Friday July 9, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 9, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         55  29  3.06   84  37  15   777   627  293  264   64  278  543
Baltimore       53  31  3.08   84  38  13   760   668  287  260   78  234  420
Milwaukee       36  46  3.12   82  20  13   727   677  301  252   63  301  411
Kansas City     43  39  3.21   82  15  23   724   666  288  258   38  256  402
Chicago         36  46  3.24   82  18  16   734   701  324  264   53  266  474
California      40  49  3.38   89  13  20   813   740  340  305   56  344  513
New York        39  47  3.58   86  32   5   769   747  354  306   71  241  362
Detroit         46  39  3.60   85  21  19   772   699  340  309   67  347  494
Cleveland       38  49  3.66   87  14  18   771   657  346  314   74  424  528
Boston          49  35  3.81   84  17  27   754   734  343  319   61  289  476
Minnesota       39  46  3.83   85  19  17   750   729  365  319   75  290  466
Washington      33  51  3.84   84  12  15   755   745  366  322   81  292  395

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       17   3  1.42  22  22  17   0   6  184  115   33   29    6   55  188
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
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   2   4  2.52  20   8   2   5   1   89   64   27   25    9   20   68
Jim Palmer (BAL)      11   4  2.57  20  20  10   0   1  157  127   51   45   12   62  103
Sam McDowell (CLE)     9   7  2.73  20  18   6   0   2  132   86   45   40   13   98  127
Mike Hedlund (KC)      7   5  2.75  18  17   4   0   1  118  101   42   36    6   42   43
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

 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            11   4  2.57  20  20  10   0   1  157  127   51   45   12   62  103
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
Bobby Bolin            3   2  3.00  32   0   0   5   0   42   39   15   14    2   18   27
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
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   6  4.99  20  19   3   1   0  123  140   70   68   16   38   57
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   2  1.70  28   0   0   3   0   37   29    8    7    1   18   34
Eddie Fisher           7   4  1.92  37   1   0   3   0   75   50   23   16    6   29   55
Dave LaRoche           4   1  2.30  37   0   0   7   0   43   33   11   11    3   13   40
Rudy May               4   5  2.87  15  15   2   0   1  104   78   35   33    7   43   88
Clyde Wright           7   8  3.17  19  19   3   0   2  139  126   54   49    9   35   68
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
Joel Horlen            4   6  3.86  18   8   2   2   0   65   65   30   28    4   15   40
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
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  2.17  37   0   0   3   0   37   24    9    9    2   18   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  4.19  30   0   0   6   0   43   37   20   20    5   28   36
Vince Colbert          2   2  4.25  30   0   0   2   0   59   56   31   28    4   29   31
Steve Dunning          6   7  4.35  18  17   2   0   1  114  105   58   55   15   60   91
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  2.59  42   0   0  13   0   59   47   20   17    8   23   29
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
Joe Coleman            8   6  3.61  20  19   5   0   1  132  116   55   53   10   45   94
Bill Denehy            0   2  3.81  19   0   0   1   0   28   27   13   12    1   17   13
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          4   2  1.39  37   0   0   6   0   45   34   11    7    0   19   25
Ted Abernathy          2   4  2.13  35   0   0  15   0   42   29   11   10    1   29   25
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  2.75  18  17   4   0   1  118  101   42   36    6   42   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  3.23  18   1   0   0   0   39   38   16   14    4   11   18
Lew Krausse            3  11  3.71  22  14   1   0   0   97  106   46   40   14   41   52
Marcelino Lopez        2   3  3.72  24   5   0   0   0   48   41   28   20    2   37   36
Jim Hannan             1   1  4.13  15   1   0   0   0   24   26   14   11    5   16   10
Jim Slaton             4   2  4.17  10   8   2   0   2   45   47   21   21    6   25   15
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   8  4.10  23  22   5   1   0  149  148   72   68   20   57   67
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  8.31   5   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        9   7  2.91  20  20  10   0   4  155  130   57   50   13   48   78
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  1.42  22  22  17   0   6  184  115   33   29    6   55  188
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Rollie Fingers         2   4  2.52  20   8   2   5   1   89   64   27   25    9   20   68
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
Bob Locker             3   1  3.76  27   0   0   5   0   38   40   18   16    2   10   25
Jim Roland             1   1  3.76  17   0   0   1   0   26   22   13   11    3   10   15
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         1   2  6.52  17   0   0   3   0   19   15   14   14    2    7   14
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   5  3.28  27  11   0   3   0   85   77   42   31    6   28   27
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
Pete Broberg           1   2  3.62   5   5   1   0   0   32   27   19   13    2   16   23
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

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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
  J. Palmer (BAL)          11
  R. Culp (BOS)            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
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      10
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  R. Culp (BOS)             8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           8
  S. Kline (NY)             8

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        15
  K. Sanders (MIL)         13
  F. Scherman (DET)        13
  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)         184.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      165.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       157.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   154.2
  D. McNally (BAL)      151.2
  J. Perry (MIN)        149.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     146.2
  M. Pattin (MIL)       145.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      144.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         170
  D. McLain (WAS)         149
  T. Murphy (CAL)         149
  F. Peterson (NY)        149
  J. Perry (MIN)          148
  J. Kaat (MIN)           145
  G. Peters (BOS)         140
  T. Bradley (CHI)        139
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        137
  D. McNally (BAL)        133

Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          75
  M. Lolich (DET)          73
  J. Perry (MIN)           72
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     71
  G. Peters (BOS)          70
  C. Hunter (OAK)          67
  T. Murphy (CAL)          67
  F. Peterson (NY)         66
  D. Bosman (WAS)          62
  T. John (CHI)            61

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          21
  J. Perry (MIN)           20
  M. Lolich (DET)          19
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         18
  D. McNally (BAL)         18
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  P. Dobson (BAL)          16
  M. Pattin (MIL)          16
  G. Peters (BOS)          16
  S. Dunning (CLE)         15

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)        98
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     69
  J. Palmer (BAL)          62
  S. Dunning (CLE)         60
  B. Johnson (CHI)         58
  J. Perry (MIN)           57
  M. Lolich (DET)          56
  V. Blue (OAK)            55
  B. Parsons (MIL)         53
  A. Foster (CLE)          52

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           188
  M. Lolich (DET)         156
  S. McDowell (CLE)       127
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       122
  T. Bradley (CHI)        107
  J. Palmer (BAL)         103
  R. Culp (BOS)           100
  J. Coleman (DET)         94
  M. Pattin (MIL)          94
  P. Dobson (BAL)          92

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