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American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 17, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       17   7  1.93   24   5  11   233   168   58   50   13   62  141
Cleveland       15   9  2.32   24   9   6   221   158   61   57   10   82  147
Kansas City     11  16  2.58   27   6   2   248   219   78   71   14   71  115
Oakland         15   8  2.64   23   6   7   211   175   68   62   20   44  104
New York         9  15  2.66   24   3   5   206   192   81   61   11   70   97
Detroit         14  10  2.69   24   9   5   211   162   71   63   14   80  144
Milwaukee        7  15  2.73   22   2   6   211   180   75   64    7   87  125
Chicago         15  10  2.87   25   7   7   222   191   82   71   11   68  162
Baltimore       13  12  3.06   25   9   3   212   182   80   72   16   54  109
Texas           11  15  3.39   26   2   7   236   215  102   89   11   96  142
California      10  16  3.77   26   5   4   227   199  105   95   10  104  161
Boston           9  13  3.78   22   2   6   195   204  102   82   16   79  136

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave LaRoche (MIN)     1   1  1.09  12   0   0   5   0   25   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)      6   2  1.38   9   9   4   0   3   72   51   15   11    4   11   48
Jim Shellenback (TEX)  0   0  1.46   6   2   0   0   0   25   13    4    4    3    9   11
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 Lonborg (MIL)      1   1  1.65   6   3   1   1   0   27   27    7    5    1   12   13
Mickey Lolich (DET)    7   1  1.92   8   8   7   0   0   70   55   16   15    2   17   54
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    6   2  1.99   9   8   4   1   1   68   51   16   15    2   20   47
Pete Broberg (TEX)     2   2  2.16   6   6   2   0   1   42   32   13   10    0   20   21

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander        2   0  0.64   6   0   0   1   0   14    7    2    1    1    1    6
Dave McNally           4   2  1.52   6   6   4   0   4   47   35    8    8    1    8   19
Mickey Scott           0   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    0    1    2
Roric Harrison         0   0  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    2    2    0    2    5
Jim Palmer             3   3  2.89   6   6   2   0   0   44   35   16   14    6   10   33
Pat Dobson             3   4  3.40   7   7   2   0   1   48   44   20   18    3   14   26
Mike Cuellar           1   3  4.18   6   6   1   0   0   28   33   15   13    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  7.27   5   0   0   0   0    9    7    7    7    2    5    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               3   3  2.31   6   6   2   0   0   47   41   13   12    3   16   26
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  3.46   8   0   0   2   0   13   11    6    5    1    3   12
Sonny Siebert          2   2  4.23   6   6   0   0   0   38   47   26   18    3   11   25
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
Bobby Bolin            0   1  6.14   5   0   0   0   0    7    9    6    5    1    4    8
Marty Pattin           0   4  6.18   6   5   0   0   0   28   39   21   19    4    8   20

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Barber           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Paul Doyle             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    3    4
Lloyd Allen            0   1  1.96  10   0   0   3   0   18   15    5    4    0    9   12
Eddie Fisher           1   0  2.14  10   0   0   0   0   21   16    5    5    2    4    9
Clyde Wright           2   2  2.93   5   5   1   0   0   31   31   14   10    1    7   15
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.23   6   6   2   0   2   31   17   12   11    2   19   37
Rickey Clark           3   3  3.65   6   6   0   0   0   37   33   16   15    1   18   22
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   3  5.85   6   3   0   1   0   20   21   13   13    1    6   17
Mel Queen              0   0  7.62   7   0   0   0   0   13   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  1.04   5   0   0   0   0    9    5    1    1    1    2    6
Terry Forster          0   0  1.20   9   0   0   4   0   15   12    3    2    0    8   15
Wilbur Wood            6   2  1.38   9   9   4   0   3   72   51   15   11    4   11   48
Rich Gossage           0   0  2.45   5   0   0   0   0    7    9    5    2    0    4    5
Tom Bradley            4   2  3.26   8   8   2   0   1   50   43   19   18    3   14   37
Stan Bahnsen           4   4  3.54   8   8   1   0   0   48   49   20   19    2   14   32
Dave Lemonds           0   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    4    5
Bart Johnson           0   2 11.42   7   0   0   1   0    9   13   12   11    0    7    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
Milt Wilcox            4   3  1.24   7   7   4   0   2   51   27    8    7    1   20   37
Ed Farmer              0   0  1.69   7   0   0   1   0   11    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  2.13   5   0   0   0   0   13   10    3    3    0    4   10
Dick Tidrow            4   2  2.84   8   8   1   0   0   51   38   17   16    3   18   30
Denny Riddleberger     0   0  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    1    4
Steve Hargan           0   1  4.26   2   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    0    5    1
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   3   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    0    0
Mickey Lolich          7   1  1.92   8   8   7   0   0   70   55   16   15    2   17   54
Tom Timmerman          2   3  2.29   7   6   1   0   1   39   22   12   10    4   14   21
Joe Coleman            5   2  2.36   7   7   1   0   0   50   34   15   13    4   25   43
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.76   9   0   0   4   0   16   13    6    5    0    7   10
Phil Meeler            0   1  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    1    0    1    1
Les Cain               0   2  4.38   2   2   0   0   0   12   13    6    6    2    6    9
Chuck Seelbach         0   1  4.50   7   1   0   1   0   10    7    5    5    1    7    4
Ron Perranoski         0   0  5.79   5   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    3    0    2    0
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Bob Strampe            0   0 21.60   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    4    0    1    2

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Ted Abernathy          0   1  1.08   7   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    1    0    6    5
Tom Burgmeier          3   1  1.42  12   0   0   1   0   13    9    2    2    0    6    5
Al Fitzmorris          0   2  1.64   4   1   0   0   0   22   18    5    4    2    6    7
Roger Nelson           0   1  1.69   7   0   0   0   0   11   10    2    2    1    4    9
Jim Rooker             2   0  1.72   4   1   1   0   1   16   11    3    3    0    4    8
Dick Drago             2   2  2.55   7   7   2   0   1   53   49   15   15    3   10   31
Paul Splittorff        2   3  2.79   6   6   3   0   1   39   33   13   12    3   10   13
Mike Hedlund           0   3  3.24   5   5   0   0   0   33   29   14   12    4   14   10
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Bruce Dal Canton       2   2  3.56   7   4   0   1   0   30   28   13   12    1    6   20

 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
Earl Stephenson        0   0  0.00   8   0   0   0   0   16   11    0    0    0    5    6
Frank Linzy            0   0  1.59   9   0   0   0   0   17   12    5    3    0    8    6
Jim Lonborg            1   1  1.65   6   3   1   1   0   27   27    7    5    1   12   13
Ken Sanders            0   1  1.80   9   0   0   5   0   20   17    4    4    1    3   15
Jim Colborn            1   0  1.96   8   0   0   0   0   18   17    5    4    1    8   11
Ken Brett              2   3  2.79   6   6   1   0   1   39   27   13   12    1    7   23
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  0.54  10   0   0   6   0   17    8    1    1    0    3    9
Ray Corbin             1   0  0.71   5   0   0   0   0   13    5    1    1    0    4    9
Tom Norton             0   1  0.96   5   0   0   0   0    9    3    1    1    0    3    6
Dave LaRoche           1   1  1.09  12   0   0   5   0   25   15    5    3    1    8   15
Jim Kaat               4   0  1.50   4   4   1   0   0   30   22    6    5    4    4   17
Jim Perry              3   2  2.50   6   6   1   0   1   36   32   12   10    2   15   11
Dick Woodson           3   1  2.56   6   6   0   0   0   39   28   13   11    2   11   29
Bert Blyleven          5   2  2.63   9   8   3   0   1   62   52   19   18    4   12   44

 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
Sparky Lyle            1   0  1.54   7   0   0   4   0   12    6    2    2    0    3    7
Mel Stottlemyre        3   3  2.17   6   6   2   0   2   46   43   14   11    1   15   19
Fred Beene             0   2  2.19   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    7    3    1   10   14
Steve Kline            2   1  2.32   6   6   1   0   1   43   39   16   11    3    8   11
Mike Kekich            3   2  2.63   6   6   0   0   0   41   40   13   12    3   17   21
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  4.50   3   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
Don Shaw               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Darold Knowles         0   0  1.04   8   0   0   1   0    9    8    1    1    0    2    6
Blue Moon Odom         2   0  1.15   3   2   1   0   0   16    6    2    2    0   10    5
Bob Locker             3   0  1.23   7   0   0   2   0    7    4    1    1    0    2    6
Diego Segui            0   1  1.93   4   1   0   0   0   14   13    4    3    0    3    8
Rollie Fingers         1   1  2.04   9   0   0   4   0   18   12    4    4    3    4   15
Ken Holtzman           5   2  2.47   8   8   5   0   2   62   54   18   17    6    3   25
Catfish Hunter         2   2  2.60   7   7   0   0   0   52   34   16   15    6   10   28
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  0.45  14   0   0   1   0   20   14    2    1    0   12   13
Jim Shellenback        0   0  1.46   6   2   0   0   0   25   13    4    4    3    9   11
Pete Broberg           2   2  2.16   6   6   2   0   1   42   32   13   10    0   20   21
Horacio Pina           0   1  2.45  13   0   0   5   0   18   13    5    5    0    6   18
Mike Paul              0   1  2.77  10   1   0   0   0   13   14    6    4    0    8    4
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  4.91   7   7   0   0   0   40   50   24   22    1    9   20
Rich Hand              0   3  5.11   3   3   0   0   0   12   12    9    7    0    4   10
Jim Panther            2   1  8.04  10   0   0   0   0   16   18   15   14    1   11    7

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  G. Perry (CLE)            6
  W. Wood (CHI)             6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  J. Coleman (DET)          5
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         5
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          4
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4
  D. McNally (BAL)          4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         5
  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)          6
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          5
  H. Pina (TEX)             5
  K. Sanders (MIL)          5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  T. Forster (CHI)          4
  S. Lyle (NY)              4
  S. Mingori (CLE)          4
  F. Scherman (DET)         4
  L. Allen (CAL)            3

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         2
  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

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)          71.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        70.1
  G. Perry (CLE)         68.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      62.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      61.2
  D. Drago (KC)          53.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        52.0
  D. Tidrow (CLE)        50.2
  M. Wilcox (CLE)        50.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)       49.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          55
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        54
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        52
  G. Perry (CLE)           51
  W. Wood (CHI)            51
  D. Bosman (TEX)          50
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         49
  D. Drago (KC)            49
  S. Siebert (BOS)         47
  P. Dobson (BAL)          44

Runs:

  S. Siebert (BOS)         26
  D. Bosman (TEX)          24
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     22
  F. Peterson (NY)         22
  M. Pattin (BOS)          21
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         20
  P. Dobson (BAL)          20
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        19
  T. Bradley (CHI)         19
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        18

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         25
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     21
  P. Broberg (TEX)         20
  G. Perry (CLE)           20
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          20
  N. Ryan (CAL)            19
  R. Clark (CAL)           18
  J. Slaton (MIL)          18
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          18
  M. Kekich (NY)           17

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          54
  W. Wood (CHI)            48
  G. Perry (CLE)           47
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        44
  J. Coleman (DET)         43
  T. Bradley (CHI)         37
  N. Ryan (CAL)            37
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          37
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     34
  J. Palmer (BAL)          33


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