Wednesday May 24, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 24, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       18  11  2.05   29   5  12   277   202   73   63   14   78  171
Cleveland       18  11  2.32   29  11   7   264   193   72   68   11   92  168
Detroit         17  13  2.41   30  11   6   265   191   83   71   17  104  188
New York        13  16  2.47   29   4   8   251   229   91   69   11   81  120
Kansas City     12  19  2.64   31   8   2   287   251   93   84   18   78  146
Chicago         21  10  2.76   31   9   9   277   233   99   85   16   81  199
Milwaukee        9  18  2.83   27   3   7   255   215   93   80   11  103  152
Baltimore       16  14  2.88   30  10   4   256   217   91   82   18   71  143
Texas           15  18  3.12   33   3  10   300   260  121  104   12  122  182
Oakland         19  11  3.17   30   7   8   276   254  106   97   28   61  139
California      12  21  3.96   33   5   5   289   258  142  127   19  135  197
Boston          10  18  4.06   28   2   6   246   254  133  111   20  107  177

 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
Jim Kaat (MIN)         5   1  1.31   6   6   1   0   0   48   34    8    7    4    8   28
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
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        3   1  1.00   8   0   0   1   0   18   10    3    2    1    3    7
Mickey Scott           0   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    1    0    1    2
Jim Palmer             4   3  2.22   8   8   2   0   0   57   41   17   14    6   14   42
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
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  3.27   8   1   0   0   0   22   27   11    8    1   13   24
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   2  4.50   7   5   0   1   0   32   31   18   16    3   14   20
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
Lloyd Allen            0   1  1.69  11   0   0   3   0   21   16    5    4    0    9   14
Steve Barber           1   0  2.84   5   0   0   1   0    6    4    2    2    0    8    1
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
Don Rose               1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0   10    7    5    5    3    2    9
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
Tom Bradley            5   2  3.34  10  10   3   0   1   62   53   24   23    4   18   45
Dave Lemonds           0   0  3.38   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    5    6
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
Milt Wilcox            4   3  1.24   7   7   4   0   2   51   27    8    7    1   20   37
Vince Colbert          0   1  1.50   7   2   0   0   0   18    9    3    3    0   10   11
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
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
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  4.09   8   0   0   0   0   11   11    5    5    1    3    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
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   4   0   0   1   0    4    2    0    0    0    0    1
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  12   0   0   4   0   19   16    7    6    0   10   14
Chuck Seelbach         1   1  2.87   9   1   0   1   0   16    8    5    5    1   10   10
Phil Meeler            0   1  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    1    0    1    1
Les Cain               0   3  3.42   4   4   0   0   0   24   18   11    9    2   15   16
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
Dick Drago             2   3  2.22   8   8   3   0   1   65   55   16   16    3   11   44
Paul Splittorff        3   3  2.45   7   7   4   0   1   48   39   14   13    3   12   20
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   9   0   0   0   0   17   12    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   2  2.42  11   0   0   6   0   22   19    6    6    1    5   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  4.35   8   7   0   0   0   41   39   21   20    1   17   26
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  0.89  13   0   0   7   0   20    9    2    2    0    3   11
Jim Kaat               5   1  1.31   6   6   1   0   0   48   34    8    7    4    8   28
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            1   0  1.08   3   1   0   0   0    8    6    2    1    0    1    5
Sparky Lyle            1   0  1.08  10   0   0   7   0   17   10    3    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  0.68  11   0   0   3   0   13    9    1    1    0    3    8
Darold Knowles         0   0  1.50  11   0   0   1   0   12   11    2    2    0    4    8
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
Jim Roland             0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    1    0    0    0
Diego Segui            0   1  3.92   6   3   0   0   0   21   25   10    9    2    6   10
Joel Horlen            1   0  4.22   9   0   0   0   0   11   12    5    5    1    3    5
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
Vida Blue              0   1 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    2    0

 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
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  4.42   5   4   0   0   0   18   18   11    9    0    9   11
Bill Gogolewski        3   3  4.42   9   7   1   0   0   39   34   19   19    3   12   30
Jim Panther            3   1  5.82  13   0   0   0   0   22   21   15   14    1   12   11

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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)          5
  J. Kaat (MIN)             5
  P. Dobson (BAL)           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
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3

Saves:

  W. Granger (MIN)          7
  S. Lyle (NY)              7
  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
  D. Drago (KC)          65.0
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    62.2

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
  D. Drago (KC)            55
  T. Bradley (CHI)         53

Runs:

  D. Bosman (TEX)          29
  S. Siebert (BOS)         29
  M. Pattin (BOS)          25
  F. Peterson (NY)         25
  T. Bradley (CHI)         24
  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
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  K. Brett (MIL)            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
  T. Bradley (CHI)         45
  D. Drago (KC)            44
  N. Ryan (CAL)            43
  J. Palmer (BAL)          42


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