Saturday August 4, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 4, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       58  47  3.10  105  41  13   953   828  360  328   91  310  466
New York        61  51  3.20  112  28  34   986   940  406  351   67  326  485
Oakland         62  48  3.21  110  35  25   993   863  412  354  100  316  555
California      51  56  3.41  107  49  14   960   884  407  364   64  395  680
Detroit         58  50  3.67  108  33  29   971   960  428  396  106  314  568
Boston          57  51  3.68  108  44  19   953   940  436  390   99  343  562
Chicago         53  56  3.68  109  34  26   980   968  454  401   71  388  584
Milwaukee       54  57  3.72  117  32  25  1012   994  479  418   77  445  454
Minnesota       54  53  3.80  107  32  24   962   975  454  406   86  319  562
Kansas City     64  48  4.09  112  33  26   999  1016  502  454   85  434  546
Texas           41  66  4.41  107  25  19   936   956  534  459   86  437  538
Cleveland       40  70  4.70  110  31  14   994  1064  580  519  115  387  601

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lindy McDaniel (NY)    9   3  2.26  33   1   1   7   0  116   97   32   29    6   41   67
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    17   9  2.33  28  28  15   0   3  224  190   65   58   15   46  119
Jim Palmer (BAL)      14   6  2.56  26  25  13   1   4  197  154   62   56   13   72  111
Bert Blyleven (MIN)   13  10  2.70  26  26  15   0   7  207  193   75   62   12   47  164
Bill Lee (BOS)        12   6  2.78  26  22  12   1   1  191  187   68   59   11   51   85
Stan Bahnsen (CHI)    14  11  2.78  28  28  10   0   2  204  198   73   63    8   84   90
Dave McNally (BAL)     9  12  2.86  25  25  11   0   2  176  153   60   56   11   52   50
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      12  13  2.90  28  27  17   1   3  220  165   76   71   13  106  250
Bill Singer (CAL)     15   8  2.91  27  27  13   0   1  211  173   76   68   11   80  173
Jim Colborn (MIL)     14   7  2.91  29  22  14   1   3  210  180   77   68   13   62   91

 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  2.25  26   1   0   4   0   76   69   21   19    2   19   53
Jim Palmer            14   6  2.56  26  25  13   1   4  197  154   62   56   13   72  111
Dave McNally           9  12  2.86  25  25  11   0   2  176  153   60   56   11   52   50
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
Jesse Jefferson        4   3  3.77  11  10   2   0   0   62   60   29   26   12   31   33
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
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   6  2.78  26  22  12   1   1  191  187   68   59   11   51   85
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            14   9  3.79  25  25  15   0   0  185  153   80   78   25   59  140
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  5.19   5   0   0   0   0   17   20   11   10    0    5   17
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
Dick Pole              0   1 14.73   1   1   0   0   0    4   10    6    6    0    1    2

 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   8  2.91  27  27  13   0   1  211  173   76   68   11   80  173
Dave Sells             4   2  3.04  35   0   0   8   0   47   47   18   16    1   27   22
Clyde Wright           8  16  3.55  27  27  11   0   1  185  197   83   73   16   62   54
Rudy May               7   9  3.55  24  21   8   0   4  144  132   64   57   14   50  104
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
Terry Forster          3   4  2.18  38   0   0  15   0   87   74   23   21    2   44   72
Cy Acosta              4   2  2.68  29   0   0  10   0   50   37   19   15    4   20   35
Stan Bahnsen          14  11  2.78  28  28  10   0   2  204  198   73   63    8   84   90
Wilbur Wood           20  16  3.19  36  35  18   0   4  276  265  119   98   19   64  158
Steve Stone            4   9  3.75  26  17   3   1   0  142  123   62   59    9   65  104
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  3.41  35   1   1   4   0   69   63   30   26    6   21   43
Gaylord Perry         10  15  3.58  28  28  19   0   3  234  225  104   93   25   73  160
Ray Lamb               2   3  4.41  25   1   0   2   0   67   76   33   33    6   32   45
Dick Tidrow            8  11  4.48  29  27   6   0   2  177  179   99   88   16   61   86
Ed Farmer              0   2  4.67  16   0   0   1   0   17   25   12    9    4    5   10
Brent Strom            1  10  4.99  25  16   1   0   0  110  127   71   61   17   41   82
Jerry Johnson          5   6  5.03  33   0   0   5   0   54   59   36   30    6   28   40
Dick Bosman            1   7  5.40  15  15   2   0   0   80  106   55   48   11   19   28
Tom Timmerman          3   2  5.56  17   3   1   2   0   44   40   27   27    6   23   29
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   4  1.69  43   0   0  23   0   80   50   15   15    6   26   78
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         11  10  3.48  29  29  16   0   3  220  217   93   85   29   54  153
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  5.31  22  18   1   0   0  105  128   65   62   16   36   68
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            1   0  1.93   7   0   0   3   0    5    5    1    1    0    2    4
Al Fitzmorris          3   0  2.05   3   3   1   0   1   22   21    5    5    3    6    1
Doug Bird              2   3  3.00  27   0   0   8   0   54   42   18   18    5   19   48
Paul Splittorff       14   5  3.16  24  24  10   0   2  182  175   76   64   12   50   77
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            9   6  4.37  33   5   3  10   0   95  104   49   46   13   23   40
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
Eduardo Rodriguez      4   4  1.77  24   8   4   6   0   91   70   26   18    4   48   56
Carlos Velazquez       1   2  1.80   4   0   0   0   0   15   19    6    3    1    3    1
Jim Colborn           14   7  2.91  29  22  14   1   3  210  180   77   68   13   62   91
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  4.17  38   1   0  13   0   54   60   30   25    7   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  5.70  16  13   0   0   0   47   38   35   30    5   61   23
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  1.76   6   0   0   0   0   15   10    3    3    1    3   16
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  3.13  11   4   0   1   0   32   30   11   11    3   11   16
Dick Woodson          10   6  3.64  21  21   4   0   2  136  129   60   55   10   63   52
Jim Kaat              11  11  4.01  27  26   7   0   2  180  197   92   80   25   36   90
Bill Hands             5   8  4.17  23  14   3   1   1  101  107   56   47   12   29   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  1.58  17   4   0   1   0   80   61   18   14    4   23   43
Sparky Lyle            4   7  2.09  41   0   0  26   0   69   50   20   16    3   13   53
Lindy McDaniel         9   3  2.26  33   1   1   7   0  116   97   32   29    6   41   67
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
Sam McDowell           5   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   1   50   37   21   19    1   35   42
Doc Medich             7   6  3.45  23  21   5   0   1  146  147   60   56   14   41   94
Fritz Peterson         8  11  3.82  24  24   5   0   0  146  161   72   62   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  1.51  39   2   0  12   0   89   69   28   15    5   28   81
Ken Holtzman          17   9  2.33  28  28  15   0   3  224  190   65   58   15   46  119
Darold Knowles         4   4  2.33  32   1   0   6   0   54   37   17   14    2   26   27
Horacio Pina           5   3  2.97  29   0   0   6   0   58   39   23   19    6   22   32
Catfish Hunter        15   3  3.32  25  25  10   0   3  184  164   75   68   27   44   93
Vida Blue             10   7  3.52  24  24   7   0   1  171  143   77   67   17   63   97
Paul Lindblad          0   3  3.66  23   2   0   1   0   52   54   26   21    7   19   24
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           4   1  1.80   7   2   2   1   1   35   27    7    7    3   12   24
Sonny Siebert          6   7  2.28  13  13   1   0   1   83   75   34   21    6   21   48
Jim Bibby              5   5  2.48  14  11   7   1   2   91   54   29   25    6   52   87
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)        17
  C. Hunter (OAK)          15
  B. Singer (CAL)          15
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         14
  J. Colborn (MIL)         14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  P. Splittorff (KC)       14
  L. Tiant (BOS)           14

Losses:

  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  C. Wright (CAL)          16
  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  M. Pattin (BOS)          13
  N. Ryan (CAL)            13
  D. Bosman (CLE)          12
  D. McNally (BAL)         12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  J. Kaat (MIN)            11

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           19
  W. Wood (CHI)            18
  N. Ryan (CAL)            17
  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        15
  L. Tiant (BOS)           15
  J. Colborn (MIL)         14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  B. Singer (CAL)          13

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             26
  J. Hiller (DET)          23
  T. Forster (CHI)         15
  R. Corbin (MIN)          13
  F. Linzy (MIL)           13
  R. Fingers (OAK)         12
  C. Acosta (CHI)          10
  G. Garber (KC)           10
  B. Veale (BOS)           10
  D. Bird (KC)              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)         276.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        234.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     224.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)         220.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       219.2
  B. Singer (CAL)       210.2
  J. Colborn (MIL)      210.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     207.0
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)      203.2
  J. Palmer (BAL)       196.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           265
  G. Perry (CLE)          225
  M. Lolich (DET)         217
  D. Drago (KC)           212
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        198
  J. Kaat (MIN)           197
  C. Wright (CAL)         197
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       193
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       190
  J. Coleman (DET)        188

Runs:

  W. Wood (CHI)           119
  G. Perry (CLE)          104
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          99
  M. Lolich (DET)          93
  D. Drago (KC)            92
  J. Kaat (MIN)            92
  M. Pattin (BOS)          91
  S. Busby (KC)            84
  C. Wright (CAL)          83
  J. Coleman (DET)         80

Home Runs:

  M. Lolich (DET)          29
  C. Hunter (OAK)          27
  J. Kaat (MIN)            25
  M. Pattin (BOS)          25
  G. Perry (CLE)           25
  L. Tiant (BOS)           25
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         21
  J. Coleman (DET)         20
  W. Wood (CHI)            19
  V. Blue (OAK)            17

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           106
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         84
  B. Singer (CAL)          80
  K. Wright (KC)           77
  G. Perry (CLE)           73
  J. Palmer (BAL)          72
  S. Busby (KC)            71
  S. Stone (CHI)           65
  W. Wood (CHI)            64
  J. Bell (MIL)            63

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           250
  B. Singer (CAL)         173
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       164
  G. Perry (CLE)          160
  W. Wood (CHI)           158
  M. Lolich (DET)         153
  L. Tiant (BOS)          140
  S. Busby (KC)           119
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       119
  J. Coleman (DET)        116


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