1971 Standings AL West W L Pct GB L10 Streak Runs Opp Home Road Division Chicago (A) 93 69 .574 - 7-3 L2 734 640 46-35 47-34 54-36 Oakland 91 70 .565 1.5 7-3 W5 670 608 45-36 46-34 52-38 Kansas City 86 75 .534 6.5 5-5 L3 617 606 42-39 44-36 46-44 California 76 86 .469 17.0 2-8 W1 513 582 33-48 43-38 39-51 Milwaukee 64 97 .398 28.5 4-6 W2 506 693 31-51 33-46 36-53 Minnesota 63 97 .394 29.0 5-5 L1 607 719 28-51 35-46 42-47 East W L Pct GB L10 Streak Runs Opp Home Road Division Detroit 107 55 .660 - 7-3 L1 805 559 55-26 52-29 66-24 Baltimore 101 57 .639 4.0 5-5 W1 753 541 49-28 52-29 53-35 New York (A) 95 67 .586 12.0 7-3 W2 714 575 46-35 49-32 52-38 Boston 69 93 .426 38.0 3-7 L1 702 700 36-44 33-49 29-61 Cleveland 64 98 .395 43.0 4-6 W1 585 746 33-48 31-50 34-56 Washington 57 102 .358 48.5 5-5 L2 517 752 33-48 24-54 34-54 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ September 30 Results California 4 Minnesota 3 California Slips Past Minnesota 4-3 Milwaukee 4 Chicago (A) 2 Milwaukee Beats Chicago (A) 4-2 New York (A) 6 Washington 1 New York (A) Defeats Washington 6-1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB K HBP SH SF SB CS SB% DP Ave OB% Slg% Detroit 162 5606 1492 219 48 220 805 779 524 877 40 47 53 10 12 45.5 121 .266 .330 .440 Baltimore 158 5384 1417 201 32 156 753 733 657 822 41 88 61 49 20 71.0 128 .263 .344 .399 New York (A 162 5543 1431 200 41 108 714 691 588 754 19 87 45 62 33 65.3 157 .258 .329 .367 Oakland 161 5614 1423 186 25 165 670 651 532 994 33 41 31 66 37 64.1 110 .253 .320 .384 Chicago (A) 162 5480 1383 207 29 145 734 717 553 912 45 79 46 46 46 50.0 131 .252 .323 .380 Minnesota 160 5518 1384 217 27 98 607 589 506 877 12 82 35 57 41 58.2 114 .251 .313 .353 Kansas City 161 5431 1339 208 45 85 617 585 519 875 18 63 54 130 51 71.8 151 .247 .312 .348 Boston 162 5508 1358 260 32 148 702 680 581 883 23 78 50 58 34 63.0 104 .247 .318 .386 California 162 5547 1336 238 19 77 513 493 407 872 18 87 34 68 27 71.6 136 .241 .293 .332 Cleveland 162 5528 1286 194 28 125 585 568 386 897 20 55 47 43 30 58.9 130 .233 .283 .346 Milwaukee 161 5338 1196 161 25 112 506 488 492 922 29 83 45 70 43 61.9 124 .224 .291 .327 Washington 159 5218 1162 173 27 88 517 494 535 1001 17 59 36 43 48 47.3 151 .223 .295 .317 TOTAL 1932 16207 378 7723 6280 315 537 422 1557 .313 65715 2464 1527 7468 10686 849 702 62.5 .247 .365 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pitching G CG IP BF H R ER HR BB K HBP WP BK SHO SV Ave OB% Slg% ERA Baltimore 158 103 1434 5901 1275 541 491 112 407 791 6 30 0 13 21 .237 .289 .346 3.08 New York (A 162 105 1472 6050 1333 575 507 134 385 765 13 33 1 15 24 .241 .290 .357 3.10 California 162 76 1462 6175 1269 582 508 94 576 944 31 42 5 26 32 .233 .308 .329 3.13 Detroit 162 25 1459 6075 1243 559 513 109 547 1015 32 26 3 18 39 .231 .304 .338 3.16 Kansas City 161 48 1445 6095 1364 606 532 82 477 772 32 40 0 8 31 .250 .312 .350 3.31 Chicago (A) 162 113 1456 6187 1406 640 543 111 456 1035 17 43 3 18 32 .251 .307 .358 3.36 Oakland 161 54 1471 6085 1257 608 569 151 474 999 19 31 2 17 19 .231 .292 .354 3.48 Milwaukee 161 34 1444 6241 1422 693 630 146 585 796 21 27 2 9 25 .259 .329 .386 3.92 Boston 162 44 1440 6236 1488 700 646 133 521 878 34 21 0 12 20 .268 .332 .393 4.04 Minnesota 160 12 1441 6220 1381 719 658 144 561 936 33 38 0 7 28 .251 .322 .387 4.11 Washington 159 19 1405 6152 1459 752 651 145 540 781 34 34 10 8 30 .267 .334 .408 4.17 Cleveland 162 18 1459 6358 1310 746 678 166 752 974 43 73 10 9 28 .241 .335 .378 4.18 TOTAL 1932 17388 16207 6926 6281 315 36 329 .313 3.58 651 73775 7721 1527 10686 438 160 .246 .365 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fielding G PO Ast OfA E TC DP TP PB SB CS SB% Pct Oakland 161 4414 1559 25 96 6069 138 0 13 73 35 67.6 .984 Detroit 162 4384 1687 29 101 6172 149 0 11 61 39 61.0 .984 Cleveland 162 4373 1648 45 96 6117 130 0 18 72 33 68.6 .984 Boston 162 4322 1664 36 104 6090 152 0 20 71 37 65.7 .983 Milwaukee 161 4334 1650 25 102 6086 155 0 15 43 36 54.4 .983 New York (A 162 4416 1911 27 115 6442 146 0 10 34 33 50.7 .982 California 162 4386 1826 28 113 6325 151 0 16 64 45 58.7 .982 Minnesota 160 4324 1580 29 115 6019 134 0 14 58 19 75.3 .981 Baltimore 158 4300 1607 30 114 6021 137 0 19 48 34 58.5 .981 Kansas City 161 4336 1912 41 142 6390 157 0 13 67 38 63.8 .978 Washington 159 4217 1666 38 144 6027 146 0 21 49 33 59.8 .976 Chicago (A) 162 4369 1827 32 157 6353 142 0 17 62 39 61.4 .975 TOTAL 1932 20537 1399 1737 187 421 .981 52175 385 74111 0 702 62.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Batting Ave G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB K HBP SB CS 1 Johnson,Davey Bal .330 144 530 63 175 26 1 11 236 78 50 50 6 2 0 2 Murcer,Bobby* NYY .330 143 524 102 173 28 4 28 293 93 99 68 0 11 6 3 Oliva,Tony* Min .330 139 524 66 173 44 2 16 269 95 21 52 1 5 0 4 Bando,Sal Oak .320 153 560 87 179 29 1 22 276 97 86 59 7 1 0 5 Kaline,Al Det .320 130 435 84 139 22 3 19 224 69 88 67 1 0 1 6 Northrup,Jim* Det .317 137 463 80 147 26 0 28 257 94 58 36 3 1 1 7 Rettenmund,Merv Bal .309 134 499 101 154 22 8 16 240 74 78 63 7 14 2 8 Buford,Don Bal .309 122 457 95 141 22 4 23 240 62 90 62 2 16 7 9 Uhlaender,Ted* Cle .306 140 496 71 152 29 5 2 197 49 43 49 0 2 6 10 Freehan,Bill Det .306 149 536 88 164 30 1 32 292 105 58 56 11 0 1 Doubles Triples HR TB 1 Oliva Min 44 1 Patek KC 14 1 Cash Det 45 1 Melton CWS 323 2 Schaal KC 36 2 McAuliffe Det 11 2 Melton CWS 42 2 Smith,R Bos 315 3 Tovar Min 34 3 Blair Bal 9 3 Nettles Cle 38 3 Jackson Oak 301 4 Petrocelli Bos 31 4 Clarke NYY 9 4 Smith,R Bos 36 4 Cash Det 299 5 Rudi Oak 30 5 Rodriguez Det 9 5 Jackson Oak 35 5 Murcer NYY 293 RBI Runs BB K 1 Melton CWS 151 1 Melton CWS 112 1 Schaal KC 117 1 Jackson Oak 157 2 Cash Det 109 2 Smith,R Bos 108 2 Killebrew Min 112 2 Rodriguez Det 117 3 Freehan Det 105 3 Jackson Oak 107 3 Murcer NYY 99 3 Scott Bos 117 4 Nettles Cle 105 4 Murcer NYY 102 4 Petrocelli Bos 96 4 Howard Was 115 5 Bando Oak 97 5 Rettenmund Bal 101 5 White NYY 91 5 Mitterwald Min 113 SB OB% Slug Hits 1 Otis KC 56 1 Kaline Det .433 1 Cash Det .603 1 Alomar Sr. Cal 190 2 Patek KC 52 2 Murcer NYY .431 2 Murcer NYY .559 2 Tovar Min 190 3 Alomar Sr. Cal 38 3 Buford Bal .422 3 Northrup Det .555 3 Otis KC 179 4 Campaneris Oak 32 4 Bando Oak .413 4 Melton CWS .550 4 Bando Oak 179 5 Harper Mil 24 5 Rettenmund Bal .407 5 Freehan Det .545 5 Johnson,D Bal 175 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pitching ERA W L Pct G CG SH SV IP GS H R ER HR BB K 1 Splittorff,Paul KC 1.78 15 4 .789 22 7 3 0 172.0 22 125 40 34 3 29 120 2 Lolich,Mickey Det 1.86 32 9 .780 44 37 14 0 386.1 44 265 81 80 23 80 345 3 Blue,Vida Oak 1.92 22 10 .688 39 25 10 0 328.2 39 212 79 70 17 73 323 4 Wood,Wilbur CWS 2.12 24 12 .667 43 22 4 1 339.1 42 283 91 80 27 56 243 5 Drago,Dick KC 2.17 20 9 .690 36 16 2 0 265.0 34 270 85 64 6 47 102 6 Stottlemyre,Mel NYY 2.29 21 7 .750 35 22 6 0 299.0 35 231 86 76 18 69 133 7 Hedlund,Mike KC 2.32 13 7 .650 31 6 2 0 224.2 30 168 67 58 16 66 73 8 Palmer,Jim Bal 2.39 21 11 .656 37 19 4 0 304.2 37 235 92 81 14 102 190 9 Peterson,Fritz NYY 2.46 17 14 .548 35 18 2 0 288.2 35 269 94 79 23 28 186 10 McNally,Dave Bal 2.54 22 6 .786 30 13 2 0 240.2 30 198 78 68 20 49 104 Games Innings Complete Shutouts 1 Colbert Cle 70 1 Lolich Det 386.1 1 Lolich Det 37 1 Lolich Det 14 2 Corbin Min 60 2 Wood CWS 339.1 2 Blue Oak 25 2 Blue Oak 10 3 Fisher Cal 59 3 Blue Oak 328.2 3 Cuellar Bal 23 3 Stottlemyre NYY 6 4 Hennigan Cle 58 4 Cuellar Bal 316.2 4 Stottlemyre NYY 22 4 Messersmith Cal 5 5 Scherman Det 58 5 Coleman Det 310.1 5 Wood CWS 22 5 Murphy Cal 4 Wins Losses Saves HR 1 Lolich Det 32 1 Bosman Was 23 1 Scherman Det 20 1 Perry Min 39 2 Coleman Det 27 2 Blyleven Min 20 2 Lindblad Was 17 2 Bosman Was 38 3 Wood CWS 24 3 Parsons Mil 20 3 Sanders Mil 15 3 Pattin Mil 35 4 McNally Bal 22 4 Messersmith Cal 19 4 Aker NYY 15 4 McLain Was 34 5 Blue Oak 22 5 Perry Min 19 5 Johnson,B CWS 14 5 Dunning Cle 33 K BB Hits Opp Ave 1 Lolich Det 345 1 McDowell Cle 160 1 Cuellar Bal 293 1 Blue Oak .180 2 Blue Oak 323 2 Dunning Cle 117 2 Wood CWS 283 2 Lolich Det .192 3 Wood CWS 243 3 Messersmith Cal 112 3 Blyleven Min 279 3 McDowell Cle .198 4 Blyleven Min 237 4 Perry Min 107 4 Bosman Was 278 4 Splittorff KC .201 5 Coleman Det 237 5 Lockwood Mil 106 5 Culp Bos 277 5 Segui Oak .204