Wednesday July 12, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 12, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       41  36  2.41   77  36   6   686   561  208  184   42  171  391
Oakland         48  30  2.71   78  24  21   708   606  236  213   58  188  411
Minnesota       39  37  2.79   76  15  22   694   595  262  215   49  219  422
New York        37  37  2.81   74  17  20   650   601  237  203   36  209  308
Detroit         43  34  2.87   77  22  17   681   581  244  217   49  239  473
Kansas City     40  38  2.98   78  21  15   704   651  259  233   45  190  391
Cleveland       32  44  3.10   76  22  11   676   593  262  233   50  263  438
Chicago         45  34  3.21   79  17  21   704   642  285  251   59  218  490
California      36  44  3.48   80  19  11   712   608  313  275   56  337  489
Texas           33  46  3.56   79   5  22   707   652  324  280   48  308  445
Milwaukee       30  45  3.64   75  13  17   673   621  302  272   54  245  373
Boston          37  36  3.77   73  18  12   651   639  319  273   48  255  448

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   14   7  1.88  22  21  15   1   3  182  131   41   38    5   42  123
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   4  1.92  19  19   9   0   0  141  115   37   30   11   33   95
Jim Kaat (MIN)        10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  10   4  2.09  19  19   9   0   3  155  103   40   36   14   35  103
Steve Kline (NY)       8   3  2.10  14  14   4   0   3  103   88   33   24    3   21   19
Blue Moon Odom (OAK)   7   2  2.20  13  12   1   0   0   82   62   22   20    5   33   31
Joe Coleman (DET)     11   7  2.23  20  20   4   0   2  149  105   43   37   13   59  118
Pat Dobson (BAL)      10   8  2.25  20  20  11   0   3  152  123   43   38    7   31   94
Nolan Ryan (CAL)      11   5  2.30  19  19   9   0   5  125   73   33   32    6   74  138
Dick Drago (KC)        7   8  2.36  19  19   7   0   2  149  138   43   39   12   27   86

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   2  1.19  18   0   0   1   0   45   27    6    6    0   15   32
Jim Palmer            12   4  1.92  19  19   9   0   0  141  115   37   30   11   33   95
Pat Dobson            10   8  2.25  20  20  11   0   3  152  123   43   38    7   31   94
Dave McNally           9   7  2.37  18  18   8   0   5  129  111   35   34    7   31   67
Mike Cuellar           7   7  2.56  17  17   8   0   2  112   94   37   32   10   26   52
Mickey Scott           0   1  2.81   9   0   0   0   0   16   14    5    5    1    5    7
Doyle Alexander        3   5  2.96  17   3   0   1   0   49   40   21   16    3   13   17
Eddie Watt             0   1  3.93  17   0   0   2   0   18   14    9    8    1    9   13
Grant Jackson          0   1  4.97  12   0   0   2   0   13   13    7    7    0    3   11
Dave Leonhard          0   0  6.35   7   0   0   0   0   11   10    8    8    2    5    3

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lynn McGlothen         2   1  1.91   4   4   1   0   1   33   24    8    7    0    5   28
Ken Tatum              0   1  2.55  14   0   0   4   0   18   14    7    5    2   11   12
Luis Tiant             4   2  2.75  24   4   1   2   0   52   40   17   16    3   26   41
Sonny Siebert          7   5  3.21  16  16   4   0   2  109  114   55   39    9   37   74
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Gary Peters            1   1  3.68  15   1   0   0   0   37   42   20   15    2   20   37
Bill Lee               6   3  3.83  26   0   0   3   0   45   38   20   19    3   16   27
John Curtis            5   3  3.99  10   9   4   0   1   65   71   29   29    3   17   47
Ray Culp               5   7  4.09  15  15   4   0   1  101   95   52   46    7   51   50
Marty Pattin           6   8  4.20  18  17   4   0   2  109  109   58   51   10   29   72
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.42  12   0   0   0   0   18   18   10    9    2    9   19
Don Newhauser          0   1  5.00  10   0   0   2   0    9   10    5    5    0    7    9
Lew Krausse            1   3  5.51  15   7   0   1   0   49   59   35   30    7   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   1  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    0    0    0    6
Steve Barber           2   1  1.90  16   0   0   1   0   24   12    5    5    1   15   14
Nolan Ryan            11   5  2.30  19  19   9   0   5  125   73   33   32    6   74  138
Clyde Wright           9   4  2.67  17  17   6   0   1  118  106   41   35   10   35   51
Lloyd Allen            2   6  3.34  26   4   0   5   0   57   51   25   21    3   30   32
Rudy May               2   7  3.89  19  14   0   1   0   86   83   48   37    6   38   69
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.03   7   6   2   1   2   45   35   22   20    2   21   34
Don Rose               1   3  4.05  14   4   0   0   0   40   46   23   18    9   15   37
Eddie Fisher           3   4  4.26  33   1   0   2   0   68   64   33   32    6   25   27
Mel Queen              0   0  4.45  16   0   0   0   0   28   29   16   14    1   18   18
Rickey Clark           4   8  4.61  20  15   2   1   0   98   83   54   50   10   50   51
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          1   2  1.83  30   0   0  12   0   44   30   12    9    0   22   52
Wilbur Wood           13   9  2.41  26  26   9   0   5  198  170   59   53   14   35  103
Vicente Romo           2   0  2.48  18   0   0   1   0   29   26    8    8    4    8   25
Steve Kealey           2   2  2.61  25   0   0   3   0   31   24    9    9    2    9   23
Phil Regan             0   1  2.61   7   0   0   0   0   10   12    4    3    1    4    3
Dave Lemonds           1   2  2.77  15   8   0   0   0   52   44   22   16    4   25   37
Tom Bradley           10   6  3.11  22  22   6   0   1  145  125   54   50   13   36  119
Cy Acosta              3   0  3.75   9   0   0   3   0   12   10    5    5    2    6   10
Rich Gossage           2   0  4.19  17   0   0   1   0   34   34   21   16    1   21   22
Stan Bahnsen          11   9  4.31  23  23   2   0   1  132  146   66   63   15   35   85
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
Tom Hilgendorf         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Gaylord Perry         14   7  1.88  22  21  15   1   3  182  131   41   38    5   42  123
Denny Riddleberger     1   1  2.29  25   0   0   0   0   39   35   17   10    2   16   24
Mike Kilkenny          2   1  2.67   9   5   1   0   0   34   28   10   10    3   21   28
Milt Wilcox            6  10  2.88  18  17   4   0   2  106   90   39   34   12   46   67
Phil Hennigan          0   0  2.96  17   0   0   1   0   24   22    8    8    1    4   16
Dick Tidrow            5   9  3.95  21  16   1   0   0   96   86   46   42   11   34   61
Ray Lamb               2   4  4.04  16   5   0   0   0   49   53   26   22    1   18   34
Ed Farmer              1   1  4.08  21   1   0   3   0   29   27   13   13    3   14   16
Steve Mingori          0   3  4.09  25   0   0   6   0   33   38   16   15    3   24   28
Vince Colbert          1   6  4.30  17  10   1   0   1   67   65   35   32    8   34   33
Steve Hargan           0   2  4.96   8   1   0   0   0   16   17   11    9    1    9    8

 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  1.69  11   0   0   0   0   16   16    3    3    1    7    9
Bill Slayback          2   3  2.04   5   5   1   0   0   35   28   11    8    0   12   26
Joe Coleman           11   7  2.23  20  20   4   0   2  149  105   43   37   13   59  118
Mickey Lolich         14   6  2.50  21  21  14   0   3  173  143   50   48   13   44  136
Tom Timmerman          6   7  2.66  21  19   3   0   2  112   94   42   33   10   31   65
Fred Scherman          3   0  2.89  31   1   0   8   0   56   53   21   18    2   29   31
Chuck Seelbach         5   4  3.33  30   1   0   7   0   51   40   19   19    2   16   35
Les Cain               0   3  3.80   5   5   0   0   0   24   18   12   10    2   16   16
Joe Niekro             2   2  4.06  13   5   0   1   0   31   41   14   14    3    5   16
Phil Meeler            0   1  4.32   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    4    0    7    5
John Hiller            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   1   0    4    4    2    2    1    1    2
Ron Perranoski         0   1  7.41  16   0   0   0   0   17   21   14   14    1    6    9
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
Ted Abernathy          2   1  1.35  19   0   0   0   0   27   17    8    4    1   12   13
Roger Nelson           2   3  1.68  18   4   2   2   1   48   33   10    9    3    9   39
Ken Wright             1   0  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    4    6
Tom Burgmeier          4   2  2.21  33   0   0   9   0   37   35   12    9    0   17   12
Dick Drago             7   8  2.36  19  19   7   0   2  149  138   43   39   12   27   86
Paul Splittorff        9   4  2.49  19  18   7   0   2  130  106   40   36    5   36   79
Bruce Dal Canton       4   3  3.27  16   7   1   2   0   63   57   25   23    3   12   44
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.69  17   2   0   2   0   63   59   28   26    7   19   27
Mike Hedlund           2   5  4.14  13   9   0   0   0   59   59   30   27    8   22   24
Jim Rooker             4   6  4.34  17  10   4   0   2   66   73   34   32    3   20   42
Tom Murphy             3   2  4.79  11   6   0   0   0   36   46   20   19    3    7   12

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Newman             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0    7    4    0    0    0    2    1
Jerry Bell             0   0  1.35   6   0   0   0   0   13    8    2    2    0    7    6
Earl Stephenson        2   2  2.05  20   4   1   0   0   53   47   14   12    4   13   21
Jim Colborn            2   0  2.30  22   0   0   0   0   55   50   15   14    3   22   37
Frank Linzy            1   1  2.47  24   0   0   3   0   44   33   14   12    1   16   17
Gary Ryerson           1   1  2.59   3   3   1   0   0   24   28    8    7    4    2   13
Jim Lonborg            7   4  2.68  17  14   5   1   1  104   92   34   31    8   31   70
Ken Sanders            1   6  3.44  32   0   0  12   0   52   49   20   20    3   18   26
Skip Lockwood          4   9  4.35  17  15   3   0   2   83   69   44   40    5   47   65
Ken Brett              5   9  4.52  16  16   1   0   1   94   83   55   47   10   29   53
Bill Parsons           6   7  5.36  18  15   2   0   0  101  108   65   60   13   37   47
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
Jim Strickland         0   0  1.86   5   0   0   0   0   10    7    2    2    0    3   11
Tom Norton             0   1  1.98  17   0   0   0   0   27   23    9    6    1   10   19
Jim Kaat              10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Ray Corbin             4   2  2.19  15   4   1   0   1   53   42   16   13    2   22   27
Wayne Granger          3   2  2.32  32   0   0  13   0   50   41   18   13    4   12   25
Bert Blyleven          9  10  2.78  22  21   5   0   2  156  132   50   48   13   35  114
Dave LaRoche           1   4  3.06  34   0   0   8   0   50   38   19   17    4   22   38
Jim Perry              7   8  3.08  18  18   3   0   1  114  107   46   39    9   34   46
Dick Woodson           5   8  3.34  18  18   1   0   0  110   93   51   41   10   51   72
Bob Gebhard            0   0  9.00   8   0   0   1   0   10   18   15   10    0   10    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   1  1.04  26   0   0  19   0   52   28    7    6    1   10   31
Steve Kline            8   3  2.10  14  14   4   0   3  103   88   33   24    3   21   19
Rob Gardner            1   0  2.45   4   1   0   0   0   11   11    3    3    1    4    8
Mel Stottlemyre        9  10  2.66  19  19   5   0   4  142  132   46   42    6   46   72
Mike Kekich            8   7  2.72  17  17   1   0   0  116  106   38   35    5   50   58
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.18  16   0   0   0   0   23   19   12    8    3    8   16
Fred Beene             0   3  3.25  13   1   0   1   0   28   28   14   10    2   14   23
Fritz Peterson         8  10  3.33  18  18   7   0   1  132  144   56   49    7   28   56
Jim Roland             0   1  4.15   9   0   0   0   0   17   15    8    8    2   12    8
Rich Hinton            1   0  4.86   7   3   0   0   0   17   20   11    9    2    8   13
Al Closter             0   0 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    3    3    1    4    2
Wade Blasingame        0   1 36.00   2   1   0   0   0    1    3    4    4    3    1    1

 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
Darold Knowles         1   0  1.20  27   0   0   7   0   30   23    5    4    0   13   21
Catfish Hunter        10   4  2.09  19  19   9   0   3  155  103   40   36   14   35  103
Bob Locker             4   1  2.16  24   0   0   5   0   33   29    8    8    0    8   21
Blue Moon Odom         7   2  2.20  13  12   1   0   0   82   62   22   20    5   33   31
Joel Horlen            2   1  2.58  17   1   0   0   0   38   35   12   11    2    6   24
Ken Holtzman          11   7  2.62  20  20  11   0   3  151  138   50   44   15   25   79
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.70  25   0   0   9   0   47   37   16   14    4   11   42
Dave Hamilton          5   3  3.02   9   9   1   0   0   57   55   20   19    3   17   23
Vida Blue              2   5  3.23  10   9   2   0   1   61   50   24   22    7   23   44
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   4  1.61  37   0   0   8   0   62   51   12   11    4   19   31
Mike Paul              3   2  2.22  33   5   0   1   0   57   52   21   14    0   21   38
Horacio Pina           1   3  2.49  32   0   0   9   0   43   37   16   12    1   21   36
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
Rich Hand              6   6  2.97  15  13   1   0   0   76   59   27   25    5   48   53
Casey Cox              2   1  3.24  17   2   0   3   0   33   39   19   12    3   14   14
Jim Shellenback        2   4  3.47  22   6   0   1   0   57   46   24   22    6   16   30
Dick Bosman            4   7  3.87  17  17   0   0   0  102  111   55   44    6   28   56
Pete Broberg           5   7  4.19  18  18   3   0   2  110   91   55   51    6   58   83
Jim Panther            4   3  4.58  32   0   0   0   0   55   58   31   28    5   28   25
Bill Gogolewski        3   7  5.14  19  14   1   0   0   77   76   45   44    8   31   54
Don Stanhouse          0   1  5.16   6   3   0   0   0   23   21   14   13    4   17   18

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  G. Perry (CLE)           14
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  J. Coleman (DET)         11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  T. Bradley (CHI)         10
  P. Dobson (BAL)          10

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        10
  F. Peterson (NY)         10
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      10
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          10
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          9
  K. Brett (MIL)            9
  S. Lockwood (MIL)         9
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  R. Clark (CAL)            8

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  M. Lolich (DET)          14
  P. Dobson (BAL)          11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  C. Hunter (OAK)           9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  N. Ryan (CAL)             9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          8
  D. McNally (BAL)          8

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             19
  W. Granger (MIN)         13
  T. Forster (CHI)         12
  K. Sanders (MIL)         12
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  H. Pina (TEX)             9
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          8
  P. Lindblad (TEX)         8
  F. Scherman (DET)         8

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         3
  C. Hunter (OAK)           3
  S. Kline (NY)             3
  M. Lolich (DET)           3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         198.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        182.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       172.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     155.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       155.1
  P. Dobson (BAL)       151.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     151.1
  J. Coleman (DET)      149.0
  D. Drago (KC)         149.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      144.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           170
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        146
  F. Peterson (NY)        144
  M. Lolich (DET)         143
  D. Drago (KC)           138
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       138
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       132
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     132
  G. Perry (CLE)          131
  T. Bradley (CHI)        125

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         66
  B. Parsons (MIL)         65
  W. Wood (CHI)            59
  M. Pattin (BOS)          58
  F. Peterson (NY)         56
  D. Bosman (TEX)          55
  K. Brett (MIL)           55
  P. Broberg (TEX)         55
  S. Siebert (BOS)         55
  T. Bradley (CHI)         54

Home Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        15
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  T. Bradley (CHI)         13
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  M. Lolich (DET)          13
  B. Parsons (MIL)         13
  D. Drago (KC)            12

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            74
  J. Coleman (DET)         59
  P. Broberg (TEX)         58
  R. Culp (BOS)            51
  D. Woodson (MIN)         51
  R. Clark (CAL)           50
  M. Kekich (NY)           50
  R. Hand (TEX)            48
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        47
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      46

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           138
  M. Lolich (DET)         136
  G. Perry (CLE)          123
  T. Bradley (CHI)        119
  J. Coleman (DET)        118
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       114
  C. Hunter (OAK)         103
  W. Wood (CHI)           103
  J. Palmer (BAL)          95
  P. Dobson (BAL)          94

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