Friday June 9, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 9, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       25  18  2.55   43   7  15   406   319  142  115   32  126  249
Baltimore       23  22  2.66   45  18   4   396   340  131  117   25  108  229
Detroit         25  20  2.72   45  12  10   400   318  138  121   27  150  272
Oakland         32  13  2.81   45  13  13   411   366  141  128   36  104  221
Kansas City     20  26  2.87   46  11   6   417   370  146  133   27  111  214
Cleveland       21  22  2.90   43  15   8   387   314  133  125   24  143  253
Chicago         27  18  2.98   45  12  11   405   359  160  134   27  124  279
New York        19  27  3.12   46   6  12   404   378  170  140   23  150  213
Milwaukee       16  26  3.17   42   8   9   387   333  159  136   21  153  213
Texas           20  28  3.39   48   3  15   430   379  190  162   22  185  263
California      22  26  3.60   48   9   8   420   360  194  168   30  205  278
Boston          19  23  3.87   42   7   7   365   376  187  157   29  159  254

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   10   4  1.77  15  14  10   1   3  122   87   25   24    5   26   82
Wilbur Wood (CHI)      9   4  1.88  16  16   6   0   3  125  100   31   26    8   21   71
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
Tom Timmerman (DET)    4   4  2.14  12  11   2   0   2   71   44   21   17    7   24   42
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
Dick Drago (KC)        3   4  2.28  11  11   4   0   1   87   77   23   22    5   11   56

 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           3   5  3.25  10  10   3   0   1   55   53   25   20    6   17   25
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  16   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           2   7  5.83  11  10   1   0   0   59   72   42   38    9   15   43

 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  3.97  12  12   1   0   0   70   59   35   31    5   37   41
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.03   7   6   2   1   2   45   35   22   20    2   21   34
Eddie Fisher           2   3  4.19  21   1   0   2   0   43   46   21   20    4    9   13
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            9   4  1.88  16  16   6   0   3  125  100   31   26    8   21   71
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         10   4  1.77  15  14  10   1   3  122   87   25   24    5   26   82
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
Chris Zachary          0   0  1.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    1    1    0    2    4
Joe Coleman            7   5  2.06  12  12   2   0   0   87   61   25   20    7   38   69
Tom Timmerman          4   4  2.14  12  11   2   0   2   71   44   21   17    7   24   42
Mickey Lolich          9   3  2.33  13  13   8   0   1  108   85   30   28    7   28   80
Fred Scherman          2   0  2.76  19   0   0   6   0   33   31   12   10    1   13   21
Chuck Seelbach         2   2  3.23  16   1   0   3   0   31   23   11   11    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
Jim Rooker             3   2  3.07  12   5   3   0   2   41   34   15   14    3   13   19
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
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  0.41  13   0   0   0   0   22   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   6  3.59  10   8   2   0   1   48   38   23   19    3   27   37
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  1.57  11   0   0   0   0   29   18    6    5    1   14   20
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
Tom Norton             0   1  2.21  12   0   0   0   0   20   12    8    5    1    6   13
Bert Blyleven          7   5  2.82  14  13   4   0   2   96   81   31   30    9   19   74
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   5  2.71  11  11   0   0   0   76   67   26   23    3   38   46
Mel Stottlemyre        5   7  2.89  12  12   3   0   3   87   85   31   28    3   26   45
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  2.93  11   0   0   0   0   15   12    9    5    2    7   11
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
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         1   0  1.69  16   0   0   3   0   16   16    3    3    0    5   15
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
Rollie Fingers         5   1  2.40  17   0   0   6   0   30   23    9    8    3    7   25
Catfish Hunter         6   2  2.55  13  13   4   0   1  102   73   31   29   10   25   61
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  1.88  21   0   0   8   0   29   20    8    6    0   11   26
Mike Paul              0   2  2.05  21   1   0   1   0   26   23    9    6    0   12   15
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
Pete Broberg           4   4  2.99  11  11   2   0   1   72   51   28   24    2   35   50
Don Stanhouse          0   0  3.06   5   2   0   0   0   18   14    7    6    2   14   15
Rich Hand              2   4  3.32   9   7   0   0   0   38   31   16   14    1   22   19
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  4.09  21   0   0   0   0   33   28   16   15    2   17   17
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:

  G. Perry (CLE)           10
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  M. Lolich (DET)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  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
  S. Lockwood (MIL)         6
  J. Slaton (MIL)           6
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           6
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         5

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           10
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         8
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           6
  W. Wood (CHI)             6
  D. McNally (BAL)          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
  R. Fingers (OAK)          6
  T. Forster (CHI)          6
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          6
  F. Scherman (DET)         6
  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
  J. Rooker (KC)            2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         124.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        122.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       108.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)       102.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     102.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      95.2
  P. Dobson (BAL)        89.2
  J. Coleman (DET)       87.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    87.1
  D. Drago (KC)          87.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           100
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        93
  G. Perry (CLE)           87
  M. Lolich (DET)          85
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      85
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         84
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        81
  P. Dobson (BAL)          80
  F. Peterson (NY)         80
  D. Drago (KC)            77

Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          42
  F. Peterson (NY)         39
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         38
  D. Bosman (TEX)          36
  R. Clark (CAL)           35
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          34
  S. Siebert (BOS)         33
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        31
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)      31
  C. Hunter (OAK)          31

Home Runs:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)        10
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         9
  M. Pattin (BOS)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             8
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  M. Lolich (DET)           7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  J. Perry (MIN)            7
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            46
  J. Coleman (DET)         38
  M. Kekich (NY)           38
  R. Clark (CAL)           37
  P. Broberg (TEX)         35
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          33
  R. Culp (BOS)            30
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          29
  M. Lolich (DET)          28
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        27

Strikeouts:

  G. Perry (CLE)           82
  M. Lolich (DET)          80
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        74
  W. Wood (CHI)            71
  J. Coleman (DET)         69
  T. Bradley (CHI)         68
  N. Ryan (CAL)            64
  J. Palmer (BAL)          63
  C. Hunter (OAK)          61
  D. Drago (KC)            56


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