Sunday May 28, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 28, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       21  12  2.22   33   7  12   313   236   96   77   19   91  194
Detroit         20  14  2.36   34  11   8   301   217   92   79   18  126  210
Cleveland       18  15  2.37   33  12   7   296   217   85   78   13  106  187
New York        14  19  2.47   33   5   8   287   263  106   79   11   95  148
Baltimore       19  15  2.66   34  13   4   291   240   96   86   18   81  165
Kansas City     13  22  2.87   35   8   3   320   286  113  102   20   87  159
Milwaukee       10  21  2.88   31   5   7   288   246  111   92   13  118  174
Chicago         21  13  2.91   34   9   9   303   262  114   98   20   89  215
Oakland         22  11  3.14   33   9   8   304   277  115  106   29   73  159
Texas           16  21  3.32   37   3  11   333   295  143  123   14  136  205
Boston          14  18  3.83   32   3   7   282   294  142  120   22  124  197
California      15  22  3.83   37   6   7   325   288  156  138   20  155  213

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Kaat (MIN)         6   1  1.11   7   7   2   0   0   57   39   10    7    4    9   31
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
Jim Lonborg (MIL)      2   2  1.83   8   5   3   1   1   44   40   11    9    2   19   24
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
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   3  2.06   9   9   3   0   0   66   45   18   15    6   17   46
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

 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             5   3  2.06   9   9   3   0   0   66   45   18   15    6   17   46
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
John Curtis            1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    1
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
Lew Krausse            1   2  3.99   8   6   0   1   0   38   41   19   17    3   16   21
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
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           3   2  2.82   7   7   1   0   0   45   45   18   14    2   12   20
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  16   1   0   1   0   36   38   18   18    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
Terry Forster          0   0  1.45  13   0   0   5   0   19   14    6    3    0   11   17
Wilbur Wood            7   3  1.65  12  12   4   0   3   93   73   22   17    6   13   57
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.35   9   0   0   0   0   15   11    4    4    3    4   15
Steve Kealey           2   1  2.38  12   0   0   3   0   11    8    3    3    1    3    9
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  3.33  11  11   3   0   1   68   59   27   25    4   18   50
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
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
Vince Colbert          0   2  2.11   8   3   0   0   0   21   13    7    5    0   15   12
Dick Tidrow            4   4  2.87  10  10   1   0   0   63   48   21   20    4   22   35
Phil Hennigan          0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    1    0    3
Ray Lamb               1   0  3.07   7   0   0   0   0   15   14    5    5    0    4   10
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  3.46   9   0   0   0   0   13   15    5    5    1    3    6
Steve Hargan           0   1  3.86   3   1   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    0    5    1
Steve Mingori          0   1  6.55  10   0   0   5   0   11   16    9    8    2    4   11

 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
Chuck Seelbach         2   1  2.42  10   1   0   1   0   22   12    6    6    1   11   14
Les Cain               0   3  3.80   5   5   0   0   0   24   18   12   10    2   16   16
Phil Meeler            0   1  4.26   4   0   0   0   0    6   10    5    3    0    5    4
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   4  2.25   9   9   3   0   1   72   64   19   18    4   11   47
Paul Splittorff        4   3  2.43   8   8   4   0   1   56   44   16   15    3   14   25
Tom Burgmeier          3   1  2.87  15   0   0   1   0   16   14    7    5    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   2  1.83   8   5   3   1   1   44   40   11    9    2   19   24
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               6   1  1.11   7   7   2   0   0   57   39   10    7    4    9   31
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
Mel Stottlemyre        4   5  2.07   9   9   3   0   3   70   65   19   16    1   22   31
Rich Hinton            1   0  2.25   4   2   0   0   0   12   13    5    3    0    1    9
Steve Kline            2   1  2.32   6   6   1   0   1   43   39   16   11    3    8   11
Fred Beene             0   3  2.45   8   0   0   1   0   15   13    8    4    1   10   16
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  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    5    3    3    2    4    5

 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  1.65  12   0   0   3   0   16   12    3    3    0    4   11
Darold Knowles         0   0  2.13  12   0   0   1   0   13   14    3    3    0    4    9
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
Vida Blue              0   1  3.00   2   1   0   0   0    6    3    2    2    0    5    6
Rollie Fingers         4   1  3.04  13   0   0   4   0   24   22    9    8    3    6   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

 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
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
Mike Paul              0   2  2.84  15   1   0   1   0   19   16    8    6    0    9    8
Don Stanhouse          0   0  2.84   2   2   0   0   0   13    9    4    4    2    6   12
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   4  5.32  10   8   1   0   0   42   40   25   25    5   16   32
Jim Panther            3   1  5.40  15   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
  J. Kaat (MIN)             6
  T. Bradley (CHI)          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
  D. Drago (KC)          72.0
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    69.2
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       69.0

Hits:

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

Runs:

  S. Siebert (BOS)         32
  D. Bosman (TEX)          30
  T. Bradley (CHI)         27
  M. Pattin (BOS)          26
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         25
  R. Clark (CAL)           25
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)      25
  C. Hunter (OAK)          25
  F. Peterson (NY)         25
  D. Woodson (MIN)         23

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
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)       5
  M. Pattin (BOS)           5
  S. Siebert (BOS)          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
  T. Bradley (CHI)         50
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         48
  D. Drago (KC)            47
  J. Palmer (BAL)          46
  C. Hunter (OAK)          45


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