AL Pitching Leaders

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1973

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Brett,K	LA	2.62	Blyleven	Det	236	Renko	Bos	126
Twitchell	PH	2.97	Sutton	Det	188	Twitchell	PH	108
Perry,G	ChA	3.07	Perry,G	ChA	188	Messersmith	Car	105
Gibson	Ili	3.10	Lolich,M	ChA	177	Billingham	ChA	105
Blyleven	Det	3.19	Messersmith	Car	174	Reuss	Det	104
Colborn	Car	3.34	Matlack	Ili	169	Blue	Mps	95
Renko	Bos	3.43	Twitchell	PH	156	Harrison	Det	93
McNally	Car	3.50	Renko	Bos	150	Lonborg	PH	92
Downing,A	LA	3.62	Wood	Ili	142	Decker	Bos	87
Hunter,J	Car	3.64	Gibson	Ili	139	Matlack	Ili	85
Messersmith	Car	3.69	Billingham	ChA	136	Niekro,P	Car	81
Sutton	Det	3.73	Reuss	Det	132	Stottlemyre	Mps	79
Niekro,P	Car	3.81	Blue	Mps	121	Gibson	Ili	75
Billingham	ChA	3.85	Decker	Bos	112	Downing,A	LA	74
Wise	LA	3.92	Splittorff	ChA	112	Perry,G	ChA	74


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Renko	Bos	22-9	Marshall,M	LA	.813	Peterson	LA	5.9
Blyleven	Det	22-13	Brett,K	LA	.773	Dobson,P	Bos	5.9
Brett,K	LA	17-5	Hilgendorf	Car	.733	Wise	LA	5.7
Messersmith	Car	17-10	Renko	Bos	.710	Downing,A	LA	5.5
Wood	Ili	16-13	Decker	Bos	.688	Colborn	Car	5.4
Colborn	Car	15-9	McAnally	Bos	.667	Brett,K	LA	5.3
Dobson,P	Bos	14-8	Dobson,P	Bos	.636	Briles	Mps	5.3
Reuss	Det	14-16	Messersmith	Car	.630	Tidrow	Mps	5.2
Marshall,M	LA	13-3	Blyleven	Det	.629	Foster,A	LA	5.2
Wise	LA	13-8	Colborn	Car	.625	Renko	Bos	5.1
Perry,G	ChA	13-13	Wise	LA	.619	Gibson	Ili	5.1
5 tied with		12	Niekro,P	Car	.611	Messersmith	Car	5.1
			Downing,A	LA	.600	Blyleven	Det	5.0
			Acosta	Bos	.600	Hunter,J	Car	4.9
			Forster	Ili	.588	Reuss	Det	4.8


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Renko	Bos	.202	Perry,G	ChA	.279	Twitchell	PH	.301
Messersmith	Car	.213	Hunter,J	Car	.284	Renko	Bos	.328
Twitchell	PH	.222	Renko	Bos	.296	Perry,G	ChA	.340
Perry,G	ChA	.228	Blyleven	Det	.297	Messersmith	Car	.340
Hunter,J	Car	.231	Colborn	Car	.300	Brett,K	LA	.343
Gibson	Ili	.237	Messersmith	Car	.302	Niekro,P	Car	.354
Downing,A	LA	.244	Gibson	Ili	.303	Gibson	Ili	.360
Niekro,P	Car	.245	Brett,K	LA	.306	Colborn	Car	.362
Colborn	Car	.248	Lolich,M	ChA	.306	Blyleven	Det	.363
Brett,K	LA	.253	McNally	Car	.311	Downing,A	LA	.363
Billingham	ChA	.259	Downing,A	LA	.313	McNally	Car	.366
McNally	Car	.263	Splittorff	ChA	.313	Matlack	Ili	.374
Sutton	Det	.263	Wood	Ili	.316	Stottlemyre	Mps	.376
Blyleven	Det	.263	Sutton	Det	.316	Billingham	ChA	.384
Splittorff	ChA	.268	Twitchell	PH	.319	Sutton	Det	.385


Hits per 9 innings			Walks per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Renko	Bos	6.6	Blyleven	Det	1.6	Perry,G	ChA	9.9
Messersmith	Car	7.0	Lolich,M	ChA	1.7	Hunter,J	Car	10.6
Twitchell	PH	7.4	Pappas	Bos	1.8	Renko	Bos	11.0
Perry,G	ChA	7.5	Wise	LA	2.2	Gibson	Ili	11.1
Gibson	Ili	7.9	Wood	Ili	2.2	Colborn	Car	11.2
Hunter,J	Car	7.9	Grimsley	Mps	2.2	Brett,K	LA	11.2
Downing,A	LA	8.3	Marichal	PH	2.3	Messersmith	Car	11.3
Niekro,P	Car	8.5	Splittorff	ChA	2.3	Blyleven	Det	11.3
Brett,K	LA	8.6	Peterson	LA	2.3	Lolich,M	ChA	11.5
Colborn	Car	8.6	Roberts,DA	PH	2.3	McNally	Car	11.8
Billingham	ChA	8.8	Perry,G	ChA	2.4	Downing,A	LA	11.8
Sutton	Det	9.2	Dobson,P	Bos	2.4	Splittorff	ChA	11.8
McNally	Car	9.3	McNally	Car	2.4	Sutton	Det	12.0
Splittorff	ChA	9.4	Colborn	Car	2.5	Wood	Ili	12.1
Blue	Mps	9.5	Brett,K	LA	2.6	Twitchell	PH	12.3


Strikeouts per 9 innings			Homeruns per 9 innings			Stolen bases per 9 innings

Matlack	Ili	7.9	Stottlemyre	Mps	0.3	Grimsley	Mps	0.2
Blyleven	Det	7.2	Twitchell	PH	0.3	Brett,K	LA	0.2
Twitchell	PH	6.8	Blyleven	Det	0.4	Hunter,J	Car	0.2
Sutton	Det	6.7	Roberts,DA	PH	0.5	Lolich,M	ChA	0.2
Messersmith	Car	6.6	Matlack	Ili	0.6	Perry,G	ChA	0.2
Perry,G	ChA	6.1	Brett,K	LA	0.6	Peterson	LA	0.3
Gibson	Ili	6.0	Niekro,P	Car	0.7	Gibson	Ili	0.3
Lolich,M	ChA	5.9	McNally	Car	0.7	Twitchell	PH	0.3
Reuss	Det	5.5	Lonborg	PH	0.7	Splittorff	ChA	0.4
Blue	Mps	5.2	Reuss	Det	0.7	Wise	LA	0.4
Renko	Bos	5.1	Colborn	Car	0.8	Foster,A	LA	0.4
Tidrow	Mps	5.1	Gibson	Ili	0.8	Downing,A	LA	0.5
Hunter,J	Car	5.1	Sutton	Det	0.8	Roberts,DA	PH	0.5
Downing,A	LA	5.0	Billingham	ChA	0.8	Briles	Mps	0.5
Wood	Ili	5.0	Perry,G	ChA	0.8	Colborn	Car	0.5


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Blyleven	Det	5	Blyleven	Det	24	Gibson	Ili	.679
Forster	Ili	4	Perry,G	ChA	23	Colborn	Car	.647
Colborn	Car	4	Colborn	Car	22	Perry,G	ChA	.639
Tidrow	Mps	3	Renko	Bos	22	Twitchell	PH	.630
Matlack	Ili	3	Stottlemyre	Mps	20	Brett,K	LA	.630
Perry,G	ChA	3	Messersmith	Car	20	Pappas	Bos	.621
Billingham	ChA	3	Billingham	ChA	20	Renko	Bos	.611
Twitchell	PH	2	Gibson	Ili	19	Stottlemyre	Mps	.606
Brett,K	LA	2	Pappas	Bos	18	Messersmith	Car	.588
Downing,A	LA	2	McNally	Car	18	Blyleven	Det	.585
Briles	Mps	2	Lolich,M	ChA	18	Downing,A	LA	.571
Dobson,P	Bos	2	Twitchell	PH	17	McNally	Car	.563
Messersmith	Car	2	Brett,K	LA	17	Hunter,J	Car	.556
17 tied with		1	Splittorff	ChA	17	Peterson	LA	.536
			3 tied with		16	Niekro,P	Car	.520


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

Hiller	Bos	49	Hiller	Bos	46	Hiller	Bos	.939
Sosa	Car	39	Sosa	Car	34	Bird	Mps	.906
Lyle	PH	38	Lyle	PH	31	Sosa	Car	.872
Segui	Ili	33	Bird	Mps	29	Watt	Det	.871
Bird	Mps	32	Watt	Det	27	Lyle	PH	.816
Watt	Det	31	Segui	Ili	25	Segui	Ili	.758
Hough	LA	23	Bolin	ChA	14
Bolin	ChA	19	Hough	LA	14
Marshall,M	LA	17	Marshall,M	LA	11
Hall	LA	14	Hall	LA	10
Acosta	Bos	9	Albury	LA	3
Jackson,G	ChA	7	Jackson,G	ChA	3
Garber	Det	6	Acosta	Bos	3
Hilgendorf	Car	6	4 tied with		2
2 tied with		5


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Hrabosky	Bos	15	Segui	Ili	8	Segui	Ili	.242
Marshall,M	LA	14	Lyle	PH	7	Lyle	PH	.184
Hilgendorf	Car	13	Hough	LA	6	Watt	Det	.129
Brewer	PH	12	Garber	Det	5	Sosa	Car	.128
Garber	Det	10	Bolin	ChA	5	Bird	Mps	.094
Acosta	Bos	10	Sosa	Car	5	Hiller	Bos	.061
Gura	Det	9	Acosta	Bos	4
Hall	LA	9	Hall	LA	4
Hooton	Car	9	Marshall,M	LA	4
Veale	Mps	8	Watt	Det	4
Burris	Ili	8	Reynolds,B	PH	3
Mingori	LA	6	Hilgendorf	Car	3
Pina	Mps	6	Jackson,G	ChA	3
Hough	LA	5	Bird	Mps	3
Strohmayer	Ili	4	Hiller	Bos	3


Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Blyleven	Det	296.1	Briles	Mps	32.43	Perry,G	ChA	16
Splittorff	ChA	283.1	Stottlemyre	Mps	30.91	Blyleven	Det	14
Billingham	ChA	283.0	Blyleven	Det	30.76	Lolich,M	ChA	12
Perry,G	ChA	278.2	Gibson	Ili	30.71	Splittorff	ChA	12
Lolich,M	ChA	270.1	Perry,G	ChA	30.69	Billingham	ChA	12
Renko	Bos	262.1	Renko	Bos	30.39	Brett,K	LA	11
Wood	Ili	257.1	Splittorff	ChA	29.80	Renko	Bos	11
Sutton	Det	251.0	Billingham	ChA	29.77	Briles	Mps	10
Colborn	Car	237.1	Roberts,DA	PH	29.33	Messersmith	Car	10
Messersmith	Car	236.1	Brett,K	LA	29.26	Gibson	Ili	9
Stottlemyre	Mps	232.1	Niekro,P	Car	29.24	McNally	Car	9
Briles	Mps	222.1	Colborn	Car	29.15	Stottlemyre	Mps	9
McNally	Car	218.1	Lolich,M	ChA	29.08	Colborn	Car	9
Reuss	Det	216.1	Messersmith	Car	29.06	3 tied with		8
Roberts,DA	PH	213.0	Hunter,J	Car	29.04


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Roberts,DA	PH	62	Blyleven	Det	12	Lolich,M	ChA	46
Lolich,M	ChA	58	Blue	Mps	11	Splittorff	ChA	37
Reuss	Det	54	Niekro,P	Car	10	Grimsley	Mps	31
Splittorff	ChA	53	Dobson,P	Bos	9	Hunter,J	Car	30
Blyleven	Det	52	Wood	Ili	9	Timmermann	Ili	28
Grimsley	Mps	50	Grimsley	Mps	8	Renko	Bos	28
Wood	Ili	47	Segui	Ili	7	Wood	Ili	28
Billingham	ChA	46	Gibson	Ili	7	Perry,G	ChA	26
Stottlemyre	Mps	44	Reuss	Det	7	Billingham	ChA	26
Messersmith	Car	41	Borbon	PH	6	Pappas	Bos	25
Blue	Mps	40	Marichal	PH	6	Briles	Mps	24
Sutton	Det	40	9 tied with		5	Dobson,P	Bos	23
Marichal	PH	39				Blue	Mps	23
Lonborg	PH	35				Messersmith	Car	23
3 tied with		33				Sutton	Det	23


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Wood	Ili	35	Briles	Mps	.500	Pappas	Bos	6
Sutton	Det	30	Wise	LA	.556	Messersmith	Car	4
Billingham	ChA	27	Downing,A	LA	.556	Reuss	Det	3
Matlack	Ili	23	Blue	Mps	.615	Garber	Det	2
Blyleven	Det	21	Decker	Bos	.619	Lolich,M	ChA	2
Harrison	Det	20	Stone,S	PH	.632	Burris	Ili	2
Lonborg	PH	19	Tidrow	Mps	.643	Siebert	Ili	2
Stottlemyre	Mps	18	Messersmith	Car	.643	Roberts,DA	PH	2
Tidrow	Mps	18	Roberts,DA	PH	.647	Colborn	Car	2
Messersmith	Car	18	Sutton	Det	.652	Renko	Bos	2
Marichal	PH	17	Matlack	Ili	.657	Tidrow	Mps	2
Renko	Bos	16	Renko	Bos	.667	Billingham	ChA	2
Dobson,P	Bos	16	Dobson,P	Bos	.667	Sutton	Det	2
Blue	Mps	16	Pappas	Bos	.667	33 tied with		1
4 tied with		15	Stottlemyre	Mps	.692


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Lonborg	PH	14	Twitchell	PH	10	Marichal	PH	4
Brandon	Ili	8	Brandon	Ili	9	Sprague	Det	3
Messersmith	Car	8	Timmermann	Ili	9	Bell,J	ChA	2
Sprague	Det	7	Harrison	Det	9	Bird	Mps	2
Blyleven	Det	7	McAnally	Bos	9	Gibson	Ili	2
Billingham	ChA	6	Decker	Bos	9	Grimsley	Mps	2
Willoughby	Det	5	Perry,G	ChA	9	Splittorff	ChA	2
Pina	Mps	5	Splittorff	ChA	9	10 tied with		1
Stone,S	PH	5	Hilgendorf	Car	8
Tidrow	Mps	5	Blue	Mps	8
Dobson,P	Bos	5	Sutton	Det	8
Sutton	Det	5	Renko	Bos	8
Wood	Ili	5	4 tied with		7
Lolich,M	ChA	5
14 tied with		4


Games			Starts			Batters faced

Hiller	Bos	77	Blyleven	Det	41	Blyleven	Det	1261
Bird	Mps	76	Splittorff	ChA	40	Splittorff	ChA	1192
Marshall,M	LA	72	Wood	Ili	40	Billingham	ChA	1191
Segui	Ili	65	Billingham	ChA	40	Lolich,M	ChA	1134
Watt	Det	63	Reuss	Det	40	Perry,G	ChA	1105
Wilson,D	ChA	62	Lolich,M	ChA	39	Wood	Ili	1101
Brewer	PH	61	Sutton	Det	37	Renko	Bos	1094
Lyle	PH	60	Perry,G	ChA	36	Sutton	Det	1064
Walker,T	Det	57	Renko	Bos	36	Stottlemyre	Mps	1020
Sosa	Car	57	Colborn	Car	34	Reuss	Det	1003
Paul	Mps	57	Messersmith	Car	34	Colborn	Car	991
Fingers	Bos	55	Stottlemyre	Mps	33	Messersmith	Car	988
Pina	Mps	55	Roberts,DA	PH	33	Briles	Mps	973
Garber	Det	53	6 tied with		32	Roberts,DA	PH	968
4 tied with		52				McNally	Car	924


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

Hiller	Bos	73	Downing,A	LA	.100	Hiller	Bos	.114
Bird	Mps	69	Grimsley	Mps	.150	Watt	Det	.200
Watt	Det	55	Pappas	Bos	.211	Sosa	Car	.237
Segui	Ili	55	Dobson,P	Bos	.227	Lyle	PH	.238
Sosa	Car	53	Splittorff	ChA	.231	Marshall,M	LA	.240
Lyle	PH	53	Peterson	LA	.250	Brewer	PH	.244
Marshall,M	LA	33	Niekro,P	Car	.263	Hilgendorf	Car	.250
Brewer	PH	31	Lonborg	PH	.267	Granger	LA	.259
Wilson,D	ChA	28	Foster,A	LA	.267	Sells	Det	.280
Hough	LA	27	Twitchell	PH	.278	Wilson,D	ChA	.304
Reynolds,B	PH	23	Billingham	ChA	.292	Fingers	Bos	.311
Bolin	ChA	22	Hunter,J	Car	.308	Reynolds,B	PH	.339
Jackson,G	ChA	22	Blyleven	Det	.318	Paul	Mps	.339
Burris	Ili	22	Wise	LA	.333	Rau	LA	.364
Garber	Det	22	McNally	Car	.333	Sprague	Det	.368


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Perry,G	ChA	37	Blyleven	Det	35	Lolich,M	ChA	12-20
Billingham	ChA	37	Lolich,M	ChA	32	Marichal	PH	5-18
Stottlemyre	Mps	33	Renko	Bos	31	Sutton	Det	10-18
Splittorff	ChA	31	Splittorff	ChA	30	Splittorff	ChA	12-18
Lonborg	PH	29	Reuss	Det	30	Billingham	ChA	12-17
Peterson	LA	28	Wood	Ili	29	Stottlemyre	Mps	11-16
Blue	Mps	28	Billingham	ChA	29	Reuss	Det	14-16
McNally	Car	28	Sutton	Det	28	Rooker	PH	4-15
Reuss	Det	28	Stottlemyre	Mps	27	Grimsley	Mps	6-15
Gibson	Ili	26	Messersmith	Car	27	Matlack	Ili	8-15
Grimsley	Mps	26	Perry,G	ChA	26	Lonborg	PH	7-14
Brett,K	LA	25	McNally	Car	24	6 tied with		13
Pappas	Bos	24	Blue	Mps	24
Wise	LA	23	Colborn	Car	24
Briles	Mps	23	4 tied with		23


On-base plus slugging			Walks plus hits per inning			Strikeout/walk ratio

Perry,G	ChA	.618	Perry,G	ChA	1.10	Blyleven	Det	4.5
Twitchell	PH	.620	Hunter,J	Car	1.17	Lolich,M	ChA	3.4
Renko	Bos	.624	Renko	Bos	1.21	Sutton	Det	2.6
Messersmith	Car	.642	Messersmith	Car	1.22	Perry,G	ChA	2.5
Brett,K	LA	.649	Colborn	Car	1.23	Wood	Ili	2.3
Blyleven	Det	.660	Blyleven	Det	1.24	Wise	LA	2.0
Colborn	Car	.662	Gibson	Ili	1.24	Matlack	Ili	2.0
Gibson	Ili	.662	Brett,K	LA	1.24	Hunter,J	Car	2.0
Hunter,J	Car	.673	Lolich,M	ChA	1.26	Gibson	Ili	1.9
Downing,A	LA	.676	Splittorff	ChA	1.30	Brett,K	LA	1.8
McNally	Car	.677	McNally	Car	1.30	Roberts,DA	PH	1.7
Niekro,P	Car	.686	Downing,A	LA	1.30	Messersmith	Car	1.7
Sutton	Det	.701	Sutton	Det	1.31	Dobson,P	Bos	1.6
Billingham	ChA	.712	Wood	Ili	1.33	Grimsley	Mps	1.6
Stottlemyre	Mps	.720	Twitchell	PH	1.35	Splittorff	ChA	1.6


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

Perry,G	ChA	2.8	Perry,G	ChA	2.58	Perry,G	ChA	2.72
Brett,K	LA	3.3	Brett,K	LA	3.02	Renko	Bos	2.99
Renko	Bos	3.3	Renko	Bos	3.04	Messersmith	Car	3.14
Twitchell	PH	3.4	Twitchell	PH	3.07	Gibson	Ili	3.18
Gibson	Ili	3.4	Gibson	Ili	3.10	Blyleven	Det	3.19
Messersmith	Car	3.5	Messersmith	Car	3.19	Twitchell	PH	3.21
Colborn	Car	3.7	Colborn	Car	3.38	Brett,K	LA	3.24
McNally	Car	3.8	Downing,A	LA	3.44	Colborn	Car	3.31
Downing,A	LA	3.8	McNally	Car	3.47	Hunter,J	Car	3.37
Hunter,J	Car	3.8	Hunter,J	Car	3.50	McNally	Car	3.59
Blyleven	Det	3.9	Blyleven	Det	3.55	Downing,A	LA	3.71
Billingham	ChA	4.2	Billingham	ChA	3.76	Sutton	Det	3.81
Sutton	Det	4.3	Sutton	Det	3.86	Niekro,P	Car	3.94
Stottlemyre	Mps	4.4	Wise	LA	3.99	Billingham	ChA	3.94
Wise	LA	4.4	Niekro,P	Car	4.00	Wood	Ili	3.99


In-play average			Balls in park			Extra-base hit rate

Renko	Bos	.208	Splittorff	ChA	968	Twitchell	PH	.046
Hunter,J	Car	.230	Blyleven	Det	951	Niekro,P	Car	.048
Messersmith	Car	.237	Billingham	ChA	918	Brett,K	LA	.048
Perry,G	ChA	.253	Wood	Ili	864	Downing,A	LA	.053
Colborn	Car	.256	Lolich,M	ChA	854	Renko	Bos	.054
Downing,A	LA	.259	Stottlemyre	Mps	840	Perry,G	ChA	.054
Niekro,P	Car	.261	Perry,G	ChA	817	Matlack	Ili	.055
Gibson	Ili	.263	Roberts,DA	PH	805	Stottlemyre	Mps	.056
Twitchell	PH	.265	Colborn	Car	802	McNally	Car	.056
Splittorff	ChA	.269	Renko	Bos	787	Colborn	Car	.058
McNally	Car	.271	Briles	Mps	779	Gibson	Ili	.058
Brett,K	LA	.273	Sutton	Det	775	Briles	Mps	.059
Billingham	ChA	.273	McNally	Car	768	Wise	LA	.061
Peterson	LA	.282	Reuss	Det	745	Blyleven	Det	.062
Lolich,M	ChA	.285	Wise	LA	717	Foster,A	LA	.064


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Single rate

Lolich,M	ChA	552	Perry,G	ChA	.382	Messersmith	Car	.121
Splittorff	ChA	546	Twitchell	PH	.385	Renko	Bos	.122
Billingham	ChA	522	Brett,K	LA	.386	Hunter,J	Car	.144
Reuss	Det	502	Blyleven	Det	.389	Twitchell	PH	.145
Wood	Ili	495	Renko	Bos	.403	Gibson	Ili	.156
Blyleven	Det	491	Colborn	Car	.404	Perry,G	ChA	.157
Grimsley	Mps	475	McNally	Car	.405	Lolich,M	ChA	.159
Roberts,DA	PH	456	Gibson	Ili	.412	Blue	Mps	.161
Sutton	Det	454	Messersmith	Car	.412	Niekro,P	Car	.166
Blue	Mps	449	Stottlemyre	Mps	.419	Downing,A	LA	.167
Renko	Bos	441	Downing,A	LA	.420	Billingham	ChA	.168
Briles	Mps	434	Niekro,P	Car	.424	Splittorff	ChA	.169
Stottlemyre	Mps	427	Sutton	Det	.427	Colborn	Car	.171
Perry,G	ChA	422	Hunter,J	Car	.427	Wood	Ili	.177
Messersmith	Car	407	Matlack	Ili	.431	Sutton	Det	.178


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Lolich,M	ChA	547	Twitchell	PH	.381	Niekro,P	Car	.018
Splittorff	ChA	542	Perry,G	ChA	.382	Renko	Bos	.024
Billingham	ChA	516	Brett,K	LA	.384	Downing,A	LA	.025
Reuss	Det	498	Blyleven	Det	.384	Gibson	Ili	.028
Wood	Ili	490	Colborn	Car	.400	Perry,G	ChA	.028
Blyleven	Det	484	Renko	Bos	.400	Hunter,J	Car	.029
Grimsley	Mps	475	McNally	Car	.403	Brett,K	LA	.030
Roberts,DA	PH	454	Messersmith	Car	.404	Foster,A	LA	.031
Sutton	Det	449	Gibson	Ili	.412	Colborn	Car	.031
Blue	Mps	447	Stottlemyre	Mps	.417	Briles	Mps	.032
Renko	Bos	438	Downing,A	LA	.418	Twitchell	PH	.034
Briles	Mps	431	Niekro,P	Car	.419	Wise	LA	.035
Stottlemyre	Mps	425	Sutton	Det	.422	McNally	Car	.036
Perry,G	ChA	422	Hunter,J	Car	.425	Tidrow	Mps	.037
2 tied with		399	Matlack	Ili	.428	Peterson	LA	.037


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

Colborn	Car	.201	Colborn	Car	.253	Wood	Ili	.277
Wood	Ili	.208	Wood	Ili	.254	Colborn	Car	.286
Blue	Mps	.209	Fingers	Bos	.281	Twitchell	PH	.300
Twitchell	PH	.210	Blue	Mps	.284	Brett,K	LA	.303
Messersmith	Car	.212	Brett,K	LA	.291	Blue	Mps	.308
Perry,G	ChA	.226	Perry,G	ChA	.292	Splittorff	ChA	.310
Brett,K	LA	.230	Splittorff	ChA	.298	Niekro,P	Car	.320
Niekro,P	Car	.231	Messersmith	Car	.298	Perry,G	ChA	.325
Renko	Bos	.232	Sutton	Det	.314	Messersmith	Car	.330
Splittorff	ChA	.239	Hunter,J	Car	.318	Stone,S	PH	.338
Stone,S	PH	.245	Twitchell	PH	.318	Sutton	Det	.350
Billingham	ChA	.251	Foster,A	LA	.319	Billingham	ChA	.352
Sutton	Det	.255	Grimsley	Mps	.321	Fingers	Bos	.354
Gibson	Ili	.258	Niekro,P	Car	.324	Foster,A	LA	.354
Fingers	Bos	.258	Gibson	Ili	.326	Renko	Bos	.365


Hits vs LHB			Runs batted in vs LHB			On-base plus slugging vs LHB

Blyleven	Det	160	Marichal	PH	58	Wood	Ili	.531
Stottlemyre	Mps	133	Blyleven	Det	57	Colborn	Car	.539
Marichal	PH	117	Billingham	ChA	52	Blue	Mps	.592
Billingham	ChA	116	Messersmith	Car	48	Brett,K	LA	.594
Briles	Mps	114	Stottlemyre	Mps	48	Splittorff	ChA	.608
Sutton	Det	110	Hunter,J	Car	47	Perry,G	ChA	.618
Perry,G	ChA	105	Briles	Mps	45	Twitchell	PH	.618
Tidrow	Mps	101	Siebert	Ili	43	Messersmith	Car	.628
Pappas	Bos	100	Decker	Bos	41	Fingers	Bos	.635
Wise	LA	100	Dobson,P	Bos	41	Niekro,P	Car	.644
Renko	Bos	99	Sutton	Det	41	Sutton	Det	.664
Lonborg	PH	96	Perry,G	ChA	41	Foster,A	LA	.673
Dobson,P	Bos	95	Renko	Bos	39	Billingham	ChA	.687
Gibson	Ili	89	Gibson	Ili	38	Renko	Bos	.709
Hunter,J	Car	82	2 tied with		37	Stone,S	PH	.711


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Marichal	PH	25	Dobson,P	Bos	7	Hunter,J	Car	21
Billingham	ChA	22	Borbon	PH	5	Pappas	Bos	14
Lonborg	PH	21	Gibson	Ili	5	Timmermann	Ili	13
Tidrow	Mps	21	Hrabosky	Bos	4	Marichal	PH	13
Briles	Mps	21	Stone,S	PH	4	Siebert	Ili	12
Sutton	Det	21	Blyleven	Det	4	Gibson	Ili	12
Blyleven	Det	21	Bell,J	ChA	3	Renko	Bos	11
Dobson,P	Bos	20	Blue	Mps	3	Decker	Bos	10
Stottlemyre	Mps	20	Lolich,M	ChA	3	Briles	Mps	10
McAnally	Bos	18	Wood	Ili	3	Wise	LA	9
Renko	Bos	18	Niekro,P	Car	3	Messersmith	Car	9
Colborn	Car	17	Lonborg	PH	3	Perry,G	ChA	9
Wise	LA	17	Renko	Bos	3	Lolich,M	ChA	8
Perry,G	ChA	17	14 tied with		2	Dobson,P	Bos	8
Messersmith	Car	15				2 tied with		7


Extra base hits vs LHB			Total bases vs LHB			Isolated power vs LHB

Marichal	PH	40	Blyleven	Det	204	Wood	Ili	.069
Dobson,P	Bos	35	Marichal	PH	185	Splittorff	ChA	.071
Hunter,J	Car	34	Stottlemyre	Mps	175	Brett,K	LA	.072
Briles	Mps	32	Briles	Mps	167	Blyleven	Det	.083
Renko	Bos	32	Billingham	ChA	163	Colborn	Car	.085
Billingham	ChA	31	Pappas	Bos	159	Niekro,P	Car	.089
Blyleven	Det	30	Hunter,J	Car	158	Foster,A	LA	.089
Pappas	Bos	29	Renko	Bos	156	Twitchell	PH	.090
Lonborg	PH	28	Dobson,P	Bos	153	Stone,S	PH	.093
Wise	LA	28	Sutton	Det	151	Sutton	Det	.095
Stottlemyre	Mps	28	Perry,G	ChA	151	Fingers	Bos	.096
Sutton	Det	28	Wise	LA	148	Stottlemyre	Mps	.098
Perry,G	ChA	27	Gibson	Ili	144	Blue	Mps	.099
3 tied with		26	Tidrow	Mps	137	Perry,G	ChA	.099
			Lonborg	PH	135	Billingham	ChA	.102


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Renko	Bos	73	Blyleven	Det	93	Brandon	Ili	5
Billingham	ChA	58	Messersmith	Car	72	Blyleven	Det	5
Harrison	Det	55	Sutton	Det	68	Splittorff	ChA	4
Lonborg	PH	51	Perry,G	ChA	62	Lolich,M	ChA	4
Twitchell	PH	48	Renko	Bos	56	Decker	Bos	4
Briles	Mps	47	Lolich,M	ChA	53	Gura	Det	3
Perry,G	ChA	44	Wood	Ili	48	Hrabosky	Bos	3
Messersmith	Car	43	Matlack	Ili	45	Peterson	LA	3
Decker	Bos	39	Twitchell	PH	42	Twitchell	PH	3
Sutton	Det	39	Splittorff	ChA	41	Messersmith	Car	3
Pina	Mps	37	Rooker	PH	37	15 tied with		2
Niekro,P	Car	37	Reuss	Det	37
Gibson	Ili	36	Decker	Bos	37
Stottlemyre	Mps	35	Wise	LA	37
3 tied with		30	Hiller	Bos	35


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Stottlemyre	Mps	4	Matlack	Ili	5	Blyleven	Det	528
Billingham	ChA	4	McAnally	Bos	5	Perry,G	ChA	464
Harrison	Det	3	Messersmith	Car	5	Billingham	ChA	463
Wise	LA	3	Sutton	Det	5	Sutton	Det	432
Blyleven	Det	3	Locker	PH	4	Stottlemyre	Mps	430
13 tied with		2	Twitchell	PH	4	Renko	Bos	427
			Stottlemyre	Mps	4	Briles	Mps	362
			10 tied with		3	Messersmith	Car	358
						Wise	LA	354
						Colborn	Car	353
						Gibson	Ili	345
						Marichal	PH	340
						Pappas	Bos	320
						Hunter,J	Car	310
						Twitchell	PH	310


AB per homerun vs LHB			AB per double vs LHB			Plate appearances vs LHB

Hunter,J	Car	14.8	Reynolds,B	PH	11.5	Blyleven	Det	569
Timmermann	Ili	15.3	Roberts,DA	PH	12.7	Billingham	ChA	529
Walker,T	Det	19.3	Marichal	PH	13.6	Perry,G	ChA	512
Siebert	Ili	21.3	Lonborg	PH	13.6	Renko	Bos	505
Pappas	Bos	22.9	Matlack	Ili	14.4	Sutton	Det	477
Marichal	PH	26.2	Tidrow	Mps	14.7	Stottlemyre	Mps	475
Decker	Bos	26.5	Dobson,P	Bos	14.8	Briles	Mps	415
Gibson	Ili	28.8	Reuss	Det	15.6	Messersmith	Car	410
Lolich,M	ChA	29.4	Blue	Mps	15.6	Wise	LA	389
Reuss	Det	31.2	McAnally	Bos	15.8	Gibson	Ili	386
Briles	Mps	36.2	Sanders	Bos	16.1	Colborn	Car	381
Dobson,P	Bos	36.9	Briles	Mps	17.2	Marichal	PH	371
Downing,A	LA	37.0	Segui	Ili	17.3	Twitchell	PH	367
Reynolds,B	PH	37.5	Grimsley	Mps	17.4	Pappas	Bos	348
Renko	Bos	38.8	Lolich,M	ChA	18.1	Tidrow	Mps	342


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

Renko	Bos	.178	Renko	Bos	.254	Hunter,J	Car	.297
Hunter,J	Car	.206	Blyleven	Det	.258	Renko	Bos	.298
Messersmith	Car	.213	Hunter,J	Car	.259	Twitchell	PH	.301
Gibson	Ili	.220	Perry,G	ChA	.267	Gibson	Ili	.313
Perry,G	ChA	.229	Gibson	Ili	.285	Blyleven	Det	.344
Twitchell	PH	.231	Briles	Mps	.295	Forster	Ili	.345
Blyleven	Det	.232	Siebert	Ili	.298	Messersmith	Car	.348
Downing,A	LA	.234	Lolich,M	ChA	.300	Stottlemyre	Mps	.348
Decker	Bos	.237	Marichal	PH	.300	Decker	Bos	.350
Siebert	Ili	.238	Pappas	Bos	.301	Perry,G	ChA	.352
Tidrow	Mps	.242	Downing,A	LA	.303	Downing,A	LA	.353
Harrison	Det	.254	Messersmith	Car	.305	Brett,K	LA	.354
Niekro,P	Car	.256	Brett,K	LA	.310	Marshall,M	LA	.355
Brett,K	LA	.259	Forster	Ili	.311	Matlack	Ili	.360
Briles	Mps	.262	Tidrow	Mps	.313	Briles	Mps	.365


Hits vs RHB			Runs batted in vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Roberts,DA	PH	244	Lolich,M	ChA	115	Renko	Bos	.552
Splittorff	ChA	243	Splittorff	ChA	115	Hunter,J	Car	.556
Wood	Ili	225	Wood	Ili	104	Gibson	Ili	.598
Lolich,M	ChA	223	Reuss	Det	99	Blyleven	Det	.602
Grimsley	Mps	217	Grimsley	Mps	95	Perry,G	ChA	.619
Reuss	Det	214	Roberts,DA	PH	93	Twitchell	PH	.622
McNally	Car	193	Blue	Mps	90	Messersmith	Car	.653
Blue	Mps	185	Matlack	Ili	81	Downing,A	LA	.655
Peterson	LA	166	McNally	Car	80	Forster	Ili	.656
Billingham	ChA	161	Peterson	LA	76	Briles	Mps	.661
Matlack	Ili	158	Rooker	PH	70	Siebert	Ili	.663
Colborn	Car	155	Billingham	ChA	69	Brett,K	LA	.663
Blyleven	Det	153	Downing,A	LA	66	Stottlemyre	Mps	.677
Brett,K	LA	148	3 tied with		63	Marichal	PH	.681
Sutton	Det	147				Decker	Bos	.682


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Roberts,DA	PH	50	Blue	Mps	8	Lolich,M	ChA	38
Splittorff	ChA	46	Blyleven	Det	8	Splittorff	ChA	34
Lolich,M	ChA	45	Segui	Ili	7	Grimsley	Mps	27
Reuss	Det	42	Niekro,P	Car	7	Wood	Ili	26
Wood	Ili	41	Grimsley	Mps	6	Blue	Mps	23
Grimsley	Mps	40	Wood	Ili	6	Peterson	LA	21
Rooker	PH	32	Reuss	Det	5	Rooker	PH	20
Blyleven	Det	31	Splittorff	ChA	5	Billingham	ChA	19
Blue	Mps	29	Johnson,Bo	Det	4	Colborn	Car	18
McNally	Car	28	Marichal	PH	4	Downing,A	LA	18
Messersmith	Car	26	Sutton	Det	4	Renko	Bos	17
Peterson	LA	25	8 tied with		3	Sutton	Det	17
Stottlemyre	Mps	24				Perry,G	ChA	17
Billingham	ChA	24				McNally	Car	17
Harrison	Det	23				McAnally	Bos	16


Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB			Isolated power vs RHB

Lolich,M	ChA	85	Splittorff	ChA	401	Forster	Ili	.063
Splittorff	ChA	85	Lolich,M	ChA	386	Twitchell	PH	.070
Grimsley	Mps	73	Wood	Ili	356	Stottlemyre	Mps	.075
Wood	Ili	73	Grimsley	Mps	350	Marshall,M	LA	.084
Roberts,DA	PH	62	Roberts,DA	PH	328	Hunter,J	Car	.091
Blue	Mps	60	Reuss	Det	302	Gibson	Ili	.093
Reuss	Det	59	Blue	Mps	299	Matlack	Ili	.093
Rooker	PH	52	McNally	Car	276	Brett,K	LA	.095
Peterson	LA	49	Peterson	LA	260	Briles	Mps	.103
Blyleven	Det	48	Billingham	ChA	248	Wise	LA	.105
McNally	Car	47	Rooker	PH	231	Lonborg	PH	.108
Billingham	ChA	46	Colborn	Car	229	Blyleven	Det	.112
Messersmith	Car	40	Blyleven	Det	227	Marichal	PH	.112
Sutton	Det	40	Sutton	Det	225	Decker	Bos	.112
2 tied with		35	Matlack	Ili	213	Roberts,DA	PH	.113


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Blue	Mps	77	Blyleven	Det	143	Lonborg	PH	14
Reuss	Det	77	Perry,G	ChA	126	Sprague	Det	5
Matlack	Ili	65	Matlack	Ili	124	Pina	Mps	5
Messersmith	Car	62	Lolich,M	ChA	124	Dobson,P	Bos	5
Twitchell	PH	60	Sutton	Det	120	Messersmith	Car	5
Downing,A	LA	58	Twitchell	PH	114	Wood	Ili	5
Splittorff	ChA	56	Gibson	Ili	106	Willoughby	Det	4
Renko	Bos	53	Billingham	ChA	106	Strohmayer	Ili	4
McNally	Car	52	Messersmith	Car	102	Sanders	Bos	4
Decker	Bos	48	Blue	Mps	99	Stone,S	PH	4
Billingham	ChA	47	Reuss	Det	95	Tidrow	Mps	4
Wood	Ili	45	Renko	Bos	94	Sutton	Det	4
Niekro,P	Car	44	Wood	Ili	94	Billingham	ChA	4
Stottlemyre	Mps	44	Downing,A	LA	87	7 tied with		3
Brett,K	LA	43	2 tied with		78


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Blue	Mps	8	Roberts,DA	PH	10	Splittorff	ChA	881
Reuss	Det	8	Blue	Mps	9	Lolich,M	ChA	829
Grimsley	Mps	7	Reuss	Det	8	Wood	Ili	760
Segui	Ili	6	Lolich,M	ChA	8	Roberts,DA	PH	743
Foster,A	LA	6	Sprague	Det	7	McNally	Car	715
Wise	LA	6	Grimsley	Mps	7	Reuss	Det	688
Renko	Bos	6	Wood	Ili	7	Blyleven	Det	660
Fingers	Bos	5	McAnally	Bos	6	Grimsley	Mps	633
Pina	Mps	5	Stottlemyre	Mps	6	Blue	Mps	627
Barber	Ili	5	Splittorff	ChA	6	Billingham	ChA	606
Dobson,P	Bos	5	9 tied with		5	Downing,A	LA	598
Roberts,DA	PH	5				Matlack	Ili	592
Lolich,M	ChA	5				Brett,K	LA	571
11 tied with		4				Peterson	LA	569
						Perry,G	ChA	560


AB per homerun vs RHB			AB per double vs RHB			Plate appearances vs RHB

Paul	Mps	19.9	Harrison	Det	13.7	Splittorff	ChA	946
McAnally	Bos	20.9	Rooker	PH	13.8	Lolich,M	ChA	882
Lolich,M	ChA	21.8	Roberts,DA	PH	14.9	Wood	Ili	821
Rooker	PH	22.0	Grimsley	Mps	15.8	Roberts,DA	PH	798
Grimsley	Mps	23.4	Reuss	Det	16.4	Reuss	Det	784
Tidrow	Mps	24.5	Paul	Mps	16.6	McNally	Car	774
Foster,A	LA	25.5	Lolich,M	ChA	18.4	Blue	Mps	723
Splittorff	ChA	25.9	Wood	Ili	18.5	Blyleven	Det	692
Peterson	LA	27.1	Splittorff	ChA	19.2	Grimsley	Mps	687
Blue	Mps	27.3	Messersmith	Car	19.5	Matlack	Ili	668
Dobson,P	Bos	27.5	Stottlemyre	Mps	20.5	Billingham	ChA	662
Wood	Ili	29.2	Blyleven	Det	21.3	Downing,A	LA	662
Renko	Bos	30.8	Blue	Mps	21.6	Brett,K	LA	624
Colborn	Car	31.1	Peterson	LA	22.8	Colborn	Car	610
Billingham	ChA	31.9	Decker	Bos	23.5	Peterson	LA	609

AL Pitching Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/30/1973

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1973