Sunday June 25, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 25, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       33  26  2.36   59  26   6   523   435  156  137   29  130  307
Oakland         40  20  2.53   60  21  16   548   462  173  154   43  141  308
Detroit         33  26  2.61   59  17  13   524   404  171  152   38  185  370
Minnesota       32  26  2.66   58  13  18   535   434  190  158   40  168  325
New York        26  31  2.86   57  11  15   500   459  192  159   24  179  250
Cleveland       26  31  2.94   57  19  10   508   427  183  166   35  187  321
Kansas City     27  32  3.09   59  14  10   531   498  200  182   34  139  290
Chicago         36  24  3.27   60  14  17   534   480  225  194   40  180  377
Texas           26  35  3.43   61   4  18   545   487  243  208   35  241  339
California      29  34  3.48   63  13  10   554   467  243  214   44  270  372
Milwaukee       21  37  3.48   58  11  11   525   472  229  203   34  203  299
Boston          25  32  4.07   57  10   9   499   515  269  226   40  210  346

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer (BAL)      10   3  1.74  15  15   7   0   0  119   89   26   23    8   28   85
Joe Coleman (DET)      9   5  1.75  16  16   3   0   1  123   75   30   24    9   49  103
Jim Kaat (MIN)         9   2  1.90  13  13   5   0   0   99   78   28   21    6   18   56
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   12   6  1.97  19  18  12   1   3  155  115   36   34    5   36  102
Clyde Wright (CAL)     8   3  2.14  13  13   4   0   1   93   76   26   22    6   29   41
Pat Dobson (BAL)       8   6  2.14  15  15   8   0   3  114   98   32   27    4   23   67
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     11   6  2.15  20  20   7   0   4  155  126   42   37   10   32   82
Steve Kline (NY)       5   3  2.17  11  11   2   0   2   79   68   28   19    3   20   15
Catfish Hunter (OAK)   8   3  2.18  16  16   7   0   1  132   87   36   32   13   32   88
Ken Holtzman (OAK)    10   5  2.25  16  16  11   0   3  128  112   38   32   11   16   62

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   0  0.84  14   0   0   1   0   32   19    3    3    0   10   20
Mickey Scott           0   1  1.69   6   0   0   0   0   11    7    2    2    0    3    5
Jim Palmer            10   3  1.74  15  15   7   0   0  119   89   26   23    8   28   85
Pat Dobson             8   6  2.14  15  15   8   0   3  114   98   32   27    4   23   67
Doyle Alexander        3   4  2.36  14   1   0   1   0   34   29   13    9    1   10   13
Dave McNally           8   6  2.65  15  15   7   0   4  105   90   32   31    6   23   57
Eddie Watt             0   0  2.77  12   0   0   2   0   13   12    5    4    1    5    9
Mike Cuellar           4   6  3.07  13  13   4   0   1   76   73   31   26    7   21   40
Grant Jackson          0   0  5.19   8   0   0   2   0    9   10    5    5    0    2    8
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
Lynn McGlothen         0   1  2.45   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    2    2    0    3    7
Ken Tatum              0   1  2.55  14   0   0   4   0   18   14    7    5    2   11   12
Sonny Siebert          7   4  3.14  14  14   3   0   2   97  102   49   34    8   33   64
Luis Tiant             1   2  3.51  17   3   0   0   0   33   27   14   13    2   22   29
Bill Lee               5   2  3.53  23   0   0   3   0   36   28   15   14    1   12   22
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Ray Culp               4   6  3.78  12  12   3   0   1   79   74   39   33    5   39   38
Gary Peters            1   1  3.89  14   1   0   0   0   35   41   19   15    2   20   37
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.42  12   0   0   0   0   18   18   10    9    2    9   19
Marty Pattin           3   8  5.06  15  14   2   0   0   84   96   54   47   10   21   55
John Curtis            3   3  5.19   6   5   2   0   1   35   42   20   20    2    9   25
Don Newhauser          0   0  5.40   6   0   0   1   0    5    7    3    3    0    4    6
Lew Krausse            1   3  5.44  14   7   0   1   0   48   56   34   29    6   21   28

 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
Tom Dukes              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    3
Steve Barber           1   0  2.08  10   0   0   1   0   13    7    3    3    0   13    8
Clyde Wright           8   3  2.14  13  13   4   0   1   93   76   26   22    6   29   41
Lloyd Allen            2   3  2.17  21   0   0   5   0   37   30   11    9    1   18   23
Nolan Ryan             7   5  2.83  15  15   5   0   3   89   57   29   28    6   61   91
Rudy May               1   5  3.67  14  10   0   1   0   61   55   33   25    5   25   51
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.03   7   6   2   1   2   45   35   22   20    2   21   34
Eddie Fisher           3   4  4.20  26   1   0   2   0   56   56   27   26    5   16   19
Rickey Clark           4   8  4.38  16  15   2   0   0   90   74   48   44    9   46   49
Don Rose               1   1  4.50   9   3   0   0   0   24   26   16   12    7    9   24
Mel Queen              0   0  5.25  13   0   0   0   0   24   28   16   14    1   16   17
Tom Murphy             0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   10   13    6    6    0    8    2
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
Terry Forster          0   1  1.74  23   0   0   9   0   31   23    9    6    0   17   36
Wilbur Wood           11   6  2.15  20  20   7   0   4  155  126   42   37   10   32   82
Dave Lemonds           0   1  2.51  11   4   0   0   0   29   22   14    8    0   17   19
Vicente Romo           1   0  2.82  14   0   0   1   0   22   20    7    7    4    7   22
Phil Regan             0   1  2.84   5   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    2    0    1    2
Tom Bradley            9   3  3.36  18  18   5   0   1  113  100   44   42    8   31   99
Steve Kealey           2   2  3.86  18   0   0   3   0   21   21    9    9    2    8   14
Stan Bahnsen          10   7  4.05  18  18   2   0   1  104  107   50   47   10   30   69
Rich Gossage           1   0  4.20  15   0   0   1   0   30   29   19   14    1   18   17
Cy Acosta              2   0  4.50   5   0   0   2   0    6    4    3    3    2    2    6
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
Mike Kilkenny          1   0  0.61   4   1   1   0   0   15   11    1    1    0    7   10
Gaylord Perry         12   6  1.97  19  18  12   1   3  155  115   36   34    5   36  102
Phil Hennigan          0   0  2.25  10   0   0   0   0   12   10    3    3    1    3    7
Milt Wilcox            6   7  2.42  14  14   4   0   2   89   68   29   24    9   36   58
Denny Riddleberger     1   0  2.77  17   0   0   0   0   26   28   12    8    1    9   16
Ed Farmer              0   0  3.00  16   0   0   3   0   21   15    7    7    2   10   11
Vince Colbert          1   5  3.64  13   8   1   0   1   54   43   24   22    6   29   28
Dick Tidrow            4   7  4.10  16  14   1   0   0   79   72   38   36    8   30   48
Ray Lamb               1   1  4.44  10   1   0   0   0   24   26   12   12    0   10   17
Steve Hargan           0   2  4.96   7   1   0   0   0   16   16   10    9    1    9    8
Steve Mingori          0   3  5.63  16   0   0   6   0   16   23   11   10    2    8   16

 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  1.29   5   0   0   0   0    7    7    1    1    0    3    5
Joe Coleman            9   5  1.75  16  16   3   0   1  123   75   30   24    9   49  103
Tom Timmerman          6   6  2.28  16  15   3   0   2   99   69   30   25    8   29   59
Mickey Lolich         11   5  2.44  17  17  11   0   2  140  108   40   38   12   38  108
Fred Scherman          2   0  2.63  22   0   0   7   0   38   34   13   11    1   17   23
Joe Niekro             2   1  3.45  10   5   0   1   0   29   35   11   11    3    4   16
Chuck Seelbach         3   4  3.52  22   1   0   5   0   38   29   15   15    2   13   23
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  4.32   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    4    0    7    5
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           1   1  0.96  13   0   0   1   0   19   12    2    2    1    5   20
Tom Burgmeier          4   1  1.80  24   0   0   7   0   30   24    9    6    0   14   12
Ted Abernathy          0   1  2.12  13   0   0   0   0   17   13    7    4    1    9    9
Dick Drago             5   6  2.43  15  15   5   0   2  115  108   33   31    8   16   72
Paul Splittorff        6   4  2.57  15  14   6   0   2   98   84   30   28    4   26   53
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Bruce Dal Canton       3   3  3.45  13   4   0   2   0   47   43   19   18    3   10   35
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.63  12   2   0   0   0   52   49   22   21    5   15   25
Mike Hedlund           0   5  3.99  10   7   0   0   0   47   47   24   21    6   17   17
Jim Rooker             3   5  4.22  15   8   3   0   2   53   53   27   25    3   16   30
Tom Murphy             3   2  5.23  10   6   0   0   0   31   40   19   18    3    6   10

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Newman             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    0
Earl Stephenson        1   0  0.54  16   1   0   0   0   33   25    3    2    2    9   13
Jerry Bell             0   0  1.50   5   0   0   0   0   12    8    2    2    0    6    6
Jim Lonborg            5   3  2.61  14  11   5   1   1   83   77   27   24    6   26   57
Frank Linzy            0   0  2.86  19   0   0   1   0   35   28   13   11    1   11   12
Jim Colborn            1   0  2.95  19   0   0   0   0   40   40   14   13    2   21   28
Ken Sanders            1   6  3.30  26   0   0   9   0   44   39   16   16    2   17   24
Skip Lockwood          3   8  3.63  13  11   3   0   2   67   53   31   27    3   36   54
Ken Brett              3   8  4.10  13  13   1   0   1   75   62   41   34    6   24   42
Bill Parsons           6   6  4.67  15  14   2   0   0   91   88   51   47    9   32   46
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  0.49  23   0   0  12   0   37   21    3    2    0    7   16
Ray Corbin             2   0  1.57  11   0   0   0   0   29   18    6    5    1   14   20
Jim Kaat               9   2  1.90  13  13   5   0   0   99   78   28   21    6   18   56
Tom Norton             0   1  2.10  15   0   0   0   0   26   20    9    6    1   10   18
Bert Blyleven          8   8  2.98  18  17   4   0   2  124  109   42   41   12   25   96
Dave LaRoche           1   3  3.15  24   0   0   6   0   40   29   16   14    4   19   26
Dick Woodson           5   6  3.35  14  14   1   0   0   89   72   39   33    8   38   56
Jim Perry              6   6  3.48  14  14   3   0   1   85   78   40   33    8   30   32
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  1.13  21   0   0  14   0   40   24    6    5    1    8   23
Steve Kline            5   3  2.17  11  11   2   0   2   79   68   28   19    3   20   15
Mike Kekich            6   5  2.42  13  13   0   0   0   89   77   27   24    3   42   53
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  2.93  11   0   0   0   0   15   12    9    5    2    7   11
Mel Stottlemyre        6   9  2.94  15  15   4   0   3  110  106   39   36    4   39   55
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Rob Gardner            0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    1    6
Fritz Peterson         6   8  3.36  14  14   5   0   1  102  107   45   38    4   23   43
Fred Beene             0   3  3.74  11   1   0   1   0   22   23   13    9    2   13   19
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
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          4   1  1.23   5   5   1   0   0   37   29    6    5    1   10   17
Darold Knowles         1   0  1.35  20   0   0   5   0   20   18    4    3    0    7   15
Bob Locker             4   0  1.50  17   0   0   5   0   24   19    4    4    0    5   15
Catfish Hunter         8   3  2.18  16  16   7   0   1  132   87   36   32   13   32   88
Ken Holtzman          10   5  2.25  16  16  11   0   3  128  112   38   32   11   16   62
Rollie Fingers         5   1  2.38  19   0   0   6   0   34   25   10    9    3    9   29
Vida Blue              1   4  2.41   7   6   1   0   1   41   29   11   11    1   15   30
Blue Moon Odom         4   2  2.53  10   9   1   0   0   57   47   18   16    5   27   17
Joel Horlen            2   0  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   21   22    7    7    1    3   12
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          3   2  1.02  26   0   0   6   0   44   37    6    5    1   16   23
Mike Paul              2   2  2.06  27   3   0   1   0   39   34   13    9    0   15   21
Horacio Pina           0   3  2.70  24   0   0   9   0   33   27   13   10    1   15   32
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
Pete Broberg           5   5  3.01  14  14   3   0   2   93   66   35   31    4   44   69
Don Stanhouse          0   0  3.06   5   2   0   0   0   18   14    7    6    2   14   15
Rich Hand              4   5  3.27  12  10   0   0   0   55   41   22   20    3   36   32
Dick Bosman            4   6  3.54  14  14   0   0   0   84   90   41   33    3   25   41
Jim Shellenback        1   3  4.08  14   6   0   0   0   46   40   23   21    6   14   24
Casey Cox              1   0  4.12  13   0   0   2   0   20   25   14    9    3   11   11
Jim Panther            3   2  4.50  25   0   0   0   0   42   39   24   21    4   22   21
Bill Gogolewski        3   6  5.98  15  11   1   0   0   59   63   40   39    8   22   43

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League Leaders

Wins:

  G. Perry (CLE)           12
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  W. Wood (CHI)            11
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         10
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  T. Bradley (CHI)          9
  J. Coleman (DET)          9
  J. Kaat (MIN)             9
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         8

Losses:

  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       9
  B. Blyleven (MIN)         8
  K. Brett (MIL)            8
  R. Clark (CAL)            8
  S. Lockwood (MIL)         8
  M. Pattin (BOS)           8
  F. Peterson (NY)          8
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          7
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           7
  M. Wilcox (CLE)           7

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  M. Lolich (DET)          11
  P. Dobson (BAL)           8
  C. Hunter (OAK)           7
  D. McNally (BAL)          7
  J. Palmer (BAL)           7
  W. Wood (CHI)             7
  P. Splittorff (KC)        6
  T. Bradley (CHI)          5

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             14
  W. Granger (MIN)         12
  T. Forster (CHI)          9
  H. Pina (TEX)             9
  K. Sanders (MIL)          9
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         7
  F. Scherman (DET)         7
  R. Fingers (OAK)          6
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          6
  P. Lindblad (TEX)         6

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          4
  W. Wood (CHI)             4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         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

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (CLE)        155.1
  W. Wood (CHI)         155.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       140.1
  C. Hunter (OAK)       132.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     128.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     124.0
  J. Coleman (DET)      123.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       118.2
  D. Drago (KC)         115.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)       113.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           126
  G. Perry (CLE)          115
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       112
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       109
  D. Drago (KC)           108
  M. Lolich (DET)         108
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        107
  F. Peterson (NY)        107
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     106
  S. Siebert (BOS)        102

Runs:

  M. Pattin (BOS)          54
  B. Parsons (MIL)         51
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         50
  S. Siebert (BOS)         49
  R. Clark (CAL)           48
  F. Peterson (NY)         45
  T. Bradley (CHI)         44
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        42
  W. Wood (CHI)            42
  D. Bosman (TEX)          41

Home Runs:

  C. Hunter (OAK)          13
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  M. Lolich (DET)          12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         10
  M. Pattin (BOS)          10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  R. Clark (CAL)            9
  J. Coleman (DET)          9
  B. Parsons (MIL)          9

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            61
  J. Coleman (DET)         49
  R. Clark (CAL)           46
  P. Broberg (TEX)         44
  M. Kekich (NY)           42
  R. Culp (BOS)            39
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      39
  M. Lolich (DET)          38
  D. Woodson (MIN)         38
  R. Hand (TEX)            36

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)         108
  J. Coleman (DET)        103
  G. Perry (CLE)          102
  T. Bradley (CHI)         99
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        96
  N. Ryan (CAL)            91
  C. Hunter (OAK)          88
  J. Palmer (BAL)          85
  W. Wood (CHI)            82
  D. Drago (KC)            72


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