Monday May 29, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 29, 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
New York        16  19  2.39   35   5  10   305   276  109   81   11   99  155
Cleveland       18  16  2.48   34  12   7   304   227   91   84   13  113  195
Detroit         20  16  2.50   36  11   8   317   236  101   88   18  132  214
Baltimore       20  15  2.61   35  14   4   300   245   97   87   18   82  173
Kansas City     13  22  2.87   35   8   3   320   286  113  102   20   87  159
Milwaukee       11  21  2.88   32   6   7   297   254  114   95   15  119  178
Chicago         22  14  2.94   36   9  10   322   278  121  105   21   98  229
Oakland         24  11  3.02   35   9   9   322   287  117  108   29   82  168
Texas           16  23  3.41   39   3  11   351   310  154  133   18  142  217
California      16  23  3.77   39   6   7   344   299  163  144   23  166  228
Boston          14  19  4.02   33   3   7   291   306  153  130   26  130  208

 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
Jim Lonborg (MIL)      2   2  1.83   8   5   3   1   1   44   40   11    9    2   19   24
Mickey Lolich (DET)    8   3  1.85  11  11   8   0   1   92   72   20   19    3   24   67
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    8   3  1.91  12  11   7   1   2   94   66   21   20    3   24   60
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      7   3  1.92  13  13   4   0   3   99   80   26   21    7   15   62
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
Steve Kline (NY)       3   1  2.10   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   17   12    3    9   12

 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             5   5  2.51  10  10   4   0   2   72   60   23   20    3   20   41
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
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
Gary Peters            1   1  3.97   9   1   0   0   0   23   29   13   10    2   14   24
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
Luis Tiant             0   1  4.19   9   2   0   0   0   19   17   10    9    1   12   15
Bobby Bolin            0   1  5.54   8   0   0   0   0   13   13    9    8    2    8   13
Marty Pattin           1   6  5.67   9   8   1   0   0   46   56   32   29    7   14   38

 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   2  1.93  12   0   0   3   0   23   17    7    5    1    9   16
Steve Barber           1   0  2.08   7   0   0   1   0    9    4    2    2    0    9    3
Alan Foster            0   1  2.08   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    1    1    1    4
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
Don Rose               1   0  4.24   5   2   0   0   0   17   12    8    8    5    5   15
Eddie Fisher           2   2  4.38  17   1   0   1   0   37   39   18   18    3    9   12
Rudy May               0   4  4.91   9   6   0   1   0   33   33   23   18    3   14   27
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   1  1.80  15   0   0   6   0   20   17    7    4    0   12   18
Wilbur Wood            7   3  1.92  13  13   4   0   3   99   80   26   21    7   15   62
Steve Kealey           2   1  1.93  13   0   0   3   0   14   11    3    3    1    4   10
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.20  10   0   0   0   0   16   12    4    4    3    5   17
Stan Bahnsen           6   5  3.00  11  11   2   0   1   69   62   25   23    4   17   48
Rich Gossage           1   0  3.14   8   0   0   0   0   14   14    8    5    1    8    8
Tom Bradley            5   2  3.33  11  11   3   0   1   68   59   27   25    4   18   50
Dave Lemonds           0   0  3.38   6   1   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    0    8    9
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
Ed Farmer              0   0  1.38   9   0   0   1   0   13    6    2    2    1    6    6
Milt Wilcox            4   4  1.40   8   8   4   0   2   58   29   10    9    1   24   43
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   5  2.97  11  11   1   0   0   67   53   23   22    4   25   41
Phil Hennigan          0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    1    0    3
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  3.07  10   0   0   0   0   15   16    5    5    1    4    8
Steve Hargan           0   1  3.86   3   1   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    0    5    1
Ray Lamb               1   0  5.06   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    9    9    0    6   10
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   6   1   0   1   0    6    7    0    0    0    1    1
Chris Zachary          0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Mickey Lolich          8   3  1.85  11  11   8   0   1   92   72   20   19    3   24   67
Tom Timmerman          3   4  1.95   9   8   1   0   1   51   28   15   11    5   18   28
Joe Coleman            7   3  2.21  10  10   2   0   0   73   48   20   18    6   36   63
Fred Scherman          0   0  2.28  15   0   0   6   0   28   24    9    7    0   10   15
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  5.40   5   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    4    0    7    4
Ron Perranoski         0   1  5.40   8   0   0   0   0   10   10    6    6    0    3    3
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Bob Strampe            0   0 18.00   6   0   0   0   0    3    5    6    6    0    6    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           4   2  4.11   9   8   1   0   0   50   47   24   23    3   18   30
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  0.86  13   0   0   9   0   21   10    3    2    0    5   10
Mel Stottlemyre        4   5  2.07   9   9   3   0   3   70   65   19   16    1   22   31
Steve Kline            3   1  2.10   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   17   12    3    9   12
Rich Hinton            1   0  2.25   4   2   0   0   0   12   13    5    3    0    1    9
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
Fritz Peterson         3   6  2.93   9   9   1   0   1   61   62   27   20    1   17   31
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
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
Dave Hamilton          1   0  1.42   1   1   0   0   0    6    4    1    1    0    5    2
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  2.32   6   5   1   0   0   31   24    9    8    2   17    9
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         4   1  2.73  14   0   0   5   0   26   22    9    8    3    6   22
Joel Horlen            2   0  2.76  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    5    5    1    3    8
Vida Blue              0   1  3.00   2   1   0   0   0    6    3    2    2    0    5    6
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
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  1.27  18   0   0   3   0   28   24    5    4    0   13   16
Horacio Pina           0   1  1.93  17   0   0   6   0   23   16    5    5    0   10   21
Mike Paul              0   2  2.57  16   1   0   1   0   21   19    8    6    0   10   11
Pete Broberg           3   3  2.76   9   9   2   0   1   62   43   23   19    2   28   40
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
Don Stanhouse          0   0  2.84   2   2   0   0   0   13    9    4    4    2    6   12
Jim Shellenback        1   2  2.97   9   5   0   0   0   39   30   15   13    5   12   18
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  5.33  16   0   0   0   0   25   22   16   15    2   14   14

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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
  P. Dobson (BAL)           5

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  G. Perry (CLE)            7
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         6
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           4
  P. Splittorff (KC)        4
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  T. Bradley (CHI)          3

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)              9
  W. Granger (MIN)          7
  T. Forster (CHI)          6
  H. Pina (TEX)             6
  K. Sanders (MIL)          6
  F. Scherman (DET)         6
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          5
  S. Mingori (CLE)          5
  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:

  W. Wood (CHI)          98.2
  G. Perry (CLE)         94.0
  M. Lolich (DET)        92.1
  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
  P. Dobson (BAL)        71.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    69.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            80
  M. Lolich (DET)          72
  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
  F. Peterson (NY)         62

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         7
  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  J. Coleman (DET)          6
  M. Hedlund (KC)           6
  J. Palmer (BAL)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)       5
  D. Rose (CAL)             5

Walks:

  J. Coleman (DET)         36
  N. Ryan (CAL)            35
  P. Broberg (TEX)         28
  R. Clark (CAL)           27
  M. Kekich (NY)           25
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          25
  R. Culp (BOS)            24
  M. Lolich (DET)          24
  G. Perry (CLE)           24
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          24

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          67
  J. Coleman (DET)         63
  W. Wood (CHI)            62
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        61
  G. Perry (CLE)           60
  T. Bradley (CHI)         50
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         48
  D. Drago (KC)            47
  J. Palmer (BAL)          46
  C. Hunter (OAK)          45


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