Thursday July 1, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 1, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       47  29  3.22   76  32  13   689   620  272  247   72  211  376
Oakland         50  26  3.24   76  34  13   697   569  278  251   61  264  483
Milwaukee       31  43  3.29   74  17  11   656   626  285  240   62  276  369
Kansas City     39  34  3.42   73  13  21   645   600  270  245   37  233  362
Chicago         31  42  3.43   73  15  14   655   630  301  250   51  246  440
Cleveland       37  41  3.44   78  14  17   691   576  293  264   60  383  463
New York        35  43  3.48   78  29   5   699   674  314  270   58  217  338
California      35  46  3.55   81  11  17   730   678  321  288   53  310  455
Detroit         42  36  3.69   78  17  18   705   645  315  289   61  320  456
Minnesota       38  39  3.79   77  18  17   681   659  330  287   69  264  425
Boston          44  31  3.83   75  16  23   675   653  310  287   52  256  423
Washington      28  47  3.94   75  11  12   675   675  330  295   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
Tom Bradley (CHI)      8   6  2.61  20  20   3   0   3  138  123   51   40    6   44  101
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   4  2.67  19  19   9   0   1  148  122   50   44   11   60   94
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   8   7  2.69  18  18   9   0   4  140  116   48   42   11   44   72
Sam McDowell (CLE)     9   7  2.73  20  18   6   0   2  132   86   45   40   13   98  127
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   2   4  2.80  18   8   2   5   1   80   61   27   25    9   19   59
Mike Hedlund (KC)      7   4  2.81  16  15   4   0   1  102   85   38   32    6   39   38

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Watt             1   1  2.11  22   0   0   5   0   21   21    6    5    1    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  2.67  19  19   9   0   1  148  122   50   44   11   60   94
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
Sparky Lyle            3   2  2.67  29   0   0   9   0   30   27    9    9    2   13   26
Sonny Siebert         11   4  2.84  18  18   5   0   3  130  122   46   41    7   38   79
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
Bill Lee               5   2  3.18  23   3   0   2   0   51   45   21   18    4   25   41
Ray Culp               9   5  3.23  18  18   7   0   1  128  117   52   46   10   33   92
Ken Brett              0   1  3.32  15   0   0   0   0   38   27   16   14    4   23   35
Ken Tatum              2   2  4.03  20   0   0   7   0   22   20   10   10    1   13    7
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
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  2.29  34   1   0   3   0   63   44   23   16    6   25   48
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
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
Andy Messersmith       7   8  3.92  19  19   3   0   0  129  115   66   56    7   65   79
Tom Murphy             4  10  4.37  19  19   3   0   0  124  136   63   60   11   46   37
Archie Reynolds        0   3  4.81  13   1   0   0   0   24   29   14   13    2   17   13
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6
Jim Maloney            0   3  6.17   9   4   0   0   0   23   31   17   16    3   18   10
Fred Lasher            0   0 27.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    4    4    0    2    0

 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  3.38  25  12   3   4   0  109  103   46   41    6   56   87
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            3   5  4.93  16   6   1   2   0   49   55   28   27    4   15   34
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  2.73  20  18   6   0   2  132   86   45   40   13   98  127
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Ed Farmer              1   0  3.27   9   1   0   2   0   11    9    5    4    2    8   11
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
Les Cain               5   2  2.49   9   9   1   0   1   47   30   17   13    3   30   38
Bill Gilbreth          1   0  2.51   2   2   1   0   0   14   12    4    4    1   11    8
Fred Scherman          6   3  2.73  40   0   0  12   0   56   42   20   17    8   20   27
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  3.41  18  12   0   0   0   69   69   33   26    5   40   49
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             8   4  3.61  17  16   4   0   2  105  120   44   42    3   16   54
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  1.83  38   0   0  11   0   64   55   17   13    4   17   35
Bill Parsons           6   9  2.55  17  16   6   0   3  113   94   39   32    6   48   72
Skip Lockwood          4   6  2.88  16  15   2   0   0  100   90   45   32    3   51   47
Marty Pattin           7   8  3.09  18  18   7   0   3  137  115   51   47   16   36   91
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
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.16  22   0   0   1   0   31   25   13   11    2   14   15
Jim Hardin             0   1  3.21   6   1   0   0   0   14   18    6    5    0    3    8
Fritz Peterson         6   7  3.64  18  17   4   0   0  124  137   62   50   11   25   68
Mike Kekich            1   4  4.62  17   9   0   0   0   62   75   38   32    2   33   42
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
Jim Shellenback        3   4  3.53  22   7   3   0   1   66   70   26   26    6   22   24
Jackie Brown           1   1  3.65   6   4   0   0   0   25   29   11   10    4   17   10
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
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      8
  M. Pattin (MIL)           8
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           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
  J. Palmer (BAL)       148.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      147.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   140.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     139.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      138.0
  M. Pattin (MIL)       137.0
  D. McNally (BAL)      135.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       134.2

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
  J. Palmer (BAL)         122

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          72
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     66
  C. Hunter (OAK)          65
  M. Lolich (DET)          65
  J. Perry (MIN)           64
  T. Murphy (CAL)          63
  F. Peterson (NY)         62
  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
  M. Pattin (MIL)          16
  P. Dobson (BAL)          15
  L. Krausse (MIL)         14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        98
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     65
  J. Palmer (BAL)          60
  B. Johnson (CHI)         56
  V. Blue (OAK)            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
  S. McDowell (CLE)       127
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       116
  T. Bradley (CHI)        101
  J. Palmer (BAL)          94
  R. Culp (BOS)            92
  M. Pattin (MIL)          91
  C. Hunter (OAK)          88
  B. Johnson (CHI)         87


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