Monday July 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 5, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Milwaukee       34  44  3.17   78  19  12   692   653  293  244   62  288  393
Oakland         52  28  3.18   80  36  14   731   596  285  258   61  272  504
Baltimore       49  30  3.18   79  34  13   715   639  278  253   74  218  391
Kansas City     41  37  3.23   78  14  22   690   635  275  248   37  246  387
Chicago         34  44  3.33   78  17  15   698   664  309  258   51  257  459
California      37  48  3.48   85  13  18   766   708  329  296   55  322  481
New York        37  45  3.56   82  31   5   733   716  334  290   66  227  349
Cleveland       37  45  3.66   82  14  17   727   620  327  296   69  401  491
Detroit         43  38  3.70   81  19  18   732   666  327  301   64  336  473
Minnesota       39  42  3.77   81  19  17   714   685  342  299   71  279  446
Boston          46  33  3.88   79  16  25   711   694  329  306   57  275  444
Washington      32  47  3.88   79  12  15   711   705  346  306   75  279  368

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       17   3  1.51  21  21  17   0   6  173  108   33   29    6   55  171
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      8   4  1.77  19  17   6   1   2  132  107   38   26   10   29   75
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
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   4  2.67  19  19   9   0   1  148  122   50   44   11   60   94
Mike Hedlund (KC)      7   5  2.69  17  16   4   0   1  110   93   39   33    6   40   43
Sam McDowell (CLE)     9   7  2.73  20  18   6   0   2  132   86   45   40   13   98  127
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   2   4  2.73  19   8   2   5   1   82   62   27   25    9   19   61
Skip Lockwood (MIL)    5   6  2.77  17  16   2   0   0  107   98   46   33    3   51   53
Stan Bahnsen (NY)      8   7  2.79  19  17   9   0   1  123  108   43   38   11   33   43

 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          12   1  2.93  20  20  11   0   3  157  131   56   51   18   44   57
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  2.45  31   0   0  10   0   33   27    9    9    2   16   26
Sonny Siebert         11   4  2.84  18  18   5   0   3  130  122   46   41    7   38   79
Bill Lee               6   2  2.98  24   3   0   2   0   57   53   22   19    4   29   45
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Bobby Bolin            3   2  3.05  31   0   0   5   0   41   38   15   14    2   18   27
Ray Culp               9   6  3.26  19  19   7   0   1  135  125   55   49   10   37   94
Ken Tatum              2   2  3.51  22   0   0   8   0   26   23   10   10    1   13    9
Ken Brett              0   1  3.86  16   0   0   0   0   40   29   19   17    5   24   36
Jim Lonborg            3   3  4.45  11  10   1   0   0   63   69   34   31    4   25   47
Gary Peters            8   5  5.13  18  18   3   0   0  112  132   65   64   15   34   51
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  1.99  35   0   0   7   0   41   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               4   5  3.24  14  14   2   0   1   92   75   35   33    7   37   75
Lloyd Allen            3   1  3.63  27   1   0   5   0   45   42   19   18    3   20   39
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  11  4.21  20  20   4   0   0  133  141   65   62   13   48   44
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            8   4  1.77  19  17   6   1   2  132  107   38   26   10   29   75
Jim Magnuson           1   0  2.20   8   1   0   0   0   16   13    5    4    0    7    6
Tom Bradley            8   7  2.86  22  21   3   0   3  142  133   56   45    6   46  105
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Bart Johnson           4   6  3.32  27  12   3   5   0  111  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  4.28  26   2   0   1   0   27   28   14   13    4   12   25
Joel Horlen            3   6  4.47  17   7   1   2   0   56   58   29   28    4   15   36
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Steve Kealey           1   1  4.65  29   0   0   3   0   41   40   25   21    7   15   28
Vicente Romo           1   6  5.71  26   1   0   3   0   35   30   22   22    3   25   21
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
Ray Lamb               5   4  2.28  19  12   3   1   1   91   69   26   23    7   25   49
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.29  35   0   0   3   0   35   23    9    9    2   17   28
Ed Farmer              1   0  2.40  11   1   0   2   0   15    9    5    4    2   10   14
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
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
Vince Colbert          2   1  4.04  28   0   0   2   0   56   52   28   25    2   28   29
Phil Hennigan          4   2  4.26  28   0   0   5   0   38   34   18   18    5   24   28
Steve Dunning          6   6  4.31  17  16   2   0   1  109  101   55   52   15   54   87
Rich Hand              1   4  4.42   9   7   0   0   0   39   40   22   19    3   25   11
Steve Hargan           1   8  6.10  11  11   1   0   0   52   65   38   35    7   27   21
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   6  3.91  19  18   5   0   1  122  112   55   53   10   42   86
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  1.41  36   0   0   6   0   45   34   11    7    0   19   24
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   5  2.69  17  16   4   0   1  110   93   39   33    6   40   43
Bruce Dal Canton       8   3  2.89  16  16   2   0   0  112  103   40   36    7   31   50
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             1   6  5.18  15   6   1   0   1   42   42   27   24    0   21   25
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  1.78  39   0   0  12   0   66   56   17   13    4   17   37
Bill Parsons           7   9  2.36  18  17   7   0   4  122  100   39   32    6   51   78
Skip Lockwood          5   6  2.77  17  16   2   0   0  107   98   46   33    3   51   53
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
Jim Slaton             4   1  3.50   9   7   2   0   2   44   42   17   17    6   22   15
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 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
Tom Hall               3   4  3.16  29   7   0   6   0   80   59   32   28    9   36   83
Jim Kaat               6   7  3.23  20  19   7   0   2  128  135   51   46    7   22   61
Stan Williams          2   2  3.52  31   1   0   2   0   54   45   28   21    4   28   33
Ray Corbin             5   5  3.66  28   4   0   3   0   66   66   33   27   10   35   42
Jim Perry             12   7  3.97  22  21   5   1   0  141  136   66   62   18   54   61
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Ron Perranoski         1   3  6.00  30   0   0   5   0   39   49   30   26    2   25   18
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Steve Luebber          0   1  7.00   2   2   0   0   0    9   12    7    7    0    8    5
Pete Hamm              1   1  7.71   9   5   0   0   0   23   35   20   20    3   14    6
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  2.41  25   0   0   3   0   34   28   10    9    2   17   14
Stan Bahnsen           8   7  2.79  19  17   9   0   1  123  108   43   38   11   33   43
Gary Waslewski         0   1  2.97  23   0   0   1   0   33   26   13   11    2   16   15
Mel Stottlemyre        8   7  3.03  19  19   9   0   4  146  126   55   49   13   45   74
Steve Kline            7   7  3.25  18  18   8   0   1  127  113   55   46   14   24   45
Fritz Peterson         7   7  3.46  19  18   5   0   0  133  146   63   51   11   27   69
Mike Kekich            1   4  4.48  19   9   0   0   0   64   77   38   32    2   35   45
Jim Hardin             0   1  4.50   7   1   0   0   0   16   21    9    8    1    3    9
Lindy McDaniel         3   8  6.80  25   0   0   1   0   41   49   31   31   10   16   22
Gary Jones             0   0  7.62  11   0   0   0   0   13   16   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             17   3  1.51  21  21  17   0   6  173  108   33   29    6   55  171
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Rollie Fingers         2   4  2.73  19   8   2   5   1   82   62   27   25    9   19   61
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   7  3.52  20  20   9   0   1  141  122   67   55   13   49   92
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          3   1  2.13  16   0   0   5   0   38   20    9    9    1   11   20
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  4.43  20  20   7   0   2  136  149   75   67   21   44   78
Denny Riddleberger     2   1  4.87  32   0   0   1   0   41   44   22   22    8   20   39
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.96  23  10   0   1   0   62   72   38   34    5   34   19
Pete Broberg           1   2  5.01   4   4   1   0   0   23   22   19   13    2   13   17

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  M. Lolich (DET)          12
  D. McNally (BAL)         12
  J. Perry (MIN)           12
  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)          11
  D. Bosman (WAS)           9
  T. John (CHI)             9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9
  S. Hargan (CLE)           8
  L. McDaniel (NY)          8
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      8

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  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
  K. Sanders (MIL)         12
  F. Scherman (DET)        12
  S. Lyle (BOS)            10
  K. Tatum (BOS)            8
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          7
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         6
  T. Hall (MIN)             6
  L. Allen (CAL)            5
  B. Bolin (BOS)            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)         173.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      156.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       148.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   145.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     143.0
  D. McNally (BAL)      142.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)      141.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       140.2
  J. Perry (MIN)        140.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         159
  D. McLain (WAS)         149
  F. Peterson (NY)        146
  T. Murphy (CAL)         141
  J. Perry (MIN)          136
  J. Kaat (MIN)           135
  T. Bradley (CHI)        133
  G. Peters (BOS)         132
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        131
  D. McNally (BAL)        127

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          75
  C. Hunter (OAK)          67
  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     66
  J. Perry (MIN)           66
  T. Murphy (CAL)          65
  G. Peters (BOS)          65
  F. Peterson (NY)         63
  T. John (CHI)            60
  D. Bosman (WAS)          59

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          21
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         18
  J. Perry (MIN)           18
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  P. Dobson (BAL)          16
  D. McNally (BAL)         16
  M. Pattin (MIL)          16
  S. Dunning (CLE)         15
  G. Peters (BOS)          15

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. Dunning (CLE)         54
  J. Perry (MIN)           54
  A. Foster (CLE)          51
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        51

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           171
  M. Lolich (DET)         151
  S. McDowell (CLE)       127
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       120
  T. Bradley (CHI)        105
  R. Culp (BOS)            94
  J. Palmer (BAL)          94
  C. Hunter (OAK)          92
  M. Pattin (MIL)          91
  P. Dobson (BAL)          87


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