Sunday June 11, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 11, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Minnesota       26  19  2.57   45   7  16   423   333  149  121   33  130  257
Baltimore       25  22  2.61   47  20   4   414   349  134  120   26  112  234
Detroit         26  21  2.76   47  12  10   418   328  145  128   30  158  286
Oakland         33  14  2.80   47  14  14   428   376  146  133   37  111  230
Kansas City     21  27  2.90   48  12   6   435   390  154  140   27  114  226
Cleveland       22  23  2.91   45  15   9   405   330  139  131   27  149  262
Chicago         30  18  2.91   48  13  12   432   381  169  140   30  136  313
New York        20  28  3.10   48   7  12   421   395  175  145   23  153  217
Milwaukee       16  29  3.35   45   8   9   411   366  176  153   29  164  227
Texas           20  30  3.41   50   3  15   448   396  198  170   25  193  276
California      23  27  3.69   50   9   9   437   378  205  179   33  220  291
Boston          20  24  3.92   44   7   8   383   396  198  167   30  162  274

 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
Milt Wilcox (CLE)      6   4  1.91  11  11   4   0   2   80   51   18   17    4   34   54
Jim Kaat (MIN)         7   1  1.99  10  10   2   0   0   72   56   21   16    6   13   43
Jim Palmer (BAL)       7   3  2.05  12  12   5   0   0   92   68   24   21    7   23   66
Dick Drago (KC)        4   4  2.06  12  12   5   0   2   96   82   23   22    5   13   60
Joe Coleman (DET)      7   5  2.08  13  13   2   0   0   95   63   27   22    8   43   75
Tom Timmerman (DET)    4   4  2.14  12  11   2   0   2   71   44   21   17    7   24   42
Ken Holtzman (OAK)     9   4  2.29  14  14   9   0   2  110   97   33   28   11   15   49
Clyde Wright (CAL)     6   2  2.30  10  10   2   0   1   67   60   21   17    4   21   30

 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             7   3  2.05  12  12   5   0   0   92   68   24   21    7   23   66
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           6   5  2.69  12  12   6   0   4   84   73   26   25    5   20   48
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   1  2.50   3   2   1   0   1   18   18    5    5    0    3   16
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
Bill Lee               4   1  3.12  17   0   0   3   0   26   20   10    9    1    6   19
Sonny Siebert          6   2  3.29  11  11   2   0   1   77   83   37   28    5   25   52
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  4.62  11   1   0   0   0   25   33   16   13    2   16   26
Lew Krausse            1   3  5.02  10   7   0   1   0   43   48   27   24    4   21   24
Bobby Bolin            0   1  5.17  10   0   0   0   0   16   16   10    9    2    8   17
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
Clyde Wright           6   2  2.30  10  10   2   0   1   67   60   21   17    4   21   30
Lloyd Allen            1   2  2.43  16   0   0   4   0   30   22   10    8    1   15   22
Steve Barber           1   0  2.45   9   0   0   1   0   11    7    3    3    0   13    7
Nolan Ryan             5   4  3.29  12  12   4   0   3   66   45   25   24    4   49   65
Rickey Clark           4   5  3.88  13  12   1   0   0   72   60   35   31    5   37   41
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  4.29   7   3   0   0   0   21   21   14   10    6    7   19
Eddie Fisher           2   4  4.70  22   1   0   2   0   46   49   25   24    5   11   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              2   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    3
Terry Forster          0   1  1.69  19   0   0   7   0   27   20    8    5    0   15   30
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
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.08  11   0   0   0   0   17   13    4    4    3    6   18
Dave Lemonds           0   0  2.41   8   3   0   0   0   19   17   11    5    0   10   13
Tom Bradley            7   2  2.84  14  14   5   0   1   92   75   31   29    6   22   78
Rich Gossage           1   0  3.04  12   0   0   1   0   24   23   11    8    1   12   13
Stan Bahnsen           8   6  3.93  15  15   2   0   1   89   93   42   39    8   24   63
Phil Regan             0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    1    0    1    1
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

 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            6   4  1.91  11  11   4   0   2   80   51   18   17    4   34   54
Phil Hennigan          0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    1    2    4
Vince Colbert          0   4  3.19  11   6   0   0   0   42   33   17   15    4   22   25
Ed Farmer              0   0  3.32  13   0   0   2   0   19   14    7    7    2   10    9
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  3.79  13   0   0   0   0   19   23    8    8    1    7   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  6.43  14   0   0   6   0   14   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  2.08  13  13   2   0   0   95   63   27   22    8   43   75
Tom Timmerman          4   4  2.14  12  11   2   0   2   71   44   21   17    7   24   42
Mickey Lolich          9   4  2.60  14  14   8   0   1  114   91   35   33    9   31   86
Fred Scherman          2   0  2.76  19   0   0   6   0   33   31   12   10    1   13   21
Chuck Seelbach         3   2  3.13  17   1   0   3   0   32   25   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  4.15  10   0   0   0   0   13   10    6    6    0    3    7
Phil Meeler            0   1  4.91   6   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             4   4  2.06  12  12   5   0   2   96   82   23   22    5   13   60
Tom Burgmeier          4   1  2.53  19   0   0   4   0   21   19    8    6    0   10   10
Ted Abernathy          0   1  2.57  10   0   0   0   0   14   13    7    4    1    8    8
Paul Splittorff        4   4  2.84  12  11   4   0   1   73   62   25   23    4   20   33
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.05  10   2   0   0   0   44   39   16   15    3   11   21
Jim Rooker             3   2  3.07  12   5   3   0   2   41   34   15   14    3   13   19
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  3.86   8   7   0   0   0   44   44   22   19    6   17   15
Tom Murphy             2   2  4.56   8   4   0   0   0   24   23   12   12    2    4    9

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Earl Stephenson        0   0  0.74  14   0   0   0   0   24   19    3    2    2    7   11
Jerry Bell             0   0  0.96   3   0   0   0   0    9    5    1    1    0    5    6
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.40  16   0   0   1   0   30   22   10    8    1    9    9
Jim Colborn            1   0  2.90  15   0   0   0   0   31   30   11   10    2   19   25
Jim Lonborg            3   3  2.97  11   8   3   1   1   58   57   22   19    5   22   31
Ken Sanders            1   5  3.28  19   0   0   7   0   36   33   13   13    2   16   22
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
Ken Brett              2   7  3.84  11  11   1   0   1   63   53   34   27    6   18   34
Jim Slaton             1   6  5.52   9   8   0   0   0   44   50   31   27    3   21   17

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Granger          1   0  0.55  20   0   0  10   0   33   18    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               7   1  1.99  10  10   2   0   0   72   56   21   16    6   13   43
Tom Norton             0   1  2.18  13   0   0   0   0   21   13    8    5    1    6   14
Dave LaRoche           1   3  2.38  19   0   0   6   0   34   24   11    9    2   13   21
Bert Blyleven          7   5  2.82  14  13   4   0   2   96   81   31   30    9   19   74
Dick Woodson           4   4  3.31  11  11   0   0   0   68   53   31   25    7   28   43
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  1.09  18   0   0  11   0   33   19    5    4    1    7   18
Steve Kline            4   2  2.40   9   9   1   0   1   64   56   23   17    3   16   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         4   8  3.87  12  12   3   0   1   84   92   43   36    4   20   39
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
Bob Locker             3   0  1.29  15   0   0   5   0   21   14    3    3    0    4   15
Dave Hamilton          3   0  1.37   3   3   0   0   0   20   16    3    3    0    8    7
Darold Knowles         1   0  1.69  16   0   0   3   0   16   16    3    3    0    5   15
Blue Moon Odom         3   1  2.21   7   6   1   0   0   41   31   11   10    3   19   11
Ken Holtzman           9   4  2.29  14  14   9   0   2  110   97   33   28   11   15   49
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
Mike Paul              0   2  2.05  21   1   0   1   0   26   23    9    6    0   12   15
Horacio Pina           0   2  2.43  22   0   0   8   0   30   23   10    8    0   12   27
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  3.61  12  12   0   0   0   72   73   37   29    3   19   39
Jim Shellenback        1   3  3.95  12   6   0   0   0   43   37   21   19    5   14   21
Casey Cox              1   0  3.95   9   0   0   1   0   14   18    8    6    2    5    7
Jim Panther            3   1  3.97  22   0   0   0   0   34   29   16   15    2   18   18
Bill Gogolewski        3   6  5.85  13  10   1   0   0   52   54   35   34    7   21   39

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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)          8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  T. Bradley (CHI)          7
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  J. Kaat (MIN)             7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7

Losses:

  F. Peterson (NY)          8
  K. Brett (MIL)            7
  M. Pattin (BOS)           7
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       7
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          6
  P. Dobson (BAL)           6
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)       6
  S. Lockwood (MIL)         6
  J. Slaton (MIL)           6
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           6

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           10
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           6
  D. McNally (BAL)          6
  W. Wood (CHI)             6
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5
  D. Drago (KC)             5
  J. Palmer (BAL)           5
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         4

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             11
  W. Granger (MIN)         10
  H. Pina (TEX)             8
  T. Forster (CHI)          7
  K. Sanders (MIL)          7
  R. Fingers (OAK)          6
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          6
  S. Mingori (CLE)          6
  F. Scherman (DET)         6
  P. Lindblad (TEX)         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
  D. Drago (KC)             2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         2
  A. Messersmith (CAL)      2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         124.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        122.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       114.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     110.0
  C. Hunter (OAK)       102.1
  D. Drago (KC)          96.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)      95.2
  J. Coleman (DET)       95.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)       92.0
  J. Palmer (BAL)        92.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           100
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        97
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         93
  F. Peterson (NY)         92
  M. Lolich (DET)          91
  G. Perry (CLE)           87
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      85
  S. Siebert (BOS)         83
  D. Drago (KC)            82
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        81

Runs:

  F. Peterson (NY)         43
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         42
  M. Pattin (BOS)          42
  D. Bosman (TEX)          37
  S. Siebert (BOS)         37
  R. Clark (CAL)           35
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)      35
  M. Lolich (DET)          35
  K. Brett (MIL)           34
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          34

Home Runs:

  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         9
  M. Lolich (DET)           9
  M. Pattin (BOS)           9
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          8
  J. Coleman (DET)          8
  W. Wood (CHI)             8
  B. Gogolewski (TEX)       7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            49
  J. Coleman (DET)         43
  M. Kekich (NY)           38
  R. Clark (CAL)           37
  P. Broberg (TEX)         35
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          34
  M. Lolich (DET)          31
  R. Culp (BOS)            30
  D. Tidrow (CLE)          29
  D. Woodson (MIN)         28

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)          86
  G. Perry (CLE)           82
  T. Bradley (CHI)         78
  J. Coleman (DET)         75
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        74
  W. Wood (CHI)            71
  J. Palmer (BAL)          66
  N. Ryan (CAL)            65
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         63
  C. Hunter (OAK)          61

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