Saturday July 28, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 28, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       54  43  3.05   97  38  12   882   759  328  299   85  293  421
New York        59  45  3.06  104  27  34   913   859  363  311   59  292  450
Oakland         57  45  3.23  102  33  21   917   802  385  329   94  291  516
California      49  51  3.41  100  45  14   895   816  381  339   61  376  631
Boston          53  46  3.62   99  39  19   876   852  395  352   94  313  515
Milwaukee       50  52  3.66  107  28  23   936   903  438  381   70  421  428
Chicago         50  52  3.70  102  30  25   917   907  426  377   67  372  546
Minnesota       53  47  3.71  100  32  23   898   917  414  370   80  288  514
Detroit         52  48  3.72  100  30  26   895   888  401  370   98  287  522
Kansas City     57  48  4.24  105  32  22   934   956  486  440   82  417  517
Texas           37  62  4.52   99  21  18   868   902  509  436   81  392  487
Cleveland       36  67  4.79  103  27  13   931  1007  554  496  110  362  566

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    15   9  2.32  26  26  14   0   3  206  176   60   53   15   43  109
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   13   9  2.57  25  25  15   0   7  200  187   69   57   11   43  160
Dave McNally (BAL)     9  11  2.66  24  24  11   0   2  173  146   55   51   11   50   48
Bill Lee (BOS)        12   5  2.67  24  20  11   1   1  175  164   60   52   10   49   83
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   6  2.72  24  23  11   1   4  179  140   60   54   12   70   96
Jim Colborn (MIL)     13   6  2.76  27  20  12   1   3  192  164   67   59   12   54   84
Bill Singer (CAL)     15   6  2.83  25  25  12   0   1  194  161   68   61    9   75  157
Stan Bahnsen (CHI)    13  10  2.91  26  26   8   0   2  186  182   69   60    7   79   84
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      11  13  2.94  26  25  16   1   3  205  149   72   67   13  101  236
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     19  14  2.98  33  32  17   0   4  254  239  104   84   17   59  144

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Hood               2   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0   11    6    2    2    0    1    5
Grant Jackson          5   0  1.80  30   0   0   6   0   55   35   12   11    5   14   29
Bob Reynolds           6   5  2.17  24   1   0   3   0   66   60   18   16    2   17   46
Dave McNally           9  11  2.66  24  24  11   0   2  173  146   55   51   11   50   48
Jim Palmer            12   6  2.72  24  23  11   1   4  179  140   60   54   12   70   96
Mike Cuellar           7  11  3.57  24  24  10   0   1  164  158   74   65   21   61   84
Doyle Alexander        6   4  3.71  18  15   5   0   0  102   92   46   42   11   33   42
Jesse Jefferson        3   2  3.72   9   8   1   0   0   48   49   23   20    8   25   23
Eddie Watt             3   3  4.03  19   0   0   1   0   38   35   17   17    4   12   23
Orlando Pena           1   1  4.03  11   2   0   1   0   45   36   20   20   10    8   23
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
Bob Veale              1   1  2.49  23   0   0  10   0   25   25    9    7    1    8   16
Bill Lee              12   5  2.67  24  20  11   1   1  175  164   60   52   10   49   83
Roger Moret            3   0  2.67  17   2   1   3   1   64   53   22   19    3   29   45
Bobby Bolin            3   3  3.00  22   0   0   4   0   30   27   10   10    4    9   20
John Curtis            9   8  3.20  24  20   7   0   3  152  155   64   54   13   57   71
Luis Tiant            12   9  3.76  23  23  13   0   0  167  139   72   70   22   50  127
Ray Culp               2   5  3.92   8   8   0   0   0   44   36   25   19    8   26   27
Marty Pattin          10  12  4.53  23  23   7   0   0  157  168   84   79   25   49   82
Craig Skok             0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0   11   13    9    8    0    4    7
Mike Garman            0   0  7.07   8   0   0   0   0   14   19   13   11    1   10    8
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           15   6  2.83  25  25  12   0   1  194  161   68   61    9   75  157
Nolan Ryan            11  13  2.94  26  25  16   1   3  205  149   72   67   13  101  236
Dave Sells             4   2  3.00  33   0   0   8   0   45   43   17   15    1   25   21
Steve Barber           1   2  3.44  32   0   0   4   0   65   70   28   25    3   19   42
Clyde Wright           8  14  3.49  25  25  10   0   1  170  178   76   66   15   59   49
Rudy May               6   8  3.68  22  20   7   0   4  132  121   61   54   14   46   95
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
Aurelio Monteagudo     1   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0   13    9    7    6    1    8    2
Dick Lange             1   0  6.91   6   1   0   0   0   14   17   12   11    4    7    5
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
Ken Frailing           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    1    2
Jim Geddes             0   0  1.80   3   1   0   0   0   10    5    2    2    0    9    2
Cy Acosta              4   2  2.15  27   0   0   9   0   46   31   15   11    3   18   32
Terry Forster          2   4  2.21  37   0   0  15   0   85   72   23   21    2   44   71
Stan Bahnsen          13  10  2.91  26  26   8   0   2  186  182   69   60    7   79   84
Wilbur Wood           19  14  2.98  33  32  17   0   4  254  239  104   84   17   59  144
Steve Stone            4   8  4.03  24  15   2   1   0  125  112   57   56    9   61   90
Bart Johnson           2   3  4.40  12   8   0   0   0   47   47   25   23    4   26   33
Eddie Fisher           6   7  4.84  22  16   2   0   0   97  117   56   52   11   34   51
Dennis O'Toole         0   0  5.63   6   0   0   0   0   16   23   11   10    3    3    8
Rich Gossage           0   4  9.08  15   4   1   0   0   37   49   40   37    9   29   25
Dave Baldwin           0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    4    2    2    0    2    0
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
Mike Jackson           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Tom Hilgendorf         4   3  3.51  34   1   1   3   0   67   61   30   26    6   21   41
Gaylord Perry          8  15  3.79  26  26  17   0   2  216  213  102   91   24   68  153
Ray Lamb               2   3  4.41  25   1   0   2   0   67   76   33   33    6   32   45
Dick Tidrow            8   9  4.46  27  25   5   0   2  159  156   87   79   15   53   78
Ed Farmer              0   2  4.67  16   0   0   1   0   17   25   12    9    4    5   10
Jerry Johnson          5   6  4.97  31   0   0   5   0   51   55   34   28    5   27   39
Brent Strom            1  10  4.99  25  16   1   0   0  110  127   71   61   17   41   82
Dick Bosman            1   6  5.40  14  14   2   0   0   73  100   51   44   10   15   25
Milt Wilcox            6   6  5.87  18  13   1   0   0   89   93   59   58    9   40   52
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  6.83  15   1   0   2   0   28   30   21   21    5   16   15
Mike Kekich            0   3  8.44   9   3   0   0   0   21   38   26   20    3   16    8
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            6   3  1.55  39   0   0  21   0   70   42   12   12    3   21   67
Ed Farmer              3   0  2.38  11   0   0   1   0   23   21    6    6    0   13    9
Mike Strahler          3   3  3.43  10   6   0   0   0   45   40   20   17    3   22   21
Joe Coleman           16   8  3.54  26  26   8   0   1  181  180   79   71   19   61  109
Mickey Lolich          9  10  3.56  27  27  15   0   3  202  204   88   80   27   51  142
Jim Perry              9  10  3.66  24  24   6   0   1  153  156   66   62   15   40   50
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  3.93   8   0   0   1   0   18   16    8    8    1    6    7
Bill Slayback          0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    1    0    0    1
Woodie Fryman          2   7  5.72  20  16   1   0   0   90  111   60   57   16   31   59
Fred Scherman          0   2  5.73  22   0   0   0   0   33   37   22   21    4   18   19
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
Joe Hoerner            0   0  3.00   4   0   0   1   0    3    4    1    1    0    0    2
Doug Bird              2   3  3.06  24   0   0   7   0   47   38   16   16    4   18   44
Paul Splittorff       13   5  3.31  22  22  10   0   2  168  159   72   62   12   47   70
Dick Drago            11  10  3.75  25  24  10   0   1  178  197   87   74   13   58   86
Bruce Dal Canton       4   3  4.34  26   3   1   3   0   85   90   49   41    6   44   33
Steve Busby            8  10  4.48  24  24   6   0   1  153  156   82   76   15   67  111
Al Fitzmorris          1   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    2    1    0
Steve Mingori          0   0  4.50   6   0   0   0   0   12   18    7    6    1    6    4
Ken Wright             6   5  4.54  23  12   1   0   0   79   60   44   40    6   77   74
Gene Garber            8   6  4.64  31   5   3   9   0   87   98   48   45   13   23   37
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   2  1.32  20   8   4   4   0   82   54   20   12    4   42   50
Carlos Velazquez       0   1  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    9   10    2    2    0    3    0
Jim Colborn           13   6  2.76  27  20  12   1   3  192  164   67   59   12   54   84
Ray Newman             2   1  2.95  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    6    6    2    5   10
Skip Lockwood          5   5  3.42  27   7   0   0   0  100  107   44   38    4   33   55
Jim Slaton             7   8  3.79  23  23   6   0   2  157  159   76   66   15   60   71
Bill Champion          3   5  4.15  25   3   0   0   0   69   73   32   32    6   37   38
Jerry Bell             7   8  4.16  24  19   6   1   0  130  130   72   60   13   63   41
Frank Linzy            2   6  4.36  35   0   0  13   0   43   45   26   21    5   16   15
Chris Short            3   3  4.42  22   7   0   2   0   57   64   28   28    4   30   31
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  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    2    6
Bert Blyleven         13   9  2.57  25  25  15   0   7  200  187   69   57   11   43  160
Ray Corbin             4   5  2.62  33   2   0  13   0   76   61   26   22    2   31   41
Dick Woodson          10   5  3.45  19  19   4   0   2  123  118   52   47   10   56   47
Eddie Bane             0   2  3.54   7   4   0   1   0   28   30   11   11    3   10   14
Jim Kaat              11   9  3.80  25  24   7   0   2  168  183   82   71   23   35   84
Joe Decker             5   5  4.37  16  11   3   0   1   95   98   48   46    7   42   59
Bill Hands             5   7  4.39  19  14   3   0   1   94  102   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  1.47  15   3   0   1   0   67   50   15   11    2   16   39
Sam McDowell           5   1  1.55   6   6   1   0   1   41   23    8    7    0   28   34
Sparky Lyle            4   5  1.88  39   0   0  26   0   67   46   18   14    3   12   52
Lindy McDaniel         7   3  2.45  31   1   1   7   0   99   88   30   27    5   37   61
Pat Dobson             6   3  2.86  10   9   3   0   0   66   58   25   21    4   20   33
Mel Stottlemyre       12   9  3.24  25  25  11   0   3  175  164   76   63    9   52   67
Doc Medich             7   6  3.35  21  21   5   0   1  137  136   54   51   13   35   86
Steve Kline            4   6  3.56  13  12   2   0   1   73   74   35   29    4   29   19
Fritz Peterson         8  10  3.61  22  22   4   0   0  137  146   64   55   15   38   42
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   6  1.56  35   2   0  10   0   81   65   27   14    4   27   72
Darold Knowles         3   4  2.20  31   0   0   6   0   49   33   15   12    2   21   25
Ken Holtzman          15   9  2.32  26  26  14   0   3  206  176   60   53   15   43  109
Horacio Pina           5   3  2.65  26   0   0   4   0   54   36   20   16    6   19   32
Catfish Hunter        15   3  3.32  25  25  10   0   3  184  164   75   68   27   44   93
Vida Blue              9   6  3.60  22  22   6   0   1  152  129   70   61   15   60   86
Paul Lindblad          0   1  3.89  20   0   0   1   0   39   42   21   17    5   14   19
Dave Hamilton          5   4  4.30  11  11   1   0   0   61   61   32   29    8   19   31
Rob Gardner            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    2    4    2
Blue Moon Odom         2   9  5.92  17  16   2   0   0   84   86   61   55   10   40   47

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Durham             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Sonny Siebert          6   6  2.10  12  12   1   0   1   77   70   31   18    6   17   46
Jackie Brown           2   1  2.12   5   0   0   1   0   17   12    4    4    1    6   13
Jim Bibby              4   4  2.44  12   9   5   1   1   74   46   24   20    6   37   63
Bill Gogolewski        2   4  3.39  34   0   0   6   0   88   84   37   33    8   32   59
David Clyde            2   3  3.64   7   7   0   0   0   42   40   20   17    3   18   39
Jim Merritt            4   5  3.82  22  12   5   0   0   97  112   46   41   11   17   39
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
Steve Dunning          0   4  5.95  14   8   2   0   0   59   61   43   39    6   37   23
Mike Paul              4   4  5.99  30   9   1   2   0   68   89   51   45    9   29   39
Charlie Hudson         2   0  6.00  12   0   0   1   0   24   24   16   16    1   10   16
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)            19
  J. Coleman (DET)         16
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        15
  C. Hunter (OAK)          15
  B. Singer (CAL)          15
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         13
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  J. Colborn (MIL)         13
  P. Splittorff (KC)       13
  B. Lee (BOS)             12

Losses:

  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  C. Wright (CAL)          14
  N. Ryan (CAL)            13
  M. Pattin (BOS)          12
  D. Bosman (CLE)          11
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  D. McNally (BAL)         11
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         10
  S. Busby (KC)            10

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             26
  J. Hiller (DET)          21
  T. Forster (CHI)         15
  R. Corbin (MIN)          13
  F. Linzy (MIL)           13
  R. Fingers (OAK)         10
  B. Veale (BOS)           10
  C. Acosta (CHI)           9
  G. Garber (KC)            9
  K. Sanders (MIN)          8

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         253.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        216.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     205.2
  N. Ryan (CAL)         205.1
  M. Lolich (DET)       202.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     200.0
  B. Singer (CAL)       194.0
  J. Colborn (MIL)      192.1
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)      185.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       184.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           239
  G. Perry (CLE)          213
  M. Lolich (DET)         204
  D. Drago (KC)           197
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       187
  J. Kaat (MIN)           183
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        182
  J. Coleman (DET)        180
  C. Wright (CAL)         178
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       176

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)           104
  G. Perry (CLE)          102
  M. Lolich (DET)          88
  D. Drago (KC)            87
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          87
  M. Pattin (BOS)          84
  S. Busby (KC)            82
  J. Kaat (MIN)            82
  J. Coleman (DET)         79
  J. Slaton (MIL)          76

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (OAK)          27
  M. Lolich (DET)          27
  M. Pattin (BOS)          25
  G. Perry (CLE)           24
  J. Kaat (MIN)            23
  L. Tiant (BOS)           22
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21
  J. Coleman (DET)         19
  B. Strom (CLE)           17
  W. Wood (CHI)            17

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           101
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         79
  K. Wright (KC)           77
  B. Singer (CAL)          75
  J. Palmer (BAL)          70
  G. Perry (CLE)           68
  S. Busby (KC)            67
  J. Bell (MIL)            63
  J. Coleman (DET)         61
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         61

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           236
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       160
  B. Singer (CAL)         157
  G. Perry (CLE)          153
  W. Wood (CHI)           144
  M. Lolich (DET)         142
  L. Tiant (BOS)          127
  S. Busby (KC)           111
  J. Coleman (DET)        109
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       109


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