Wednesday June 16, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 16, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       37  21  2.98   58  27   8   523   450  196  173   51  161  274
Oakland         41  21  3.17   62  30   8   573   448  223  202   47  219  382
Kansas City     32  25  3.19   57   8  19   507   458  199  180   27  194  274
Milwaukee       22  35  3.37   57  13   7   503   466  215  188   46  231  304
Chicago         22  35  3.40   57  12   9   511   483  229  193   39  198  336
California      29  35  3.46   64  11  12   582   527  250  224   46  241  369
Detroit         35  27  3.49   62  14  15   554   507  238  215   45  244  346
Cleveland       28  32  3.59   60  11  13   533   444  232  213   45  307  362
New York        29  33  3.63   62  23   4   553   537  251  223   52  165  257
Minnesota       31  32  3.76   63  16  14   553   536  260  231   55  218  340
Boston          34  27  3.86   61  10  20   550   532  258  236   45  220  344
Washington      21  38  3.96   59   8   8   535   529  258  235   58  206  283

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       14   2  1.42  17  17  14   0   5  139   82   26   22    4   46  133
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      5   3  2.13  14  12   3   1   1   89   74   29   21    6   22   46
Tom Bradley (CHI)      6   5  2.26  16  16   3   0   3  116   96   33   29    5   34   83
Ray Lamb (CLE)         4   3  2.35  17  10   3   1   1   77   57   22   20    6   21   42
Mike Hedlund (KC)      6   3  2.38  12  12   3   0   1   83   70   26   22    5   30   27
Jim Palmer (BAL)       9   3  2.40  15  15   9   0   1  116   88   36   31   10   44   67
Sonny Siebert (BOS)    9   3  2.45  14  14   3   0   2  103   93   33   28    5   28   61
Clyde Wright (CAL)     7   5  2.60  16  16   3   0   2  121  103   39   35    9   22   61
Dick Drago (KC)        6   2  2.64  12  12   2   0   1   78   87   24   23    0   11   37
Mike Cuellar (BAL)    10   1  2.67  15  15   9   0   3  121   94   41   36   13   39   49

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          0   0  1.29   9   0   0   0   0   14   10    2    2    1    3   11
Eddie Watt             1   0  2.08  14   0   0   4   0   13   11    4    3    0    5    9
Jim Palmer             9   3  2.40  15  15   9   0   1  116   88   36   31   10   44   67
Mike Cuellar          10   1  2.67  15  15   9   0   3  121   94   41   36   13   39   49
Dave McNally          10   4  3.11  15  15   6   0   0  113  104   42   39   11   27   47
Tom Dukes              0   3  3.18  13   0   0   2   0   23   24    8    8    2    3   17
Pat Dobson             3   4  3.70  13  13   3   0   0   90   83   42   37   10   25   54
Pete Richert           0   3  3.97  14   0   0   2   0   11    8    5    5    2    7   11
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 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    2    2    1    2    0

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            3   1  2.00  27   0   0   8   0   27   23    6    6    2   11   25
Ken Tatum              2   2  2.33  16   0   0   6   0   19   12    5    5    1   11    6
Sonny Siebert          9   3  2.45  14  14   3   0   2  103   93   33   28    5   28   61
Bobby Bolin            0   2  2.73  26   0   0   4   0   30   25   10    9    1   17   21
Bill Lee               4   1  2.95  20   2   0   2   0   43   36   16   14    4   24   34
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Ray Culp               7   4  3.69  15  15   4   0   1  102  100   48   42   10   28   75
Ken Brett              0   1  3.82  13   0   0   0   0   33   24   16   14    4   21   29
Jim Lonborg            2   3  4.44   8   7   1   0   0   47   50   26   23    2   15   32
Gary Peters            6   5  5.13  14  14   2   0   0   88  103   51   50   10   31   41
Mike Nagy              1   3  6.63  12   7   0   0   0   38   46   29   28    4   20    9
Cal Koonce             0   1  6.75   8   1   0   0   0   13   13   11   10    2    9    6
Luis Tiant             0   1 45.00   1   1   0   0   0    1    3    5    5    0    3    0

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mel Queen              1   1  1.38  21   0   0   3   0   26   21    5    4    0   16   25
Dave LaRoche           3   0  1.93  26   0   0   5   0   33   22    7    7    2    7   34
Eddie Fisher           5   3  1.97  27   0   0   2   0   46   27   16   10    5   19   31
Clyde Wright           7   5  2.60  16  16   3   0   2  121  103   39   35    9   22   61
Rudy May               3   4  3.28   9   9   2   0   1   58   44   22   21    7   25   57
Andy Hassler           0   2  3.45   5   3   0   0   0   16   19    7    6    0   11   11
Andy Messersmith       5   6  3.78  15  15   3   0   0  105   89   51   44    5   56   62
Tom Murphy             3   8  4.51  16  16   3   0   0  104  111   55   52   10   36   34
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6
Archie Reynolds        0   2  5.09  11   0   0   0   0   18   20   11   10    2   14   11
Lloyd Allen            2   1  5.12  20   1   0   2   0   32   36   19   18    3   16   27
Jim Maloney            0   3  6.14   8   4   0   0   0   22   29   16   15    3   17   10

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wilbur Wood            5   3  2.13  14  12   3   1   1   89   74   29   21    6   22   46
Tom Bradley            6   5  2.26  16  16   3   0   3  116   96   33   29    5   34   83
Terry Forster          1   2  2.91  19   2   0   1   0   22   19    8    7    2    9   19
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Jim Magnuson           0   0  3.68   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    0    3    4
Bart Johnson           4   6  3.88  17  12   3   0   0   93   91   45   40    6   47   76
Joel Horlen            1   3  3.90  12   3   1   2   0   32   32   14   14    3   10   24
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Vicente Romo           1   5  4.50  23   0   0   3   0   30   22   15   15    3   20   20
Tommy John             3   8  4.72  15  12   2   0   1   74   92   52   39    4   23   36
Steve Kealey           1   1  5.59  24   0   0   2   0   29   32   22   18    7   13   18

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Farmer              0   0  0.00   2   0   0   2   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    3
Phil Hennigan          2   2  1.33  17   0   0   4   0   20    9    3    3    1   12   13
Ray Lamb               4   3  2.35  17  10   3   1   1   77   57   22   20    6   21   42
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.77  25   0   0   1   0   26   16    8    8    2   14   24
Sam McDowell           7   5  2.91  15  14   4   0   2   99   65   36   32   10   82   89
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Alan Foster            5   3  3.22  13  12   2   0   0   78   65   32   28    5   41   43
Rick Austin            0   0  3.32  19   0   0   1   0   22   19    8    8    2   16   19
Steve Dunning          6   4  3.64  13  12   2   0   1   82   74   33   33    9   43   69
Vince Colbert          1   1  4.82  22   0   0   1   0   37   37   21   20    2   23   19
Chuck Machemehl        0   2  6.38  14   0   0   3   0   18   16   16   13    2   15    9
Rich Hand              0   3  6.64   5   4   0   0   0   20   31   18   15    2   14    3
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               4   1  1.25   6   6   1   0   1   36   21    9    5    1   18   29
Bill Denehy            0   1  1.76  11   0   0   1   0   15   14    3    3    1    9    6
Fred Scherman          5   0  1.84  31   0   0   9   0   44   32   12    9    4   16   22
Tom Timmerman          4   2  2.96  19   0   0   1   0   24   15    8    8    3   11    9
Dean Chance            2   6  3.05  12  11   0   0   0   59   57   27   20    3   34   41
Mickey Lolich         10   6  3.25  19  19   9   0   1  150  132   55   54   14   45  111
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Bill Zepp              1   1  3.73  15   3   0   2   0   31   36   15   13    1   17   15
Joe Coleman            6   2  4.22  13  13   3   0   0   85   86   42   40    6   30   60
Joe Niekro             1   4  4.75  13   6   0   1   0   53   58   28   28    6   27   20
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Dave Boswell           0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    0    6    3
Mike Kilkenny          1   3  6.23  11   4   1   1   0   30   30   23   21    4   14   17
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          3   2  1.34  27   0   0   5   0   34   23    9    5    0   14   17
Ted Abernathy          2   3  1.89  26   0   0  12   0   33   18    7    7    1   25   19
Mike Hedlund           6   3  2.38  12  12   3   0   1   83   70   26   22    5   30   27
Ken Wright             2   3  2.38  13   7   1   1   1   53   39   16   14    4   25   48
Dick Drago             6   2  2.64  12  12   2   0   1   78   87   24   23    0   11   37
Bruce Dal Canton       6   2  2.99  12  12   2   0   0   84   77   32   28    5   26   38
Paul Splittorff        1   0  3.18   2   2   0   0   0   11   11    4    4    0    4    4
Jim York               3   2  3.71  23   0   0   1   0   34   33   14   14    2   21   38
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.01   7   6   0   0   0   32   35   19   18    7    6   15
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  5.02  14   1   0   0   0   29   21   16   16    3   12   12
Jim Rooker             0   5  6.75  11   4   0   0   0   25   30   22   19    0   15   17
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            1   0  2.11   9   1   0   0   0   21   17    7    5    1    5   10
Ken Sanders            3   3  2.33  29   0   0   7   0   46   45   14   12    2   16   25
Bill Parsons           5   8  2.82  14  13   5   0   2   93   78   33   29    6   44   67
Skip Lockwood          3   5  3.04  12  12   1   0   0   80   67   34   27    2   45   37
Marty Pattin           6   7  3.12  15  15   6   0   2  113   85   43   39   15   31   83
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  3.55   9   0   0   0   0   13   17    7    5    1    7    9
Lew Krausse            2   8  3.60  14  13   1   0   0   80   87   35   32   13   37   44
Jim Hannan             0   1  3.86  11   0   0   0   0   14   16    7    6    2   12    5
Marcelino Lopez        1   2  5.26  19   0   0   0   0   26   25   17   15    1   19   17
Jim Slaton             1   0  6.92   5   3   0   0   0   13   16   10   10    2   12    5
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   7   0   0   0   0   10    7    1    0    0    1    8
Bert Blyleven          7   8  2.82  16  16   7   0   3  118  100   41   37   12   23   95
Jim Kaat               4   6  3.27  17  16   5   0   2  105  117   43   38    7   18   46
Tom Hall               3   4  3.34  22   7   0   5   0   67   54   29   25    9   33   69
Ray Corbin             4   3  3.58  23   0   0   3   0   38   38   20   15    5   23   24
Stan Williams          1   2  3.61  24   1   0   2   0   42   37   22   17    3   22   26
Jim Perry              9   5  4.14  17  16   4   1   0  104  100   51   48   12   45   48
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Pete Hamm              1   1  6.65   8   5   0   0   0   23   32   17   17    2   13    6
Ron Perranoski         0   3  7.45  23   0   0   3   0   29   38   25   24    2   23   12

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              2   2  2.08  19   0   0   3   0   26   21    7    6    1   11   13
Mel Stottlemyre        7   4  2.68  14  14   7   0   3  107   89   38   32    8   36   53
Steve Kline            5   5  3.01  14  14   6   0   1  102   91   39   34   10   18   36
Stan Bahnsen           6   6  3.26  16  14   7   0   0   97   89   40   35   10   29   34
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.49  19   0   0   0   0   28   23   11   11    2   10   13
Fritz Peterson         6   5  3.77  15  14   3   0   0  100  111   49   42   11   16   50
Gary Jones             0   0  4.22   7   0   0   0   0   11    8    5    5    0    5    8
Mike Kekich            1   2  5.52  14   6   0   0   0   44   53   29   27    2   25   29
Jim Hardin             0   1  6.35   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    4    4    0    2    4
Lindy McDaniel         2   6  7.06  19   0   0   1   0   29   38   23   23    8    8   14
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             14   2  1.42  17  17  14   0   5  139   82   26   22    4   46  133
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Chuck Dobson           5   0  2.48   9   9   3   0   0   58   48   16   16    6   24   28
Diego Segui            4   2  2.96  10   7   3   0   0   55   41   19   18    5   26   27
Rollie Fingers         2   4  3.14  14   8   2   1   1   72   55   27   25    9   19   50
Catfish Hunter         9   4  3.33  15  15   8   0   1  114   89   51   42   10   37   72
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Daryl Patterson        0   0  4.15   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    2    1    2    2
Jim Roland             0   1  4.26  12   0   0   1   0   19   13   10    9    2    9   10
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  4.37  13   0   0   1   0   23   15   11   11    2   13   11
Bob Locker             3   1  4.40  21   0   0   4   0   29   29   14   14    2   10   18
Blue Moon Odom         1   3  5.24   5   5   0   0   0   22   23   15   13    2   18   13
Jim Panther            0   1 11.12   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    9    7    1    5    4
Darold Knowles         0   1 12.46   9   0   0   1   0    9   12   12   12    1    4    5
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   1  1.57  10   0   0   4   0   23   10    4    4    0    7   14
Joe Grzenda            3   1  1.88  19   0   0   0   0   24   19    7    5    0    5   21
Jackie Brown           0   0  2.70   2   1   0   0   0    7    9    3    2    0    3    1
Horacio Pina           1   0  2.96  23   0   0   0   0   24   20    9    8    0   12   18
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.09  11   1   0   0   0   23   25    8    8    1    8    7
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Casey Cox              2   3  3.84  18  11   0   1   0   68   68   35   29    6   22   18
Dick Bosman            4   8  4.21  15  15   1   0   1   94   92   46   44   14   30   44
Mike Thompson          0   2  4.30   3   3   0   0   0   15    6    8    7    2   18    6
Denny McLain           4  12  4.34  16  16   6   0   2  112  118   61   54   18   36   73
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.40  19   8   0   1   0   57   61   31   28    4   26   17
Jim Shellenback        1   3  4.93  19   4   1   0   0   42   54   23   23    5   19   18
Denny Riddleberger     2   1  5.10  23   0   0   0   0   30   30   17   17    6   14   30

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  D. McNally (BAL)         10
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  J. Perry (MIN)            9
  S. Siebert (BOS)          9
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  R. Culp (BOS)             7

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          12
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         8
  D. Bosman (WAS)           8
  T. John (CHI)             8
  L. Krausse (MIL)          8
  T. Murphy (CAL)           8
  B. Parsons (MIL)          8
  M. Pattin (MIL)           7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6
  D. Chance (DET)           6

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9
  M. Lolich (DET)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       7
  S. Kline (NY)             6
  D. McLain (WAS)           6

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        12
  F. Scherman (DET)         9
  S. Lyle (BOS)             8
  K. Sanders (MIL)          7
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         5
  T. Hall (MIN)             5
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          5
  B. Bolin (BOS)            4
  P. Hennigan (CLE)         4

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3
  J. Kaat (MIN)             2
  S. McDowell (CLE)         2
  D. McLain (WAS)           2
  B. Parsons (MIL)          2
  M. Pattin (MIL)           2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       149.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         139.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      121.1
  C. Wright (CAL)       121.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     118.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       116.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)      115.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       113.2
  D. McNally (BAL)      113.0
  M. Pattin (MIL)       112.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         132
  D. McLain (WAS)         118
  J. Kaat (MIN)           117
  T. Murphy (CAL)         111
  F. Peterson (NY)        111
  D. McNally (BAL)        104
  G. Peters (BOS)         103
  C. Wright (CAL)         103
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       100
  R. Culp (BOS)           100

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          61
  M. Lolich (DET)          55
  T. Murphy (CAL)          55
  T. John (CHI)            52
  C. Hunter (OAK)          51
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     51
  J. Perry (MIN)           51
  G. Peters (BOS)          51
  F. Peterson (NY)         49
  R. Culp (BOS)            48

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          18
  M. Pattin (MIL)          15
  D. Bosman (WAS)          14
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  L. Krausse (MIL)         13
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  J. Perry (MIN)           12
  D. McNally (BAL)         11
  F. Peterson (NY)         11

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        82
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     56
  B. Johnson (CHI)         47
  V. Blue (OAK)            46
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        45
  M. Lolich (DET)          45
  J. Perry (MIN)           45
  J. Palmer (BAL)          44
  B. Parsons (MIL)         44
  S. Dunning (CLE)         43

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           133
  M. Lolich (DET)         111
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        95
  S. McDowell (CLE)        89
  T. Bradley (CHI)         83
  M. Pattin (MIL)          83
  B. Johnson (CHI)         76
  R. Culp (BOS)            75
  D. McLain (WAS)          73
  C. Hunter (OAK)          72

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