Thursday May 25, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 25, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       19  11  2.14   30   5  12   286   211   78   68   15   80  178
Cleveland       18  12  2.31   30  11   7   272   198   74   70   12   94  171
New York        14  16  2.39   30   5   8   260   236   91   69   11   81  124
Detroit         17  14  2.40   31  11   6   274   197   85   73   18  114  194
Kansas City     13  19  2.62   32   8   3   296   257   95   86   18   80  152
Milwaukee       10  18  2.73   28   4   7   264   221   93   80   11  103  158
Chicago         21  10  2.76   31   9   9   277   233   99   85   16   81  199
Baltimore       16  15  2.83   31  10   4   264   226   93   83   18   74  147
Oakland         19  11  3.17   30   7   8   276   254  106   97   28   61  139
Texas           15  19  3.18   34   3  10   308   266  127  109   12  126  190
California      12  22  3.90   34   5   5   298   264  147  129   20  139  203
Boston          11  18  3.95   29   3   6   255   258  134  112   21  109  186

 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   2  1.79  10  10   8   0   1   85   67   18   17    3   23   66
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
Dick Drago (KC)        2   3  2.22   8   8   3   0   1   65   55   16   16    3   11   44

 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
Roric Harrison         0   0  1.93   8   0   0   0   0   14   14    3    3    0    6   11
Jim Palmer             4   3  2.22   8   8   2   0   0   57   41   17   14    6   14   42
Dave McNally           4   3  2.35   8   8   4   0   4   57   48   15   15    3   12   32
Pat Dobson             4   5  2.73   9   9   3   0   2   63   55   22   19    3   19   33
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           1   5  5.36   8   7   1   0   0   40   50   26   24    5   12   30

 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
Alan Foster            0   1  2.70   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    1    1    1    3
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  3.34  14   1   0   0   0   32   30   12   12    3    7   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
Rudy May               0   4  5.33   8   5   0   1   0   27   30   21   16    3    8   23
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

 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   4  2.87  10  10   1   0   0   63   48   21   20    4   22   35
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  6.55  10   0   0   5   0   11   16    9    8    2    4   11
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   5   0   0   1   0    4    3    0    0    0    0    1
Mickey Lolich          8   2  1.79  10  10   8   0   1   85   67   18   17    3   23   66
Tom Timmerman          2   4  1.99   8   7   1   0   1   45   24   14   10    5   15   23
Phil Meeler            0   1  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    1    0    2    2
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
Les Cain               0   3  3.42   4   4   0   0   0   24   18   11    9    2   15   16
Ron Perranoski         0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    0    3    0
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Bob Strampe            0   0 12.00   5   0   0   0   0    3    5    4    4    0    4    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  1.54   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    2    2    1    4   10
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        4   3  2.43   8   8   4   0   1   56   44   16   15    3   14   25
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
Skip Lockwood          1   4  2.61   7   5   1   0   1   31   27   13    9    2   14   29
Ken Brett              2   4  3.09   7   7   1   0   1   47   33   18   16    4   11   27
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
Wayne Granger          1   0  0.79  14   0   0   7   0   23   10    2    2    0    3   13
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
Ray Corbin             1   0  1.80   7   0   0   0   0   15    8    3    3    0    5   12
Dave LaRoche           1   1  1.80  13   0   0   5   0   25   17    7    5    1   10   16
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
Jim Perry              3   3  2.87   8   8   1   0   1   47   46   19   15    3   18   15

 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
Fritz Peterson         2   6  3.15   8   8   1   0   1   54   55   25   19    1   14   26
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    0    1    3
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
Horacio Pina           0   1  1.99  16   0   0   6   0   23   16    5    5    0   10   21
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.08   2   1   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    4    3
Pete Broberg           3   2  2.43   8   8   2   0   1   56   40   19   15    0   26   35
Mike Paul              0   2  2.65  14   1   0   1   0   17   15    7    5    0    8    7
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
  P. Dobson (BAL)           5
  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
  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)        85.1
  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
  P. Dobson (BAL)        62.2

Hits:

  M. Lolich (DET)          67
  W. Wood (CHI)            64
  G. Perry (CLE)           60
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        58
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        58
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      58
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         56
  D. Bosman (TEX)          56
  P. Dobson (BAL)          55
  D. Drago (KC)            55

Runs:

  D. Bosman (TEX)          29
  S. Siebert (BOS)         29
  M. Pattin (BOS)          26
  F. Peterson (NY)         25
  T. Bradley (CHI)         24
  R. Clark (CAL)           23
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        22
  P. Dobson (BAL)          22
  C. Hunter (OAK)          22
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     22

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
  M. Pattin (BOS)           5
  T. Timmerman (DET)        5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         32
  P. Broberg (TEX)         26
  N. Ryan (CAL)            26
  R. Clark (CAL)           24
  M. Lolich (DET)          23
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          22
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     21
  G. Perry (CLE)           21
  M. Kekich (NY)           20
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          20

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  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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