Tuesday June 13, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 13, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       27  22  2.52   49  22   4   432   360  135  121   27  114  248
Minnesota       27  20  2.55   47   8  16   438   343  152  124   35  136  267
Detroit         27  22  2.72   49  12  11   433   347  149  131   30  164  297
Oakland         33  16  2.79   49  14  14   446   390  152  138   38  119  240
Chicago         31  18  2.86   49  14  12   441   384  169  140   30  138  317
Kansas City     22  27  2.88   49  12   7   444   398  156  142   27  116  236
Cleveland       22  24  2.88   46  16   9   415   336  142  133   27  152  271
New York        20  29  3.07   49   7  12   430   400  177  147   24  159  222
Texas           22  30  3.30   52   4  16   466   402  199  171   25  198  287
Milwaukee       16  31  3.46   47   8   9   427   381  187  164   31  177  238
California      24  27  3.62   51   9   9   448   388  207  180   33  223  294
Boston          20  25  3.92   45   7   8   392   406  202  171   30  165  277

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     10   4  1.75  17  17   7   0   4  134  103   31   26    8   23   75
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   10   5  1.77  16  15  11   1   3  132   93   28   26    5   29   91
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   5  2.26  13  12   2   0   2   76   51   24   19    7   26   44
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             7   6  2.37  13  13   7   0   3   99   84   29   26    4   22   60
Dave McNally           6   5  2.69  12  12   6   0   4   84   73   26   25    5   20   48
Mike Cuellar           4   5  2.94  11  11   4   0   1   64   60   26   21    7   18   31
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
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
Bill Lee               4   2  4.33  18   0   0   3   0   27   23   14   13    1    7   19
Gary Peters            1   1  4.62  11   1   0   0   0   25   33   16   13    2   16   26
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.96  11   0   0   0   0   16   18   10    9    2    8   17
Lew Krausse            1   3  5.02  10   7   0   1   0   43   48   27   24    4   21   24
Marty Pattin           2   7  5.18  12  11   1   0   0   66   77   42   38    9   17   46

 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            2   2  2.14  17   0   0   4   0   34   25   10    8    1   17   22
Clyde Wright           6   2  2.30  10  10   2   0   1   67   60   21   17    4   21   30
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
Rudy May               1   4  3.74  11   7   0   1   0   46   41   25   19    3   16   32
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
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           10   4  1.75  17  17   7   0   4  134  103   31   26    8   23   75
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   5  1.77  16  15  11   1   3  132   93   28   26    5   29   91
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   5  2.26  13  12   2   0   2   76   51   24   19    7   26   44
Fred Scherman          2   0  2.52  20   0   0   7   0   36   33   12   10    1   15   23
Mickey Lolich          9   4  2.60  14  14   8   0   1  114   91   35   33    9   31   86
Joe Niekro             2   1  2.92   9   4   0   1   0   25   30    8    8    1    3   12
Chuck Seelbach         3   2  2.97  18   1   0   3   0   33   25   11   11    1   12   21
Les Cain               0   3  3.80   5   5   0   0   0   24   18   12   10    2   16   16
Ron Perranoski         0   1  4.15  11   0   0   0   0   13   11    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  2.45  20   0   0   5   0   22   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  2.81  13  12   4   0   1   80   69   27   25    4   22   41
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       3   3  3.14  12   4   0   1   0   43   39   16   15    2    9   32
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  0.68  15   0   0   0   0   26   19    3    2    2    8   12
Jerry Bell             0   0  1.59   4   0   0   0   0   11    8    2    2    0    6    6
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.32  17   0   0   1   0   31   22   10    8    1    9   10
Jim Colborn            1   0  2.76  16   0   0   0   0   33   32   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  3.19  20   0   0   7   0   37   33   13   13    2   16   23
Ken Brett              2   7  3.84  11  11   1   0   1   63   53   34   27    6   18   34
Skip Lockwood          2   7  3.93  11   9   2   0   1   53   42   27   23    3   33   44
Bill Parsons           6   3  4.18  12  11   2   0   0   71   65   34   33    7   25   36
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  2.25  20   0   0   6   0   36   25   11    9    2   14   22
Bert Blyleven          7   6  2.81  15  14   4   0   2  103   86   33   32   11   21   78
Dick Woodson           4   4  3.31  11  11   0   0   0   68   53   31   25    7   28   43
Jim Perry              5   5  3.47  12  12   2   0   1   70   65   32   27    7   27   26
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
Wade Blasingame        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
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   8  2.83  13  13   3   0   3   95   90   33   30    4   32   49
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  1.23  16   0   0   5   0   22   15    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  1.50  17   0   0   3   0   18   16    3    3    0    6   15
Rollie Fingers         5   1  2.25  18   0   0   6   0   32   24    9    8    3    8   26
Ken Holtzman           9   4  2.29  14  14   9   0   2  110   97   33   28   11   15   49
Catfish Hunter         6   2  2.55  13  13   4   0   1  102   73   31   29   10   25   61
Blue Moon Odom         3   2  2.79   8   7   1   0   0   42   34   15   13    4   22   11
Joel Horlen            2   0  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   21   22    7    7    1    3   12
Vida Blue              0   3  3.24   5   4   0   0   0   25   19    9    9    1   11   21
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
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              1   2  1.89  22   2   0   1   0   33   25   10    7    0   14   18
Horacio Pina           0   2  2.43  22   0   0   8   0   30   23   10    8    0   12   27
Pete Broberg           5   4  2.66  12  12   3   0   2   81   54   28   24    2   37   56
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
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
Casey Cox              1   0  3.45  10   0   0   2   0   16   19    8    6    2    6    9
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
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
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  M. Lolich (DET)           9
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          8
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         7
  T. Bradley (CHI)          7
  J. Coleman (DET)          7
  P. Dobson (BAL)           7
  J. Kaat (MIN)             7

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         9
  M. Lolich (DET)           8
  P. Dobson (BAL)           7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  D. McNally (BAL)          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
  F. Scherman (DET)         7
  R. Fingers (OAK)          6
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          6
  S. Mingori (CLE)          6
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         5

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3
  N. Ryan (CAL)             3
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       3
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         2
  P. Broberg (TEX)          2
  D. Drago (KC)             2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         2

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         133.2
  G. Perry (CLE)        132.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       114.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     110.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     102.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       102.1
  P. Dobson (BAL)        98.2
  D. Drago (KC)          96.0
  J. Coleman (DET)       95.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)    95.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           103
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        97
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         93
  G. Perry (CLE)           93
  F. Peterson (NY)         92
  M. Lolich (DET)          91
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      90
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        86
  P. Dobson (BAL)          84
  S. Siebert (BOS)         83

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
  B. Parsons (MIL)         34

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            49
  J. Coleman (DET)         43
  M. Kekich (NY)           38
  P. Broberg (TEX)         37
  R. Clark (CAL)           37
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          34
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        33
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      32
  M. Lolich (DET)          31
  R. Culp (BOS)            30

Strikeouts:

  G. Perry (CLE)           91
  M. Lolich (DET)          86
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        78
  T. Bradley (CHI)         78
  J. Coleman (DET)         75
  W. Wood (CHI)            75
  J. Palmer (BAL)          66
  N. Ryan (CAL)            65
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         63
  C. Hunter (OAK)          61

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