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1972 Baltimore Orioles Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
80-74, Finished 3rd in AL East
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Scored 519 runs, Allowed 430 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64
Manager: Earl Weaver (80-74)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 899,950 (6th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
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1971 / 1973 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 Jim Palmer 26 21 10 .677 2.07 36 36 0 18 3 0 274.1 219 73 63 21 70 1 184 1 1 4 1094 150 1.053 7.2 0.7 2.3 6.0 2.63
2 SP Pat Dobson 30 16 18 .471 2.65 38 36 1 13 3 0 268.1 220 89 79 13 69 7 161 4 0 6 1065 117 1.077 7.4 0.4 2.3 5.4 2.33
3 SP Mike Cuellar* 35 18 12 .600 2.57 35 35 0 17 4 0 248.1 197 78 71 21 71 4 132 0 0 3 989 120 1.079 7.1 0.8 2.6 4.8 1.86
4 SP Dave McNally* 29 13 17 .433 2.95 36 36 0 12 6 0 241.0 220 85 79 15 68 15 120 2 0 1 979 105 1.195 8.2 0.6 2.5 4.5 1.76
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 Grant Jackson* 29 1 1 .500 2.63 32 0 23 0 0 8 41.0 33 14 12 1 9 0 34 0 0 0 161 118 1.024 7.2 0.2 2.0 7.5 3.78
6 RP Doyle Alexander 21 6 8 .429 2.45 35 9 16 2 2 2 106.1 78 36 29 5 30 8 49 1 1 7 423 126 1.016 6.6 0.4 2.5 4.1 1.63
7 RP Roric Harrison 25 3 4 .429 2.30 39 2 14 0 0 4 94.0 68 24 24 2 34 9 62 4 0 8 372 135 1.085 6.5 0.2 3.3 5.9 1.82
8 RP Eddie Watt 31 2 3 .400 2.17 38 0 29 0 0 7 45.2 30 12 11 2 20 6 23 2 0 5 187 143 1.095 5.9 0.4 3.9 4.5 1.15
9 RP Mickey Scott* 24 0 1 .000 2.74 15 0 6 0 0 0 23.0 23 7 7 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 92 113 1.217 9.0 0.8 2.0 4.3 2.20
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 31 0 0 4.50 14 0 2 0 0 0 20.0 20 10 10 3 12 0 7 0 0 1 92 69 1.600 9.0 1.4 5.4 3.2 0.58
11 Bob Reynolds 25 0 0 1.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 8 2 2 0 7 2 5 0 0 0 39 166 1.552 7.4 0.0 6.5 4.7 0.71
Team Totals 28.8 80 74 .519 2.54 154 154 92 62 18 21 1371.2 1116 430 387 85 395 52 788 15 2 35 5493 122 1.102 7.3 0.6 2.6 5.2 1.99
Rank in 12 AL teams 5 8 1 1 2 11 12 2 1 1 1 1 10175
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 %
Doyle Alexander 21 106.1 40% 1.2% 11.6% 7.1% 3.6% 19% 1.30 79% 69 7 10%
*Mike Cuellar 35 248.1 83% 2.1% 13.4% 7.2% 6.5% 33% 1.03 76% 151 25 17%
Pat Dobson 30 268.1 42% 1.2% 15.1% 6.5% 4.3% 21% 1.22 76% 182 30 16%
Roric Harrison 25 94.0 40% 0.5% 16.7% 9.1% 3.8% 21% 0.81 70% 65 8 12%
*Grant Jackson 29 41.0 58% 0.6% 21.1% 5.6% 3.7% 18% 0.71 73% 34 2 6%
Dave Leonhard 31 20.0 42% 3.3% 7.6% 13.0% 6.5% 30% 0.51 74% 14 0 0%
*Dave McNally 29 241.0 85% 1.5% 12.3% 7.0% 5.5% 25% 1.25 77% 172 28 16%
Jim Palmer 26 274.1 45% 1.9% 16.8% 6.4% 4.4% 22% 0.71 74% 183 16 9%
Bob Reynolds 25 9.2 38% 0.0% 12.8% 18.0% 7.7% 38% 1.20 67% 12 2 17%
*Mickey Scott 24 23.0 60% 2.2% 12.0% 5.4% 6.5% 26% 0.70 78% 16 1 6%
Eddie Watt 31 45.2 32% 1.1% 12.3% 10.7% 3.7% 23% 0.87 72% 39 1 3%
League Average 54% 1.7% 14.6% 8.4% 5.4% 25% 1.09 73% 11%
Team Total 58% 1.6% 14.4% 7.2% 4.9% 24% 0.99 75% 937 120 13%
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
Doyle Alexander 21 106.1 35 423 385 36 78 9 1 5 3 0 30 49 .203 .261 .270 .531 .219 104 7 1 5 2 8
*Mike Cuellar 35 248.1 35 989 896 78 197 39 4 21 6 8 71 132 .220 .276 .343 .619 .236 307 25 0 18 4 4
Pat Dobson 30 268.1 38 1065 980 89 220 30 3 13 13 8 69 161 .224 .277 .301 .578 .256 295 30 4 9 3 7
Roric Harrison 25 94.0 39 372 325 24 68 11 1 2 1 5 34 62 .209 .291 .268 .559 .252 87 8 4 8 1 9
*Grant Jackson 29 41.0 32 161 152 14 33 5 0 1 0 1 9 34 .217 .261 .270 .531 .274 41 2 0 0 0 0
Dave Leonhard 31 20.0 14 92 77 10 20 2 1 3 0 0 12 7 .260 .356 .429 .784 .250 33 0 0 2 1 0
*Dave McNally 29 241.0 36 979 890 85 220 31 8 15 7 14 68 120 .247 .301 .351 .652 .270 312 28 2 16 3 15
Jim Palmer 26 274.1 36 1094 1009 73 219 25 2 21 14 3 70 184 .217 .268 .308 .576 .245 311 16 1 10 4 1
Bob Reynolds 25 9.2 3 39 31 2 8 3 0 0 0 2 7 5 .258 .395 .355 .750 .308 11 2 0 1 0 2
*Mickey Scott 24 23.0 15 92 83 7 23 4 0 2 0 2 5 11 .277 .319 .398 .716 .292 33 1 1 1 2 0
Eddie Watt 31 45.2 38 187 157 12 30 3 2 2 0 1 20 23 .191 .286 .274 .560 .207 43 1 2 5 3 6
League Average .240 .307 .344 .651 .268
Team Total 321 5493 4985 430 1116 162 22 85 44 44 395 788 .224 .282 .316 .598 .249 1577 120 15 75 23 52
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
Doyle Alexander 21 106.1 35 9 2 4 3 0 4 3 6 .333 0 2 2 2 7 78% 59 88 39 9 5 3 4 3.3 3.1 6.8
*Mike Cuellar 35 248.1 35 35 18 12 5 3 5 20 15 .571 0 5 17 4 24 69% 60 85 30 14 2 18 8 3.7 3.7 7.1
Pat Dobson 30 268.1 38 36 16 17 3 2 10 17 19 .472 0 3 13 3 26 72% 60 87 30 17 9 21 5 2.9 2.9 7.3
Roric Harrison 25 94.0 39 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 42 59 24 13 3 0 2 3.5 4.5 4.0
*Dave McNally 29 241.0 36 36 13 17 6 1 7 15 21 .417 1 3 12 6 24 67% 56 85 20 13 5 20 6 2.9 2.8 6.7
Jim Palmer 26 274.1 36 36 21 10 5 0 3 24 12 .667 1 4 18 3 27 75% 64 82 26 15 5 19 5 4.1 4.1 7.6
League Average .499 61% 55 101 -3 3.5 3.4 6.6
Team Total 321 154 71 61 22 6 29 80 74 .519 2 17 62 18 109 71% 60 88 20 118 42 81 30 3.4 3.4 7.1
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
Doyle Alexander 21 106.1 35 26 16 4 4 3 2 1 67% 5 1 20 5 25% 8 1.041 10 9 6 6 5 15 12 14 13 6 15 3 5.2
Pat Dobson 30 268.1 38 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.064 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
Roric Harrison 25 94.0 39 37 14 2 3 5 4 1 80% 6 0 21 8 38% 7 0.959 10 17 10 6 4 27 12 25 26 6 27 2 7.0
*Grant Jackson 29 41.0 32 32 23 1 1 8 8 0 100% 9 0 27 5 19% 8 1.146 13 3 16 9 5 18 13 19 14 10 15 2 3.8
Dave Leonhard 31 20.0 14 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 3 27% 7 0.787 3 4 7 2 1 11 8 6 8 6 9 0 4.3
Bob Reynolds 25 9.2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 0.457 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 9.7
*Mickey Scott 24 23.0 15 15 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 12 6 50% 7 0.754 3 5 7 1 2 12 7 8 8 6 8 1 4.6
Eddie Watt 31 45.2 38 38 29 2 3 10 7 3 70% 10 0 32 15 47% 9 1.296 16 7 15 11 6 21 17 21 15 10 15 7 3.6
League Average 74% 33% 1.074 4.8
Team Total 321 167 92 9 13 27 21 6 78% 33 2 129 42 33% 1.060 57 47 62 35 24 108 72 95 89 44 94 15 4.9
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
Doyle Alexander 21 106.1 423 78 5 0 7 1 4 4 1 21 8 2 38% 9 7 0 136 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
*Mike Cuellar 35 248.1 989 197 21 0 18 19 2 9 12 30 12 6 40% 13 3 2 319 6 8 43% 5 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 11 0
Pat Dobson 30 268.1 1065 220 13 0 9 5 8 9 4 36 21 2 58% 13 6 1 367 13 8 62% 13 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
Roric Harrison 25 94.0 372 68 2 0 10 1 1 0 2 18 8 2 44% 0 8 0 125 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 11 0
*Grant Jackson 29 41.0 161 33 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 0% 1 0 0 61 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Dave Leonhard 31 20.0 92 20 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 3 0 100% 0 1 1 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
*Dave McNally 29 241.0 979 220 15 1 17 15 0 3 12 53 16 8 30% 14 1 0 341 7 14 33% 7 10 0 1 0 3 7 5 5 0
Jim Palmer 26 274.1 1094 219 21 0 18 10 11 11 10 41 15 12 37% 11 4 1 363 14 3 82% 13 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
Bob Reynolds 25 9.2 39 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0% 0 0 0 21 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Mickey Scott 24 23.0 92 23 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 38 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Eddie Watt 31 45.2 187 30 2 1 8 2 0 0 2 16 10 1 63% 0 5 1 67 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
League Average 47% 62%
Team Total 5493 1116 85 3 96 54 31 40 45 228 95 37 42% 61 35 6 1882 44 44 50% 41 38 3 2 0 4 19 9 85 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
Doyle Alexander 21 6 5 .545 3.38 104.0 93 43 39 6 36 48 1 1.240 8.0 3.1 4.2 1.33 0.5 35 35
*Mike Cuellar 35 15 11 .577 3.54 239.0 233 104 94 25 84 127 0 1.326 8.8 3.2 4.8 1.51 0.9 35 35
Pat Dobson 30 15 13 .536 3.64 257.0 256 116 104 15 80 154 5 1.307 9.0 2.8 5.4 1.93 0.5 38 38
Roric Harrison 25 6 3 .667 3.13 89.0 78 34 31 2 39 59 5 1.315 7.9 3.9 6.0 1.51 0.2 39 39
*Grant Jackson 29 2 2 .500 3.69 39.0 39 18 16 1 11 32 0 1.282 9.0 2.5 7.4 2.91 0.2 32 32
Dave Leonhard 31 1 1 .500 6.63 19.0 24 16 14 4 14 7 0 2.000 11.4 6.6 3.3 0.50 1.9 14 14
*Dave McNally 29 12 13 .480 4.09 229.0 256 116 104 17 79 114 2 1.463 10.1 3.1 4.5 1.44 0.7 36 36
Jim Palmer 26 19 10 .655 2.80 267.0 258 92 83 25 82 179 1 1.273 8.7 2.8 6.0 2.18 0.8 36 36
Bob Reynolds 25 0 0 3.38 8.0 9 3 3 0 8 4 0 2.125 10.1 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 3 3
*Mickey Scott 24 1 1 .500 3.86 21.0 27 10 9 2 6 10 1 1.571 11.6 2.6 4.3 1.67 0.9 15 15
Eddie Watt 31 2 2 .500 3.07 44.0 36 17 15 2 24 22 2 1.364 7.4 4.9 4.5 0.92 0.4 38 38
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+
Doyle Alexander 21 2 12 14 .462 3.08 52 21 16 6 2 2 198.2 183 81 68 11 48 8 79 2 1 8 818 103 1.163 8.3 0.5 2.2 3.6 1.65 103
*Mike Cuellar 35 10 127 81 .611 2.92 313 247 29 116 23 10 1905.1 1653 722 619 149 515 44 1246 7 5 31 7722 116 1.138 7.8 0.7 2.4 5.9 2.42 116
Pat Dobson 30 6 61 61 .500 3.08 240 127 46 42 9 18 1081.0 952 426 370 94 324 34 724 15 1 26 4435 111 1.180 7.9 0.8 2.7 6.0 2.23 111
Roric Harrison 25 1 3 4 .429 2.30 39 2 14 0 0 4 94.0 68 24 24 2 34 9 62 4 0 8 372 135 1.085 6.5 0.2 3.3 5.9 1.82 135
*Grant Jackson 29 8 28 47 .373 3.81 215 79 55 15 4 11 682.0 676 333 289 52 253 21 516 10 4 21 2929 93 1.362 8.9 0.7 3.3 6.8 2.04 93
Dave Leonhard 31 6 16 14 .533 3.15 117 29 24 7 4 5 337.0 287 125 118 32 150 14 146 4 4 10 1403 104 1.297 7.7 0.9 4.0 3.9 0.97 104
*Dave McNally 29 11 148 86 .632 3.13 335 309 6 90 25 1 2127.2 1893 808 739 187 628 40 1278 55 4 47 8715 108 1.185 8.0 0.8 2.7 5.4 2.04 108
Jim Palmer 26 7 100 48 .676 2.72 204 180 8 74 18 1 1391.2 1129 463 420 105 507 14 935 9 7 42 5693 125 1.176 7.3 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.84 125
Bob Reynolds 25 3 0 1 .000 5.62 11 1 3 0 0 0 24.0 30 18 15 2 19 3 15 1 0 1 113 60 2.042 11.3 0.8 7.1 5.6 0.79 60
*Mickey Scott 24 1 0 1 .000 2.74 15 0 6 0 0 0 23.0 23 7 7 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 92 113 1.217 9.0 0.8 2.0 4.3 2.20 113
Eddie Watt 31 7 34 30 .531 2.66 333 13 206 1 0 69 544.1 415 187 161 26 199 31 395 19 1 32 2220 124 1.128 6.9 0.4 3.3 6.5 1.98 124
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.


1971 / 1973 Pitching Statistics