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1973 Baltimore Orioles Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
97-65, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 754 runs, Allowed 561 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-60
Manager: Earl Weaver (97-65)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 958,667 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to Oakland Athletics
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1972 / 1974 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 27 22 9 .710 2.40 38 37 1 19 6 1 296.1 225 86 79 16 113 5 158 3 0 7 1190 156 1.141 6.8 0.5 3.4 4.8 1.40
2 SP Mike Cuellar* 36 18 13 .581 3.27 38 38 0 17 2 0 267.0 265 120 97 29 84 2 140 0 0 8 1127 115 1.307 8.9 1.0 2.8 4.7 1.67
3 SP Dave McNally* 30 17 17 .500 3.21 38 38 0 17 4 0 266.0 247 100 95 16 81 6 87 5 1 5 1083 117 1.233 8.4 0.5 2.7 2.9 1.07
4 SP Doyle Alexander 22 12 8 .600 3.86 29 26 2 10 0 0 174.2 169 85 75 19 52 5 63 7 0 3 726 97 1.265 8.7 1.0 2.7 3.2 1.21
5 SP Jesse Jefferson 24 6 5 .545 4.11 18 15 2 3 0 0 100.2 104 53 46 15 46 1 52 0 0 8 439 91 1.490 9.3 1.3 4.1 4.6 1.13
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
6 CL Bob Reynolds 26 7 5 .583 1.95 42 1 28 0 0 9 111.0 88 27 24 3 31 6 77 0 0 3 443 193 1.072 7.1 0.2 2.5 6.2 2.48
7 RP Grant Jackson* 30 8 0 1.000 1.90 45 0 33 0 0 9 80.1 54 18 17 5 24 4 47 0 0 1 305 197 0.971 6.0 0.6 2.7 5.3 1.96
8 RP Eddie Watt 32 3 4 .429 3.30 30 0 18 0 0 5 71.0 62 26 26 8 21 5 38 2 0 1 290 114 1.169 7.9 1.0 2.7 4.8 1.81
9 RP Orlando Pena 39 1 1 .500 4.03 11 2 5 0 0 1 44.2 36 20 20 10 8 1 23 2 0 0 177 93 0.985 7.3 2.0 1.6 4.6 2.88
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 Don Hood* 23 3 2 .600 3.90 8 4 3 1 1 1 32.1 31 17 14 1 6 0 18 1 0 1 132 96 1.144 8.6 0.3 1.7 5.0 3.00
11 Wayne Garland 22 0 1 .000 3.94 4 1 2 0 0 0 16.0 14 8 7 1 7 0 10 0 0 0 68 95 1.313 7.9 0.6 3.9 5.6 1.43
12 Mickey Scott* 25 0 0 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 69 2.400 10.8 5.4 10.8 10.8 1.00
Team Totals 28.9 97 65 .599 3.08 162 162 95 67 13 26 1461.2 1297 561 501 124 475 35 715 20 1 37 5989 121 1.212 8.0 0.8 2.9 4.4 1.51
Rank in 12 AL teams 1 12 1 2 5 10 2 1 1 1 7 2 9852
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 22 174.2 42% 2.6% 8.7% 7.2% 6.9% 30% 1.31 80% 130 23 18%
*Mike Cuellar 36 267.0 77% 2.6% 12.4% 7.5% 7.2% 31% 1.05 76% 193 20 10%
Wayne Garland 22 16.0 29% 1.5% 14.7% 10.3% 8.8% 43% 1.00 72% 13 1 8%
*Don Hood 23 32.1 89% 0.8% 13.6% 4.6% 5.3% 23% 1.26 78% 30 5 17%
*Grant Jackson 30 80.1 68% 1.6% 15.4% 7.9% 3.9% 22% 0.73 73% 61 11 18%
Jesse Jefferson 24 100.2 46% 3.4% 11.9% 10.5% 5.7% 24% 1.03 74% 81 12 15%
*Dave McNally 30 266.0 85% 1.5% 8.0% 7.5% 5.5% 24% 1.36 82% 188 31 16%
Jim Palmer 27 296.1 47% 1.3% 13.3% 9.5% 5.1% 27% 0.87 75% 190 23 12%
Orlando Pena 39 44.2 52% 5.7% 13.0% 4.5% 7.9% 39% 1.18 76% 20 2 10%
Bob Reynolds 26 111.0 38% 0.7% 17.4% 7.0% 5.0% 25% 1.03 74% 85 8 9%
*Mickey Scott 25 1.2 78% 11.1% 22.2% 22.2% 11.1% 50% 0.50 44% 3 0 0%
Eddie Watt 32 71.0 33% 2.8% 13.1% 7.2% 7.9% 37% 1.04 75% 30 7 23%
League Average 55% 2.1% 13.1% 9.0% 6.3% 27% 1.09 74% 11%
Team Total 59% 2.1% 11.9% 7.9% 6.0% 28% 1.08 77% 1024 143 14%
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 22 174.2 29 726 655 85 169 27 4 19 5 4 52 63 .258 .317 .398 .716 .260 261 23 7 7 5 5
*Mike Cuellar 36 267.0 38 1127 1028 120 265 49 3 29 11 10 84 140 .258 .313 .396 .709 .274 407 20 0 12 3 2
Wayne Garland 22 16.0 4 68 60 8 14 4 1 1 3 0 7 10 .233 .313 .383 .697 .265 23 1 0 1 0 0
*Don Hood 23 32.1 8 132 121 17 31 6 0 1 1 0 6 18 .256 .295 .331 .625 .291 40 5 1 3 1 0
*Grant Jackson 30 80.1 45 305 273 18 54 6 1 5 3 5 24 47 .198 .260 .282 .542 .219 77 11 0 5 3 4
Jesse Jefferson 24 100.2 18 439 389 53 104 7 3 15 7 2 46 52 .267 .342 .416 .758 .273 162 12 0 0 4 1
*Dave McNally 30 266.0 38 1083 983 100 247 39 4 16 10 12 81 87 .251 .310 .348 .658 .261 342 31 5 9 5 6
Jim Palmer 27 296.1 38 1190 1064 86 225 36 9 16 16 10 113 158 .211 .288 .307 .595 .234 327 23 3 5 5 5
Orlando Pena 39 44.2 11 177 165 20 36 2 2 10 4 2 8 23 .218 .260 .436 .696 .194 72 2 2 0 2 1
Bob Reynolds 26 111.0 42 443 402 27 88 17 2 3 4 6 31 77 .219 .272 .294 .565 .260 118 8 0 5 5 6
*Mickey Scott 25 1.2 1 9 7 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .714 1.159 .250 5 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Watt 32 71.0 30 290 264 26 62 13 2 8 6 3 21 38 .235 .296 .390 .686 .248 103 7 2 3 0 5
League Average .261 .330 .385 .715 .283
Team Total 302 5989 5411 561 1297 206 31 124 70 54 475 715 .240 .302 .358 .660 .255 1937 143 20 50 33 35
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 22 174.2 29 26 11 8 7 1 2 15 11 .577 1 4 10 0 15 58% 50 87 22 20 10 8 11 6.2 5.9 6.4
*Mike Cuellar 36 267.0 38 38 18 13 7 4 6 24 14 .632 0 3 17 2 21 55% 54 85 27 27 6 20 8 4.7 4.4 7.0
Wayne Garland 22 16.0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53 53 53 2 1 0 1 2.0 1.5 7.0
*Don Hood 23 32.1 8 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 1 1 1 25% 45 85 25 6 4 2 2 3.2 3.2 5.2
Jesse Jefferson 24 100.2 18 15 5 5 5 0 0 8 7 .533 2 2 3 0 7 47% 48 74 30 18 9 7 6 4.9 5.2 6.2
*Dave McNally 30 266.0 38 38 17 17 4 2 9 20 18 .526 2 1 17 4 25 66% 54 83 17 36 14 21 7 3.8 3.9 7.0
Jim Palmer 27 296.1 38 37 22 9 6 2 3 26 11 .703 1 1 19 6 27 73% 62 87 21 19 9 22 5 4.7 4.8 8.0
Orlando Pena 39 44.2 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 58 60 55 5 2 1 1 2.5 1.8 6.7
Bob Reynolds 26 111.0 42 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 51 51 51 20 4 0 1 5.8 1.8 5.0
League Average .494 49% 50 100 7 4.3 4.3 6.5
Team Total 302 162 74 56 32 9 22 97 65 .599 7 13 67 13 98 60% 54 87 17 180 67 81 42 4.7 4.6 7.0
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 22 174.2 29 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0.887 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 1 8.7
Wayne Garland 22 16.0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.793 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 9.0
*Don Hood 23 32.1 8 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 4 57% 3 0.980 2 2 0 1 0 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 8.8
*Grant Jackson 30 80.1 45 45 33 8 0 11 9 2 82% 16 3 57 16 28% 8 1.227 24 7 14 19 9 17 36 9 28 12 30 10 5.4
Jesse Jefferson 24 100.2 18 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 1.016 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 1 8.3
Jim Palmer 27 296.1 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 0.968 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Orlando Pena 39 44.2 11 9 5 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 17 8 47% 3 0.834 4 4 1 3 0 6 8 1 7 2 7 0 10.4
Bob Reynolds 26 111.0 42 41 28 7 5 12 9 3 75% 15 3 60 26 43% 7 1.152 18 11 12 19 5 17 33 8 30 11 32 7 7.8
*Mickey Scott 25 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.007 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
Eddie Watt 32 71.0 30 30 18 3 4 7 5 2 71% 10 2 35 12 34% 8 0.958 14 4 11 10 5 15 22 8 19 6 21 2 7.1
League Average 73% 35% 1.008 6.2
Team Total 302 140 95 23 9 34 26 8 76% 45 8 183 68 37% 1.001 63 32 44 54 19 67 108 32 96 32 102 21 7.1
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
Doyle Alexander 22 174.2 726 169 19 0 9 10 9 10 9 37 18 0 49% 13 3 0 250 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
*Mike Cuellar 36 267.0 1127 265 29 0 11 22 7 11 18 42 17 5 40% 19 8 0 416 11 10 52% 9 9 2 0 0 1 5 2 13 0
Wayne Garland 22 16.0 68 14 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 33% 1 0 1 24 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
*Don Hood 23 32.1 132 31 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 8 4 2 50% 2 1 0 56 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
*Grant Jackson 30 80.1 305 54 5 0 9 4 1 4 1 20 9 2 45% 4 1 0 128 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0
Jesse Jefferson 24 100.2 439 104 15 0 8 9 6 9 6 21 12 1 57% 8 8 1 164 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
*Dave McNally 30 266.0 1083 247 16 0 23 14 2 9 7 52 24 10 46% 8 5 1 350 10 12 45% 8 12 2 0 0 0 9 4 16 0
Jim Palmer 27 296.1 1190 225 16 0 19 13 3 6 10 47 17 7 36% 12 7 2 391 16 10 62% 16 9 0 0 0 1 2 1 20 0
Orlando Pena 39 44.2 177 36 10 0 3 3 7 3 7 4 3 1 75% 2 0 0 47 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bob Reynolds 26 111.0 443 88 3 0 17 2 1 2 1 26 15 2 58% 9 3 1 169 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 11 0
*Mickey Scott 25 1.2 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Watt 32 71.0 290 62 8 0 2 8 0 5 3 12 3 1 25% 3 1 2 107 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
League Average 50% 62%
Team Total 5989 1297 124 0 103 88 36 60 64 272 123 33 45% 81 37 8 2108 70 54 56% 63 51 7 1 0 2 26 10 98 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 22 7 10 .412 4.67 162.0 179 93 84 20 55 58 7 1.444 9.9 3.1 3.2 1.05 1.1 29 29
*Mike Cuellar 36 14 13 .519 3.91 251.0 283 121 109 31 90 132 0 1.486 10.1 3.2 4.7 1.47 1.1 38 38
Wayne Garland 22 0 1 .000 4.20 15.0 15 8 7 1 8 9 0 1.533 9.0 4.8 5.4 1.13 0.6 4 4
*Don Hood 23 1 2 .333 4.65 31.0 33 18 16 1 6 17 1 1.258 9.6 1.7 4.9 2.83 0.3 8 8
*Grant Jackson 30 6 2 .750 2.43 74.0 57 22 20 5 25 43 0 1.108 6.9 3.0 5.2 1.72 0.6 45 45
Jesse Jefferson 24 4 6 .400 4.94 93.0 111 57 51 16 49 48 0 1.720 10.7 4.7 4.6 0.98 1.5 18 18
*Dave McNally 30 14 13 .519 3.95 244.0 260 119 107 17 85 80 5 1.414 9.6 3.1 3.0 0.94 0.6 38 38
Jim Palmer 27 20 10 .667 2.90 276.0 238 99 89 17 120 147 3 1.297 7.8 3.9 4.8 1.23 0.6 38 38
Orlando Pena 39 7 4 .636 3.32 103.0 102 42 38 14 23 59 2 1.214 8.9 2.0 5.2 2.57 1.2 53 53
Bob Reynolds 26 8 3 .727 2.29 106.0 93 30 27 3 33 74 0 1.189 7.9 2.8 6.3 2.24 0.3 42 42
*Mickey Scott 25 1 1 .500 5.40 25.0 30 17 15 4 11 13 2 1.640 10.8 4.0 4.7 1.18 1.4 23 23
Eddie Watt 32 3 4 .429 4.09 66.0 67 33 30 9 23 35 2 1.364 9.1 3.1 4.8 1.52 1.2 30 30
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 22 3 24 22 .522 3.45 81 47 18 16 2 2 373.1 352 166 143 30 100 13 142 9 1 11 1544 100 1.211 8.5 0.7 2.4 3.4 1.42 100
*Mike Cuellar 36 11 145 94 .607 2.97 351 285 29 133 25 10 2172.1 1918 842 716 178 599 46 1386 7 5 39 8849 115 1.159 7.9 0.7 2.5 5.7 2.31 115
Wayne Garland 22 1 0 1 .000 3.94 4 1 2 0 0 0 16.0 14 8 7 1 7 0 10 0 0 0 68 95 1.313 7.9 0.6 3.9 5.6 1.43 95
*Don Hood 23 1 3 2 .600 3.90 8 4 3 1 1 1 32.1 31 17 14 1 6 0 18 1 0 1 132 96 1.144 8.6 0.3 1.7 5.0 3.00 96
*Grant Jackson 30 9 36 47 .434 3.61 260 79 88 15 4 20 762.1 730 351 306 57 277 25 563 10 4 22 3234 99 1.321 8.6 0.7 3.3 6.6 2.03 99
Jesse Jefferson 24 1 6 5 .545 4.11 18 15 2 3 0 0 100.2 104 53 46 15 46 1 52 0 0 8 439 91 1.490 9.3 1.3 4.1 4.6 1.13 91
*Dave McNally 30 12 165 103 .616 3.14 373 347 6 107 29 1 2393.2 2140 908 834 203 709 46 1365 60 5 52 9798 109 1.190 8.0 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.93 109
Jim Palmer 27 8 122 57 .682 2.66 242 217 9 93 24 2 1688.0 1354 549 499 121 620 19 1093 12 7 49 6883 130 1.169 7.2 0.6 3.3 5.8 1.76 130
Orlando Pena 39 12 51 73 .411 3.79 374 93 122 21 4 36 1136.1 1111 531 479 151 323 38 786 27 5 29 4806 100 1.262 8.8 1.2 2.6 6.2 2.43 100
Bob Reynolds 26 4 7 6 .538 2.60 53 2 31 0 0 9 135.0 118 45 39 5 50 9 92 1 0 4 556 142 1.244 7.9 0.3 3.3 6.1 1.84 142
*Mickey Scott 25 2 1 3 .250 4.07 38 0 13 0 0 0 48.2 52 22 22 6 16 0 24 3 0 0 209 85 1.397 9.6 1.1 3.0 4.4 1.50 85
Eddie Watt 32 8 37 34 .521 2.74 363 13 224 1 0 74 615.1 477 213 187 34 220 36 433 21 1 33 2510 123 1.133 7.0 0.5 3.2 6.3 1.97 123
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.


1972 / 1974 Pitching Statistics