Monday June 28, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 28, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       45  27  3.16   72  31  12   654   582  255  230   66  197  348
Oakland         50  24  3.18   74  34  13   679   547  263  240   58  259  471
Milwaukee       30  40  3.22   70  17  10   620   581  261  222   55  262  350
Cleveland       35  39  3.41   74  14  17   656   540  274  249   57  359  434
Detroit         42  33  3.45   75  17  18   679   607  286  260   55  299  438
Kansas City     37  33  3.45   70  11  21   618   583  261  237   35  227  343
Chicago         28  41  3.45   69  14  12   620   595  284  238   49  232  406
California      34  44  3.51   78  11  17   703   654  307  274   51  297  434
New York        34  41  3.54   75  27   5   673   653  307  265   58  211  323
Boston          41  31  3.81   72  16  21   648   620  297  274   51  249  400
Minnesota       36  39  3.82   75  18  15   663   640  323  281   66  256  413
Washington      26  46  4.02   72   9  12   649   656  322  290   71  260  344

 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   4  1.97  17  15   4   1   1  114   95   35   25    9   27   63
Ray Lamb (CLE)         5   3  2.13  18  11   3   1   1   85   64   22   20    6   25   45
Tom Bradley (CHI)      7   6  2.45  19  19   3   0   3  132  115   46   36    6   39   96
Bill Parsons (MIL)     6   9  2.55  17  16   6   0   3  113   94   39   32    6   48   72
Sonny Siebert (BOS)   11   4  2.59  17  17   5   0   3  125  113   41   36    7   37   76
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   4  2.69  18  18   9   0   1  140  115   48   42   11   55   81
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   8   6  2.73  17  17   8   0   4  132  110   46   40   11   43   65
Sam McDowell (CLE)     9   7  2.76  19  17   6   0   2  124   80   43   38   12   96  116
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   2   4  2.80  18   8   2   5   1   80   61   27   25    9   19   59

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Watt             1   0  1.86  20   0   0   5   0   19   18    5    4    0    5   15
Grant Jackson          1   1  2.38  11   2   0   0   0   23   22    6    6    2    4   20
Tom Dukes              0   3  2.54  16   0   0   4   0   28   24    8    8    2    5   22
Jim Palmer            10   4  2.69  18  18   9   0   1  140  115   48   42   11   55   81
Mike Cuellar          11   1  2.87  18  18  10   0   3  141  116   50   45   16   42   54
Dave McNally          12   4  3.18  18  18   7   0   0  136  121   51   48   16   32   56
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  5.40  14   0   0   0   0   23   26   16   14    2    8   11
Pete Richert           0   4  5.40  19   0   0   3   0   17   12   10   10    2   10   15
Dave Boswell           1   1 11.81   5   0   0   0   0    5   11    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
Bobby Bolin            2   2  3.09  29   0   0   4   0   35   29   13   12    1   18   22
Ray Culp               9   5  3.23  18  18   7   0   1  128  117   52   46   10   33   92
Bill Lee               4   2  3.26  22   3   0   2   0   50   44   21   18    4   25   39
Ken Tatum              2   2  3.32  19   0   0   7   0   22   17    8    8    1   12    6
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 11.25   3   2   0   0   0    8   10   10   10    0    7    5

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Lasher            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0
Mel Queen              1   1  1.57  27   0   0   3   0   34   27    7    6    1   18   31
Dave LaRoche           3   1  2.13  32   0   0   7   0   38   29    9    9    2   12   39
Eddie Fisher           6   4  2.40  33   1   0   3   0   60   44   23   16    6   23   42
Clyde Wright           7   7  3.01  18  18   3   0   2  134  115   50   45    9   32   65
Rickey Clark           1   0  3.38   2   1   0   0   0    8    7    3    3    2    5    4
Rudy May               3   5  3.40  12  12   2   0   1   77   60   31   29    7   31   65
Andy Messersmith       7   7  3.71  18  18   3   0   0  124  108   61   51    6   63   75
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
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   3  4.94  12   1   0   0   0   24   29   14   13    2   16   12
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   4  1.97  17  15   4   1   1  114   95   35   25    9   27   63
Tom Bradley            7   6  2.45  19  19   3   0   3  132  115   46   36    6   39   96
Jim Magnuson           0   0  2.61   7   0   0   0   0   10    7    4    3    0    5    4
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Bart Johnson           4   6  3.55  23  12   3   2   0  104  100   46   41    6   52   83
Tommy John             5   8  3.82  18  15   3   0   1  101  112   56   43    7   33   49
Terry Forster          2   3  4.33  24   2   0   1   0   27   28   14   13    4   11   25
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Steve Kealey           1   1  4.66  27   0   0   3   0   37   36   23   19    7   13   26
Joel Horlen            2   5  4.85  15   5   1   2   0   43   46   24   23    3   13   28
Vicente Romo           1   6  6.53  25   1   0   3   0   30   27   22   22    3   22   20
Stan Perzanowski       0   0 20.25   2   0   0   0   0    3   10    7    6    1    0    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Hennigan          3   2  1.76  24   0   0   5   0   31   20    6    6    2   16   22
Ray Lamb               5   3  2.13  18  11   3   1   1   85   64   22   20    6   25   45
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.56  31   0   0   3   0   32   20    9    9    2   16   27
Sam McDowell           9   7  2.76  19  17   6   0   2  124   80   43   38   12   96  116
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
Ed Farmer              0   0  3.60   7   1   0   2   0   10    8    5    4    2    6   10
Rick Austin            0   0  3.68  20   0   0   1   0   22   21    9    9    3   16   19
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  4.58   8   7   0   0   0   37   39   22   19    3   23    9
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          6   2  2.04  39   0   0  12   0   53   38   15   12    7   19   26
Bill Denehy            0   1  2.66  15   0   0   1   0   24   21    8    7    1   13   11
Mickey Lolich         11   6  3.16  22  22  10   0   2  180  154   65   63   17   52  145
Dean Chance            3   6  3.23  15  12   0   0   0   64   62   30   23    5   38   43
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
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   4  5.12  15   6   1   1   0   46   42   29   26    4   20   24
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  2.29  32   0   0  14   0   39   25   10   10    1   27   23
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
Paul Splittorff        3   1  2.97   5   5   2   0   1   33   33   11   11    0    7   21
Mike Hedlund           6   4  2.99  15  14   3   0   1   93   80   37   31    6   37   34
Jim York               3   3  3.30  28   0   0   1   0   44   36   17   16    4   24   47
Dick Drago             7   4  3.57  16  15   3   0   2   96  114   40   38    2   15   46
Bill Butler            1   0  3.86   1   1   0   0   0    7    9    3    3    2    1    6
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  6.61  14   5   0   0   0   33   39   27   24    0   18   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  1.95  35   0   0  10   0   60   53   15   13    3   17   33
Bill Parsons           6   9  2.55  17  16   6   0   3  113   94   39   32    6   48   72
John Morris            2   0  2.67  15   1   0   0   0   34   34   12   10    3    9   12
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  10  3.66  18  14   1   0   0   91  101   42   37   13   38   50
Jim Hannan             1   1  4.43  14   1   0   0   0   22   24   14   11    5   14   10
Marcelino Lopez        1   2  4.83  21   2   0   0   0   32   28   21   17    2   27   21
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
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  10  2.85  19  19   7   0   3  139  120   49   44   13   28  116
Tom Hall               3   4  3.36  27   7   0   5   0   75   57   32   28    9   36   77
Jim Kaat               5   7  3.40  19  18   6   0   2  119  130   50   45    7   20   56
Ray Corbin             4   5  3.59  26   3   0   3   0   58   60   29   23    8   28   35
Stan Williams          2   2  3.66  30   1   0   2   0   52   43   28   21    4   28   30
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  6.62  28   0   0   4   0   35   45   29   26    2   24   18
Pete Hamm              1   1  7.71   9   5   0   0   0   23   35   20   20    3   14    6
Steve Luebber          0   0  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    5    6    5    5    0    4    3
Hal Haydel             0   1 20.25   2   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    1    2

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              3   2  2.56  24   0   0   3   0   32   27   10    9    2   17   13
Mel Stottlemyre        8   6  2.73  17  17   8   0   4  132  110   46   40   11   43   65
Stan Bahnsen           7   7  3.01  18  16   8   0   0  114  101   43   38   11   31   41
Steve Kline            6   6  3.07  16  16   7   0   1  117  103   49   40   11   24   42
Jim Hardin             0   1  3.21   6   1   0   0   0   14   18    6    5    0    3    8
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.26  21   0   0   1   0   30   25   13   11    2   12   15
Fritz Peterson         6   7  3.64  18  17   4   0   0  124  137   62   50   11   25   68
Mike Kekich            1   3  5.04  16   8   0   0   0   55   66   35   31    2   30   37
Lindy McDaniel         3   7  5.80  24   0   0   1   0   40   45   26   26    8   15   21
Gary Jones             0   0  8.25  10   0   0   0   0   12   15   11   11    0    6   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             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
Rollie Fingers         2   4  2.80  18   8   2   5   1   80   61   27   25    9   19   59
Chuck Dobson           6   0  3.12  11  11   3   0   0   66   60   24   23    8   30   35
Blue Moon Odom         4   3  3.25   8   8   1   0   1   44   38   18   16    4   25   23
Diego Segui            4   3  3.32  12   9   3   0   0   65   53   26   24    5   30   37
Catfish Hunter        11   5  3.45  18  18   9   0   1  133  114   60   51   12   46   88
Jim Roland             1   1  3.81  15   0   0   1   0   26   20   12   11    3   10   15
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Bob Locker             3   1  4.01  23   0   0   4   0   34   32   15   15    2   10   21
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  5.32  15   0   0   1   0   24   19   14   14    3   16   11
Daryl Patterson        0   0  7.94   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    5    5    3    4    2
Darold Knowles         0   2  9.22  12   0   0   2   0   14   13   14   14    2    6    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            4   1  1.39  23   0   0   0   0   32   23    7    5    0    7   26
Paul Lindblad          2   1  2.61  14   0   0   4   0   31   18    9    9    1   10   18
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.09  11   1   0   0   0   23   25    8    8    1    8    7
Casey Cox              2   4  3.42  25  11   0   3   0   79   74   41   30    6   26   24
Horacio Pina           1   1  3.48  30   0   0   2   0   31   29   14   12    0   15   20
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Jackie Brown           1   1  3.65   6   4   0   0   0   25   29   11   10    4   17   10
Jim Shellenback        2   4  3.92  21   6   2   0   1   57   66   25   25    6   22   24
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
Denny Riddleberger     2   1  4.66  29   0   0   0   0   37   39   19   19    7   18   35
Jerry Janeski          1   5  5.04  22  10   0   1   0   61   70   38   34    5   34   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)             9
  S. McDowell (CLE)         9

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        10
  L. Krausse (MIL)         10
  D. Bosman (WAS)           9
  T. Murphy (CAL)           9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9
  T. John (CHI)             8
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           7
  J. Kaat (MIN)             7
  L. McDaniel (NY)          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
  R. Culp (BOS)             7
  S. Kline (NY)             7

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        14
  F. Scherman (DET)        12
  K. Sanders (MIL)         10
  S. Lyle (BOS)             8
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          7
  K. Tatum (BOS)            7
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  T. Hall (MIN)             5
  P. Hennigan (CLE)         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)       179.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         157.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      141.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       140.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     139.0
  D. McNally (BAL)      135.2
  C. Wright (CAL)       134.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       133.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      132.0
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   131.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         154
  D. McLain (WAS)         141
  F. Peterson (NY)        137
  T. Murphy (CAL)         132
  J. Kaat (MIN)           130
  D. McNally (BAL)        121
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       120
  J. Perry (MIN)          120
  R. Culp (BOS)           117
  G. Peters (BOS)         117

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          71
  M. Lolich (DET)          65
  F. Peterson (NY)         62
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     61
  T. Murphy (CAL)          61
  C. Hunter (OAK)          60
  J. Perry (MIN)           60
  D. Bosman (WAS)          56
  T. John (CHI)            56
  G. Peters (BOS)          56

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          19
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         16
  D. McNally (BAL)         16
  J. Perry (MIN)           16
  M. Pattin (MIL)          15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  L. Krausse (MIL)         13
  P. Dobson (BAL)          12

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        96
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     63
  J. Palmer (BAL)          55
  V. Blue (OAK)            52
  B. Johnson (CHI)         52
  M. Lolich (DET)          52
  J. Perry (MIN)           51
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        48
  B. Parsons (MIL)         48
  S. Dunning (CLE)         47

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           158
  M. Lolich (DET)         145
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       116
  S. McDowell (CLE)       116
  T. Bradley (CHI)         96
  R. Culp (BOS)            92
  C. Hunter (OAK)          88
  M. Pattin (MIL)          88
  B. Johnson (CHI)         83
  J. Palmer (BAL)          81

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