Friday May 26, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 26, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       20  11  2.08   31   6  12   295   216   78   68   15   83  185
Cleveland       18  13  2.31   31  11   7   280   201   76   72   12   98  177
Detroit         18  14  2.35   32  11   7   283   204   87   74   18  117  200
New York        14  17  2.44   31   5   8   269   244   99   73   11   88  134
Milwaukee       10  19  2.72   29   4   7   272   226   98   82   11  109  165
Baltimore       17  15  2.73   32  11   4   273   230   93   83   18   74  153
Chicago         21  11  2.81   32   9   9   285   242  103   89   17   83  201
Kansas City     13  20  2.82   33   8   3   304   267  105   95   19   86  154
Oakland         20  11  3.13   31   8   8   285   260  108   99   28   65  143
Texas           15  20  3.24   35   3  10   316   274  134  114   12  129  196
California      13  22  3.93   35   5   6   307   275  152  134   20  149  206
Boston          12  18  3.95   30   3   6   264   268  138  116   21  117  188

 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
Jim Kaat (MIN)         5   1  1.31   6   6   1   0   0   48   34    8    7    4    8   28
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      4   4  1.40   8   8   4   0   2   58   29   10    9    1   24   43
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      7   3  1.65  12  12   4   0   3   93   73   22   17    6   13   57
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)    3   4  1.95   9   8   1   0   1   51   28   15   11    5   18   28
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   4   4  2.01   8   8   3   0   3   63   58   17   14    1   18   27
Jim Shellenback (TEX)  1   1  2.10   8   4   0   0   0   34   22    9    8    4   11   15
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           2   3  3.16   7   7   2   0   1   37   37   15   13    2    9   14
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  2.45  11   0   0   3   0   15    9    6    4    2   11   10
Bill Lee               4   1  2.66  13   0   0   2   0   20   16    7    6    1    5   14
Gary Peters            1   1  3.27   8   1   0   0   0   22   27   11    8    1   13   24
Ray Culp               3   4  3.42   8   8   2   0   0   55   54   22   21    3   24   30
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  4.26   8   2   0   0   0   19   17   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
Steve Barber           1   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0    7    4    2    2    0    8    1
Alan Foster            0   1  2.70   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    1    1    1    3
Clyde Wright           2   2  3.11   6   6   1   0   0   38   41   17   13    2    9   17
Nolan Ryan             3   4  3.38   8   8   2   0   2   43   26   17   16    3   35   45
Rickey Clark           3   4  3.99   8   8   0   0   0   47   40   23   21    2   24   28
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.03   7   6   2   1   2   45   35   22   20    2   21   34
Eddie Fisher           1   2  4.50  15   1   0   0   0   34   35   17   17    3    8   12
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  5.95  10   0   0   0   0   20   24   15   13    1   13   14

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Kealey           2   0  0.93  11   0   0   3   0   10    5    1    1    0    3    7
Terry Forster          0   0  1.53  12   0   0   5   0   18   13    6    3    0   10   16
Wilbur Wood            7   3  1.65  12  12   4   0   3   93   73   22   17    6   13   57
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   4  1.40   8   8   4   0   2   58   29   10    9    1   24   43
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  3.07   7   0   0   0   0   15   14    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          3   4  1.95   9   8   1   0   1   51   28   15   11    5   18   28
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  2.35  13   0   0   5   0   23   19    8    6    0   10   15
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
Roger Nelson           0   1  1.54   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    2    2    1    4   10
Ted Abernathy          0   1  1.74   8   0   0   0   0   10    8    5    2    0    7    6
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
Tom Burgmeier          3   1  2.45  14   0   0   1   0   15   12    6    4    0    8    6
Jim Rooker             2   1  3.05   7   2   1   0   1   21   18    7    7    2    5   10
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
Al Fitzmorris          0   3  3.73   6   2   0   0   0   31   30   14   13    3    9   12
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
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 Sanders            0   3  2.66  12   0   0   6   0   24   21    7    7    1    8   16
Ken Brett              2   4  2.87   8   8   1   0   1   53   36   22   17    4   14   33
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
Bert Blyleven          6   3  2.43  11  10   4   0   2   78   63   22   21    5   16   61
Dick Woodson           3   2  2.60   7   7   0   0   0   45   31   15   13    2   17   31
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
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  2.45   7   0   0   0   0    7    6    6    2    0    3    6
Mike Kekich            4   3  2.78   8   8   0   0   0   55   52   19   17    3   25   34
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
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           7   2  2.34  10  10   6   0   2   77   64   21   20    7    8   34
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
Horacio Pina           0   1  1.99  16   0   0   6   0   23   16    5    5    0   10   21
Jim Shellenback        1   1  2.10   8   4   0   0   0   34   22    9    8    4   11   15
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
Jerry Janeski          0   1  3.38   3   1   0   0   0   11    9    5    4    0    6    5
Rich Hand              0   3  3.98   6   4   0   0   0   20   18   11    9    0    9   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
Bill Gogolewski        3   3  4.42   9   7   1   0   0   39   34   19   19    3   12   30
Jim Panther            3   1  5.48  14   0   0   0   0   23   21   15   14    1   12   13

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  G. Perry (CLE)            8
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  J. Coleman (DET)          6
  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
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  G. Perry (CLE)            6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  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
  F. Scherman (DET)         5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  L. Allen (CAL)            3

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)          92.2
  G. Perry (CLE)         86.0
  M. Lolich (DET)        85.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      77.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      77.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        69.0
  J. Coleman (DET)       66.2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       65.0
  D. Drago (KC)          65.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)        62.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            73
  M. Lolich (DET)          67
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        64
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        63
  G. Perry (CLE)           60
  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
  K. Brett (MIL)           22
  R. Culp (BOS)            22
  P. Dobson (BAL)          22

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            35
  J. Coleman (DET)         32
  P. Broberg (TEX)         26
  M. Kekich (NY)           25
  R. Clark (CAL)           24
  R. Culp (BOS)            24
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          24
  M. Lolich (DET)          23
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          22
  A. Messersmith (CAL)     21

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        61
  J. Coleman (DET)         59
  W. Wood (CHI)            57
  G. Perry (CLE)           55
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         46
  T. Bradley (CHI)         45
  N. Ryan (CAL)            45
  D. Drago (KC)            44
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          43


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