Saturday July 14, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 14, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       45  39  3.10   84  31  11   765   655  287  263   74  260  344
Oakland         51  40  3.13   91  29  21   820   695  334  285   79  258  454
New York        51  42  3.19   93  25  30   812   773  339  288   56  260  406
California      45  43  3.19   88  42  14   786   709  314  279   53  320  563
Boston          47  40  3.50   87  36  17   771   739  340  300   81  271  459
Chicago         46  43  3.62   89  28  22   806   789  368  324   60  327  484
Detroit         48  42  3.64   90  28  25   806   791  352  326   87  250  470
Milwaukee       46  45  3.69   92  26  18   840   805  393  344   64  389  386
Minnesota       45  43  3.77   88  28  20   789   808  370  330   67  257  459
Kansas City     50  44  4.20   94  29  19   836   859  428  390   68  367  466
Texas           31  57  4.65   88  16  16   773   809  472  399   75  358  424
Cleveland       33  58  4.67   91  25  11   827   888  479  429   94  316  507

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    14   8  2.09  23  23  13   0   3  181  145   49   42   12   35   98
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   12   8  2.29  22  22  14   0   7  177  161   56   45    8   39  141
Bill Lee (BOS)        11   3  2.45  21  17  10   1   1  154  140   47   42    8   44   78
Bill Singer (CAL)     14   4  2.58  22  22  11   0   1  178  135   54   51    7   70  146
Dave McNally (BAL)     8  10  2.59  21  21  10   0   2  156  129   48   45   10   44   39
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     17  12  2.63  29  28  17   0   4  236  215   86   69   16   54  136
Jim Colborn (MIL)     12   5  2.93  24  17  10   1   2  166  139   62   54   12   50   75
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)  12   7  2.94  22  22  10   0   3  159  141   64   52    8   47   64
Jim Palmer (BAL)       9   6  2.97  21  20   8   1   3  152  125   56   50   10   62   82
Rudy May (CAL)         6   7  3.01  19  17   7   0   4  123  106   47   41   13   38   89

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          5   0  1.90  28   0   0   5   0   52   33   12   11    5   14   27
Bob Reynolds           5   5  2.18  21   1   0   3   0   54   48   13   13    2   14   35
Dave McNally           8  10  2.59  21  21  10   0   2  156  129   48   45   10   44   39
Jesse Jefferson        3   1  2.61   6   5   1   0   0   38   33   12   11    4   17   17
Jim Palmer             9   6  2.97  21  20   8   1   3  152  125   56   50   10   62   82
Doyle Alexander        6   4  3.71  18  15   5   0   0  102   92   46   42   11   33   42
Mike Cuellar           5   9  3.73  20  20   7   0   1  133  128   64   55   18   54   58
Orlando Pena           1   1  4.03  11   2   0   1   0   45   36   20   20   10    8   23
Eddie Watt             3   3  4.22  17   0   0   1   0   32   29   15   15    3   12   19
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   9   0   0   1   0   12    9    2    0    0   13    8
Bill Lee              11   3  2.45  21  17  10   1   1  154  140   47   42    8   44   78
Roger Moret            3   0  2.53  13   2   1   1   1   53   47   18   15    1   25   39
Bobby Bolin            2   2  2.66  19   0   0   4   0   24   22    7    7    2    6   15
Bob Veale              1   1  2.70  20   0   0  10   0   23   21    9    7    1    8   13
John Curtis            7   8  3.05  20  17   6   0   2  133  132   55   45   10   50   63
Ray Culp               2   4  3.35   7   7   0   0   0   40   29   21   15    7   24   26
Luis Tiant            11   8  3.69  20  20  12   0   0  149  123   63   61   21   44  111
Marty Pattin           9  11  4.53  21  21   7   0   0  143  150   77   72   23   41   77
Mike Garman            0   0  6.23   5   0   0   0   0    9   12    8    6    1    4    5
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 10.50   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             4   2  2.45  29   0   0   8   0   37   34   12   10    1   18   19
Bill Singer           14   4  2.58  22  22  11   0   1  178  135   54   51    7   70  146
Rudy May               6   7  3.01  19  17   7   0   4  123  106   47   41   13   38   89
Nolan Ryan            10  11  3.05  23  22  15   1   2  180  140   66   61   13   91  203
Clyde Wright           7  12  3.30  22  22   9   0   1  150  158   65   55   13   49   43
Steve Barber           1   1  3.42  28   0   0   4   0   55   60   24   21    2   15   37
Rich Hand              2   2  3.91   9   2   0   0   0   23   27   13   10    1   12    9
Ron Perranoski         0   2  4.09   8   0   0   0   0   11   11    5    5    0    7    5
Andy Hassler           0   2  4.15   4   2   0   0   0   13   15    9    6    0   10    6
Dick Lange             1   0  7.04   3   1   0   0   0    8    8    6    6    3    3    2
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
Jim Geddes             0   0  1.00   2   1   0   0   0    9    2    1    1    0    9    2
Cy Acosta              4   1  1.83  25   0   0   8   0   39   27   12    8    1   15   25
Terry Forster          2   3  2.13  32   0   0  13   0   76   62   20   18    2   40   63
Wilbur Wood           17  12  2.63  29  28  17   0   4  236  215   86   69   16   54  136
Stan Bahnsen          11   9  3.19  23  23   6   0   1  161  168   66   57    7   67   77
Bart Johnson           2   2  3.57  10   6   0   0   0   40   39   17   16    3   21   26
Steve Stone            4   5  4.10  20  11   2   1   0  101   86   46   46    7   54   74
Eddie Fisher           6   7  5.23  18  16   2   0   0   83  102   52   48   11   32   45
Dennis O'Toole         0   0  5.63   6   0   0   0   0   16   23   11   10    3    3    8
Rich Gossage           0   4  8.55  13   4   1   0   0   34   42   35   32    8   25   24
Steve Kealey           0   0 15.09   7   0   0   0   0   11   23   22   19    2    7    4

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hilgendorf         3   3  3.28  30   1   1   2   0   60   57   26   22    5   16   36
Gaylord Perry          8  13  3.41  23  23  16   0   2  195  183   83   74   18   61  140
Dick Tidrow            7   9  4.17  24  23   5   0   2  145  139   74   67   14   50   70
Ray Lamb               2   3  4.55  22   1   0   2   0   55   62   28   28    6   29   41
Ed Farmer              0   2  4.67  16   0   0   1   0   17   25   12    9    4    5   10
Brent Strom            1   9  4.99  23  15   1   0   0  105  122   66   58   17   36   76
Dick Bosman            1   3  5.11  11  11   1   0   0   56   78   38   32    5    9   19
Jerry Johnson          5   5  5.32  28   0   0   5   0   44   53   32   26    4   24   35
Milt Wilcox            5   5  5.80  16  11   1   0   0   81   84   53   52    8   36   48
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
Tom Timmerman          1   2  7.97  11   1   0   1   0   20   24   18   18    4   10   10
Mike Kekich            0   2  9.18   7   2   0   0   0   17   29   21   17    3   12    5
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            4   2  1.64  34   0   0  21   0   55   35   10   10    3   18   51
Ed Farmer              3   0  1.89   8   0   0   1   0   19   17    4    4    0    9    9
Bob Miller             2   1  2.30   4   0   0   0   0   16   11    4    4    1    4    6
Mike Strahler          3   2  3.16   8   5   0   0   0   37   32   14   13    1   18   17
Jim Perry              9   8  3.35  21  21   6   0   1  140  138   56   52   14   33   47
Mickey Lolich          9   8  3.37  24  24  14   0   3  179  175   75   67   21   46  126
Joe Coleman           14   8  3.60  23  23   7   0   1  163  161   70   65   17   54  100
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
Woodie Fryman          2   7  5.76  18  16   1   0   0   84  104   57   54   16   27   57
Fred Scherman          0   2  5.85  20   0   0   0   0   32   37   22   21    4   17   18
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       12   5  3.50  21  21   9   0   1  159  156   72   62   12   44   65
Doug Bird              1   3  3.51  21   0   0   5   0   41   35   16   16    4   16   40
Bruce Dal Canton       4   3  3.84  24   3   1   3   0   84   83   41   36    6   42   32
Dick Drago             9   9  3.85  22  21   9   0   1  154  177   78   66   11   45   78
Gene Garber            8   6  4.03  29   5   3   9   0   80   86   38   36    9   18   34
Ken Wright             5   3  4.20  20   9   1   0   0   64   50   33   30    5   63   62
Steve Busby            7   9  4.44  21  21   5   0   1  132  134   70   65   11   60   98
Norm Angelini          0   0  4.91   7   0   0   1   0    4    2    2    2    0    7    3
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  5.40   6   0   0   1   0   10   13    6    6    2    4    4
Steve Mingori          0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    5   10    3    3    0    3    1
Wayne Simpson          3   4  5.65  14   9   1   0   0   57   61   37   36    1   34   27
Mark Littell           1   2  5.96   5   5   0   0   0   23   27   15   15    4   11    9
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      4   0  1.60  10   8   4   0   0   67   42   14   12    2   42   42
Jim Colborn           12   5  2.93  24  17  10   1   2  166  139   62   54   12   50   75
Ray Newman             2   1  2.95  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    6    6    2    5   10
Skip Lockwood          4   5  3.31  25   5   0   0   0   90   96   39   33    4   26   45
Jim Slaton             6   7  3.46  20  20   6   0   2  138  140   63   53   12   50   64
Chris Short            3   1  3.78  19   6   0   1   0   50   56   21   21    3   28   26
Bill Champion          2   5  4.04  23   3   0   0   0   65   68   29   29    6   36   36
Jerry Bell             7   8  4.14  23  18   6   1   0  126  123   68   58   13   60   40
Frank Linzy            2   6  4.46  34   0   0  13   0   42   44   26   21    5   14   15
Bill Parsons           3   5  5.56  15  12   0   0   0   44   35   32   27    5   58   19
Gary Ryerson           0   1  6.65   8   4   0   0   0   22   26   19   16    0    7    9
Rob Gardner            1   1  9.95  10   0   0   1   0   13   17   14   14    0   13    5

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Campbell          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    2
Bert Blyleven         12   8  2.29  22  22  14   0   7  177  161   56   45    8   39  141
Ray Corbin             2   4  2.55  26   2   0  11   0   71   55   24   20    1   29   40
Eddie Bane             0   1  3.06   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    6    6    2    7    7
Jim Kaat               9   9  3.71  22  21   6   0   1  150  160   73   62   19   33   75
Dick Woodson           9   4  3.84  16  16   3   0   2   96   98   45   41    7   44   41
Bill Hands             5   7  4.50  17  14   3   0   1   92  100   54   46   12   22   42
Joe Decker             3   5  4.87  14   9   2   0   1   78   84   42   42    6   36   50
Dave Goltz             3   0  4.88  22   1   0   1   0   59   69   32   32    8   21   36
Ken Sanders            2   4  6.17  26   0   0   8   0   42   51   30   29    4   21   19
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
Fred Beene             5   0  1.58  14   3   0   1   0   63   49   15   11    2   14   37
Sparky Lyle            2   5  2.08  34   0   0  23   0   61   43   18   14    3   12   48
Sam McDowell           3   1  2.36   4   4   0   0   0   27   18    8    7    0   20   19
Lindy McDaniel         6   3  2.71  28   1   1   6   0   83   79   28   25    5   31   55
Mel Stottlemyre       12   7  2.94  22  22  10   0   3  159  141   64   52    8   47   64
Doc Medich             6   5  3.08  19  19   5   0   1  129  116   47   44   11   32   81
Pat Dobson             5   3  3.80   8   7   3   0   0   47   48   24   20    4   15   27
Fritz Peterson         7  10  3.81  20  20   4   0   0  125  134   62   53   15   36   42
Steve Kline            4   6  3.84  12  12   2   0   1   68   71   35   29    4   28   16
Jim Magnuson           0   1  4.28   8   0   0   0   0   27   38   17   13    2    9    9
Dave Pagan             0   0  4.76   2   1   0   0   0    6   11    3    3    1    1    4
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         2   5  1.39  31   2   0  10   0   71   52   23   11    3   23   63
Ken Holtzman          14   8  2.09  23  23  13   0   3  181  145   49   42   12   35   98
Darold Knowles         2   4  2.68  28   0   0   6   0   40   30   15   12    2   18   19
Horacio Pina           5   2  2.68  24   0   0   4   0   50   34   16   15    4   17   30
Catfish Hunter        14   3  3.18  23  23   9   0   3  170  144   66   60   23   38   84
Dave Hamilton          5   3  3.45  10  10   1   0   0   60   56   26   23    7   18   30
Vida Blue              7   5  3.82  19  19   4   0   1  127  112   62   54   13   53   69
Paul Lindblad          0   1  4.21  18   0   0   1   0   36   39   21   17    5   14   17
Rob Gardner            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    2    4    2
Blue Moon Odom         2   9  5.49  15  14   2   0   0   77   73   52   47    8   38   42

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sonny Siebert          6   6  2.10  12  12   1   0   1   77   70   31   18    6   17   46
Jackie Brown           0   1  2.16   2   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    2    6
Jim Bibby              3   3  2.72   9   6   3   1   1   50   32   19   15    4   22   40
Bill Gogolewski        1   3  3.17  31   0   0   6   0   77   70   31   27    8   29   53
Jim Merritt            3   4  3.70  19   9   3   0   0   80   87   38   33    9   17   35
David Clyde            1   2  3.74   4   4   0   0   0   22   20   12    9    2   12   25
Dick Bosman            2   5  4.24   7   7   1   0   1   40   42   24   19    6   17   14
Steve Foucault         2   3  4.64  24   0   0   6   0   43   43   24   22    6   21   21
Don Stanhouse          1   7  4.76  21   5   1   1   0   70   70   41   37    5   44   42
Rich Hand              2   3  5.40   8   7   1   0   0   42   49   29   25    2   19   14
Pete Broberg           4   7  5.76  18  16   4   0   0   95  105   63   61    8   54   39
Charlie Hudson         2   0  6.00  12   0   0   1   0   24   24   16   16    1   10   16
Steve Dunning          0   3  6.07  12   6   1   0   0   46   46   35   31    6   32   14
Mike Paul              4   4  6.11  28   9   1   1   0   66   89   51   45    9   28   39
Jim Kremmel            0   2  9.00   4   2   0   0   0    9   15   10    9    1    6    6
Lloyd Allen            0   4 11.25  10   5   0   0   0   24   40   46   30    2   28   14

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League Leaders

Wins:

  W. Wood (CHI)            17
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  B. Singer (CAL)          14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  J. Colborn (MIL)         12
  P. Splittorff (KC)       12
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11

Losses:

  G. Perry (CLE)           13
  W. Wood (CHI)            12
  C. Wright (CAL)          12
  M. Pattin (BOS)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  D. McNally (BAL)         10
  F. Peterson (NY)         10
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          9
  S. Busby (KC)             9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9

Complete Games:

  W. Wood (CHI)            17
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  N. Ryan (CAL)            15
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        14
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           12
  B. Singer (CAL)          11
  J. Colborn (MIL)         10
  B. Lee (BOS)             10

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             23
  J. Hiller (DET)          21
  T. Forster (CHI)         13
  F. Linzy (MIL)           13
  R. Corbin (MIN)          11
  R. Fingers (OAK)         10
  B. Veale (BOS)           10
  G. Garber (KC)            9
  C. Acosta (CHI)           8
  K. Sanders (MIN)          8

Shutouts:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  R. May (CAL)              4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         3
  C. Hunter (OAK)           3
  M. Lolich (DET)           3
  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3
  J. Colborn (MIL)          2
  J. Curtis (BOS)           2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         236.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        195.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     180.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         180.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       179.0
  B. Singer (CAL)       178.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     176.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       170.0
  J. Colborn (MIL)      165.2
  J. Coleman (DET)      162.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           215
  G. Perry (CLE)          183
  D. Drago (KC)           177
  M. Lolich (DET)         175
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        168
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       161
  J. Coleman (DET)        161
  J. Kaat (MIN)           160
  C. Wright (CAL)         158
  P. Splittorff (KC)      156

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)            86
  G. Perry (CLE)           83
  D. Drago (KC)            78
  M. Pattin (BOS)          77
  M. Lolich (DET)          75
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          74
  J. Kaat (MIN)            73
  P. Splittorff (KC)       72
  S. Busby (KC)            70
  J. Coleman (DET)         70

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (OAK)          23
  M. Pattin (BOS)          23
  M. Lolich (DET)          21
  L. Tiant (BOS)           21
  J. Kaat (MIN)            19
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         18
  G. Perry (CLE)           18
  J. Coleman (DET)         17
  B. Strom (CLE)           17
  W. Fryman (DET)          16

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            91
  B. Singer (CAL)          70
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         67
  K. Wright (KC)           63
  J. Palmer (BAL)          62
  G. Perry (CLE)           61
  J. Bell (MIL)            60
  S. Busby (KC)            60
  B. Parsons (MIL)         58
  P. Broberg (TEX)         54

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           203
  B. Singer (CAL)         146
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       141
  G. Perry (CLE)          140
  W. Wood (CHI)           136
  M. Lolich (DET)         126
  L. Tiant (BOS)          111
  J. Coleman (DET)        100
  S. Busby (KC)            98
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        98

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