Tuesday July 17, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 17, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       47  40  3.08   87  33  11   791   674  297  271   77  268  364
New York        54  42  3.12   96  25  32   842   796  343  292   56  276  422
Oakland         53  41  3.12   94  30  21   847   727  347  294   83  269  472
California      47  44  3.16   91  44  14   813   726  324  286   55  327  587
Boston          49  42  3.59   91  37  17   806   778  362  322   86  285  477
Chicago         48  45  3.63   93  29  23   844   826  384  340   63  341  509
Milwaukee       47  46  3.70   95  26  20   859   822  404  353   66  396  396
Detroit         48  45  3.72   93  28  25   833   820  372  344   91  268  480
Minnesota       46  45  3.76   91  28  20   818   836  384  342   70  267  472
Kansas City     52  45  4.13   97  30  20   862   878  435  396   71  379  473
Texas           31  59  4.67   90  17  16   787   827  481  408   76  362  428
Cleveland       34  60  4.70   94  26  12   854   912  497  446  101  329  518

 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
Dave McNally (BAL)     8  11  2.57  22  22  11   0   2  164  134   51   47   10   48   43
Bill Singer (CAL)     14   5  2.64  23  23  11   0   1  184  145   60   54    8   71  150
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     18  12  2.66  30  29  17   0   4  243  224   89   72   16   55  140
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
Don Hood               1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    0    3
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  11  2.57  22  22  11   0   2  164  134   51   47   10   48   43
Jim Palmer             9   6  2.97  21  20   8   1   3  152  125   56   50   10   62   82
Jesse Jefferson        3   1  3.14   7   6   1   0   0   43   38   17   15    6   20   21
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  2.48  14   2   1   1   1   58   49   19   16    1   26   40
Bob Veale              1   1  2.63  21   0   0  10   0   24   23    9    7    1    8   14
Bobby Bolin            3   2  2.96  20   0   0   4   0   27   24    9    9    3    7   18
John Curtis            7   8  3.29  22  18   6   0   2  137  139   60   50   12   50   63
Luis Tiant            12   8  3.61  21  21  13   0   0  155  128   64   62   21   47  114
Ray Culp               2   5  3.92   8   8   0   0   0   44   36   25   19    8   26   27
Marty Pattin           9  12  4.66  22  22   7   0   0  149  159   82   77   24   43   80
Craig Skok             0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0   11   13    9    8    0    4    7
Mike Garman            0   0  7.15   6   0   0   0   0   11   14   11    9    1    8    7
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

 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   5  2.64  23  23  11   0   1  184  145   60   54    8   71  150
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           8  12  3.17  23  23  10   0   1  159  163   66   56   13   51   46
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  7.84   4   1   0   0   0   10   10    9    9    4    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   2  1.88  26   0   0   8   0   43   30   13    9    2   16   31
Terry Forster          2   3  2.11  34   0   0  14   0   81   68   21   19    2   41   68
Wilbur Wood           18  12  2.66  30  29  17   0   4  243  224   89   72   16   55  140
Stan Bahnsen          12   9  3.02  24  24   7   0   2  170  172   66   57    7   72   79
Steve Stone            4   6  4.13  21  12   2   1   0  107   91   49   49    7   55   78
Bart Johnson           2   2  4.19  11   7   0   0   0   43   43   21   20    4   23   28
Eddie Fisher           6   7  5.13  19  16   2   0   0   86  104   53   49   11   33   47
Dennis O'Toole         0   0  5.63   6   0   0   0   0   16   23   11   10    3    3    8
Rich Gossage           0   4  9.09  14   4   1   0   0   35   46   38   35    9   27   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
Gaylord Perry          8  13  3.51  24  24  16   0   2  203  192   89   79   21   64  143
Tom Hilgendorf         3   3  3.82  31   1   1   2   0   61   59   30   26    6   18   37
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
Dick Bosman            1   4  4.90  12  12   2   0   0   64   84   41   35    7   11   21
Brent Strom            1   9  4.99  23  15   1   0   0  105  122   66   58   17   36   76
Jerry Johnson          5   6  5.32  29   0   0   5   0   46   53   33   27    4   26   36
Milt Wilcox            6   5  5.71  17  12   1   0   0   88   91   57   56    9   39   51
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  7.59  13   1   0   2   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  1.61  35   0   0  21   0   56   35   10   10    3   18   51
Ed Farmer              3   0  2.53  10   0   0   1   0   21   21    6    6    0   11    9
Jim Perry              9   9  3.37  22  22   6   0   1  147  143   59   55   14   36   49
Mickey Lolich          9   9  3.42  25  25  14   0   3  187  184   79   71   23   49  130
Mike Strahler          3   3  3.48   9   6   0   0   0   41   37   19   16    3   22   19
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  4.24   6   0   0   0   0   17   14    8    8    1    6    6
Bill Slayback          0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    1    0    0    1
Fred Scherman          0   2  5.73  22   0   0   0   0   33   37   22   21    4   18   19
Woodie Fryman          2   7  5.84  19  16   1   0   0   86  107   59   56   16   30   58
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   3  3.27  22   0   0   6   0   44   36   16   16    4   18   41
Paul Splittorff       12   5  3.50  21  21   9   0   1  159  156   72   62   12   44   65
Dick Drago            10   9  3.75  23  22  10   0   1  163  184   80   68   12   47   80
Bruce Dal Canton       4   3  3.84  24   3   1   3   0   84   83   41   36    6   42   32
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
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    2    1    0
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  1.56  12   8   4   2   0   69   42   14   12    2   42   44
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             7   7  3.45  21  21   6   0   2  146  146   66   56   13   54   66
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
Bert Blyleven         12   8  2.43  23  23  14   0   7  185  171   62   50    9   41  148
Ray Corbin             3   5  2.57  28   2   0  11   0   74   58   25   21    1   30   40
Eddie Bane             0   2  3.28   4   4   0   0   0   25   26    9    9    3    9   11
Dick Woodson           9   4  3.65  17  17   3   0   2  106  103   48   43    8   48   43
Jim Kaat               9   9  3.71  22  21   6   0   1  150  160   73   62   19   33   75
Bill Campbell          0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    2
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            3   5  1.94  37   0   0  25   0   65   46   18   14    3   12   50
Lindy McDaniel         6   3  2.62  29   1   1   6   0   89   83   29   26    5   35   58
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             6   3  3.44   9   8   3   0   0   55   53   25   21    4   18   31
Fritz Peterson         7  10  3.84  21  21   4   0   0  129  142   64   55   15   38   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
Horacio Pina           5   3  2.60  25   0   0   4   0   52   35   19   15    5   19   31
Darold Knowles         2   4  2.68  28   0   0   6   0   40   30   15   12    2   18   19
Catfish Hunter        14   3  3.23  24  24   9   0   3  175  153   70   63   25   42   88
Dave Hamilton          5   3  3.45  10  10   1   0   0   60   56   26   23    7   18   30
Vida Blue              8   5  3.63  20  20   5   0   1  136  116   63   55   13   56   75
Paul Lindblad          0   1  3.99  19   0   0   1   0   38   42   21   17    5   14   18
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  3.22  32   0   0   6   0   78   71   32   28    8   31   54
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
David Clyde            1   3  4.40   5   5   0   0   0   29   31   17   14    2   14   28
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  6.08  29   9   1   1   0   67   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)            18
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  B. Singer (CAL)          14
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         12
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  J. Colborn (MIL)         12
  P. Splittorff (KC)       12
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      12

Losses:

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

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             25
  J. Hiller (DET)          21
  T. Forster (CHI)         14
  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
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         243.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        202.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         189.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       187.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     185.1
  B. Singer (CAL)       184.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     180.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       175.1
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)      169.2
  J. Colborn (MIL)      165.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           224
  G. Perry (CLE)          192
  D. Drago (KC)           184
  M. Lolich (DET)         184
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        172
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       171
  C. Wright (CAL)         163
  J. Coleman (DET)        161
  J. Kaat (MIN)           160
  M. Pattin (BOS)         159

Runs:

  G. Perry (CLE)           89
  W. Wood (CHI)            89
  M. Pattin (BOS)          82
  D. Drago (KC)            80
  M. Lolich (DET)          79
  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)          25
  M. Pattin (BOS)          24
  M. Lolich (DET)          23
  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
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         72
  B. Singer (CAL)          71
  K. Wright (KC)           70
  G. Perry (CLE)           64
  J. Bell (MIL)            63
  J. Palmer (BAL)          62
  S. Busby (KC)            60
  B. Parsons (MIL)         58
  V. Blue (OAK)            56

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           220
  B. Singer (CAL)         150
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       148
  G. Perry (CLE)          143
  W. Wood (CHI)           140
  M. Lolich (DET)         130
  L. Tiant (BOS)          114
  J. Coleman (DET)        100
  S. Busby (KC)            98
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        98


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