Saturday July 3, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 3, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       48  30  3.20   78  33  13   706   633  276  251   73  216  390
Oakland         51  27  3.21   78  35  14   714   583  282  255   61  269  491
Milwaukee       32  44  3.25   76  18  11   674   638  292  243   62  284  382
Kansas City     39  36  3.34   75  13  21   663   614  273  246   37  238  374
Chicago         33  42  3.36   75  16  15   673   644  302  251   51  252  450
New York        37  43  3.40   80  31   5   717   690  315  271   58  221  341
Cleveland       37  43  3.45   80  14  17   709   593  303  272   63  391  475
California      36  47  3.52   83  12  17   748   696  326  293   53  316  470
Detroit         43  37  3.71   80  18  18   723   660  324  298   62  333  467
Minnesota       39  40  3.78   79  19  17   698   670  336  293   70  272  437
Boston          44  33  3.83   77  16  23   693   666  318  295   54  267  431
Washington      30  47  3.87   77  11  14   693   690  336  298   73  273  361

 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             8   4  3.36  18  18   7   0   0  134  122   55   50   16   34   87
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  2.51  30   0   0   9   0   32   27    9    9    2   16   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   2  7.20   4   3   0   0   0   15   13   12   12    1   10   10

 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  2.03  34   0   0   7   0   40   30    9    9    2   12   40
Eddie Fisher           6   4  2.22  35   1   0   3   0   65   46   23   16    6   25   50
Clyde Wright           7   8  3.17  19  19   3   0   2  139  126   54   49    9   35   68
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
Billy Wynne            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    2    6
Archie Reynolds        0   3  4.97  14   1   0   0   0   25   31   15   14    2   17   14
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             6   9  3.48  20  17   4   0   2  116  123   60   45    7   35   64
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  2.36  34   0   0   3   0   34   23    9    9    2   17   28
Sam McDowell           9   7  2.73  20  18   6   0   2  132   86   45   40   13   98  127
Ed Farmer              1   0  2.77  10   1   0   2   0   13    9    5    4    2    9   11
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Rick Austin            0   0  3.68  20   0   0   1   0   22   21    9    9    3   16   19
Alan Foster            5   7  3.77  17  16   2   0   0   98   87   47   41    8   51   49
Steve Dunning          6   5  3.79  16  15   2   0   1  102   94   46   43   12   49   82
Vince Colbert          2   1  4.02  27   0   0   2   0   54   50   27   24    2   28   26
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   2   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    3    0
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
Mickey Lolich         12   6  3.05  23  23  11   0   2  189  159   66   64   17   56  151
Les Cain               5   3  3.08  10  10   1   0   1   50   33   21   17    4   34   40
Dean Chance            3   6  3.25  19  12   0   0   0   72   70   33   26    5   41   52
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Bill Denehy            0   1  3.38  18   0   0   1   0   27   25   11   10    1   16   13
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
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Joe Niekro             2   4  4.92  17   6   0   1   0   64   72   35   35    6   32   25
Bill Zepp              1   1  5.12  16   4   0   2   0   32   41   20   18    2   17   15
Mike Kilkenny          1   4  5.32  17   6   1   1   0   47   47   31   28    4   23   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
Paul Splittorff        3   2  2.63   6   6   2   0   1   41   42   12   12    0    8   27
Mike Hedlund           7   4  2.81  16  15   4   0   1  102   85   38   32    6   39   38
Bruce Dal Canton       7   3  3.01  15  15   2   0   0  105   95   39   35    7   29   49
Jim York               3   3  3.18  30   0   0   1   0   45   36   17   16    4   24   49
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  3.80  21  14   1   0   0   95  106   46   40   14   39   51
Marcelino Lopez        1   3  4.24  23   4   0   0   0   40   36   27   19    2   36   28
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
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  4.91  11   0   0   0   0   15   22   10    8    1    7   10
Floyd Weaver           0   0  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    1    2
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
Jim Kaat               6   7  3.23  20  19   7   0   2  128  135   51   46    7   22   61
Tom Hall               3   4  3.24  28   7   0   6   0   78   59   32   28    9   36   80
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         7   7  3.46  19  18   5   0   0  133  146   63   51   11   27   69
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           7   0  3.16  12  12   3   0   0   74   68   27   26    8   31   38
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
Darold Knowles         0   2  7.41  15   0   0   3   0   17   15   14   14    2    7   13
Daryl Patterson        0   0  7.94   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    5    5    3    4    2
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  1.27  24   0   0   1   0   35   25    7    5    0    7   30
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  3.45  31   0   0   2   0   31   30   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           2   1  3.86   7   5   0   0   0   30   34   14   13    4   19   15
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  31   0   0   0   0   38   39   19   19    7   20   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
  C. Wright (CAL)           8

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
  T. John (CHI)             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
  C. Wright (CAL)       139.1
  M. Pattin (MIL)       137.0

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         159
  D. McLain (WAS)         147
  F. Peterson (NY)        146
  T. Murphy (CAL)         136
  J. Kaat (MIN)           135
  J. Perry (MIN)          130
  G. Peters (BOS)         128
  D. McNally (BAL)        127
  C. Wright (CAL)         126
  T. Bradley (CHI)        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)         63
  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
  P. Dobson (BAL)          16
  D. McNally (BAL)         16
  M. Pattin (MIL)          16
  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
  A. Foster (CLE)          51
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        51
  B. Parsons (MIL)         51
  J. Perry (MIN)           51

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
  P. Dobson (BAL)          87


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