Saturday June 26, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 26, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       45  25  3.11   70  31  12   631   559  243  218   64  188  328
Oakland         48  23  3.18   71  33  12   652   521  253  230   55  251  454
Milwaukee       28  39  3.26   67  17   8   594   557  250  215   53  253  338
Chicago         28  38  3.33   66  14  12   594   563  263  220   46  225  391
Detroit         41  32  3.49   73  17  18   655   593  279  254   54  293  420
Kansas City     35  32  3.51   67  10  20   592   556  255  231   33  224  327
New York        34  37  3.52   71  26   5   637   615  289  249   57  200  303
Cleveland       32  39  3.52   71  13  15   629   524  271  246   56  349  415
California      32  43  3.55   75  11  15   676   632  300  267   48  289  417
Minnesota       35  37  3.76   72  17  15   637   612  308  266   66  248  393
Boston          39  31  3.84   70  15  20   630   604  292  269   51  245  391
Washington      24  45  4.10   69   8  11   623   632  311  284   68  250  334

 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  19  19   3   0   3  132  115   46   36    6   39   96
Bill Parsons (MIL)     6   9  2.46  16  15   6   0   3  110   88   34   30    6   46   70
Sonny Siebert (BOS)   11   4  2.59  17  17   5   0   3  125  113   41   36    7   37   76
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   3  2.63  17  17   9   0   1  133  108   45   39   11   51   71
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    7   9  2.64  18  18   7   0   3  133  112   44   39   13   27  110
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   8   6  2.73  17  17   8   0   4  132  110   46   40   11   43   65
Marty Pattin (MIL)     7   7  2.85  17  17   7   0   3  130  103   45   41   15   33   88

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Watt             1   0  2.08  18   0   0   5   0   17   17    5    4    0    5   13
Grant Jackson          1   1  2.38  11   2   0   0   0   23   22    6    6    2    4   20
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  2.87  18  18  10   0   3  141  116   50   45   16   42   54
Pete Richert           0   3  3.00  18   0   0   3   0   15    9    5    5    2    7   15
Dave McNally          12   4  3.07  17  17   7   0   0  129  113   47   44   14   31   53
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   5  6.20  13   0   0   0   0   20   23   16   14    2    7    9
Dave Boswell           1   1 12.60   4   0   0   0   0    5   10    8    7    3    5    1

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sonny Siebert         11   4  2.59  17  17   5   0   3  125  113   41   36    7   37   76
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            7   5  4.77  16  16   3   0   0  104  117   56   55   12   32   46
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   4  2.57  31   1   0   2   0   56   43   23   16    6   22   41
Clyde Wright           7   7  3.01  18  18   3   0   2  134  115   50   45    9   32   65
Rudy May               3   5  3.40  12  12   2   0   1   77   60   31   29    7   31   65
Lloyd Allen            2   1  3.83  25   1   0   4   0   42   41   19   18    3   19   36
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
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  19  19   3   0   3  132  115   46   36    6   39   96
Terry Forster          2   3  2.81  23   2   0   1   0   26   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  3.53  22  12   3   2   0  102   99   45   40    6   51   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
Steve Hargan           1   6  5.83   9   9   1   0   0   42   50   30   27    4   20   12
Chuck Machemehl        0   2  6.38  14   0   0   3   0   18   16   16   13    2   15    9

 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            7   4  3.75  17  16   4   0   1  108  101   47   45    6   37   76
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  2.19  30   0   0  13   0   37   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   3  2.95  14  14   2   0   0   98   91   36   32    6   28   42
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
Roger Nelson           0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    0    0
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
Marty Pattin           7   7  2.85  17  17   7   0   3  130  103   45   41   15   33   88
Skip Lockwood          4   6  2.89  14  14   2   0   0   93   82   40   30    2   48   44
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
Hal Haydel             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    2
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
Stan Williams          2   2  3.88  29   1   0   2   0   49   42   28   21    4   27   29
Jim Perry             11   6  3.95  20  19   5   1   0  128  120   60   56   16   51   55
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        8   6  2.73  17  17   8   0   4  132  110   46   40   11   43   65
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  2.87  17   8   2   4   1   78   60   27   25    9   19   58
Diego Segui            4   2  3.10  11   8   3   0   0   61   48   23   21    5   28   32
Catfish Hunter        11   5  3.45  18  18   9   0   1  133  114   60   51   12   46   88
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  3.55  23  11   0   3   0   76   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  14  4.61  18  18   6   0   2  125  141   71   64   19   41   78
Jim Shellenback        1   4  4.66  20   5   1   0   0   48   60   25   25    6   21   21
Denny Riddleberger     2   1  4.66  28   0   0   0   0   37   39   19   19    7   17   35
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
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  J. Perry (MIN)           11
  S. Siebert (BOS)         11
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  R. Culp (BOS)             8
  S. McDowell (CLE)         8

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          14
  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
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  S. Kline (NY)             7
  D. McNally (BAL)          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
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  B. Parsons (MIL)          3
  M. Pattin (MIL)           3
  S. Siebert (BOS)          3
  D. Drago (KC)             2
  J. Kaat (MIN)             2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       166.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         157.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      141.0
  C. Wright (CAL)       134.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       133.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     133.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)       133.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      132.0
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   131.2
  M. Pattin (MIL)       129.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         147
  D. McLain (WAS)         141
  T. Murphy (CAL)         132
  F. Peterson (NY)        130
  J. Kaat (MIN)           124
  J. Perry (MIN)          120
  G. Peters (BOS)         117
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        116
  T. Bradley (CHI)        115
  C. Wright (CAL)         115

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          71
  M. Lolich (DET)          61
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     61
  T. Murphy (CAL)          61
  C. Hunter (OAK)          60
  J. Perry (MIN)           60
  F. Peterson (NY)         59
  D. Bosman (WAS)          56
  T. John (CHI)            56
  G. Peters (BOS)          56

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          19
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         16
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  J. Perry (MIN)           16
  M. Pattin (MIL)          15
  D. McNally (BAL)         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
  B. Johnson (CHI)         51
  J. Palmer (BAL)          51
  J. Perry (MIN)           51
  M. Lolich (DET)          50
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        48
  S. Dunning (CLE)         47
  C. Hunter (OAK)          46

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           158
  M. Lolich (DET)         133
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       110
  S. McDowell (CLE)       108
  T. Bradley (CHI)         96
  R. Culp (BOS)            88
  C. Hunter (OAK)          88
  M. Pattin (MIL)          88
  B. Johnson (CHI)         82
  D. McLain (WAS)          78


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