Tuesday June 22, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 22, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       42  23  3.04   65  30  10   587   515  221  198   57  174  307
Oakland         45  23  3.24   68  32  10   625   500  248  225   53  242  424
Kansas City     35  29  3.31   64  10  20   568   522  232  209   31  214  310
Milwaukee       24  38  3.36   62  13   8   549   511  240  205   52  242  323
Chicago         25  38  3.42   63  13  11   566   545  257  215   44  218  371
California      31  39  3.52   70  11  14   634   585  277  248   47  268  390
Cleveland       32  35  3.54   67  11  15   597   493  259  235   53  339  389
New York        31  37  3.59   68  24   5   606   595  282  242   55  192  281
Detroit         38  31  3.61   69  14  18   615   565  272  247   53  277  392
Minnesota       35  34  3.72   69  17  15   610   582  292  252   61  238  374
Boston          36  30  3.90   66  12  20   593   573  280  257   47  233  370
Washington      24  41  3.93   65   8  11   589   586  282  257   61  228  318

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       15   2  1.46  18  18  15   0   5  148   89   28   24    4   51  146
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      5   3  2.04  15  13   3   1   1   97   80   30   22    7   24   55
Ray Lamb (CLE)         4   3  2.35  17  10   3   1   1   77   57   22   20    6   21   42
Tom Bradley (CHI)      7   6  2.45  18  18   3   0   3  125  111   43   34    6   37   87
Jim Palmer (BAL)       9   3  2.53  16  16   9   0   1  125  100   40   35   10   48   69
Mike Hedlund (KC)      6   3  2.59  14  13   3   0   1   87   75   30   25    5   32   30
Sonny Siebert (BOS)   10   4  2.64  16  16   4   0   3  116  107   39   34    6   32   71
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    7   8  2.64  17  17   7   0   3  126  105   42   37   12   25  102
Bill Parsons (MIL)     5   9  2.68  15  14   5   0   2  101   83   34   30    6   45   70
B. Dal Canton (KC)     7   2  2.82  13  13   2   0   0   93   82   33   29    6   28   39

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   0  0.87  10   1   0   0   0   21   17    2    2    1    4   18
Eddie Watt             1   0  1.76  16   0   0   5   0   15   12    4    3    0    5   11
Jim Palmer             9   3  2.53  16  16   9   0   1  125  100   40   35   10   48   69
Tom Dukes              0   3  2.88  14   0   0   3   0   25   24    8    8    2    5   19
Mike Cuellar          11   1  2.96  17  17  10   0   3  134  111   49   44   16   40   50
Dave McNally          11   4  3.23  16  16   6   0   0  120  109   46   43   14   27   50
Pete Richert           0   3  3.29  16   0   0   2   0   14    8    5    5    2    7   14
Pat Dobson             5   4  3.33  15  15   5   0   0  108   97   45   40   10   26   65
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6   12    5    3    0    3    3
Dick Hall              3   4  6.11  11   0   0   0   0   18   20   14   12    1    6    8
Dave Boswell           1   1 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    3    3    1    3    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
Sonny Siebert         10   4  2.64  16  16   4   0   3  116  107   39   34    6   32   71
Ken Tatum              2   2  2.70  17   0   0   6   0   20   13    6    6    1   12    6
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Bobby Bolin            1   2  3.27  28   0   0   4   0   33   28   13   12    1   18   21
Bill Lee               4   2  3.40  21   3   0   2   0   48   43   21   18    4   25   38
Ken Brett              0   1  3.50  14   0   0   0   0   36   27   16   14    4   23   32
Ray Culp               7   5  3.59  16  16   5   0   1  110  105   50   44   10   29   80
Jim Lonborg            2   3  4.44   8   7   1   0   0   47   50   26   23    2   15   32
Gary Peters            6   5  5.09  15  15   2   0   0   94  109   54   53   11   32   43
Cal Koonce             0   1  6.28   9   1   0   0   0   14   13   11   10    2    9    6
Mike Nagy              1   3  6.63  12   7   0   0   0   38   46   29   28    4   20    9
Luis Tiant             0   1 15.75   2   1   0   0   0    4    5    7    7    0    5    2

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mel Queen              1   1  1.55  23   0   0   3   0   29   24    6    5    0   17   27
Eddie Fisher           5   3  1.81  29   0   0   2   0   50   32   17   10    5   20   33
Dave LaRoche           3   1  2.38  29   0   0   6   0   34   25    9    9    2   11   35
Clyde Wright           7   6  2.83  17  17   3   0   2  127  108   44   40    9   27   62
Rudy May               3   5  3.31  11  11   2   0   1   71   55   28   26    7   28   63
Andy Messersmith       6   6  3.83  16  16   3   0   0  113   97   55   48    6   59   64
Andy Hassler           0   3  3.86   6   4   0   0   0   19   25   10    8    0   15   13
Lloyd Allen            2   1  4.38  23   1   0   3   0   37   39   19   18    3   18   31
Tom Murphy             4   8  4.58  17  17   3   0   0  110  123   59   56   10   39   35
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
Jim Maloney            0   3  6.17   9   4   0   0   0   23   31   17   16    3   18   10

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wilbur Wood            5   3  2.04  15  13   3   1   1   97   80   30   22    7   24   55
Tom Bradley            7   6  2.45  18  18   3   0   3  125  111   43   34    6   37   87
Terry Forster          1   3  2.88  22   2   0   1   0   25   23    9    8    2   11   23
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Bart Johnson           4   6  3.64  20  12   3   1   0   99   97   45   40    6   49   81
Jim Magnuson           0   0  3.68   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    0    3    4
Tommy John             4   8  4.15  17  14   3   0   1   93  106   56   43    7   32   44
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Joel Horlen            2   4  4.78  14   4   1   2   0   38   42   20   20    3   11   26
Vicente Romo           1   5  5.10  24   0   0   3   0   30   23   17   17    3   21   20
Steve Kealey           1   1  5.12  25   0   0   3   0   32   33   22   18    7   13   21
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 20.25   1   0   0   0   0    1    5    4    3    0    0    0

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Hennigan          2   2  1.55  22   0   0   5   0   29   17    5    5    1   16   19
Ray Lamb               4   3  2.35  17  10   3   1   1   77   57   22   20    6   21   42
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.57  28   0   0   1   0   28   17    8    8    2   15   25
Sam McDowell           8   6  2.94  17  15   4   0   2  107   71   40   35   10   90   94
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Alan Foster            5   4  3.23  14  13   2   0   0   86   71   37   31    7   44   44
Rick Austin            0   0  3.68  20   0   0   1   0   22   21    9    9    3   16   19
Ed Farmer              0   0  3.72   6   1   0   2   0   10    8    5    4    2    5   10
Steve Dunning          6   4  3.86  14  13   2   0   1   89   80   38   38   11   45   72
Vince Colbert          2   1  4.15  24   0   0   2   0   43   39   21   20    2   23   20
Rich Hand              1   4  4.88   7   6   0   0   0   31   35   20   17    3   20    5
Chuck Machemehl        0   2  6.38  14   0   0   3   0   18   16   16   13    2   15    9
Steve Hargan           1   5  7.22   8   8   0   0   0   34   44   29   27    4   18   10

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Les Cain               5   1  1.40   8   8   1   0   1   45   27   11    7    1   26   36
Fred Scherman          5   1  1.99  36   0   0  12   0   50   37   14   11    6   19   24
Bill Denehy            0   1  3.26  13   0   0   1   0   19   19    8    7    1   11    9
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Dean Chance            3   6  3.34  14  12   0   0   0   62   62   30   23    5   35   42
Mickey Lolich         10   6  3.37  20  20   9   0   1  158  139   61   59   16   48  122
Tom Timmerman          4   3  3.86  23   0   0   1   0   30   23   13   13    4   16   14
Joe Coleman            6   4  4.09  16  15   3   0   0   99   96   47   45    6   36   71
Joe Niekro             2   4  4.28  15   6   0   1   0   61   63   29   29    6   29   23
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Bill Zepp              1   1  5.12  16   4   0   2   0   32   41   20   18    2   17   15
Mike Kilkenny          1   3  5.56  13   4   1   1   0   34   32   23   21    4   17   20
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

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          3   2  1.63  31   0   0   5   0   39   30   11    7    0   16   17
Paul Splittorff        2   0  2.21   3   3   1   0   0   20   18    5    5    0    6   13
Ted Abernathy          2   3  2.31  28   0   0  13   0   35   22    9    9    1   25   21
Ken Wright             2   3  2.38  13   7   1   1   1   53   39   16   14    4   25   48
Mike Hedlund           6   3  2.59  14  13   3   0   1   87   75   30   25    5   32   30
Bruce Dal Canton       7   2  2.82  13  13   2   0   0   93   82   33   29    6   28   39
Dick Drago             7   3  3.06  14  14   3   0   2   88  101   32   30    1   14   41
Jim York               3   3  3.32  27   0   0   1   0   43   36   17   16    4   24   47
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.01   7   6   0   0   0   32   35   19   18    7    6   15
Al Fitzmorris          1   1  5.55  17   2   0   0   0   36   31   23   22    3   16   16
Jim Rooker             0   6  6.68  13   5   0   0   0   32   39   27   24    0   17   21
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
Ken Sanders            4   3  2.28  32   0   0   8   0   51   48   15   13    3   16   28
John Morris            1   0  2.42  11   1   0   0   0   26   23    9    7    2    7   10
Bill Parsons           5   9  2.68  15  14   5   0   2  101   83   34   30    6   45   70
Marty Pattin           6   7  3.06  16  16   6   0   2  121   92   45   41   15   33   86
Skip Lockwood          3   6  3.09  13  13   1   0   0   84   74   39   29    2   45   40
Lew Krausse            3   8  3.41  16  13   1   0   0   87   91   37   33   13   38   47
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  3.77  10   0   0   0   0   14   19    8    6    1    7   10
Jim Hannan             0   1  4.11  12   0   0   0   0   15   18   10    7    3   12    6
Marcelino Lopez        1   2  5.20  20   1   0   0   0   28   27   20   16    2   22   19
Jim Slaton             1   1  7.94   6   4   0   0   0   17   23   15   15    4   14    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   8   0   0   0   0   12    8    7    0    1    5    9
Bert Blyleven          7   8  2.64  17  17   7   0   3  126  105   42   37   12   25  102
Tom Hall               3   4  3.08  24   7   0   5   0   73   54   29   25    9   34   74
Ray Corbin             4   4  3.60  25   2   0   3   0   50   52   26   20    6   27   32
Jim Kaat               4   7  3.60  18  17   5   0   2  110  124   49   44    7   19   49
Jim Perry             11   5  3.81  19  18   5   1   0  120  110   55   51   14   47   53
Stan Williams          2   2  4.02  27   1   0   2   0   47   42   28   21    4   26   28
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
Ron Perranoski         1   3  6.68  26   0   0   4   0   32   39   25   24    2   24   15
Pete Hamm              1   1  7.71   9   5   0   0   0   23   35   20   20    3   14    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              3   2  2.17  21   0   0   3   0   29   24    8    7    1   13   13
Mel Stottlemyre        7   6  2.93  16  16   7   0   3  123  106   46   40   11   43   60
Stan Bahnsen           7   6  3.07  17  15   8   0   0  106   97   41   36   10   30   36
Steve Kline            5   6  3.16  15  15   6   0   1  108   98   47   38   10   23   37
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.26  21   0   0   1   0   30   25   13   11    2   12   15
Fritz Peterson         6   6  3.64  16  15   3   0   0  106  121   55   43   11   20   54
Jim Hardin             0   1  4.70   5   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    0    2    6
Gary Jones             0   0  4.91   9   0   0   0   0   11    9    6    6    0    5    9
Mike Kekich            1   2  5.40  15   7   0   0   0   48   59   32   29    2   28   32
Lindy McDaniel         2   6  6.42  21   0   0   1   0   34   41   24   24    8   11   16
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             15   2  1.46  18  18  15   0   5  148   89   28   24    4   51  146
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Chuck Dobson           5   0  2.87  10  10   3   0   0   60   52   20   19    6   27   29
Rollie Fingers         2   4  2.99  15   8   2   2   1   75   58   27   25    9   19   55
Diego Segui            4   2  3.10  11   8   3   0   0   61   48   23   21    5   28   32
Catfish Hunter        10   5  3.50  17  17   9   0   1  126  106   58   49   12   41   78
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Jim Roland             1   1  4.07  14   0   0   1   0   24   19   12   11    3   10   14
Bob Locker             3   1  4.11  22   0   0   4   0   31   30   14   14    2   10   20
Blue Moon Odom         2   3  4.28   6   6   0   0   0   27   25   15   13    2   21   15
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  4.63  14   0   0   1   0   23   17   12   12    2   15   11
Daryl Patterson        0   0  7.94   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    5    5    3    4    2
Darold Knowles         0   2  9.45  11   0   0   2   0   13   13   14   14    2    5    9
Jim Panther            0   1 11.12   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    9    7    1    5    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
Jackie Brown           1   0  1.29   3   2   0   0   0   14   14    3    2    0    8    6
Joe Grzenda            3   1  1.80  21   0   0   0   0   25   19    7    5    0    5   24
Paul Lindblad          2   1  2.10  12   0   0   4   0   30   14    7    7    0   10   17
Pete Broberg           0   0  2.84   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    2    2    0    4    7
Horacio Pina           1   1  3.00  26   0   0   1   0   27   25   11    9    0   12   20
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  3.58  21  11   0   3   0   73   71   35   29    6   24   20
Dick Bosman            5   8  4.26  16  16   1   0   1  101  100   50   48   15   31   48
Mike Thompson          0   2  4.30   3   3   0   0   0   15    6    8    7    2   18    6
Denny McLain           4  13  4.58  17  17   6   0   2  120  134   68   61   18   38   76
Jim Shellenback        1   4  4.66  20   5   1   0   0   48   60   25   25    6   21   21
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.76  20   9   0   1   0   59   67   35   31    5   29   19
Denny Riddleberger     2   1  4.83  26   0   0   0   0   32   31   17   17    6   14   31

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            15
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  D. McNally (BAL)         11
  J. Perry (MIN)           11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  S. Siebert (BOS)         10
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  S. McDowell (CLE)         8
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           7

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          13
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         8
  D. Bosman (WAS)           8
  T. John (CHI)             8
  L. Krausse (MIL)          8
  T. Murphy (CAL)           8
  J. Kaat (MIN)             7
  M. Pattin (MIL)           7
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           6

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            15
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  M. Lolich (DET)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       7
  S. Kline (NY)             6
  D. McLain (WAS)           6

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        13
  F. Scherman (DET)        12
  S. Lyle (BOS)             8
  K. Sanders (MIL)          8
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          6
  K. Tatum (BOS)            6
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         5
  T. Hall (MIN)             5
  P. Hennigan (CLE)         5
  E. Watt (BAL)             5

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       157.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         148.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      134.0
  C. Wright (CAL)       127.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     126.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)       126.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      124.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       124.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   122.2
  M. Pattin (MIL)       120.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         139
  D. McLain (WAS)         134
  J. Kaat (MIN)           124
  T. Murphy (CAL)         123
  F. Peterson (NY)        121
  T. Bradley (CHI)        111
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        111
  J. Perry (MIN)          110
  D. McNally (BAL)        109
  G. Peters (BOS)         109

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          68
  M. Lolich (DET)          61
  T. Murphy (CAL)          59
  C. Hunter (OAK)          58
  T. John (CHI)            56
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     55
  J. Perry (MIN)           55
  F. Peterson (NY)         55
  G. Peters (BOS)          54
  D. Bosman (WAS)          50

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          18
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         16
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  D. Bosman (WAS)          15
  M. Pattin (MIL)          15
  D. McNally (BAL)         14
  J. Perry (MIN)           14
  L. Krausse (MIL)         13
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          12

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        90
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     59
  V. Blue (OAK)            51
  B. Johnson (CHI)         49
  M. Lolich (DET)          48
  J. Palmer (BAL)          48
  J. Perry (MIN)           47
  S. Dunning (CLE)         45
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        45
  B. Parsons (MIL)         45

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           146
  M. Lolich (DET)         122
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       102
  S. McDowell (CLE)        94
  T. Bradley (CHI)         87
  M. Pattin (MIL)          86
  B. Johnson (CHI)         81
  R. Culp (BOS)            80
  C. Hunter (OAK)          78
  D. McLain (WAS)          76


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