Monday June 5, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 5, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       24  16  2.38   40   7  15   375   290  120   99   28  108  225
Detroit         24  17  2.47   41  12   9   364   268  113  100   20  146  240
Baltimore       21  21  2.68   42  16   4   363   307  122  108   23  101  205
Cleveland       20  20  2.70   40  14   8   360   282  115  108   21  132  225
Oakland         29  13  2.81   42  12  11   384   336  130  120   33   96  200
Kansas City     17  25  2.93   42  10   5   381   338  136  124   25  103  194
New York        18  24  2.98   42   6  11   371   342  152  123   21  136  198
Chicago         25  17  3.07   42  11  10   378   339  155  129   27  118  271
Milwaukee       15  23  3.08   38   8   8   354   303  144  121   19  143  201
Texas           18  26  3.40   44   3  13   394   350  171  149   21  162  244
California      20  24  3.69   44   7   8   388   340  179  159   26  192  261
Boston          17  22  3.97   39   6   7   342   358  180  151   27  152  243

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Kaat (MIN)         6   1  1.69   8   8   2   0   0   59   45   14   11    5    9   32
Tom Timmerman (DET)    4   4  1.78  11  10   2   0   2   66   38   17   13    5   22   36
Gaylord Perry (CLE)    9   4  1.83  14  13   9   1   3  113   81   24   23    5   24   71
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      8   3  1.84  14  14   5   0   3  108   88   27   22    8   18   68
Jim Palmer (BAL)       6   3  1.93  10  10   4   0   0   75   54   19   16    6   18   52
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      5   4  2.00  10  10   4   0   2   72   45   17   16    4   33   49
Mickey Lolich (DET)    8   3  2.06  12  12   8   0   1  100   76   24   23    4   28   73
Steve Kline (NY)       3   1  2.10   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   17   12    3    9   12
Dick Drago (KC)        3   4  2.11  10  10   4   0   1   81   69   20   19    4   11   53
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  1.04   5   0   0   0   0    9    5    1    1    0    1    4
Roric Harrison         0   0  1.11  11   0   0   0   0   24   16    3    3    0    9   13
Jim Palmer             6   3  1.93  10  10   4   0   0   75   54   19   16    6   18   52
Doyle Alexander        3   2  2.33  10   1   0   1   0   27   23    8    7    1    7    9
Pat Dobson             5   6  2.68  11  11   5   0   2   81   70   27   24    4   21   47
Dave McNally           5   5  2.77  11  11   5   0   4   75   68   24   23    4   19   46
Mike Cuellar           2   5  3.50   9   9   2   0   1   46   46   23   18    5   14   19
Eddie Watt             0   0  3.60   9   0   0   2   0   10    9    5    4    1    5    5
Grant Jackson          0   0  5.40   6   0   0   1   0    8    9    5    5    0    2    7
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            2   0  0.00   2   1   1   0   1   12    9    0    0    0    3    6
Ken Tatum              0   1  2.55  14   0   0   4   0   18   14    7    5    2   11   12
Ray Culp               4   5  2.82  10  10   3   0   1   70   63   28   22    4   30   37
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
Bill Lee               4   1  3.98  14   0   0   2   0   20   18   10    9    1    6   14
Luis Tiant             0   1  4.09  11   2   0   0   0   22   20   11   10    1   15   20
Gary Peters            1   1  4.81  10   1   0   0   0   24   33   16   13    2   16   25
Lew Krausse            1   3  4.81   9   7   0   1   0   43   47   25   23    3   20   24
Bobby Bolin            0   1  5.79   9   0   0   0   0   14   16   10    9    2    8   16
Marty Pattin           1   7  5.81  10   9   1   0   0   53   64   37   34    7   15   42

 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
Steve Barber           1   0  1.69   8   0   0   1   0   11    5    2    2    0   12    6
Clyde Wright           4   2  2.44   8   8   1   0   0   52   52   18   14    2   13   24
Lloyd Allen            1   2  2.70  15   0   0   3   0   27   20   10    8    1   12   19
Nolan Ryan             4   4  3.27  10  10   3   0   3   55   38   21   20    4   44   59
Rickey Clark           4   5  3.93  11  11   1   0   0   66   57   32   29    4   34   38
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.03   7   6   2   1   2   45   35   22   20    2   21   34
Eddie Fisher           2   2  4.08  19   1   0   2   0   40   43   18   18    3    9   12
Rudy May               1   4  4.19  10   6   0   1   0   39   34   23   18    3   15   29
Don Rose               1   0  4.24   5   2   0   0   0   17   12    8    8    5    5   15
Alan Foster            0   1  5.06   4   0   0   0   0    5    5    4    3    1    3    5
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
Cy Acosta              1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Wilbur Wood            8   3  1.84  14  14   5   0   3  108   88   27   22    8   18   68
Terry Forster          0   1  1.96  17   0   0   6   0   23   19    8    5    0   14   23
Steve Kealey           2   2  2.00  15   0   0   3   0   18   15    4    4    1    8   12
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.20  10   0   0   0   0   16   12    4    4    3    5   17
Dave Lemonds           0   0  2.30   7   2   0   0   0   16   14    7    4    0    8   11
Tom Bradley            6   2  3.04  13  13   4   0   1   83   70   30   28    5   20   68
Rich Gossage           1   0  3.72  10   0   0   0   0   19   19   11    8    1    9    9
Stan Bahnsen           6   6  3.96  13  13   2   0   1   77   78   37   34    6   19   52
Bart Johnson           0   3  9.22   9   0   0   1   0   14   18   20   14    2   13    9
Jim Geddes             0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    5    5    1    4    2
Phil Regan             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    2    2    1    0    0    0

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Farmer              0   0  1.62  11   0   0   2   0   17   10    3    3    1    9    9
Gaylord Perry          9   4  1.83  14  13   9   1   3  113   81   24   23    5   24   71
Milt Wilcox            5   4  2.00  10  10   4   0   2   72   45   17   16    4   33   49
Vince Colbert          0   3  2.54   9   4   0   0   0   28   19   10    8    1   18   14
Dick Tidrow            4   5  3.41  12  12   1   0   0   69   57   27   26    5   26   42
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  3.57  11   0   0   0   0   18   21    7    7    1    4   10
Phil Hennigan          0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    1    2    4
Steve Hargan           0   2  4.09   4   1   0   0   0   11    8    6    5    1    6    3
Ray Lamb               1   0  5.06   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    9    9    0    6   10
Steve Mingori          0   2  6.57  12   0   0   5   0   12   17   10    9    2    4   13

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Chris Zachary          0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Timmerman          4   4  1.78  11  10   2   0   2   66   38   17   13    5   22   36
Joe Niekro             1   0  1.88   7   2   0   1   0   14   15    3    3    1    2    2
Fred Scherman          2   0  1.97  17   0   0   6   0   32   27    9    7    0   13   20
Mickey Lolich          8   3  2.06  12  12   8   0   1  100   76   24   23    4   28   73
Joe Coleman            7   4  2.13  11  11   2   0   0   80   51   21   19    6   38   65
Chuck Seelbach         2   1  2.77  13   1   0   2   0   26   16    8    8    1   11   16
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
Dick Drago             3   4  2.11  10  10   4   0   1   81   69   20   19    4   11   53
Ted Abernathy          0   1  2.25   9   0   0   0   0   12   10    6    3    1    8    7
Tom Burgmeier          3   1  2.45  17   0   0   3   0   18   15    7    5    0    9    9
Paul Splittorff        4   3  2.86  11  10   4   0   1   66   57   22   21    4   18   30
Tom Murphy             1   1  3.07   6   2   0   0   0   15   10    5    5    1    3    4
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.12   8   2   0   0   0   40   34   15   14    3   11   15
Bruce Dal Canton       2   3  3.32  10   4   0   1   0   41   38   16   15    2    8   28
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.94  11   4   2   0   1   32   30   15   14    3   10   14
Mike Hedlund           0   5  4.02   7   7   0   0   0   40   39   20   18    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   2   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    4    4
Earl Stephenson        0   0  0.43  12   0   0   0   0   21   17    2    1    1    6    9
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.16  13   0   0   1   0   25   18    8    6    1    9    7
Jim Lonborg            3   2  2.36   9   6   3   1   1   50   45   16   13    2   21   25
Ken Sanders            1   3  2.37  15   0   0   6   0   30   25    8    8    1   11   18
Jim Colborn            1   0  3.00  13   0   0   0   0   27   26   10    9    1   15   21
Ken Brett              2   5  3.20   9   9   1   0   1   56   42   27   20    5   16   34
Skip Lockwood          2   5  3.54   9   7   2   0   1   41   33   20   16    2   22   33
Bill Parsons           5   2  3.64  10   9   2   0   0   59   52   25   24    4   19   34
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  0.64  18   0   0   9   0   28   14    3    2    0    4   14
Ray Corbin             1   0  1.59   9   0   0   0   0   23   14    4    4    1    8   16
Jim Kaat               6   1  1.69   8   8   2   0   0   59   45   14   11    5    9   32
Bob Gebhard            0   0  1.93   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    0    4    4
Dave LaRoche           1   3  2.14  18   0   0   6   0   34   22   10    8    2   13   21
Bert Blyleven          7   4  2.45  13  12   4   0   2   92   74   26   25    6   18   71
Tom Norton             0   1  3.00   9   0   0   0   0   15   12    8    5    1    5    8
Jim Perry              4   4  3.15  10  10   1   0   1   60   56   26   21    6   22   20
Dick Woodson           4   3  3.26  10  10   0   0   0   61   48   28   22    7   25   39

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   1  1.27  16   0   0  10   0   28   17    5    4    1    7   13
Steve Kline            3   1  2.10   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   17   12    3    9   12
Mel Stottlemyre        5   6  2.59  11  11   3   0   3   83   79   27   24    2   25   42
Mike Kekich            4   4  2.86  10  10   0   0   0   69   63   25   22    3   35   44
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.29   9   0   0   0   0   14   10    9    5    2    6   11
Fritz Peterson         3   7  3.38  10  10   2   0   1   69   70   33   26    3   19   34
Fred Beene             0   3  4.12  10   1   0   1   0   20   20   13    9    2   13   18
Rich Hinton            1   0  4.91   6   3   0   0   0   15   19   10    8    2    5   11
Jim Roland             0   1  5.11   6   0   0   0   0   12   10    7    7    2   10    7
Rob Gardner            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    0    3
Al Closter             0   0 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    3    3    1    4    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
Dave Hamilton          2   0  0.73   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    1    1    0    5    3
Bob Locker             3   0  1.56  13   0   0   3   0   17   13    3    3    0    4   12
Darold Knowles         0   0  1.76  14   0   0   3   0   15   15    3    3    0    4   13
Blue Moon Odom         3   1  2.21   7   6   1   0   0   41   31   11   10    3   19   11
Catfish Hunter         6   2  2.25  12  12   4   0   1   96   66   26   24    8   19   53
Ken Holtzman           8   3  2.32  12  12   7   0   2   93   79   26   24    9   11   41
Rollie Fingers         4   1  2.67  15   0   0   5   0   27   23    9    8    3    6   22
Joel Horlen            2   0  3.12  11   0   0   0   0   17   18    6    6    1    3   10
Diego Segui            0   1  3.57   7   3   0   0   0   23   25   10    9    2    7   11
Jim Roland             0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    1    0    0    0
Vida Blue              0   2  4.91   3   2   0   0   0   11    7    6    6    1    8   12
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  1.23  20   0   0   3   0   29   26    5    4    0   13   17
Horacio Pina           0   1  1.73  19   0   0   8   0   26   18    5    5    0   10   24
Mike Paul              0   2  2.13  19   1   0   1   0   25   23    9    6    0   12   14
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
Rich Hand              2   3  2.94   8   6   0   0   0   34   25   13   11    1   17   17
Pete Broberg           3   4  2.96  10  10   2   0   1   67   49   26   22    2   30   47
Jim Shellenback        1   2  3.05  11   5   0   0   0   41   32   16   14    5   13   21
Don Stanhouse          0   0  3.38   3   2   0   0   0   16   12    6    6    2    9   13
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  4.40  19   0   0   0   0   31   27   16   15    2   16   15
Bill Gogolewski        3   5  6.07  11   9   1   0   0   43   44   29   29    6   17   32

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League Leaders

Wins:

  G. Perry (CLE)            9
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         8
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  W. Wood (CHI)             8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  T. Bradley (CHI)          6
  C. Hunter (OAK)           6
  J. Kaat (MIN)             6

Losses:

  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  F. Peterson (NY)          7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  P. Dobson (BAL)           6
  J. Slaton (MIL)           6
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       6
  D. Bosman (TEX)           5
  K. Brett (MIL)            5
  R. Clark (CAL)            5
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          5

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)            9
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         7
  P. Dobson (BAL)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4
  T. Bradley (CHI)          4
  D. Drago (KC)             4
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             10
  W. Granger (MIN)          9
  H. Pina (TEX)             8
  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
  T. Timmerman (DET)        2

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (CLE)        113.0
  W. Wood (CHI)         107.2
  M. Lolich (DET)       100.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)        96.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)      93.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      91.2
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    83.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       83.0
  D. Drago (KC)          81.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)        80.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            88
  G. Perry (CLE)           81
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        79
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      79
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         78
  M. Lolich (DET)          76
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        74
  T. Bradley (CHI)         70
  P. Dobson (BAL)          70
  F. Peterson (NY)         70

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         37
  M. Pattin (BOS)          37
  D. Bosman (TEX)          34
  F. Peterson (NY)         33
  S. Siebert (BOS)         33
  R. Clark (CAL)           32
  T. Bradley (CHI)         30
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)      29
  R. Culp (BOS)            28
  J. Slaton (MIL)          28

Home Runs:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  W. Wood (CHI)             8
  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  D. Woodson (MIN)          7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         6
  J. Coleman (DET)          6
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)       6
  M. Hedlund (KC)           6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            44
  J. Coleman (DET)         38
  M. Kekich (NY)           35
  R. Clark (CAL)           34
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          33
  P. Broberg (TEX)         30
  R. Culp (BOS)            30
  M. Lolich (DET)          28
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          26
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      25

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          73
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        71
  G. Perry (CLE)           71
  T. Bradley (CHI)         68
  W. Wood (CHI)            68
  J. Coleman (DET)         65
  N. Ryan (CAL)            59
  D. Drago (KC)            53
  C. Hunter (OAK)          53
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         52


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