Thursday July 27, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, July 27, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       50  39  2.46   89  41  11   797   652  248  218   46  214  464
Oakland         57  35  2.68   92  27  28   838   723  279  249   66  228  502
Detroit         53  37  2.71   90  28  20   799   667  273  241   54  271  571
New York        43  43  2.81   86  21  22   758   699  271  237   48  236  347
Minnesota       45  43  2.85   88  18  25   797   685  312  252   59  254  465
Cleveland       37  51  3.10   88  26  13   786   699  304  271   58  302  491
Kansas City     45  46  3.20   91  22  19   818   774  326  291   53  236  450
Chicago         50  42  3.31   92  18  24   817   744  337  300   69  256  573
Texas           37  54  3.39   91   6  24   828   748  362  312   52  361  513
California      41  52  3.51   93  23  14   821   696  360  320   70  383  562
Boston          45  42  3.60   87  24  12   780   750  373  312   55  291  531
Milwaukee       35  54  3.63   89  17  20   799   738  358  322   63  286  435

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   16   8  1.74  25  24  17   1   3  213  155   44   41    6   48  139
Jim Palmer (BAL)      13   4  1.91  21  21  10   0   0  155  125   41   33   11   37  103
Steve Kline (NY)       9   4  2.00  17  17   5   0   4  126  102   37   28    5   24   26
Jim Kaat (MIN)        10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  12   4  2.10  22  22  11   0   4  180  120   46   42   16   42  119
Joe Coleman (DET)     12   8  2.20  23  23   5   0   2  172  119   49   42   14   71  139
Mickey Lolich (DET)   17   6  2.35  25  25  17   0   3  207  173   57   54   15   49  161
Blue Moon Odom (OAK)   9   2  2.40  16  15   1   0   0  101   83   30   27    7   41   42
Rich Hand (TEX)        8   6  2.41  18  16   2   0   1  101   74   29   27    5   59   64
Pat Dobson (BAL)      12   9  2.44  23  23  12   0   3  173  145   53   47    8   39  114

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   3  1.67  23   0   0   4   0   54   31   10   10    0   20   41
Jim Palmer            13   4  1.91  21  21  10   0   0  155  125   41   33   11   37  103
Pat Dobson            12   9  2.44  23  23  12   0   3  173  145   53   47    8   39  114
Dave McNally          10   7  2.45  21  21   8   0   5  150  133   44   41    9   38   79
Mike Cuellar           9   8  2.64  20  20  10   0   2  136  113   47   40   11   36   62
Doyle Alexander        5   5  2.69  21   4   1   1   1   60   44   23   18    3   17   25
Mickey Scott           0   1  2.81   9   0   0   0   0   16   14    5    5    1    5    7
Eddie Watt             1   1  3.66  19   0   0   2   0   20   14    9    8    1   11   13
Grant Jackson          0   1  4.15  15   0   0   4   0   17   19    8    8    0    4   16
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
Stan Williams          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Ken Tatum              0   1  2.55  15   0   0   4   0   18   15    7    5    2   12   12
Lynn McGlothen         3   3  2.65   7   7   2   0   1   54   47   22   16    1   10   42
Sonny Siebert          9   5  2.79  19  19   6   0   3  136  131   62   42   10   38   92
Don Newhauser          2   1  2.81  13   0   0   2   0   16   11    5    5    0   14   15
Luis Tiant             4   3  3.02  27   5   1   2   0   60   50   21   20    3   30   46
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Gary Peters            1   2  3.60  19   2   0   0   0   50   52   27   20    4   24   43
Bill Lee               6   3  3.73  30   0   0   3   0   51   43   22   21    4   19   30
John Curtis            6   3  3.74  12  11   5   0   1   79   86   34   33    3   19   58
Marty Pattin           8   9  3.78  22  20   6   0   2  133  126   64   56   11   35   85
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  5.07  18   7   0   1   0   55   62   36   31    7   22   33

 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           3   1  1.56  18   2   0   1   0   35   21    6    6    2   18   22
Nolan Ryan            12   8  2.95  23  23  11   0   6  152   94   51   50   12   88  170
Clyde Wright          11   5  3.09  20  20   6   0   1  140  130   55   48   12   43   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  3.51   9   6   2   1   2   51   38   22   20    2   26   41
Eddie Fisher           3   4  3.95  38   1   0   4   0   73   65   33   32    6   25   29
Don Rose               1   4  4.22  16   4   0   0   0   43   49   25   20    9   19   39
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          2   3  1.86  36   0   0  15   0   53   33   14   11    0   23   65
Wilbur Wood           16  10  2.49  30  30  10   0   5  228  199   70   63   17   38  120
Vicente Romo           2   0  2.61  22   0   0   1   0   38   33   11   11    4   14   33
Cy Acosta              3   0  2.70  13   0   0   3   0   17   12    5    5    2   10   15
Dave Lemonds           1   3  2.97  17  10   0   0   0   58   51   25   19    5   26   39
Steve Kealey           2   2  3.07  32   0   0   3   0   41   33   14   14    3   10   31
Tom Bradley           10   9  3.53  25  25   6   0   1  158  144   67   62   15   42  131
Rich Gossage           2   0  3.72  19   0   0   1   0   39   34   21   16    1   24   27
Phil Regan             0   1  4.05  10   0   0   0   0   13   18    7    6    1    6    4
Stan Bahnsen          12  11  4.30  27  27   2   0   1  155  166   78   74   18   46   97
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   8  1.74  25  24  17   1   3  213  155   44   41    6   48  139
Denny Riddleberger     1   2  2.43  26   0   0   0   0   41   38   18   11    2   17   24
Phil Hennigan          1   1  3.08  21   1   0   1   0   38   30   13   13    5    9   23
Milt Wilcox            6  11  3.26  20  19   4   0   2  113  105   46   41   12   52   71
Dick Tidrow            7   9  3.40  24  19   3   0   1  119  102   50   45   11   38   72
Ray Lamb               2   4  3.51  18   5   0   0   0   56   60   26   22    1   18   36
Steve Dunning          0   0  3.86   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    3    3    2    2    3
Mike Kilkenny          2   1  3.89  13   6   1   0   0   39   39   18   17    3   29   32
Steve Mingori          0   3  3.97  26   0   0   7   0   34   39   16   15    3   25   29
Ed Farmer              1   3  4.01  26   1   0   4   0   34   31   16   15    4   16   18
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  1.40   8   7   3   0   1   58   39   12    9    0   15   47
Chris Zachary          1   0  1.59  12   0   0   0   0   17   16    3    3    1    7    9
Joe Coleman           12   8  2.20  23  23   5   0   2  172  119   49   42   14   71  139
Mickey Lolich         17   6  2.35  25  25  17   0   3  207  173   57   54   15   49  161
Fred Scherman          3   1  2.66  37   1   0  11   0   64   60   24   19    3   33   39
Tom Timmerman          7   8  2.82  24  22   3   0   2  125  106   48   39   11   33   73
Chuck Seelbach         7   4  2.82  34   1   0   7   0   61   44   20   19    2   21   45
John Hiller            0   0  3.00   4   0   0   1   0    6    5    2    2    1    1    4
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
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    5    7    5    5    0    1    3
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           3   4  2.18  22   7   3   2   2   74   54   19   18    6   14   57
Tom Burgmeier          5   2  2.49  40   0   0   9   0   43   47   17   12    0   22   13
Dick Drago             7  11  2.72  22  22   7   0   2  162  155   54   49   13   31   91
Paul Splittorff        9   6  3.19  23  22   7   0   2  141  126   55   50    6   45   86
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.30  22   2   0   2   0   79   72   32   29    8   21   35
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Bruce Dal Canton       5   4  3.51  20  10   1   2   0   74   72   33   29    4   18   49
Ken Wright             1   1  3.86  10   0   0   4   0   12    9    5    5    0    8   11
Mike Hedlund           2   5  4.06  18   9   0   0   0   71   69   37   32    8   27   30
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
Norm Angelini          1   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    1    1

 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   4  2.25  22   6   1   0   0   60   54   18   15    5   19   23
Jim Colborn            2   2  2.67  25   2   1   0   0   71   64   22   21    3   25   48
Jim Lonborg            8   5  2.87  20  17   5   1   1  125  113   43   40   12   37   83
Frank Linzy            2   1  2.98  29   0   0   5   0   51   43   19   17    1   19   19
Gary Ryerson           2   2  3.18   7   6   2   0   0   51   54   20   18    5    9   24
Ken Sanders            1   7  3.36  38   0   0  13   0   59   54   22   22    4   18   28
Jerry Bell             0   1  3.71   9   0   0   0   0   17   12    7    7    0   12    6
Bill Parsons           8   8  4.33  21  18   4   0   1  127  124   69   61   14   42   59
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
Jim Slaton             1   6  5.52   9   8   0   0   0   44   50   31   27    3   21   17
Archie Reynolds        0   0  5.91   3   1   0   0   0   11   14    8    7    1    6    9

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Goltz             1   0  1.86   2   1   0   0   0   10    8    2    2    1    2    1
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             6   3  2.39  18   7   2   0   2   72   54   22   19    4   29   31
Wayne Granger          3   2  2.68  37   0   0  13   0   54   47   27   16    4   16   29
Bert Blyleven          9  13  2.84  25  24   5   0   2  178  153   61   56   15   38  129
Dave LaRoche           1   4  2.89  37   0   0   8   0   53   39   19   17    4   26   39
Jim Strickland         1   0  2.89  11   0   0   3   0   19   12    6    6    2    7   16
Dick Woodson           6   9  3.04  20  20   3   0   0  127  107   54   43   10   56   74
Jim Perry              8   9  3.21  21  21   3   0   1  132  123   55   47   11   39   54
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   2  1.03  30   0   0  20   0   61   36    8    7    1   14   38
Steve Kline            9   4  2.00  17  17   5   0   4  126  102   37   28    5   24   26
Mel Stottlemyre       10  11  2.69  21  21   6   0   5  157  145   51   47    8   48   75
Mike Kekich            9   9  2.97  20  20   1   0   0  133  127   47   44    6   57   66
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Fritz Peterson        10  11  3.14  21  21   8   0   2  155  168   61   54   10   30   63
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.16  18   0   0   0   0   26   20   13    9    3   10   19
Fred Beene             0   3  3.21  16   1   0   2   0   34   33   16   12    3   16   23
Rob Gardner            2   0  3.43   6   2   1   0   0   21   20    8    8    3    8   12
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
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         2   1  1.27  31   0   0   8   0   35   28    6    5    0   16   23
Catfish Hunter        12   4  2.10  22  22  11   0   4  180  120   46   42   16   42  119
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.33  33   0   0  14   0   58   43   18   15    4   11   54
Blue Moon Odom         9   2  2.40  16  15   1   0   0  101   83   30   27    7   41   42
Ken Holtzman          13   8  2.58  23  22  12   0   3  167  153   54   48   16   30   85
Joel Horlen            2   3  2.68  19   3   0   0   0   50   46   18   15    2   12   34
Dave Hamilton          6   3  2.73  11  11   1   0   0   69   66   22   21    4   21   34
Bob Locker             4   1  3.07  28   0   0   6   0   41   41   16   14    1   11   23
Vida Blue              3   5  3.16  12  11   2   0   1   77   66   29   27    8   26   62
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   3  2.07  36   8   0   1   0   78   71   26   18    0   26   53
Horacio Pina           2   3  2.09  37   0   0  11   0   52   39   17   12    1   26   40
Rich Hand              8   6  2.41  18  16   2   0   1  101   74   29   27    5   59   64
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
Jan Dukes              0   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    2    1    0    5    0
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
Casey Cox              2   3  4.29  22   3   0   3   0   42   51   27   20    4   16   18
Jim Panther            5   6  4.30  37   2   0   0   0   67   70   38   32    5   33   33
Don Stanhouse          0   2  4.72  10   4   0   0   0   34   28   19   18    5   22   23
Bill Gogolewski        3   7  4.83  24  14   1   0   0   88   86   48   47    8   38   60

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)          17
  G. Perry (CLE)           16
  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          13
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         12
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  P. Dobson (BAL)          12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  D. Drago (KC)            11
  F. Peterson (NY)         11
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      11
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          11
  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)           17
  P. Dobson (BAL)          12
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        12
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         10
  J. Palmer (BAL)          10
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  D. McNally (BAL)          8

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             20
  T. Forster (CHI)         15
  R. Fingers (OAK)         14
  W. Granger (MIN)         13
  K. Sanders (MIL)         13
  H. Pina (TEX)            11
  F. Scherman (DET)        11
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         9
  D. Knowles (OAK)          8
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          8

Shutouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  D. McNally (BAL)          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)         228.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        212.2
  M. Lolich (DET)       206.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       179.2
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     177.2
  P. Dobson (BAL)       173.1
  J. Coleman (DET)      172.0
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     167.1
  D. Drago (KC)         162.1
  T. Bradley (CHI)      158.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           199
  M. Lolich (DET)         173
  F. Peterson (NY)        168
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        166
  D. Drago (KC)           155
  G. Perry (CLE)          155
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       153
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       153
  P. Dobson (BAL)         145
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     145

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         78
  W. Wood (CHI)            70
  B. Parsons (MIL)         69
  T. Bradley (CHI)         67
  M. Pattin (BOS)          64
  S. Siebert (BOS)         62
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        61
  F. Peterson (NY)         61
  P. Broberg (TEX)         60
  R. Culp (BOS)            60

Home Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         18
  W. Wood (CHI)            17
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        16
  C. Hunter (OAK)          16
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        15
  T. Bradley (CHI)         15
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  J. Coleman (DET)         14
  B. Parsons (MIL)         14
  D. Drago (KC)            13

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            88
  J. Coleman (DET)         71
  P. Broberg (TEX)         65
  R. Hand (TEX)            59
  M. Kekich (NY)           57
  D. Woodson (MIN)         56
  R. Culp (BOS)            53
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          52
  R. Clark (CAL)           50
  M. Lolich (DET)          49

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           170
  M. Lolich (DET)         161
  J. Coleman (DET)        139
  G. Perry (CLE)          139
  T. Bradley (CHI)        131
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       129
  W. Wood (CHI)           120
  C. Hunter (OAK)         119
  P. Dobson (BAL)         114
  J. Palmer (BAL)         103

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