Sunday August 8, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 8, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Oakland         71  42  3.06  113  42  24  1037   858  398  353   88  369  711
Chicago         55  59  3.14  114  31  21  1023   968  432  357   72  342  657
Baltimore       67  42  3.16  109  47  14   980   879  386  344   91  297  553
Milwaukee       48  64  3.21  112  26  19   983   914  414  351   86  405  562
California      54  62  3.24  116  24  24  1067   928  425  384   74  457  668
Kansas City     56  54  3.31  110  23  28   968   894  390  356   63  334  521
New York        58  57  3.47  115  44   9  1032   981  460  398   93  313  495
Washington      46  65  3.66  111  17  20   992   955  462  403   95  396  540
Detroit         61  52  3.72  113  31  22  1034   958  467  427   88  451  690
Boston          63  49  3.84  112  27  31  1000   982  458  427   90  388  623
Cleveland       46  69  3.89  115  17  24  1019   890  484  440  102  553  696
Minnesota       51  61  3.93  112  27  17   989   972  488  432   95  390  617

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue (OAK)       20   4  1.56  28  28  19   0   8  230  146   46   40    9   67  231
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     14   8  1.90  29  27  12   1   4  213  181   64   45   14   41  119
Bill Parsons (MIL)     9  13  2.57  25  24  11   0   4  171  151   57   49   11   63  106
Rudy May (CAL)         7   7  2.79  20  20   5   0   1  142  101   46   44    8   57  117
Tom Bradley (CHI)     11   9  2.86  30  27   5   0   5  192  187   76   61    9   54  147
Dick Drago (KC)       14   6  2.86  25  24  11   0   4  167  170   56   53   10   26   78
Pat Dobson (BAL)      15   5  2.87  26  26  14   0   3  201  169   70   64   17   46  135
Ray Lamb (CLE)         5  10  2.88  30  17   3   1   1  122  103   45   39    9   50   71
Skip Lockwood (MIL)    8   7  2.90  23  22   3   0   0  149  134   63   48    8   66   82
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   6  2.91  26  26  12   0   2  192  158   69   62   14   81  129

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Leonhard          2   0  1.95   7   2   1   0   1   28   20    6    6    1    7    9
Eddie Watt             1   1  2.67  26   0   0   5   0   27   30   12    8    1    7   20
Pat Dobson            15   5  2.87  26  26  14   0   3  201  169   70   64   17   46  135
Jim Palmer            13   6  2.91  26  26  12   0   2  192  158   69   62   14   81  129
Grant Jackson          3   3  2.98  20   8   0   0   0   63   60   25   21    6   16   43
Dave McNally          13   4  3.03  20  20   8   0   0  152  133   54   51   18   35   65
Orlando Pena           0   1  3.07   5   0   0   0   0   15   16    7    5    0    5    4
Mike Cuellar          13   5  3.40  26  26  12   0   3  190  169   80   72   21   55   73
Tom Dukes              1   5  3.69  22   0   0   4   0   32   32   13   13    4    7   24
Dave Boswell           1   2  4.42  12   1   0   0   0   18   27   13    9    4   11    7
Dick Hall              4   5  4.45  21   0   0   1   0   32   34   18   16    2    9   16
Jim Hardin             0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6   12    5    3    0    3    3
Pete Richert           1   5  5.11  26   0   0   4   0   25   19   14   14    3   15   25

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Lee               9   2  2.28  33   3   0   2   0   83   69   24   21    4   35   67
Sparky Lyle            3   3  2.59  40   0   0  15   0   42   31   12   12    2   19   31
Roger Moret            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    2    5
Sonny Siebert         14   7  3.12  25  25   8   0   3  179  167   67   62   17   55   99
Ray Culp              13   9  3.17  26  26  11   0   2  187  167   72   66   13   59  124
Ken Tatum              2   3  3.98  27   0   0   8   0   32   31   15   14    2   17   10
Bobby Bolin            4   2  3.98  39   0   0   5   0   52   55   24   23    4   22   38
Ken Brett              0   1  4.05  22   0   0   0   0   47   37   23   21    6   25   45
Jim Lonborg            6   4  4.18  17  16   2   0   1   99  108   50   46    8   41   68
Gary Peters           11   8  4.55  25  24   5   1   0  164  184   86   83   20   57   79
Cal Koonce             0   1  5.57  13   1   0   0   0   21   22   16   13    3   11    9
Luis Tiant             0   6  6.44  11  10   1   0   0   50   61   38   36    7   25   39
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  1.76  33   0   0   4   0   46   35   10    9    2   22   36
Dave LaRoche           4   1  1.89  42   0   0   8   0   52   40   12   11    3   17   49
Eddie Fisher           9   4  2.21  44   1   0   3   0   90   62   30   22    8   40   69
Lloyd Allen            4   3  2.67  37   1   0   9   0   71   60   23   21    4   29   58
Rudy May               7   7  2.79  20  20   5   0   1  142  101   46   44    8   57  117
Rickey Clark           2   1  3.00   9   7   1   0   1   42   34   15   14    6   28   28
Clyde Wright          10  11  3.18  25  25   5   0   2  190  161   73   67   12   58   88
Andy Messersmith      11  11  3.56  27  27   7   0   3  187  158   87   74   10   88  120
Andy Hassler           0   3  3.86   6   4   0   0   0   19   25   10    8    0   15   13
Tom Murphy             6  13  4.01  26  26   6   0   0  173  179   80   77   16   61   60
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  6.04  10   4   0   0   0   25   32   18   17    3   21   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
Rich Hinton            2   1  1.46   9   0   0   0   0   12    8    2    2    0    2    7
Wilbur Wood           14   8  1.90  29  27  12   1   4  213  181   64   45   14   41  119
Tom Bradley           11   9  2.86  30  27   5   0   5  192  187   76   61    9   54  147
Don Eddy               0   2  3.12  19   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    6    3   15    9
Tommy John            10  11  3.12  29  26   8   0   3  182  182   82   63   12   53  101
Bart Johnson           6   7  3.21  40  12   3  11   0  135  121   54   48    8   70  102
Joel Horlen            6   9  3.69  24  14   3   2   0  105  109   48   43    7   24   63
Terry Forster          2   3  4.41  33   2   0   1   0   33   31   17   16    4   18   32
Pat Jacquez            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    2    1
Steve Kealey           2   1  4.53  36   1   0   3   0   54   52   33   27    9   21   35
Vicente Romo           1   7  4.59  34   2   0   3   0   51   39   26   26    5   29   29
Jim Magnuson           1   1  4.68  12   3   0   0   0   25   29   16   13    0   13   10
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
Mark Ballinger         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    1
Steve Mingori          1   2  1.60  48   0   0   4   0   51   30   10    9    2   22   38
Ed Farmer              3   0  2.19  27   2   0   3   0   49   32   13   12    4   25   33
Ray Lamb               5  10  2.88  30  17   3   1   1  122  103   45   39    9   50   71
Sam McDowell          11  10  2.98  25  23   8   0   2  166  113   61   55   17  118  151
Camilo Pascual         2   2  3.09   9   1   0   0   0   23   17    9    8    0   11   20
Vince Colbert          3   2  4.11  39   2   0   2   0   85   83   45   39    7   40   47
Steve Dunning          8   8  4.15  22  21   2   0   1  141  127   69   65   18   76  113
Alan Foster            6  11  4.15  24  21   3   0   0  130  114   66   60   13   64   75
Phil Hennigan          4   3  4.26  42   0   0  10   0   61   58   29   29    9   39   53
Rich Hand              1   4  4.65  10   8   0   0   0   41   45   24   21    3   26   12
Rick Austin            0   0  5.09  23   0   0   1   0   23   25   15   13    3   20   20
Mike Paul              1   3  5.79   6   5   0   0   0   28   29   18   18    3    5   14
Chuck Machemehl        0   2  6.38  14   0   0   3   0   18   16   16   13    2   15    9
Steve Hargan           1  12  6.87  18  15   1   0   0   77   98   64   59   12   41   39

 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  2.81  53   0   0  15   0   77   64   28   24    8   36   31
Mickey Lolich         18   8  2.93  32  32  18   0   2  270  244   98   88   24   67  224
Jim Hannan             1   0  3.27   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    7    6
Dean Chance            4   6  3.31  30  14   0   0   0   90   89   41   33    5   50   64
Joe Coleman           12   6  3.56  26  25   8   0   2  179  152   75   71   12   65  139
Bill Denehy            0   3  3.67  24   1   0   1   0   42   39   18   17    3   21   19
Bill Gilbreth          2   1  3.86   7   4   2   0   0   28   23   13   12    3   20   12
Les Cain               5   7  4.17  16  16   2   0   1   82   66   43   38    8   55   68
Tom Timmerman          5   5  4.18  38   0   0   2   0   56   50   26   26    6   27   32
Daryl Patterson        0   1  4.82  12   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    1    6    5
Joe Niekro             4   5  4.86  25  10   0   1   0   91  102   49   49    8   40   33
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
Ron Perranoski         0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1    1    0    0

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Burgmeier          4   6  1.75  46   0   0  10   0   62   47   16   12    1   21   30
Ted Abernathy          3   4  2.44  46   0   0  16   0   59   41   17   16    3   37   38
Paul Splittorff        4   5  2.51  12  12   3   0   1   82   78   26   23    2   19   50
Dick Drago            14   6  2.86  25  24  11   0   4  167  170   56   53   10   26   78
Jim York               5   5  3.00  41   0   0   1   0   72   49   26   24    6   34   76
Ken Wright             2   4  3.08  15   9   1   1   1   61   47   23   21    5   32   49
Mike Hedlund           8   6  3.12  22  20   4   0   1  133  119   52   46   10   48   45
Bruce Dal Canton       8   5  3.38  20  20   2   0   0  133  133   56   50    7   38   56
Al Fitzmorris          3   1  3.90  25   4   1   0   1   58   48   26   25    3   24   23
Bill Butler            1   2  4.80   8   6   0   0   0   30   36   18   16    6   17   18
Wally Bunker           2   3  5.01   7   6   0   0   0   32   35   19   18    7    6   15
Jim Rooker             2   7  5.33  20   7   1   0   1   54   59   35   32    2   24   31
Roger Nelson           0   0  5.74   8   1   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    3   10
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   7  2.11  56   0   0  18   0   94   81   26   22    7   23   57
Bill Parsons           9  13  2.57  25  24  11   0   4  171  151   57   49   11   63  106
Skip Lockwood          8   7  2.90  23  22   3   0   0  149  134   63   48    8   66   82
Marty Pattin          10  12  2.96  26  26   8   0   4  194  157   69   64   20   53  125
Lew Krausse            4  11  3.23  29  15   1   0   0  120  122   49   43   15   45   62
John Morris            2   1  3.40  30   1   0   1   0   53   50   25   20    4   17   28
Jim Slaton             7   4  3.91  15  13   3   0   3   76   75   33   33    8   42   26
Marcelino Lopez        2   7  4.43  29  10   0   0   0   63   58   44   31    5   56   41
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
Floyd Weaver           0   0  5.52   9   0   0   0   0   15   15    9    9    0   10    7
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
Bob Gebhard            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    1    0
Jim Strickland         1   0  1.45  13   0   0   0   0   19   14   12    3    1   11   11
Bert Blyleven          9  13  3.20  27  27   9   0   3  186  173   71   66   15   39  154
Jim Kaat               9   8  3.26  28  27  10   0   2  179  185   71   65    9   35   88
Tom Hall               4   5  3.43  41   8   0   6   0  105   81   46   40   11   52  109
Ray Corbin             7   8  3.73  38   7   2   3   0  101  100   50   42   14   47   59
Jim Perry             12  13  4.07  29  28   6   1   0  192  188   92   87   25   75   88
Stan Williams          4   5  4.11  43   1   0   2   0   72   59   41   33    5   41   45
Sal Campisi            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    4    2
Steve Luebber          1   3  5.91   8   7   0   0   0   32   42   22   21    4   22   16
Steve Barber           1   0  6.17   4   2   0   0   0   12    8    9    8    2   13    4
Hal Haydel             1   1  6.61  13   0   0   0   0   16   19   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  1.88   6   0   0   0   0   14   13    7    3    0    6   11
Jack Aker              4   2  2.08  32   0   0   3   0   43   36   11   10    3   24   20
Steve Kline            9  10  3.04  23  23  10   0   1  166  150   67   56   15   29   57
Mel Stottlemyre       11  10  3.07  26  26  14   0   5  200  178   79   68   16   58  101
Fritz Peterson        11   7  3.23  27  25   9   1   1  192  197   81   69   18   35   98
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.28  24   0   0   1   0   36   28   15   13    2   16   17
Mike Kekich            6   6  3.67  27  14   2   0   0  108   99   51   44    8   54   71
Stan Bahnsen          10   8  3.76  26  24   9   0   1  163  154   76   68   16   47   60
Jim Hardin             0   2  4.26  11   3   0   0   0   25   31   15   12    2    9   13
Lindy McDaniel         5   9  4.76  36   0   0   4   0   59   62   32   31   10   18   30
Roger Hambright        1   1  5.59   6   0   0   0   0   10    8    6    6    2    5    4
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             20   4  1.56  28  28  19   0   8  230  146   46   40    9   67  231
Rob Gardner            0   0  2.35   4   1   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    5
Rollie Fingers         2   6  2.73  34   8   2  13   1  109   78   36   33   13   23   79
Jim Roland             1   1  2.86  24   0   0   1   0   35   24   13   11    3   14   20
Bob Locker             4   1  3.13  36   0   0   6   0   55   52   22   19    2   15   33
Diego Segui            7   5  3.34  19  15   3   0   0  105   87   45   39    9   45   54
Blue Moon Odom         6   8  3.38  16  16   2   0   1   96   89   42   36    7   45   48
Catfish Hunter        14  10  3.44  26  26  11   0   1  186  163   83   71   20   64  128
Chuck Dobson          11   2  3.47  19  19   5   0   0  119  115   49   46   13   48   61
Paul Lindblad          1   0  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    7    7    1    2    4
Ron Klimkowski         2   2  4.26  20   0   0   1   0   32   30   16   15    3   20   17
Darold Knowles         3   2  5.14  31   0   0   3   0   35   31   21   20    3   13   25
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
Paul Lindblad          4   2  2.23  28   0   0   7   0   61   38   16   15    3   19   33
Joe Grzenda            4   2  2.40  33   0   0   2   0   49   44   17   13    2   10   39
Bill Gogolewski        2   1  2.86  18   8   1   0   0   66   60   21   21    3   29   38
Horacio Pina           1   1  2.98  44   0   0   2   0   48   41   19   16    1   26   35
Casey Cox              5   6  3.06  37  11   0   5   0  103   94   47   35    6   33   33
Pete Broberg           3   3  3.28   9   9   3   0   1   58   49   27   21    3   22   44
Jim Shellenback        3   8  3.43  31  12   3   0   1   97   97   44   37   10   39   35
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.52  12   0   0   2   0   15   17    6    6    2    6   16
Dick Bosman            9  12  3.87  24  24   3   0   1  156  157   75   67   19   50   81
Denny Riddleberger     3   1  3.96  42   0   0   1   0   52   53   23   23    8   23   47
Denny McLain           6  16  4.34  23  23   7   0   2  156  167   85   75   23   53   82
Mike Thompson          0   3  4.82   7   6   0   0   0   28   18   18   15    2   25   18
Jerry Janeski          1   5  4.96  23  10   0   1   0   62   72   38   34    5   34   19
Jackie Brown           3   3  5.36  12   8   0   0   0   42   48   26   25    8   27   20

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (OAK)            20
  M. Lolich (DET)          18
  P. Dobson (BAL)          15
  D. Drago (KC)            14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  S. Siebert (BOS)         14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         13
  R. Culp (BOS)            13
  D. McNally (BAL)         13

Losses:

  D. McLain (WAS)          16
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  T. Murphy (CAL)          13
  B. Parsons (MIL)         13
  J. Perry (MIN)           13
  D. Bosman (WAS)          12
  S. Hargan (CLE)          12
  M. Pattin (MIL)          12
  A. Foster (CLE)          11
  T. John (CHI)            11

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (OAK)            19
  M. Lolich (DET)          18
  P. Dobson (BAL)          14
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      14
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  W. Wood (CHI)            12
  R. Culp (BOS)            11
  D. Drago (KC)            11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11

Saves:

  K. Sanders (MIL)         18
  T. Abernathy (KC)        16
  S. Lyle (BOS)            15
  F. Scherman (DET)        15
  R. Fingers (OAK)         13
  B. Johnson (CHI)         11
  T. Burgmeier (KC)        10
  P. Hennigan (CLE)        10
  L. Allen (CAL)            9
  D. LaRoche (CAL)          8

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)             8
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       5
  D. Drago (KC)             4
  B. Parsons (MIL)          4
  M. Pattin (MIL)           4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3

Innings Pitched:

  M. Lolich (DET)       270.0
  V. Blue (OAK)         230.1
  W. Wood (CHI)         212.2
  P. Dobson (BAL)       200.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   199.2
  M. Pattin (MIL)       194.1
  J. Perry (MIN)        192.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)      192.0
  F. Peterson (NY)      192.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)       191.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)         244
  F. Peterson (NY)        197
  J. Perry (MIN)          188
  T. Bradley (CHI)        187
  J. Kaat (MIN)           185
  G. Peters (BOS)         184
  T. John (CHI)           182
  W. Wood (CHI)           181
  T. Murphy (CAL)         179
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     178

Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          98
  J. Perry (MIN)           92
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     87
  G. Peters (BOS)          86
  D. McLain (WAS)          85
  C. Hunter (OAK)          83
  T. John (CHI)            82
  F. Peterson (NY)         81
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         80
  T. Murphy (CAL)          80

Home Runs:

  J. Perry (MIN)           25
  M. Lolich (DET)          24
  D. McLain (WAS)          23
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21
  C. Hunter (OAK)          20
  M. Pattin (MIL)          20
  G. Peters (BOS)          20
  D. Bosman (WAS)          19
  S. Dunning (CLE)         18
  D. McNally (BAL)         18

Walks:

  S. McDowell (CLE)       118
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     88
  J. Palmer (BAL)          81
  S. Dunning (CLE)         76
  J. Perry (MIN)           75
  B. Johnson (CHI)         70
  V. Blue (OAK)            67
  M. Lolich (DET)          67
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        66
  J. Coleman (DET)         65

Strikeouts:

  V. Blue (OAK)           231
  M. Lolich (DET)         224
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       154
  S. McDowell (CLE)       151
  T. Bradley (CHI)        147
  J. Coleman (DET)        139
  P. Dobson (BAL)         135
  J. Palmer (BAL)         129
  C. Hunter (OAK)         128
  M. Pattin (MIL)         125

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