Tuesday May 23, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 23, 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       18  10  2.25   28  11   7   256   184   68   64   11   89  165
Detroit         16  13  2.39   29  11   5   256   189   80   68   17   96  178
New York        12  16  2.53   28   4   7   242   222   89   68   11   80  116
Kansas City     12  18  2.72   30   7   2   275   245   92   83   18   77  133
Milwaukee        9  17  2.74   26   3   7   247   207   88   75   11   97  151
Chicago         20  10  2.82   30   8   9   268   229   98   84   15   80  194
Baltimore       15  14  2.98   29  10   4   247   211   90   82   18   68  138
Texas           15  17  3.06   32   3  10   291   254  116   99   12  116  173
Oakland         19  10  3.07   29   7   8   267   242  100   91   27   57  134
California      11  21  3.93   32   5   4   280   249  137  122   16  131  189
Boston          10  17  4.10   27   2   6   237   248  129  108   20  102  164

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Lonborg (MIL)      2   1  1.24   7   4   2   1   1   36   31    7    5    1   14   20
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      4   3  1.24   7   7   4   0   2   51   27    8    7    1   20   37
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      7   2  1.37  11  11   4   0   3   86   64   18   13    5   11   55
Jim Shellenback (TEX)  1   0  1.42   7   3   0   0   0   32   17    5    5    4   10   14
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    8   2  1.67  11  10   6   1   2   86   60   17   16    2   21   55
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
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
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   4   4  2.01   8   8   3   0   3   63   58   17   14    1   18   27

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander        2   1  1.20   7   0   0   1   0   15    8    3    2    1    2    6
Mickey Scott           0   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    0    1    2
Roric Harrison         0   0  2.25   7   0   0   0   0   12   12    3    3    0    5    9
Dave McNally           4   3  2.35   8   8   4   0   4   57   48   15   15    3   12   32
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
Mike Cuellar           1   3  4.18   6   6   1   0   0   28   33   15   13    2    9    8
Eddie Watt             0   0  4.32   8   0   0   2   0    8    8    5    4    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  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  2.70  10   0   0   3   0   13    8    6    4    2    9   10
Bill Lee               3   1  2.84  12   0   0   2   0   19   15    7    6    1    4   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  4.20   7   7   0   0   0   45   50   29   21    4   15   31
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.22   7   0   0   0   0   11    9    6    5    1    5   11
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
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
Clyde Wright           2   2  3.11   6   6   1   0   0   38   41   17   13    2    9   17
Eddie Fisher           1   2  3.16  13   1   0   0   0   31   29   11   11    3    5   12
Nolan Ryan             2   4  3.89   7   7   2   0   2   37   22   17   16    3   26   43
Rickey Clark           3   4  3.99   8   8   0   0   0   47   40   23   21    2   24   28
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.12   6   6   2   0   2   44   35   22   20    2   21   34
Steve Barber           1   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    6    0
Tom Murphy             0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   10   13    6    6    0    8    2
Mel Queen              0   0  6.05   9   0   0   0   0   19   22   15   13    1   13   13
Rudy May               0   3  6.14   7   4   0   1   0   22   26   18   15    2    7   20
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  1.04  10   0   0   3   0    9    5    1    1    0    3    7
Wilbur Wood            7   2  1.37  11  11   4   0   3   86   64   18   13    5   11   55
Terry Forster          0   0  1.53  12   0   0   5   0   18   13    6    3    0   10   16
Rich Gossage           0   0  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   10   12    6    3    0    4    6
Stan Bahnsen           6   4  2.77  10  10   2   0   1   65   56   21   20    3   16   46
Vicente Romo           1   0  3.00   7   0   0   0   0   12   10    4    4    3    3   11
Dave Lemonds           0   0  3.38   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    5    6
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          8   2  1.67  11  10   6   1   2   86   60   17   16    2   21   55
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   3  2.30   9   9   2   0   0   67   44   19   17    6   32   59
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.79  11   0   0   4   0   19   15    7    6    0    9   14
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            2   1  1.24   7   4   2   1   1   36   31    7    5    1   14   20
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   4  2.01   8   8   3   0   3   63   58   17   14    1   18   27
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
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    1    3
Fritz Peterson         1   6  3.77   7   7   0   0   0   45   48   25   19    1   14   22
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
Blue Moon Odom         2   1  2.28   5   4   1   0   0   28   21    8    7    2   13    8
Ken Holtzman           6   2  2.38   9   9   5   0   2   68   58   19   18    7    4   30
Catfish Hunter         3   2  2.61   9   9   1   0   0   69   47   22   20    7   11   39
Rollie Fingers         3   1  2.82  12   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   2  1.16  16   0   0   2   0   23   18    4    3    0   13   15
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  2.01  15   0   0   6   0   22   15    5    5    0   10   21
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.08   2   1   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    4    3
Mike Paul              0   1  2.40  13   1   0   1   0   15   14    6    4    0    8    5
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  4.40   8   8   0   0   0   47   56   29   23    1   12   25
Rich Hand              0   3  5.28   4   4   0   0   0   15   18   11    9    0    6   10
Jim Panther            3   1  6.75  12   0   0   0   0   19   20   15   14    1   11    9

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  G. Perry (CLE)            8
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  J. Coleman (DET)          6
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  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
  G. Perry (CLE)            6
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         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
  G. Perry (CLE)            2
  N. Ryan (CAL)             2
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          1

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (CLE)         86.0
  W. Wood (CHI)          85.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        79.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)        69.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      68.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      68.0
  J. Coleman (DET)       66.2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       65.0
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    62.2
  D. McNally (BAL)       57.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            64
  M. Lolich (DET)          63
  G. Perry (CLE)           60
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        58
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        58
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      58
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         56
  D. Bosman (TEX)          56
  S. Siebert (BOS)         50
  T. Bradley (CHI)         49

Runs:

  D. Bosman (TEX)          29
  S. Siebert (BOS)         29
  M. Pattin (BOS)          25
  F. Peterson (NY)         25
  T. Bradley (CHI)         23
  R. Clark (CAL)           23
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        22
  C. Hunter (OAK)          22
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     22
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         21

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         32
  N. Ryan (CAL)            26
  R. Clark (CAL)           24
  P. Broberg (TEX)         22
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     21
  G. Perry (CLE)           21
  M. Kekich (NY)           20
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          20
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          20
  R. Culp (BOS)            19

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          61
  J. Coleman (DET)         59
  G. Perry (CLE)           55
  W. Wood (CHI)            55
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        54
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         46
  N. Ryan (CAL)            43
  T. Bradley (CHI)         40
  C. Hunter (OAK)          39
  J. Palmer (BAL)          38

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