Saturday June 9, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 9, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       25  24  3.05   49  20   5   443   365  159  150   40  153  199
California      27  25  3.07   52  28   7   463   402  179  158   31  183  362
Detroit         29  25  3.28   54  18  14   489   450  193  178   43  139  271
Milwaukee       26  27  3.28   53  13   9   485   436  206  177   35  210  206
Oakland         28  28  3.35   56  18  10   508   418  212  189   50  172  277
New York        30  25  3.40   55  12  18   484   499  219  183   38  149  231
Chicago         30  20  3.40   50  17  14   463   439  206  175   40  188  287
Boston          25  26  3.85   51  19  10   452   452  221  193   52  171  280
Minnesota       29  22  3.93   51  15  13   458   468  229  200   46  151  260
Kansas City     30  28  4.14   58  16  12   518   522  259  238   37  234  283
Cleveland       20  34  4.18   54  14   8   497   501  259  231   46  198  319
Texas           18  33  4.77   51   7  10   445   476  273  236   41  198  212

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    11   3  1.50  15  15  10   0   2  126   80   27   21    8   24   70
Jim Colborn (MIL)      7   2  1.82  15   9   4   1   2   99   73   28   20    6   29   44
Bill Lee (BOS)         6   2  2.11  13   9   5   1   0   94   82   25   22    6   30   50
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     14   5  2.29  19  18  10   0   4  153  130   51   39    9   30   87
Bill Singer (CAL)     10   2  2.34  13  13   7   0   1  111   76   31   29    4   41  102
Jim Palmer (BAL)       6   4  2.39  12  12   6   0   2   94   76   26   25    3   35   50
Nolan Ryan (CAL)       7   6  2.43  15  14  10   1   2  115   80   35   31    7   56  130
Jim Perry (DET)        7   4  2.45  13  13   3   0   1   92   80   29   25    6   20   34
Dave McNally (BAL)     5   7  2.45  13  13   8   0   1   99   75   30   27    6   25   21
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    7   6  2.55  14  14   8   0   3  109   99   42   31    6   32   92

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   0  1.50  14   0   0   3   0   24   13    5    4    2    6   12
Jim Palmer             6   4  2.39  12  12   6   0   2   94   76   26   25    3   35   50
Dave McNally           5   7  2.45  13  13   8   0   1   99   75   30   27    6   25   21
Bob Reynolds           2   3  2.59   9   0   0   1   0   24   23    7    7    0    9   13
Eddie Watt             3   2  2.84   7   0   0   0   0   13    9    4    4    1    6    6
Doyle Alexander        5   1  3.19  11   9   3   0   0   68   54   26   24    5   25   36
Orlando Pena           1   1  3.21  10   2   0   1   0   42   31   15   15    8    8   23
Mike Cuellar           2   6  5.00  13  13   3   0   0   77   82   45   43   14   37   36
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
Don Newhauser          0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    4    3    0    0    0    5    2
Bill Lee               6   2  2.11  13   9   5   1   0   94   82   25   22    6   30   50
Bob Veale              1   1  2.45  15   0   0   6   0   18   14    7    5    1    6   13
Bobby Bolin            1   1  2.53  14   0   0   2   0   11   11    3    3    1    4    6
Roger Moret            1   0  3.00   5   1   0   0   0   21   18    8    7    1   11   16
John Curtis            3   6  3.61  14  11   3   0   0   85   82   44   34    7   39   40
Luis Tiant             6   6  4.07  13  13   7   0   0   91   75   43   41   15   31   67
Marty Pattin           6   7  4.45  14  14   4   0   0   93  103   51   46   14   30   57
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
Mike Garman            0   0 10.38   3   0   0   0   0    4   10    7    5    0    3    5
Craig Skok             0   0 10.50   2   0   0   0   0    6   10    8    7    0    3    3

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Sells             2   0  1.29  16   0   0   4   0   21   20    5    3    1    8   12
Bill Singer           10   2  2.34  13  13   7   0   1  111   76   31   29    4   41  102
Nolan Ryan             7   6  2.43  15  14  10   1   2  115   80   35   31    7   56  130
Rudy May               4   6  2.96  13  11   6   0   4   82   60   31   27   10   26   66
Clyde Wright           3   8  3.80  13  13   5   0   0   83   99   40   35    8   23   23
Steve Barber           0   0  3.98  14   0   0   1   0   20   25   11    9    1   11   15
Ron Perranoski         0   2  4.50   7   0   0   0   0   10   10    5    5    0    7    5
Rich Hand              1   1  4.76   4   1   0   0   0   11   17    8    6    0    4    5
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
Terry Forster          2   1  1.75  20   0   0  10   0   51   38   12   10    2   28   48
Bart Johnson           0   0  2.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    8    3    2    0    3    6
Wilbur Wood           14   5  2.29  19  18  10   0   4  153  130   51   39    9   30   87
Stan Bahnsen           6   5  3.10  14  14   4   0   0  102   99   43   35    5   45   50
Eddie Fisher           6   4  4.34  12  12   2   0   0   66   77   35   32   10   24   37
Cy Acosta              1   0  4.40  13   0   0   3   0   14   17   10    7    1    8   12
Steve Stone            1   1  4.42  11   2   0   1   0   37   28   18   18    4   29   27
Rich Gossage           0   4  9.12   8   4   1   0   0   26   32   28   26    7   19   17
Dennis O'Toole         0   0 12.46   3   0   0   0   0    4   10    6    6    2    2    3

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hilgendorf         2   1  1.91  16   0   0   0   0   28   19    7    6    2    7   17
Gaylord Perry          6   7  2.87  15  15  10   0   2  129  118   46   41    7   41   81
Jerry Johnson          2   3  3.76  18   0   0   5   0   26   30   17   11    1   16   19
Ray Lamb               2   3  3.86  16   1   0   2   0   40   37   17   17    5   20   33
Dick Tidrow            4   6  4.23  14  14   2   0   1   83   75   43   39    8   35   47
Ed Farmer              0   2  4.67  16   0   0   1   0   17   25   12    9    4    5   10
Dick Bosman            0   1  4.74   4   4   0   0   0   19   29   13   10    0    3    5
Milt Wilcox            3   3  5.21  11   7   1   0   0   57   55   34   33    3   24   37
Brent Strom            1   6  5.29  15  10   1   0   0   66   81   42   39   10   19   53
Steve Mingori          0   0  6.17   5   0   0   0   0   12   10    8    8    3   10    4
Steve Dunning          0   2  6.50   4   3   0   0   0   18   17   15   13    2   13   10
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
John Hiller            2   2  1.84  19   0   0  11   0   29   17    6    6    1   12   25
Jim Perry              7   4  2.45  13  13   3   0   1   92   80   29   25    6   20   34
Joe Coleman           10   4  2.93  14  14   5   0   1  104   97   37   34   10   28   54
Mickey Lolich          6   5  3.08  15  15   9   0   1  117  106   44   40   10   28   74
Tom Timmerman          1   1  3.27  15   1   0   1   0   33   29   13   12    3    9   20
Lerrin LaGrow          0   3  3.29  13   0   0   2   0   27   21   10   10    3   10   13
Chuck Seelbach         1   0  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    2    2
Woodie Fryman          2   6  5.19  11  11   1   0   0   61   70   38   35    8   20   38
Fred Scherman          0   0  5.63  11   0   0   0   0   16   19   10   10    1   10   11
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              1   2  2.38  11   0   0   2   0   23   18    6    6    3    9   23
Paul Splittorff        8   3  2.66  13  13   6   0   1  101   89   35   30    4   26   45
Gene Garber            5   3  2.91  16   4   2   6   0   56   54   20   18    4   13   24
Bruce Dal Canton       4   3  3.13  16   3   1   2   0   63   56   27   22    5   28   23
Ken Wright             1   1  4.35  12   4   0   0   0   31   30   17   15    2   33   32
Dick Drago             5   5  4.63  14  13   5   0   0   91  102   50   47    7   31   53
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  5.40   6   0   0   1   0   10   13    6    6    2    4    4
Wayne Simpson          3   4  5.69  13   9   1   0   0   55   59   36   35    1   33   26
Steve Busby            3   7  5.78  12  12   1   0   1   62   74   43   40    6   33   39
Mike Jackson           0   0  6.85   9   0   0   0   0   22   25   17   17    3   20   13
Norm Angelini          0   0  7.71   4   0   0   1   0    2    2    2    2    0    4    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rob Gardner            1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Jim Colborn            7   2  1.82  15   9   4   1   2   99   73   28   20    6   29   44
Frank Linzy            2   2  2.66  17   0   0   6   0   24   19    7    7    1    6    8
Skip Lockwood          3   2  2.91  16   4   0   0   0   56   56   21   18    3   18   30
Jim Slaton             2   5  2.94  11  11   3   0   1   67   71   26   22    7   22   23
Ray Newman             2   1  2.95  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    6    6    2    5   10
Jerry Bell             6   6  3.48  16  12   6   1   0   98   80   44   38    8   42   32
Chris Short            2   1  3.86  11   2   0   0   0   23   24   10   10    1   16   12
Bill Champion          0   3  4.09  13   3   0   0   0   44   44   20   20    5   22   23
Bill Parsons           1   4  5.51  10   8   0   0   0   33   23   25   20    2   43   15
Gary Ryerson           0   1  6.65   8   4   0   0   0   22   26   19   16    0    7    9

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Corbin             2   1  2.15  14   2   0   4   0   46   37   11   11    0   14   21
Bert Blyleven          7   6  2.55  14  14   8   0   3  109   99   42   31    6   32   92
Jim Kaat               6   3  4.01  13  13   3   0   1   85   98   44   38   13   18   42
Bill Hands             5   6  4.50  13  13   3   0   1   84   90   49   42   11   22   39
Dick Woodson           4   3  4.70   8   8   1   0   1   44   44   26   23    5   25   20
Ken Sanders            2   2  4.73  17   0   0   8   0   32   29   18   17    3   17   15
Dave Goltz             2   0  5.40  14   0   0   1   0   33   41   20   20    5    9   19
Joe Decker             1   0  5.68   6   1   0   0   0   19   20   12   12    3   11    7
Jim Strickland         0   1 12.46   5   0   0   0   0    4   10    7    6    0    3    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Dobson             1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    5    1    0    0    0    1    3
Sparky Lyle            2   3  1.77  21   0   0  13   0   41   28   11    8    3    7   34
Fred Beene             1   0  2.22   7   2   0   1   0   24   22    9    6    1    7   11
Lindy McDaniel         4   2  3.26  19   0   0   4   0   50   57   20   18    5   17   31
Doc Medich             5   2  3.27  12  12   2   0   1   77   74   31   28    6   19   46
Mel Stottlemyre        7   5  3.35  14  14   6   0   1   97   99   45   36    7   28   45
Steve Kline            4   5  3.45  10  10   2   0   1   63   62   30   24    4   22   14
Fritz Peterson         5   6  3.58  13  13   2   0   0   83   93   38   33    9   24   34
Jim Magnuson           0   1  4.28   8   0   0   0   0   27   38   17   13    2    9    9
Casey Cox              0   0  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    2    0    1    0
Mike Kekich            1   1  9.20   5   4   0   0   0   15   20   15   15    1   14    4

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman          11   3  1.50  15  15  10   0   2  126   80   27   21    8   24   70
Rollie Fingers         0   5  1.85  17   2   0   4   0   39   27   12    8    2   17   33
Darold Knowles         1   3  2.49  17   0   0   2   0   25   16    7    7    1   13   14
Horacio Pina           4   2  2.84  16   0   0   3   0   38   26   13   12    2   14   25
Catfish Hunter         7   3  3.11  15  15   4   0   2  107   93   41   37   14   25   53
Vida Blue              4   3  4.61  11  11   2   0   0   70   62   38   36    7   31   31
Rob Gardner            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    2    4    2
Paul Lindblad          0   0  5.55  12   0   0   1   0   24   30   18   15    4    9    7
Blue Moon Odom         1   8  6.21  12  11   2   0   0   58   60   43   40    7   32   34
Dave Hamilton          0   1  6.57   2   2   0   0   0   12   14    9    9    3    3    8

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sonny Siebert          3   3  2.72   6   6   0   0   0   36   34   20   11    5    7   14
Bill Gogolewski        0   2  3.13  16   0   0   4   0   46   36   17   16    4   16   29
Steve Dunning          0   1  3.54   6   1   0   0   0   20   16   11    8    1   18    7
Jim Merritt            0   1  3.94  12   2   0   0   0   30   37   16   13    2    5   15
Steve Foucault         2   3  3.99  17   0   0   5   0   29   29   14   13    4   16   15
Dick Bosman            2   5  4.24   7   7   1   0   1   40   42   24   19    6   17   14
Don Stanhouse          1   5  4.31  13   5   1   0   0   54   49   28   26    5   33   29
Rich Hand              2   3  5.40   8   7   1   0   0   42   49   29   25    2   19   14
Pete Broberg           2   5  5.56  12  11   3   0   0   66   73   43   41    5   31   24
Mike Paul              4   3  5.90  17   9   1   0   0   50   73   37   33    6   19   29
Charlie Hudson         2   0  6.00  12   0   0   1   0   24   24   16   16    1   10   16
Lloyd Allen            0   2 21.32   3   3   0   0   0    6   14   18   15    0    7    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  J. Coleman (DET)         10
  B. Singer (CAL)          10
  P. Splittorff (KC)        8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  J. Colborn (MIL)          7
  C. Hunter (OAK)           7
  J. Perry (DET)            7
  N. Ryan (CAL)             7

Losses:

  B. Odom (OAK)             8
  C. Wright (CAL)           8
  S. Busby (KC)             7
  D. McNally (BAL)          7
  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  G. Perry (CLE)            7
  J. Bell (MIL)             6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  D. Bosman (CLE)           6
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          6

Complete Games:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)        10
  G. Perry (CLE)           10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  M. Lolich (DET)           9
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         8
  D. McNally (BAL)          8
  B. Singer (CAL)           7
  L. Tiant (BOS)            7
  J. Bell (MIL)             6

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             13
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  T. Forster (CHI)         10
  K. Sanders (MIN)          8
  G. Garber (KC)            6
  F. Linzy (MIL)            6
  B. Veale (BOS)            6
  S. Foucault (TEX)         5
  J. Johnson (CLE)          5
  R. Corbin (MIN)           4

Shutouts:

  R. May (CAL)              4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  J. Colborn (MIL)          2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         2
  C. Hunter (OAK)           2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  G. Perry (CLE)            2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  D. Bosman (CLE)           1

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         153.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        128.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     126.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       117.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         115.0
  B. Singer (CAL)       111.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     109.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       107.0
  J. Coleman (DET)      104.1
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)      101.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           130
  G. Perry (CLE)          118
  M. Lolich (DET)         106
  M. Pattin (BOS)         103
  D. Drago (KC)           102
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         99
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        99
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      99
  C. Wright (CAL)          99
  J. Kaat (MIN)            98

Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          51
  W. Wood (CHI)            51
  D. Drago (KC)            50
  B. Hands (MIN)           49
  G. Perry (CLE)           46
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         45
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      45
  J. Bell (MIL)            44
  J. Curtis (BOS)          44
  J. Kaat (MIN)            44

Home Runs:

  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  M. Pattin (BOS)          14
  J. Kaat (MIN)            13
  B. Hands (MIN)           11
  J. Coleman (DET)         10
  E. Fisher (CHI)          10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  R. May (CAL)             10

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            56
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         45
  B. Parsons (MIL)         43
  J. Bell (MIL)            42
  G. Perry (CLE)           41
  B. Singer (CAL)          41
  J. Curtis (BOS)          39
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         37
  J. Palmer (BAL)          35
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          35

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           130
  B. Singer (CAL)         102
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        92
  W. Wood (CHI)            87
  G. Perry (CLE)           81
  M. Lolich (DET)          74
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        70
  L. Tiant (BOS)           67
  R. May (CAL)             66
  M. Pattin (BOS)          57

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