Friday June 25, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 25, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       45  23  3.02   68  31  12   614   536  230  206   60  183  317
Oakland         47  23  3.19   70  33  11   643   512  251  228   55  246  442
Milwaukee       27  39  3.31   66  16   8   585   546  250  215   53  253  336
Chicago         27  38  3.36   65  14  12   584   557  260  218   46  221  382
Kansas City     35  31  3.50   66  10  20   584   545  251  227   33  224  324
Detroit         40  32  3.54   72  16  18   646   588  279  254   54  292  415
California      32  42  3.55   74  11  15   667   625  296  263   48  284  409
Cleveland       32  38  3.56   70  12  15   621   518  270  246   56  347  413
New York        33  37  3.57   70  25   5   628   611  289  249   57  200  298
Minnesota       35  36  3.74   71  17  15   628   602  303  261   64  243  389
Boston          37  31  3.91   68  13  20   611   590  288  265   49  240  383
Washington      24  44  4.10   68   8  11   615   622  307  280   66  245  331

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       16   2  1.37  19  19  16   0   6  157   94   28   24    4   52  158
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      6   3  2.12  16  14   4   1   1  106   86   33   25    9   26   60
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
Bill Parsons (MIL)     6   9  2.46  16  15   6   0   3  110   88   34   30    6   46   70
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   3  2.63  17  17   9   0   1  133  108   45   39   11   51   71
Sonny Siebert (BOS)   10   4  2.64  16  16   4   0   3  116  107   39   34    6   32   71
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    7   9  2.64  18  18   7   0   3  133  112   44   39   13   27  110
B. Dal Canton (KC)     7   2  2.82  13  13   2   0   0   93   82   33   29    6   28   39
Skip Lockwood (MIL)    4   6  2.89  14  14   2   0   0   93   82   40   30    2   48   44

 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  17   0   0   5   0   15   13    4    3    0    5   11
Jim Palmer            10   3  2.63  17  17   9   0   1  133  108   45   39   11   51   71
Tom Dukes              0   3  2.77  15   0   0   4   0   26   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          12   4  3.07  17  17   7   0   0  129  113   47   44   14   31   53
Pete Richert           0   3  3.21  17   0   0   3   0   14    8    5    5    2    7   14
Pat Dobson             6   4  3.34  16  16   5   0   0  116  105   48   43   12   28   70
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
Sonny Siebert         10   4  2.64  16  16   4   0   3  116  107   39   34    6   32   71
Sparky Lyle            3   2  2.86  28   0   0   8   0   28   25    9    9    2   13   25
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Ken Tatum              2   2  3.05  18   0   0   6   0   21   15    7    7    1   12    6
Bobby Bolin            1   2  3.27  28   0   0   4   0   33   28   13   12    1   18   21
Ray Culp               8   5  3.39  17  17   6   0   1  119  110   51   45   10   31   88
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
Jim Lonborg            2   3  4.36   9   8   1   0   0   54   58   29   26    4   18   37
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
Rickey Clark           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Fred Lasher            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0
Mel Queen              1   1  1.45  25   0   0   3   0   31   24    6    5    0   17   28
Dave LaRoche           3   1  2.23  31   0   0   6   0   36   29    9    9    2   12   36
Eddie Fisher           6   3  2.44  30   1   0   2   0   55   41   22   15    6   21   39
Clyde Wright           7   7  3.01  18  18   3   0   2  134  115   50   45    9   32   65
Rudy May               3   5  3.31  11  11   2   0   1   71   55   28   26    7   28   63
Andy Hassler           0   3  3.86   6   4   0   0   0   19   25   10    8    0   15   13
Andy Messersmith       6   7  3.87  17  17   3   0   0  119  105   61   51    6   63   70
Lloyd Allen            2   1  4.12  24   1   0   4   0   39   41   19   18    3   18   32
Tom Murphy             4   9  4.51  18  18   3   0   0  116  132   61   58   10   42   36
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            6   3  2.12  16  14   4   1   1  106   86   33   25    9   26   60
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  3.60  21  12   3   2   0  100   97   45   40    6   49   82
Jim Magnuson           0   0  3.68   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    0    3    4
Tommy John             5   8  3.82  18  15   3   0   1  101  112   56   43    7   33   49
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  1.82  23   0   0   5   0   30   20    6    6    2   16   19
Ray Lamb               4   3  2.35  17  10   3   1   1   77   57   22   20    6   21   42
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.79  29   0   0   1   0   29   19    9    9    2   15   26
Sam McDowell           8   7  2.90  18  16   5   0   2  115   76   42   37   11   95  108
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Alan Foster            5   5  3.12  15  14   2   0   0   92   76   38   32    7   45   48
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   5  3.98  15  14   2   0   1   95   87   42   42   12   47   76
Vince Colbert          2   1  4.37  25   0   0   2   0   45   42   23   22    2   23   21
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
Bill Gilbreth          1   0  1.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    5    1    1    0    7    7
Les Cain               5   1  1.40   8   8   1   0   1   45   27   11    7    1   26   36
Fred Scherman          5   2  2.13  37   0   0  12   0   51   38   15   12    7   19   24
Bill Denehy            0   1  2.78  14   0   0   1   0   23   20    8    7    1   13   11
Mickey Lolich         11   6  3.19  21  21  10   0   2  167  147   61   59   16   50  133
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
Joe Coleman            6   4  4.09  16  15   3   0   0   99   96   47   45    6   36   71
Tom Timmerman          4   3  4.18  24   0   0   1   0   32   27   15   15    4   18   16
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  5.40  14   5   1   1   0   40   36   26   24    4   19   21
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  1.52  33   0   0   5   0   41   32   11    7    0   17   21
Ted Abernathy          2   3  2.25  29   0   0  13   0   36   22    9    9    1   26   22
Ken Wright             2   3  2.38  13   7   1   1   1   53   39   16   14    4   25   48
Bruce Dal Canton       7   2  2.82  13  13   2   0   0   93   82   33   29    6   28   39
Mike Hedlund           6   4  2.99  15  14   3   0   1   93   80   37   31    6   37   34
Jim York               3   3  3.32  27   0   0   1   0   43   36   17   16    4   24   47
Dick Drago             7   3  3.65  15  14   3   0   2   89  106   38   36    2   15   42
Paul Splittorff        2   1  4.07   4   4   1   0   0   24   26   11   11    0    7   16
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.01   7   6   0   0   0   32   35   19   18    7    6   15
Al Fitzmorris          1   1  5.30  19   2   0   0   0   37   34   23   22    3   17   17
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  2.19  33   0   0   8   0   53   50   15   13    3   17   29
Bill Parsons           6   9  2.46  16  15   6   0   3  110   88   34   30    6   46   70
John Morris            1   0  2.79  12   1   0   0   0   29   27   11    9    2    8   11
Skip Lockwood          4   6  2.89  14  14   2   0   0   93   82   40   30    2   48   44
Marty Pattin           6   7  3.06  16  16   6   0   2  121   92   45   41   15   33   86
Lew Krausse            3   9  3.74  17  14   1   0   0   89   99   41   37   13   38   50
Jim Hannan             0   1  4.24  13   0   0   0   0   17   19   11    8    4   13    7
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  4.91  11   0   0   0   0   15   22   10    8    1    7   10
Jim Slaton             2   1  5.19   7   5   1   0   1   26   27   15   15    4   18    8
Marcelino Lopez        1   2  5.20  20   1   0   0   0   28   27   20   16    2   22   19
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   9  2.64  18  18   7   0   3  133  112   44   39   13   27  110
Tom Hall               3   4  3.38  26   7   0   5   0   75   56   32   28    9   35   76
Ray Corbin             4   5  3.59  26   3   0   3   0   58   60   29   23    8   28   35
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  3.97  28   1   0   2   0   48   42   28   21    4   27   29
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  6.75  27   0   0   4   0   33   42   28   25    2   24   16
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  2.43  22   0   0   3   0   30   26    9    8    2   14   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            6   6  3.07  16  16   7   0   1  117  103   49   40   11   24   42
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.26  21   0   0   1   0   30   25   13   11    2   12   15
Fritz Peterson         6   6  3.69  17  16   3   0   0  115  130   59   47   11   23   62
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         3   6  5.73  22   0   0   1   0   38   41   24   24    8   14   20
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             16   2  1.37  19  19  16   0   6  157   94   28   24    4   52  158
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  2.95  16   8   2   3   1   76   59   27   25    9   19   56
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
Blue Moon Odom         3   3  4.08   7   7   0   0   0   35   31   18   16    4   24   20
Bob Locker             3   1  4.11  22   0   0   4   0   31   30   14   14    2   10   20
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
Joe Grzenda            3   1  1.73  22   0   0   0   0   26   20    7    5    0    5   24
Paul Lindblad          2   1  2.10  12   0   0   4   0   30   14    7    7    0   10   17
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.09  11   1   0   0   0   23   25    8    8    1    8    7
Jackie Brown           1   1  3.44   5   3   0   0   0   18   20    8    7    2   14    8
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Horacio Pina           1   1  3.52  29   0   0   1   0   31   29   14   12    0   15   20
Casey Cox              2   3  3.60  22  11   0   3   0   75   72   36   30    6   25   22
Mike Thompson          0   2  4.30   3   3   0   0   0   15    6    8    7    2   18    6
Dick Bosman            5   9  4.45  17  17   1   0   1  109  110   56   54   17   33   52
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
Denny Riddleberger     2   1  4.67  27   0   0   0   0   35   36   18   18    6   15   34
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.90  21   9   0   1   0   61   70   37   33    5   32   19
Pete Broberg           0   1  7.56   2   2   0   0   0    8    9    9    7    1    5    9

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            16
  D. McNally (BAL)         12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  J. Perry (MIN)           11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  S. Siebert (BOS)         10
  R. Culp (BOS)             8
  S. McDowell (CLE)         8

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          13
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         9
  D. Bosman (WAS)           9
  L. Krausse (MIL)          9
  T. Murphy (CAL)           9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9
  T. John (CHI)             8
  J. Kaat (MIN)             7
  S. McDowell (CLE)         7
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      7

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            16
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  S. Kline (NY)             7
  D. McNally (BAL)          7
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       7

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)             6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  B. Parsons (MIL)          3
  S. Siebert (BOS)          3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3
  D. Drago (KC)             2
  J. Kaat (MIN)             2
  M. Lolich (DET)           2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       166.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         157.1
  C. Wright (CAL)       134.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      134.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       133.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     133.0
  D. McNally (BAL)      129.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)       126.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      124.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   122.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         147
  D. McLain (WAS)         134
  T. Murphy (CAL)         132
  F. Peterson (NY)        130
  J. Kaat (MIN)           124
  C. Wright (CAL)         115
  D. McNally (BAL)        113
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       112
  T. John (CHI)           112
  T. Bradley (CHI)        111

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          18
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         16
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  M. Pattin (MIL)          15
  D. McNally (BAL)         14
  J. Perry (MIN)           14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  L. Krausse (MIL)         13
  P. Dobson (BAL)          12

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        95
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     63
  V. Blue (OAK)            52
  J. Palmer (BAL)          51
  M. Lolich (DET)          50
  B. Johnson (CHI)         49
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        48
  S. Dunning (CLE)         47
  J. Perry (MIN)           47
  B. Parsons (MIL)         46

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           158
  M. Lolich (DET)         133
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       110
  S. McDowell (CLE)       108
  R. Culp (BOS)            88
  T. Bradley (CHI)         87
  M. Pattin (MIL)          86
  B. Johnson (CHI)         82
  C. Hunter (OAK)          78
  S. Dunning (CLE)         76


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