Saturday May 26, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 26, 1973

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       18  19  2.86   37  16   2   336   261  114  107   33  111  153
California      22  18  3.06   40  22   4   359   309  140  122   24  146  296
Detroit         23  20  3.18   43  14  11   394   359  152  139   33  104  203
Chicago         25  14  3.19   39  14  12   364   341  153  129   26  147  223
Milwaukee       19  22  3.41   41   8   6   374   342  167  142   24  171  150
Oakland         23  21  3.48   44  16   7   404   337  177  156   38  142  220
New York        22  21  3.60   43  10  12   377   392  177  151   35  119  182
Cleveland       19  24  3.83   43  13   7   397   382  190  169   38  148  257
Boston          17  20  3.85   37  13   7   327   322  160  140   41  130  205
Kansas City     24  20  3.91   44  12  11   394   391  190  171   24  182  204
Minnesota       21  19  4.21   40  11  11   353   360  187  165   33  114  204
Texas           12  27  4.83   39   5   6   335   358  205  180   32  154  160

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Holtzman (OAK)     9   2  1.67  12  12   9   0   1  102   69   25   19    7   22   60
Jim Perry (DET)        6   2  1.82  10  10   3   0   1   79   65   20   16    5   12   28
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     12   3  1.83  15  14   8   0   3  123  102   37   25    5   21   74
Doyle Alexander (BAL)  4   0  2.03   8   6   3   0   0   53   34   14   12    4   19   26
Bill Singer (CAL)      7   2  2.05  10  10   6   0   1   88   60   22   20    2   31   88
Jim Colborn (MIL)      5   1  2.09  12   6   2   1   1   73   54   24   17    5   24   29
Jim Palmer (BAL)       4   3  2.22   9   9   4   0   2   69   55   18   17    3   22   38
Bill Lee (BOS)         4   1  2.28  10   6   3   1   0   67   56   17   17    4   22   39
Joe Coleman (DET)      8   3  2.42  11  11   5   0   1   86   79   26   23    6   19   41
B. Dal Canton (KC)     3   3  2.49  11   3   1   2   0   51   43   19   14    4   22   19

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eddie Watt             3   2  1.64   6   0   0   0   0   11    6    2    2    1    5    6
Doyle Alexander        4   0  2.03   8   6   3   0   0   53   34   14   12    4   19   26
Jim Palmer             4   3  2.22   9   9   4   0   2   69   55   18   17    3   22   38
Grant Jackson          0   0  2.38   7   0   0   1   0   11    6    4    3    2    6    3
Orlando Pena           1   1  2.59   8   2   0   1   0   31   22    9    9    5    4   22
Dave McNally           3   6  2.64  10  10   6   0   1   78   60   25   23    5   19   20
Bob Reynolds           1   2  2.84   5   0   0   0   0   13   13    4    4    0    4    5
Mike Cuellar           2   5  4.79  10  10   3   0   0   68   63   37   36   12   30   31
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
Bobby Bolin            1   0  0.00  11   0   0   1   0    9    8    0    0    0    4    5
Roger Moret            1   0  0.00   3   1   0   0   0   15   10    1    0    0    9   12
Bill Lee               4   1  2.28  10   6   3   1   0   67   56   17   17    4   22   39
Bob Veale              1   0  2.30  12   0   0   5   0   16   11    6    4    1    5    8
John Curtis            1   5  3.09  10   7   2   0   0   55   51   29   19    4   27   25
Luis Tiant             5   4  3.86  10  10   6   0   0   75   60   33   32   13   28   53
Mike Garman            0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    0    2    4
Marty Pattin           3   7  5.95  10  10   2   0   0   59   72   43   39   12   22   36
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
Craig Skok             0   0 10.80   1   0   0   0   0    3    5    4    4    0    2    2

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Sells             2   0  1.13  12   0   0   1   0   16   16    4    2    0    7   10
Bill Singer            7   2  2.05  10  10   6   0   1   88   60   22   20    2   31   88
Steve Barber           0   0  2.51  10   0   0   1   0   14   14    6    4    1    8   12
Nolan Ryan             6   4  2.70  12  11   7   1   1   90   63   31   27    6   46  107
Rudy May               4   5  2.81  10   9   5   0   4   64   49   24   20    8   22   45
Clyde Wright           3   5  3.82  10  10   4   0   0   66   77   32   28    7   16   22
Ron Perranoski         0   2  4.50   7   0   0   0   0   10   10    5    5    0    7    5
Lloyd Allen            0   0 10.38   5   0   0   1   0    9   15   10   10    0    5    4
Rich Hand              0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    5    3    3    0    2    3
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
Wilbur Wood           12   3  1.83  15  14   8   0   3  123  102   37   25    5   21   74
Terry Forster          2   0  1.91  17   0   0   8   0   38   29    9    8    1   20   35
Stan Bahnsen           6   3  2.70  12  12   4   0   0   90   79   33   27    4   42   43
Bart Johnson           0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    3    2    0    2    4
Cy Acosta              1   0  4.00   8   0   0   3   0    9    9    4    4    0    6    5
Eddie Fisher           4   3  4.35   9   9   1   0   0   50   59   27   24    6   20   25
Steve Stone            0   1  5.26   9   0   0   1   0   26   23   15   15    3   20   19
Dennis O'Toole         0   0  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    2    6    2    2    2    1    3
Rich Gossage           0   4  9.43   6   4   1   0   0   21   29   23   22    5   15   15

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Lamb               2   1  1.29  13   0   0   2   0   35   24    5    5    3   15   27
Tom Hilgendorf         1   0  2.41  11   0   0   0   0   19   14    6    5    1    6   14
Gaylord Perry          6   5  2.58  12  12   9   0   2  105   89   35   30    7   31   70
Dick Bosman            0   1  3.63   3   3   0   0   0   17   24    7    7    0    2    4
Jerry Johnson          2   2  4.19  15   0   0   4   0   19   24   12    9    1   12   14
Dick Tidrow            4   5  4.30  11  11   2   0   1   61   53   32   29    6   24   35
Milt Wilcox            3   1  4.60   9   5   1   0   0   45   38   24   23    2   17   29
Brent Strom            1   5  4.78  11   9   1   0   0   58   68   34   31    9   16   42
Steve Mingori          0   0  5.06   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    3    3    2    3    2
Ed Farmer              0   2  6.23  12   0   0   1   0   13   22   12    9    4    4    7
Steve Dunning          0   2  6.50   4   3   0   0   0   18   17   15   13    2   13   10
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
Chuck Seelbach         1   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    2    2
Jim Perry              6   2  1.82  10  10   3   0   1   79   65   20   16    5   12   28
Joe Coleman            8   3  2.42  11  11   5   0   1   86   79   26   23    6   19   41
John Hiller            2   2  2.42  16   0   0   8   0   22   14    6    6    1    9   19
Fred Scherman          0   0  3.29   7   0   0   0   0   14   13    5    5    1    8    8
Mickey Lolich          3   5  3.50  12  12   6   0   1   90   86   38   35    8   24   55
Lerrin LaGrow          0   3  3.74  10   0   0   2   0   22   15    9    9    2    9   10
Tom Timmerman          1   1  3.77  11   1   0   1   0   29   27   13   12    3    7   16
Woodie Fryman          2   4  5.91   9   9   0   0   0   46   54   32   30    7   14   24
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
Norm Angelini          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Gene Garber            3   1  1.65  12   0   0   6   0   33   30    7    6    0    4   12
Doug Bird              0   0  2.31   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    3    3    1    7   15
Bruce Dal Canton       3   3  2.49  11   3   1   2   0   51   43   19   14    4   22   19
Paul Splittorff        7   2  2.68  11  11   5   0   1   87   73   31   26    4   24   38
Dick Drago             4   4  4.35  10   9   4   0   0   62   72   32   30    4   20   35
Ken Wright             1   1  4.70  10   3   0   0   0   23   25   14   12    1   26   20
Tom Burgmeier          0   0  5.40   6   0   0   1   0   10   13    6    6    2    4    4
Wayne Simpson          3   3  5.40   8   8   1   0   0   45   45   28   27    1   28   18
Steve Busby            3   6  5.50  10  10   1   0   1   52   60   35   32    5   29   33
Mike Jackson           0   0  7.50   8   0   0   0   0   18   19   15   15    2   17   10

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Colborn            5   1  2.09  12   6   2   1   1   73   54   24   17    5   24   29
Skip Lockwood          3   2  2.76  13   4   0   0   0   46   47   17   14    1   16   23
Frank Linzy            1   2  2.87  12   0   0   3   0   16   13    5    5    1    3    7
Ray Newman             2   1  2.95  11   0   0   1   0   18   19    6    6    2    5   10
Jim Slaton             2   3  3.02   8   8   2   0   1   48   51   17   16    2   16    8
Jerry Bell             4   5  3.63  13   9   4   1   0   74   64   36   30    6   35   25
Chris Short            1   1  3.94   8   0   0   0   0   16   16    7    7    1   13    7
Bill Champion          0   3  4.43  12   3   0   0   0   41   41   20   20    5   18   23
Bill Parsons           1   3  4.63   8   7   0   0   0   23   14   17   12    1   34   10
Gary Ryerson           0   1  6.98   7   4   0   0   0   19   23   18   15    0    7    8

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Corbin             1   1  2.19  11   2   0   4   0   37   29    9    9    0   10   17
Bert Blyleven          5   6  3.28  11  11   6   0   1   82   80   40   30    6   23   71
Dave Goltz             2   0  3.54  10   0   0   0   0   20   19    8    8    1    7   12
Jim Kaat               5   2  4.17  10  10   2   0   1   69   76   34   32    9   11   35
Bill Hands             4   4  4.21  10  10   2   0   0   66   69   37   31    7   17   32
Dick Woodson           3   3  5.35   7   7   1   0   1   37   39   24   22    5   20   17
Ken Sanders            1   2  6.04  14   0   0   7   0   25   24   18   17    3   14   12
Joe Decker             0   0  8.18   4   0   0   0   0   11   14   10   10    2    9    3
Jim Strickland         0   1 12.46   5   0   0   0   0    4   10    7    6    0    3    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Beene             1   0  1.76   5   1   0   1   0   15   11    3    3    1    6    6
Sparky Lyle            1   3  2.37  14   0   0   7   0   30   22   11    8    3    5   28
Mel Stottlemyre        7   4  2.73  12  12   5   0   1   82   82   34   25    5   24   39
Doc Medich             3   2  3.53   9   9   2   0   1   59   55   25   23    6   13   36
Lindy McDaniel         3   1  3.55  16   0   0   4   0   38   43   16   15    5   15   22
Steve Kline            3   4  3.63   8   8   2   0   1   52   47   24   21    4   20   10
Fritz Peterson         3   6  4.10  10  10   1   0   0   64   79   33   29    9   17   29
Jim Magnuson           0   1  5.32   7   0   0   0   0   22   33   16   13    2    7    8
Casey Cox              0   0  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    2    0    1    0
Mike Kekich            1   0  9.26   4   3   0   0   0   12   15   12   12    0   11    4

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rollie Fingers         0   4  1.59  13   2   0   3   0   34   24   10    6    1   14   29
Ken Holtzman           9   2  1.67  12  12   9   0   1  102   69   25   19    7   22   60
Darold Knowles         1   2  2.84  14   0   0   1   0   19   15    6    6    0   12    9
Horacio Pina           4   2  2.92  15   0   0   2   0   37   25   13   12    2   13   24
Catfish Hunter         5   2  2.95  12  12   3   0   2   88   78   33   29   11   21   39
Rob Gardner            0   0  5.14   2   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    2    3    2
Vida Blue              3   2  5.19   8   8   2   0   0   52   43   30   30    6   22   23
Blue Moon Odom         1   7  6.66  10  10   2   0   0   49   50   39   36    6   29   30
Paul Lindblad          0   0  8.22   9   0   0   1   0   15   23   17   14    3    6    4

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Dunning          0   0  1.98   4   0   0   0   0   14   11    6    3    0   12    6
Sonny Siebert          1   2  2.00   3   3   0   0   0   18   15    7    4    1    5    8
Steve Foucault         2   3  3.38  14   0   0   5   0   21   20    9    8    2   13    9
Bill Gogolewski        0   2  3.41  12   0   0   1   0   34   27   14   13    4   13   23
Dick Bosman            2   5  4.24   7   7   1   0   1   40   42   24   19    6   17   14
Jim Merritt            0   0  4.96   9   0   0   0   0   16   22   10    9    2    2   10
Rich Hand              2   3  5.40   8   7   1   0   0   42   49   29   25    2   19   14
Don Stanhouse          0   5  5.58  11   5   1   0   0   40   42   27   25    5   25   22
Charlie Hudson         2   0  5.79  10   0   0   0   0   23   24   15   15    1    9   15
Pete Broberg           0   4  6.15   9   8   1   0   0   45   49   32   31    3   24   17
Mike Paul              3   3  6.20  12   9   1   0   0   41   57   32   28    6   15   22

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League Leaders

Wins:

  W. Wood (CHI)            12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  J. Coleman (DET)          8
  B. Singer (CAL)           7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        7
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  G. Perry (CLE)            6
  J. Perry (DET)            6
  N. Ryan (CAL)             6

Losses:

  B. Odom (OAK)             7
  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  D. Bosman (CLE)           6
  S. Busby (KC)             6
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  F. Peterson (NY)          6
  J. Bell (MIL)             5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5
  J. Curtis (BOS)           5

Complete Games:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  G. Perry (CLE)            9
  W. Wood (CHI)             8
  N. Ryan (CAL)             7
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  M. Lolich (DET)           6
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  B. Singer (CAL)           6
  L. Tiant (BOS)            6
  J. Coleman (DET)          5

Saves:

  T. Forster (CHI)          8
  J. Hiller (DET)           8
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  K. Sanders (MIN)          7
  G. Garber (KC)            6
  S. Foucault (TEX)         5
  B. Veale (BOS)            5
  R. Corbin (MIN)           4
  J. Johnson (CLE)          4
  L. McDaniel (NY)          4

Shutouts:

  R. May (CAL)              4
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  C. Hunter (OAK)           2
  J. Palmer (BAL)           2
  G. Perry (CLE)            2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         1
  D. Bosman (CLE)           1
  S. Busby (KC)             1
  J. Colborn (MIL)          1
  J. Coleman (DET)          1

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         122.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        104.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     102.1
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       90.0
  M. Lolich (DET)        90.0
  N. Ryan (CAL)          90.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        88.1
  B. Singer (CAL)        87.2
  P. Splittorff (KC)     87.1
  J. Coleman (DET)       85.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           102
  G. Perry (CLE)           89
  M. Lolich (DET)          86
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      82
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        80
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         79
  J. Coleman (DET)         79
  F. Peterson (NY)         79
  C. Hunter (OAK)          78
  C. Wright (CAL)          77

Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          43
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        40
  B. Odom (OAK)            39
  M. Lolich (DET)          38
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         37
  B. Hands (MIN)           37
  W. Wood (CHI)            37
  J. Bell (MIL)            36
  S. Busby (KC)            35
  G. Perry (CLE)           35

Home Runs:

  L. Tiant (BOS)           13
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         12
  M. Pattin (BOS)          12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  J. Kaat (MIN)             9
  F. Peterson (NY)          9
  B. Strom (CLE)            9
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  R. May (CAL)              8
  W. Fryman (DET)           7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         42
  J. Bell (MIL)            35
  B. Parsons (MIL)         34
  G. Perry (CLE)           31
  B. Singer (CAL)          31
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         30
  S. Busby (KC)            29
  B. Odom (OAK)            29
  W. Simpson (KC)          28

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           107
  B. Singer (CAL)          88
  W. Wood (CHI)            74
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        71
  G. Perry (CLE)           70
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        60
  M. Lolich (DET)          55
  L. Tiant (BOS)           53
  R. May (CAL)             45
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         43

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