Wednesday June 30, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 30, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       47  28  3.23   75  32  13   681   612  269  244   71  206  363
Oakland         50  26  3.24   76  34  13   697   569  278  251   61  264  483
Milwaukee       31  42  3.26   73  17  11   647   613  279  234   61  273  366
Kansas City     38  34  3.41   72  12  21   636   594  266  241   36  232  354
Chicago         30  42  3.43   72  15  13   646   620  297  246   50  244  432
Cleveland       36  41  3.46   77  14  17   682   569  291  262   59  381  451
California      35  45  3.48   80  11  17   721   667  312  279   52  304  444
New York        35  42  3.50   77  29   5   691   665  311  269   58  212  333
Detroit         42  35  3.64   77  17  18   696   633  307  281   59  315  453
Boston          43  31  3.79   74  16  23   666   640  303  280   52  254  414
Minnesota       38  39  3.79   77  18  17   681   659  330  287   69  264  425
Washington      27  47  3.98   74  10  12   666   671  329  294   73  266  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)      7   4  1.90  18  16   5   1   1  123  103   38   26   10   28   72
Ray Lamb (CLE)         5   3  2.13  18  11   3   1   1   85   64   22   20    6   25   45
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
Tom Bradley (CHI)      8   6  2.61  20  20   3   0   3  138  123   51   40    6   44  101
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   4  2.69  18  18   9   0   1  140  115   48   42   11   55   81
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   8   7  2.69  18  18   9   0   4  140  116   48   42   11   44   72
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  1.74  21   0   0   5   0   21   20    5    4    0    5   15
Tom Dukes              0   3  2.51  17   0   0   4   0   29   24    8    8    2    5   22
Grant Jackson          2   1  2.64  12   3   0   0   0   31   29    9    9    3    7   26
Jim Palmer            10   4  2.69  18  18   9   0   1  140  115   48   42   11   55   81
Mike Cuellar          11   1  2.99  19  19  10   0   3  148  125   54   49   17   42   56
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  5.18  15   0   0   1   0   24   26   16   14    2    8   11
Pete Richert           0   5  5.94  20   0   0   3   0   17   12   11   11    2   12   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  3.03  30   0   0   5   0   36   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            8   5  4.74  17  17   3   0   0  112  128   60   59   13   34   50
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  13  13   2   0   1   85   69   34   32    7   34   73
Andy Messersmith       7   7  3.71  18  18   3   0   0  124  108   61   51    6   63   75
Lloyd Allen            3   1  3.74  26   1   0   4   0   43   41   19   18    3   19   37
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            7   4  1.90  18  16   5   1   1  123  103   38   26   10   28   72
Tom Bradley            8   6  2.61  20  20   3   0   3  138  123   51   40    6   44  101
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  3.45  24  12   3   3   0  107  102   46   41    6   56   85
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          4   2  1.65  25   0   0   5   0   33   20    6    6    2   20   23
Ray Lamb               5   3  2.13  18  11   3   1   1   85   64   22   20    6   25   45
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.45  32   0   0   3   0   33   22    9    9    2   17   28
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  3.79  16  15   2   0   1  102   94   46   43   12   49   82
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   7  5.66  10  10   1   0   0   49   59   34   31    6   26   19
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  2.77  17   0   0   1   0   26   23    9    8    1   15   13
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  3.44  17  12   0   0   0   68   68   33   26    5   40   48
Joe Coleman            7   5  3.98  18  17   4   0   1  113  106   52   50    8   39   80
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  5.24  16   6   1   1   0   46   45   30   27    4   22   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  1.50  34   0   0   5   0   42   32   11    7    0   17   21
Ted Abernathy          2   4  2.23  33   0   0  14   0   40   27   11   10    1   29   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
Paul Splittorff        3   1  2.97   5   5   2   0   1   33   33   11   11    0    7   21
Bruce Dal Canton       7   3  3.01  15  15   2   0   0  105   95   39   35    7   29   49
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  1.88  37   0   0  11   0   62   54   17   13    4   17   35
Bill Parsons           6   9  2.55  17  16   6   0   3  113   94   39   32    6   48   72
Marty Pattin           7   7  2.85  17  17   7   0   3  130  103   45   41   15   33   88
Skip Lockwood          4   6  2.88  16  15   2   0   0  100   90   45   32    3   51   47
John Morris            2   1  3.44  17   1   0   0   0   37   38   16   14    4   11   16
Lew Krausse            3  11  3.84  20  14   1   0   0   94  106   46   40   14   39   51
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  4.58  22   3   0   0   0   35   33   22   18    2   32   23
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  3.24  28   7   0   6   0   78   59   32   28    9   36   80
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             12   6  4.03  21  20   5   1   0  134  130   64   60   18   51   58
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   7  2.69  18  18   9   0   4  140  116   48   42   11   44   72
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
Catfish Hunter        11   6  3.54  19  19   9   0   1  135  119   65   53   13   46   88
Diego Segui            4   3  3.57  13   9   3   0   0   68   57   29   27    5   31   38
Jim Roland             1   1  3.76  17   0   0   1   0   26   22   13   11    3   10   15
Bob Locker             3   1  3.93  25   0   0   4   0   37   35   16   16    2   10   23
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  5.47  16   0   0   1   0   25   21   15   15    3   16   12
Daryl Patterson        0   0  7.94   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    5    5    3    4    2
Darold Knowles         0   2  8.04  14   0   0   2   0   16   14   14   14    2    7   11
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
Denny McLain           5  14  4.37  19  19   7   0   2  134  147   72   65   20   43   78
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
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
  J. Perry (MIN)           12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  S. Siebert (BOS)         11
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  R. Culp (BOS)             9
  S. McDowell (CLE)         9

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          14
  L. Krausse (MIL)         11
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        10
  T. Murphy (CAL)          10
  D. Bosman (WAS)           9
  T. John (CHI)             9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           7
  S. Hargan (CLE)           7
  J. Kaat (MIN)             7

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            16
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           8
  S. Kline (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. Hall (MIN)             6
  B. Bolin (BOS)            5
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          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)      147.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       140.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   140.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     139.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      138.0
  D. McNally (BAL)      135.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       134.2
  C. Wright (CAL)       134.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         154
  D. McLain (WAS)         147
  F. Peterson (NY)        137
  T. Murphy (CAL)         136
  J. Kaat (MIN)           130
  J. Perry (MIN)          130
  G. Peters (BOS)         128
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        125
  T. Bradley (CHI)        123
  D. McNally (BAL)        121

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          72
  C. Hunter (OAK)          65
  M. Lolich (DET)          65
  J. Perry (MIN)           64
  T. Murphy (CAL)          63
  F. Peterson (NY)         62
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     61
  T. John (CHI)            60
  G. Peters (BOS)          60
  D. Bosman (WAS)          56

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          20
  J. Perry (MIN)           18
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         17
  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  D. McNally (BAL)         16
  P. Dobson (BAL)          15
  M. Pattin (MIL)          15
  L. Krausse (MIL)         14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        96
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     63
  B. Johnson (CHI)         56
  V. Blue (OAK)            55
  J. Palmer (BAL)          55
  M. Lolich (DET)          52
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        51
  J. Perry (MIN)           51
  S. Dunning (CLE)         49
  A. Foster (CLE)          49

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           164
  M. Lolich (DET)         145
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       116
  S. McDowell (CLE)       116
  T. Bradley (CHI)        101
  R. Culp (BOS)            92
  C. Hunter (OAK)          88
  M. Pattin (MIL)          88
  B. Johnson (CHI)         85
  S. Dunning (CLE)         82


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