Friday July 21, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 21, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       49  37  2.37   86  40  10   771   626  232  203   45  199  446
Oakland         54  34  2.69   88  27  25   803   692  267  240   63  217  473
Detroit         50  36  2.72   86  27  18   764   639  261  231   53  257  545
New York        41  41  2.83   82  20  21   722   663  261  227   44  226  329
Minnesota       42  42  2.87   84  18  22   762   658  298  243   57  242  451
Cleveland       36  48  3.09   84  25  12   753   668  290  258   51  287  469
Kansas City     43  44  3.15   87  21  18   783   738  306  274   48  223  423
Chicago         46  41  3.35   87  17  22   772   713  324  287   65  246  546
Texas           36  52  3.38   88   6  23   802   724  350  301   51  348  499
California      38  51  3.55   89  22  12   786   672  350  310   67  364  533
Milwaukee       35  49  3.56   84  16  20   754   690  329  298   60  268  413
Boston          44  39  3.60   83  23  12   745   717  356  298   53  279  512

 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
Joe Coleman (DET)     11   8  2.26  22  22   4   0   2  163  112   47   41   13   66  133
Pat Dobson (BAL)      12   8  2.36  22  22  11   0   3  164  137   49   43    7   36  106
Dave McNally (BAL)    10   7  2.39  20  20   8   0   5  143  123   40   38    9   36   72
Mickey Lolich (DET)   17   6  2.39  24  24  17   0   3  200  168   56   53   15   48  156
Blue Moon Odom (OAK)   9   2  2.43  15  14   1   0   0   96   78   28   26    7   39   40

 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            12   8  2.36  22  22  11   0   3  164  137   49   43    7   36  106
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
Grant Jackson          0   1  4.50  14   0   0   3   0   16   18    8    8    0    4   15
Dave Leonhard          0   0  4.91   9   0   0   0   0   15   14    8    8    2    7    4

 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  15   0   0   4   0   18   15    7    5    2   12   12
Don Newhauser          2   1  2.81  13   0   0   2   0   16   11    5    5    0   14   15
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
Bill Lee               6   3  3.51  28   0   0   3   0   49   40   20   19    3   18   28
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
John Curtis            6   3  3.74  12  11   5   0   1   79   86   34   33    3   19   58
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
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  5.09  17   7   0   1   0   53   59   35   30    7   22   32

 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
Clyde Wright          10   5  3.08  19  19   6   0   1  131  121   52   45   12   38   54
Lloyd Allen            2   7  3.34  28   6   0   5   0   67   60   30   25    6   36   40
Rudy May               3   8  3.51  21  16   2   1   1  103   91   51   40    7   43   77
Andy Messersmith       2   4  3.80   8   6   2   1   2   47   37   22   20    2   23   38
Eddie Fisher           3   4  4.08  36   1   0   2   0   71   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  4.35  17   0   0   0   0   31   31   17   15    2   19   19
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
Wilbur Wood           14  10  2.56  28  28   9   0   5  211  187   67   60   15   38  111
Steve Kealey           2   2  2.56  30   0   0   3   0   39   29   11   11    2   10   30
Vicente Romo           2   0  2.61  22   0   0   1   0   38   33   11   11    4   14   33
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   9  3.53  25  25   6   0   1  158  144   67   62   15   42  131
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
Dick Tidrow            7   9  3.40  23  18   3   0   1  114   97   48   43   11   36   69
Ray Lamb               2   4  3.54  17   5   0   0   0   56   59   26   22    1   18   36
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         17   6  2.39  24  24  17   0   3  200  168   56   53   15   48  156
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  1.19  23   0   0   0   0   30   20    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
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.39  21   2   0   2   0   74   67   31   28    7   20   32
Bruce Dal Canton       5   4  3.56  19  10   1   2   0   73   72   33   29    4   18   48
Mike Hedlund           2   5  3.93  17   9   0   0   0   66   63   34   29    8   26   28
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           8   7  4.67  20  17   3   0   1  118  121   66   61   13   41   53
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  2.63  34   0   0  13   0   51   43   22   15    4   13   27
Bert Blyleven          9  12  2.85  24  23   5   0   2  171  146   58   54   15   38  124
Dave LaRoche           1   4  2.89  36   0   0   8   0   53   38   19   17    4   25   39
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
Mel Stottlemyre       10  11  2.69  21  21   6   0   5  157  145   51   47    8   48   75
Mike Kekich            9   8  2.71  19  19   1   0   0  129  120   42   39    5   56   63
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
Fritz Peterson         9  11  3.16  20  20   8   0   2  148  158   59   52    9   30   60
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.16  18   0   0   0   0   26   20   13    9    3   10   19
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
Gary Waslewski         0   1  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    0    0    1    3
Darold Knowles         1   1  1.30  30   0   0   8   0   35   28    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
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.58  30   0   0  11   0   52   40   17   15    4   11   48
Ken Holtzman          12   8  2.60  22  22  12   0   3  166  153   54   48   16   30   85
Joel Horlen            2   2  2.70  18   2   0   0   0   43   40   15   13    2    6   28
Dave Hamilton          6   3  2.73  11  11   1   0   0   69   66   22   21    4   21   34
Vida Blue              2   5  3.15  11  10   2   0   1   69   59   26   24    7   25   53
Bob Locker             4   1  3.15  27   0   0   6   0   40   40   16   14    1   11   23
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  1.49  42   0   0   8   0   67   54   12   11    4   20   36
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   8  4.03  20  20   3   0   2  125  106   60   56    8   65   93
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)          17
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  P. Dobson (BAL)          12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  J. Coleman (DET)         11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        12
  F. Peterson (NY)         11
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      11
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          11
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         10
  D. Drago (KC)            10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  T. Bradley (CHI)          9
  K. Brett (MIL)            9
  R. Clark (CAL)            9

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  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
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  C. Hunter (OAK)           4
  S. Kline (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)       199.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       173.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     170.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     166.1
  P. Dobson (BAL)       164.1
  J. Coleman (DET)      163.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      158.0
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   157.1

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           187
  M. Lolich (DET)         168
  F. Peterson (NY)        158
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        156
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       153
  D. Drago (KC)           150
  G. Perry (CLE)          147
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       146
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     145
  T. Bradley (CHI)        144

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         73
  T. Bradley (CHI)         67
  W. Wood (CHI)            67
  B. Parsons (MIL)         66
  S. Siebert (BOS)         62
  P. Broberg (TEX)         60
  R. Culp (BOS)            60
  M. Pattin (BOS)          60
  F. Peterson (NY)         59
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        58

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)         65
  R. Hand (TEX)            57
  M. Kekich (NY)           56
  D. Woodson (MIN)         56
  R. Culp (BOS)            53
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          52
  R. Clark (CAL)           50
  M. Lolich (DET)          48

Strikeouts:

  M. Lolich (DET)         156
  N. Ryan (CAL)           153
  J. Coleman (DET)        133
  G. Perry (CLE)          133
  T. Bradley (CHI)        131
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       124
  C. Hunter (OAK)         113
  W. Wood (CHI)           111
  P. Dobson (BAL)         106
  J. Palmer (BAL)         103


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