Wednesday June 20, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 20, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       30  28  3.08   58  22   5   529   429  191  181   48  180  231
Oakland         35  31  3.17   66  20  13   600   510  248  211   55  200  324
California      33  30  3.20   63  33   9   562   500  223  200   40  219  424
Milwaukee       34  30  3.22   65  16  14   589   542  248  211   43  254  248
New York        35  30  3.43   65  14  23   570   575  258  217   45  182  282
Detroit         32  31  3.58   63  20  14   568   550  247  226   57  169  334
Chicago         33  27  3.65   60  21  15   550   532  258  223   48  230  332
Boston          31  31  3.78   62  23  12   547   542  268  230   66  205  339
Minnesota       33  28  4.07   61  17  15   547   581  278  247   54  173  315
Kansas City     37  32  4.15   69  20  13   620   615  310  286   49  280  330
Cleveland       24  41  4.26   65  16   9   598   612  319  283   65  232  377
Texas           21  39  4.57   60   8  12   528   554  316  268   48  234  272

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    11   5  1.83  17  17  10   0   2  138  103   34   28    9   25   74
Jim Colborn (MIL)      9   2  2.01  17  11   6   1   2  117   87   34   26    8   32   50
Bill Lee (BOS)         8   2  2.01  16  12   7   1   0  116  103   31   26    6   36   62
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   4  2.39  14  14   7   0   2  109   82   30   29    4   42   58
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     14   8  2.50  22  21  12   0   4  177  154   61   49   12   39  101
Bert Blyleven (MIN)    8   7  2.53  16  16   9   0   4  125  113   46   35    6   32  105
Dave McNally (BAL)     5   8  2.60  15  15   8   0   1  114   88   36   33    7   33   26
Bill Singer (CAL)     11   3  2.62  16  16   8   0   1  134  100   42   39    5   51  114
Jim Perry (DET)        8   5  2.67  15  15   4   0   1  101   88   34   30    6   22   39
Paul Splittorff (KC)  10   3  2.89  16  16   8   0   1  125  109   46   40    8   31   50

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          3   0  1.31  18   0   0   3   0   34   16    6    5    3    7   19
Bob Reynolds           3   3  2.10  12   0   0   1   0   30   26    7    7    0   11   17
Jim Palmer             7   4  2.39  14  14   7   0   2  109   82   30   29    4   42   58
Dave McNally           5   8  2.60  15  15   8   0   1  114   88   36   33    7   33   26
Eddie Watt             3   2  2.89  10   0   0   0   0   19   15    6    6    2    8    9
Doyle Alexander        5   3  3.78  14  12   3   0   0   83   75   38   35    7   29   40
Orlando Pena           1   1  4.03  11   2   0   1   0   45   36   20   20   10    8   23
Mike Cuellar           3   7  4.37  15  15   4   0   1   93   89   47   45   14   40   37
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   6   0   0   1   0    6    4    1    0    0    8    2
Bill Lee               8   2  2.01  16  12   7   1   0  116  103   31   26    6   36   62
Roger Moret            1   0  2.87   8   1   0   0   0   31   29   13   10    1   16   23
Bob Veale              1   1  3.15  17   0   0   7   0   20   17    9    7    1    6   13
Bobby Bolin            1   2  3.18  16   0   0   3   0   17   17    6    6    2    4   14
John Curtis            4   7  3.46  16  13   3   0   0  101   97   49   39    9   44   50
Luis Tiant             8   6  3.92  15  15   8   0   0  106   87   48   46   18   35   82
Marty Pattin           7   8  4.68  16  16   5   0   0  108  116   61   56   19   34   62
Sonny Siebert          0   1  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    2    1    1    5
Mike Garman            0   0  8.10   4   0   0   0   0    7   12    8    6    1    4    5
Lynn McGlothen         1   2  8.22   6   3   0   0   0   23   39   23   21    6    8   16
Ray Culp               0   2  8.31   2   2   0   0   0    4    6    9    4    2    6    2
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   1  1.75  19   0   0   6   0   26   24    7    5    1   10   16
Bill Singer           11   3  2.62  16  16   8   0   1  134  100   42   39    5   51  114
Rudy May               6   6  2.91  15  13   7   0   4   99   79   36   32   12   29   76
Nolan Ryan             8   8  2.97  18  17  12   1   2  139  104   50   46   10   66  155
Steve Barber           0   0  3.19  18   0   0   1   0   31   33   14   11    1   13   21
Clyde Wright           5   8  3.53  15  15   6   0   1   99  112   44   39   10   30   27
Ron Perranoski         0   2  4.09   8   0   0   0   0   11   11    5    5    0    7    5
Rich Hand              1   2  6.59   6   2   0   0   0   14   22   12   10    1    6    6
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  1.73  22   0   0  11   0   52   40   12   10    2   28   48
Jim Geddes             0   0  1.93   1   0   0   0   0    5    0    1    1    0    6    1
Bart Johnson           0   0  2.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    8    3    2    0    3    6
Wilbur Wood           14   8  2.50  22  21  12   0   4  177  154   61   49   12   39  101
Cy Acosta              2   1  3.13  16   0   0   3   0   23   23   12    8    1   12   16
Stan Bahnsen           7   6  3.43  16  16   5   0   0  113  112   51   43    6   53   53
Steve Stone            2   2  4.07  14   5   1   1   0   60   47   27   27    5   37   43
Eddie Fisher           6   5  4.95  14  14   2   0   0   73   88   43   40   11   25   39
Dennis O'Toole         0   0  7.36   4   0   0   0   0    7   12    7    6    2    3    4
Rich Gossage           0   4  9.96  10   4   1   0   0   28   38   33   31    8   23   20
Steve Kealey           0   0 12.46   2   0   0   0   0    4   10    8    6    1    1    1

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hilgendorf         3   2  2.25  22   0   0   1   0   40   29   14   10    4   12   27
Gaylord Perry          6   9  3.13  17  17  12   0   2  147  134   56   51   10   47   93
Ray Lamb               2   3  3.35  18   1   0   2   0   46   44   17   17    5   24   37
Dick Tidrow            4   7  4.29  17  17   2   0   1  101  101   53   48   10   40   58
Jerry Johnson          3   4  4.36  22   0   0   5   0   33   37   22   16    2   19   25
Ed Farmer              0   2  4.67  16   0   0   1   0   17   25   12    9    4    5   10
Brent Strom            1   7  5.01  17  11   1   0   0   79   91   47   44   13   24   57
Dick Bosman            0   1  5.24   7   7   0   0   0   34   49   23   20    3    3   10
Milt Wilcox            4   3  5.29  12   8   1   0   0   63   61   38   37    4   26   39
Tom Timmerman          1   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    3    3    2    3    3
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 Kekich            0   1  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    6    6    2    2    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
Ed Farmer              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    1    0
John Hiller            3   2  1.84  21   0   0  11   0   34   22    7    7    1   12   32
Jim Perry              8   5  2.67  15  15   4   0   1  101   88   34   30    6   22   39
Mickey Lolich          7   6  3.11  17  17  10   0   2  130  120   50   45   12   33   91
Joe Coleman           10   6  3.43  17  17   5   0   1  123  124   52   47   13   37   66
Tom Timmerman          1   1  3.69  17   1   0   1   0   39   39   17   16    4   11   21
Lerrin LaGrow          0   3  3.77  15   0   0   2   0   31   26   13   13    5   11   15
Chuck Seelbach         1   0  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    2    2
Bill Slayback          0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    1    0    0    1
Fred Scherman          0   1  5.23  15   0   0   0   0   21   21   12   12    1   12   15
Woodie Fryman          2   6  5.65  14  13   1   0   0   72   89   48   45   13   23   48
Mike Strahler          0   1  7.71   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    4    4    1    5    4
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
Paul Splittorff       10   3  2.89  16  16   8   0   1  125  109   46   40    8   31   50
Gene Garber            7   5  3.46  21   4   2   7   0   65   64   27   25    5   15   27
Bruce Dal Canton       4   3  3.78  18   3   1   2   0   69   63   34   29    5   35   25
Ken Wright             2   1  3.79  14   5   0   0   0   40   34   19   17    2   40   37
Doug Bird              1   3  3.86  15   0   0   2   0   28   28   12   12    4   11   27
Dick Drago             7   5  4.12  16  15   7   0   1  109  118   53   50    8   35   60
Norm Angelini          0   0  4.91   7   0   0   1   0    4    2    2    2    0    7    3
Steve Busby            3   7  5.06  15  15   1   0   1   85   91   53   48   10   45   56
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
Mark Littell           0   1  6.43   2   2   0   0   0    7    9    5    5    1    4    2
Mike Jackson           0   0  6.85   9   0   0   0   0   22   25   17   17    3   20   13

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eduardo Rodriguez      0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0   10    4    0    0    0    6    2
Jim Colborn            9   2  2.01  17  11   6   1   2  117   87   34   26    8   32   50
Frank Linzy            2   3  2.70  23   0   0   9   0   30   28   14    9    3    8   11
Chris Short            2   1  2.90  13   3   0   1   0   31   30   10   10    1   18   16
Ray Newman             2   1  2.95  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    6    6    2    5   10
Jim Slaton             4   5  2.96  14  14   4   0   2   91   96   35   30    7   30   33
Jerry Bell             7   6  3.43  18  14   6   1   0  108   92   47   41    9   46   35
Skip Lockwood          3   3  3.44  19   4   0   0   0   65   71   30   25    3   20   34
Bill Champion          1   3  3.81  15   3   0   0   0   50   50   21   21    5   26   27
Rob Gardner            1   0  4.15   4   0   0   1   0    4    6    2    2    0    3    2
Bill Parsons           3   5  5.23  13  11   0   0   0   43   33   30   25    5   53   19
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   2  2.06  18   2   0   6   0   57   43   14   13    1   16   28
Bert Blyleven          8   7  2.53  16  16   9   0   4  125  113   46   35    6   32  105
Jim Kaat               8   4  4.34  16  15   3   0   1  102  120   55   49   15   23   51
Bill Hands             5   7  4.65  14  14   3   0   1   89   98   54   46   12   22   40
Dick Woodson           5   4  4.90  11  11   2   0   1   61   66   36   33    7   33   30
Joe Decker             1   1  5.29   8   3   0   0   0   32   39   19   19    5   12   16
Ken Sanders            2   2  5.30  20   0   0   8   0   36   38   22   21    3   18   17
Dave Goltz             2   0  5.31  16   0   0   1   0   41   53   24   24    5   12   22
Jim Strickland         0   1 11.81   7   0   0   0   0    5   11    8    7    0    5    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sam McDowell           1   0  1.35   1   1   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    0    7    6
Pat Dobson             1   1  1.38   2   1   1   0   0   13    9    5    2    1    3    7
Fred Beene             2   0  1.82   9   2   0   1   0   35   27   11    7    1    7   22
Sparky Lyle            2   3  1.85  26   0   0  18   0   49   34   13   10    3    9   38
Lindy McDaniel         4   2  2.80  21   0   0   4   0   61   65   21   19    5   23   38
Doc Medich             5   3  3.43  14  14   3   0   1   89   88   37   34    9   22   56
Mel Stottlemyre        9   6  3.56  17  17   6   0   1  116  115   56   46    8   36   53
Steve Kline            4   6  3.80  11  11   2   0   1   64   66   33   27    4   25   14
Fritz Peterson         6   7  4.04  15  15   2   0   0   91  104   46   41   11   26   35
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
Rollie Fingers         0   5  1.41  22   2   0   6   0   51   38   20    8    3   18   40
Ken Holtzman          11   5  1.83  17  17  10   0   2  138  103   34   28    9   25   74
Darold Knowles         2   3  2.10  20   0   0   3   0   30   19    7    7    1   15   14
Horacio Pina           5   2  2.51  20   0   0   3   0   43   28   13   12    2   15   28
Catfish Hunter         9   3  3.12  18  18   6   0   3  130  112   50   45   16   30   66
Dave Hamilton          2   1  3.81   4   4   0   0   0   26   27   11   11    3    9   12
Vida Blue              5   3  4.10  14  14   2   0   0   90   80   47   41    8   38   44
Rob Gardner            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    2    4    2
Paul Lindblad          0   1  5.00  15   0   0   1   0   27   33   19   15    4   14   10
Blue Moon Odom         1   8  6.21  12  11   2   0   0   58   60   43   40    7   32   34

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sonny Siebert          4   5  2.21   9   9   1   0   1   57   52   27   14    6    9   31
Bill Gogolewski        0   2  2.68  19   0   0   4   0   54   39   17   16    4   22   38
Jim Bibby              0   1  3.24   2   1   0   0   0    8    8    5    3    1    2    8
Steve Foucault         2   3  3.38  20   0   0   5   0   37   36   16   14    5   17   19
Dick Bosman            2   5  4.24   7   7   1   0   1   40   42   24   19    6   17   14
Jim Merritt            0   2  4.50  14   4   0   0   0   42   49   25   21    4    9   20
Don Stanhouse          1   6  4.53  16   5   1   1   0   60   57   33   30    5   37   34
Pete Broberg           4   5  5.24  14  13   3   0   0   79   84   48   46    7   41   33
Mike Paul              4   3  5.37  19   9   1   1   0   55   75   37   33    6   21   32
Rich Hand              2   3  5.40   8   7   1   0   0   42   49   29   25    2   19   14
Steve Dunning          0   2  5.57   7   2   0   0   0   21   19   16   13    1   21    7
Charlie Hudson         2   0  6.00  12   0   0   1   0   24   24   16   16    1   10   16
Lloyd Allen            0   2 18.69   5   3   0   0   0    9   20   23   18    0    9    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  B. Singer (CAL)          11
  J. Coleman (DET)         10
  P. Splittorff (KC)       10
  J. Colborn (MIL)          9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       9
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         8
  J. Kaat (MIN)             8

Losses:

  G. Perry (CLE)            9
  D. McNally (BAL)          8
  B. Odom (OAK)             8
  M. Pattin (BOS)           8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             8
  W. Wood (CHI)             8
  C. Wright (CAL)           8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  S. Busby (KC)             7
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          7

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12
  W. Wood (CHI)            12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        10
  M. Lolich (DET)          10
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         9
  D. McNally (BAL)          8
  B. Singer (CAL)           8
  P. Splittorff (KC)        8
  L. Tiant (BOS)            8

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             18
  T. Forster (CHI)         11
  J. Hiller (DET)          11
  F. Linzy (MIL)            9
  K. Sanders (MIN)          8
  G. Garber (KC)            7
  B. Veale (BOS)            7
  R. Corbin (MIN)           6
  R. Fingers (OAK)          6
  D. Sells (CAL)            6

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         176.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        146.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         139.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     138.0
  B. Singer (CAL)       134.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       130.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       129.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     124.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)    124.2
  J. Coleman (DET)      123.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           154
  G. Perry (CLE)          134
  J. Coleman (DET)        124
  J. Kaat (MIN)           120
  M. Lolich (DET)         120
  D. Drago (KC)           118
  M. Pattin (BOS)         116
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     115
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       113
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        112

Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          61
  W. Wood (CHI)            61
  G. Perry (CLE)           56
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      56
  J. Kaat (MIN)            55
  B. Hands (MIN)           54
  S. Busby (KC)            53
  D. Drago (KC)            53
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          53
  J. Coleman (DET)         52

Home Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          19
  L. Tiant (BOS)           18
  C. Hunter (OAK)          16
  J. Kaat (MIN)            15
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         14
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  W. Fryman (DET)          13
  B. Strom (CLE)           13
  B. Hands (MIN)           12
  M. Lolich (DET)          12

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            66
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         53
  B. Parsons (MIL)         53
  B. Singer (CAL)          51
  G. Perry (CLE)           47
  J. Bell (MIL)            46
  S. Busby (KC)            45
  J. Curtis (BOS)          44
  J. Palmer (BAL)          42
  P. Broberg (TEX)         41

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           155
  B. Singer (CAL)         114
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       105
  W. Wood (CHI)           101
  G. Perry (CLE)           93
  M. Lolich (DET)          91
  L. Tiant (BOS)           82
  R. May (CAL)             76
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        74
  J. Coleman (DET)         66


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