Saturday May 20, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 20, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       17   9  1.99   26   5  11   249   185   65   55   13   66  148
Cleveland       17   9  2.22   26  10   7   239   170   63   59   10   86  157
Detroit         15  12  2.46   27  10   5   238   172   77   65   16   93  162
New York        10  15  2.55   25   4   5   215   200   81   61   11   70  100
Kansas City     12  17  2.64   29   7   2   266   237   87   78   15   74  128
Chicago         17  10  2.70   27   8   8   240   200   83   72   12   68  173
Milwaukee        8  16  2.79   24   2   7   229   197   83   71    8   91  139
Baltimore       14  13  2.99   27   9   4   229   196   84   76   16   61  126
Oakland         16  10  3.19   26   6   7   240   219   93   85   25   52  118
Texas           13  15  3.22   28   3   8   254   224  104   91   11  101  154
California      11  18  3.78   29   5   4   255   226  119  107   12  112  171
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)     3   2  1.98   7   7   2   0   1   50   36   14   11    0   22   29
Tom Timmerman (DET)    2   4  1.99   8   7   1   0   1   45   24   14   10    5   15   23

 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             4   3  2.49   7   7   2   0   0   51   37   16   14    6   12   38
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  8.44   4   0   0   1   0    5    7    5    5    0    2    5

 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   2   0   0   0   0    2    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
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.12   6   6   2   0   2   44   35   22   20    2   21   34
Rickey Clark           3   4  4.35   7   7   0   0   0   39   35   21   19    2   21   22
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  6.62   8   0   0   0   0   18   22   15   13    1   10   12

 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
Stan Bahnsen           5   4  2.98   9   9   2   0   1   57   51   20   19    2   14   38
Tom Bradley            4   2  3.26   8   8   2   0   1   50   43   19   18    3   14   37
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  0.79   6   1   0   0   0   11    3    1    1    0    8    8
Milt Wilcox            4   3  1.24   7   7   4   0   2   51   27    8    7    1   20   37
Ed Farmer              0   0  1.50   8   0   0   1   0   12    6    2    2    1    5    6
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     1   0  3.12   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    3    3    1    2    5
Steve Hargan           0   1  4.26   2   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    3    0    5    1
Steve Mingori          0   1  7.20   9   0   0   5   0   10   16    9    8    2    4   10

 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   4  1.99   8   7   1   0   1   45   24   14   10    5   15   23
Joe Coleman            6   2  2.30   8   8   2   0   0   59   37   17   15    5   29   51
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.45  10   0   0   4   0   18   13    6    5    0    9   13
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 13.50   4   0   0   0   0    3    5    4    4    0    2    3

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Murphy             0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    2    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  1.32  13   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    2    0    6    6
Jim Rooker             2   0  1.53   5   1   1   0   1   18   13    3    3    0    4    9
Roger Nelson           0   1  1.69   7   0   0   0   0   11   10    2    2    1    4    9
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
Al Fitzmorris          0   3  3.29   5   2   0   0   0   27   26   11   10    3    7   11
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
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  1.80   9   0   0   0   0   20   17    5    4    1    9   15
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.45  10   0   0   0   0   18   15    7    5    0    9    6
Ken Brett              2   3  2.79   6   6   1   0   1   39   27   13   12    1    7   23
Skip Lockwood          0   4  3.68   6   4   0   0   0   22   21   13    9    2   14   23
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   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    3    2
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
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
Tom Norton             0   1  1.74   6   0   0   0   0   10    4    2    2    0    3    7
Dick Woodson           3   1  2.56   6   6   0   0   0   39   28   13   11    2   11   29
Jim Perry              3   3  2.57   7   7   1   0   1   42   41   16   12    2   17   12
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
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         2   1  2.91  11   0   0   4   0   22   20    8    7    3    5   19
Diego Segui            0   1  3.00   5   2   0   0   0   18   20    7    6    1    5    8
Jim Roland             0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    1    0    0    0
Joel Horlen            1   0  4.32   8   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    1    3    3
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           3   2  1.98   7   7   2   0   1   50   36   14   11    0   22   29
Horacio Pina           0   1  2.45  13   0   0   5   0   18   13    5    5    0    6   18
Mike Paul              0   1  2.63  11   1   0   1   0   14   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
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         5
  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
  R. Clark (CAL)            4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           4
  S. Lockwood (MIL)         4
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      4
  T. Timmerman (DET)        4

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
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          2

Saves:

  W. Granger (MIN)          6
  K. Sanders (MIL)          6
  T. Forster (CHI)          5
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          5
  S. Mingori (CLE)          5
  H. Pina (TEX)             5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  S. Lyle (NY)              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
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         1
  T. Bradley (CHI)          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
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       57.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    54.2
  D. Drago (KC)          53.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            57
  G. Perry (CLE)           56
  M. Lolich (DET)          55
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        54
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        52
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         51
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      51
  D. Bosman (TEX)          50
  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
  R. Clark (CAL)           21
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         20
  P. Dobson (BAL)          20
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        19
  T. Bradley (CHI)         19

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         29
  P. Broberg (TEX)         22
  R. Clark (CAL)           21
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     21
  G. Perry (CLE)           20
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          20
  N. Ryan (CAL)            19
  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
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         38
  J. Palmer (BAL)          38
  T. Bradley (CHI)         37
  N. Ryan (CAL)            37
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          37


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