Friday July 30, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 30, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         63  39  3.05  102  38  20   938   765  361  318   78  343  649
Baltimore       64  38  3.12  102  45  14   918   819  355  318   88  278  520
Chicago         49  54  3.16  103  27  19   924   868  394  324   66  318  589
Milwaukee       43  59  3.22  102  25  16   899   828  381  322   78  381  520
California      51  56  3.28  107  19  23   977   867  396  356   68  413  621
Kansas City     52  49  3.32  101  19  27   890   826  362  328   58  312  481
New York        52  54  3.55  106  39   8   953   914  434  376   88  289  458
Washington      42  59  3.64  101  14  19   906   879  421  366   91  365  485
Cleveland       44  61  3.72  105  17  22   931   801  425  385   93  509  639
Detroit         55  49  3.78  104  27  21   944   878  434  396   83  416  615
Boston          58  45  3.85  103  24  30   918   903  421  393   80  351  576
Minnesota       46  56  3.95  102  22  17   903   891  451  396   86  362  565

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       19   4  1.50  26  26  18   0   7  216  132   41   36    8   63  219
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     12   7  1.97  26  24  10   1   3  188  159   58   41   13   34  108
Bill Parsons (MIL)     9  12  2.51  23  22  11   0   4  158  135   52   44   10   60   99
Rudy May (CAL)         6   6  2.71  18  18   4   0   1  130   94   41   39    8   48  107
Pat Dobson (BAL)      14   4  2.78  24  24  13   0   2  188  158   64   58   17   44  126
Marty Pattin (MIL)     9  11  2.88  24  24   8   0   4  181  145   63   58   18   51  119
Tom Bradley (CHI)      9   9  2.89  28  25   4   0   4  175  172   71   56    9   53  132
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   6  2.94  24  24  11   0   2  178  149   65   58   14   74  119
Sam McDowell (CLE)    11  10  2.98  25  23   8   0   2  166  113   61   55   17  118  151
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)  10   9  2.98  24  24  13   0   4  190  168   73   63   16   56   95

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Leonhard          2   0  1.25   5   1   1   0   1   22   11    3    3    1    4    7
Eddie Watt             1   1  2.67  26   0   0   5   0   27   30   12    8    1    7   20
Pat Dobson            14   4  2.78  24  24  13   0   2  188  158   64   58   17   44  126
Jim Palmer            12   6  2.94  24  24  11   0   2  178  149   65   58   14   74  119
Tom Dukes              1   4  3.00  19   0   0   4   0   30   27   10   10    2    6   24
Dave McNally          13   4  3.03  20  20   8   0   0  152  133   54   51   18   35   65
Grant Jackson          3   2  3.08  17   7   0   0   0   53   50   19   18    5   14   37
Mike Cuellar          13   4  3.28  25  25  12   0   3  184  162   75   67   21   53   72
Orlando Pena           0   1  3.72   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    4    4    0    4    3
Dick Hall              4   5  4.45  21   0   0   1   0   32   34   18   16    2    9   16
Dave Boswell           1   2  4.60  10   1   0   0   0   16   23   12    8    4   10    5
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6   12    5    3    0    3    3
Pete Richert           0   5  5.56  25   0   0   4   0   23   19   14   14    3   15   23

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            3   3  2.48  37   0   0  14   0   40   29   11   11    2   19   30
Bill Lee               8   2  2.64  30   3   0   2   0   72   64   24   21    4   33   59
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Sonny Siebert         14   6  3.01  24  24   8   0   3  174  163   63   58   15   51   95
Ray Culp              12   8  3.33  24  24  10   0   2  170  154   69   63   11   54  113
Ken Tatum              2   2  3.45  25   0   0   8   0   29   25   11   11    1   14   10
Ken Brett              0   1  3.63  20   0   0   0   0   45   33   20   18    6   24   42
Bobby Bolin            4   2  3.91  37   0   0   5   0   48   50   22   21    4   20   36
Jim Lonborg            5   4  4.76  15  14   1   0   0   85  101   49   45    8   36   61
Gary Peters            9   8  4.78  23  22   4   1   0  147  167   81   78   19   47   73
Cal Koonce             0   1  4.91  11   1   0   0   0   18   16   11   10    2   10    8
Luis Tiant             0   5  5.21   9   8   1   0   0   47   51   29   27    4   21   35
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  1.79  30   0   0   4   0   40   32    9    8    2   18   35
Rickey Clark           2   1  2.08   7   6   1   0   1   39   27   10    9    5   25   26
Eddie Fisher           9   4  2.08  42   1   0   3   0   87   57   27   20    8   39   65
Dave LaRoche           4   1  2.09  41   0   0   8   0   47   39   12   11    3   16   45
Rudy May               6   6  2.71  18  18   4   0   1  130   94   41   39    8   48  107
Lloyd Allen            4   2  2.98  34   1   0   8   0   60   54   22   20    3   27   49
Clyde Wright           9  10  3.39  23  23   4   0   2  170  149   70   64   10   51   84
Andy Messersmith      10  10  3.47  25  25   6   0   2  176  150   81   68   10   79  114
Andy Hassler           0   3  3.86   6   4   0   0   0   19   25   10    8    0   15   13
Tom Murphy             6  11  4.24  24  24   4   0   0  155  168   76   73   14   56   53
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           12   7  1.97  26  24  10   1   3  188  159   58   41   13   34  108
Rich Hinton            2   1  2.16   7   0   0   0   0    8    4    2    2    0    2    4
Tom Bradley            9   9  2.89  28  25   4   0   4  175  172   71   56    9   53  132
Tommy John             9  10  3.01  26  23   7   0   3  164  156   71   55   10   47   91
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Bart Johnson           6   6  3.19  36  12   3   9   0  130  114   52   46    8   69   98
Joel Horlen            6   8  3.82  22  12   3   2   0   92   97   44   39    7   20   53
Jim Magnuson           1   1  3.86  10   3   0   0   0   21   22   12    9    0   12    9
Vicente Romo           1   6  4.27  32   1   0   3   0   46   35   22   22    3   28   24
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Steve Kealey           1   1  4.66  33   1   0   3   0   48   50   31   25    8   20   31
Terry Forster          2   3  4.91  30   2   0   1   0   29   30   17   16    4   16   27
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              3   0  1.64  21   2   0   2   0   38   26    8    7    4   20   28
Steve Mingori          1   2  1.81  45   0   0   4   0   45   30   10    9    2   22   34
Sam McDowell          11  10  2.98  25  23   8   0   2  166  113   61   55   17  118  151
Ray Lamb               5   8  2.99  25  16   3   1   1  108   91   40   36    8   46   62
Mike Paul              1   1  3.00   4   3   0   0   0   18   15    6    6    2    4    8
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            6  10  3.83  22  20   3   0   0  127  109   60   54   13   59   72
Steve Dunning          7   7  4.16  20  19   2   0   1  128  113   63   59   16   70  104
Phil Hennigan          4   3  4.25  37   0   0   9   0   53   48   25   25    7   32   48
Vince Colbert          2   2  4.36  37   0   0   2   0   74   72   42   36    7   34   41
Rich Hand              1   4  4.65  10   8   0   0   0   41   45   24   21    3   26   12
Steve Hargan           1  10  6.16  16  13   1   0   0   69   85   52   47    9   36   31
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
Fred Scherman          8   5  2.80  49   0   0  14   0   71   57   26   22    8   31   29
Mickey Lolich         16   7  3.08  29  29  15   0   2  240  219   92   82   24   63  189
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Dean Chance            4   6  3.36  27  14   0   0   0   88   88   41   33    5   49   62
Joe Coleman           11   6  3.68  24  23   7   0   1  164  144   69   67   12   56  122
Tom Timmerman          4   5  3.72  34   0   0   2   0   48   39   20   20    5   23   28
Bill Gilbreth          2   1  3.86   7   4   2   0   0   28   23   13   12    3   20   12
Bill Denehy            0   3  3.96  23   1   0   1   0   39   38   18   17    3   21   16
Les Cain               5   6  4.04  14  14   2   0   1   71   53   37   32    6   48   60
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Joe Niekro             2   4  5.11  22   8   0   1   0   76   89   43   43    7   35   29
Bill Zepp              1   1  5.12  16   4   0   2   0   32   41   20   18    2   17   15
Mike Kilkenny          1   4  5.34  25   7   1   1   0   61   61   39   36    6   27   37
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   5  1.54  44   0   0   9   0   58   44   14   10    1   21   30
Ken Wright             2   3  2.38  13   7   1   1   1   53   39   16   14    4   25   48
Ted Abernathy          2   4  2.47  43   0   0  16   0   55   37   16   15    3   37   33
Paul Splittorff        4   3  2.62  10  10   2   0   1   65   67   22   19    1   18   38
Jim York               5   5  2.84  38   0   0   1   0   67   44   23   21    5   32   70
Dick Drago            12   6  3.03  23  22   9   0   4  149  154   53   50    8   24   72
Mike Hedlund           8   6  3.17  21  20   4   0   1  131  118   52   46   10   46   45
Bruce Dal Canton       8   4  3.19  19  19   2   0   0  130  127   52   46    7   36   55
Al Fitzmorris          2   1  4.62  24   3   0   0   0   49   46   26   25    3   21   21
Bill Butler            1   2  4.76   6   6   0   0   0   28   32   17   15    6   17   17
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.01   7   6   0   0   0   32   35   19   18    7    6   15
Roger Nelson           0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   12   11    7    7    1    1    6
Jim Rooker             2   7  5.50  19   7   1   0   1   52   58   35   32    2   23   29
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   6  2.10  49   0   0  15   0   86   73   24   20    6   23   51
Bill Parsons           9  12  2.51  23  22  11   0   4  158  135   52   44   10   60   99
Marty Pattin           9  11  2.88  24  24   8   0   4  181  145   63   58   18   51  119
Skip Lockwood          6   7  3.08  21  20   2   0   0  132  122   60   45    7   63   71
John Morris            2   1  3.21  25   1   0   1   0   48   45   22   17    4   13   25
Lew Krausse            3  11  3.50  27  14   1   0   0  111  115   49   43   15   45   59
Jim Slaton             6   3  3.74  13  11   3   0   3   65   63   27   27    7   35   21
Floyd Weaver           0   0  4.05   6   0   0   0   0   13    9    6    6    0    8    7
Marcelino Lopez        2   6  4.63  28   9   0   0   0   58   50   39   30    3   53   40
Dick Ellsworth         0   1  4.91  11   0   0   0   0   15   22   10    8    1    7   10
Jim Hannan             1   1  5.02  18   1   0   0   0   29   36   21   16    6   20   16
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  1.53  12   0   0   0   0   18   13   12    3    1   11   10
Bert Blyleven          7  12  3.31  24  24   7   0   3  161  152   64   59   14   35  135
Jim Kaat               8   8  3.36  26  25   9   0   2  163  175   67   61    8   32   82
Ray Corbin             7   7  3.42  36   6   1   3   0   92   91   43   35   12   43   53
Tom Hall               3   5  3.45  39   7   0   6   0   94   72   41   36   10   48  100
Stan Williams          3   4  3.89  41   1   0   2   0   69   55   38   30    5   39   42
Jim Perry             12  11  3.94  27  26   5   1   0  178  173   83   78   22   67   81
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Steve Luebber          1   3  5.76   7   6   0   0   0   30   35   20   19    3   20   15
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Hal Haydel             1   1  6.75  12   0   0   0   0   16   17   12   12    3    8   14
Ron Perranoski         1   4  6.96  36   0   0   5   0   43   60   40   33    2   28   21
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
Al Closter             1   0  1.93   4   0   0   0   0    9    9    5    2    0    3    8
Jack Aker              4   2  2.29  30   0   0   3   0   39   34   11   10    3   20   18
Mel Stottlemyre       10   9  2.98  24  24  13   0   4  190  168   73   63   16   56   95
Steve Kline            8   9  3.09  21  21   9   0   1  152  136   62   52   15   26   53
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.28  24   0   0   1   0   36   28   15   13    2   16   17
Fritz Peterson         9   7  3.41  25  23   7   1   0  174  183   78   66   17   33   93
Stan Bahnsen           9   8  3.77  25  23   9   0   1  155  146   73   65   15   44   58
Mike Kekich            5   5  3.96  24  12   1   0   0   91   91   46   40    6   47   58
Roger Hambright        1   1  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    4    4    4    1    5    3
Jim Hardin             0   2  4.26  11   3   0   0   0   25   31   15   12    2    9   13
Lindy McDaniel         5   9  5.01  34   0   0   3   0   56   59   32   31   10   18   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             19   4  1.50  26  26  18   0   7  216  132   41   36    8   63  219
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Rollie Fingers         2   6  2.80  30   8   2  10   1  103   76   35   32   12   23   73
Jim Roland             1   1  3.00  22   0   0   1   0   33   24   13   11    3   13   18
Blue Moon Odom         5   7  3.02  14  14   2   0   1   83   75   34   28    5   42   40
Chuck Dobson           9   1  3.25  16  16   4   0   0  100   92   38   36   10   41   51
Diego Segui            6   4  3.35  17  13   3   0   0   94   77   41   35    8   40   51
Catfish Hunter        12  10  3.59  24  24   9   0   1  168  149   79   67   18   62  119
Bob Locker             3   1  3.64  33   0   0   5   0   47   49   22   19    2   12   29
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  4.55  19   0   0   1   0   30   28   16   15    3   20   16
Darold Knowles         3   2  5.08  26   0   0   3   0   28   20   17   16    3   12   18
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   2  2.09  31   0   0   2   0   47   39   13   11    2    9   39
Paul Lindblad          4   2  2.13  25   0   0   7   0   55   35   14   13    3   17   29
Bill Gogolewski        1   0  2.60  16   6   0   0   0   52   45   15   15    2   26   30
Pete Broberg           2   3  2.98   7   7   2   0   0   48   40   22   16    3   20   35
Casey Cox              4   5  3.02  34  11   0   4   0   98   87   45   33    6   31   31
Jim Shellenback        3   7  3.17  29  11   3   0   1   94   93   40   33    9   36   34
Horacio Pina           1   1  3.27  40   0   0   2   0   44   38   19   16    1   24   28
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Dick Bosman            9  11  3.96  23  23   2   0   1  148  153   73   65   18   49   78
Mike Thompson          0   2  4.34   4   4   0   0   0   19    9   11    9    2   20    8
Denny Riddleberger     3   1  4.43  37   0   0   1   0   45   50   22   22    8   21   42
Denny McLain           5  15  4.47  21  21   7   0   2  141  154   79   70   23   47   78
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.96  23  10   0   1   0   62   72   38   34    5   34   19
Jackie Brown           3   3  5.40  10   8   0   0   0   38   47   24   23    7   25   18

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            19
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  P. Dobson (BAL)          14
  S. Siebert (BOS)         14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  D. McNally (BAL)         13
  R. Culp (BOS)            12
  D. Drago (KC)            12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          12
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  B. Parsons (MIL)         12
  D. Bosman (WAS)          11
  L. Krausse (MIL)         11
  T. Murphy (CAL)          11
  M. Pattin (MIL)          11
  J. Perry (MIN)           11
  A. Foster (CLE)          10
  S. Hargan (CLE)          10

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            18
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  P. Dobson (BAL)          13
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  J. Palmer (BAL)          11
  B. Parsons (MIL)         11
  R. Culp (BOS)            10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  S. Bahnsen (NY)           9

Saves:

  T. Abernathy (KC)        16
  K. Sanders (MIL)         15
  S. Lyle (BOS)            14
  F. Scherman (DET)        14
  R. Fingers (OAK)         10
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         9
  P. Hennigan (CLE)         9
  B. Johnson (CHI)          9
  L. Allen (CAL)            8
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          8

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       240.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         216.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   190.1
  P. Dobson (BAL)       188.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         187.2
  M. Cuellar (BAL)      183.2
  M. Pattin (MIL)       181.1
  J. Perry (MIN)        178.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       177.2
  A. Messersmith (CAL)  176.1

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         219
  F. Peterson (NY)        183
  J. Kaat (MIN)           175
  J. Perry (MIN)          173
  T. Bradley (CHI)        172
  T. Murphy (CAL)         168
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     168
  G. Peters (BOS)         167
  S. Siebert (BOS)        163
  M. Cuellar (BAL)        162

Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          92
  J. Perry (MIN)           83
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     81
  G. Peters (BOS)          81
  C. Hunter (OAK)          79
  D. McLain (WAS)          79
  F. Peterson (NY)         78
  T. Murphy (CAL)          76
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         75
  S. Bahnsen (NY)          73

Home Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          24
  D. McLain (WAS)          23
  J. Perry (MIN)           22
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21
  G. Peters (BOS)          19
  D. Bosman (WAS)          18
  C. Hunter (OAK)          18
  D. McNally (BAL)         18
  M. Pattin (MIL)          18
  P. Dobson (BAL)          17

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)       118
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     79
  J. Palmer (BAL)          74
  S. Dunning (CLE)         70
  B. Johnson (CHI)         69
  J. Perry (MIN)           67
  V. Blue (OAK)            63
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        63
  M. Lolich (DET)          63
  C. Hunter (OAK)          62

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           219
  M. Lolich (DET)         189
  S. McDowell (CLE)       151
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       135
  T. Bradley (CHI)        132
  P. Dobson (BAL)         126
  J. Coleman (DET)        122
  C. Hunter (OAK)         119
  J. Palmer (BAL)         119
  M. Pattin (MIL)         119


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