AL Pitching Leaders

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 10/23/1971

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Grimsley	Mps	2.86	Lolich,M	ChA	254	Renko	Bos	126
Billingham	ChA	2.86	Blue	Mps	227	Messersmith	Car	111
Sutton	Det	2.90	Hunter,J	Car	194	Wilson,D	ChA	108
Stottlemyre	Mps	2.91	Blyleven	Det	191	Parsons	LA	96
Blue	Mps	2.94	Kirby	Mps	178	Kirby	Mps	94
Wilson,D	ChA	3.14	Messersmith	Car	176	McAnally	Bos	91
Wood	Ili	3.17	Wilson,D	ChA	173	Carlton	PB	91
Messersmith	Car	3.27	Sutton	Det	170	Perry,G	ChA	91
Hunter,J	Car	3.35	Niekro,P	Car	149	Hunter,J	Car	87
Niekro,P	Car	3.38	Parsons	LA	145	Kekich	Ili	82
Blyleven	Det	3.40	Dobson,P	Bos	144	Blue	Mps	78
Parsons	LA	3.55	Gibson,B	Ili	142	Downing	LA	77
Lolich,M	ChA	3.56	Wood	Ili	137	Blass	Det	77
Kirby	Mps	3.58	Wise	LA	137	Gibson,B	Ili	71
Gibson,B	Ili	3.66	Perry,G	ChA	137	Lolich,M	ChA	69


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Parsons	LA	19-10	Parsons	LA	.655	Parsons	LA	5.6
Wilson,D	ChA	16-13	Blyleven	Det	.609	Drago	PB	5.1
Blyleven	Det	14-9	McGlothlin	Det	.600	Dobson,P	Bos	5.0
Downing	LA	14-12	Sanders	Bos	.600	Carlton	PB	5.0
Kirby	Mps	14-12	Hunter,J	Car	.591	Peterson	LA	4.9
Blass	Det	14-14	Blue	Mps	.571	Wise	LA	4.9
Hunter,J	Car	13-9	Messersmith	Car	.571	McNally	Car	4.8
Dobson,P	Bos	13-11	Sutton	Det	.571	Renko	Bos	4.8
McNally	Car	13-11	Wilson,D	ChA	.552	Blyleven	Det	4.7
Wise	LA	13-11	Peterson	LA	.550	Wilson,D	ChA	4.7
Stottlemyre	Mps	13-12	Dobson,P	Bos	.542	Krausse	PB	4.5
Niekro,P	Car	13-13	McNally	Car	.542	Dierker	PB	4.5
6 tied with		12	Wise	LA	.542	Blass	Det	4.5
			Downing	LA	.538	Downing	LA	4.4
			Kirby	Mps	.538	Wood	Ili	4.3


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Blue	Mps	.215	Sutton	Det	.281	Messersmith	Car	.317
Kirby	Mps	.216	Wood	Ili	.284	Blue	Mps	.328
Wilson,D	ChA	.223	Blue	Mps	.286	Billingham	ChA	.337
Messersmith	Car	.227	Grimsley	Mps	.294	Stottlemyre	Mps	.337
Gibson,B	Ili	.235	Niekro,P	Car	.298	Wilson,D	ChA	.343
Grimsley	Mps	.237	Stottlemyre	Mps	.298	Sutton	Det	.347
Sutton	Det	.239	Blyleven	Det	.303	Grimsley	Mps	.353
Wood	Ili	.242	Wilson,D	ChA	.303	Kirby	Mps	.354
Billingham	ChA	.242	Billingham	ChA	.305	Niekro,P	Car	.354
Niekro,P	Car	.244	Gibson,B	Ili	.305	Wood	Ili	.356
Hunter,J	Car	.246	Kirby	Mps	.307	Blyleven	Det	.379
Stottlemyre	Mps	.247	Lolich,M	ChA	.308	Gibson,B	Ili	.380
Parsons	LA	.254	Hunter,J	Car	.309	Kekich	Ili	.383
Renko	Bos	.256	Messersmith	Car	.313	Parsons	LA	.387
Lolich,M	ChA	.266	Dobson,P	Bos	.313	Hunter,J	Car	.389


Hits per 9 innings			Walks per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Blue	Mps	7.0	Peterson	LA	1.5	Sutton	Det	10.2
Kirby	Mps	7.1	Blyleven	Det	1.8	Wood	Ili	10.2
Wilson,D	ChA	7.4	Sutton	Det	1.9	Blue	Mps	10.2
Messersmith	Car	7.5	Drago	PB	2.0	Grimsley	Mps	10.7
Grimsley	Mps	7.9	Wood	Ili	2.0	Niekro,P	Car	10.8
Gibson,B	Ili	8.1	Dobson,P	Bos	2.0	Stottlemyre	Mps	11.0
Niekro,P	Car	8.1	Lolich,M	ChA	2.1	Blyleven	Det	11.3
Sutton	Det	8.2	Stottlemyre	Mps	2.3	Billingham	ChA	11.3
Wood	Ili	8.2	Dierker	PB	2.5	Wilson,D	ChA	11.3
Billingham	ChA	8.2	Wise	LA	2.5	Kirby	Mps	11.4
Stottlemyre	Mps	8.4	Niekro,P	Car	2.5	Lolich,M	ChA	11.5
Hunter,J	Car	8.5	Krausse	PB	2.6	Gibson,B	Ili	11.6
Renko	Bos	8.5	Grimsley	Mps	2.6	Hunter,J	Car	11.6
Parsons	LA	8.8	Billingham	ChA	2.6	Dobson,P	Bos	11.7
Kekich	Ili	9.1	McNally	Car	2.8	Messersmith	Car	11.7


Strikeouts per 9 innings			Homeruns per 9 innings			Stolen bases per 9 innings

Blue	Mps	9.1	Messersmith	Car	0.5	McNally	Car	0.1
Lolich,M	ChA	7.7	Sutton	Det	0.6	Blass	Det	0.1
Blyleven	Det	7.6	Kekich	Ili	0.7	Peterson	LA	0.1
Kirby	Mps	7.5	Billingham	ChA	0.7	Kekich	Ili	0.2
Hunter,J	Car	6.8	Blue	Mps	0.7	Grimsley	Mps	0.2
Gibson,B	Ili	6.7	Stottlemyre	Mps	0.7	Blue	Mps	0.2
Sutton	Det	6.3	Blyleven	Det	0.8	Downing	LA	0.2
Messersmith	Car	6.3	Peterson	LA	0.8	Blyleven	Det	0.3
Wilson,D	ChA	5.9	Wise	LA	0.8	Carlton	PB	0.3
Carlton	PB	5.8	Niekro,P	Car	0.8	Dobson,P	Bos	0.4
Dobson,P	Bos	5.8	Grimsley	Mps	0.8	Kirby	Mps	0.4
Niekro,P	Car	5.7	Wood	Ili	0.9	Drago	PB	0.4
Wood	Ili	5.7	Wilson,D	ChA	0.9	Messersmith	Car	0.4
Downing	LA	5.3	Gibson,B	Ili	0.9	Stottlemyre	Mps	0.4
Parsons	LA	5.3	McNally	Car	0.9	Wood	Ili	0.4


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Wilson,D	ChA	5	Lolich,M	ChA	26	Grimsley	Mps	.793
Kirby	Mps	4	Blue	Mps	24	Blue	Mps	.727
Grimsley	Mps	3	Messersmith	Car	24	Wood	Ili	.724
Niekro,P	Car	3	Grimsley	Mps	23	Kirby	Mps	.719
Kekich	Ili	2	Kirby	Mps	23	Stottlemyre	Mps	.697
Gibson,B	Ili	2	Stottlemyre	Mps	23	Billingham	ChA	.690
Stottlemyre	Mps	2	Blyleven	Det	23	Messersmith	Car	.686
Blass	Det	2	Niekro,P	Car	23	Blyleven	Det	.676
Dobson,P	Bos	2	Sutton	Det	23	Niekro,P	Car	.676
Sutton	Det	2	Hunter,J	Car	23	Sutton	Det	.657
Parsons	LA	2	Wilson,D	ChA	23	Hunter,J	Car	.639
Wise	LA	2	Perry,G	ChA	23	Wilson,D	ChA	.622
Peterson	LA	2	4 tied with		21	Lolich,M	ChA	.605
Lolich,M	ChA	2				Blass	Det	.600
14 tied with		1				Dierker	PB	.593


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

Fingers	Bos	48	Fingers	Bos	37	Mingori	LA	.943
Aker	Car	39	Mingori	LA	33	Gladding	Mps	.933
Carroll	ChA	38	Aker	Car	29	Watt	Det	.893
Mingori	LA	35	Gladding	Mps	28	Miller,B	PB	.848
Miller,B	PB	33	Miller,B	PB	28	Fingers	Bos	.771
Gladding	Mps	30	Watt	Det	25	Aker	Car	.744
Watt	Det	28	Carroll	ChA	25	Carroll	ChA	.658
Gibbon	Ili	20	Gibbon	Ili	18
McAndrew	Det	17	McAndrew	Det	12
Klimkowski	Det	11	Hall,T	LA	7
Hall,T	LA	11	Shaw	Det	6
Kelley,T	Car	10	Kelley,T	Car	5
Shaw	Det	8	Williams,C	Car	4
Tatum	Mps	8	Jackson,G	ChA	4
York	Mps	8	3 tied with		3


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Strickland	LA	14	Carroll	ChA	13	Carroll	ChA	.342
Abernathy	LA	13	Fingers	Bos	11	Aker	Car	.256
York	Mps	11	Aker	Car	10	Fingers	Bos	.229
Burgmeier	Bos	11	Klimkowski	Det	7	Miller,B	PB	.152
Kelley,T	Car	10	York	Mps	5	Watt	Det	.107
Sanders	Bos	10	Kelley,T	Car	5	Gladding	Mps	.067
Upshaw	PB	10	Miller,B	PB	5	Mingori	LA	.057
Pena,J	Ili	8	Upshaw	PB	4
Marshall,M	LA	8	Hall,T	LA	4
Lamb,R	ChA	8	McAndrew	Det	4
Kealey	LA	7	9 tied with		3
Shaw	Det	7
Jackson,G	ChA	7
6 tied with		6



Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Lolich,M	ChA	298.2	Messersmith	Car	30.46	Hunter,J	Car	11
Perry,G	ChA	265.2	Wood	Ili	30.24	Wilson,D	ChA	10
Wilson,D	ChA	263.1	Wilson,D	ChA	30.00	Niekro,P	Car	9
Hunter,J	Car	255.1	Hunter,J	Car	29.86	Messersmith	Car	9
Messersmith	Car	253.0	Billingham	ChA	29.72	Wise	LA	9
Parsons	LA	248.1	Blass	Det	29.57	Wood	Ili	8
Wise	LA	243.0	Gibson,B	Ili	29.25	Peterson	LA	8
Sutton	Det	242.1	Lolich,M	ChA	29.23	Lolich,M	ChA	8
Blass	Det	238.1	Grimsley	Mps	28.34	Kirby	Mps	7
Niekro,P	Car	234.1	Dierker	PB	28.19	Blass	Det	7
Blyleven	Det	227.1	Blyleven	Det	28.15	Dobson,P	Bos	6
Peterson	LA	227.0	Niekro,P	Car	28.12	Sutton	Det	6
Dobson,P	Bos	224.2	Sutton	Det	28.11	Perry,G	ChA	6
Blue	Mps	223.1	Stottlemyre	Mps	28.03	5 tied with		5
Downing	LA	223.0	Kirby	Mps	27.94


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Peterson	LA	53	Sutton	Det	12	Perry,G	ChA	39
Wise	LA	50	Krausse	PB	11	Lersch	Bos	37
Hunter,J	Car	46	Parsons	LA	11	Lolich,M	ChA	35
Lolich,M	ChA	46	Perry,G	ChA	10	Dobson,P	Bos	33
McNally	Car	45	Carlton	PB	9	Blass	Det	29
Downing	LA	43	Lolich,M	ChA	9	Hunter,J	Car	29
Perry,G	ChA	41	Drago	PB	8	Peters	Ili	28
Messersmith	Car	38	Renko	Bos	8	Kirby	Mps	26
Dobson,P	Bos	37	Cumberland	PB	7	Wilson,D	ChA	26
Carlton	PB	36	Kekich	Ili	7	Dierker	PB	25
Gibson,B	Ili	35	Gibson,B	Ili	7	Parsons	LA	25
Drago	PB	35	Dobson,P	Bos	7	Drago	PB	24
Peters	Ili	34	Blue	Mps	6	Carlton	PB	24
Blyleven	Det	32	Wise	LA	6	Downing	LA	23
4 tied with		31	5 tied with		5	2 tied with		22


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Hunter,J	Car	24	Carlton	PB	.412	Grimsley	Mps	4
Perry,G	ChA	23	Kirby	Mps	.474	Peterson	LA	4
Sutton	Det	19	Krausse	PB	.520	Kirby	Mps	4
Lolich,M	ChA	18	Messersmith	Car	.524	Krausse	PB	4
Pappas	Bos	16	Bosman	Car	.526	Carlton	PB	3
Niekro,P	Car	14	Parsons	LA	.538	Hunter,J	Car	3
Renko	Bos	14	Billingham	ChA	.647	14 tied with		2
Wilson,D	ChA	14	Wise	LA	.650
Parsons	LA	14	Sutton	Det	.679
Wise	LA	13	Pappas	Bos	.696
Krausse	PB	13	Hunter,J	Car	.706
Briles	Mps	12	Wilson,D	ChA	.737
4 tied with		11	Renko	Bos	.778
			Lolich,M	ChA	.818
			Perry,G	ChA	.821


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Burgmeier	Bos	13	McAnally	Bos	21	Lamb,R	ChA	3
Billingham	ChA	11	Carlton	PB	18	Jarvis	Bos	2
Kirby	Mps	9	Kekich	Ili	13	Krausse	PB	2
Carlton	PB	9	Lemaster	Mps	12	Billingham	ChA	2
Gladding	Mps	8	Barber,SD	Ili	11	Niekro,P	Car	2
Tatum	Mps	8	Marshall,M	LA	11	Stone,G	PB	1
Fingers	Bos	8	Niekro,P	Car	10	Roland	PB	1
Peterson	LA	8	Lersch	Bos	9	Gibbon	Ili	1
Nelson,J	Det	7	Perry,G	ChA	9	Upshaw	PB	1
Drago	PB	7	7 tied with		8	Blue	Mps	1
Messersmith	Car	7				Blyleven	Det	1
Wilson,D	ChA	7				Peterson	LA	1
5 tied with		6




Games			Starts			Batters faced

Burgmeier	Bos	80	Lolich,M	ChA	43	Lolich,M	ChA	1257
York	Mps	79	Perry,G	ChA	42	Perry,G	ChA	1171
Fingers	Bos	78	Peterson	LA	39	Wilson,D	ChA	1110
Sanders	Bos	71	Downing	LA	38	Hunter,J	Car	1075
Upshaw	PB	71	Wise	LA	38	Parsons	LA	1067
Lamb,R	ChA	70	Parsons	LA	38	Messersmith	Car	1066
Marshall,M	LA	64	Wilson,D	ChA	37	Wise	LA	1039
McAndrew	Det	64	Carlton	PB	36	Blass	Det	1035
Foster,A	LA	62	Drago	PB	36	Sutton	Det	984
Carroll	ChA	60	Hunter,J	Car	36	Downing	LA	980
Miller,B	PB	60	Blass	Det	35	Renko	Bos	962
Culver	PB	59	Dobson,P	Bos	35	Peterson	LA	959
Kelley,T	Car	59	Messersmith	Car	35	Blyleven	Det	957
Jackson,G	ChA	58	Renko	Bos	35	Niekro,P	Car	956
2 tied with		57	Sutton	Det	35	Carlton	PB	955


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

Fingers	Bos	64	Billingham	ChA	.000	Watt	Det	.179
Mingori	LA	51	Wood	Ili	.000	Gladding	Mps	.200
Miller,B	PB	50	Lolich,M	ChA	.200	Foster,A	LA	.222
Carroll	ChA	48	Blyleven	Det	.222	Carroll	ChA	.226
Aker	Car	42	Dobson,P	Bos	.267	Lamb,R	ChA	.229
Gladding	Mps	41	Blue	Mps	.278	Fingers	Bos	.242
York	Mps	40	Dierker	PB	.286	Burgmeier	Bos	.256
Gibbon	Ili	39	Wilson,D	ChA	.308	Kelley,T	Car	.269
McAndrew	Det	37	Krausse	PB	.313	Marshall,M	LA	.276
Watt	Det	33	Peterson	LA	.318	Tatum	Mps	.276
Williams,C	Car	32	Grimsley	Mps	.333	Briles	Mps	.286
Burgmeier	Bos	30	Downing	LA	.348	Williams,C	Car	.308
Jackson,G	ChA	27	Gibson,B	Ili	.375	Hall,T	LA	.333
Sanders	Bos	26	Wise	LA	.379	Barber,SD	Ili	.346
2 tied with		23	Perry,G	ChA	.400	Giusti	Bos	.348


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Renko	Bos	31	Perry,G	ChA	30	Perry,G	ChA	12-18
Wise	LA	31	Wilson,D	ChA	29	Lersch	Bos	6-17
Stottlemyre	Mps	29	Parsons	LA	29	Lolich,M	ChA	11-16
Drago	PB	29	Blass	Det	28	Upshaw	PB	6-15
Niekro,P	Car	28	Lolich,M	ChA	27	Peters	Ili	5-14
McNally	Car	27	Kirby	Mps	26	Blass	Det	14-14
Perry,G	ChA	26	Niekro,P	Car	26	Carlton	PB	12-13
Blue	Mps	23	Downing	LA	26	Niekro,P	Car	13-13
Lolich,M	ChA	22	Stottlemyre	Mps	25	Wilson,D	ChA	16-13
Peterson	LA	21	Carlton	PB	25	7 tied with		12
Sutton	Det	21	McNally	Car	24
Dobson,P	Bos	20	Dobson,P	Bos	24
Wilson,D	ChA	19	Wise	LA	24
4 tied with		18	4 tied with		23



On-base plus slugging			Walks plus hits per inning			Strikeout/walk ratio

Blue	Mps	.613	Sutton	Det	1.12	Blyleven	Det	4.2
Sutton	Det	.628	Blue	Mps	1.12	Lolich,M	ChA	3.7
Messersmith	Car	.629	Wood	Ili	1.13	Sutton	Det	3.3
Stottlemyre	Mps	.635	Grimsley	Mps	1.17	Wood	Ili	2.9
Wood	Ili	.640	Niekro,P	Car	1.19	Blue	Mps	2.9
Billingham	ChA	.641	Stottlemyre	Mps	1.19	Dobson,P	Bos	2.8
Wilson,D	ChA	.645	Billingham	ChA	1.21	Peterson	LA	2.7
Grimsley	Mps	.647	Kirby	Mps	1.23	Niekro,P	Car	2.3
Niekro,P	Car	.652	Wilson,D	ChA	1.23	Hunter,J	Car	2.2
Kirby	Mps	.661	Blyleven	Det	1.24	Drago	PB	2.2
Blyleven	Det	.681	Lolich,M	ChA	1.26	Wise	LA	2.0
Gibson,B	Ili	.685	Gibson,B	Ili	1.27	Gibson,B	Ili	2.0
Hunter,J	Car	.698	Messersmith	Car	1.28	Dierker	PB	2.0
Parsons	LA	.711	Dobson,P	Bos	1.28	Kirby	Mps	1.9
Lolich,M	ChA	.720	Hunter,J	Car	1.28	Billingham	ChA	1.9


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

Blue	Mps	3.0	Blue	Mps	2.70	Blue	Mps	2.63
Stottlemyre	Mps	3.1	Sutton	Det	2.89	Sutton	Det	2.69
Sutton	Det	3.1	Stottlemyre	Mps	2.92	Wood	Ili	2.88
Grimsley	Mps	3.4	Grimsley	Mps	3.03	Grimsley	Mps	3.02
Wood	Ili	3.4	Wood	Ili	3.05	Messersmith	Car	3.10
Messersmith	Car	3.4	Messersmith	Car	3.07	Stottlemyre	Mps	3.10
Billingham	ChA	3.4	Niekro,P	Car	3.11	Niekro,P	Car	3.15
Niekro,P	Car	3.4	Billingham	ChA	3.16	Wilson,D	ChA	3.19
Wilson,D	ChA	3.5	Wilson,D	ChA	3.24	Billingham	ChA	3.22
Kirby	Mps	3.6	Kirby	Mps	3.30	Kirby	Mps	3.33
Gibson,B	Ili	4.0	Gibson,B	Ili	3.66	Gibson,B	Ili	3.34
Blyleven	Det	4.1	Blyleven	Det	3.67	Blyleven	Det	3.43
Hunter,J	Car	4.1	Hunter,J	Car	3.74	Hunter,J	Car	3.62
Parsons	LA	4.3	Peterson	LA	3.90	Lolich,M	ChA	3.74
Peterson	LA	4.3	Parsons	LA	3.90	Peterson	LA	3.80


In-play average			Balls in park			Extra-base hit rate

Wilson,D	ChA	.240	Perry,G	ChA	901	Stottlemyre	Mps	.043
Kirby	Mps	.242	Lolich,M	ChA	893	Billingham	ChA	.046
Grimsley	Mps	.247	Blass	Det	819	Niekro,P	Car	.049
Stottlemyre	Mps	.253	Wise	LA	809	Messersmith	Car	.051
Renko	Bos	.258	Parsons	LA	798	Blue	Mps	.053
Billingham	ChA	.258	Wilson,D	ChA	796	Kekich	Ili	.054
Messersmith	Car	.262	Peterson	LA	786	Wood	Ili	.055
Wood	Ili	.262	Hunter,J	Car	762	Wilson,D	ChA	.055
Gibson,B	Ili	.264	Messersmith	Car	759	Blass	Det	.055
Niekro,P	Car	.265	Drago	PB	753	Sutton	Det	.056
Blue	Mps	.268	Stottlemyre	Mps	752	Kirby	Mps	.057
Blass	Det	.270	Sutton	Det	744	Blyleven	Det	.057
Krausse	PB	.272	Downing	LA	743	Grimsley	Mps	.058
Parsons	LA	.273	Renko	Bos	722	Parsons	LA	.062
Sutton	Det	.274	Dobson,P	Bos	718	Renko	Bos	.063


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Single rate

Perry,G	ChA	564	Stottlemyre	Mps	.375	Kirby	Mps	.131
Lolich,M	ChA	552	Sutton	Det	.379	Gibson,B	Ili	.137
Wise	LA	469	Blue	Mps	.381	Blue	Mps	.138
Parsons	LA	469	Billingham	ChA	.384	Wilson,D	ChA	.141
Hunter,J	Car	469	Wood	Ili	.385	Messersmith	Car	.148
Carlton	PB	462	Messersmith	Car	.387	Hunter,J	Car	.151
Renko	Bos	449	Niekro,P	Car	.394	Renko	Bos	.153
Wilson,D	ChA	449	Grimsley	Mps	.397	Grimsley	Mps	.158
Blass	Det	448	Blyleven	Det	.399	Parsons	LA	.166
Drago	PB	446	Wilson,D	ChA	.405	Dobson,P	Bos	.167
Downing	LA	444	Kirby	Mps	.423	Sutton	Det	.168
Dobson,P	Bos	443	Peterson	LA	.430	Krausse	PB	.169
Messersmith	Car	413	Gibson,B	Ili	.431	Wood	Ili	.170
Peterson	LA	412	Blass	Det	.433	Billingham	ChA	.171
McNally	Car	405	Hunter,J	Car	.436	Dierker	PB	.171


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Perry,G	ChA	561	Stottlemyre	Mps	.369	Niekro,P	Car	.021
Lolich,M	ChA	546	Billingham	ChA	.371	Kirby	Mps	.023
Parsons	LA	466	Sutton	Det	.377	Stottlemyre	Mps	.024
Hunter,J	Car	466	Blue	Mps	.377	Blass	Det	.025
Wise	LA	465	Messersmith	Car	.381	Blue	Mps	.027
Carlton	PB	453	Wood	Ili	.384	Billingham	ChA	.027
Renko	Bos	447	Niekro,P	Car	.391	Wood	Ili	.027
Blass	Det	444	Grimsley	Mps	.393	Sutton	Det	.027
Wilson,D	ChA	442	Blyleven	Det	.396	Kekich	Ili	.028
Drago	PB	439	Wilson,D	ChA	.398	Wilson,D	ChA	.028
Downing	LA	438	Kirby	Mps	.413	Parsons	LA	.028
Dobson,P	Bos	437	Peterson	LA	.421	Krausse	PB	.032
Messersmith	Car	406	Gibson,B	Ili	.427	Renko	Bos	.032
Peterson	LA	404	Blass	Det	.429	Blyleven	Det	.033
Lersch	Bos	402	Hunter,J	Car	.433	Grimsley	Mps	.034


Batting average vs LHB			On-base percentage vs LHB			Slugging percentage vs LHB

Wood	Ili	.166	Wood	Ili	.229	Wood	Ili	.197
Foster,A	LA	.179	Lolich,M	ChA	.249	Foster,A	LA	.252
Sanders	Bos	.202	Sanders	Bos	.260	Messersmith	Car	.290
Lolich,M	ChA	.218	Stottlemyre	Mps	.282	Burgmeier	Bos	.299
Niekro,P	Car	.220	Carlton	PB	.288	Stottlemyre	Mps	.309
Kirby	Mps	.228	Niekro,P	Car	.288	Lolich,M	ChA	.316
Messersmith	Car	.230	Grimsley	Mps	.292	Sanders	Bos	.331
Stottlemyre	Mps	.230	Foster,A	LA	.296	Billingham	ChA	.350
Billingham	ChA	.245	Peterson	LA	.301	Niekro,P	Car	.353
McNally	Car	.248	McNally	Car	.301	McAndrew	Det	.358
Peterson	LA	.249	Dierker	PB	.304	McAnally	Bos	.369
Grimsley	Mps	.249	Sutton	Det	.309	Peterson	LA	.373
McAndrew	Det	.250	Kirby	Mps	.309	Parsons	LA	.374
Burgmeier	Bos	.252	Billingham	ChA	.309	McNally	Car	.376
Lamb,R	ChA	.253	Krausse	PB	.317	Lamb,R	ChA	.380


Hits vs LHB			Runs batted in vs LHB			On-base plus slugging vs LHB

Perry,G	ChA	160	Perry,G	ChA	77	Wood	Ili	.427
Wise	LA	123	Wise	LA	60	Foster,A	LA	.548
Blyleven	Det	122	Renko	Bos	56	Lolich,M	ChA	.565
Wilson,D	ChA	122	Hunter,J	Car	51	Stottlemyre	Mps	.590
Drago	PB	116	Lersch	Bos	50	Sanders	Bos	.591
Dobson,P	Bos	116	Dobson,P	Bos	49	Messersmith	Car	.617
Blass	Det	113	Wilson,D	ChA	49	Niekro,P	Car	.641
Sutton	Det	110	Drago	PB	48	Burgmeier	Bos	.659
Parsons	LA	108	Krausse	PB	47	Billingham	ChA	.660
Hunter,J	Car	103	Blass	Det	47	Peterson	LA	.673
Renko	Bos	100	Gibson,B	Ili	46	McAndrew	Det	.675
Gibson,B	Ili	98	Sutton	Det	46	McNally	Car	.676
Pappas	Bos	88	Pappas	Bos	43	Carlton	PB	.694
Stottlemyre	Mps	88	Blyleven	Det	43	Grimsley	Mps	.706
Messersmith	Car	88	Niekro,P	Car	41	Dierker	PB	.708


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Wise	LA	27	Sutton	Det	12	Perry,G	ChA	23
Gibson,B	Ili	22	Parsons	LA	7	Lersch	Bos	18
Hunter,J	Car	22	Briles	Mps	5	Dobson,P	Bos	16
Dobson,P	Bos	20	Drago	PB	5	Drago	PB	15
Drago	PB	18	Cumberland	PB	4	Kirby	Mps	15
Johnson,Bo	Det	17	Carlton	PB	4	Hunter,J	Car	14
Renko	Bos	16	Dal Canton	Bos	3	Wise	LA	14
Blyleven	Det	16	Krausse	PB	3	Renko	Bos	13
Wilson,D	ChA	15	Gibson,B	Ili	3	Niekro,P	Car	11
Perry,G	ChA	15	Niekro,P	Car	3	Blyleven	Det	11
Upshaw	PB	14	Dobson,P	Bos	3	Blass	Det	11
Kirby	Mps	14	Kirby	Mps	3	Wilson,D	ChA	11
Sutton	Det	14	Wise	LA	3	Fingers	Bos	10
Pappas	Bos	13	Perry,G	ChA	3	Dierker	PB	10
Dierker	PB	13	12 tied with		2	Krausse	PB	10


Extra base hits vs LHB			Total bases vs LHB			Isolated power vs LHB

Wise	LA	44	Perry,G	ChA	250	Wood	Ili	.032
Perry,G	ChA	41	Wise	LA	198	Burgmeier	Bos	.048
Dobson,P	Bos	39	Dobson,P	Bos	190	Messersmith	Car	.060
Drago	PB	38	Drago	PB	189	Giusti	Bos	.066
Hunter,J	Car	37	Blyleven	Det	175	Foster,A	LA	.073
Gibson,B	Ili	34	Sutton	Det	172	Stottlemyre	Mps	.079
Sutton	Det	34	Wilson,D	ChA	170	Lolich,M	ChA	.098
Kirby	Mps	32	Hunter,J	Car	169	McAnally	Bos	.098
Renko	Bos	31	Renko	Bos	159	Billingham	ChA	.105
Lersch	Bos	29	Blass	Det	159	McAndrew	Det	.108
Blyleven	Det	29	Parsons	LA	156	Wilson,D	ChA	.108
Wilson,D	ChA	26	Gibson,B	Ili	153	Blass	Det	.111
Dierker	PB	24	Kirby	Mps	151	Downing	LA	.112
Niekro,P	Car	24	Lersch	Bos	148	McGlothlin	Det	.114
3 tied with		23	Niekro,P	Car	130	Parsons	LA	.115


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Wilson,D	ChA	69	Blyleven	Det	78	Burgmeier	Bos	11
Renko	Bos	65	Messersmith	Car	63	Billingham	ChA	6
Perry,G	ChA	63	Lolich,M	ChA	57	Kirby	Mps	5
Messersmith	Car	58	Parsons	LA	56	Gladding	Mps	4
Parsons	LA	56	Sutton	Det	54	Fingers	Bos	4
Hunter,J	Car	54	Niekro,P	Car	52	Peterson	LA	4
McAnally	Bos	42	Dobson,P	Bos	51	Nelson,J	Det	3
Kirby	Mps	40	Kirby	Mps	50	Haydel	Det	3
Gibson,B	Ili	38	Hunter,J	Car	44	Shaw	Det	3
Niekro,P	Car	34	Grimsley	Mps	42	Johnson,Bo	Det	3
Blass	Det	34	Wood	Ili	41	McGlothlin	Det	3
York	Mps	30	Lersch	Bos	39	Drago	PB	3
Lersch	Bos	30	Billingham	ChA	38	Dobson,P	Bos	3
Lamb,R	ChA	29	Wise	LA	38	17 tied with		2
Sutton	Det	28	Carlton	PB	37


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Drago	PB	9	Messersmith	Car	5	Perry,G	ChA	511
Billingham	ChA	8	Moeller	Ili	4	Wilson,D	ChA	443
Dierker	PB	6	McAnally	Bos	4	Parsons	LA	417
York	Mps	5	Briles	Mps	4	Sutton	Det	417
Pappas	Bos	5	Dobson,P	Bos	4	Blass	Det	414
Briles	Mps	5	Wise	LA	4	Wise	LA	408
Stottlemyre	Mps	5	12 tied with		3	Blyleven	Det	403
Blyleven	Det	5				Messersmith	Car	383
Parsons	LA	5				Stottlemyre	Mps	382
Brandon	Ili	4				Kirby	Mps	378
Aker	Car	4				Dobson,P	Bos	374
Krausse	PB	4				Hunter,J	Car	374
Lersch	Bos	4				Niekro,P	Car	368
Niekro,P	Car	4				Drago	PB	359
Wilson,D	ChA	4				Billingham	ChA	351


AB per homerun vs LHB			AB per double vs LHB			Plate appearances vs LHB

Fingers	Bos	15.8	Marshall,M	LA	13.1	Perry,G	ChA	582
Lersch	Bos	17.2	Johnson,Bo	Det	14.7	Wilson,D	ChA	520
York	Mps	21.3	Wise	LA	15.1	Parsons	LA	480
Marshall,M	LA	21.8	Gibson,B	Ili	15.5	Blass	Det	453
Perry,G	ChA	22.2	Hunter,J	Car	17.0	Sutton	Det	450
Grimsley	Mps	22.6	Downing	LA	17.9	Messersmith	Car	447
Blue	Mps	22.8	Dobson,P	Bos	18.7	Wise	LA	439
Dobson,P	Bos	23.4	Bosman	Car	19.1	Hunter,J	Car	431
Drago	PB	23.9	Pappas	Bos	19.2	Blyleven	Det	430
Kirby	Mps	25.2	Blue	Mps	19.6	Kirby	Mps	427
Lamb,R	ChA	26.3	Drago	PB	19.9	Stottlemyre	Mps	417
Renko	Bos	26.4	Renko	Bos	21.4	Renko	Bos	411
Hunter,J	Car	26.7	Segui	Ili	22.8	Dobson,P	Bos	410
Bosman	Car	28.6	Dierker	PB	24.0	Niekro,P	Car	410
Wise	LA	29.1	Blyleven	Det	25.2	Drago	PB	399


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Wilson,D	ChA	.179	Wilson,D	ChA	.239	Blue	Mps	.291
Gibson,B	Ili	.191	Gibson,B	Ili	.255	Sutton	Det	.293
Blue	Mps	.197	Sutton	Det	.257	Wilson,D	ChA	.308
Kirby	Mps	.206	Blue	Mps	.266	Kirby	Mps	.312
Foster,A	LA	.214	Hunter,J	Car	.271	Gibson,B	Ili	.321
McGlothlin	Det	.215	Dobson,P	Bos	.278	Billingham	ChA	.325
Sutton	Det	.219	Blyleven	Det	.279	McGlothlin	Det	.329
Messersmith	Car	.226	Perry,G	ChA	.281	Blyleven	Det	.332
Hunter,J	Car	.228	McGlothlin	Det	.292	Grimsley	Mps	.334
Renko	Bos	.230	Grimsley	Mps	.294	Messersmith	Car	.335
Grimsley	Mps	.234	Wood	Ili	.297	Foster,A	LA	.337
Billingham	ChA	.240	Billingham	ChA	.301	Renko	Bos	.345
Blyleven	Det	.240	Messersmith	Car	.302	Hunter,J	Car	.349
Dobson,P	Bos	.241	Parsons	LA	.305	Niekro,P	Car	.355
Perry,G	ChA	.243	Niekro,P	Car	.305	Stottlemyre	Mps	.360


Hits vs RHB			Runs batted in vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Lolich,M	ChA	259	Lolich,M	ChA	106	Wilson,D	ChA	.548
Peterson	LA	211	Carlton	PB	94	Sutton	Det	.550
Carlton	PB	192	Downing	LA	88	Blue	Mps	.558
Downing	LA	191	McNally	Car	83	Gibson,B	Ili	.575
McNally	Car	189	Peters	Ili	80	Blyleven	Det	.610
Wood	Ili	171	Peterson	LA	77	Kirby	Mps	.617
Drago	PB	155	Wood	Ili	69	Hunter,J	Car	.620
Wise	LA	149	Lersch	Bos	66	McGlothlin	Det	.621
Peters	Ili	143	Perry,G	ChA	63	Billingham	ChA	.626
Kekich	Ili	141	Blass	Det	60	Grimsley	Mps	.628
Blass	Det	137	Kekich	Ili	58	Messersmith	Car	.637
Hunter,J	Car	137	Drago	PB	58	Foster,A	LA	.655
Parsons	LA	135	Parsons	LA	58	Niekro,P	Car	.660
Grimsley	Mps	133	Messersmith	Car	58	Renko	Bos	.662
Perry,G	ChA	132	2 tied with		55	Stottlemyre	Mps	.671


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Peterson	LA	47	Lolich,M	ChA	9	Lolich,M	ChA	30
McNally	Car	41	Krausse	PB	8	Peters	Ili	26
Lolich,M	ChA	39	Perry,G	ChA	7	Wood	Ili	20
Downing	LA	34	Renko	Bos	6	Carlton	PB	20
Carlton	PB	31	Kekich	Ili	5	Downing	LA	20
Perry,G	ChA	26	Blue	Mps	5	Lersch	Bos	19
Messersmith	Car	26	Carlton	PB	5	Blass	Det	18
Peters	Ili	25	Gibbon	Ili	4	Dobson,P	Bos	17
Hunter,J	Car	24	Bosman	Car	4	Cumberland	PB	16
Parsons	LA	23	Gibson,B	Ili	4	Parsons	LA	16
Wise	LA	23	Peters	Ili	4	Perry,G	ChA	16
Grimsley	Mps	22	Dobson,P	Bos	4	5 tied with		15
Wood	Ili	22	Wilson,D	ChA	4
Lersch	Bos	20	Parsons	LA	4
Dierker	PB	18	12 tied with		3


Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB			Isolated power vs RHB

Lolich,M	ChA	78	Lolich,M	ChA	406	Sutton	Det	.074
Peterson	LA	62	Peterson	LA	302	Billingham	ChA	.086
McNally	Car	59	Carlton	PB	293	Blyleven	Det	.092
Carlton	PB	56	Downing	LA	287	Wise	LA	.092
Peters	Ili	55	McNally	Car	281	Niekro,P	Car	.094
Downing	LA	55	Wood	Ili	259	Blue	Mps	.095
Perry,G	ChA	49	Peters	Ili	254	Stottlemyre	Mps	.100
Wood	Ili	45	Perry,G	ChA	220	Grimsley	Mps	.100
Parsons	LA	43	Parsons	LA	214	Drago	PB	.101
Lersch	Bos	42	Hunter,J	Car	210	Kirby	Mps	.106
Hunter,J	Car	41	Blass	Det	208	Messersmith	Car	.109
Dobson,P	Bos	38	Drago	PB	205	McGlothlin	Det	.114
Messersmith	Car	38	Wise	LA	199	Renko	Bos	.115
Krausse	PB	35	Kekich	Ili	198	Kekich	Ili	.116
Wilson,D	ChA	35	Dobson,P	Bos	196	Hunter,J	Car	.121


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Carlton	PB	84	Lolich,M	ChA	197	Carlton	PB	9
Kekich	Ili	65	Blue	Mps	192	Messersmith	Car	7
Blue	Mps	63	Hunter,J	Car	150	Tatum	Mps	6
Renko	Bos	61	Wilson,D	ChA	149	Billingham	ChA	5
Lolich,M	ChA	61	Kirby	Mps	128	Stottlemyre	Mps	5
Downing	LA	57	Gibson,B	Ili	122	Wilson,D	ChA	5
Kirby	Mps	54	Sutton	Det	116	McNally	Car	5
Messersmith	Car	53	Blyleven	Det	113	Nelson,J	Det	4
McNally	Car	51	Messersmith	Car	113	Gladding	Mps	4
Peters	Ili	50	Downing	LA	108	Fingers	Bos	4
McAnally	Bos	49	Perry,G	ChA	105	Kirby	Mps	4
Grimsley	Mps	48	Wise	LA	99	Drago	PB	4
Wise	LA	44	Carlton	PB	99	Peterson	LA	4
Blass	Det	43	Niekro,P	Car	97	Downing	LA	4
Foster,A	LA	42	Wood	Ili	96	Lolich,M	ChA	4


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Blass	Det	18	Blyleven	Det	9	Lolich,M	ChA	935
Lolich,M	ChA	14	Kilkenny	Car	8	Peterson	LA	727
Dobson,P	Bos	13	Renko	Bos	6	Downing	LA	717
Blue	Mps	13	Downing	LA	6	Carlton	PB	671
Renko	Bos	12	Giusti	Bos	5	Blue	Mps	666
Kekich	Ili	12	Barber,SD	Ili	5	Wood	Ili	657
Perry,G	ChA	12	Dobson,P	Bos	5	McNally	Car	635
Downing	LA	12	Kekich	Ili	5	Hunter,J	Car	601
Wood	Ili	11	Wilson,D	ChA	5	Grimsley	Mps	569
Peterson	LA	11	Lolich,M	ChA	5	Messersmith	Car	549
Stottlemyre	Mps	10	7 tied with		4	Perry,G	ChA	543
Blyleven	Det	10				Wise	LA	541
4 tied with		9				Parsons	LA	538
						Wilson,D	ChA	532
						Blass	Det	516


AB per homerun vs RHB			AB per double vs RHB			Plate appearances vs RHB

Lersch	Bos	17.8	Peterson	LA	15.5	Lolich,M	ChA	1019
Peters	Ili	18.7	McNally	Car	15.5	Downing	LA	796
Cumberland	PB	22.9	Lersch	Bos	16.9	Carlton	PB	776
McAnally	Bos	25.3	Foster,A	LA	18.4	Peterson	LA	775
Dierker	PB	25.7	Peters	Ili	19.4	Blue	Mps	745
Blass	Det	28.7	Pappas	Bos	19.9	Wood	Ili	705
Dobson,P	Bos	29.2	Perry,G	ChA	20.9	McNally	Car	701
Briles	Mps	30.3	Downing	LA	21.1	Hunter,J	Car	644
Bosman	Car	30.4	Messersmith	Car	21.1	Grimsley	Mps	628
Pappas	Bos	30.9	Lamb,R	ChA	21.2	Messersmith	Car	619
Lolich,M	ChA	31.2	Dierker	PB	21.4	Wise	LA	600
Krausse	PB	31.9	Carlton	PB	21.6	Wilson,D	ChA	590
Wood	Ili	32.8	Krausse	PB	21.9	Perry,G	ChA	589
Carlton	PB	33.5	Parsons	LA	23.4	Parsons	LA	587
Parsons	LA	33.6	Wise	LA	23.5	Blass	Det	582

AL Pitching Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 10/23/1971

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 10/23/1971