Friday July 2, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 2, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         50  27  3.22   77  35  13   705   574  279  252   61  268  486
Baltimore       47  30  3.23   77  32  13   697   628  275  250   72  214  380
Milwaukee       32  43  3.25   75  18  11   665   632  285  240   62  279  375
Kansas City     39  35  3.37   74  13  21   654   605  272  245   37  237  366
Chicago         32  42  3.40   74  15  15   664   638  302  251   51  251  444
New York        36  43  3.43   79  30   5   708   681  314  270   58  219  340
Cleveland       37  42  3.46   79  14  17   700   584  299  269   62  386  471
California      36  46  3.51   82  12  17   739   680  321  288   53  313  463
Detroit         43  36  3.66   79  18  18   714   650  316  290   61  324  462
Minnesota       38  40  3.82   78  18  17   689   665  335  292   70  270  432
Boston          44  32  3.86   76  16  23   684   663  316  293   53  261  426
Washington      29  47  3.88   76  11  13   684   682  333  295   73  270  352

 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   4  2.28  19  12   3   1   1   91   69   26   23    7   25   49
Bill Parsons (MIL)     7   9  2.36  18  17   7   0   4  122  100   39   32    6   51   78
Tom Bradley (CHI)      8   6  2.57  21  20   3   0   3  140  125   51   40    6   46  103
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
Stan Bahnsen (NY)      8   7  2.79  19  17   9   0   1  123  108   43   38   11   33   43
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   1  2.05  23   0   0   5   0   22   21    6    5    1    6   15
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  3.09  19  19   7   0   0  143  127   52   49   16   33   60
Tom Dukes              0   4  3.10  18   0   0   4   0   29   26   10   10    2    6   22
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   6  3.26  19  19   7   0   1  135  125   55   49   10   37   94
Ken Brett              0   1  3.86  16   0   0   0   0   40   29   19   17    5   24   36
Ken Tatum              2   2  3.97  21   0   0   7   0   23   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
Rickey Clark           2   0  1.59   3   2   1   0   1   17    9    3    3    2    8   12
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
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
Jim Magnuson           1   0  2.20   8   1   0   0   0   16   13    5    4    0    7    6
Tom Bradley            8   6  2.57  21  20   3   0   3  140  125   51   40    6   46  103
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Bart Johnson           4   6  3.35  26  12   3   5   0  110  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  25   2   0   1   0   27   28   14   13    4   12   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  2.12  26   0   0   5   0   34   22    8    8    3   21   25
Ray Lamb               5   4  2.28  19  12   3   1   1   91   69   26   23    7   25   49
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.43  33   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  4.42   9   7   0   0   0   39   40   22   19    3   25   11
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         12   6  3.05  23  23  11   0   2  189  159   66   64   17   56  151
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
Bill Butler            1   1  1.98   2   2   0   0   0   14   13    5    3    2    4    9
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  3.27  29   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
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  5.03  20   2   0   0   0   39   35   23   22    3   18   18
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           7   9  2.36  18  17   7   0   4  122  100   39   32    6   51   78
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   9   0   0   0   0   12    8    7    0    1    6    9
Bert Blyleven          7  11  3.02  20  20   7   0   3  143  123   53   48   13   32  120
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  3.52  31   1   0   2   0   54   45   28   21    4   28   33
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 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    4    4    1    2    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
Stan Bahnsen           8   7  2.79  19  17   9   0   1  123  108   43   38   11   33   43
Steve Kline            7   6  2.99  17  17   8   0   1  126  109   51   42   11   24   45
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
Blue Moon Odom         4   4  2.91   9   9   2   0   1   53   43   19   17    4   29   26
Chuck Dobson           6   0  3.12  11  11   3   0   0   66   60   24   23    8   30   35
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  2.38  15   0   0   5   0   34   18    9    9    1   11   19
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
Dick Bosman            6   9  4.21  18  18   1   0   1  115  117   59   54   17   36   53
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
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
  M. Lolich (DET)          12
  D. McNally (BAL)         12
  J. Perry (MIN)           12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          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)        11
  L. Krausse (MIL)         11
  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. Lolich (DET)          11
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       9
  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
  B. Parsons (MIL)          4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  M. Pattin (MIL)           3
  S. Siebert (BOS)          3
  D. Drago (KC)             2
  J. Kaat (MIN)             2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       188.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         164.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       148.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      147.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     143.0
  D. McNally (BAL)      142.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)      140.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   140.1
  M. Pattin (MIL)       137.0
  R. Culp (BOS)         135.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         159
  D. McLain (WAS)         147
  F. Peterson (NY)        137
  T. Murphy (CAL)         136
  J. Kaat (MIN)           130
  J. Perry (MIN)          130
  G. Peters (BOS)         128
  D. McNally (BAL)        127
  T. Bradley (CHI)        125
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        125

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          72
  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     66
  C. Hunter (OAK)          65
  J. Perry (MIN)           64
  T. Murphy (CAL)          63
  F. Peterson (NY)         62
  T. John (CHI)            60
  G. Peters (BOS)          60
  D. Bosman (WAS)          59

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
  M. Lolich (DET)          56
  V. Blue (OAK)            55
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        51
  B. Parsons (MIL)         51
  J. Perry (MIN)           51
  S. Dunning (CLE)         49

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           164
  M. Lolich (DET)         151
  S. McDowell (CLE)       127
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       120
  T. Bradley (CHI)        103
  R. Culp (BOS)            94
  J. Palmer (BAL)          94
  M. Pattin (MIL)          91
  C. Hunter (OAK)          88
  B. Johnson (CHI)         87


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