Friday May 18, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 18, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
California      19  14  2.82   33  19   2   300   249  110   94   19  119  236
Baltimore       16  17  2.86   33  14   2   302   232  102   96   32   91  131
Detroit         18  17  3.30   35  11   9   319   290  128  117   29   86  162
Chicago         20  11  3.31   31  12  11   280   266  122  103   20  117  167
Milwaukee       16  17  3.34   33   6   5   304   277  136  113   21  142  114
Oakland         20  17  3.43   37  14   6   339   270  148  129   31  120  189
New York        16  18  3.43   34   8   8   299   303  133  114   25   93  146
Kansas City     21  16  3.80   37  10   9   334   327  159  141   20  150  166
Cleveland       15  21  3.82   36  12   5   323   310  158  137   31  125  215
Boston          14  18  4.07   32  10   6   283   293  148  128   39  116  179
Minnesota       16  16  4.23   32   9   8   283   286  150  133   24   80  164
Texas           12  21  4.48   33   4   6   287   304  161  143   25  128  145

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)     8   2  1.44  10  10   8   0   1   88   56   19   14    6   18   51
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   1  1.67   9   9   6   0   1   81   52   17   15    1   27   80
Jim Perry (DET)        5   2  1.87   8   8   3   0   1   63   52   17   13    5   10   21
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      9   3  1.89  12  12   7   0   3  100   84   32   21    5   20   58
Jim Palmer (BAL)       4   2  1.93   8   8   4   0   2   61   45   14   13    3   16   31
Rudy May (CAL)         4   3  2.12   8   7   4   0   4   51   33   14   12    5   15   33
Doyle Alexander (BAL)  3   0  2.23   7   5   2   0   0   44   28   13   11    4   13   20
Joe Coleman (DET)      7   2  2.25   9   9   4   0   1   68   62   18   17    5   16   30
B. Dal Canton (KC)     2   2  2.32   9   2   1   2   0   43   36   16   11    4   21   14
Dave McNally (BAL)     3   5  2.33   9   9   6   0   1   70   53   20   18    4   15   20

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Watt             3   2  1.74   5   0   0   0   0   10    6    2    2    1    5    5
Jim Palmer             4   2  1.93   8   8   4   0   2   61   45   14   13    3   16   31
Doyle Alexander        3   0  2.23   7   5   2   0   0   44   28   13   11    4   13   20
Dave McNally           3   5  2.33   9   9   6   0   1   70   53   20   18    4   15   20
Grant Jackson          0   0  2.38   7   0   0   1   0   11    6    4    3    2    6    3
Orlando Pena           1   1  2.61   7   2   0   1   0   31   21    9    9    5    4   21
Bob Reynolds           1   2  2.84   5   0   0   0   0   13   13    4    4    0    4    5
Mike Cuellar           1   5  5.19   9   9   2   0   0   61   58   35   35   12   26   24
Mickey Scott           0   0  5.40   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    2    2

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bobby Bolin            1   0  0.00  10   0   0   1   0    8    7    0    0    0    4    5
Roger Moret            1   0  0.00   3   1   0   0   0   15   10    1    0    0    9   12
Bill Lee               3   0  2.34   8   4   1   1   0   50   44   13   13    3   17   30
Bob Veale              1   0  2.57  11   0   0   4   0   14    9    6    4    1    5    7
John Curtis            1   4  2.87   9   6   2   0   0   47   47   25   15    4   23   21
Luis Tiant             4   4  4.25   9   9   5   0   0   66   56   32   31   13   27   47
Mike Garman            0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    0    2    4
Marty Pattin           2   7  6.27   9   9   2   0   0   52   66   40   36   11   18   30
Sonny Siebert          0   1  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    2    1    1    5
Lynn McGlothen         1   2  8.22   6   3   0   0   0   23   39   23   21    6    8   16
Craig Skok             0   0 10.80   1   0   0   0   0    3    5    4    4    0    2    2

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Sells             2   0  1.32   9   0   0   0   0   14   15    4    2    0    7    7
Bill Singer            7   1  1.67   9   9   6   0   1   81   52   17   15    1   27   80
Rudy May               4   3  2.12   8   7   4   0   4   51   33   14   12    5   15   33
Nolan Ryan             5   3  2.71  10   9   5   1   1   73   52   26   22    6   40   82
Steve Barber           0   0  3.00   9   0   0   0   0   12   13    6    4    1    8    8
Ron Perranoski         0   2  3.00   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    3    3    0    5    5
Clyde Wright           1   5  4.01   8   8   4   0   0   52   61   27   23    6   10   17
Lloyd Allen            0   0 10.38   5   0   0   1   0    9   15   10   10    0    5    4
Terry Wilshusen        0   0 81.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    3    3    0    2    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wilbur Wood            9   3  1.89  12  12   7   0   3  100   84   32   21    5   20   58
Terry Forster          1   0  2.03  13   0   0   8   0   27   20    7    6    1   15   23
Cy Acosta              1   0  2.08   6   0   0   2   0    9    7    2    2    0    4    5
Stan Bahnsen           5   2  3.05   9   9   3   0   0   62   60   25   21    4   32   29
Steve Stone            0   1  4.43   8   0   0   1   0   22   18   11   11    1   17   18
Eddie Fisher           4   2  4.46   7   7   1   0   0   38   43   21   19    4   14   20
Dennis O'Toole         0   0  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    2    6    2    2    2    1    3
Bart Johnson           0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    4    3    2    0    0    0
Rich Gossage           0   3  9.68   5   3   1   0   0   18   24   19   19    3   14   11

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Bosman            0   0  1.23   1   1   0   0   0    7    9    1    1    0    1    2
Ray Lamb               1   1  1.54  10   0   0   1   0   23   18    4    4    2   13   19
Tom Hilgendorf         0   0  2.45   9   0   0   0   0   15   11    5    4    1    4   11
Gaylord Perry          5   5  2.50  10  10   8   0   2   83   68   28   23    5   24   58
Brent Strom            1   4  3.98   9   8   1   0   0   54   62   27   24    7   14   39
Dick Tidrow            4   5  4.15  10  10   2   0   1   56   48   29   26    6   23   32
Milt Wilcox            2   0  4.63   7   4   1   0   0   35   28   19   18    2   13   25
Jerry Johnson          2   2  5.17  13   0   0   3   0   16   21   12    9    1   11   10
Ed Farmer              0   2  6.35  10   0   0   1   0   11   20   11    8    3    3    5
Steve Dunning          0   2  6.50   4   3   0   0   0   18   17   15   13    2   13   10
Steve Mingori          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    1    1    1
Mike Kilkenny          0   0 22.50   5   0   0   0   0    2    5    5    5    1    5    3

 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    3    1    0    0    0    1    1
Jim Perry              5   2  1.87   8   8   3   0   1   63   52   17   13    5   10   21
Joe Coleman            7   2  2.25   9   9   4   0   1   68   62   18   17    5   16   30
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.38   6   0   0   0   0   11   10    3    3    0    5    7
John Hiller            1   2  3.31  12   0   0   6   0   16   10    6    6    1    6   13
Tom Timmerman          1   1  3.38  10   1   0   1   0   27   23   11   10    2    7   15
Lerrin LaGrow          0   3  3.74  10   0   0   2   0   22   15    9    9    2    9   10
Mickey Lolich          2   4  4.19  10  10   4   0   0   73   75   37   34    8   20   46
Woodie Fryman          2   3  5.82   7   7   0   0   0   34   38   24   22    6   12   19
Dave Lemanczyk         0   0 11.57   1   0   0   0   0    2    4    3    3    0    0    0

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bird              0   0  1.08   4   0   0   0   0    8    6    1    1    1    2   12
Gene Garber            3   1  1.21  11   0   0   6   0   30   24    5    4    0    3   11
Bruce Dal Canton       2   2  2.32   9   2   1   2   0   43   36   16   11    4   21   14
Paul Splittorff        6   2  2.56   9   9   4   0   1   70   58   25   20    2   17   31
Ken Wright             1   1  4.50   8   3   0   0   0   20   23   12   10    0   22   16
Wayne Simpson          3   2  4.85   7   7   1   0   0   43   42   24   23    1   26   16
Steve Busby            3   5  4.98   9   9   1   0   1   47   52   29   26    4   23   30
Dick Drago             3   3  5.32   8   7   3   0   0   46   56   28   27    4   16   22
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  5.40   6   0   0   1   0   10   13    6    6    2    4    4
Mike Jackson           0   0  6.75   7   0   0   0   0   17   17   13   13    2   16   10

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Colborn            3   1  2.40  10   4   1   1   0   56   42   22   15    5   19   18
Skip Lockwood          3   2  2.91  10   4   0   0   0   34   36   14   11    1   15   18
Jim Slaton             2   3  3.02   8   8   2   0   1   48   51   17   16    2   16    8
Ray Newman             2   1  3.12  10   0   0   1   0   17   18    6    6    2    4   10
Jerry Bell             4   3  3.19  11   7   3   1   0   62   51   27   22    5   30   23
Frank Linzy            0   2  3.75  10   0   0   2   0   12   12    5    5    1    3    6
Gary Ryerson           0   0  4.02   5   3   0   0   0   16   13    9    7    0    6    6
Bill Champion          0   2  4.13  10   2   0   0   0   33   32   15   15    4   16   19
Chris Short            1   1  4.63   6   0   0   0   0   12   12    6    6    1   10    4
Bill Parsons           1   2  6.00   6   5   0   0   0   15   10   15   10    0   23    2

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Corbin             0   1  2.63   9   1   0   3   0   27   20    8    8    0    5   11
Dave Goltz             1   0  2.70   7   0   0   0   0   17   12    5    5    0    6   10
Bert Blyleven          3   6  3.78   9   9   4   0   0   64   74   37   27    5   17   51
Jim Kaat               5   2  3.84   9   9   2   0   1   63   66   29   27    8    8   35
Bill Hands             4   3  4.17   8   8   2   0   0   54   55   27   25    5   11   27
Dick Woodson           2   2  4.61   5   5   1   0   1   27   25   15   14    2   12   15
Ken Sanders            1   2  6.00  12   0   0   5   0   21   18   15   14    2   12   11
Joe Decker             0   0 10.80   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    8    8    2    6    3
Jim Strickland         0   0 22.50   3   0   0   0   0    2    6    6    5    0    3    1

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doc Medich             3   1  2.72   7   7   2   0   1   50   43   17   15    5    9   32
Mel Stottlemyre        5   4  2.91  10  10   4   0   1   68   65   28   22    4   22   34
Sparky Lyle            0   3  2.96  10   0   0   4   0   24   20   11    8    3    4   23
Fred Beene             0   0  3.18   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    2    1    2    1
Fritz Peterson         3   5  3.44   8   8   0   0   0   50   60   23   19    4   13   22
Lindy McDaniel         2   1  3.49  12   0   0   4   0   28   28   11   11    3   11   17
Steve Kline            3   4  3.63   8   8   2   0   1   52   47   24   21    4   20   10
Casey Cox              0   0  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    2    0    1    0
Jim Magnuson           0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0   15   25   10   10    1    5    6
Mike Kekich            0   0 10.80   2   1   0   0   0    3    4    4    4    0    6    1

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman           8   2  1.44  10  10   8   0   1   88   56   19   14    6   18   51
Rollie Fingers         0   3  1.63  10   2   0   2   0   28   17    9    5    1   11   21
Horacio Pina           3   1  2.83  12   0   0   2   0   29   19    9    9    2   10   21
Rob Gardner            0   0  3.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    1    2    1
Darold Knowles         1   2  3.18  11   0   0   1   0   17   13    6    6    0   11    8
Catfish Hunter         4   2  3.66  10  10   2   0   1   71   64   33   29   11   16   32
Vida Blue              3   1  4.06   6   6   2   0   0   44   35   20   20    2   18   22
Blue Moon Odom         1   6  5.98   9   9   2   0   0   47   43   34   31    5   28   29
Paul Lindblad          0   0 10.22   7   0   0   1   0   12   20   17   14    3    6    4

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Foucault         2   2  1.96  11   0   0   5   0   18   17    5    4    1   12    8
Sonny Siebert          1   1  2.45   2   2   0   0   0   11    9    3    3    1    3    6
Steve Dunning          0   0  3.68   3   0   0   0   0    7    5    3    3    0    7    5
Bill Gogolewski        0   1  3.68  11   0   0   1   0   29   25   12   12    4   13   22
Rich Hand              2   2  4.06   7   6   1   0   0   38   43   21   17    1   14   14
Don Stanhouse          0   3  4.11   9   3   0   0   0   31   30   16   14    2   20   19
Dick Bosman            2   5  4.24   7   7   1   0   1   40   42   24   19    6   17   14
Jim Merritt            0   0  5.06   8   0   0   0   0   16   22   10    9    2    2    9
Pete Broberg           0   4  5.44   7   7   1   0   0   41   43   26   25    2   20   15
Mike Paul              3   3  5.92  11   8   1   0   0   38   52   29   25    5   13   19
Charlie Hudson         2   0  6.23   8   0   0   0   0   17   16   12   12    1    7   14

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League Leaders

Wins:

  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         8
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  B. Singer (CAL)           7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          5
  J. Kaat (MIN)             5
  G. Perry (CLE)            5
  J. Perry (DET)            5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5

Losses:

  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  B. Odom (OAK)             6
  D. Bosman (CLE)           5
  S. Busby (KC)             5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  G. Perry (CLE)            5
  F. Peterson (NY)          5
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           5

Complete Games:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)         8
  G. Perry (CLE)            8
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  B. Singer (CAL)           6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  L. Tiant (BOS)            5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  J. Coleman (DET)          4
  M. Lolich (DET)           4

Saves:

  T. Forster (CHI)          8
  G. Garber (KC)            6
  J. Hiller (DET)           6
  S. Foucault (TEX)         5
  K. Sanders (MIN)          5
  S. Lyle (NY)              4
  L. McDaniel (NY)          4
  B. Veale (BOS)            4
  R. Corbin (MIN)           3
  J. Johnson (CLE)          3

Shutouts:

  R. May (CAL)              4
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  G. Perry (CLE)            2
  D. Bosman (CLE)           1
  S. Busby (KC)             1
  J. Coleman (DET)          1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         1
  C. Hunter (OAK)           1
  J. Kaat (MIN)             1

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         100.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      87.2
  G. Perry (CLE)         82.2
  B. Singer (CAL)        80.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        73.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          73.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        71.1
  P. Splittorff (KC)     70.1
  D. McNally (BAL)       69.2
  J. Coleman (DET)       68.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            84
  M. Lolich (DET)          75
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        74
  G. Perry (CLE)           68
  J. Kaat (MIN)            66
  M. Pattin (BOS)          66
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      65
  C. Hunter (OAK)          64
  J. Coleman (DET)         62
  B. Strom (CLE)           62

Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          40
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        37
  M. Lolich (DET)          37
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         35
  B. Odom (OAK)            34
  C. Hunter (OAK)          33
  L. Tiant (BOS)           32
  W. Wood (CHI)            32
  S. Busby (KC)            29
  J. Kaat (MIN)            29

Home Runs:

  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  M. Pattin (BOS)          11
  J. Kaat (MIN)             8
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  B. Strom (CLE)            7
  D. Bosman (CLE)           6
  W. Fryman (DET)           6
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            40
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         32
  J. Bell (MIL)            30
  B. Odom (OAK)            28
  B. Singer (CAL)          27
  L. Tiant (BOS)           27
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         26
  W. Simpson (KC)          26
  G. Perry (CLE)           24
  S. Busby (KC)            23

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            82
  B. Singer (CAL)          80
  G. Perry (CLE)           58
  W. Wood (CHI)            58
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        51
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        51
  L. Tiant (BOS)           47
  M. Lolich (DET)          46
  B. Strom (CLE)           39
  J. Kaat (MIN)            35

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