League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/20/1973

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Palmer	Bal	2.72	Palmer	Bal	25-5	Ryan,N	Cal	339
Blyleven	Min	2.87	Cuellar	Bal	23-6	Blyleven	Min	256
Ryan,N	Cal	2.87	McNally	Bal	21-9	Singer	Cal	226
Singer	Cal	2.94	Tiant	Bos	19-11	Tiant	Bos	207
Colborn	Mil	3.02	Holtzman	Oak	19-14	Wood	ChA	205
Stottlemyre	NYA	3.05	Singer	Cal	19-16	Coleman	Det	201
Splittorff	KC	3.06	Perry,G	Cle	19-19	Perry,G	Cle	200
Medich	NYA	3.32	Corbin	Min	18-5	Lolich,M	Det	196
Holtzman	Oak	3.32	Lee,B	Bos	18-12	Busby	KC	179
Cuellar	Bal	3.33	Blue	Oak	18-13	Cuellar	Bal	157
Wood	ChA	3.37	Slaton	Mil	18-15	Blue	Oak	155
McNally	Bal	3.41	3 tied with		17	Tidrow	Cle	149


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Fingers	Oak	66	Wood	ChA	361.0	Palmer	Bal	.833
Sells	Cal	64	Blyleven	Min	314.0	Cuellar	Bal	.793
Gogolewski	Tex	64	Holtzman	Oak	311.1	Corbin	Min	.783
Hilgendorf	Cle	61	Lolich,M	Det	311.0	McNally	Bal	.700
Lyle	NYA	59	Colborn	Mil	303.2	Splittorff	KC	.680
Acosta	ChA	58	Perry,G	Cle	301.0	McDaniel	NYA	.647
Garber	KC	57	Palmer	Bal	298.0	Bird	KC	.647
Bird	KC	57	Ryan,N	Cal	294.1	Peterson	NYA	.636
Hiller	Det	56	Singer	Cal	293.2	Tiant	Bos	.633
McDaniel	NYA	54	Stottlemyre	NYA	286.2	Alexander	Bal	.625
Pina	Oak	54	Cuellar	Bal	281.0	Hunter,J	Oak	.607
Corbin	Min	54	Coleman	Det	281.0	2 tied with		.600


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Wood	ChA	48	Blyleven	Min	21	Palmer	Bal	6
Lolich,M	Det	42	Perry,G	Cle	21	Ryan,N	Cal	6
Bahnsen	ChA	42	Palmer	Bal	19	Holtzman	Oak	5
Perry,G	Cle	41	Lee,B	Bos	18	Wood	ChA	4
Coleman	Det	40	Tiant	Bos	17	Medich	NYA	3
Holtzman	Oak	40	Colborn	Mil	17	Kaat	ChA	3
Blyleven	Min	40	Wood	ChA	17	Cuellar	Bal	3
Singer	Cal	40	Stottlemyre	NYA	16	Slaton	Mil	3
Tidrow	Cle	40	Holtzman	Oak	16	Singer	Cal	3
Ryan,N	Cal	39	Singer	Cal	16	Perry,G	Cle	3
5 tied with		38	McNally	Bal	15	Lolich,M	Det	3
			Lolich,M	Det	15	12 tied with		2


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Hiller	Det	27	Johnson,J	Cle	.909	Hilgendorf	Cle	8
Lyle	NYA	23	Bolin	Bos	.889	Pina	Oak	7
Fingers	Oak	23	Bird	KC	.857	Barber	Cal	6
Acosta	ChA	19	Lyle	NYA	.852	Farmer	Det	5
Bird	KC	18	Reynolds,B	Bal	.824	Sanders	Cle	5
Bolin	Bos	16	Campbell	Min	.800	8 tied with		4
Reynolds,B	Bal	14	Jackson,G	Bal	.765
Jackson,G	Bal	13	Hiller	Det	.750
5 tied with		10	Acosta	ChA	.731
			Linzy	Mil	.714
			Sanders	Cle	.714
			Forster	ChA	.700


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Ryan,N	Cal	.203	Ryan,N	Cal	6.6	Palmer	Bal	9.7
Palmer	Bal	.205	Palmer	Bal	6.7	Holtzman	Oak	10.3
Bibby	Tex	.207	Bibby	Tex	6.7	Cuellar	Bal	10.7
Hunter,J	Oak	.227	Blue	Oak	7.6	Kaat	ChA	10.8
Blue	Oak	.230	Hunter,J	Oak	7.7	McNally	Bal	11.1
Singer	Cal	.233	Singer	Cal	8.0	Blyleven	Min	11.1
Tiant	Bos	.236	Tiant	Bos	8.2	Lolich,M	Det	11.2
Medich	NYA	.249	Holtzman	Oak	8.5	Tiant	Bos	11.3
Cuellar	Bal	.249	Decker	Min	8.6	Hunter,J	Oak	11.3
Holtzman	Oak	.249	Cuellar	Bal	8.7	Colborn	Mil	11.3
Blyleven	Min	.249	Colborn	Mil	8.7	Blue	Oak	11.4
Decker	Min	.249	Odom	Oak	8.7	Stottlemyre	NYA	11.8


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Ryan,N	Cal	168	Kaat	ChA	1.3	Ryan,N	Cal	10.4
Singer	Cal	148	Merritt	Tex	1.3	Bibby	Tex	7.7
Perry,G	Cle	127	Holtzman	Oak	1.6	Blyleven	Min	7.3
Bahnsen	ChA	124	Lolich,M	Det	1.9	Singer	Cal	6.9
Decker	Min	106	Cuellar	Bal	1.9	Tiant	Bos	6.9
Blue	Oak	106	Wood	ChA	1.9	Busby	KC	6.8
Busby	KC	100	Peterson	NYA	2.0	May,R	Cal	6.5
Bibby	Tex	98	Alexander	Bal	2.1	Coleman	Det	6.4
Slaton	Mil	95	Blyleven	Min	2.1	Decker	Min	6.1
Hunter,J	Oak	94	McNally	Bal	2.2	Perry,G	Cle	6.0
Tidrow	Cle	93	Wright,C	Cal	2.2	Pattin	Bos	5.7
Coleman	Det	93	Splittorff	KC	2.3	Lolich,M	Det	5.7


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Palmer	Bal	1.05	Hunter,J	Oak	45	Palmer	Bal	6.2
Holtzman	Oak	1.12	Tiant	Bos	41	Alexander	Bal	5.9
Kaat	ChA	1.18	Coleman	Det	40	Drago	KC	5.8
Cuellar	Bal	1.18	Lolich,M	Det	40	Cuellar	Bal	5.5
Blyleven	Min	1.20	Kaat	ChA	39	Busby	KC	5.5
McNally	Bal	1.22	Wright,C	Cal	34	Tiant	Bos	5.4
Lolich,M	Det	1.22	Perry,G	Cle	33	Lee,B	Bos	5.3
Tiant	Bos	1.22	Bosman	Cle	31	Splittorff	KC	5.2
Hunter,J	Oak	1.23	May,R	Cal	30	Hunter,J	Oak	5.2
Blue	Oak	1.25	Curtis	Bos	30	Blue	Oak	5.1
Colborn	Mil	1.25	Alexander	Bal	28	Slaton	Mil	5.0
Stottlemyre	NYA	1.29	2 tied with		27	Curtis	Bos	5.0


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Wood	ChA	1529	Blyleven	Min	33.20	Perry,G	Cle	38
Blyleven	Min	1328	Tiant	Bos	32.71	Singer	Cal	35
Perry,G	Cle	1305	Palmer	Bal	32.38	Wood	ChA	35
Singer	Cal	1295	Singer	Cal	32.38	Coleman	Det	34
Lolich,M	Det	1287	Wood	ChA	31.85	Lolich,M	Det	34
Colborn	Mil	1273	Perry,G	Cle	31.83	Slaton	Mil	33
Holtzman	Oak	1260	Stottlemyre	NYA	31.61	Holtzman	Oak	33
Ryan,N	Cal	1252	Holtzman	Oak	31.50	Bahnsen	ChA	33
Coleman	Det	1217	Ryan,N	Cal	31.30	Colborn	Mil	32
Bahnsen	ChA	1214	Slaton	Mil	30.97	Blue	Oak	31
Tidrow	Cle	1205	Lolich,M	Det	30.64	Ryan,N	Cal	31
Stottlemyre	NYA	1201	Cuellar	Bal	30.53	5 tied with		30


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Bahnsen	ChA	13-20	Fingers	Oak	49	Bahnsen	ChA	180
Medich	NYA	10-19	Hiller	Det	48	Coleman	Det	169
May,R	Cal	10-19	Acosta	ChA	46	Perry,G	Cle	158
Wood	ChA	16-19	Sells	Cal	46	Tidrow	Cle	155
Perry,G	Cle	19-19	Lyle	NYA	45	Wood	ChA	151
Tidrow	Cle	11-18	Bird	KC	41	Busby	KC	148
Coleman	Det	16-18	Reynolds,B	Bal	38	Wright,C	Cal	142
Lolich,M	Det	16-18	Johnson,J	Cle	37	Tiant	Bos	142
Colborn	Mil	16-16	Corbin	Min	35	Lolich,M	Det	139
Singer	Cal	19-16	Jackson,G	Bal	34	Drago	KC	137
5 tied with		15	Bolin	Bos	33	Slaton	Mil	134
			Gogolewski	Tex	31	Perry,J	Det	132


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Coleman	Det	154	Wood	ChA	398	Cuellar	Bal	60
Bahnsen	ChA	149	Lolich,M	Det	315	Lolich,M	Det	58
Perry,G	Cle	140	Perry,G	Cle	307	Tidrow	Cle	56
Wood	ChA	135	Blyleven	Min	306	Tiant	Bos	55
Wright,C	Cal	131	Tidrow	Cle	304	Perry,G	Cle	49
Tiant	Bos	131	Wright,C	Cal	300	Bahnsen	ChA	46
Tidrow	Cle	130	Colborn	Mil	294	Slaton	Mil	45
Drago	KC	124	Splittorff	KC	293	Wood	ChA	45
Lolich,M	Det	124	Holtzman	Oak	293	Ryan,N	Cal	44
Busby	KC	123	Bahnsen	ChA	291	Blyleven	Min	44
Perry,J	Det	118	Coleman	Det	285	Splittorff	KC	42
Kaat	ChA	117	Stottlemyre	NYA	283	Perry,J	Det	40


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Coleman	Det	14	Ryan,N	Cal	39	Lockwood	Mil	.471
Colborn	Mil	13	Tidrow	Cle	37	Timmermann	Cle	.550
Hunter,J	Oak	12	Wood	ChA	35	Splittorff	KC	.550
Palmer	Bal	12	Colborn	Mil	28	Lolich,M	Det	.556
Blyleven	Min	12	Singer	Cal	28	Dobson,P	NYA	.579
Kaat	ChA	11	Bibby	Tex	28	May,R	Cal	.611
Kekich	Cle	10	Coleman	Det	27	Coleman	Det	.643
Medich	NYA	10	Wilcox	Cle	21	Siebert	Tex	.647
Blue	Oak	10	Blyleven	Min	20	Kaat	ChA	.667
Holtzman	Oak	10	Drago	KC	19	Curtis	Bos	.667
Lolich,M	Det	10	Fryman	Det	18	Strom	Cle	.684
7 tied with		9	Perry,G	Cle	18	Stone,S	ChA	.684


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Singer	Cal	14	Ryan,N	Cal	19	Johnson,J	Cle	4
Coleman	Det	11	Odom	Oak	17	May,R	Cal	4
Drago	KC	10	Blue	Oak	14	Pattin	Bos	4
Wilcox	Cle	9	Bahnsen	ChA	14	Parsons	Mil	3
Pattin	Bos	9	Sells	Cal	13	Blyleven	Min	3
Blyleven	Min	9	Kekich	Cle	13	Knowles	Oak	2
7 tied with		8	Parsons	Mil	13	Broberg	Tex	2
			Busby	KC	13	Medich	NYA	2
			Jefferson	Bal	12	Blue	Oak	2
			Perry,G	Cle	12	Colborn	Mil	2
			3 tied with		11	Singer	Cal	2
						17 tied with		1


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Splittorff	KC	.167	Garber	KC	.200	Perry,G	Cle	45
Peterson	NYA	.174	Reynolds,B	Bal	.250	Splittorff	KC	42
Tiant	Bos	.214	Bolin	Bos	.262	Stottlemyre	NYA	39
Singer	Cal	.233	Hiller	Det	.267	McNally	Bal	38
Medich	NYA	.250	Pina	Oak	.270	Lee,B	Bos	36
Pattin	Bos	.250	Jackson,G	Bal	.282	Bahnsen	ChA	36
Alexander	Bal	.250	Beene	NYA	.313	Blue	Oak	35
Palmer	Bal	.267	Gogolewski	Tex	.315	Peterson	NYA	34
McNally	Bal	.276	Sanders	Cle	.321	Wood	ChA	34
Odom	Oak	.281	Champion	Mil	.333	Busby	KC	33
Lolich,M	Det	.286	Scherman	Det	.341	Holtzman	Oak	33
Kaat	ChA	.296	Fingers	Oak	.350	Colborn	Mil	32


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Wood	ChA	1264	Wood	ChA	1182	McDowell	NYA	.536
Lolich,M	Det	1058	Lolich,M	Det	1001	Medich	NYA	.547
Holtzman	Oak	1005	Holtzman	Oak	940	Singer	Cal	.567
Splittorff	KC	986	McNally	Bal	906	Corbin	Min	.581
McNally	Bal	979	Splittorff	KC	906	Stottlemyre	NYA	.583
Lee,B	Bos	946	Wright,C	Cal	873	Ryan,N	Cal	.596
Wright,C	Cal	937	Lee,B	Bos	864	Bibby	Tex	.616
Blue	Oak	921	Kaat	ChA	846	Dobson,P	NYA	.621
Cuellar	Bal	894	Cuellar	Bal	839	Holtzman	Oak	.623
Kaat	ChA	884	Blue	Oak	820	Lockwood	Mil	.626
Curtis	Bos	805	Curtis	Bos	725	Bell,J	Mil	.628
May,R	Cal	764	Blyleven	Min	686	Blyleven	Min	.639


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

McDowell	NYA	.182	Medich	NYA	.245	McDowell	NYA	.263
Medich	NYA	.190	Dobson,P	NYA	.264	Singer	Cal	.277
Bibby	Tex	.194	McDowell	NYA	.273	Corbin	Min	.280
Ryan,N	Cal	.202	Holtzman	Oak	.274	Ryan,N	Cal	.283
Singer	Cal	.214	Tiant	Bos	.278	Stottlemyre	NYA	.289
Corbin	Min	.215	Palmer	Bal	.279	Medich	NYA	.303
Palmer	Bal	.216	Blyleven	Min	.279	Bell,J	Mil	.323
Lockwood	Mil	.222	Hunter,J	Oak	.283	Bibby	Tex	.326
Tiant	Bos	.224	Pattin	Bos	.286	Broberg	Tex	.328
Hunter,J	Oak	.224	Singer	Cal	.290	Lockwood	Mil	.332
Broberg	Tex	.226	Bibby	Tex	.290	Woodson	Min	.332
Stottlemyre	NYA	.231	Kaat	ChA	.292	Timmermann	Cle	.342


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Lolich,M	Det	53	Palmer	Bal	11	Lolich,M	Det	32
Cuellar	Bal	48	Kaat	ChA	11	Kaat	ChA	31
Wood	ChA	43	Kekich	Cle	9	Curtis	Bos	28
Splittorff	KC	41	Holtzman	Oak	8	Wright,C	Cal	28
Merritt	Tex	32	Hand	Cal	7	Blue	Oak	27
Kaat	ChA	31	Gogolewski	Tex	7	May,R	Cal	24
Lee,B	Bos	30	Singer	Cal	7	Tiant	Bos	23
McNally	Bal	30	7 tied with		6	Coleman	Det	23
Curtis	Bos	29				Holtzman	Oak	22
Blue	Oak	29				Wood	ChA	22
Bahnsen	ChA	27				3 tied with		20
3 tied with		26


Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

Wood	ChA	351	Lolich,M	Det	91	Wood	ChA	470
Lolich,M	Det	266	Kaat	ChA	73	Lolich,M	Det	427
Splittorff	KC	252	Wood	ChA	70	Kaat	ChA	372
Wright,C	Cal	247	Cuellar	Bal	64	Wright,C	Cal	366
McNally	Bal	242	Blue	Oak	62	Splittorff	KC	337
Lee,B	Bos	237	Curtis	Bos	59	McNally	Bal	334
Kaat	ChA	226	Wright,C	Cal	58	Blue	Oak	328
Holtzman	Oak	225	Splittorff	KC	57	Holtzman	Oak	328
Cuellar	Bal	221	Merritt	Tex	52	Lee,B	Bos	324
Blue	Oak	206	McNally	Bal	51	Cuellar	Bal	315
Curtis	Bos	197	Holtzman	Oak	51	Curtis	Bos	314
Peterson	NYA	196	2 tied with		50	Peterson	NYA	276


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Ryan,N	Cal	90	Singer	Cal	13	Ryan,N	Cal	215
Blue	Oak	83	Drago	KC	9	Lolich,M	Det	162
May,R	Cal	74	Monteagudo	Cal	8	Singer	Cal	155
Curtis	Bos	72	Wilcox	Cle	8	Blyleven	Min	147
Lee,B	Bos	63	Stone,S	ChA	8	Wood	ChA	145
Perry,G	Cle	62	Pattin	Bos	8	Blue	Oak	137
Splittorff	KC	62	Tiant	Bos	8	Busby	KC	128
Wood	ChA	62	Pina	Oak	6	Perry,G	Cle	124
Slaton	Mil	61	Lockwood	Mil	6	Tiant	Bos	121
McNally	Bal	61	Timmermann	Cle	6	Coleman	Det	117
Odom	Oak	58	Coleman	Det	6	May,R	Cal	115
Bahnsen	ChA	58	Perry,G	Cle	6	Cuellar	Bal	112


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Pattin	Bos	5.2	Blyleven	Min	10	Holtzman	Oak	10
Blyleven	Min	4.6	Wood	ChA	10	Blue	Oak	9
Dobson,P	NYA	4.5	Splittorff	KC	9	Perry,J	Det	8
Tiant	Bos	3.6	Lee,B	Bos	8	Palmer	Bal	8
Lolich,M	Det	3.2	McNally	Bal	6	Lee,B	Bos	8
Medich	NYA	3.0	Holtzman	Oak	6	Wood	ChA	8
Drago	KC	2.9	14 tied with		5	Jackson,G	Bal	7
Hands	Min	2.9				Merritt	Tex	7
Singer	Cal	2.8				Colborn	Mil	7
McDaniel	NYA	2.8				4 tied with		6
Merritt	Tex	2.6
Alexander	Bal	2.6

League pitching leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/20/1973

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/20/1973