   81   62   21   17    7   14   64
Steve Kline (NY)       4   3  1.95   9   9   5   0   1   74   58   18   16    5   12   28
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      2   2  1.99   9   7   1   1   1   50   41   16   11    3   11   23
Mike Hedlund (KC)      4   2  2.17   8   8   1   0   1   54   43   13   13    3   22   15
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   2  2.28  10  10   7   0   0   83   59   22   21    7   29   50
B. Dal Canton (KC)     4   2  2.37   8   8   2   0   0   57   53   18   15    1   16   29

 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             7   2  2.28  10  10   7   0   0   83   59   22   21    7   29   50
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   3  2.81  10  10   5   0   0   77   68   24   24    4   15   34
Pat Dobson             2   3  3.14   9   9   2   0   0   63   56   26   22    8   18   36
Dick Hall              2   3  3.38   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    6    4    1    2    4
Mike Cuellar           5   1  3.42  10  10   5   0   2   76   62   32   29    7   25   21
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  1.45  18   0   0   8   0   19   15    3    3    1    9   15
Sonny Siebert          8   0  1.62  10  10   3   0   2   78   69   18   14    0   18   46
Ken Tatum              2   2  2.33  16   0   0   6   0   19   12    5    5    1   11    6
Ken Brett              0   1  2.70   9   0   0   0   0   23   15    8    7    0   14   19
Bill Lee               4   1  3.12  13   2   0   1   0   26   24   11    9    2   17   19
Bobby Bolin            0   2  3.60  17   0   0   2   0   20   17    9    8    1   15   17
Ray Culp               4   3  4.45  10  10   2   0   1   65   72   36   32    8   21   42
Jim Lonborg            1   0  5.28   3   2   0   0   0   15   13    9    9    1    2   11
Gary Peters            4   3  5.46   9   9   1   0   0   56   63   34   34    5   18   29
Mike Nagy              1   2  5.92  11   7   0   0   0   38   45   26   25    3   18    9
Cal Koonce             0   1  7.84   6   1   0   0   0   10   11   10    9    2    8    4

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche           1   0  0.49  16   0   0   2   0   18    8    1    1    0    5   21
Mel Queen              1   1  0.90  17   0   0   3   0   20   16    3    2    0   11   18
Eddie Fisher           4   2  2.57  18   0   0   2   0   28   15   13    8    4    9   20
Clyde Wright           4   3  2.87  11  11   2   0   2   85   75   29   27    7   13   48
Rudy May               3   4  3.28   9   9   2   0   1   58   44   22   21    7   25   57
Andy Messersmith       4   5  3.54  11  11   3   0   0   76   58   36   30    3   43   51
Lloyd Allen            2   1  4.18  13   1   0   2   0   24   22   11   11    3   12   24
Tom Murphy             2   6  4.33  11  11   2   0   0   73   77   37   35    5   24   20
Archie Reynolds        0   1  4.91   6   0   0   0   0   11   12    6    6    2    6    6
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6
Jim Maloney            0   1  6.75   6   2   0   0   0   13   16   10   10    2    9    4

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Bradley            5   3  1.52  11  11   3   0   3   83   60   18   14    3   24   59
Jim Magnuson           0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    1    0    1    3
Wilbur Wood            2   2  1.99   9   7   1   1   1   50   41   16   11    3   11   23
Terry Forster          0   2  2.51  11   1   0   1   0   14   10    4    4    1    3   12
Don Eddy               0   2  2.92  12   0   0   0   0   12   12    4    4    3    9    9
Vicente Romo           1   2  3.52  16   0   0   2   0   23   14    9    9    3   14   16
Joel Horlen            0   1  3.95   9   0   0   2   0   14   13    6    6    1    6   14
Bart Johnson           4   5  4.15  11  11   3   0   0   69   71   36   32    5   33   49
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Steve Kealey           1   1  5.06  15   0   0   1   0   21   23   16   12    4   10   14
Tommy John             2   5  6.08  11   8   0   0   0   47   62   41   32    4   18   23

 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
Steve Mingori          1   1  2.84  18   0   0   1   0   19   10    6    6    2   13   16
Ray Lamb               1   2  3.05  12   6   1   1   0   44   36   16   15    2   15   24
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Rick Austin            0   0  3.21  13   0   0   0   0   14   12    5    5    1   13   10
Steve Dunning          4   2  3.42   8   7   2   0   1   50   40   19   19    6   26   49
Alan Foster            3   2  3.67   9   8   1   0   0   49   41   24   20    3   30   23
Sam McDowell           3   5  3.80  11  10   1   0   0   64   50   31   27    8   60   51
Vince Colbert          1   1  5.83  17   0   0   1   0   29   34   20   19    2   17   11
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
Les Cain               1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    0    0    0    4    6
Fred Scherman          3   0  1.67  21   0   0   4   0   27   20    8    5    2   11   16
Bill Denehy            0   1  2.31   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    3    3    1    7    6
Mickey Lolich          7   3  2.63  13  13   6   0   1   99   81   30   29    6   30   74
Dean Chance            1   6  2.72  10  10   0   0   0   53   52   23   16    3   26   39
Joe Coleman            4   0  3.15   8   8   2   0   0   60   56   23   21    3   23   40
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
Bill Zepp              1   1  4.50  11   3   0   2   0   26   30   14   13    1   15   14
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Joe Niekro             1   4  5.08  10   6   0   1   0   44   49   25   25    4   24   16
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 24.00   6   1   0   1   0    3    8    9    8    0    3    3

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          2   1  1.48  22   0   0   2   0   24   14    5    4    0   11   13
Ted Abernathy          1   3  1.90  21   0   0   9   0   24   13    5    5    0   18   14
Mike Hedlund           4   2  2.17   8   8   1   0   1   54   43   13   13    3   22   15
Bruce Dal Canton       4   2  2.37   8   8   2   0   0   57   53   18   15    1   16   29
Dick Drago             4   1  2.40   9   9   1   0   0   60   66   17   16    0    9   29
Ken Wright             0   2  3.56  10   4   0   1   0   30   23   13   12    3   20   26
Jim York               2   2  4.03  19   0   0   1   0   29   26   13   13    2   20   34
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.17   6   6   0   0   0   31   34   19   18    7    6   15
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  5.76  11   1   0   0   0   25   19   16   16    3   10    8
Jim Rooker             0   5  8.14   8   4   0   0   0   21   26   22   19    0   14   13
Mike McCormick         0   0  9.31   4   1   0   0   0   10   14   10   10    0    5    2

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Morris            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    0    2
Bill Parsons           5   4  1.80   9   9   5   0   2   70   48   14   14    5   29   47
Marty Pattin           4   4  2.50  10  10   4   0   2   76   57   25   21    7   26   54
Skip Lockwood          3   3  2.78   8   8   1   0   0   58   43   21   18    1   30   24
Marcelino Lopez        1   1  2.78  15   0   0   0   0   23   21    9    7    1   14   16
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
Lew Krausse            1   6  3.60   9   9   0   0   0   55   59   24   22    9   25   31
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  4.05   6   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    0    5    3
Jim Hannan             0   0  5.06   4   0   0   0   0    5    8    4    3    1    5    3
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  1.59  14   0   0   2   0   23   17    6    4    2   12   14
Bert Blyleven          5   4  1.90  10  10   5   0   3   81   62   21   17    7   14   64
Pete Hamm              1   0  2.60   3   3   0   0   0   17   14    5    5    2    9    5
Jim Kaat               3   3  3.06  11  10   3   0   2   68   74   26   23    5   15   25
Tom Hall               1   3  3.21  12   7   0   3   0   56   44   24   20    8   19   60
Stan Williams          1   2  3.41  19   0   0   1   0   32   29   17   12    1   20   16
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Jim Perry              5   4  4.28  11  11   2   0   0   69   75   36   33   10   33   22
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Ron Perranoski         0   3  7.71  15   0   0   3   0   16   19   15   14    1   14    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Kline            4   3  1.95   9   9   5   0   1   74   58   18   16    5   12   28
Jack Aker              1   2  2.11  15   0   0   3   0   21   18    6    5    1   10    8
Mel Stottlemyre        4   2  2.79   9   9   4   0   2   68   54   23   21    6   23   33
Gary Waslewski         0   0  3.48  14   0   0   0   0   21   15    8    8    2    8    9
Fritz Peterson         4   3  4.19  10   9   1   0   0   62   75   34   29    6    9   26
Stan Bahnsen           1   6  5.05  11   9   2   0   0   52   64   32   29    8   17   18
Gary Jones             0   0  5.06   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    3    0    4    4
Mike Kekich            1   0  5.28  10   4   0   0   0   31   35   19   18    2   21   20
Lindy McDaniel         2   6  6.14  14   0   0   1   0   22   29   15   15    5    5    9
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             10   1  1.03  12  12  10   0   5   96   53   15   11    1   34   95
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Chuck Dobson           3   0  2.81   5   5   1   0   0   32   29   10   10    5   16   11
Catfish Hunter         8   2  2.92  11  11   7   0   1   83   57   35   27    7   24   52
Diego Segui            3   2  3.31   8   7   3   0   0   49   39   19   18    5   25   23
Bob Locker             3   1  3.42  16   0   0   4   0   24   18    9    9    1    8   15
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
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   4   0   0   2   0   12    2    0    0    0    3    5
Joe Grzenda            3   1  1.02  13   0   0   0   0   18   11    4    2    0    4   14
Horacio Pina           1   0  3.15  17   0   0   0   0   20   16    8    7    0   11   14
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
Dick Bosman            2   6  3.99  11  11   1   0   1   68   67   31   30    9   20   29
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.08   9   1   0   0   0   18   22    8    8    1    6    6
Denny McLain           4   7  4.09  11  11   5   0   2   84   82   41   38   10   24   56
Casey Cox              1   2  4.37  12  10   0   0   0   56   59   32   27    6   17   16
Jim Shellenback        1   2  4.91  14   4   1   0   0   33   45   18   18    4   15   11
Mike Thompson          0   2  5.40   2   2   0   0   0   12    5    8    7    2   14    3
Denny Riddleberger     1   1  7.79  17   0   0   0   0   17   22   15   15    4   11   17

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            10
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  S. Siebert (BOS)          8
  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  B. Parsons (MIL)          5

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)           7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6
  D. Bosman (WAS)           6
  D. Chance (DET)           6
  L. Krausse (MIL)          6
  L. McDaniel (NY)          6
  T. Murphy (CAL)           6
  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  T. John (CHI)             5
  B. Johnson (CHI)          5

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            10
  C. Hunter (OAK)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  M. Lolich (DET)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  S. Kline (NY)             5
  D. McLain (WAS)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  B. Parsons (MIL)          5

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)         9
  S. Lyle (BOS)             8
  K. Sanders (MIL)          6
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  B. Locker (OAK)           4
  F. Scherman (DET)         4
  J. Aker (NY)              3
  T. Hall (MIN)             3
  D. Knowles (OAK)          3
  C. Machemehl (CLE)        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
  B. Parsons (MIL)          2
  M. Pattin (MIL)           2
  S. Siebert (BOS)          2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)        99.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          95.2
  C. Wright (CAL)        84.2
  D. McLain (WAS)        83.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        83.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       83.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        83.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      80.2
  S. Siebert (BOS)       77.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       77.0

Hits:

  D. McLain (WAS)          82
  M. Lolich (DET)          81
  T. Murphy (CAL)          77
  J. Perry (MIN)           75
  F. Peterson (NY)         75
  C. Wright (CAL)          75
  J. Kaat (MIN)            74
  R. Culp (BOS)            72
  B. Johnson (CHI)         71
  S. Siebert (BOS)         69

Runs:

  T. John (CHI)            41
  D. McLain (WAS)          41
  T. Murphy (CAL)          37
  R. Culp (BOS)            36
  B. Johnson (CHI)         36
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     36
  J. Perry (MIN)           36
  C. Hunter (OAK)          35
  G. Peters (BOS)          34
  F. Peterson (NY)         34

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          10
  J. Perry (MIN)           10
  D. Bosman (WAS)           9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  L. Krausse (MIL)          9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           8
  R. Culp (BOS)             8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           8
  T. Hall (MIN)             8
  S. McDowell (CLE)         8

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        60
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     43
  V. Blue (OAK)            34
  B. Johnson (CHI)         33
  J. Perry (MIN)           33
  A. Foster (CLE)          30
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        30
  M. Lolich (DET)          30
  J. Palmer (BAL)          29
  B. Parsons (MIL)         29

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            95
  M. Lolich (DET)          74
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        64
  T. Hall (MIN)            60
  T. Bradley (CHI)         59
  R. May (CAL)             57
  D. McLain (WAS)          56
  M. Pattin (MIL)          54
  C. Hunter (OAK)          52
  S. McDowell (CLE)        51

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