Thursday July 19, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 19, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       49  40  3.04   89  35  11   811   689  300  274   79  271  380
New York        54  43  3.11   97  26  32   851   805  346  294   57  277  423
Oakland         53  42  3.14   95  30  21   856   738  352  299   85  275  477
California      47  46  3.22   93  44  14   835   746  337  299   56  338  606
Boston          50  43  3.59   93  38  17   824   793  369  329   87  288  489
Milwaukee       49  46  3.62   98  27  22   880   832  405  354   66  402  412
Chicago         48  46  3.65   94  29  23   852   836  390  345   65  344  513
Minnesota       48  45  3.69   93  30  20   836   847  386  343   71  271  481
Detroit         49  45  3.71   94  29  25   842   828  376  347   92  274  482
Kansas City     52  46  4.21   98  30  20   870   896  449  407   75  385  476
Texas           31  61  4.64   92  19  16   805   840  488  415   77  368  445
Cleveland       35  60  4.72   95  26  12   865   925  505  454  101  332  525

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    14   9  2.24  24  24  13   0   3  189  156   54   47   14   41  103
Bill Lee (BOS)        12   3  2.37  22  18  11   1   1  163  148   48   43    8   45   80
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   12   8  2.43  23  23  14   0   7  185  171   62   50    9   41  148
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
Jim Colborn (MIL)     13   5  2.78  25  18  11   1   3  175  144   62   54   12   51   81
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      11  12  2.85  25  24  16   1   3  199  143   68   63   13  100  233
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)  12   8  2.89  23  23  11   0   3  168  150   67   54    9   48   65
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   6  2.91  22  21   9   1   3  161  131   58   52   11   63   86

 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            10   6  2.91  22  21   9   1   3  161  131   58   52   11   63   86
Jesse Jefferson        3   1  3.14   7   6   1   0   0   43   38   17   15    6   20   21
Mike Cuellar           7   9  3.42  22  22   9   0   1  153  144   67   58   20   57   79
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              12   3  2.37  22  18  11   1   1  163  148   48   43    8   45   80
Roger Moret            3   0  2.48  14   2   1   1   1   58   49   19   16    1   26   40
Bob Veale              1   1  2.49  22   0   0  10   0   25   23    9    7    1    8   16
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   9  3.77  22  22  13   0   0  162  135   70   68   22   49  122
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
Bill Singer           14   5  2.64  23  23  11   0   1  184  145   60   54    8   71  150
Nolan Ryan            11  12  2.85  25  24  16   1   3  199  143   68   63   13  100  233
Dave Sells             4   2  3.12  31   0   0   8   0   40   41   16   14    1   20   19
Clyde Wright           8  12  3.17  23  23  10   0   1  159  163   66   56   13   51   46
Rudy May               6   7  3.23  20  18   7   0   4  128  114   52   46   13   41   93
Steve Barber           1   2  3.59  29   0   0   4   0   58   62   26   23    3   16   39
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
Bart Johnson           2   2  4.19  11   7   0   0   0   43   43   21   20    4   23   28
Steve Stone            4   7  4.39  22  13   2   1   0  111   98   55   54    9   57   80
Eddie Fisher           6   7  4.90  20  16   2   0   0   90  107   53   49   11   34   49
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         4   3  3.64  32   1   1   2   0   64   61   30   26    6   20   41
Ray Lamb               2   3  4.27  23   1   0   2   0   59   64   28   28    6   29   43
Dick Tidrow            7   9  4.54  25  24   5   0   2  149  148   82   75   14   51   70
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  4.97  24  15   1   0   0  105  122   66   58   17   36   77
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           15   8  3.57  24  24   8   0   1  172  169   74   68   18   60  102
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  3.83  25   3   1   3   0   85   85   44   36    6   43   32
Ken Wright             5   4  3.91  21  10   1   0   0   71   53   35   31    5   70   66
Gene Garber            8   6  4.15  30   5   3   9   0   82   89   40   38   10   19   35
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    2    1    0
Steve Busby            7  10  4.72  22  22   5   0   1  135  143   76   71   13   63  100
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
Steve Mingori          0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    8   14    6    6    1    4    1
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  1.45  14   8   4   4   0   75   46   14   12    2   42   46
Jim Colborn           13   5  2.78  25  18  11   1   3  175  144   62   54   12   51   81
Ray Newman             2   1  2.95  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    6    6    2    5   10
Skip Lockwood          5   5  3.19  26   6   0   0   0   96   97   40   34    4   31   53
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
Jim Kaat              10   9  3.50  23  22   7   0   2  159  166   73   62   19   33   80
Dick Woodson           9   4  3.65  17  17   3   0   2  106  103   48   43    8   48   43
Joe Decker             4   5  4.47  15  10   3   0   1   87   89   44   43    7   40   54
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
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   8  2.89  23  23  11   0   3  168  150   67   54    9   48   65
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  1.26  33   2   0  10   0   78   59   23   11    3   25   68
Ken Holtzman          14   9  2.24  24  24  13   0   3  189  156   54   47   14   41  103
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   4  2.76  10   7   4   1   1   59   37   22   18    5   26   51
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
Steve Dunning          0   4  5.73  13   7   2   0   0   55   54   39   35    6   34   20
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
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)         15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  B. Singer (CAL)          14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         13
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         12
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  B. Lee (BOS)             12
  P. Splittorff (KC)       12

Losses:

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

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
  J. Colborn (MIL)          3
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         3
  C. Hunter (OAK)           3
  M. Lolich (DET)           3
  J. Palmer (BAL)           3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         243.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        202.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         199.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     189.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       187.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     185.1
  B. Singer (CAL)       184.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       175.1
  J. Colborn (MIL)      174.2
  J. Coleman (DET)      171.2

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
  J. Coleman (DET)        169
  J. Kaat (MIN)           166
  C. Wright (CAL)         163
  M. Pattin (BOS)         159

Runs:

  G. Perry (CLE)           89
  W. Wood (CHI)            89
  M. Pattin (BOS)          82
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          82
  D. Drago (KC)            80
  M. Lolich (DET)          79
  S. Busby (KC)            76
  J. Coleman (DET)         74
  J. Kaat (MIN)            73
  J. Bell (MIL)            72

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (OAK)          25
  M. Pattin (BOS)          24
  M. Lolich (DET)          23
  L. Tiant (BOS)           22
  G. Perry (CLE)           21
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         20
  J. Kaat (MIN)            19
  J. Coleman (DET)         18
  B. Strom (CLE)           17
  W. Fryman (DET)          16

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           100
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         72
  B. Singer (CAL)          71
  K. Wright (KC)           70
  G. Perry (CLE)           64
  J. Bell (MIL)            63
  S. Busby (KC)            63
  J. Palmer (BAL)          63
  J. Coleman (DET)         60
  B. Parsons (MIL)         58

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           233
  B. Singer (CAL)         150
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       148
  G. Perry (CLE)          143
  W. Wood (CHI)           140
  M. Lolich (DET)         130
  L. Tiant (BOS)          122
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       103
  J. Coleman (DET)        102
  S. Busby (KC)           100


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