Thursday July 8, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 8, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       52  31  3.10   83  37  13   751   663  286  259   77  232  411
Milwaukee       36  45  3.11   81  20  13   719   670  297  248   63  294  408
Oakland         54  29  3.14   83  37  15   757   616  293  264   64  277  517
Kansas City     42  39  3.21   81  15  22   715   657  285  255   38  254  400
Chicago         35  46  3.28   81  17  16   725   694  323  264   53  266  470
California      40  48  3.45   88  13  20   793   733  339  304   56  336  496
New York        38  47  3.61   85  31   5   760   743  352  305   71  238  358
Cleveland       38  48  3.66   86  14  18   763   651  342  310   74  413  520
Detroit         45  39  3.66   84  21  18   761   695  340  309   67  342  485
Boston          49  34  3.80   83  17  27   746   727  338  315   60  286  474
Minnesota       39  45  3.80   84  19  17   741   717  359  313   73  287  460
Washington      33  50  3.88   83  12  15   744   739  365  321   81  288  387

 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   5  1.80  20  18   6   1   2  140  119   42   28   10   29   78
Ray Lamb (CLE)         5   5  2.33  20  13   3   1   1   97   75   29   25    8   31   52
Bill Parsons (MIL)     8   9  2.34  19  18   8   0   4  131  108   41   34    7   53   80
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
Skip Lockwood (MIL)    5   6  2.77  17  16   2   0   0  107   98   46   33    3   51   53
Sonny Siebert (BOS)   12   4  2.85  19  19   5   0   3  136  130   48   43    8   40   83
Tom Bradley (CHI)      8   7  2.87  23  21   3   0   3  144  139   60   46    7   46  107

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Watt             1   1  1.88  24   0   0   5   0   24   23    6    5    1    6   18
Jim Palmer            10   4  2.67  19  19   9   0   1  148  122   50   44   11   60   94
Grant Jackson          2   2  2.70  13   4   0   0   0   37   34   12   11    4   11   27
Mike Cuellar          13   1  2.88  21  21  12   0   3  166  137   59   53   18   48   62
Dave McNally          13   4  3.03  20  20   8   0   0  152  133   54   51   18   35   65
Tom Dukes              0   4  3.10  18   0   0   4   0   29   26   10   10    2    6   22
Pat Dobson             9   4  3.15  19  19   8   0   1  143  126   55   50   16   37   92
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6   12    5    3    0    3    3
Dick Hall              3   5  4.97  16   0   0   1   0   25   27   16   14    2    9   12
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  2.41  32   0   0  11   0   34   27    9    9    2   16   26
Sonny Siebert         12   4  2.85  19  19   5   0   3  136  130   48   43    8   40   83
Bill Lee               7   2  2.87  25   3   0   2   0   60   57   22   19    4   29   49
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              10   6  3.06  20  20   8   0   2  144  127   55   49   10   41  100
Ken Tatum              2   2  3.51  22   0   0   8   0   26   23   10   10    1   13    9
Ken Brett              0   1  3.67  17   0   0   0   0   42   30   19   17    5   24   39
Jim Lonborg            3   3  4.46  12  11   1   0   0   69   79   37   34    5   27   51
Gary Peters            8   5  4.99  19  18   3   1   0  115  134   65   64   15   35   55
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   3  6.86   5   4   0   0   0   21   19   16   16    2   12   15

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rickey Clark           2   0  1.29   4   3   1   0   1   21   13    4    3    2   11   13
Mel Queen              1   1  1.57  27   0   0   3   0   34   27    7    6    1   18   31
Eddie Fisher           7   4  2.06  36   1   0   3   0   70   48   23   16    6   27   54
Dave LaRoche           4   1  2.30  37   0   0   7   0   43   33   11   11    3   13   40
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  3.42  29   1   0   7   0   47   44   19   18    3   22   42
Andy Hassler           0   3  3.86   6   4   0   0   0   19   25   10    8    0   15   13
Andy Messersmith       7   8  4.00  20  20   3   0   0  135  121   71   60    7   69   85
Tom Murphy             5  11  4.13  21  21   4   0   0  139  149   67   64   13   50   45
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   5  1.80  20  18   6   1   2  140  119   42   28   10   29   78
Jim Magnuson           1   1  2.61   9   2   0   0   0   21   19    9    6    0   11    9
Tom Bradley            8   7  2.87  23  21   3   0   3  144  139   60   46    7   46  107
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Bart Johnson           4   6  3.27  28  12   3   6   0  113  103   46   41    6   58   87
Tommy John             7   9  3.36  21  18   4   0   2  123  127   61   46    8   38   66
Terry Forster          2   3  4.28  26   2   0   1   0   27   28   14   13    4   12   25
Steve Kealey           1   1  4.43  30   0   0   3   0   43   41   26   21    7   15   29
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
Vicente Romo           1   6  5.55  27   1   0   3   0   36   31   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
Ed Farmer              2   0  1.71  13   1   0   2   0   21   10    5    4    2   13   18
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.23  36   0   0   3   0   36   23    9    9    2   17   29
Ray Lamb               5   5  2.33  20  13   3   1   1   97   75   29   25    8   31   52
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   8  3.74  18  17   2   0   0  106   92   50   44    9   52   59
Phil Hennigan          4   2  4.17  29   0   0   6   0   41   36   19   19    5   24   32
Vince Colbert          2   2  4.25  30   0   0   2   0   59   56   31   28    4   29   31
Steve Dunning          6   6  4.31  17  16   2   0   1  109  101   55   52   15   54   87
Rich Hand              1   4  4.65  10   8   0   0   0   41   45   24   21    3   26   12
Steve Hargan           1   8  5.90  12  12   1   0   0   58   73   41   38    8   27   25
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          2   0  1.93   3   3   2   0   0   23   15    5    5    2   13   11
Fred Scherman          6   3  2.64  41   0   0  12   0   58   47   20   17    8   21   28
Mickey Lolich         13   6  3.01  24  24  12   0   2  198  170   73   66   19   56  156
Dean Chance            3   6  3.05  20  12   0   0   0   77   75   33   26    5   42   54
Les Cain               5   3  3.08  10  10   1   0   1   50   33   21   17    4   34   40
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Bill Denehy            0   2  3.81  19   0   0   1   0   28   27   13   12    1   17   13
Joe Coleman            7   6  3.91  19  18   5   0   1  122  112   55   53   10   42   86
Tom Timmerman          4   3  3.93  25   0   0   1   0   34   27   15   15    4   18   17
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Joe Niekro             2   4  4.90  18   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  5.85  18   7   1   1   0   48   50   34   31    4   24   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
Ted Abernathy          2   4  2.18  34   0   0  14   0   41   28   11   10    1   29   24
Paul Splittorff        3   3  2.25   7   7   2   0   1   48   47   14   12    0    9   31
Ken Wright             2   3  2.38  13   7   1   1   1   53   39   16   14    4   25   48
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
Bill Butler            1   2  2.95   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    8    6    3    9   11
Dick Drago             9   4  3.33  18  17   5   0   3  114  126   44   42    3   17   58
Jim York               3   3  3.33  31   0   0   1   0   46   37   19   17    4   25   50
Al Fitzmorris          1   1  4.91  21   2   0   0   0   40   35   23   22    3   18   18
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.01   7   6   0   0   0   32   35   19   18    7    6   15
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
Roger Nelson           0   0  9.82   2   0   0   0   0    4    6    4    4    0    0    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Sanders            4   3  1.73  41   0   0  13   0   68   57   17   13    4   18   39
Bill Parsons           8   9  2.34  19  18   8   0   4  131  108   41   34    7   53   80
Skip Lockwood          5   6  2.77  17  16   2   0   0  107   98   46   33    3   51   53
Marty Pattin           7   9  2.98  19  19   7   0   3  145  118   52   48   16   38   94
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
Marcelino Lopez        2   3  3.72  24   5   0   0   0   48   41   28   20    2   37   36
Lew Krausse            3  11  3.80  21  14   1   0   0   95  106   46   40   14   39   51
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  10   0   0   0   0   16    9    8    0    1    9   10
Tom Hall               3   4  3.12  30   7   0   6   0   81   59   32   28    9   36   83
Bert Blyleven          7  11  3.13  21  21   7   0   3  147  130   56   51   13   33  122
Jim Kaat               6   8  3.25  21  20   7   0   2  136  145   54   49    7   23   66
Stan Williams          2   2  3.38  33   1   0   2   0   56   46   29   21    4   29   34
Ray Corbin             5   6  3.73  29   4   0   3   0   70   70   35   29   11   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
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Ron Perranoski         1   3  6.41  31   0   0   5   0   39   52   32   28    2   25   18
Pete Hamm              1   1  7.71   9   5   0   0   0   23   35   20   20    3   14    6
Steve Luebber          0   2  7.82   3   3   0   0   0   13   18   12   11    1    9    7
Hal Haydel             0   1  9.00   4   0   0   0   0    4    4    4    4    1    3    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              3   2  2.36  26   0   0   3   0   34   29   10    9    2   17   14
Mel Stottlemyre        8   7  3.03  19  19   9   0   4  146  126   55   49   13   45   74
Stan Bahnsen           8   8  3.04  20  18   9   0   1  124  113   50   42   12   34   43
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.28  24   0   0   1   0   36   28   15   13    2   16   17
Steve Kline            7   8  3.28  19  19   8   0   1  134  121   58   49   15   26   48
Fritz Peterson         7   7  3.50  20  19   5   0   0  139  149   66   54   13   29   70
Jim Hardin             0   1  4.15   8   1   0   0   0   17   22    9    8    1    4    9
Mike Kekich            2   4  4.15  20   9   0   0   0   69   80   38   32    2   39   47
Lindy McDaniel         3   8  6.49  27   0   0   1   0   43   50   31   31   10   16   23
Gary Jones             0   0  9.00  12   0   0   0   0   14   19   14   14    1    7   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   5  2.87  10  10   2   0   1   60   49   21   19    4   31   30
Chuck Dobson           8   0  3.04  13  13   4   0   0   83   73   29   28   10   32   42
Diego Segui            5   3  3.43  14  10   3   0   0   76   63   31   29    6   33   42
Catfish Hunter        11   7  3.52  20  20   9   0   1  141  122   67   55   13   49   92
Jim Roland             1   1  3.76  17   0   0   1   0   26   22   13   11    3   10   15
Bob Locker             3   1  3.82  26   0   0   5   0   38   38   18   16    2   10   24
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  7.00  16   0   0   3   0   18   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  1.45  25   0   0   1   0   37   27    8    6    1    7   31
Paul Lindblad          3   1  2.08  17   0   0   5   0   39   20    9    9    1   11   20
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  3.18  12   2   0   0   0   28   28   10   10    1   10   13
Casey Cox              3   4  3.25  26  11   0   3   0   83   76   41   30    6   27   25
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Horacio Pina           1   1  3.55  33   0   0   2   0   38   36   17   15    1   16   25
Jim Shellenback        3   5  3.61  23   8   3   0   1   72   79   32   29    9   24   24
Dick Bosman            6  10  4.15  19  19   1   0   1  121  124   62   56   17   37   55
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  4.64  33   0   0   1   0   43   46   22   22    8   20   42
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.96  23  10   0   1   0   62   72   38   34    5   34   19
Jackie Brown           2   2  4.99   8   6   0   0   0   31   37   18   17    5   21   16
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)         13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  D. McNally (BAL)         13
  J. Perry (MIN)           12
  S. Siebert (BOS)         12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  R. Culp (BOS)            10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  P. Dobson (BAL)           9

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        11
  L. Krausse (MIL)         11
  T. Murphy (CAL)          11
  D. Bosman (WAS)          10
  T. John (CHI)             9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9
  M. Pattin (MIL)           9
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           8
  A. Foster (CLE)           8

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            17
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  M. Lolich (DET)          12
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       9
  R. Culp (BOS)             8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           8
  S. Kline (NY)             8

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        14
  K. Sanders (MIL)         13
  F. Scherman (DET)        12
  S. Lyle (BOS)            11
  K. Tatum (BOS)            8
  L. Allen (CAL)            7
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          7
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         6
  T. Hall (MIN)             6
  P. Hennigan (CLE)         6

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
  D. Drago (KC)             3
  M. Pattin (MIL)           3
  S. Siebert (BOS)          3
  R. Culp (BOS)             2

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       197.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         173.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      165.2
  D. McNally (BAL)      151.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       148.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     146.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   145.2
  M. Pattin (MIL)       145.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      144.1
  R. Culp (BOS)         144.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         170
  D. McLain (WAS)         149
  T. Murphy (CAL)         149
  F. Peterson (NY)        149
  J. Kaat (MIN)           145
  T. Bradley (CHI)        139
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        137
  J. Perry (MIN)          136
  G. Peters (BOS)         134
  D. McNally (BAL)        133

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          75
  M. Lolich (DET)          73
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     71
  C. Hunter (OAK)          67
  T. Murphy (CAL)          67
  J. Perry (MIN)           66
  F. Peterson (NY)         66
  G. Peters (BOS)          65
  D. Bosman (WAS)          62
  T. John (CHI)            61

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          21
  M. Lolich (DET)          19
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         18
  D. McNally (BAL)         18
  J. Perry (MIN)           18
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  P. Dobson (BAL)          16
  M. Pattin (MIL)          16
  S. Dunning (CLE)         15
  S. Kline (NY)            15

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        98
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     69
  J. Palmer (BAL)          60
  B. Johnson (CHI)         58
  M. Lolich (DET)          56
  V. Blue (OAK)            55
  S. Dunning (CLE)         54
  J. Perry (MIN)           54
  B. Parsons (MIL)         53
  A. Foster (CLE)          52

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           171
  M. Lolich (DET)         156
  S. McDowell (CLE)       127
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       122
  T. Bradley (CHI)        107
  R. Culp (BOS)           100
  J. Palmer (BAL)          94
  M. Pattin (MIL)          94
  P. Dobson (BAL)          92
  C. Hunter (OAK)          92

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