Thursday July 20, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 20, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       48  37  2.34   85  40   9   762   614  226  198   45  196  435
Oakland         54  33  2.69   87  27  25   789   679  262  236   62  214  461
Detroit         49  36  2.74   85  26  18   755   632  260  230   53  254  540
Minnesota       42  41  2.89   83  18  22   754   655  296  242   57  241  446
New York        39  41  2.90   80  18  21   704   655  261  227   44  224  325
Cleveland       35  48  3.11   83  24  12   744   661  288  257   51  286  464
Kansas City     43  43  3.14   86  21  18   774   726  299  270   47  221  418
Chicago         46  40  3.29   86  17  22   763   698  316  279   65  242  538
Texas           36  51  3.38   87   6  23   793   716  347  298   49  346  490
California      38  49  3.53   87  21  12   770   659  341  302   62  355  531
Milwaukee       34  49  3.60   83  15  20   745   685  329  298   60  266  408
Boston          43  39  3.62   82  23  12   731   707  352  294   53  269  500

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   16   7  1.72  24  23  16   1   3  204  147   42   39    5   46  133
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   4  1.91  21  21  10   0   0  155  125   41   33   11   37  103
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  12   4  2.03  21  21  11   0   4  173  111   43   39   14   40  113
Jim Kaat (MIN)        10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Steve Kline (NY)       9   4  2.12  16  16   5   0   4  119   97   37   28    5   22   23
Pat Dobson (BAL)      11   8  2.21  21  21  11   0   3  159  129   44   39    7   35   99
Joe Coleman (DET)     11   8  2.26  22  22   4   0   2  163  112   47   41   13   66  133
Dave McNally (BAL)    10   7  2.39  20  20   8   0   5  143  123   40   38    9   36   72
Blue Moon Odom (OAK)   9   2  2.43  15  14   1   0   0   96   78   28   26    7   39   40
Mickey Lolich (DET)   16   6  2.45  23  23  16   0   3  191  161   55   52   15   45  151

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   2  1.02  22   0   0   4   0   53   29    6    6    0   17   39
Jim Palmer            13   4  1.91  21  21  10   0   0  155  125   41   33   11   37  103
Pat Dobson            11   8  2.21  21  21  11   0   3  159  129   44   39    7   35   99
Dave McNally          10   7  2.39  20  20   8   0   5  143  123   40   38    9   36   72
Mike Cuellar           8   8  2.51  19  19  10   0   2  129  108   43   36   11   32   62
Doyle Alexander        5   5  2.69  20   4   1   1   1   60   44   23   18    3   16   25
Mickey Scott           0   1  2.81   9   0   0   0   0   16   14    5    5    1    5    7
Eddie Watt             1   1  3.79  18   0   0   2   0   19   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  13   0   0   2   0   13   14    7    7    0    3   11

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lynn McGlothen         3   2  2.08   6   6   2   0   1   48   41   17   11    1    7   38
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          8   5  2.98  18  18   5   0   2  127  126   62   42   10   38   86
John Curtis            6   3  3.51  11  10   5   0   1   74   79   30   29    3   17   53
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Bill Lee               6   3  3.66  27   0   0   3   0   47   39   20   19    3   16   28
Marty Pattin           8   8  3.75  20  19   6   0   2  127  117   60   53   10   33   84
Gary Peters            1   1  3.75  18   2   0   0   0   48   51   25   20    4   22   43
Don Newhauser          1   1  4.09  12   0   0   2   0   11   10    5    5    0    9   10
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
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  1.17   5   0   0   1   0    8    9    2    1    0    0    7
Steve Barber           2   1  1.95  17   1   0   1   0   28   17    6    6    2   15   15
Nolan Ryan            11   7  2.76  21  21  10   0   5  140   86   44   43    9   80  153
Lloyd Allen            2   6  3.00  27   5   0   5   0   63   55   25   21    3   31   40
Clyde Wright          10   5  3.08  19  19   6   0   1  131  121   52   45   12   38   54
Rudy May               3   7  3.52  20  15   1   1   1   95   85   48   37    6   40   76
Andy Messersmith       2   4  3.80   8   6   2   1   2   47   37   22   20    2   23   38
Eddie Fisher           3   4  4.13  35   1   0   2   0   70   64   33   32    6   25   28
Don Rose               1   4  4.29  15   4   0   0   0   42   48   25   20    9   19   38
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   3  1.85  33   0   0  13   0   49   32   13   10    0   22   58
Vicente Romo           2   0  2.43  21   0   0   1   0   33   28    9    9    4   12   29
Wilbur Wood           14  10  2.56  28  28   9   0   5  211  187   67   60   15   38  111
Steve Kealey           2   2  2.63  29   0   0   3   0   38   28   11   11    2   10   28
Dave Lemonds           1   3  2.93  16   9   0   0   0   55   48   24   18    5   26   38
Cy Acosta              3   0  3.00  11   0   0   3   0   15   11    5    5    2    9   14
Tom Bradley           10   8  3.26  24  24   6   0   1  155  135   61   56   15   40  129
Rich Gossage           2   0  4.04  18   0   0   1   0   36   34   21   16    1   21   24
Phil Regan             0   1  4.05  10   0   0   0   0   13   18    7    6    1    6    4
Stan Bahnsen          11  10  4.41  25  25   2   0   1  141  156   73   69   17   41   92
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         16   7  1.72  24  23  16   1   3  204  147   42   39    5   46  133
Denny Riddleberger     1   2  2.43  26   0   0   0   0   41   38   18   11    2   17   24
Phil Hennigan          0   0  2.70  19   0   0   1   0   30   24    9    9    2    5   17
Milt Wilcox            6  11  3.26  20  19   4   0   2  113  105   46   41   12   52   71
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  3.82  25   1   0   4   0   33   30   15   14    3   16   18
Mike Kilkenny          2   1  3.93  11   6   1   0   0   37   35   16   16    3   25   29
Steve Mingori          0   3  4.09  25   0   0   6   0   33   38   16   15    3   24   28
Vince Colbert          1   7  4.50  19  11   1   0   1   72   71   40   36    8   36   35
Steve Hargan           0   2  4.96   8   1   0   0   0   16   17   11    9    1    9    8
Tom Hilgendorf         0   0  6.75   3   0   0   0   0    4    7    3    3    0    3    1

 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          4   3  1.52   7   7   3   0   1   53   38   12    9    0   15   46
Chris Zachary          0   0  1.69  11   0   0   0   0   16   16    3    3    1    7    9
Joe Coleman           11   8  2.26  22  22   4   0   2  163  112   47   41   13   66  133
Mickey Lolich         16   6  2.45  23  23  16   0   3  191  161   55   52   15   45  151
Tom Timmerman          7   7  2.61  23  21   3   0   2  124  104   45   36   11   32   71
Fred Scherman          3   1  2.80  34   1   0   9   0   61   59   24   19    3   29   35
Chuck Seelbach         6   4  3.00  32   1   0   7   0   57   40   19   19    2   19   41
John Hiller            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   1   0    5    4    2    2    1    1    3
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
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  1.23  22   0   0   0   0   29   19    8    4    1   13   14
Roger Nelson           2   4  1.99  20   6   2   2   1   63   46   15   14    5   12   49
Tom Burgmeier          5   2  2.55  39   0   0   9   0   42   46   15   12    0   21   12
Dick Drago             7  10  2.59  21  21   7   0   2  156  150   50   45   12   30   87
Paul Splittorff        9   5  3.03  21  20   7   0   2  137  116   50   46    5   41   81
Bruce Dal Canton       5   3  3.31  18   9   1   2   0   71   64   28   26    3   17   47
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.48  20   2   0   2   0   72   67   31   28    7   20   31
Mike Hedlund           2   5  4.00  16   9   0   0   0   63   60   32   28    8   25   25
Ken Wright             1   1  4.22   9   0   0   3   0   11    9    5    5    0    6    9
Jim Rooker             5   6  4.38  18  10   4   0   2   72   78   37   35    3   24   44
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
Earl Stephenson        2   3  1.97  21   5   1   0   0   59   51   16   13    5   17   23
Frank Linzy            2   1  2.23  27   0   0   5   0   48   36   14   12    1   16   19
Gary Ryerson           2   1  2.38   5   5   2   0   0   42   43   12   11    5    6   19
Jim Colborn            2   1  2.64  24   1   1   0   0   65   57   20   19    3   24   43
Jim Lonborg            8   4  2.84  19  16   5   1   1  117  105   40   37   11   33   80
Ken Sanders            1   7  3.51  36   0   0  13   0   56   53   22   22    4   18   28
Archie Reynolds        0   0  3.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    7    2    2    0    3    6
Jerry Bell             0   1  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   16   11    7    7    0   11    6
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
Dave Goltz             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    0    1
Jim Strickland         1   0  1.88   8   0   0   0   0   14   10    3    3    1    5   14
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             5   3  2.51  17   6   2   0   2   65   52   21   18    4   27   30
Wayne Granger          3   2  2.68  33   0   0  13   0   50   43   22   15    4   13   25
Dave LaRoche           1   4  2.89  36   0   0   8   0   53   38   19   17    4   25   39
Bert Blyleven          9  11  2.91  23  22   5   0   2  164  143   56   53   15   37  121
Dick Woodson           6   9  3.04  20  20   3   0   0  127  107   54   43   10   56   74
Jim Perry              7   9  3.43  20  20   3   0   1  123  119   55   47   11   37   50
Bob Gebhard            0   0  9.69   9   0   0   1   0   13   25   21   14    1   11    9

 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            9   4  2.12  16  16   5   0   4  119   97   37   28    5   22   23
Mike Kekich            9   8  2.71  19  19   1   0   0  129  120   42   39    5   56   63
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
Fred Beene             0   3  3.13  15   1   0   2   0   32   31   15   11    2   16   23
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
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   1  1.30  29   0   0   8   0   35   27    6    5    0   16   23
Catfish Hunter        12   4  2.03  21  21  11   0   4  173  111   43   39   14   40  113
Blue Moon Odom         9   2  2.43  15  14   1   0   0   96   78   28   26    7   39   40
Ken Holtzman          12   8  2.60  22  22  12   0   3  166  153   54   48   16   30   85
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.61  29   0   0  11   0   52   40   17   15    4   11   47
Dave Hamilton          6   3  2.70  10  10   1   0   0   63   61   20   19    3   20   28
Joel Horlen            2   2  2.70  18   2   0   0   0   43   40   15   13    2    6   28
Bob Locker             4   1  2.87  26   0   0   6   0   38   36   14   12    1   10   21
Vida Blue              2   5  3.15  11  10   2   0   1   69   59   26   24    7   25   53
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  1.53  41   0   0   8   0   65   53   12   11    4   20   34
Mike Paul              3   2  1.94  35   7   0   1   0   74   65   23   16    0   23   50
Horacio Pina           2   3  2.20  36   0   0  10   0   49   39   17   12    1   26   39
Rich Hand              7   6  2.47  17  15   2   0   1   95   70   28   26    5   57   62
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
Jim Panther            5   5  4.08  36   1   0   0   0   64   66   35   29    5   30   29
Casey Cox              2   3  4.28  21   3   0   3   0   40   50   26   19    3   16   18
Don Stanhouse          0   2  4.50   8   4   0   0   0   32   25   17   16    5   20   22
Bill Gogolewski        3   7  4.88  22  14   1   0   0   83   80   46   45    8   36   57
Jan Dukes              0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    2    1    0    4    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  J. Coleman (DET)         11
  P. Dobson (BAL)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          16
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  P. Dobson (BAL)          11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  D. McNally (BAL)          8

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             19
  T. Forster (CHI)         13
  W. Granger (MIN)         13
  K. Sanders (MIL)         13
  R. Fingers (OAK)         11
  H. Pina (TEX)            10
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         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
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  S. Kline (NY)             4
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         3
  M. Lolich (DET)           3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         211.1
  G. Perry (CLE)        204.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       190.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       173.1
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     166.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     163.2
  J. Coleman (DET)      163.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)       158.2
  D. Drago (KC)         156.1
  J. Palmer (BAL)       155.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           187
  M. Lolich (DET)         161
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        156
  F. Peterson (NY)        154
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       153
  D. Drago (KC)           150
  G. Perry (CLE)          147
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       143
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     141
  T. Bradley (CHI)        135

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         73
  W. Wood (CHI)            67
  B. Parsons (MIL)         66
  S. Siebert (BOS)         62
  T. Bradley (CHI)         61
  R. Culp (BOS)            60
  M. Pattin (BOS)          60
  F. Peterson (NY)         59
  P. Broberg (TEX)         57
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        56

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            80
  J. Coleman (DET)         66
  P. Broberg (TEX)         63
  R. Hand (TEX)            57
  M. Kekich (NY)           56
  D. Woodson (MIN)         56
  R. Culp (BOS)            53
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          52
  R. Clark (CAL)           50
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        47

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           153
  M. Lolich (DET)         151
  J. Coleman (DET)        133
  G. Perry (CLE)          133
  T. Bradley (CHI)        129
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       121
  C. Hunter (OAK)         113
  W. Wood (CHI)           111
  J. Palmer (BAL)         103
  P. Dobson (BAL)          99

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