Sunday July 15, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 15, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       46  39  3.08   85  32  11   774   662  289  265   75  261  353
Oakland         52  40  3.15   92  29  21   829   710  339  290   80  260  460
New York        52  42  3.16   94  25  31   821   777  339  288   56  267  414
California      46  43  3.16   89  43  14   795   709  314  279   53  324  580
Boston          48  40  3.49   88  37  17   777   744  341  301   81  274  462
Chicago         46  44  3.61   90  28  22   815   797  371  327   60  329  492
Detroit         48  43  3.67   91  28  25   815   800  358  332   87  255  472
Milwaukee       46  46  3.71   93  26  18   849   816  401  350   65  392  392
Minnesota       46  43  3.78   89  28  20   799   819  376  335   68  260  466
Kansas City     50  45  4.17   95  29  19   844   862  430  391   68  374  470
Texas           31  58  4.65   89  17  16   778   815  475  402   76  358  424
Cleveland       33  59  4.68   92  25  11   837   897  486  435   97  322  512

 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  2.43  23  23  14   0   7  185  171   62   50    9   41  148
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
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      11  11  2.90  24  23  16   1   3  189  140   66   61   13   95  220
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

 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
Mike Cuellar           6   9  3.62  21  21   8   0   1  142  135   66   57   19   55   67
Doyle Alexander        6   4  3.71  18  15   5   0   0  102   92   46   42   11   33   42
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            12   8  3.61  21  21  13   0   0  155  128   64   62   21   47  114
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
Nolan Ryan            11  11  2.90  24  23  16   1   3  189  140   66   61   13   95  220
Rudy May               6   7  3.01  19  17   7   0   4  123  106   47   41   13   38   89
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  2.04  33   0   0  13   0   79   65   20   18    2   41   67
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   6  4.13  21  12   2   1   0  107   91   49   49    7   55   78
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  3.51  24  24  16   0   2  203  192   89   79   21   64  143
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   6  5.32  29   0   0   5   0   46   53   33   27    4   26   36
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  7.71  12   1   0   1   0   21   24   18   18    4   11   11
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  1.77   9   0   0   1   0   20   19    4    4    0   10    9
Mike Strahler          3   2  3.16   8   5   0   0   0   37   32   14   13    1   18   17
Jim Perry              9   9  3.37  22  22   6   0   1  147  143   59   55   14   36   49
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
Bob Miller             2   1  4.02   5   0   0   0   0   16   13    7    7    1    5    6
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  5.79  21   0   0   0   0   33   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
Ken Wright             5   4  3.91  21  10   1   0   0   71   53   35   31    5   70   66
Gene Garber            8   6  4.03  29   5   3   9   0   80   86   38   36    9   18   34
Steve Busby            7   9  4.44  21  21   5   0   1  132  134   70   65   11   60   98
Steve Mingori          0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    6   10    3    3    0    3    1
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
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
Bill Champion          2   5  4.04  23   3   0   0   0   65   68   29   29    6   36   36
Chris Short            3   2  4.07  20   6   0   1   0   55   60   25   25    4   28   31
Jerry Bell             7   8  4.16  24  19   6   1   0  130  130   72   60   13   63   41
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  2.43  23  23  14   0   7  185  171   62   50    9   41  148
Ray Corbin             3   4  2.50  27   2   0  11   0   72   56   24   20    1   30   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
Sam McDowell           4   1  1.82   5   5   0   0   0   35   21    8    7    0   27   26
Sparky Lyle            2   5  2.04  35   0   0  24   0   62   44   18   14    3   12   49
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         3   5  1.27  32   2   0  10   0   78   59   23   11    3   25   68
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  5.90  16  15   2   0   0   79   81   57   52    9   38   43

 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
David Clyde            1   2  3.74   4   4   0   0   0   22   20   12    9    2   12   25
Jim Merritt            3   5  3.80  20  10   4   0   0   85   93   41   36   10   17   35
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
  L. Tiant (BOS)           12

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)            16
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        14
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  B. Singer (CAL)          11
  J. Colborn (MIL)         10
  B. Lee (BOS)             10

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             24
  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
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3
  J. Colborn (MIL)          2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         236.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        202.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         189.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     185.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     180.2
  M. Lolich (DET)       179.0
  B. Singer (CAL)       178.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)       170.0
  J. Colborn (MIL)      165.2
  J. Coleman (DET)      162.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           215
  G. Perry (CLE)          192
  D. Drago (KC)           177
  M. Lolich (DET)         175
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       171
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        168
  J. Coleman (DET)        161
  J. Kaat (MIN)           160
  C. Wright (CAL)         158
  P. Splittorff (KC)      156

Runs:

  G. Perry (CLE)           89
  W. Wood (CHI)            86
  D. Drago (KC)            78
  M. Pattin (BOS)          77
  M. Lolich (DET)          75
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          74
  J. Kaat (MIN)            73
  J. Bell (MIL)            72
  P. Splittorff (KC)       72
  S. Busby (KC)            70

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            95
  B. Singer (CAL)          70
  K. Wright (KC)           70
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         67
  G. Perry (CLE)           64
  J. Bell (MIL)            63
  J. Palmer (BAL)          62
  S. Busby (KC)            60
  B. Parsons (MIL)         58
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         55

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           220
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       148
  B. Singer (CAL)         146
  G. Perry (CLE)          143
  W. Wood (CHI)           136
  M. Lolich (DET)         126
  L. Tiant (BOS)          114
  J. Coleman (DET)        100
  S. Busby (KC)            98
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        98


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