Thursday June 8, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 8, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       25  17  2.46   42   7  15   398   310  135  109   29  123  241
Detroit         25  19  2.56   44  12  10   391   303  128  111   24  147  265
Baltimore       22  22  2.67   44  17   4   387   333  129  115   24  105  223
Oakland         31  13  2.76   44  13  12   402   358  136  123   34   97  209
Kansas City     19  26  2.94   45  10   6   408   366  146  133   27  108  209
Cleveland       20  22  2.95   42  14   8   378   308  132  124   24  141  242
Chicago         26  18  3.00   44  11  11   396   353  158  132   27  121  278
New York        19  26  3.16   45   6  12   396   373  169  139   23  147  211
Milwaukee       16  25  3.16   41   8   9   379   328  156  133   20  148  209
Texas           20  27  3.38   47   3  15   421   370  183  158   22  176  256
California      22  25  3.57   47   9   8   414   355  188  164   28  202  275
Boston          18  23  3.83   41   7   7   359   368  182  153   27  159  253

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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   4  1.87  15  15   5   0   3  116   94   29   24    8   18   70
Jim Kaat (MIN)         6   1  1.93   9   9   2   0   0   65   52   18   14    5   12   40
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      5   4  2.00  10  10   4   0   2   72   45   17   16    4   33   49
Joe Coleman (DET)      7   5  2.06  12  12   2   0   0   87   61   25   20    7   38   69
Clyde Wright (CAL)     5   2  2.08   9   9   2   0   1   61   56   18   14    2   16   28
Jim Palmer (BAL)       6   3  2.17  11  11   4   0   0   83   64   23   20    7   20   63
Ken Holtzman (OAK)     9   3  2.21  13  13   8   0   2  102   93   30   25   10   11   45
Catfish Hunter (OAK)   6   2  2.25  12  12   4   0   1   96   66   26   24    8   19   53

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   0  1.00  12   0   0   0   0   27   17    3    3    0    9   14
Mickey Scott           0   1  1.69   6   0   0   0   0   11    7    2    2    0    3    5
Jim Palmer             6   3  2.17  11  11   4   0   0   83   64   23   20    7   20   63
Doyle Alexander        3   2  2.33  10   1   0   1   0   27   23    8    7    1    7    9
Pat Dobson             6   6  2.61  12  12   6   0   2   90   80   29   26    4   21   52
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  10   0   0   2   0   10   10    5    4    1    5    5
Grant Jackson          0   0  5.40   7   0   0   1   0    8   10    5    5    0    2    7
Dave Leonhard          0   0  5.91   6   0   0   0   0   11    8    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          5   2  3.07  10  10   2   0   1   70   73   33   24    5   23   46
Bill Lee               4   1  3.47  15   0   0   2   0   23   20   10    9    1    6   17
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Luis Tiant             0   2  4.00  12   3   0   0   0   27   24   13   12    1   21   24
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           5   2  2.08   9   9   2   0   1   61   56   18   14    2   16   28
Lloyd Allen            1   2  2.70  15   0   0   3   0   27   20   10    8    1   12   19
Nolan Ryan             5   4  2.95  11  11   4   0   3   64   41   22   21    4   46   64
Rickey Clark           4   5  3.93  11  11   1   0   0   66   57   32   29    4   34   38
Eddie Fisher           2   2  3.95  20   1   0   2   0   41   43   18   18    3    9   13
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.03   7   6   2   1   2   45   35   22   20    2   21   34
Rudy May               1   4  4.19  10   6   0   1   0   39   34   23   18    3   15   29
Don Rose               1   1  4.58   6   3   0   0   0   20   19   14   10    6    6   17
Tom Murphy             0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   10   13    6    6    0    8    2
Mel Queen              0   0  5.40  11   0   0   0   0   22   24   15   13    1   15   15
Alan Foster            0   1  6.14   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    6    5    2    5    6

 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   4  1.87  15  15   5   0   3  116   94   29   24    8   18   70
Steve Kealey           2   2  1.89  16   0   0   3   0   19   15    4    4    1    8   12
Terry Forster          0   1  1.96  17   0   0   6   0   23   19    8    5    0   14   23
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  3.22  11   0   0   1   0   22   21   11    8    1    9   11
Stan Bahnsen           7   6  3.78  14  14   2   0   1   83   84   38   35    6   22   55
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
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  2.55  10   5   0   0   0   35   24   12   10    1   19   21
Phil Hennigan          0   0  3.18   5   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    2    1    2    4
Ed Farmer              0   0  3.50  12   0   0   2   0   18   14    7    7    2   10    9
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  3.93  12   0   0   0   0   18   23    8    8    1    5   10
Dick Tidrow            4   6  4.00  13  13   1   0   0   72   64   34   32    7   29   46
Steve Hargan           0   2  4.20   5   1   0   0   0   15   13    8    7    1    8    8
Ray Lamb               1   0  5.06   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    9    9    0    6   10
Steve Mingori          0   3  6.92  13   0   0   5   0   13   20   11   10    2    5   14

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Leshnock           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    0    2
Tom Timmerman          4   4  1.78  11  10   2   0   2   66   38   17   13    5   22   36
Fred Scherman          2   0  1.95  18   0   0   6   0   32   27    9    7    0   13   20
Joe Coleman            7   5  2.06  12  12   2   0   0   87   61   25   20    7   38   69
Mickey Lolich          9   3  2.33  13  13   8   0   1  108   85   30   28    7   28   80
Chris Zachary          0   0  2.45   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    1    4
Chuck Seelbach         2   1  2.48  15   1   0   3   0   29   19    8    8    1   11   20
Joe Niekro             1   1  3.38   8   3   0   1   0   19   21    7    7    1    2    6
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  2.25   9   0   0   0   0   12   10    6    3    1    8    7
Dick Drago             3   4  2.28  11  11   4   0   1   87   77   23   22    5   11   56
Tom Burgmeier          4   1  2.53  19   0   0   4   0   21   19    8    6    0   10   10
Tom Murphy             2   1  2.78   7   3   0   0   0   23   17    7    7    2    4    8
Paul Splittorff        4   4  2.84  12  11   4   0   1   73   62   25   23    4   20   33
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.19   9   2   0   0   0   42   38   16   15    3   11   17
Bruce Dal Canton       2   3  3.24  11   4   0   1   0   42   38   16   15    2    9   30
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  2.33  14   0   0   1   0   27   20    9    7    1    9    7
Jim Lonborg            3   2  2.45  10   7   3   1   1   55   50   18   15    2   22   29
Ken Sanders            1   4  2.94  17   0   0   7   0   34   29   11   11    1   13   21
Jim Colborn            1   0  3.00  13   0   0   0   0   27   26   10    9    1   15   21
Ken Brett              2   6  3.32  10  10   1   0   1   62   49   30   23    5   17   34
Skip Lockwood          2   5  3.54   9   7   2   0   1   41   33   20   16    2   22   33
Bill Parsons           6   2  3.59  11  10   2   0   0   68   59   28   27    5   20   35
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  0.58  19   0   0   9   0   31   16    3    2    0    6   16
Ray Corbin             2   0  1.35  10   0   0   0   0   27   16    4    4    1   12   18
Jim Kaat               6   1  1.93   9   9   2   0   0   65   52   18   14    5   12   40
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  2.45  11   0   0   0   0   18   12    8    5    1    6   10
Dick Woodson           4   3  3.26  10  10   0   0   0   61   48   28   22    7   25   39
Jim Perry              4   5  3.66  11  11   1   0   1   64   61   31   26    7   24   21
Bob Gebhard            0   0  4.05   4   0   0   0   0    7    9    7    3    0    7    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   1  1.13  17   0   0  11   0   32   18    5    4    1    7   18
Steve Kline            4   1  2.54   8   8   1   0   1   57   52   22   16    3   13   12
Mike Kekich            4   4  2.86  10  10   0   0   0   69   63   25   22    3   35   44
Mel Stottlemyre        5   7  2.89  12  12   3   0   3   87   85   31   28    3   26   45
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.14  10   0   0   0   0   14   11    9    5    2    7   11
Fred Beene             0   3  3.74  11   1   0   1   0   22   23   13    9    2   13   19
Fritz Peterson         3   8  3.86  11  11   2   0   1   75   80   39   32    4   20   35
Rich Hinton            1   0  4.86   7   3   0   0   0   17   20   11    9    2    8   13
Jim Roland             0   1  5.02   7   0   0   0   0   14   12    8    8    2   11    8
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  1.40  14   0   0   4   0   19   14    3    3    0    4   14
Darold Knowles         0   0  1.76  15   0   0   3   0   15   15    3    3    0    4   13
Ken Holtzman           9   3  2.21  13  13   8   0   2  102   93   30   25   10   11   45
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
Rollie Fingers         5   1  2.57  16   0   0   5   0   28   23    9    8    3    7   23
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  4.24   4   3   0   0   0   17   14    8    8    1    8   14
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  1.25  22   0   0   5   0   36   32    6    5    1   14   19
Horacio Pina           0   1  1.69  20   0   0   8   0   27   18    5    5    0   10   25
Mike Paul              0   2  2.10  20   1   0   1   0   26   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           4   4  2.99  11  11   2   0   1   72   51   28   24    2   35   50
Don Stanhouse          0   0  3.31   4   2   0   0   0   16   13    6    6    2   11   13
Dick Bosman            4   5  3.92  11  11   0   0   0   64   68   36   28    2   17   34
Jim Shellenback        1   3  3.95  12   6   0   0   0   43   37   21   19    5   14   21
Casey Cox              1   0  4.09   8   0   0   1   0   11   16    7    5    1    4    6
Jim Panther            3   1  4.18  20   0   0   0   0   32   28   16   15    2   17   16
Bill Gogolewski        3   5  5.74  12   9   1   0   0   47   48   31   30    6   18   34

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  F. Peterson (NY)          8
  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  K. Brett (MIL)            6
  P. Dobson (BAL)           6
  J. Slaton (MIL)           6
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           6
  D. Bosman (TEX)           5
  R. Clark (CAL)            5

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)            9
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         8
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           6
  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)             11
  W. Granger (MIN)          9
  H. Pina (TEX)             8
  K. Sanders (MIL)          7
  T. Forster (CHI)          6
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          6
  F. Scherman (DET)         6
  R. Fingers (OAK)          5
  P. Lindblad (TEX)         5
  S. Mingori (CLE)          5

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:

  W. Wood (CHI)         115.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        113.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       108.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     102.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)        96.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      91.2
  P. Dobson (BAL)        89.2
  J. Coleman (DET)       87.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    87.1
  D. Drago (KC)          87.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)            94
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        93
  M. Lolich (DET)          85
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      85
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         84
  G. Perry (CLE)           81
  P. Dobson (BAL)          80
  F. Peterson (NY)         80
  D. Drago (KC)            77
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        74

Runs:

  F. Peterson (NY)         39
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         38
  M. Pattin (BOS)          37
  D. Bosman (TEX)          36
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          34
  S. Siebert (BOS)         33
  R. Clark (CAL)           32
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)      31
  J. Perry (MIN)           31
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      31

Home Runs:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)        10
  C. Hunter (OAK)           8
  W. Wood (CHI)             8
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  J. Perry (MIN)            7
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           7
  D. Woodson (MIN)          7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  J. Coleman (DET)         38
  P. Broberg (TEX)         35
  M. Kekich (NY)           35
  R. Clark (CAL)           34
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          33
  R. Culp (BOS)            30
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          29
  M. Lolich (DET)          28
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      26

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          80
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        71
  G. Perry (CLE)           71
  W. Wood (CHI)            70
  J. Coleman (DET)         69
  T. Bradley (CHI)         68
  N. Ryan (CAL)            64
  J. Palmer (BAL)          63
  D. Drago (KC)            56
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         55

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