Friday July 16, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 16, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       56  33  3.03   89  40  13   804   707  302  271   81  240  441
Oakland         58  31  3.03   89  38  16   822   666  311  277   64  295  573
Milwaukee       38  49  3.07   87  21  14   769   710  313  262   68  320  439
Chicago         39  48  3.19   87  21  16   778   733  336  276   55  273  502
Kansas City     44  42  3.28   86  16  23   760   708  309  277   41  264  416
California      43  51  3.33   94  14  22   857   776  354  317   58  365  544
New York        42  48  3.53   90  33   6   805   777  364  316   72  246  382
Detroit         47  42  3.62   89  22  19   807   732  358  325   69  366  519
Cleveland       40  52  3.75   92  14  20   813   695  371  339   81  449  559
Boston          51  37  3.76   88  19  27   792   771  355  331   65  299  497
Washington      35  53  3.76   88  12  16   792   778  378  331   85  306  418
Minnesota       41  48  3.84   89  20  17   789   770  383  337   80  308  495

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       18   3  1.35  23  23  18   0   7  193  116   33   29    6   58  197
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      9   6  1.99  22  20   7   1   3  154  131   48   34   11   30   86
Bill Parsons (MIL)     8  10  2.27  20  19   9   0   4  139  113   42   35    8   56   84
Ray Lamb (CLE)         5   5  2.33  20  13   3   1   1   97   75   29   25    8   31   52
Jim Palmer (BAL)      11   4  2.57  20  20  10   0   1  157  127   51   45   12   62  103
Rollie Fingers (OAK)   2   4  2.74  22   8   2   6   1   92   69   31   28    9   21   69
Skip Lockwood (MIL)    5   6  2.75  18  17   2   0   0  115  107   49   35    5   53   61
Mike Hedlund (KC)      7   5  2.75  18  17   4   0   1  118  101   42   36    6   42   43
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   9   8  2.80  21  21  11   0   4  164  136   58   51   14   49   80
Rudy May (CAL)         4   5  2.87  15  15   2   0   1  104   78   35   33    7   43   88

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Leonhard          1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    8    1    0    0    0    2    2
Eddie Watt             1   1  1.80  25   0   0   5   0   25   24    6    5    1    6   19
Jim Palmer            11   4  2.57  20  20  10   0   1  157  127   51   45   12   62  103
Pat Dobson            11   4  2.96  21  21  10   0   1  161  140   59   53   16   38  101
Mike Cuellar          13   2  2.99  22  22  12   0   3  172  144   63   57   20   49   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
Grant Jackson          2   2  3.38  14   5   0   0   0   37   38   15   14    4   11   27
Dick Hall              3   5  4.50  18   0   0   1   0   28   28   16   14    2    9   16
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6   12    5    3    0    3    3
Pete Richert           0   5  5.50  21   0   0   3   0   18   13   11   11    2   12   17
Dave Boswell           1   2  6.35   7   1   0   0   0   11   21   12    8    4    7    4

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Lee               8   2  2.73  26   3   0   2   0   63   57   22   19    4   31   50
Sparky Lyle            3   3  2.88  33   0   0  11   0   34   27   11   11    2   19   27
Sonny Siebert         13   4  2.96  21  21   6   0   3  152  144   55   50   12   41   89
Bobby Bolin            3   2  2.98  33   0   0   5   0   42   40   15   14    2   18   28
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Ray Culp              10   7  3.07  21  21   9   0   2  153  139   58   52   10   42  103
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
Luis Tiant             0   3  4.65   6   5   0   0   0   31   29   16   16    2   15   24
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

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mel Queen              1   2  1.69  29   0   0   3   0   37   30    8    7    1   18   34
Rickey Clark           2   0  1.73   5   4   1   0   1   26   16    6    5    3   15   19
Eddie Fisher           7   4  1.87  38   1   0   3   0   77   50   23   16    6   29   55
Dave LaRoche           4   1  2.17  38   0   0   8   0   46   36   11   11    3   14   44
Rudy May               4   5  2.87  15  15   2   0   1  104   78   35   33    7   43   88
Clyde Wright           9   8  3.26  21  21   3   0   2  152  135   60   55    9   44   76
Lloyd Allen            3   2  3.40  31   1   0   8   0   53   50   21   20    3   25   44
Andy Messersmith       8   9  3.70  22  22   4   0   1  151  135   75   62    8   73   96
Andy Hassler           0   3  3.86   6   4   0   0   0   19   25   10    8    0   15   13
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            9   6  1.99  22  20   7   1   3  154  131   48   34   11   30   86
Jim Magnuson           1   1  2.61   9   2   0   0   0   21   19    9    6    0   11    9
Tom Bradley            8   7  2.93  24  22   3   0   3  150  145   63   49    8   47  112
Tommy John             8  10  2.99  23  20   6   0   3  141  139   62   47    8   40   78
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Bart Johnson           5   6  3.31  30  12   3   6   0  117  104   48   43    6   60   88
Joel Horlen            4   6  3.86  18   8   2   2   0   65   65   30   28    4   15   40
Terry Forster          2   3  4.13  27   2   0   1   0   28   29   14   13    4   13   27
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  5.40  28   1   0   3   0   37   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  1.86  15   2   0   2   0   29   16    7    6    3   19   24
Steve Mingori          1   2  2.08  38   0   0   3   0   39   25    9    9    2   18   31
Mike Paul              1   0  2.25   1   1   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    1    3    2
Ray Lamb               5   5  2.33  20  13   3   1   1   97   75   29   25    8   31   52
Sam McDowell           9   9  3.00  22  20   6   0   2  144   95   53   48   15  106  137
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  4.02  33   0   0   8   0   47   40   21   21    6   28   43
Steve Dunning          7   7  4.32  19  18   2   0   1  119  109   60   57   15   65   94
Vince Colbert          2   2  4.62  31   0   0   2   0   62   61   35   32    5   29   32
Rich Hand              1   4  4.65  10   8   0   0   0   41   45   24   21    3   26   12
Chuck Machemehl        0   2  6.38  14   0   0   3   0   18   16   16   13    2   15    9
Steve Hargan           1   9  6.79  13  12   1   0   0   58   76   47   44    9   30   25

 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  1.85   4   3   2   0   0   24   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         14   6  3.03  26  26  13   0   2  214  188   80   72   20   61  166
Dean Chance            3   6  3.09  21  13   0   0   0   82   81   36   28    5   45   57
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Bill Denehy            0   2  3.45  20   0   0   1   0   31   27   13   12    1   18   14
Les Cain               5   4  3.46  11  11   1   0   1   55   36   25   21    4   40   46
Joe Coleman            8   6  3.61  20  19   5   0   1  132  116   55   53   10   45   94
Tom Timmerman          4   5  4.31  27   0   0   1   0   40   33   19   19    5   22   22
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   3  1.57  38   0   0   6   0   46   35   12    8    1   19   25
Ted Abernathy          2   4  2.22  36   0   0  15   0   45   31   12   11    2   30   27
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
Bill Butler            1   2  2.95   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    8    6    3    9   11
Dick Drago            10   5  3.20  20  19   6   0   4  127  141   48   45    4   19   62
Bruce Dal Canton       8   4  3.36  18  18   2   0   0  123  116   51   46    7   36   53
Jim York               3   3  3.42  33   0   0   1   0   50   40   21   19    4   25   54
Al Fitzmorris          1   1  4.97  22   2   0   0   0   42   38   24   23    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  5.15  16   6   1   0   1   44   46   28   25    0   21   26
Roger Nelson           0   0  7.71   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    4    4    0    0    1
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            5   4  1.76  43   0   0  13   0   72   61   18   14    4   20   41
Bill Parsons           8  10  2.27  20  19   9   0   4  139  113   42   35    8   56   84
Skip Lockwood          5   6  2.75  18  17   2   0   0  115  107   49   35    5   53   61
John Morris            2   1  3.05  20   1   0   1   0   41   41   17   14    4   11   18
Marty Pattin           8  10  3.07  21  21   7   0   3  158  128   58   54   18   44  106
Marcelino Lopez        2   3  3.29  25   6   0   0   0   55   43   28   20    2   43   38
Lew Krausse            3  11  3.66  23  14   1   0   0   98  106   46   40   14   41   52
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  11   0   0   0   0   18   10    8    0    1   11   10
Tom Hall               3   4  3.21  33   7   0   6   0   84   62   34   30   10   40   89
Bert Blyleven          7  12  3.37  22  22   7   0   3  150  139   61   56   14   33  124
Ray Corbin             6   6  3.42  30   5   1   3   0   79   80   36   30   12   36   47
Jim Kaat               6   8  3.46  22  21   7   0   2  138  151   58   53    7   24   67
Stan Williams          2   3  3.70  34   1   0   2   0   58   47   32   24    5   31   37
Jim Perry             12   8  3.84  24  23   5   1   0  159  151   72   68   20   61   72
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Hal Haydel             0   1  5.56   7   0   0   0   0   11   11    7    7    2    6   12
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
Steve Luebber          1   2  7.24   4   3   0   0   0   14   19   12   11    1   10    7
Pete Hamm              1   1  7.71   9   5   0   0   0   23   35   20   20    3   14    6

 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   8  2.80  21  21  11   0   4  164  136   58   51   14   49   80
Stan Bahnsen           9   8  3.23  22  20   9   0   1  136  128   57   49   12   37   48
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  3.46  21  20   5   0   0  146  155   68   56   13   29   77
Mike Kekich            3   4  4.04  21   9   0   0   0   71   80   38   32    2   40   47
Jim Hardin             0   1  4.15   8   1   0   0   0   17   22    9    8    1    4    9
Lindy McDaniel         4   8  5.69  29   0   0   2   0   49   53   31   31   10   16   29
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             18   3  1.35  23  23  18   0   7  193  116   33   29    6   58  197
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Rollie Fingers         2   4  2.74  22   8   2   6   1   92   69   31   28    9   21   69
Blue Moon Odom         4   6  2.87  11  11   2   0   1   63   57   25   20    4   32   31
Chuck Dobson           8   0  3.19  14  14   4   0   0   87   78   32   31   10   38   46
Diego Segui            6   3  3.32  15  11   3   0   0   84   68   33   31    6   34   45
Jim Roland             1   1  3.38  19   0   0   1   0   29   23   13   11    3   11   16
Catfish Hunter        11   8  3.54  21  21   9   0   1  148  131   70   58   13   51   98
Bob Locker             3   1  3.59  30   0   0   5   0   43   44   19   17    2   10   28
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         2   2  5.48  21   0   0   3   0   23   16   15   14    2    9   16
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  1.37  26   0   0   1   0   39   27    8    6    1    7   33
Paul Lindblad          3   1  2.40  18   0   0   5   0   41   24   12   11    2   11   21
Bill Gogolewski        0   0  2.65  13   3   0   0   0   34   32   10   10    1   13   18
Casey Cox              3   5  3.11  29  11   0   4   0   90   80   42   31    6   28   28
Horacio Pina           1   1  3.38  34   0   0   2   0   40   36   17   15    1   19   26
Pete Broberg           1   3  3.43   6   6   1   0   0   39   35   21   15    3   18   28
Jim Shellenback        3   5  3.51  24   8   3   0   1   74   80   32   29    9   25   25
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Dick Bosman            7  10  4.10  20  20   1   0   1  127  132   65   58   17   39   62
Mike Thompson          0   2  4.30   3   3   0   0   0   15    6    8    7    2   18    6
Denny McLain           5  15  4.47  21  21   7   0   2  141  154   79   70   23   47   78
Denny Riddleberger     3   1  4.60  34   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)            18
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  D. McNally (BAL)         13
  S. Siebert (BOS)         13
  J. Perry (MIN)           12
  P. Dobson (BAL)          11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  J. Palmer (BAL)          11
  R. Culp (BOS)            10

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  L. Krausse (MIL)         11
  T. Murphy (CAL)          11
  D. Bosman (WAS)          10
  T. John (CHI)            10
  B. Parsons (MIL)         10
  M. Pattin (MIL)          10
  S. Hargan (CLE)           9
  S. McDowell (CLE)         9

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            18
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      11
  P. Dobson (BAL)          10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           9
  R. Culp (BOS)             9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        15
  K. Sanders (MIL)         13
  F. Scherman (DET)        13
  S. Lyle (BOS)            11
  L. Allen (CAL)            8
  P. Hennigan (CLE)         8
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          8
  K. Tatum (BOS)            8
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         6
  R. Fingers (OAK)          6

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             7
  D. Drago (KC)             4
  B. Parsons (MIL)          4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  T. John (CHI)             3
  M. Pattin (MIL)           3
  S. Siebert (BOS)          3

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       213.2
  V. Blue (OAK)         193.1
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      171.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   163.2
  P. Dobson (BAL)       161.0
  J. Perry (MIN)        159.1
  M. Pattin (MIL)       158.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       157.1
  W. Wood (CHI)         154.0
  R. Culp (BOS)         152.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         188
  F. Peterson (NY)        155
  D. McLain (WAS)         154
  J. Kaat (MIN)           151
  J. Perry (MIN)          151
  T. Murphy (CAL)         149
  T. Bradley (CHI)        145
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        144
  S. Siebert (BOS)        144
  D. Drago (KC)           141

Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          80
  D. McLain (WAS)          79
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     75
  J. Perry (MIN)           72
  C. Hunter (OAK)          70
  G. Peters (BOS)          70
  F. Peterson (NY)         68
  T. Murphy (CAL)          67
  D. Bosman (WAS)          65
  T. Bradley (CHI)         63

Home Runs:

  D. McLain (WAS)          23
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         20
  M. Lolich (DET)          20
  J. Perry (MIN)           20
  D. McNally (BAL)         18
  M. Pattin (MIL)          18
  D. Bosman (WAS)          17
  P. Dobson (BAL)          16
  G. Peters (BOS)          16
  S. Dunning (CLE)         15

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)       106
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     73
  S. Dunning (CLE)         65
  J. Palmer (BAL)          62
  M. Lolich (DET)          61
  J. Perry (MIN)           61
  B. Johnson (CHI)         60
  V. Blue (OAK)            58
  B. Parsons (MIL)         56
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        53

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           197
  M. Lolich (DET)         166
  S. McDowell (CLE)       137
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       124
  T. Bradley (CHI)        112
  M. Pattin (MIL)         106
  R. Culp (BOS)           103
  J. Palmer (BAL)         103
  P. Dobson (BAL)         101
  C. Hunter (OAK)          98

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