Thursday June 3, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 3, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       20  26  2.88   46  12   7   410   360  155  131   29  176  251
Baltimore       28  19  3.11   47  20   6   423   370  164  146   38  126  215
Chicago         18  27  3.28   45   9   7   408   370  177  149   30  155  266
Kansas City     24  22  3.36   46   6  15   409   372  167  153   21  162  227
Oakland         34  18  3.37   52  24   7   471   374  195  176   44  179  318
Minnesota       26  25  3.45   51  13  10   451   419  198  173   43  184  267
Detroit         27  23  3.48   50  10  12   447   408  194  173   31  209  281
California      24  28  3.57   52  10  10   469   418  205  186   38  195  310
New York        22  28  3.60   50  17   4   448   440  201  179   42  131  210
Washington      19  30  3.93   49   8   7   437   429  209  191   45  170  228
Cleveland       21  27  3.94   48   7  10   430   362  204  188   37  273  287
Boston          30  20  3.99   50   7  20   449   445  216  199   38  180  277

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       11   2  1.36  14  14  11   0   5  112   67   21   17    3   37  108
Tom Bradley (CHI)      5   4  1.63  13  13   3   0   3   99   73   22   18    3   30   68
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    6   5  1.96  12  12   6   0   3   97   78   25   21    8   18   79
Bill Parsons (MIL)     5   6  1.96  11  11   5   0   2   83   63   22   18    5   35   59
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    9   1  1.97  12  12   3   0   2   91   80   25   20    4   23   55
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      3   2  2.08  11   9   2   1   1   65   54   20   15    4   12   32
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   3  2.23  12  12   7   0   0   93   70   27   23    7   32   53
Dick Drago (KC)        5   1  2.42  10  10   1   0   0   67   73   19   18    0    9   33
Mike Hedlund (KC)      5   3  2.50  10  10   2   0   1   68   56   21   19    4   26   21
B. Dal Canton (KC)     5   2  2.52   9   9   2   0   0   64   60   21   18    2   19   32

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          0   0  1.50   7   0   0   0   0   12    9    2    2    1    2    9
Eddie Watt             1   0  2.13  12   0   0   3   0   13   10    4    3    0    5    8
Jim Palmer             7   3  2.23  12  12   7   0   0   93   70   27   23    7   32   53
Tom Dukes              0   3  3.00  10   0   0   2   0   18   18    6    6    1    3   11
Mike Cuellar           7   1  3.28  12  12   6   0   2   93   78   39   34   11   32   31
Dave McNally           7   4  3.32  12  12   5   0   0   89   85   33   33    7   17   40
Pat Dobson             2   3  3.63  11  11   2   0   0   74   67   34   30    8   21   45
Pete Richert           0   2  3.86  12   0   0   1   0    9    6    4    4    1    7    9
Dick Hall              3   3  4.61   9   0   0   0   0   14   12    9    7    1    3    6
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

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   0  1.71  21   0   0   8   0   21   19    4    4    1    9   19
Sonny Siebert          9   1  1.97  12  12   3   0   2   91   80   25   20    4   23   55
Ken Tatum              2   2  2.33  16   0   0   6   0   19   12    5    5    1   11    6
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Bobby Bolin            0   2  3.13  22   0   0   4   0   23   20    9    8    1   16   19
Bill Lee               4   1  3.60  16   2   0   2   0   35   35   16   14    4   22   28
Ken Brett              0   1  4.23  11   0   0   0   0   28   21   14   13    3   17   23
Ray Culp               6   4  4.32  13  13   3   0   1   83   91   44   40    9   25   57
Jim Lonborg            1   1  5.11   5   4   0   0   0   25   25   16   14    2    3   17
Gary Peters            5   4  5.50  11  11   1   0   0   69   80   42   42    7   24   35
Mike Nagy              1   3  6.63  12   7   0   0   0   38   46   29   28    4   20    9
Cal Koonce             0   1  7.15   7   1   0   0   0   11   12   10    9    2    8    4

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mel Queen              1   1  0.78  19   0   0   3   0   23   18    3    2    0   14   21
Dave LaRoche           2   0  1.82  19   0   0   3   0   25   16    5    5    1    7   26
Eddie Fisher           4   2  2.41  21   0   0   2   0   34   19   14    9    4   14   22
Clyde Wright           5   4  2.83  13  13   3   0   2   99   87   33   31    8   16   54
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
Andy Hassler           0   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    4    8    2    2    0    2    2
Tom Murphy             2   7  4.87  13  13   2   0   0   81   92   46   44    7   26   27
Lloyd Allen            2   1  4.91  16   1   0   2   0   26   25   14   14    3   15   26
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6
Archie Reynolds        0   2  5.28   9   0   0   0   0   15   17   10    9    2   12    9
Jim Maloney            0   2  6.00   7   3   0   0   0   18   21   13   12    2   15    6

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Bradley            5   4  1.63  13  13   3   0   3   99   73   22   18    3   30   68
Jim Magnuson           0   0  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    1    0    1    3
Terry Forster          1   2  1.86  15   1   0   1   0   19   11    4    4    1    5   18
Wilbur Wood            3   2  2.08  11   9   2   1   1   65   54   20   15    4   12   32
Don Eddy               0   2  3.60  15   0   0   0   0   15   14    6    6    3   12    9
Bart Johnson           4   6  4.25  13  12   3   0   0   78   79   42   37    6   39   59
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Steve Kealey           1   1  4.50  18   0   0   1   0   24   24   16   12    4   10   14
Vicente Romo           1   3  4.62  19   0   0   2   0   25   21   13   13    3   16   16
Joel Horlen            0   2  4.91  10   1   0   2   0   18   19   10   10    2    9   17
Tommy John             3   5  5.11  12   9   1   0   1   56   67   41   32    4   19   29

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Hennigan          2   2  1.15  12   0   0   3   0   16    6    2    2    1    9   10
Steve Mingori          1   1  2.45  20   0   0   1   0   22   11    6    6    2   14   20
Ray Lamb               2   2  2.68  14   7   2   1   0   54   42   17   16    3   16   30
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Sam McDowell           5   5  3.22  13  12   2   0   1   81   57   33   29    9   75   70
Rick Austin            0   0  3.24  16   0   0   1   0   17   12    6    6    1   15   14
Alan Foster            3   2  3.54  10   9   1   0   0   56   48   26   22    3   34   25
Steve Dunning          5   3  3.98  10   9   2   0   1   63   53   28   28    8   35   62
Vince Colbert          1   1  5.19  20   0   0   1   0   35   36   21   20    2   23   16
Chuck Machemehl        0   2  6.38  14   0   0   3   0   18   16   16   13    2   15    9
Rich Hand              0   2  7.16   4   3   0   0   0   16   26   14   13    2   11    2
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   1  0.89   3   3   0   0   0   20   13    5    2    1   12   18
Fred Scherman          4   0  1.87  26   0   0   6   0   34   25   10    7    3   13   19
Bill Denehy            0   1  1.98   9   0   0   1   0   14   11    3    3    1    9    6
Mickey Lolich          8   4  2.94  15  15   8   0   1  116   95   39   38    9   36   86
Dean Chance            1   6  2.98  11  11   0   0   0   54   52   25   18    3   31   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            5   1  3.88  10  10   2   0   0   70   73   32   30    3   24   48
Bill Zepp              1   1  3.94  13   3   0   2   0   30   31   15   13    1   16   15
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Joe Niekro             1   4  4.88  11   6   0   1   0   48   52   26   26    4   26   19
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  1.37  23   0   0   3   0   26   17    7    4    0   11   15
Ted Abernathy          1   3  1.78  22   0   0  10   0   25   13    5    5    0   19   17
Dick Drago             5   1  2.42  10  10   1   0   0   67   73   19   18    0    9   33
Mike Hedlund           5   3  2.50  10  10   2   0   1   68   56   21   19    4   26   21
Bruce Dal Canton       5   2  2.52   9   9   2   0   0   64   60   21   18    2   19   32
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  1.86   4   1   0   0   0   10    9    4    2    1    0    3
Bill Parsons           5   6  1.96  11  11   5   0   2   83   63   22   18    5   35   59
Jim Hannan             0   0  2.38   7   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    3    1   10    4
Ken Sanders            2   3  2.52  23   0   0   7   0   36   34   11   10    1   10   20
Marty Pattin           6   4  2.62  12  12   5   0   2   93   69   31   27    9   28   69
Skip Lockwood          3   4  2.99  10  10   1   0   0   69   59   30   23    1   37   34
Lew Krausse            2   6  3.23  10  10   1   0   0   64   64   26   23    9   27   36
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  3.52   7   0   0   0   0    8    7    3    3    0    5    4
Jim Slaton             1   0  3.52   3   2   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    0    6    4
Marcelino Lopez        1   2  4.01  17   0   0   0   0   25   22   13   11    1   15   16
John Gelnar            0   0 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    1    3    2    2    0    1    0
Larry Bearnarth        0   0 18.00   2   0   0   0   0    3   10    6    6    1    2    2

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Strickland         1   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    8    6    1    0    0    1    7
Bert Blyleven          6   5  1.96  12  12   6   0   3   97   78   25   21    8   18   79
Jim Kaat               4   3  2.90  13  12   4   0   2   84   88   30   27    6   16   34
Ray Corbin             4   3  3.18  17   0   0   2   0   28   26   13   10    4   16   17
Tom Hall               1   4  3.45  16   7   0   4   0   60   47   27   23    8   25   61
Stan Williams          1   2  3.53  21   0   0   1   0   36   32   19   14    1   21   20
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Jim Perry              7   4  4.16  13  13   3   0   0   84   83   42   39   10   41   31
Pete Hamm              1   1  5.40   5   5   0   0   0   20   24   12   12    2   12    6
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Ron Perranoski         0   3  8.20  18   0   0   3   0   19   22   18   17    1   17    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              1   2  2.35  17   0   0   3   0   23   21    7    6    1   10   10
Mel Stottlemyre        6   3  2.59  12  12   6   0   2   94   71   30   27    8   31   48
Gary Waslewski         0   0  2.73  17   0   0   0   0   26   19    8    8    2    9   12
Steve Kline            4   5  2.87  11  11   5   0   1   82   73   30   26    7   14   32
Jim Hardin             0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    0    4
Gary Jones             0   0  3.24   5   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    4    7
Stan Bahnsen           3   6  3.88  13  11   4   0   0   70   74   34   30    8   19   23
Fritz Peterson         5   4  4.07  12  11   2   0   0   77   92   41   35    8   11   35
Mike Kekich            1   1  5.45  12   5   0   0   0   38   45   25   23    2   23   26
Lindy McDaniel         2   6  6.17  16   0   0   1   0   23   30   16   16    6    5   10
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             11   2  1.36  14  14  11   0   5  112   67   21   17    3   37  108
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Diego Segui            3   2  3.31   8   7   3   0   0   49   39   19   18    5   25   23
Catfish Hunter         8   3  3.42  13  13   7   0   1   97   75   45   37   10   29   60
Rollie Fingers         2   4  3.43  12   8   2   1   1   66   53   27   25    9   17   48
Chuck Dobson           3   0  3.55   6   6   1   0   0   33   32   13   13    5   17   12
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Bob Locker             3   1  3.95  19   0   0   4   0   27   25   12   12    2    8   18
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  4.19  11   0   0   1   0   19   12    9    9    2   12   10
Jim Roland             0   1  4.67  10   0   0   0   0   17   12   10    9    2    9   10
Blue Moon Odom         1   1  5.40   3   3   0   0   0   12    9    8    7    1    8   10
Daryl Patterson        0   0  5.40   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    2    2
Jim Panther            0   1 11.12   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    9    7    1    5    4
Darold Knowles         0   1 17.36   6   0   0   1   0    5    9    9    9    1    4    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   5   0   0   3   0   12    3    0    0    0    3    6
Joe Grzenda            3   1  0.90  15   0   0   0   0   20   13    4    2    0    4   14
Horacio Pina           1   0  3.38  19   0   0   0   0   21   17    9    8    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   9  3.95  13  13   6   0   2   98   96   47   43   11   31   62
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  4.08   9   1   0   0   0   18   22    8    8    1    6    6
Casey Cox              1   2  4.24  14  10   0   1   0   57   61   32   27    6   17   16
Mike Thompson          0   2  4.30   3   3   0   0   0   15    6    8    7    2   18    6
Dick Bosman            3   7  4.41  13  13   1   0   1   80   80   41   39   12   27   39
Jim Shellenback        1   2  4.62  16   4   1   0   0   37   49   19   19    4   16   15
Denny Riddleberger     2   1  6.04  18   0   0   0   0   22   24   15   15    4   13   22

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            11
  S. Siebert (BOS)          9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          7
  D. McNally (BAL)          7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  J. Perry (MIN)            7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  R. Culp (BOS)             6

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)           9
  D. Bosman (WAS)           7
  T. Murphy (CAL)           7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6
  D. Chance (DET)           6
  B. Johnson (CHI)          6
  L. Krausse (MIL)          6
  L. McDaniel (NY)          6
  B. Parsons (MIL)          6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            11
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          6
  D. McLain (WAS)           6
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       6
  S. Kline (NY)             5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        10
  S. Lyle (BOS)             8
  K. Sanders (MIL)          7
  F. Scherman (DET)         6
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  B. Bolin (BOS)            4
  T. Hall (MIN)             4
  B. Locker (OAK)           4
  J. Aker (NY)              3
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         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)       116.1
  V. Blue (OAK)         112.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       99.1
  C. Wright (CAL)        98.2
  D. McLain (WAS)        98.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        97.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      96.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    93.2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)       93.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)        92.2

Hits:

  D. McLain (WAS)          96
  M. Lolich (DET)          95
  T. Murphy (CAL)          92
  F. Peterson (NY)         92
  R. Culp (BOS)            91
  J. Kaat (MIN)            88
  C. Wright (CAL)          87
  D. McNally (BAL)         85
  J. Perry (MIN)           83
  D. Bosman (WAS)          80

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          47
  T. Murphy (CAL)          46
  C. Hunter (OAK)          45
  R. Culp (BOS)            44
  B. Johnson (CHI)         42
  J. Perry (MIN)           42
  G. Peters (BOS)          42
  D. Bosman (WAS)          41
  T. John (CHI)            41
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     41

Home Runs:

  D. Bosman (WAS)          12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  D. McLain (WAS)          11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  J. Perry (MIN)           10
  R. Culp (BOS)             9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  L. Krausse (MIL)          9
  M. Lolich (DET)           9
  S. McDowell (CLE)         9

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        75
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     47
  J. Perry (MIN)           41
  B. Johnson (CHI)         39
  V. Blue (OAK)            37
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        37
  M. Lolich (DET)          36
  S. Dunning (CLE)         35
  B. Parsons (MIL)         35
  A. Foster (CLE)          34

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           108
  M. Lolich (DET)          86
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        79
  S. McDowell (CLE)        70
  M. Pattin (MIL)          69
  T. Bradley (CHI)         68
  S. Dunning (CLE)         62
  D. McLain (WAS)          62
  T. Hall (MIN)            61
  C. Hunter (OAK)          60

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