lowest earned run average as an al pitcher in 1973

Jim Palmer had the best ERA in the AL in 1973, with an ERA of 2.40.

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lowest earned run average with a minimum of 1 IP per team game as an al pitcher in 1973

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.40	1973	BAL	38	22	9	.710	37	158	19	6	1	296.1	225	79	86	16	113	3	1	5	1,190	7	4.80	3.43	1.40	0.49	13.3	9.5	1.14	.232	2.61	65	3.37	91	6.83	10.3
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.52	1973	MIN	40	20	17	.541	40	258	25	9	0	325.0	296	91	109	16	67	9	0	4	1,321	7	7.14	1.86	3.85	0.44	19.5	5.1	1.12	.288	3.02	63	2.31	58	8.20	57.6
3	Bill Lee B. Lee	2.75	1973	BOS	38	17	11	.607	33	120	18	1	1	284.2	275	87	100	20	76	5	1	2	1,173	3	3.79	2.40	1.58	0.63	10.2	6.5	1.23	.268	3.16	68	3.48	86	8.69	17.2
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.87	1973	CAL	41	21	16	.568	39	383	26	4	1	326.0	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	10.57	4.47	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
5	Doc Medich D. Medich	2.95	1973	NYY	34	14	9	.609	32	145	11	3	0	235.0	217	77	84	20	74	3	2	6	991	7	5.55	2.83	1.96	0.77	14.6	7.5	1.24	.263	3.22	80	3.41	93	8.31	6.9
6	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	2.97	1973	OAK	40	21	13	.618	40	157	16	4	0	297.1	275	98	109	22	66	4	0	5	1,210	12	4.75	2.00	2.38	0.67	13.0	5.5	1.15	.263	3.30	83	3.17	89	8.32	13.1
7	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	3.07	1973	NYY	38	16	16	.500	38	95	19	4	0	273.0	259	93	112	13	79	5	0	3	1,122	5	3.13	2.60	1.20	0.43	8.5	7.0	1.24	.265	3.69	83	3.40	92	8.54	8.4
8	Jim Colborn J. Colborn	3.18	1973	MIL	43	20	12	.625	36	135	22	4	1	314.1	297	111	133	21	87	3	2	5	1,287	6	3.87	2.49	1.55	0.60	10.5	6.8	1.22	.265	3.81	83	3.43	90	8.50	13
9	Dave McNally D. McNally	3.21	1973	BAL	38	17	17	.500	38	87	17	4	0	266.0	247	95	100	16	81	5	0	6	1,083	5	2.94	2.74	1.07	0.54	8.0	7.5	1.23	.258	3.38	87	3.66	99	8.36	0.5
10	Bill Singer B. Singer	3.22	1973	CAL	40	20	14	.588	40	241	19	2	0	315.2	280	113	124	15	130	9	0	5	1,348	7	6.87	3.71	1.85	0.43	17.9	9.6	1.30	.278	3.54	90	2.97	83	7.98	21.4
11	Terry Forster T. Forster	3.23	1973	CWS	51	6	11	.353	12	120	4	0	16	172.2	174	62	69	7	78	0	29	6	744	6	6.25	4.07	1.54	0.36	16.1	10.5	1.46	.310	3.60	83	3.05	79	9.07	15.7
12	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	3.24	1973	TEX	26	9	10	.474	23	155	11	2	1	180.1	121	65	73	14	106	6	1	4	753	10	7.74	5.29	1.46	0.70	20.6	14.1	1.26	.227	3.64	86	3.71	99	6.04	0.9
13	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.27	1973	BAL	38	18	13	.581	38	140	17	2	0	267.0	265	97	120	29	84	0	0	2	1,127	8	4.72	2.83	1.67	0.98	12.4	7.5	1.31	.270	4.04	88	3.86	105	8.93	-5.9
14	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.28	1973	OAK	37	20	9	.690	37	158	13	4	0	263.2	214	96	108	26	105	4	0	2	1,083	15	5.39	3.58	1.50	0.89	14.6	9.7	1.21	.238	3.69	91	3.88	109	7.30	-10.6
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.34	1973	OAK	36	21	5	.808	36	124	11	3	0	256.1	222	95	105	39	69	1	0	1	1,040	2	4.35	2.42	1.80	1.37	11.9	6.6	1.14	.227	3.69	93	4.39	123	7.79	-25.6
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	3.34	1973	BOS	35	20	13	.606	35	206	23	0	0	272.0	217	101	105	32	78	7	0	3	1,096	2	6.82	2.58	2.64	1.06	18.8	7.1	1.08	.239	3.47	83	3.51	87	7.18	15.6
17	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.38	1973	CLE	41	19	19	.500	41	238	29	7	0	344.0	315	129	143	34	115	5	0	9	1,410	17	6.23	3.01	2.07	0.89	16.9	8.2	1.25	.276	3.74	87	3.51	90	8.24	14.2
18	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	3.46	1973	CWS	49	24	20	.545	48	199	21	4	0	359.1	381	138	166	25	91	7	1	3	1,531	7	4.98	2.28	2.19	0.63	13.0	5.9	1.31	.294	4.16	89	3.17	82	9.54	27.9
19	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	3.53	1973	DET	40	23	15	.605	40	202	13	2	0	288.1	283	113	125	32	93	10	0	2	1,219	6	6.31	2.90	2.17	1.00	16.6	7.6	1.30	.285	3.90	90	3.67	94	8.83	8
20	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	3.57	1973	CWS	42	18	21	.462	42	120	14	4	0	282.1	290	112	128	20	117	5	0	2	1,218	10	3.83	3.73	1.03	0.64	9.9	9.6	1.44	.282	4.08	92	3.92	101	9.24	-1.2
21	John Curtis J. Curtis	3.58	1973	BOS	35	13	13	.500	30	101	10	4	0	221.1	225	88	103	24	83	2	3	10	946	3	4.11	3.38	1.22	0.98	10.7	8.8	1.39	.273	4.19	88	4.21	104	9.15	-3.5
22	Clyde Wright C. Wright	3.68	1973	CAL	37	11	19	.367	36	65	13	1	0	257.0	273	105	120	26	76	3	1	0	1,102	4	2.28	2.66	0.86	0.91	5.9	6.9	1.36	.265	4.20	103	4.29	120	9.56	-22.7
23	Jim Slaton J. Slaton	3.71	1973	MIL	38	13	15	.464	38	134	13	3	0	276.1	266	114	127	30	99	1	0	4	1,170	11	4.36	3.22	1.35	0.98	11.5	8.5	1.32	.260	4.14	97	4.08	108	8.66	-8.8
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.82	1973	DET	42	16	15	.516	42	214	17	3	0	308.2	315	131	143	35	79	5	0	7	1,286	12	6.24	2.30	2.71	1.02	16.6	6.1	1.28	.294	4.17	97	3.46	88	9.18	15.5
25	Doyle Alexander D. Alexander	3.86	1973	BAL	29	12	8	.600	26	63	10	0	0	174.2	169	75	85	19	52	7	2	5	726	3	3.25	2.68	1.21	0.98	8.7	7.2	1.27	.256	4.38	104	4.26	116	8.71	-11.9

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