As part of a loaded team, Cuellar would have the best season of his life with a 23-11 record, a 2.38 ERA and a 1.005 WHIP. He would co-win the Cy Young with Detroit's Denny McClain. Cuellar had a strange 1970, as he led the American League in Wins (24) and Complete Games (21), but his ERA inflated to 3.48, and he led the AL in Earned Runs, and Home Runs allowed. Regardless, he helped anchor Baltimore to a World Series Championship that year, and his imperfections were hidden in plain sight, especially since he always did enough to gain the "W."
Over the next five seasons (1971-74), he would win at least 18 Games, with two of those years again seeing the Cuban eclipse the 20 mark. His end with Baltimore was unceremonious, as his play dramatically fell off in 1976, and he would be released that year.
Should this rank appear low, Cuellar's 143-88 record was good, but he had a lot of offensive support, and his bWAR of 17.1 over 290 Games is average and not outstanding. At no time as an Oriole, did he ever finish in the top ten in bWAR for Pitchers, and his atrocious .108 Batting Average doesn't help either.
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