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American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 27, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       20  12  2.28   32   6  12   304   231   94   77   19   90  191
Detroit         19  14  2.31   33  11   8   292   209   88   75   18  121  204
Cleveland       18  14  2.37   32  12   7   288   207   80   76   13  101  182
New York        14  18  2.43   32   5   8   278   251  101   75   11   93  139
Baltimore       18  15  2.71   33  12   4   282   236   95   85   18   78  161
Milwaukee       10  20  2.83   30   4   7   280   237  107   88   12  113  170
Kansas City     13  21  2.86   34   8   3   312   275  109   99   19   87  156
Chicago         21  12  2.88   33   9   9   293   252  109   94   19   88  205
Oakland         21  11  3.13   32   9   8   294   268  111  102   29   68  149
Texas           16  20  3.21   36   3  11   325   286  136  116   12  130  200
California      14  22  3.88   36   6   6   316   281  154  136   20  152  210
Boston          13  18  3.92   31   3   7   273   282  141  119   22  121  195

 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
Mickey Lolich (DET)    8   2  1.79  10  10   8   0   1   85   67   18   17    3   23   66
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    8   3  1.91  12  11   7   1   2   94   66   21   20    3   24   60
Tom Timmerman (DET)    3   4  1.95   9   8   1   0   1   51   28   15   11    5   18   28
Mel Stottlemyre (NY)   4   5  2.07   9   9   3   0   3   70   65   19   16    1   22   31
Jim Shellenback (TEX)  1   1  2.10   8   4   0   0   0   34   22    9    8    4   11   15
Joe Coleman (DET)      7   3  2.21  10  10   2   0   0   73   48   20   18    6   36   63

 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           5   3  2.31   9   9   5   0   4   66   54   17   17    3   16   40
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  2.20  12   0   0   4   0   16   11    6    4    2   11   12
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          3   2  4.13   8   8   0   0   0   52   62   32   24    5   19   36
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           4   4  3.67   9   9   1   0   0   56   46   25   23    2   27   32
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
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.57   8   0   0   0   0   14   11    4    4    3    4   13
Stan Bahnsen           6   5  3.00  11  11   2   0   1   69   62   25   23    4   17   48
Dave Lemonds           0   0  3.18   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    6    6
Tom Bradley            5   2  3.34  10  10   3   0   1   62   53   24   23    4   18   45
Rich Gossage           0   0  3.86   7   0   0   0   0   12   14    8    5    1    6    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   3  1.91  12  11   7   1   2   94   66   21   20    3   24   60
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
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.13  14   0   0   6   0   25   20    8    6    0   10   15
Joe Coleman            7   3  2.21  10  10   2   0   0   73   48   20   18    6   36   63
Phil Meeler            0   1  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    1    0    2    2
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
Roger Nelson           0   1  1.50   9   0   0   1   0   12   11    2    2    1    4   11
Ted Abernathy          0   1  1.74   8   0   0   0   0   10    8    5    2    0    7    6
Tom Murphy             0   1  1.93   4   1   0   0   0    9    7    2    2    0    1    0
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
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
Jim Rooker             2   1  3.80   8   2   1   0   1   21   21    9    9    2    5   11

 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  10   0   0   0   0   18   13    0    0    0    5    7
Jim Lonborg            2   1  1.24   7   4   2   1   1   36   31    7    5    1   14   20
Jim Colborn            1   0  2.35  11   0   0   0   0   23   18    7    6    1   13   18
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
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.79  11   0   0   0   0   19   17    8    6    1    9    6
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   6  4.96   7   6   0   0   0   33   35   22   18    1   18   14

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Dave LaRoche           1   1  1.67  14   0   0   5   0   27   18    7    5    1   10   17
Ray Corbin             1   0  1.86   8   0   0   0   0   19   10    4    4    1    8   14
Bob Gebhard            0   0  1.93   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    0    4    4
Bert Blyleven          6   3  2.43  11  10   4   0   2   78   63   22   21    5   16   61
Jim Perry              3   3  2.87   8   8   1   0   1   47   46   19   15    3   18   15
Dick Woodson           3   3  3.30   8   8   0   0   0   46   36   23   17    4   19   32
Tom Norton             0   1  4.09   7   0   0   0   0   11    9    8    5    1    4    7

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            1   0  0.96  11   0   0   7   0   19   10    3    2    0    5    9
Rich Hinton            1   0  1.08   3   1   0   0   0    8    6    2    1    0    1    5
Mel Stottlemyre        4   5  2.07   9   9   3   0   3   70   65   19   16    1   22   31
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         4   2  2.65  10  10   2   0   0   78   55   25   23    8   14   45
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  1.37  17   0   0   3   0   26   24    5    4    0   13   16
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
Dick Bosman            3   4  4.08   9   9   0   0   0   53   62   30   24    1   13   28
Casey Cox              1   0  4.09   8   0   0   1   0   11   16    7    5    1    4    6
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
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5
  J. Kaat (MIN)             5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  G. Perry (CLE)            7
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         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
  F. Scherman (DET)         6
  T. Forster (CHI)          5
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          5
  S. Mingori (CLE)          5
  R. Fingers (OAK)          4
  K. Tatum (BOS)            4

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:

  G. Perry (CLE)         94.0
  W. Wood (CHI)          92.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        85.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)        78.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      77.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      77.0
  J. Coleman (DET)       73.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    69.2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       69.0
  D. McNally (BAL)       66.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            73
  M. Lolich (DET)          67
  G. Perry (CLE)           66
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      65
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        64
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        63
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         62
  D. Bosman (TEX)          62
  S. Siebert (BOS)         62
  P. Dobson (BAL)          55

Runs:

  S. Siebert (BOS)         32
  D. Bosman (TEX)          30
  M. Pattin (BOS)          26
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         25
  R. Clark (CAL)           25
  C. Hunter (OAK)          25
  F. Peterson (NY)         25
  T. Bradley (CHI)         24
  D. Woodson (MIN)         23
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        22

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  K. Holtzman (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
  S. Siebert (BOS)          5
  T. Timmerman (DET)        5

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         36
  N. Ryan (CAL)            35
  R. Clark (CAL)           27
  P. Broberg (TEX)         26
  M. Kekich (NY)           25
  R. Culp (BOS)            24
  G. Perry (CLE)           24
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          24
  M. Lolich (DET)          23
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      22

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          66
  J. Coleman (DET)         63
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        61
  G. Perry (CLE)           60
  W. Wood (CHI)            57
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         48
  T. Bradley (CHI)         45
  C. Hunter (OAK)          45
  N. Ryan (CAL)            45
  D. Drago (KC)            44


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