Saturday May 29, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 29, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       18  24  2.82   42  11   7   374   313  134  117   26  164  230
Baltimore       25  18  3.23   43  20   3   385   338  153  138   34  119  188
Chicago         16  25  3.25   41   8   7   368   335  161  133   28  141  244
Oakland         32  17  3.38   49  23   6   445   355  185  167   43  167  298
Kansas City     21  22  3.44   43   5  13   382   348  158  146   19  157  212
Detroit         25  21  3.46   46   9  11   413   383  176  159   29  192  257
Minnesota       24  23  3.47   47  11  10   415   383  184  160   40  170  248
California      23  25  3.49   48   9  10   438   376  187  170   36  175  291
New York        19  25  3.68   44  14   4   394   384  179  161   37  123  180
Boston          29  16  3.82   45   7  19   405   398  188  172   31  161  246
Cleveland       20  24  3.92   44   7   9   395   332  188  172   33  242  258
Washington      17  29  4.02   46   7   5   412   408  202  184   44  157  211

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       10   2  1.31  13  13  10   0   5  103   61   19   15    3   36  102
Tom Bradley (CHI)      5   4  1.58  12  12   3   0   3   91   67   20   16    3   28   64
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    9   0  1.77  11  11   3   0   2   86   75   21   17    3   19   52
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    6   4  1.81  11  11   6   0   3   90   70   22   18    7   16   76
Bill Parsons (MIL)     5   5  1.99  10  10   5   0   2   77   53   18   17    5   32   56
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
Mike Hedlund (KC)      4   3  2.58   9   9   1   0   1   59   49   19   17    3   25   18

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          0   0  1.74   6   0   0   0   0   10    8    2    2    1    2    9
Jim Palmer             7   2  2.42  11  11   7   0   0   86   65   26   23    7   30   50
Eddie Watt             1   0  2.61   9   0   0   2   0   10    9    4    3    0    3    4
Mike Cuellar           6   1  3.27  11  11   6   0   2   85   70   34   31    8   30   23
Dave McNally           6   4  3.29  11  11   5   0   0   82   77   30   30    6   17   36
Tom Dukes              0   3  3.52   8   0   0   0   0   15   16    6    6    1    3   10
Pat Dobson             2   3  3.74  10  10   2   0   0   67   61   32   28    8   20   40
Pete Richert           0   2  3.86  12   0   0   1   0    9    6    4    4    1    7    9
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6   12    5    3    0    3    3
Dave Boswell           1   0  5.40   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    1    1    0
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
Sonny Siebert          9   0  1.77  11  11   3   0   2   86   75   21   17    3   19   52
Sparky Lyle            2   0  1.83  19   0   0   8   0   20   17    4    4    1    9   15
Ken Tatum              2   2  2.33  16   0   0   6   0   19   12    5    5    1   11    6
Bill Lee               4   1  2.76  14   2   0   2   0   29   27   11    9    2   17   23
Ken Brett              0   1  3.38  10   0   0   0   0   27   19   11   10    3   15   23
Bobby Bolin            0   2  3.43  19   0   0   3   0   21   18    9    8    1   15   18
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  5.29   4   3   0   0   0   17   18   12   10    1    2   12
Mike Nagy              1   3  6.63  12   7   0   0   0   38   46   29   28    4   20    9
Roger Moret            0   0  7.71   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    1    3
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  0.79  18   0   0   3   0   23   12    2    2    0    6   26
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   4  2.95  12  12   2   0   2   92   83   32   30    8   14   51
Rudy May               3   4  3.28   9   9   2   0   1   58   44   22   21    7   25   57
Andy Messersmith       5   5  3.76  12  12   3   0   0   84   65   41   35    4   47   54
Archie Reynolds        0   1  4.15   7   0   0   0   0   13   12    6    6    2    9    7
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
Lloyd Allen            2   1  4.97  15   1   0   2   0   25   25   14   14    3   15   25
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   4  1.58  12  12   3   0   3   91   67   20   16    3   28   64
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  2.16  13   1   0   1   0   17   11    4    4    1    4   16
Don Eddy               0   2  2.63  13   0   0   0   0   14   13    4    4    3   10    9
Vicente Romo           1   2  3.47  17   0   0   2   0   23   15    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   6  4.20  12  12   3   0   0   75   76   40   35    5   37   55
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Steve Kealey           1   1  4.98  16   0   0   1   0   22   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
Ray Lamb               2   2  2.70  13   7   2   1   0   53   41   17   16    3   16   30
Steve Mingori          1   1  2.84  18   0   0   1   0   19   10    6    6    2   13   16
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
Sam McDowell           4   5  3.33  12  11   2   0   1   73   52   31   27    8   69   62
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
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               2   0  1.42   2   2   0   0   0   13    9    2    2    1    7   12
Fred Scherman          3   0  1.76  23   0   0   5   0   31   23    9    6    2   12   18
Bill Denehy            0   1  1.98   9   0   0   1   0   14   11    3    3    1    9    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
Tom Timmerman          4   2  3.13  17   0   0   1   0   23   15    8    8    3   10    9
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Joe Coleman            4   1  3.77   9   9   2   0   0   62   64   28   26    3   24   41
Bill Zepp              1   1  4.33  12   3   0   2   0   27   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  9.95   8   2   0   1   0   13   15   15   14    1    9    6
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             1   2  2.75  11   5   1   1   1   39   29   13   12    3   22   35
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   5  1.99  10  10   5   0   2   77   53   18   17    5   32   56
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
Skip Lockwood          3   4  2.76   9   9   1   0   0   65   50   25   20    1   36   28
Ken Sanders            1   3  2.84  20   0   0   7   0   32   31   11   10    1    9   17
Lew Krausse            2   6  3.23  10  10   1   0   0   64   64   26   23    9   27   36
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  5.06   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   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    0    4
Bert Blyleven          6   4  1.81  11  11   6   0   3   90   70   22   18    7   16   76
Ray Corbin             4   3  2.81  16   0   0   2   0   26   21   11    8    3   15   16
Jim Kaat               3   3  3.01  12  11   3   0   2   75   80   28   25    5   15   30
Tom Hall               1   4  3.51  15   7   0   4   0   59   46   27   23    8   23   61
Stan Williams          1   2  3.74  20   0   0   1   0   34   32   19   14    1   20   18
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Jim Perry              6   4  4.54  12  12   2   0   0   75   78   41   38   10   39   25
Pete Hamm              1   0  4.66   4   4   0   0   0   19   20   10   10    2   11    6
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Ron Perranoski         0   3  6.87  17   0   0   3   0   18   20   15   14    1   14    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              1   2  2.01  16   0   0   3   0   22   18    6    5    1   10   10
Mel Stottlemyre        5   2  2.58  10  10   5   0   2   77   60   24   22    6   24   39
Steve Kline            4   4  2.62  10  10   5   0   1   76   64   26   22    6   14   30
Gary Waslewski         0   0  3.04  16   0   0   0   0   24   15    8    8    2    9   11
Gary Jones             0   0  3.68   4   0   0   0   0    7    5    3    3    0    4    5
Fritz Peterson         4   4  4.35  11  10   1   0   0   68   81   38   33    7   11   31
Stan Bahnsen           2   6  4.45  12  10   3   0   0   61   68   33   30    8   19   21
Mike Kekich            1   0  5.08  11   4   0   0   0   34   38   20   19    2   22   21
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   2  1.31  13  13  10   0   5  103   61   19   15    3   36  102
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
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
Chuck Dobson           3   0  3.55   6   6   1   0   0   33   32   13   13    5   17   12
Rollie Fingers         2   4  3.55  11   8   2   0   1   63   52   27   25    9   17   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
Bob Locker             3   1  4.21  18   0   0   4   0   26   23   12   12    2    8   17
Daryl Patterson        0   0  5.40   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    2    2
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
Denny McLain           4   8  4.07  12  12   5   0   2   91   88   45   41   11   27   60
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.08   9   1   0   0   0   18   22    8    8    1    6    6
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  4.62  16   4   1   0   0   37   49   19   19    4   16   15
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
  S. Siebert (BOS)          9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          6
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  J. Perry (MIN)            6
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)           8
  D. Bosman (WAS)           7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6
  D. Chance (DET)           6
  B. Johnson (CHI)          6
  L. Krausse (MIL)          6
  L. McDaniel (NY)          6
  T. Murphy (CAL)           6
  S. Hargan (CLE)           5
  T. John (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
  F. Scherman (DET)         5
  T. Hall (MIN)             4
  B. Locker (OAK)           4
  J. Aker (NY)              3
  B. Bolin (BOS)            3
  P. Hennigan (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)       108.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         103.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)        92.1
  C. Wright (CAL)        91.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)       91.0
  D. McLain (WAS)        90.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      89.2
  S. Siebert (BOS)       86.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        85.2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)       85.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          89
  D. McLain (WAS)          88
  C. Wright (CAL)          83
  R. Culp (BOS)            81
  T. Murphy (CAL)          81
  F. Peterson (NY)         81
  J. Kaat (MIN)            80
  J. Perry (MIN)           78
  D. McNally (BAL)         77
  B. Johnson (CHI)         76

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          45
  T. Murphy (CAL)          42
  T. John (CHI)            41
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     41
  J. Perry (MIN)           41
  C. Hunter (OAK)          40
  B. Johnson (CHI)         40
  R. Culp (BOS)            38
  F. Peterson (NY)         38
  D. Bosman (WAS)          37

Home Runs:

  D. Bosman (WAS)          11
  D. McLain (WAS)          11
  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)        69
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     47
  J. Perry (MIN)           39
  B. Johnson (CHI)         37
  V. Blue (OAK)            36
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        36
  M. Lolich (DET)          33
  B. Parsons (MIL)         32
  S. Dunning (CLE)         31
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         30

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           102
  M. Lolich (DET)          80
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        76
  T. Bradley (CHI)         64
  M. Pattin (MIL)          63
  S. McDowell (CLE)        62
  T. Hall (MIN)            61
  D. McLain (WAS)          60
  S. Dunning (CLE)         57
  C. Hunter (OAK)          57

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