In 1973, the AL ERA was 3.82 (FIP 3.81). Catfish Hunter, pitching in arguably the best pitcher's park in the league, had a FIP of 4.40: 39 HR, 69 BB, just 124 K in 2.56.1 IP. Catfish went 21-5, 3.33 ERA & finished 3d in the Cy Young voting.
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Amazingly, however, there was one other AL starting pitcher in the 1971-75 period who got even more help from his defense than Catfish did: https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/xSYAs
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