Sunday May 21, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 21, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       17  11  2.14   28   5  11   265   197   73   63   14   75  164
Cleveland       17  10  2.33   27  10   7   247   180   68   64   11   88  160
Detroit         16  12  2.37   28  11   5   247   180   77   65   16   93  169
New York        12  15  2.51   27   4   7   233   215   86   65   11   77  110
Kansas City     12  18  2.72   30   7   2   275   245   92   83   18   77  133
Milwaukee        8  17  2.84   25   2   7   238   203   88   75   11   95  144
Baltimore       15  13  2.87   28  10   4   238   200   84   76   16   64  131
Chicago         18  10  2.89   28   8   8   249   214   91   80   14   73  180
Texas           15  15  3.11   30   3  10   272   237  107   94   12  106  162
Oakland         17  10  3.15   27   6   8   249   228   95   87   26   54  124
California      11  19  3.86   30   5   4   264   238  128  113   14  116  176
Boston           9  17  4.12   26   2   6   227   244  124  104   18   95  157

 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 Shellenback (TEX)  1   0  1.42   7   3   0   0   0   32   17    5    5    4   10   14
Mickey Lolich (DET)    8   1  1.70   9   9   8   0   1   79   63   16   15    2   17   61
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
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             4   4  2.86   8   8   3   0   2   57   48   20   18    3   17   31
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
Bill Lee               2   1  3.00  11   0   0   2   0   18   15    7    6    1    3   14
Ray Culp               3   4  3.10   7   7   2   0   0   49   48   18   17    3   19   28
Gary Peters            1   1  3.54   7   1   0   0   0   20   26   11    8    1   13   20
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
Luis Tiant             0   1  4.34   7   2   0   0   0   19   15   10    9    1   12   14
Lew Krausse            1   1  4.74   6   4   0   1   0   25   26   14   13    3    9   11
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.82   6   0   0   0   0    9    9    6    5    1    5   10
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
Paul Doyle             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    3    4
Don Rose               0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    0    0    0    0    0    2
Lloyd Allen            0   1  1.69  11   0   0   3   0   21   16    5    4    0    9   14
Steve Barber           1   0  2.70   3   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    0    4    0
Eddie Fisher           1   1  2.87  12   1   0   0   0   31   28   10   10    2    5   12
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  6.14   7   4   0   1   0   22   26   18   15    2    7   20
Mel Queen              0   0  6.62   8   0   0   0   0   18   22   15   13    1   10   12
Alan Foster            0   1 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1    1    0    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Kealey           2   0  0.00   8   0   0   2   0    8    3    0    0    0    0    7
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  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   10   12    6    3    0    4    6
Stan Bahnsen           5   4  2.98   9   9   2   0   1   57   51   20   19    2   14   38
Dave Lemonds           0   0  3.38   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    5    6
Vicente Romo           0   0  3.60   6   0   0   0   0   10    9    4    4    3    3    8
Tom Bradley            4   2  3.74   9   9   2   0   1   53   49   23   22    3   17   40
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
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  2.79   7   0   0   0   0   10    8    3    3    1    2    5
Dick Tidrow            4   3  2.91   9   9   1   0   0   56   43   19   18    3   20   33
Ray Lamb               1   0  3.29   6   0   0   0   0   14   13    5    5    0    4   10
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
Phil Hennigan          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    1    0    0

 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          8   1  1.70   9   9   8   0   1   79   63   16   15    2   17   61
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
Roger Nelson           0   1  1.69   7   0   0   0   0   11   10    2    2    1    4    9
Jim Rooker             2   0  1.83   6   1   1   0   1   20   16    4    4    1    4   10
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
Al Fitzmorris          0   3  3.29   5   2   0   0   0   27   26   11   10    3    7   11
Bruce Dal Canton       2   2  3.34   8   4   0   1   0   32   29   13   12    1    7   21
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Mike Hedlund           0   4  3.76   6   6   0   0   0   38   33   18   16    6   16   13

 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
Jim Colborn            1   0  1.71  10   0   0   0   0   21   17    5    4    1    9   16
Ken Sanders            0   1  1.77  10   0   0   6   0   20   17    4    4    1    3   15
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.45  10   0   0   0   0   18   15    7    5    0    9    6
Ken Brett              2   4  3.09   7   7   1   0   1   47   33   18   16    4   11   27
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
Ray Corbin             1   0  0.68   6   0   0   0   0   13    5    1    1    0    4   10
Wayne Granger          0   0  0.93  12   0   0   6   0   19    9    2    2    0    3   11
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
Dave LaRoche           1   1  1.80  13   0   0   5   0   25   17    7    5    1   10   16
Jim Perry              3   3  2.57   7   7   1   0   1   42   41   16   12    2   17   12
Dick Woodson           3   2  2.60   7   7   0   0   0   45   31   15   13    2   17   31
Bert Blyleven          5   3  2.75  10   9   3   0   1   69   58   22   21    5   13   54

 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  1.23   9   0   0   6   0   15    8    2    2    0    4    8
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            4   2  2.44   7   7   0   0   0   48   46   15   13    3   20   27
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Fritz Peterson         1   6  3.77   7   7   0   0   0   45   48   25   19    1   14   22
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
Bob Locker             3   0  0.79  10   0   0   3   0   11    8    1    1    0    3    8
Darold Knowles         0   0  1.64  10   0   0   1   0   11   11    2    2    0    3    7
Ken Holtzman           6   2  2.38   9   9   5   0   2   68   58   19   18    7    4   30
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
Jerry Janeski          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    1
Paul Lindblad          2   1  0.42  15   0   0   2   0   21   14    2    1    0   12   14
Jim Shellenback        1   0  1.42   7   3   0   0   0   32   17    5    5    4   10   14
Pete Broberg           3   2  1.98   7   7   2   0   1   50   36   14   11    0   22   29
Horacio Pina           0   1  2.21  14   0   0   6   0   20   14    5    5    0    7   19
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  5.28   4   4   0   0   0   15   18   11    9    0    6   10
Jim Panther            3   1  6.87  11   0   0   0   0   18   20   15   14    1   11    9

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  G. Perry (CLE)            7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  J. Coleman (DET)          6
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  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
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3
  W. Wood (CHI)             3
  P. Dobson (BAL)           2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         2
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         1

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)          79.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        79.1
  G. Perry (CLE)         77.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      68.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      68.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        60.0
  J. Coleman (DET)       58.2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       57.1
  P. Dobson (BAL)        56.2
  D. Tidrow (CLE)        55.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          63
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        58
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        58
  W. Wood (CHI)            57
  G. Perry (CLE)           56
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         51
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      51
  D. Bosman (TEX)          50
  T. Bradley (CHI)         49
  D. Drago (KC)            49

Runs:

  S. Siebert (BOS)         26
  M. Pattin (BOS)          25
  F. Peterson (NY)         25
  D. Bosman (TEX)          24
  T. Bradley (CHI)         23
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        22
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     22
  R. Clark (CAL)           21
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         20
  P. Dobson (BAL)          20

Home Runs:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)         7
  M. Hedlund (KC)           6
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  J. Coleman (DET)          5
  T. Timmerman (DET)        5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  K. Brett (MIL)            4
  J. Kaat (MIN)             4

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         29
  P. Broberg (TEX)         22
  R. Clark (CAL)           21
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     21
  M. Kekich (NY)           20
  G. Perry (CLE)           20
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          20
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          20
  R. Culp (BOS)            19
  N. Ryan (CAL)            19

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          61
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        54
  W. Wood (CHI)            53
  J. Coleman (DET)         51
  G. Perry (CLE)           50
  T. Bradley (CHI)         40
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         38
  J. Palmer (BAL)          38
  N. Ryan (CAL)            37
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          37

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