Saturday July 15, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, July 15, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       44  36  2.40   80  38   7   713   582  215  190   43  180  408
Oakland         51  30  2.67   81  25  23   735   625  241  218   59  197  420
Minnesota       42  37  2.76   79  17  22   721   618  269  221   50  226  431
Detroit         45  35  2.86   80  23  18   708   603  252  225   51  247  491
New York        37  40  2.91   77  17  20   677   628  253  219   42  219  316
Kansas City     41  40  3.00   81  21  16   729   672  270  243   45  204  400
Cleveland       34  45  3.03   79  23  12   707   617  267  238   50  274  456
Chicago         45  37  3.27   82  17  21   728   668  301  265   63  231  507
Texas           34  48  3.48   82   6  22   739   673  333  286   49  315  463
California      37  45  3.51   82  20  12   729   621  323  284   60  341  499
Milwaukee       31  46  3.63   77  13  18   691   638  309  279   57  250  381
Boston          37  39  3.82   76  18  12   675   673  343  287   52  263  464

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   15   7  1.75  23  22  15   1   3  195  140   41   38    5   45  132
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   4  1.92  19  19   9   0   0  141  115   37   30   11   33   95
Blue Moon Odom (OAK)   8   2  2.05  14  13   1   0   0   88   69   22   20    5   35   34
Jim Kaat (MIN)        10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  11   4  2.14  20  20  10   0   3  164  106   43   39   14   39  107
Joe Coleman (DET)     11   8  2.19  21  21   4   0   2  156  108   44   38   13   63  126
Pat Dobson (BAL)      10   8  2.25  20  20  11   0   3  152  123   43   38    7   31   94
Steve Kline (NY)       8   4  2.29  15  15   4   0   3  110   91   37   28    5   21   21
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     13   9  2.41  26  26   9   0   5  198  170   59   53   14   35  103
Dick Drago (KC)        7   9  2.44  20  20   7   0   2  155  145   46   42   12   30   87

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   2  1.17  19   0   0   2   0   46   27    6    6    0   15   33
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          10   7  2.48  19  19   8   0   5  134  117   39   37    8   35   69
Doyle Alexander        4   5  2.50  18   4   1   1   1   58   42   21   16    3   15   24
Mike Cuellar           8   7  2.60  18  18   9   0   2  121  103   40   35   10   28   58
Mickey Scott           0   1  2.81   9   0   0   0   0   16   14    5    5    1    5    7
Eddie Watt             0   1  3.93  17   0   0   2   0   18   14    9    8    1    9   13
Dave Leonhard          0   0  4.91   8   0   0   0   0   15   14    8    8    2    6    4
Grant Jackson          0   1  4.97  12   0   0   2   0   13   13    7    7    0    3   11

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lynn McGlothen         2   2  2.09   5   5   1   0   1   39   33   15    9    1    6   31
Ken Tatum              0   1  2.55  14   0   0   4   0   18   14    7    5    2   11   12
Luis Tiant             4   3  2.91  26   4   1   2   0   53   44   18   17    3   26   41
Sonny Siebert          7   5  3.21  17  17   4   0   2  118  122   61   42   10   38   80
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Gary Peters            1   1  3.73  17   1   0   0   0   41   46   22   17    3   22   40
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
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
Ray Culp               5   8  4.46  16  16   4   0   1  105  104   60   52    8   53   52
Don Newhauser          0   1  5.00  11   0   0   2   0    9   10    5    5    0    8    9
Lew Krausse            1   3  5.29  16   7   0   1   0   51   59   35   30    7   22   30

 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   4   0   0   1   0    6    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   6  2.64  20  20  10   0   5  133   80   40   39    9   77  146
Clyde Wright          10   4  2.64  18  18   6   0   1  126  112   44   37   11   36   53
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  2.61  19   0   0   1   0   31   27    9    9    4   11   26
Steve Kealey           2   2  2.80  28   0   0   3   0   35   28   11   11    2    9   28
Dave Lemonds           1   3  2.93  16   9   0   0   0   55   48   24   18    5   26   38
Tom Bradley           10   7  3.21  23  23   6   0   1  149  130   58   53   14   38  123
Cy Acosta              3   0  3.46  10   0   0   3   0   13   10    5    5    2    8   11
Phil Regan             0   1  4.05  10   0   0   0   0   13   18    7    6    1    6    4
Rich Gossage           2   0  4.19  17   0   0   1   0   34   34   21   16    1   21   22
Stan Bahnsen          11  10  4.30  24  24   2   0   1  138  152   70   66   17   38   89
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   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    0    0    0    2    1
Gaylord Perry         15   7  1.75  23  22  15   1   3  195  140   41   38    5   45  132
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
Phil Hennigan          0   0  2.96  17   0   0   1   0   24   22    8    8    1    4   16
Milt Wilcox            6  11  3.22  19  18   4   0   2  109   97   44   39   12   50   69
Dick Tidrow            6   9  3.61  22  17   2   0   1  105   90   46   42   11   35   64
Ed Farmer              1   1  3.94  22   1   0   4   0   30   27   13   13    3   15   17
Ray Lamb               2   4  4.04  16   5   0   0   0   49   53   26   22    1   18   34
Steve Mingori          0   3  4.09  25   0   0   6   0   33   38   16   15    3   24   28
Vince Colbert          1   6  4.09  18  10   1   0   1   70   66   35   32    8   35   35
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   8  2.19  21  21   4   0   2  156  108   44   38   13   63  126
Mickey Lolich         15   6  2.58  22  22  15   0   3  182  154   54   52   15   45  140
Tom Timmerman          7   7  2.67  22  20   3   0   2  118  100   44   35   10   31   68
Fred Scherman          3   0  2.91  32   1   0   9   0   59   55   22   19    2   29   32
Chuck Seelbach         5   4  3.21  31   1   0   7   0   53   40   19   19    2   19   37
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  1.27  20   0   0   0   0   28   18    8    4    1   12   13
Ken Wright             1   0  1.50   5   0   0   1   0    6    4    1    1    0    4    8
Roger Nelson           2   3  1.68  18   4   2   2   1   48   33   10    9    3    9   39
Tom Burgmeier          4   2  2.19  35   0   0   9   0   37   36   12    9    0   17   12
Dick Drago             7   9  2.44  20  20   7   0   2  155  145   46   42   12   30   87
Paul Splittorff        9   5  2.82  20  19   7   0   2  131  109   45   41    5   39   79
Bruce Dal Canton       5   3  2.94  17   8   1   2   0   70   60   25   23    3   16   47
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.54  18   2   0   2   0   69   63   29   27    7   20   30
Mike Hedlund           2   5  4.13  15   9   0   0   0   61   60   32   28    8   25   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
Frank Linzy            2   1  2.30  25   0   0   3   0   47   35   14   12    1   16   19
Jim Colborn            2   0  2.30  22   0   0   0   0   55   50   15   14    3   22   37
Jim Lonborg            7   4  2.73  18  15   5   1   1  109   97   36   33    9   33   73
Gary Ryerson           1   1  2.76   4   4   1   0   0   33   34   11   10    5    5   15
Ken Sanders            1   7  3.67  34   0   0  13   0   54   53   22   22    4   18   27
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         1   0  1.50   6   0   0   0   0   12    8    2    2    0    4   12
Ray Corbin             5   2  1.88  16   5   2   0   2   62   48   16   13    2   24   30
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
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
Dick Woodson           6   8  3.17  19  19   2   0   0  119  100   52   42   10   54   73
Jim Perry              7   8  3.28  19  19   3   0   1  121  116   52   44   10   35   50
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  1.00  27   0   0  19   0   54   30    7    6    1   10   32
Steve Kline            8   4  2.29  15  15   4   0   3  110   91   37   28    5   21   21
Mike Kekich            8   8  2.63  18  18   1   0   0  123  110   39   36    5   53   60
Mel Stottlemyre        9  10  2.66  19  19   5   0   4  142  132   46   42    6   46   72
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Fritz Peterson         8  11  3.36  19  19   7   0   1  139  154   59   52    9   30   57
Fred Beene             0   3  3.41  14   1   0   1   0   29   30   15   11    2   15   23
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.42  17   0   0   0   0   24   20   13    9    3   10   17
Rich Hinton            1   0  4.86   7   3   0   0   0   17   20   11    9    2    8   13
Jim Roland             0   1  5.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   17   10   10    3   13    8
Rob Gardner            1   0  5.25   5   1   0   0   0   12   14    7    7    2    5    9
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  1.10  28   0   0   8   0   33   25    5    4    0   14   21
Blue Moon Odom         8   2  2.05  14  13   1   0   0   88   69   22   20    5   35   34
Catfish Hunter        11   4  2.14  20  20  10   0   3  164  106   43   39   14   39  107
Bob Locker             4   1  2.16  24   0   0   5   0   33   29    8    8    0    8   21
Joel Horlen            2   1  2.58  17   1   0   0   0   38   35   12   11    2    6   24
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.59  26   0   0  10   0   49   37   16   14    4   11   42
Ken Holtzman          12   7  2.61  21  21  11   0   3  158  145   52   46   16   27   81
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  1.60  38   0   0   8   0   62   52   12   11    4   19   31
Mike Paul              3   2  1.86  34   6   0   1   0   68   55   21   14    0   21   48
Horacio Pina           1   3  2.44  33   0   0   9   0   44   37   16   12    1   21   36
Rich Hand              7   6  2.66  16  14   2   0   1   85   65   27   25    5   50   57
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
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
Casey Cox              2   2  4.19  18   3   0   3   0   34   44   23   16    3   15   14
Jim Panther            4   4  4.37  34   0   0   0   0   58   61   33   28    5   28   26
Don Stanhouse          0   1  4.67   7   3   0   0   0   27   22   15   14    5   17   20
Bill Gogolewski        3   7  5.01  20  14   1   0   0   79   77   45   44    8   32   55
Jan Dukes              0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    2    1    0    3    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  J. Coleman (DET)         11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  T. Bradley (CHI)         10

Losses:

  F. Peterson (NY)         11
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          11
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         10
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        10
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      10
  K. Brett (MIL)            9
  D. Drago (KC)             9
  S. Lockwood (MIL)         9
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  P. Dobson (BAL)          11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          9
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  D. McNally (BAL)          8

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             19
  W. Granger (MIN)         13
  K. Sanders (MIL)         13
  T. Forster (CHI)         12
  R. Fingers (OAK)         10
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         9
  H. Pina (TEX)             9
  F. Scherman (DET)         9
  D. Knowles (OAK)          8
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          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)        195.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       181.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       164.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     158.1
  J. Coleman (DET)      156.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     155.2
  D. Drago (KC)         155.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)       151.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)      148.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           170
  M. Lolich (DET)         154
  F. Peterson (NY)        154
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        152
  D. Drago (KC)           145
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       145
  G. Perry (CLE)          140
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       132
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     132
  T. Bradley (CHI)        130

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         70
  B. Parsons (MIL)         65
  S. Siebert (BOS)         61
  R. Culp (BOS)            60
  F. Peterson (NY)         59
  W. Wood (CHI)            59
  T. Bradley (CHI)         58
  M. Pattin (BOS)          58
  D. Bosman (TEX)          55
  K. Brett (MIL)           55

Home Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         17
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        16
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  T. Bradley (CHI)         14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  B. Parsons (MIL)         13
  D. Drago (KC)            12

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            77
  J. Coleman (DET)         63
  P. Broberg (TEX)         58
  D. Woodson (MIN)         54
  R. Culp (BOS)            53
  M. Kekich (NY)           53
  R. Clark (CAL)           50
  R. Hand (TEX)            50
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          50
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        47

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           146
  M. Lolich (DET)         140
  G. Perry (CLE)          132
  J. Coleman (DET)        126
  T. Bradley (CHI)        123
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       114
  C. Hunter (OAK)         107
  W. Wood (CHI)           103
  J. Palmer (BAL)          95
  P. Dobson (BAL)          94


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