Thursday August 2, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 2, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       56  46  3.08  102  39  13   926   800  349  317   90  300  441
New York        60  50  3.20  110  28  34   964   921  397  343   66  317  474
Oakland         60  48  3.25  108  35  23   973   850  409  351  100  313  544
California      51  54  3.45  105  47  14   940   872  402  360   63  391  664
Boston          56  49  3.63  105  42  19   928   903  419  374   97  337  543
Chicago         52  55  3.67  107  34  26   962   951  442  392   69  386  572
Milwaukee       53  56  3.69  115  31  25   995   971  466  408   73  442  446
Detroit         57  49  3.71  106  32  29   948   943  423  391  104  309  553
Minnesota       54  51  3.78  105  32  24   944   958  444  396   85  312  554
Kansas City     62  48  4.13  110  33  25   981   998  496  450   84  430  539
Texas           40  65  4.42  105  23  19   919   939  526  451   84  427  523
Cleveland       39  69  4.68  108  31  13   976  1039  567  507  113  380  587

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    16   9  2.33  27  27  15   0   3  217  185   63   56   15   45  116
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   6  2.64  25  24  12   1   4  188  143   61   55   13   70  100
Dave McNally (BAL)     9  11  2.66  24  24  11   0   2  173  146   55   51   11   50   48
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   13  10  2.70  26  26  15   0   7  207  193   75   62   12   47  164
Bill Lee (BOS)        12   5  2.75  25  21  11   1   1  183  175   64   56   11   49   83
Stan Bahnsen (CHI)    14  11  2.78  28  28  10   0   2  204  198   73   63    8   84   90
Jim Colborn (MIL)     13   7  2.86  28  21  13   1   3  201  170   73   64   12   62   88
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      12  13  2.90  28  27  17   1   3  220  165   76   71   13  106  250
Bill Singer (CAL)     15   7  3.02  26  26  12   0   1  200  170   74   67   11   79  160
John Curtis (BOS)     10   8  3.14  25  21   8   0   3  161  163   66   56   13   60   75

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          5   0  1.67  31   0   0   6   0   59   37   12   11    5   16   32
Bob Reynolds           6   5  2.05  25   1   0   4   0   70   64   18   16    2   17   50
Jim Palmer            13   6  2.64  25  24  12   1   4  188  143   61   55   13   70  100
Dave McNally           9  11  2.66  24  24  11   0   2  173  146   55   51   11   50   48
Eddie Watt             3   3  3.38  21   0   0   1   0   48   42   18   18    4   13   27
Mike Cuellar           8  11  3.58  25  25  10   0   1  169  162   76   67   21   62   84
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
Jesse Jefferson        3   3  4.08  10   9   1   0   0   53   55   27   24   11   27   24
Mickey Scott           0   0  5.40   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    2    2
Don Hood               2   2  6.11   5   2   0   0   0   18   21   15   12    1    2    9

 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
Roger Moret            4   0  2.34  18   3   2   3   2   73   57   22   19    3   31   53
Bill Lee              12   5  2.75  25  21  11   1   1  183  175   64   56   11   49   83
Bob Veale              1   2  2.81  24   0   0  10   0   26   28   10    8    1    8   17
Bobby Bolin            3   3  2.93  23   0   0   4   0   31   27   10   10    4    9   20
John Curtis           10   8  3.14  25  21   8   0   3  161  163   66   56   13   60   75
Luis Tiant            13   9  3.73  24  24  14   0   0  176  145   75   73   23   57  130
Ray Culp               2   6  4.38   9   9   0   0   0   49   43   31   24    9   32   32
Marty Pattin          10  13  4.68  24  24   7   0   0  163  178   91   85   25   52   84
Craig Skok             0   0  5.54   4   0   0   0   0   13   13    9    8    0    4   12
Mike Garman            0   0  6.89   9   0   0   0   0   16   21   14   12    1   13    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
Nolan Ryan            12  13  2.90  28  27  17   1   3  220  165   76   71   13  106  250
Bill Singer           15   7  3.02  26  26  12   0   1  200  170   74   67   11   79  160
Dave Sells             4   2  3.04  35   0   0   8   0   47   47   18   16    1   27   22
Rudy May               7   9  3.55  24  21   8   0   4  144  132   64   57   14   50  104
Clyde Wright           8  15  3.58  26  26  10   0   1  176  188   80   70   15   59   51
Steve Barber           1   2  3.82  33   0   0   4   0   66   73   31   28    3   19   42
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  5.60   8   1   0   0   0   18   20   12   11    4    7    9
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  2.05  28   0   0  10   0   48   33   15   11    3   19   34
Terry Forster          2   4  2.21  37   0   0  15   0   85   72   23   21    2   44   71
Stan Bahnsen          14  11  2.78  28  28  10   0   2  204  198   73   63    8   84   90
Wilbur Wood           20  15  3.14  35  34  18   0   4  269  258  114   94   18   64  154
Steve Stone            4   9  3.90  25  16   3   1   0  134  119   59   58    9   64   98
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         10  15  3.58  28  28  19   0   3  234  225  104   93   25   73  160
Dick Tidrow            8  10  4.38  28  26   6   0   2  168  165   92   82   16   57   81
Ray Lamb               2   3  4.41  25   1   0   2   0   67   76   33   33    6   32   45
Ed Farmer              0   2  4.67  16   0   0   1   0   17   25   12    9    4    5   10
Jerry Johnson          5   6  4.75  32   0   0   5   0   53   56   34   28    5   27   40
Brent Strom            1  10  4.99  25  16   1   0   0  110  127   71   61   17   41   82
Dick Bosman            1   7  5.40  15  15   2   0   0   80  106   55   48   11   19   28
Tom Timmerman          2   2  5.65  16   2   1   2   0   37   34   23   23    5   21   22
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
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  1.70  42   0   0  23   0   74   47   14   14    5   24   73
Ed Farmer              3   0  2.36  13   0   0   2   0   27   24    8    7    1   15   13
Joe Coleman           17   8  3.42  27  27   9   0   1  190  188   80   72   20   63  116
Mickey Lolich         10  10  3.55  28  28  15   0   3  211  212   91   83   28   54  148
Bob Miller             3   1  3.60   9   0   0   1   0   20   17    8    8    1    8    7
Mike Strahler          4   4  3.68  12   8   1   0   0   59   55   27   24    4   27   24
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
Jim Perry              9  10  3.78  25  25   6   0   1  157  163   70   66   15   43   51
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          3   7  5.59  21  17   1   0   0   97  119   63   60   16   33   63
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
Al Fitzmorris          2   0  1.80   2   2   1   0   1   15   14    3    3    2    4    0
Joe Hoerner            1   0  1.93   7   0   0   3   0    5    5    1    1    0    2    4
Doug Bird              2   3  3.12  26   0   0   7   0   52   42   18   18    5   19   46
Paul Splittorff       14   5  3.22  23  23  10   0   2  176  167   73   63   12   48   75
Dick Drago            12  10  3.77  27  26  10   0   1  189  212   92   79   14   60   90
Bruce Dal Canton       4   3  4.34  26   3   1   3   0   85   90   49   41    6   44   33
Steve Busby            9  10  4.36  25  25   6   0   1  161  161   84   78   15   71  119
Gene Garber            8   6  4.43  32   5   3  10   0   91  101   48   45   13   23   38
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
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
Carlos Velazquez       1   1  1.42   3   0   0   0   0   13   13    2    2    0    3    0
Eduardo Rodriguez      4   4  1.77  24   8   4   6   0   91   70   26   18    4   48   56
Jim Colborn           13   7  2.86  28  21  13   1   3  201  170   73   64   12   62   88
Ray Newman             2   1  2.95  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    6    6    2    5   10
Skip Lockwood          5   5  3.28  28   8   0   0   0  107  112   45   39    4   37   58
Jerry Bell             9   8  3.96  26  21   8   1   0  148  149   77   65   13   63   44
Jim Slaton             7   9  3.98  24  24   6   0   2  158  162   80   70   16   62   71
Frank Linzy            2   6  3.98  37   1   0  13   0   52   56   28   23    5   16   16
Chris Short            3   3  4.42  22   7   0   2   0   57   64   28   28    4   30   31
Bill Champion          3   5  4.56  26   3   0   0   0   71   78   36   36    8   38   39
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   5   0   0   0   0   12   10    3    3    1    2   11
Bert Blyleven         13  10  2.70  26  26  15   0   7  207  193   75   62   12   47  164
Ray Corbin             4   5  2.84  36   2   0  13   0   79   66   29   25    3   33   45
Eddie Bane             0   2  3.41  10   4   0   1   0   29   30   11   11    3   10   16
Dick Woodson          10   5  3.47  20  20   4   0   2  130  122   55   50   10   60   51
Jim Kaat              11  10  3.93  26  25   7   0   2  174  189   88   76   24   36   88
Bill Hands             5   8  4.09  22  14   3   1   1  101  105   55   46   12   27   50
Joe Decker             6   5  4.37  17  12   3   0   1  101  104   51   49    7   48   65
Dave Goltz             3   1  5.46  23   2   0   1   0   61   75   38   37    9   23   39
Ken Sanders            2   4  6.09  27   0   0   8   0   44   53   31   30    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  1.67  16   4   0   1   0   75   57   18   14    4   20   40
Sparky Lyle            4   7  2.09  41   0   0  26   0   69   50   20   16    3   13   53
Lindy McDaniel         8   3  2.45  32   1   1   7   0  103   91   31   28    5   38   64
Sam McDowell           5   2  2.49   7   7   1   0   1   47   30   14   13    1   32   37
Pat Dobson             6   3  3.01  11  10   3   0   0   72   65   28   24    6   21   38
Mel Stottlemyre       12   9  3.21  26  26  11   0   3  182  172   78   65    9   53   68
Doc Medich             7   6  3.45  23  21   5   0   1  146  147   60   56   14   41   94
Fritz Peterson         8  11  3.79  23  23   5   0   0  145  159   71   61   15   43   44
Steve Kline            4   7  4.01  14  13   2   0   1   74   76   39   33    5   31   19
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  1.54  37   2   0  11   0   88   67   28   15    5   28   79
Ken Holtzman          16   9  2.33  27  27  15   0   3  217  185   63   56   15   45  116
Darold Knowles         4   4  2.33  32   1   0   6   0   54   37   17   14    2   26   27
Horacio Pina           5   3  2.98  28   0   0   5   0   57   39   23   19    6   22   32
Catfish Hunter        15   3  3.32  25  25  10   0   3  184  164   75   68   27   44   93
Paul Lindblad          0   3  3.66  22   2   0   1   0   52   53   26   21    7   19   24
Vida Blue              9   7  3.68  23  23   7   0   1  161  138   76   66   17   61   91
Dave Hamilton          6   4  4.36  13  11   1   0   0   64   65   34   31    8   21   31
Rob Gardner            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    2    4    2
Blue Moon Odom         2   9  5.76  18  16   2   0   0   86   88   61   55   10   41   48
Glenn Abbott           0   0  6.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    1    2    1

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jackie Brown           3   1  1.38   6   1   1   1   1   26   18    4    4    1   11   20
Jim Bibby              5   4  2.18  13  10   6   1   2   83   46   24   20    6   43   76
Sonny Siebert          6   7  2.28  13  13   1   0   1   83   75   34   21    6   21   48
David Clyde            3   3  3.31   8   8   0   0   0   49   44   21   18    3   20   44
Bill Gogolewski        2   4  3.36  36   0   0   6   0   91   88   38   34    9   35   59
Jim Merritt            4   6  4.03  23  13   5   0   0   98  120   49   44   11   17   40
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
Charlie Hudson         2   0  5.54  14   0   0   1   0   26   25   18   16    1   14   17
Don Durham             0   1  5.63   4   1   0   1   0    8    6    5    5    2    7    3
Steve Dunning          0   4  5.74  15   8   2   0   0   64   64   45   41    6   41   27
Pete Broberg           4   7  5.76  18  16   4   0   0   95  105   63   61    8   54   39
Mike Paul              4   4  5.99  30   9   1   2   0   68   89   51   45    9   29   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)            20
  J. Coleman (DET)         17
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        16
  C. Hunter (OAK)          15
  B. Singer (CAL)          15
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         14
  P. Splittorff (KC)       14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  J. Colborn (MIL)         13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           19
  W. Wood (CHI)            18
  N. Ryan (CAL)            17
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        15
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  B. Singer (CAL)          12

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             26
  J. Hiller (DET)          23
  T. Forster (CHI)         15
  R. Corbin (MIN)          13
  F. Linzy (MIL)           13
  R. Fingers (OAK)         11
  C. Acosta (CHI)          10
  G. Garber (KC)           10
  B. Veale (BOS)           10
  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
  G. Perry (CLE)            3

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         269.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        234.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         220.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     216.2
  M. Lolich (DET)       210.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     207.0
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)      203.2
  J. Colborn (MIL)      201.1
  B. Singer (CAL)       199.2
  J. Coleman (DET)      189.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           258
  G. Perry (CLE)          225
  D. Drago (KC)           212
  M. Lolich (DET)         212
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        198
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       193
  J. Kaat (MIN)           189
  J. Coleman (DET)        188
  C. Wright (CAL)         188
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       185

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)           114
  G. Perry (CLE)          104
  D. Drago (KC)            92
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          92
  M. Lolich (DET)          91
  M. Pattin (BOS)          91
  J. Kaat (MIN)            88
  S. Busby (KC)            84
  J. Coleman (DET)         80
  J. Slaton (MIL)          80

Home Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          28
  C. Hunter (OAK)          27
  M. Pattin (BOS)          25
  G. Perry (CLE)           25
  J. Kaat (MIN)            24
  L. Tiant (BOS)           23
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21
  J. Coleman (DET)         20
  W. Wood (CHI)            18
  V. Blue (OAK)            17

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           106
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         84
  B. Singer (CAL)          79
  K. Wright (KC)           77
  G. Perry (CLE)           73
  S. Busby (KC)            71
  J. Palmer (BAL)          70
  S. Stone (CHI)           64
  W. Wood (CHI)            64
  J. Bell (MIL)            63

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           250
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       164
  G. Perry (CLE)          160
  B. Singer (CAL)         160
  W. Wood (CHI)           154
  M. Lolich (DET)         148
  L. Tiant (BOS)          130
  S. Busby (KC)           119
  J. Coleman (DET)        116
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       116

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