Sunday July 16, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, July 16, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       45  36  2.37   81  39   7   720   585  216  190   43  182  413
Oakland         52  30  2.66   82  25  24   744   634  243  220   60  201  425
Minnesota       42  38  2.79   80  17  22   730   629  275  226   52  230  438
Detroit         46  35  2.82   81  24  18   717   608  252  225   51  248  498
New York        37  41  2.94   78  17  20   686   638  258  224   44  219  320
Kansas City     41  41  2.99   82  21  16   737   677  272  245   47  205  407
Cleveland       34  46  3.02   80  23  12   719   629  270  241   50  276  459
Chicago         45  38  3.31   83  17  21   735   680  307  270   64  233  510
Texas           35  48  3.45   83   6  22   751   684  335  288   49  322  471
California      38  46  3.45   84  21  12   746   631  325  286   60  344  516
Milwaukee       32  47  3.57   79  14  19   709   650  311  281   57  254  386
Boston          38  39  3.79   77  19  12   684   677  344  288   52  264  469

 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)      13   4  1.83  20  20  10   0   0  148  118   38   30   11   35  100
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
Dick Drago (KC)        7   9  2.44  20  20   7   0   2  155  145   46   42   12   30   87
Dave McNally (BAL)    10   7  2.48  19  19   8   0   5  134  117   39   37    8   35   69

 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            13   4  1.83  20  20  10   0   0  148  118   38   30   11   35  100
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
Marty Pattin           7   8  3.95  19  18   5   0   2  118  113   59   52   10   30   77
John Curtis            5   3  3.99  10   9   4   0   1   65   71   29   29    3   17   47
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  3.00  27   5   0   5   0   63   55   25   21    3   31   40
Rudy May               3   7  3.52  20  15   1   1   1   95   85   48   37    6   40   76
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  4.19  34   1   0   2   0   69   64   33   32    6   25   28
Mel Queen              0   0  4.45  16   0   0   0   0   28   29   16   14    1   18   18
Rickey Clark           4   9  4.76  21  15   2   1   0   98   87   56   52   10   50   52
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  10  2.55  27  27   9   0   5  204  181   65   58   15   36  106
Vicente Romo           2   0  2.59  20   0   0   1   0   31   28    9    9    4   12   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  2.95  10   6   1   0   0   37   32   12   12    3   23   29
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
Ray Lamb               2   4  3.54  17   5   0   0   0   56   59   26   22    1   18   36
Dick Tidrow            6   9  3.61  22  17   2   0   1  105   90   46   42   11   35   64
Ed Farmer              1   2  4.02  23   1   0   4   0   31   29   14   14    3   15   17
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
Bill Slayback          3   3  1.62   6   6   2   0   1   44   33   11    8    0   13   33
Chris Zachary          0   0  1.69  11   0   0   0   0   16   16    3    3    1    7    9
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  1.29   6   0   0   1   0    7    5    1    1    0    4    8
Roger Nelson           2   4  1.79  19   5   2   2   1   55   37   12   11    5   10   46
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
Jim Colborn            2   1  2.12  23   1   1   0   0   64   53   16   15    3   24   41
Frank Linzy            2   1  2.25  26   0   0   4   0   48   36   14   12    1   16   19
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           7   7  5.05  19  16   2   0   0  109  116   66   61   13   39   48
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  11  2.91  23  22   5   0   2  164  143   56   53   15   37  121
Dave LaRoche           1   4  3.00  35   0   0   8   0   51   38   19   17    4   24   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  11  2.85  20  20   5   0   4  148  141   51   47    8   46   74
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.16  18   0   0   0   0   26   20   13    9    3   10   19
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
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 18.00   3   1   0   0   0    2    4    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  2.52  25   0   0   6   0   36   32   10   10    1    9   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          6   3  2.70  10  10   1   0   0   63   61   20   19    3   20   28
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  1.56  39   0   0   8   0   64   53   12   11    4   19   34
Mike Paul              3   2  1.86  34   6   0   1   0   68   55   21   14    0   21   48
Horacio Pina           2   3  2.33  34   0   0   9   0   46   39   16   12    1   23   38
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  4.04  19  19   3   0   2  118   99   57   53    6   63   86
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
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  J. Coleman (DET)         11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  T. Bradley (CHI)         10

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  P. Dobson (BAL)          11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  M. Cuellar (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)         204.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        195.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       181.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       164.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     163.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     158.1
  J. Coleman (DET)      156.0
  D. Drago (KC)         155.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)       151.2
  T. Bradley (CHI)      148.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           181
  M. Lolich (DET)         154
  F. Peterson (NY)        154
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        152
  D. Drago (KC)           145
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       145
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       143
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     141
  G. Perry (CLE)          140
  T. Bradley (CHI)        130

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         70
  B. Parsons (MIL)         66
  W. Wood (CHI)            65
  S. Siebert (BOS)         61
  R. Culp (BOS)            60
  M. Pattin (BOS)          59
  F. Peterson (NY)         59
  T. Bradley (CHI)         58
  P. Broberg (TEX)         57
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        56

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            77
  P. Broberg (TEX)         63
  J. Coleman (DET)         63
  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)       121
  C. Hunter (OAK)         107
  W. Wood (CHI)           106
  J. Palmer (BAL)         100
  P. Dobson (BAL)          94


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