Thursday June 1, 1972
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American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 1, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       23  13  2.25   36   7  14   340   261  105   85   23   98  205
Cleveland       19  17  2.48   36  13   7   323   243   96   89   15  119  202
Detroit         21  17  2.50   38  11   8   335   250  106   93   18  138  223
New York        17  21  2.59   38   5  11   334   308  125   96   15  114  171
Baltimore       20  17  2.74   37  14   4   318   265  110   97   21   87  179
Kansas City     14  24  2.90   38   9   3   345   302  122  111   24   97  176
Milwaukee       13  22  2.92   35   7   7   327   278  128  106   18  134  190
Oakland         25  12  2.95   37  10   9   339   303  121  111   30   89  178
Chicago         22  16  3.03   38   9  10   338   296  131  114   22  104  246
Texas           17  24  3.39   41   3  12   369   323  161  139   20  147  225
California      18  23  3.63   41   7   7   362   314  166  146   24  176  246
Boston          16  19  3.78   35   5   7   309   316  154  130   26  137  219

 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
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    9   3  1.75  13  12   8   1   3  103   73   21   20    3   24   63
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      4   4  1.79   9   9   4   0   2   65   37   14   13    3   28   45
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
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      7   3  1.92  13  13   4   0   3   99   80   26   21    7   15   62
Jim Palmer (BAL)       5   3  2.06   9   9   3   0   0   66   45   18   15    6   17   46
Tom Timmerman (DET)    3   4  2.06  10   9   1   0   1   57   34   17   13    5   21   30
Steve Kline (NY)       3   1  2.10   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   17   12    3    9   12
Joe Coleman (DET)      7   4  2.13  11  11   2   0   0   80   51   21   19    6   38   65

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mickey Scott           0   0  1.08   4   0   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    1    4
Roric Harrison         0   0  1.27  10   0   0   0   0   21   16    3    3    0    6   13
Jim Palmer             5   3  2.06   9   9   3   0   0   66   45   18   15    6   17   46
Doyle Alexander        3   1  2.25   9   0   0   1   0   20   15    6    5    1    4    7
Pat Dobson             5   5  2.51  10  10   4   0   2   72   60   23   20    3   20   41
Dave McNally           5   4  2.79  10  10   5   0   4   68   59   21   21    4   17   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
Sonny Siebert          4   2  3.52   9   9   1   0   0   61   69   33   24    5   22   43
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
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            1   2  1.78  13   0   0   3   0   25   19    7    5    1    9   18
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  3.55  10  10   1   0   0   63   52   28   25    3   33   38
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
Wilbur Wood            7   3  1.92  13  13   4   0   3   99   80   26   21    7   15   62
Terry Forster          0   1  2.11  16   0   0   6   0   21   18    8    5    0   13   19
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.20  10   0   0   0   0   16   12    4    4    3    5   17
Steve Kealey           2   2  2.40  14   0   0   3   0   15   14    4    4    1    6   11
Rich Gossage           1   0  3.14   8   0   0   0   0   14   14    8    5    1    8    8
Tom Bradley            5   2  3.28  12  12   3   0   1   74   64   29   27    4   19   60
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  1.26  10   0   0   1   0   14    6    2    2    1    7    7
Gaylord Perry          9   3  1.75  13  12   8   1   3  103   73   21   20    3   24   63
Milt Wilcox            4   4  1.79   9   9   4   0   2   65   37   14   13    3   28   45
Vince Colbert          0   2  2.11   8   3   0   0   0   21   13    7    5    0   15   12
Phil Hennigan          0   0  2.45   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    1    1    4
Dick Tidrow            4   5  2.97  11  11   1   0   0   67   53   23   22    4   25   41
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   2  7.15  11   0   0   5   0   11   17   10    9    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  2.06  10   9   1   0   1   57   34   17   13    5   21   30
Fred Scherman          1   0  2.12  16   0   0   6   0   30   25    9    7    0   11   17
Joe Coleman            7   4  2.13  11  11   2   0   0   80   51   21   19    6   38   65
Chuck Seelbach         2   1  2.96  11   1   0   1   0   24   16    8    8    1   11   15
Les Cain               0   3  3.80   5   5   0   0   0   24   18   12   10    2   16   16
Ron Perranoski         0   1  4.91   9   0   0   0   0   11   10    6    6    0    3    5
Phil Meeler            0   1  5.40   5   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    4    0    7    4
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
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
Tom Murphy             0   1  3.14   5   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    5    1    3    4
Bruce Dal Canton       2   3  3.25   9   4   0   1   0   36   32   14   13    2    8   25
Al Fitzmorris          1   3  3.31   7   2   0   0   0   35   30   14   13    3   10   13
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.68   9   3   2   0   1   29   27   12   12    3    8   14
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  0.45  11   0   0   0   0   20   16    2    1    1    6    8
Jim Lonborg            2   2  1.83   8   5   3   1   1   44   40   11    9    2   19   24
Ken Sanders            1   3  2.15  14   0   0   6   0   29   23    7    7    1   11   18
Jim Colborn            1   0  2.16  12   0   0   0   0   25   22    7    6    1   14   19
Skip Lockwood          2   4  2.25   8   6   2   0   1   40   28   14   10    2   20   33
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.53  12   0   0   0   0   21   17    8    6    1    9    7
Ken Brett              2   5  3.20   9   9   1   0   1   56   42   27   20    5   16   34
Bill Parsons           4   2  4.11   9   8   1   0   0   50   47   24   23    3   18   30
Jim Slaton             1   6  5.54   8   7   0   0   0   39   43   28   24    2   20   16

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Granger          1   0  0.73  15   0   0   8   0   25   12    2    2    0    3   13
Jim Kaat               6   1  1.11   7   7   2   0   0   57   39   10    7    4    9   31
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
Dave LaRoche           1   2  1.99  16   0   0   6   0   32   20    9    7    2   12   21
Bert Blyleven          7   3  2.44  12  11   4   0   2   85   72   24   23    5   17   65
Jim Perry              4   3  2.67   9   9   1   0   1   54   51   21   16    4   20   17
Dick Woodson           3   3  3.42   9   9   0   0   0   53   43   26   20    6   21   33
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
Al Closter             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Sparky Lyle            1   0  1.16  14   0   0  10   0   23   13    4    3    0    6   12
Steve Kline            3   1  2.10   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   17   12    3    9   12
Mel Stottlemyre        5   5  2.24  10  10   3   0   3   76   72   22   19    1   23   34
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   1  3.09   5   0   0   0   0   12    7    4    4    2   10    6
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   12    9    9    5    2    4   10
Rich Hinton            1   0  5.27   5   3   0   0   0   14   19   10    8    2    3   10

 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         5   2  2.48  11  11   3   0   0   87   64   26   24    8   19   49
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  2.35  17   1   0   1   0   23   23    9    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  2.90  10   5   0   0   0   40   30   15   13    5   13   18
Rich Hand              1   3  3.45   7   5   0   0   0   29   21   13   11    1   12   16
Casey Cox              1   0  4.09   8   0   0   1   0   11   16    7    5    1    4    6
Dick Bosman            3   5  4.32  10  10   0   0   0   58   67   34   28    2   14   31
Jim Panther            3   1  5.19  17   0   0   0   0   26   22   16   15    2   14   14
Bill Gogolewski        3   4  5.32  10   8   1   0   0   42   40   25   25    5   16   32

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League Leaders

Wins:

  G. Perry (CLE)            9
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          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
  D. Bosman (TEX)           5
  K. Brett (MIL)            5
  P. Dobson (BAL)           5
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       5
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           5
  R. Clark (CAL)            4

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  G. Perry (CLE)            8
  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)             10
  W. Granger (MIN)          8
  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
  G. Perry (CLE)            3
  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
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           2

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (CLE)        103.0
  W. Wood (CHI)          98.2
  M. Lolich (DET)        92.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)        87.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      84.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      84.0
  J. Coleman (DET)       80.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    76.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       74.0
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)       73.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            80
  G. Perry (CLE)           73
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        72
  M. Lolich (DET)          72
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      72
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         71
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        70
  S. Siebert (BOS)         69
  D. Bosman (TEX)          67
  T. Bradley (CHI)         64

Runs:

  D. Bosman (TEX)          34
  S. Siebert (BOS)         33
  M. Pattin (BOS)          32
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         31
  T. Bradley (CHI)         29
  R. Clark (CAL)           28
  J. Slaton (MIL)          28
  K. Brett (MIL)           27
  F. Peterson (NY)         27
  C. Hunter (OAK)          26

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
  D. Woodson (MIN)          6
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            39
  J. Coleman (DET)         38
  R. Clark (CAL)           33
  P. Broberg (TEX)         28
  R. Culp (BOS)            28
  M. Kekich (NY)           28
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          28
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          25
  M. Lolich (DET)          24
  G. Perry (CLE)           24

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          67
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        65
  J. Coleman (DET)         65
  G. Perry (CLE)           63
  W. Wood (CHI)            62
  T. Bradley (CHI)         60
  N. Ryan (CAL)            55
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         50
  C. Hunter (OAK)          49
  D. Drago (KC)            47

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