Thursday May 27, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 27, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       17  23  2.83   40  10   7   356   300  126  112   26  159  216
Baltimore       24  17  3.01   41  20   2   368   315  138  123   31  112  180
Oakland         31  16  3.26   47  23   6   428   335  173  155   39  161  286
Minnesota       23  22  3.26   45  11   9   397   363  167  144   39  158  237
Chicago         16  23  3.29   39   8   7   350   320  155  128   28  131  229
Detroit         24  20  3.34   44   9  10   396   363  164  147   27  183  248
California      22  24  3.38   46   9   9   421   356  175  158   34  166  283
Kansas City     20  22  3.52   42   4  13   373   342  158  146   19  155  203
New York        18  24  3.67   42  13   4   376   371  169  153   36  118  170
Boston          28  15  3.69   43   7  18   387   376  173  159   24  156  231
Washington      17  28  4.02   45   7   5   403   399  197  180   43  153  206
Cleveland       18  24  4.09   42   5   9   377   325  187  171   32  232  241

 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)    6   4  1.81  11  11   6   0   3   90   70   22   18    7   16   76
Steve Kline (NY)       4   3  1.95   9   9   5   0   1   74   58   18   16    5   12   28
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      3   2  1.99  10   8   2   1   1   59   47   18   13    4   11   29
B. Dal Canton (KC)     4   2  2.37   8   8   2   0   0   57   53   18   15    1   16   29
Dick Drago (KC)        4   1  2.40   9   9   1   0   0   60   66   17   16    0    9   29
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   2  2.42  11  11   7   0   0   86   65   26   23    7   30   50

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          0   0  0.96   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    1    1    1    2    9
Eddie Watt             1   0  2.35   7   0   0   1   0    8    7    3    2    0    3    4
Jim Palmer             7   2  2.42  11  11   7   0   0   86   65   26   23    7   30   50
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
Mike Cuellar           6   1  3.27  11  11   6   0   2   85   70   34   31    8   30   23
Tom Dukes              0   3  3.68   7   0   0   0   0   15   15    6    6    1    3   10
Pete Richert           0   2  4.70  10   0   0   1   0    8    5    4    4    1    5    7
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6   12    5    3    0    3    3
Dick Hall              2   3  5.40   8   0   0   0   0   12   11    9    7    1    3    4

 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  2.76  14   2   0   2   0   29   27   11    9    2   17   23
Bobby Bolin            0   2  3.60  17   0   0   2   0   20   17    9    8    1   15   17
Ray Culp               5   3  4.15  11  11   3   0   1   74   81   38   34    8   22   49
Gary Peters            5   3  5.25  10  10   1   0   0   62   71   36   36    5   22   32
Jim Lonborg            1   0  5.28   3   2   0   0   0   15   13    9    9    1    2   11
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           2   0  0.42  17   0   0   2   0   22   10    1    1    0    5   25
Mel Queen              1   1  0.90  17   0   0   3   0   20   16    3    2    0   11   18
Eddie Fisher           4   2  2.35  19   0   0   2   0   31   16   13    8    4   11   21
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
Archie Reynolds        0   1  4.15   7   0   0   0   0   13   12    6    6    2    9    7
Lloyd Allen            2   1  4.18  13   1   0   2   0   24   22   11   11    3   12   24
Tom Murphy             2   6  4.70  12  12   2   0   0   77   81   42   40    6   26   22
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            3   2  1.99  10   8   2   1   1   59   47   18   13    4   11   29
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   8   0   0   3   0   13    4    0    0    0    5    9
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
Alan Foster            3   2  3.67   9   8   1   0   0   49   41   24   20    3   30   23
Steve Dunning          5   2  3.72   9   8   2   0   1   58   47   24   24    7   31   57
Sam McDowell           3   5  3.80  11  10   1   0   0   64   50   31   27    8   60   51
Vince Colbert          1   1  5.46  18   0   0   1   0   31   35   20   19    2   17   12
Rich Hand              0   2  6.08   3   2   0   0   0   13   19   10    9    1    7    1
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

 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  1.59  22   0   0   4   0   28   21    8    5    2   11   17
Bill Denehy            0   1  2.31   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    3    3    1    7    6
Mickey Lolich          8   3  2.66  14  14   7   0   1  108   89   33   32    8   33   80
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
Mike Kilkenny          0   2  8.44   7   2   0   1   0   11   12   11   10    0    7    5
Jim Foor               0   0 18.00   3   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    4    2

 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
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
Mike Hedlund           4   3  2.58   9   9   1   0   1   59   49   19   17    3   25   18
Ken Wright             0   2  3.56  10   4   0   1   0   30   23   13   12    3   20   26
Jim York               2   2  4.20  20   0   0   1   0   30   30   14   14    2   21   34
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.01   7   6   0   0   0   32   35   19   18    7    6   15
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  5.61  12   1   0   0   0   26   19   16   16    3   10   10
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
Marcelino Lopez        1   1  2.55  16   0   0   0   0   25   21    9    7    1   14   16
Marty Pattin           5   4  2.58  11  11   4   0   2   84   60   28   24    8   27   63
Ken Sanders            1   3  2.73  19   0   0   7   0   30   28    9    9    1    9   17
Skip Lockwood          3   4  2.76   9   9   1   0   0   65   50   25   20    1   36   28
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          6   4  1.81  11  11   6   0   3   90   70   22   18    7   16   76
Pete Hamm              1   0  2.60   3   3   0   0   0   17   14    5    5    2    9    5
Jim Kaat               3   3  3.01  12  11   3   0   2   75   80   28   25    5   15   30
Stan Williams          1   2  3.41  19   0   0   1   0   32   29   17   12    1   20   16
Tom Hall               1   4  3.67  13   7   0   3   0   56   45   27   23    8   22   60
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  7.41  16   0   0   3   0   17   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        5   2  2.58  10  10   5   0   2   77   60   24   22    6   24   39
Gary Waslewski         0   0  3.18  15   0   0   0   0   23   15    8    8    2    9   10
Fritz Peterson         4   4  4.35  11  10   1   0   0   68   81   38   33    7   11   31
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  3.12  12  12   7   0   1   92   69   40   32    9   26   57
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
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  4.19  11   0   0   1   0   19   12    9    9    2   12   10
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  0.92  14   0   0   0   0   20   13    4    2    0    4   14
Horacio Pina           1   0  3.00  18   0   0   0   0   21   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   4  3.70  16   5   0   1   0   41   41   20   17    3   18   12
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
Dick Bosman            2   7  4.33  12  12   1   0   1   73   74   37   35   11   24   33
Casey Cox              1   2  4.37  12  10   0   0   0   56   59   32   27    6   17   16
Jim Shellenback        1   2  4.63  15   4   1   0   0   35   46   18   18    4   15   14
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
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  S. Siebert (BOS)          8
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          6
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5
  R. Culp (BOS)             5

Losses:

  D. Bosman (WAS)           7
  D. McLain (WAS)           7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           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
  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          6
  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)          7
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  B. Locker (OAK)           4
  F. Scherman (DET)         4
  J. Aker (NY)              3
  T. Hall (MIN)             3
  P. Hennigan (CLE)         3
  D. Knowles (OAK)          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)       108.1
  V. Blue (OAK)          95.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        92.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      89.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)        85.2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)       85.1
  C. Wright (CAL)        84.2
  D. McLain (WAS)        83.2
  M. Pattin (MIL)        83.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)       83.0

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          89
  D. McLain (WAS)          82
  R. Culp (BOS)            81
  T. Murphy (CAL)          81
  F. Peterson (NY)         81
  J. Kaat (MIN)            80
  J. Perry (MIN)           75
  C. Wright (CAL)          75
  D. Bosman (WAS)          74
  B. Johnson (CHI)         71

Runs:

  T. Murphy (CAL)          42
  T. John (CHI)            41
  D. McLain (WAS)          41
  C. Hunter (OAK)          40
  R. Culp (BOS)            38
  F. Peterson (NY)         38
  D. Bosman (WAS)          37
  B. Johnson (CHI)         36
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     36
  J. Perry (MIN)           36

Home Runs:

  D. Bosman (WAS)          11
  D. McLain (WAS)          10
  J. Perry (MIN)           10
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  L. Krausse (MIL)          9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          8
  R. Culp (BOS)             8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           8

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        60
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     43
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        36
  V. Blue (OAK)            34
  B. Johnson (CHI)         33
  M. Lolich (DET)          33
  J. Perry (MIN)           33
  S. Dunning (CLE)         31
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         30
  A. Foster (CLE)          30

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)            95
  M. Lolich (DET)          80
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        76
  M. Pattin (MIL)          63
  T. Hall (MIN)            60
  T. Bradley (CHI)         59
  S. Dunning (CLE)         57
  C. Hunter (OAK)          57
  R. May (CAL)             57
  D. McLain (WAS)          56


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