Tuesday May 30, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 30, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       22  12  2.18   34   7  13   322   241   98   78   20   94  198
New York        16  20  2.38   36   5  10   313   286  112   83   11  103  159
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  16  2.62   36  14   4   309   253  103   90   20   85  177
Milwaukee       12  21  2.83   33   7   7   306   255  115   96   15  125  182
Kansas City     13  23  2.88   36   8   3   328   293  116  105   22   91  168
Chicago         22  15  3.00   37   9  10   330   287  127  110   22  100  234
Oakland         24  12  3.00   36   9   9   330   294  120  110   30   84  174
Texas           17  23  3.37   40   3  12   360   314  156  135   19  145  222
California      17  23  3.67   40   7   7   353   306  163  144   23  170  238
Boston          15  19  3.90   34   4   7   300   309  153  130   26  134  212

 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  1.08   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    1    4
Roric Harrison         0   0  1.72   9   0   0   0   0   16   14    3    3    0    6   12
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   4  3.57   8   8   2   0   1   40   42   21   16    4   12   15
Eddie Watt             0   0  4.32   8   0   0   2   0    8    8    5    4    1    3    4
Grant Jackson          0   0  7.11   5   0   0   1   0    6    8    5    5    0    2    5
Dave Leonhard          0   0  7.27   5   0   0   0   0    9    7    7    7    2    5    3

 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               4   4  2.94   9   9   3   0   1   64   57   22   21    3   28   34
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
Nolan Ryan             4   4  2.79   9   9   3   0   3   52   33   17   16    3   39   55
Clyde Wright           3   2  2.82   7   7   1   0   0   45   45   18   14    2   12   20
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
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
Stan Bahnsen           6   6  3.45  12  12   2   0   1   73   71   31   28    5   18   50
Bart Johnson           0   2  8.49   8   0   0   1   0   12   13   12   11    0    8    8
Jim Geddes             0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    5    5    1    4    2

 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  1.29  10   0   0   1   0   14   11    2    2    1    4   14
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  2.64   9   9   4   0   1   58   48   18   17    4   17   27
Tom Burgmeier          3   1  2.87  15   0   0   1   0   16   14    7    5    0    8    6
Bruce Dal Canton       2   3  3.25   9   4   0   1   0   36   32   14   13    2    8   25
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
Skip Lockwood          2   4  2.25   8   6   2   0   1   40   28   14   10    2   20   33
Jim Colborn            1   0  2.35  11   0   0   0   0   23   18    7    6    1   13   18
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  1.55  15   0   0   6   0   29   18    7    5    1   11   19
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              4   3  2.67   9   9   1   0   1   54   51   21   16    4   20   17
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
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  2.45   7   0   0   0   0    7    6    6    2    0    3    6
Mike Kekich            4   4  2.66   9   9   0   0   0   61   59   21   18    3   28   38
Fred Beene             0   3  2.70   9   0   0   1   0   17   16    9    5    1   11   16
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  1.56  13   0   0   3   0   17   13    3    3    0    4   12
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   3  2.36  11  11   6   0   2   84   70   24   22    8   10   39
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  19   0   0   3   0   28   25    5    4    0   13   16
Horacio Pina           0   1  1.88  18   0   0   7   0   24   16    5    5    0   10   22
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              1   3  3.45   7   5   0   0   0   29   21   13   11    1   12   16
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:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  M. Pattin (BOS)           6
  F. Peterson (NY)          6
  J. Slaton (MIL)           6
  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
  H. Pina (TEX)             7
  T. Forster (CHI)          6
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          6
  K. Sanders (MIL)          6
  F. Scherman (DET)         6
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  S. Mingori (CLE)          5
  K. Tatum (BOS)            4

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  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
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)          98.2
  G. Perry (CLE)         94.0
  M. Lolich (DET)        92.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      84.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        78.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      77.2
  J. Coleman (DET)       73.1
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       73.0
  D. Drago (KC)          72.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)        71.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            80
  M. Lolich (DET)          72
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         71
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        70
  G. Perry (CLE)           66
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      65
  D. Drago (KC)            64
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        63
  D. Bosman (TEX)          62
  F. Peterson (NY)         62

Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          32
  S. Siebert (BOS)         32
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         31
  D. Bosman (TEX)          30
  T. Bradley (CHI)         27
  F. Peterson (NY)         27
  W. Wood (CHI)            26
  R. Clark (CAL)           25
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)      25
  C. Hunter (OAK)          25

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            39
  J. Coleman (DET)         36
  P. Broberg (TEX)         28
  R. Culp (BOS)            28
  M. Kekich (NY)           28
  R. Clark (CAL)           27
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          25
  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
  N. Ryan (CAL)            55
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         50
  T. Bradley (CHI)         50
  D. Drago (KC)            47
  J. Palmer (BAL)          46

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