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1971 Baltimore Orioles Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
101-57, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 742 runs, Allowed 530 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-55
Manager: Earl Weaver (101-57)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,023,037 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Pittsburgh Pirates
Won AL Championship Series (3-0) over Oakland Athletics
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1970 / 1972 Pitching Statistics

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Mike Cuellar* 34 20 9 .690 3.08 38 38 0 21 4 0 292.1 250 111 100 30 78 1 124 1 0 3 1166 109 1.122 7.7 0.9 2.4 3.8 1.59
2 SP Pat Dobson 29 20 8 .714 2.90 38 37 1 18 4 1 282.1 248 104 91 24 63 2 187 2 0 6 1134 116 1.102 7.9 0.8 2.0 6.0 2.97
3 SP Jim Palmer 25 20 9 .690 2.68 37 37 0 20 3 0 282.0 231 94 84 19 106 6 184 4 2 8 1165 125 1.195 7.4 0.6 3.4 5.9 1.74
4 SP Dave McNally* 28 21 5 .808 2.89 30 30 0 11 1 0 224.1 188 75 72 24 58 2 91 5 0 5 899 116 1.097 7.5 1.0 2.3 3.7 1.57
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Eddie Watt 30 3 1 .750 1.82 35 0 26 0 0 11 39.2 39 12 8 1 8 1 26 0 0 5 162 185 1.185 8.8 0.2 1.8 5.9 3.25
6 RP Grant Jackson* 28 4 3 .571 3.13 29 9 0 0 0 0 77.2 72 31 27 7 20 5 51 2 0 4 318 108 1.185 8.3 0.8 2.3 5.9 2.55
7 RP Dick Hall 40 6 6 .500 4.98 27 0 14 0 0 1 43.1 52 27 24 4 11 9 26 1 0 1 194 67 1.454 10.8 0.8 2.3 5.4 2.36
8 RP Tom Dukes 28 1 5 .167 3.52 28 0 12 0 0 4 38.1 40 15 15 4 8 2 30 1 0 1 165 96 1.252 9.4 0.9 1.9 7.0 3.75
9 RP Pete Richert* 31 3 5 .375 3.47 35 0 22 0 0 4 36.1 26 15 14 3 22 6 35 1 0 2 154 97 1.321 6.4 0.7 5.4 8.7 1.59
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Dave Leonhard 30 2 3 .400 2.83 12 6 2 1 1 1 54.0 51 18 17 5 19 0 18 1 0 1 226 119 1.296 8.5 0.8 3.2 3.0 0.95
11 Dave Boswell 26 1 2 .333 4.38 15 1 6 0 0 0 24.2 32 16 12 4 15 1 14 0 0 1 121 77 1.905 11.7 1.5 5.5 5.1 0.93
12 Orlando Pena 37 0 1 .000 3.07 5 0 3 0 0 0 14.2 16 7 5 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 64 110 1.432 9.8 0.0 3.1 2.5 0.80
13 Jim Hardin 27 0 0 4.76 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 12 5 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 31 71 2.647 19.1 0.0 4.8 4.8 1.00
Team Totals 29.5 101 57 .639 3.00 158 158 87 71 13 22 1415.1 1257 530 472 125 416 37 793 18 2 37 5799 112 1.182 8.0 0.8 2.6 5.0 1.91
Rank in 12 AL teams 1 12 1 1 4 11 12 3 1 1 4 1 10415
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Dave Boswell 26 24.2 45% 3.3% 11.6% 12.4% 7.4% 28% 0.90 73% 15 2 13%
*Mike Cuellar 34 292.1 77% 2.6% 10.6% 6.7% 5.7% 26% 1.03 79% 194 27 14%
Pat Dobson 29 282.1 51% 2.1% 16.5% 5.6% 5.6% 25% 1.37 75% 177 28 16%
Tom Dukes 28 38.1 30% 2.4% 18.2% 4.9% 4.9% 20% 1.00 73% 34 2 6%
Dick Hall 40 43.1 41% 2.1% 13.4% 5.7% 8.3% 31% 0.66 75% 47 3 6%
Jim Hardin 27 5.2 23% 0.0% 9.7% 9.7% 3.2% 8% 2.25 71% 9 1 11%
*Grant Jackson 28 77.2 72% 2.2% 15.9% 6.3% 6.6% 29% 0.67 73% 59 5 8%
Dave Leonhard 30 54.0 49% 2.2% 8.0% 8.4% 4.9% 22% 1.01 80% 36 4 11%
*Dave McNally 28 224.1 84% 2.7% 10.1% 6.5% 7.0% 34% 1.15 79% 141 24 17%
Jim Palmer 25 282.0 50% 1.6% 15.8% 9.1% 5.2% 26% 0.75 73% 201 14 7%
Orlando Pena 37 14.2 36% 0.0% 6.3% 7.8% 4.7% 19% 1.17 83% 12 2 17%
*Pete Richert 31 36.1 55% 2.0% 23.0% 14.5% 5.9% 35% 1.03 59% 31 4 13%
Eddie Watt 30 39.2 40% 0.6% 16.1% 4.9% 3.1% 13% 1.04 77% 27 6 22%
League Average 55% 2.0% 14.3% 8.9% 5.9% 27% 1.09 73% 11%
Team Total 61% 2.2% 13.7% 7.2% 5.8% 27% 1.01 76% 983 122 12%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Dave Boswell 26 24.2 15 121 105 16 32 5 0 4 2 1 15 14 .305 .388 .467 .855 .318 49 2 0 0 1 1
*Mike Cuellar 34 292.1 38 1166 1068 111 250 33 3 30 12 16 78 124 .234 .285 .355 .640 .239 379 27 1 13 6 1
Pat Dobson 29 282.1 38 1134 1055 104 248 36 3 24 16 10 63 187 .235 .278 .343 .622 .264 362 28 2 10 4 2
Tom Dukes 28 38.1 28 165 152 15 40 4 0 4 1 1 8 30 .263 .299 .368 .667 .298 56 2 1 1 3 2
Dick Hall 40 43.1 27 194 172 27 52 9 3 4 0 1 11 26 .302 .342 .459 .802 .331 79 3 1 7 3 9
Jim Hardin 27 5.2 6 31 25 5 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 .480 .536 .520 1.056 .545 13 1 0 3 0 1
*Grant Jackson 28 77.2 29 320 289 31 72 12 2 7 1 2 20 51 .249 .299 .377 .677 .278 109 5 2 6 3 5
Dave Leonhard 30 54.0 12 226 202 18 51 4 2 5 2 3 19 18 .252 .318 .366 .685 .256 74 4 1 3 1 0
*Dave McNally 28 224.1 30 899 822 75 188 36 3 24 1 4 58 91 .229 .282 .367 .650 .231 302 24 5 10 4 2
Jim Palmer 25 282.0 37 1165 1044 94 231 37 4 19 17 11 106 184 .221 .294 .319 .613 .251 333 14 4 6 5 6
Orlando Pena 37 14.2 5 64 57 7 16 3 0 0 0 1 5 4 .281 .339 .333 .672 .302 19 2 0 2 0 1
*Pete Richert 31 36.1 35 152 127 15 26 6 0 3 1 2 22 35 .205 .325 .323 .647 .256 41 4 1 1 1 6
Eddie Watt 30 39.2 35 162 150 12 39 3 1 1 3 0 8 26 .260 .296 .313 .609 .306 47 6 0 3 1 1
League Average .247 .318 .365 .683 .272
Team Total 335 5799 5268 530 1257 189 21 125 56 52 416 793 .239 .295 .354 .649 .258 1863 122 18 65 32 37
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Dave Boswell 26 24.2 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 50 17 4 0 1 2.0 0.0 5.7
*Mike Cuellar 34 292.1 38 38 20 9 9 1 2 24 14 .632 1 2 21 4 24 63% 58 85 24 11 6 22 7 4.3 4.4 7.7
Pat Dobson 29 282.1 38 37 20 8 9 2 3 25 12 .676 2 6 18 4 26 70% 59 90 26 14 9 22 7 5.1 4.7 7.6
*Grant Jackson 28 77.2 29 9 4 3 2 1 2 6 3 .667 1 1 0 0 6 67% 54 66 32 15 8 6 3 4.1 3.8 5.5
Dave Leonhard 30 54.0 12 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 1 1 1 1 2 33% 50 79 31 6 1 0 5 2.9 3.0 6.2
*Dave McNally 28 224.1 30 30 21 5 4 3 1 22 8 .733 1 4 11 1 22 73% 58 83 25 12 6 14 10 5.8 5.4 7.5
Jim Palmer 25 282.0 37 37 20 9 8 4 5 22 15 .595 1 5 20 3 22 59% 60 88 26 10 2 16 3 4.7 4.7 7.6
League Average .500 57% 53 103 6 3.9 3.8 6.6
Team Total 335 158 86 38 34 11 14 101 57 .639 7 19 71 13 102 65% 58 90 24 130 49 80 36 4.8 4.6 7.4
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Dave Boswell 26 24.2 15 14 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 7 0.554 1 4 9 1 1 12 6 8 6 5 7 2 4.1
Pat Dobson 29 282.1 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 0.959 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
Tom Dukes 28 38.1 28 28 12 1 5 5 4 1 80% 7 2 22 8 36% 7 1.058 11 6 11 9 7 12 12 16 12 10 14 2 4.1
Dick Hall 40 43.1 27 27 14 6 6 4 1 3 25% 5 0 19 10 53% 8 1.609 18 4 5 6 12 9 11 16 16 7 17 1 4.8
Jim Hardin 27 5.2 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 6 0.590 1 2 3 0 0 6 3 3 2 3 3 0 2.8
*Grant Jackson 28 77.2 29 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24 7 29% 6 0.975 5 4 11 2 4 14 13 7 13 6 14 3 4.2
Dave Leonhard 30 54.0 12 6 2 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 3 2 67% 7 0.879 1 3 2 2 0 4 2 4 4 1 4 0 8.3
Orlando Pena 37 14.2 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 0.439 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 4 0 4 1 8.8
*Pete Richert 31 36.1 35 35 22 3 5 5 4 1 80% 6 1 35 7 20% 9 1.339 16 5 13 6 9 20 20 15 13 13 14 6 3.1
Eddie Watt 30 39.2 35 35 26 3 1 12 11 1 92% 14 0 18 5 28% 8 1.298 17 5 13 14 8 13 11 24 12 10 12 9 3.4
League Average 69% 33% 1.063 4.5
Team Total 335 177 87 15 19 29 22 7 76% 37 5 142 49 35% 1.025 71 33 72 41 42 94 79 98 83 55 90 24 4.1
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Dave Boswell 26 24.2 121 32 4 0 2 3 1 0 4 5 3 0 60% 2 1 1 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
*Mike Cuellar 34 292.1 1166 250 30 0 8 19 11 14 16 35 19 4 54% 11 3 3 397 12 16 43% 12 13 0 1 0 2 6 5 12 0
Pat Dobson 29 282.1 1134 248 24 0 10 10 14 15 9 33 15 9 45% 15 6 4 390 16 10 62% 16 8 0 2 0 0 4 2 18 0
Tom Dukes 28 38.1 165 40 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 10 5 1 50% 5 1 0 62 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Dick Hall 40 43.1 194 52 4 1 12 1 3 1 3 17 9 1 53% 5 1 0 77 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Jim Hardin 27 5.2 31 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Grant Jackson 28 77.2 320 72 7 0 8 5 2 2 5 19 7 1 37% 3 4 1 110 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
Dave Leonhard 30 54.0 226 51 5 0 3 0 5 2 3 7 3 1 43% 0 1 0 80 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
*Dave McNally 28 224.1 899 188 24 0 8 22 2 17 7 29 11 4 38% 9 5 1 294 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 5 2 12 0
Jim Palmer 25 282.0 1165 231 19 0 11 10 9 10 9 33 20 4 61% 12 8 3 427 17 11 61% 13 10 3 1 1 0 4 1 23 0
Orlando Pena 37 14.2 64 16 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 26 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Pete Richert 31 36.1 152 26 3 0 11 2 1 3 0 17 4 3 24% 2 2 1 63 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
Eddie Watt 30 39.2 162 39 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 10 5 1 50% 3 5 2 67 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
League Average 50% 61%
Team Total 5799 1257 125 1 86 74 51 67 58 222 105 30 47% 68 37 16 2056 56 52 52% 52 43 3 5 1 4 19 10 110 0
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Dave Boswell 26 1 2 .333 6.00 27.0 39 20 18 4 23 16 0 2.296 13.0 7.7 5.3 0.70 1.3 18 18
*Mike Cuellar 34 15 15 .500 3.95 271.0 274 132 119 33 85 115 1 1.325 9.1 2.8 3.8 1.35 1.1 38 38
Pat Dobson 29 16 13 .552 3.65 266.0 272 120 108 26 69 176 2 1.282 9.2 2.3 6.0 2.55 0.9 38 38
Tom Dukes 28 2 2 .500 4.38 37.0 45 20 18 4 9 29 1 1.459 10.9 2.2 7.1 3.22 1.0 28 28
Dick Hall 40 1 3 .250 6.00 42.0 57 31 28 4 12 25 1 1.643 12.2 2.6 5.4 2.08 0.9 27 27
Jim Hardin 27 1 2 .333 6.68 31.0 51 26 23 3 13 16 1 2.065 14.8 3.8 4.6 1.23 0.9 18 18
*Grant Jackson 28 4 4 .500 4.00 72.0 79 36 32 8 22 47 2 1.403 9.9 2.8 5.9 2.14 1.0 29 29
Dave Leonhard 30 3 2 .600 3.60 50.0 56 22 20 5 21 17 1 1.540 10.1 3.8 3.1 0.81 0.9 12 12
*Dave McNally 28 13 10 .565 3.64 210.0 206 94 85 26 64 85 5 1.286 8.8 2.7 3.6 1.33 1.1 30 30
Jim Palmer 25 17 12 .586 3.38 266.0 254 111 100 21 117 174 4 1.395 8.6 4.0 5.9 1.49 0.7 37 37
Orlando Pena 37 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 18 7 6 0 6 4 0 1.846 12.5 4.2 2.8 0.67 0.0 5 5
*Pete Richert 31 1 2 .333 4.64 33.0 29 19 17 3 25 32 1 1.636 7.9 6.8 8.7 1.28 0.8 35 35
Eddie Watt 30 3 1 .750 2.19 37.0 42 10 9 1 9 24 0 1.378 10.2 2.2 5.8 2.67 0.2 35 35
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
Dave Boswell 26 8 68 56 .548 3.52 205 151 13 37 6 0 1065.1 858 462 417 110 481 16 882 34 0 44 4487 100 1.257 7.2 0.9 4.1 7.5 1.83 100
*Mike Cuellar 34 9 109 69 .612 2.98 278 212 29 99 19 10 1657.0 1456 644 548 128 444 40 1114 7 5 28 6733 115 1.147 7.9 0.7 2.4 6.1 2.51 115
Pat Dobson 29 5 45 43 .511 3.22 202 91 45 29 6 18 812.2 732 337 291 81 255 27 563 11 1 20 3370 110 1.215 8.1 0.9 2.8 6.2 2.21 110
Tom Dukes 28 5 5 15 .250 4.50 154 0 73 0 0 20 206.0 215 117 103 18 82 26 161 7 1 9 912 77 1.442 9.4 0.8 3.6 7.0 1.96 77
Dick Hall 40 16 93 75 .554 3.32 495 74 237 20 3 68 1259.2 1152 512 464 130 236 70 741 18 0 1 5085 110 1.102 8.2 0.9 1.7 5.3 3.14 110
Jim Hardin 27 5 38 30 .559 3.04 138 91 14 27 7 2 672.0 598 255 227 59 178 19 383 21 1 19 2740 108 1.155 8.0 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.15 108
*Grant Jackson 28 7 27 46 .370 3.89 183 79 32 15 4 3 641.0 643 319 277 51 244 21 482 10 4 21 2768 92 1.384 9.0 0.7 3.4 6.8 1.98 92
Dave Leonhard 30 5 16 14 .533 3.07 103 29 22 7 4 5 317.0 267 115 108 29 138 14 139 4 4 9 1311 107 1.278 7.6 0.8 3.9 3.9 1.01 107
*Dave McNally 28 10 135 69 .662 3.15 299 273 6 78 19 1 1886.2 1673 723 660 172 560 25 1158 53 4 46 7736 108 1.184 8.0 0.8 2.7 5.5 2.07 108
Jim Palmer 25 6 79 38 .675 2.88 168 144 8 56 15 1 1117.1 910 390 357 84 437 13 751 8 6 38 4599 121 1.206 7.3 0.7 3.5 6.0 1.72 121
Orlando Pena 37 11 46 68 .404 3.88 321 91 101 21 4 29 1029.2 1015 494 444 138 301 33 725 25 4 28 4370 98 1.278 8.9 1.2 2.6 6.3 2.41 98
*Pete Richert 31 10 73 66 .525 3.26 319 122 105 22 3 37 1031.0 848 415 374 107 372 32 843 14 3 29 4255 103 1.183 7.4 0.9 3.2 7.4 2.27 103
Eddie Watt 30 6 32 27 .542 2.71 295 13 177 1 0 62 498.2 385 175 150 24 179 25 372 17 1 27 2033 123 1.131 6.9 0.4 3.2 6.7 2.08 123
Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


1970 / 1972 Pitching Statistics