Tuesday June 29, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 29, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         50  25  3.19   75  34  13   688   555  268  244   60  263  477
Baltimore       46  27  3.20   73  32  12   663   594  261  236   69  201  355
Milwaukee       31  40  3.21   71  17  11   629   590  263  224   57  262  354
Kansas City     38  33  3.41   71  12  21   627   588  262  238   35  229  347
Chicago         28  42  3.45   70  14  12   628   602  289  241   49  234  416
Cleveland       35  40  3.48   75  14  17   664   551  283  257   57  368  436
California      34  45  3.49   79  11  17   712   658  309  276   52  301  435
New York        35  41  3.52   76  28   5   682   659  309  267   58  211  326
Detroit         42  34  3.60   76  17  18   687   624  301  275   57  308  446
Boston          42  31  3.78   73  16  22   657   629  299  276   51  252  410
Minnesota       37  39  3.79   76  18  16   672   647  326  283   67  264  419
Washington      26  47  4.02   73   9  12   657   665  328  293   72  264  350

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       16   3  1.53  20  20  16   0   6  164   99   32   28    6   55  164
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             7   4  3.53  17  17   6   0   0  125  117   54   49   15   32   77
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  2.67  29   0   0   9   0   30   27    9    9    2   13   26
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            3   3  4.15  10   9   1   0   0   61   65   31   28    4   21   46
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  2.08  33   0   0   7   0   39   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  10  4.37  19  19   3   0   0  124  136   63   60   11   46   37
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   9  3.77  19  16   3   0   1  107  117   60   45    7   34   58
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  28   0   0   3   0   39   38   24   20    7   14   27
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
Ed Farmer              0   0  3.60   8   1   0   2   0   10    8    5    4    2    8   10
Alan Foster            5   6  3.64  16  15   2   0   0   94   81   44   38    7   49   48
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  4.18  26   0   0   2   0   52   48   26   24    2   26   23
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
Chuck Seelbach         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    2    0
Bill Gilbreth          1   0  1.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    5    1    1    0    7    7
Fred Scherman          6   2  2.04  39   0   0  12   0   53   38   15   12    7   19   26
Les Cain               5   2  2.49   9   9   1   0   1   47   30   17   13    3   30   38
Bill Denehy            0   1  2.92  16   0   0   1   0   25   23    9    8    1   13   11
Mickey Lolich         11   6  3.16  22  22  10   0   2  180  154   65   63   17   52  145
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Dean Chance            3   6  3.55  16  12   0   0   0   66   67   33   26    5   39   47
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  4.81  16   6   0   1   0   64   70   34   34    6   31   25
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
Mike Hedlund           7   4  2.81  16  15   4   0   1  102   85   38   32    6   39   38
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
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  1.94  36   0   0  11   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 Slaton             3   1  4.41   8   6   1   0   1   35   36   17   17    6   18   12
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
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             5   5  3.50  27   4   0   3   0   64   64   31   25    9   35   41
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  6.21  29   0   0   5   0   38   48   30   26    2   25   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
Steve Kline            7   6  2.99  17  17   8   0   1  126  109   51   42   11   24   45
Stan Bahnsen           7   7  3.01  18  16   8   0   0  114  101   43   38   11   31   41
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   3  1.53  20  20  16   0   6  164   99   32   28    6   55  164
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  16   0   0   1   0   26   22   13   11    3   10   15
Bob Locker             3   1  3.89  24   0   0   4   0   35   33   15   15    2   10   21
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
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  8.59  13   0   0   2   0   15   13   14   14    2    7    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 Riddleberger     2   1  4.54  30   0   0   0   0   38   39   19   19    7   19   37
Denny McLain           4  14  4.61  18  18   6   0   2  125  141   71   64   19   41   78
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.96  23  10   0   1   0   62   72   38   34    5   34   19
Pete Broberg           0   2  6.28   3   3   0   0   0   14   16   15   10    2    8   13

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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
  T. Murphy (CAL)          10
  D. Bosman (WAS)           9
  T. John (CHI)             9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9
  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
  S. Kline (NY)             8
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  R. Culp (BOS)             7

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        14
  F. Scherman (DET)        12
  K. Sanders (MIL)         11
  S. Lyle (BOS)             9
  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)         164.1
  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)         136
  J. Kaat (MIN)           130
  D. McNally (BAL)        121
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       120
  J. Perry (MIN)          120
  R. Culp (BOS)           117
  P. Dobson (BAL)         117

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          71
  M. Lolich (DET)          65
  T. Murphy (CAL)          63
  F. Peterson (NY)         62
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     61
  C. Hunter (OAK)          60
  T. John (CHI)            60
  J. Perry (MIN)           60
  D. Bosman (WAS)          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
  P. Dobson (BAL)          15
  M. Pattin (MIL)          15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  L. Krausse (MIL)         13

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        96
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     63
  V. Blue (OAK)            55
  J. Palmer (BAL)          55
  B. Johnson (CHI)         52
  M. Lolich (DET)          52
  J. Perry (MIN)           51
  A. Foster (CLE)          49
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        48
  B. Parsons (MIL)         48

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           164
  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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