Sunday May 14, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 14, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       16   5  1.86   21   5  10   208   146   51   43   13   53  113
Cleveland       14   8  2.35   22   8   6   203   145   57   53    9   74  144
Detroit         13   8  2.49   21   8   5   184   136   59   51   11   72  127
Milwaukee        6  14  2.72   20   2   5   192   160   69   58    6   84  112
New York         8  14  2.76   22   3   4   189   182   78   58   11   62   92
Kansas City      9  15  2.76   24   5   2   212   201   70   65   14   59   92
Oakland         13   7  2.77   20   4   7   185   156   63   57   20   40   89
Chicago         13   9  2.81   22   7   5   195   172   70   61    9   62  138
Baltimore       11  11  3.05   22   8   3   186   166   69   63   12   47   92
Texas           10  13  3.47   23   2   7   202   183   89   78   11   81  124
Boston           8  12  3.91   20   1   6   177   189   97   77   14   74  125
California       9  14  3.92   23   5   3   200   174   97   87    8   96  146

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche (MIN)     1   1  1.14  11   0   0   5   0   24   15    5    3    1    8   15
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      4   3  1.24   7   7   4   0   2   51   27    8    7    1   20   37
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      5   2  1.43   8   8   4   0   3   63   45   12   10    3   11   43
Pete Broberg (TEX)     2   2  1.43   5   5   2   0   1   38   25    9    6    0   19   19
Jim Kaat (MIN)         4   0  1.50   4   4   1   0   0   30   22    6    5    4    4   17
Dave McNally (BAL)     4   2  1.52   6   6   4   0   4   47   35    8    8    1    8   19
Jim Perry (MIN)        3   1  1.56   5   5   1   0   1   35   27    8    6    2   12    9
Tom Timmerman (DET)    2   2  1.56   6   5   1   0   1   35   15    8    6    3   13   18
Al Fitzmorris (KC)     0   2  1.64   4   1   0   0   0   22   18    5    4    2    6    7
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    6   2  1.99   9   8   4   1   1   68   51   16   15    2   20   47

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave McNally           4   2  1.52   6   6   4   0   4   47   35    8    8    1    8   19
Doyle Alexander        1   0  1.69   5   0   0   1   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    2
Mickey Scott           0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    0    1    1
Roric Harrison         0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    0    2    4
Jim Palmer             2   3  3.12   5   5   1   0   0   35   31   14   12    4    9   25
Pat Dobson             3   3  3.25   6   6   2   0   1   44   39   17   16    3   11   23
Mike Cuellar           1   3  3.58   5   5   1   0   0   28   30   13   11    2    9    8
Eddie Watt             0   0  4.50   6   0   0   2   0    6    6    4    3    1    3    4
Dave Leonhard          0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    4    1    2    3
Grant Jackson          0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    5    5    0    1    3

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Tatum              0   1  0.87   8   0   0   3   0   10    3    2    1    1    6    7
Ray Culp               2   3  2.70   5   5   1   0   0   37   34   12   11    2   14   22
Gary Peters            1   0  3.14   6   0   0   0   0   14   17    8    5    1   10   15
Lew Krausse            1   0  3.15   5   3   0   1   0   20   19    8    7    2    6    9
Bill Lee               2   1  3.55   7   0   0   2   0   13   11    6    5    1    3   12
Sonny Siebert          2   1  3.86   5   5   0   0   0   33   39   22   14    2    9   21
Luis Tiant             0   1  4.91   5   2   0   0   0   15   13    9    8    0   12   11
Roger Moret            0   0  6.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    2    0    3    3
Marty Pattin           0   4  6.18   6   5   0   0   0   28   39   21   19    4    8   20
Bobby Bolin            0   1  8.44   4   0   0   0   0    5    9    6    5    1    3    5

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Doyle             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    3    4
Lloyd Allen            0   1  2.35   8   0   0   2   0   15   10    5    4    0    8   11
Eddie Fisher           1   0  2.70   9   0   0   0   0   17   14    5    5    2    4    7
Clyde Wright           2   2  2.93   5   5   1   0   0   31   31   14   10    1    7   15
Nolan Ryan             2   2  3.00   5   5   2   0   2   27   15   10    9    1   16   34
Rickey Clark           2   3  3.86   5   5   0   0   0   30   25   14   13    1   15   18
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.12   6   6   2   0   2   44   35   22   20    2   21   34
Tom Murphy             0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   10   13    6    6    0    8    2
Rudy May               0   2  6.75   5   2   0   1   0   12   13    9    9    0    5   12
Mel Queen              0   0  8.25   6   0   0   0   0   12   16   12   11    1    9    9

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Kealey           1   0  0.00   6   0   0   2   0    6    2    0    0    0    0    7
Vicente Romo           0   0  1.29   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    1    1    5
Terry Forster          0   0  1.38   7   0   0   2   0   13   12    3    2    0    8   12
Rich Gossage           0   0  1.42   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    4    1    0    4    4
Wilbur Wood            5   2  1.43   8   8   4   0   3   63   45   12   10    3   11   43
Tom Bradley            4   1  3.09   7   7   2   0   1   44   40   16   15    2   12   30
Stan Bahnsen           3   4  3.80   7   7   1   0   0   43   45   19   18    2   14   26
Dave Lemonds           0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    0    3    4
Bart Johnson           0   2  8.22   6   0   0   1   0    8   10    8    7    0    5    6
Jim Geddes             0   0 19.29   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    5    5    1    4    1

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vince Colbert          0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    7    0    0    0    0    5    4
Steve Hargan           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    0
Milt Wilcox            4   3  1.24   7   7   4   0   2   51   27    8    7    1   20   37
Ed Farmer              0   0  1.86   6   0   0   1   0   10    4    2    2    1    5    5
Gaylord Perry          6   2  1.99   9   8   4   1   1   68   51   16   15    2   20   47
Ray Lamb               1   0  2.25   4   0   0   0   0   12   10    3    3    0    4    9
Dick Tidrow            3   2  3.24   7   7   0   0   0   42   32   16   15    2   14   29
Denny Riddleberger     0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    1    1    4
Steve Mingori          0   1  8.31   8   0   0   4   0    9   15    9    8    2    4    9

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Niekro             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Ron Perranoski         0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    1    0
Tom Timmerman          2   2  1.56   6   5   1   0   1   35   15    8    6    3   13   18
Mickey Lolich          6   1  2.05   7   7   6   0   0   61   51   15   14    1   15   47
Joe Coleman            5   2  2.36   7   7   1   0   0   50   34   15   13    4   25   43
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.77   8   0   0   4   0   13   10    5    4    0    5    8
Phil Meeler            0   1  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    1    0    1    1
Les Cain               0   1  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    1    4    5
Chuck Seelbach         0   1  4.50   7   1   0   1   0   10    7    5    5    1    7    4
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Bob Strampe            0   0 54.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    5    4    4    0    1    1

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ted Abernathy          0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    1    0    0    3    4
Tom Murphy             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Al Fitzmorris          0   2  1.64   4   1   0   0   0   22   18    5    4    2    6    7
Tom Burgmeier          2   1  1.69  10   0   0   1   0   11    9    2    2    0    3    5
Dick Drago             2   2  2.35   6   6   2   0   1   46   44   12   12    3   10   26
Paul Splittorff        2   3  2.79   6   6   3   0   1   39   33   13   12    3   10   13
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Mike Hedlund           0   3  3.42   4   4   0   0   0   26   24   11   10    4   11    6
Bruce Dal Canton       2   2  3.72   6   4   0   1   0   29   28   13   12    1    5   19
Jim Rooker             1   0  4.05   3   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    0    3    4
Roger Nelson           0   1  4.91   6   0   0   0   0    4    7    2    2    1    3    1

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Bell             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1
Ken Sanders            0   0  0.00   7   0   0   4   0   16   10    0    0    0    2   11
Earl Stephenson        0   0  0.00   8   0   0   0   0   16   11    0    0    0    5    6
Frank Linzy            0   0  1.65   8   0   0   0   0   16   12    5    3    0    8    5
Jim Lonborg            0   1  1.83   5   2   1   1   0   20   20    6    4    1   10   10
Jim Colborn            1   0  1.96   8   0   0   0   0   18   17    5    4    1    8   11
Ken Brett              2   3  3.13   5   5   1   0   1   32   21   12   11    1    7   18
Skip Lockwood          0   3  3.38   5   3   0   0   0   16   15    9    6    1   13   20
Jim Slaton             1   5  4.71   6   5   0   0   0   29   28   16   15    1   18   12
Bill Parsons           2   2  4.88   6   5   0   0   0   28   26   16   15    1   12   18

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Gebhard            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    2    1
Wayne Granger          0   0  0.71   8   0   0   5   0   13    6    1    1    0    3    8
Ray Corbin             1   0  0.90   4   0   0   0   0   10    4    1    1    0    4    6
Dave LaRoche           1   1  1.14  11   0   0   5   0   24   15    5    3    1    8   15
Tom Norton             0   1  1.42   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    1    1    0    1    2
Jim Kaat               4   0  1.50   4   4   1   0   0   30   22    6    5    4    4   17
Jim Perry              3   1  1.56   5   5   1   0   1   35   27    8    6    2   12    9
Dick Woodson           3   0  2.56   5   5   0   0   0   32   21   11    9    2    9   20
Bert Blyleven          4   2  2.75   8   7   3   0   1   56   45   18   17    4   10   35

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Hinton            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    0    0    0    1
Fred Beene             0   1  1.46   6   0   0   1   0   12    9    6    2    1    7   14
Sparky Lyle            1   0  1.86   6   0   0   3   0   10    6    2    2    0    2    7
Mel Stottlemyre        3   3  2.17   6   6   2   0   2   46   43   14   11    1   15   19
Steve Kline            2   1  2.57   5   5   1   0   1   35   34   15   10    3    7   10
Mike Kekich            2   2  2.91   5   5   0   0   0   34   36   12   11    3   14   17
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Fritz Peterson         0   6  3.86   6   6   0   0   0   37   41   22   16    1   11   19
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    0    1    2
Jim Roland             0   0  4.91   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    2    2    2    2

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0    8    5    0    0    0    2    6
Diego Segui            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0   10    9    1    0    0    1    6
Bob Locker             3   0  1.23   7   0   0   2   0    7    4    1    1    0    2    6
Blue Moon Odom         1   0  1.35   2   1   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    0    8    1
Rollie Fingers         1   1  2.30   8   0   0   4   0   16   11    4    4    3    4   12
Catfish Hunter         2   2  2.60   7   7   0   0   0   52   34   16   15    6   10   28
Ken Holtzman           4   2  2.89   7   7   4   0   1   53   46   18   17    6    3   20
Joel Horlen            1   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    3    1    2    2
Jim Roland             0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    1    0    0    0
Denny McLain           1   2  6.04   5   5   0   0   0   22   32   17   15    4    8    8

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          2   1  0.64  12   0   0   1   0   14    7    2    1    0    7   10
Pete Broberg           2   2  1.43   5   5   2   0   1   38   25    9    6    0   19   19
Mike Paul              0   1  1.50   8   1   0   0   0   12   11    4    2    0    8    4
Jim Shellenback        0   0  1.71   5   2   0   0   0   21   12    4    4    3    8   10
Horacio Pina           0   0  2.40  11   0   0   5   0   15   11    4    4    0    4   15
Don Stanhouse          0   0  2.84   2   2   0   0   0   13    9    4    4    2    6   12
Casey Cox              1   0  4.09   8   0   0   1   0   11   16    7    5    1    4    6
Bill Gogolewski        2   2  4.39   7   5   0   0   0   27   24   13   13    3    7   20
Dick Bosman            2   4  5.03   6   6   0   0   0   34   43   21   19    1    8   16
Rich Hand              0   2  9.00   2   2   0   0   0    7    8    7    7    0    3    6
Jim Panther            1   1 10.32   7   0   0   0   0   11   17   14   13    1    7    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)           6
  G. Perry (CLE)            6
  J. Coleman (DET)          5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4
  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           4

Losses:

  F. Peterson (NY)          6
  J. Slaton (MIL)           5
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          4
  D. Bosman (TEX)           4
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      4
  M. Pattin (BOS)           4
  K. Brett (MIL)            3
  R. Clark (CAL)            3
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  R. Culp (BOS)             3

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           6
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         4
  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  G. Perry (CLE)            4
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  P. Splittorff (KC)        3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          2
  P. Broberg (TEX)          2

Saves:

  W. Granger (MIN)          5
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          5
  H. Pina (TEX)             5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  S. Mingori (CLE)          4
  K. Sanders (MIL)          4
  F. Scherman (DET)         4
  S. Lyle (NY)              3
  K. Tatum (BOS)            3
  L. Allen (CAL)            2

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       2
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         1
  T. Bradley (CHI)          1
  K. Brett (MIL)            1
  P. Broberg (TEX)          1

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (CLE)         68.0
  W. Wood (CHI)          63.0
  M. Lolich (DET)        61.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      55.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      53.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        52.0
  M. Wilcox (CLE)        50.2
  J. Coleman (DET)       49.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       47.1
  D. Drago (KC)          46.0

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          51
  G. Perry (CLE)           51
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        46
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         45
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        45
  W. Wood (CHI)            45
  D. Drago (KC)            44
  D. Bosman (TEX)          43
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      43
  F. Peterson (NY)         41

Runs:

  A. Messersmith (CAL)     22
  F. Peterson (NY)         22
  S. Siebert (BOS)         22
  D. Bosman (TEX)          21
  M. Pattin (BOS)          21
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         19
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        18
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        18
  P. Dobson (BAL)          17
  D. McLain (OAK)          17

Home Runs:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  J. Coleman (DET)          4
  M. Hedlund (KC)           4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4
  D. McLain (OAK)           4
  J. Palmer (BAL)           4
  M. Pattin (BOS)           4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         25
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     21
  G. Perry (CLE)           20
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          20
  P. Broberg (TEX)         19
  J. Slaton (MIL)          18
  N. Ryan (CAL)            16
  R. Clark (CAL)           15
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      15

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          47
  G. Perry (CLE)           47
  J. Coleman (DET)         43
  W. Wood (CHI)            43
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          37
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        35
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     34
  N. Ryan (CAL)            34
  T. Bradley (CHI)         30
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          29

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