Friday May 19, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 19, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       17   8  1.94   25   5  11   241   175   60   52   13   63  145
Cleveland       16   9  2.27   25  10   6   230   163   62   58   10   82  150
Kansas City     12  16  2.52   28   7   2   257   225   79   72   14   73  122
New York        10  15  2.55   25   4   5   215   200   81   61   11   70  100
Detroit         15  11  2.55   26  10   5   229   170   75   65   15   89  156
Milwaukee        8  15  2.70   23   2   7   220   188   77   66    7   88  132
Chicago         16  10  2.80   26   7   8   231   198   83   72   12   68  167
Baltimore       13  13  3.11   26   9   3   220   191   84   76   16   58  119
Oakland         15  10  3.16   25   6   7   231   205   88   81   24   48  113
Texas           12  15  3.30   27   3   7   245   220  103   90   11   99  146
California      11  17  3.68   28   5   4   247   218  111  101   11  108  168
Boston           9  15  4.05   24   2   6   211   223  115   95   18   88  146

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      4   3  1.24   7   7   4   0   2   51   27    8    7    1   20   37
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      7   2  1.36  10  10   4   0   3   80   57   16   12    5   11   53
Jim Lonborg (MIL)      1   1  1.65   6   3   1   1   0   27   27    7    5    1   12   13
Jim Kaat (MIN)         4   1  1.70   5   5   1   0   0   37   29    8    7    4    5   21
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   4   3  1.81   7   7   3   0   3   55   51   14   11    1   15   22
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    7   2  1.87  10   9   5   1   1   77   56   17   16    2   20   50
Mickey Lolich (DET)    7   1  1.92   8   8   7   0   0   70   55   16   15    2   17   54
Dave McNally (BAL)     4   3  1.93   7   7   4   0   4   51   41   11   11    1   10   25
Pete Broberg (TEX)     2   2  2.16   6   6   2   0   1   42   32   13   10    0   20   21
Tom Timmerman (DET)    2   3  2.29   7   6   1   0   1   39   22   12   10    4   14   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
Mickey Scott           0   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    0    1    2
Dave McNally           4   3  1.93   7   7   4   0   4   51   41   11   11    1   10   25
Roric Harrison         0   0  2.45   6   0   0   0   0   11   11    3    3    0    4    9
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
Eddie Watt             0   0  3.86   7   0   0   2   0    7    6    4    3    1    3    4
Mike Cuellar           1   3  4.18   6   6   1   0   0   28   33   15   13    2    9    8
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  2.19   9   0   0   3   0   12    7    4    3    1    7   10
Ray Culp               3   3  2.31   6   6   2   0   0   47   41   13   12    3   16   26
Bill Lee               2   1  3.07  10   0   0   2   0   15   11    6    5    1    3   14
Gary Peters            1   0  3.14   6   0   0   0   0   14   17    8    5    1   10   15
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Sonny Siebert          2   2  4.23   6   6   0   0   0   38   47   26   18    3   11   25
Lew Krausse            1   1  4.74   6   4   0   1   0   25   26   14   13    3    9   11
Luis Tiant             0   1  4.86   6   2   0   0   0   17   14   10    9    1   12   12
Bobby Bolin            0   1  6.14   5   0   0   0   0    7    9    6    5    1    4    8
Marty Pattin           0   5  6.61   7   6   0   0   0   31   46   25   23    4   10   21

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Barber           1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    0
Paul Doyle             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    3    4
Don Rose               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Lloyd Allen            0   1  1.69  11   0   0   3   0   21   16    5    4    0    9   14
Eddie Fisher           1   1  2.57  11   1   0   0   0   28   23    8    8    2    5   11
Clyde Wright           2   2  3.11   6   6   1   0   0   38   41   17   13    2    9   17
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   7   0   0   2   0    7    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  1.17  10   0   0   5   0   15   13    3    2    0    8   15
Wilbur Wood            7   2  1.36  10  10   4   0   3   80   57   16   12    5   11   53
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          7   2  1.87  10   9   5   1   1   77   56   17   16    2   20   50
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            6   2  2.30   8   8   2   0   0   59   37   17   15    5   29   51
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.76   9   0   0   4   0   16   13    6    5    0    7   10
Les Cain               0   3  2.95   3   3   0   0   0   18   18    8    6    2   10   11
Phil Meeler            0   1  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    1    0    1    1
Chuck Seelbach         0   1  3.46   8   1   0   1   0   13    7    5    5    1    8    6
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
Paul Splittorff        3   3  2.45   7   7   4   0   1   48   39   14   13    3   12   20
Dick Drago             2   2  2.55   7   7   2   0   1   53   49   15   15    3   10   31
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  1.77  10   0   0   6   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
Bill Parsons           3   2  4.21   7   6   0   0   0   36   34   18   17    1   13   25
Jim Slaton             1   5  4.71   6   5   0   0   0   29   28   16   15    1   18   12

 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  0.51  11   0   0   6   0   18    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   1  1.70   5   5   1   0   0   37   29    8    7    4    5   21
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        4   3  1.81   7   7   3   0   3   55   51   14   11    1   15   22
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
Darold Knowles         0   0  0.84   9   0   0   1   0   11    9    1    1    0    2    7
Bob Locker             3   0  1.04   9   0   0   2   0    9    5    1    1    0    3    7
Diego Segui            0   1  1.93   4   1   0   0   0   14   13    4    3    0    3    8
Ken Holtzman           5   2  2.47   8   8   5   0   2   62   54   18   17    6    3   25
Catfish Hunter         2   2  2.55   8   8   0   0   0   60   40   19   17    6   10   31
Blue Moon Odom         2   1  2.79   4   3   1   0   0   19   14    6    6    2   11    6
Rollie Fingers         1   1  3.57  10   0   0   4   0   18   15    7    7    3    4   15
Joel Horlen            1   0  3.68   7   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
Don Shaw               0   1 16.88   3   0   0   0   0    5   12   10   10    2    2    4

 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
Bill Gogolewski        3   2  3.53   8   6   1   0   0   36   29   14   14    3   10   24
Casey Cox              1   0  4.09   8   0   0   1   0   11   16    7    5    1    4    6
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)            7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  J. Coleman (DET)          6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         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
  M. Pattin (BOS)           5
  J. Slaton (MIL)           5
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          4
  D. Bosman (TEX)           4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           4
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      4
  K. Brett (MIL)            3
  L. Cain (DET)             3
  R. Clark (CAL)            3

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         5
  G. Perry (CLE)            5
  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3
  T. Bradley (CHI)          2

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)          79.2
  G. Perry (CLE)         77.0
  M. Lolich (DET)        70.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      62.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      61.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)        60.0
  J. Coleman (DET)       58.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    54.2
  D. Drago (KC)          53.0
  D. McNally (BAL)       51.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            57
  G. Perry (CLE)           56
  M. Lolich (DET)          55
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        54
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        52
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      51
  D. Bosman (TEX)          50
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         49
  D. Drago (KC)            49
  S. Siebert (BOS)         47

Runs:

  S. Siebert (BOS)         26
  M. Pattin (BOS)          25
  D. Bosman (TEX)          24
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     22
  F. Peterson (NY)         22
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         20
  P. Dobson (BAL)          20
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        19
  T. Bradley (CHI)         19
  C. Hunter (OAK)          19

Home Runs:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  J. Coleman (DET)          5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  M. Hedlund (KC)           4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4
  D. McLain (OAK)           4
  M. Pattin (BOS)           4

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         29
  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)            53
  J. Coleman (DET)         51
  G. Perry (CLE)           50
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        44
  T. Bradley (CHI)         37
  N. Ryan (CAL)            37
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          37
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     34
  J. Palmer (BAL)          33


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