Wednesday August 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 2, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       53  44  2.46   97  44  11   870   707  270  238   51  236  501
Oakland         61  38  2.60   99  32  28   901   763  291  260   69  238  539
Minnesota       48  46  2.82   94  19  27   849   725  334  266   67  274  503
New York        49  46  2.83   95  24  25   837   757  299  263   53  257  376
Detroit         55  42  2.94   97  30  20   857   750  314  280   60  299  598
Cleveland       44  53  3.01   97  30  13   871   762  324  291   64  330  546
Kansas City     46  51  3.23   97  23  19   869   831  348  312   57  249  488
Chicago         54  43  3.25   97  20  25   861   784  351  311   70  269  599
Texas           40  58  3.33   98   6  26   889   797  382  329   53  379  552
California      44  54  3.49   98  24  14   867   734  377  336   70  408  595
Milwaukee       39  58  3.49   97  22  21   866   797  377  336   69  307  470
Boston          48  48  3.75   96  24  14   857   846  423  357   63  323  576

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   18   8  1.63  27  26  19   1   4  232  163   45   42    6   52  151
Jim Palmer (BAL)      14   4  1.87  23  23  11   0   1  173  135   44   36   13   42  115
Steve Kline (NY)      11   4  1.88  19  19   7   0   4  144  112   39   30    6   27   30
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  14   4  2.00  24  24  13   0   5  198  130   48   44   17   44  132
Jim Kaat (MIN)        10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Rich Hand (TEX)        8   7  2.33  19  17   2   0   1  108   76   31   28    5   62   72
Mickey Lolich (DET)   18   6  2.34  26  26  18   0   3  216  180   59   56   16   54  167
Blue Moon Odom (OAK)   9   3  2.37  17  16   1   0   0  110   93   32   29    7   45   43
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     16  11  2.45  31  31  10   0   5  235  204   71   64   18   40  121
Joe Coleman (DET)     12   9  2.45  26  25   5   0   2  183  133   57   50   14   77  146

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Palmer            14   4  1.87  23  23  11   0   1  173  135   44   36   13   42  115
Mickey Scott           0   1  2.37  11   0   0   0   0   19   16    5    5    1    5   10
Roric Harrison         0   4  2.41  24   1   0   4   0   56   37   15   15    2   20   41
Mike Cuellar          10   8  2.48  21  21  11   0   3  145  116   47   40   11   41   68
Dave McNally          10   9  2.53  23  23   9   0   5  167  147   50   47   10   42   82
Pat Dobson            12  10  2.55  24  24  12   0   3  180  152   58   51    8   42  116
Doyle Alexander        5   6  2.63  22   5   1   1   1   68   51   25   20    3   18   31
Grant Jackson          1   1  3.18  18   0   0   4   0   23   21    9    8    0    5   19
Eddie Watt             1   1  3.18  21   0   0   2   0   23   16    9    8    1   12   15
Dave Leonhard          0   0  4.50  11   0   0   0   0   16   16    8    8    2    9    4

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Tatum              0   1  2.61  17   0   0   4   0   21   18    8    6    2   13   14
Don Newhauser          3   1  2.70  16   0   0   3   0   20   13    6    6    1   15   17
Lynn McGlothen         4   3  2.76   8   8   2   0   1   62   53   25   19    2   13   49
Sonny Siebert          9   7  2.91  21  21   6   0   3  148  145   69   48   10   42   97
Luis Tiant             4   4  3.12  29   6   1   3   0   66   61   26   23    4   32   48
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Marty Pattin           8  10  3.88  23  21   6   0   2  139  135   68   60   13   37   88
Bill Lee               6   3  3.93  33   0   0   3   0   53   46   24   23    4   21   30
Gary Peters            2   2  4.04  21   4   0   0   0   65   72   36   29    6   29   53
John Curtis            6   5  4.12  15  13   5   0   1   92  103   45   42    3   26   67
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  5.34  21   7   0   1   0   59   68   40   35    8   26   35
Stan Williams          0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    3    3    0    1    3

 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           4   1  1.45  21   2   0   1   0   37   21    6    6    2   18   23
Nolan Ryan            12   9  2.81  24  24  11   0   6  160   95   52   50   12   94  181
Lloyd Allen            3   7  3.28  30   6   0   5   0   71   65   31   26    6   39   40
Rudy May               4   8  3.30  22  17   3   1   1  112   95   52   41    7   46   82
Clyde Wright          11   6  3.40  22  22   6   0   1  151  143   64   57   12   50   60
Andy Messersmith       2   4  3.45  10   7   2   1   2   57   45   24   22    2   29   47
Eddie Fisher           3   4  3.89  39   1   0   4   0   74   67   33   32    6   26   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  4.63  22  15   2   1   0  101   90   56   52   10   51   56
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
Dave Sells             0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    0    1    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Terry Forster          3   3  2.19  38   0   0  16   0   58   38   17   14    0   26   67
Vicente Romo           3   0  2.30  24   0   0   1   0   43   38   11   11    4   15   36
Cy Acosta              3   0  2.41  15   0   0   3   0   19   14    5    5    2   10   15
Wilbur Wood           16  11  2.45  31  31  10   0   5  235  204   71   64   18   40  121
Dave Lemonds           1   3  2.83  18  11   0   0   0   64   57   28   20    5   28   42
Tom Bradley           11   9  3.48  27  27   7   0   2  168  152   70   65   15   47  141
Steve Kealey           2   2  3.70  33   0   0   3   0   41   36   17   17    3   10   32
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          13  11  4.06  28  28   3   0   1  164  172   79   74   18   46  103
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         18   8  1.63  27  26  19   1   4  232  163   45   42    6   52  151
Denny Riddleberger     1   2  2.42  28   0   0   0   0   45   39   19   12    2   20   28
Tom Hilgendorf         1   0  2.77   4   1   1   0   0   13   13    4    4    0    5    8
Phil Hennigan          2   1  3.00  22   1   0   1   0   39   31   13   13    5   10   24
Dick Tidrow            8   9  3.16  25  20   4   0   2  128  107   50   45   11   40   75
Mike Kilkenny          4   1  3.30  15   6   1   0   0   46   41   18   17    3   32   37
Ray Lamb               2   4  3.32  19   6   0   0   0   65   70   28   24    1   21   39
Milt Wilcox            6  11  3.38  22  21   4   0   2  120  114   50   45   14   56   75
Steve Dunning          0   1  3.54   3   3   0   0   0   20   17    8    8    4    5   14
Steve Mingori          0   4  4.10  27   0   0   7   0   37   44   18   17    4   25   32
Vince Colbert          1   7  4.50  19  11   1   0   1   72   71   40   36    8   36   35
Ed Farmer              1   3  4.54  28   1   0   4   0   38   35   20   19    5   19   20
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          1   0  1.27  15   0   0   0   0   21   19    3    3    1    8   12
Bill Slayback          4   5  2.07  10   9   3   0   1   61   47   19   14    2   17   48
Mickey Lolich         18   6  2.34  26  26  18   0   3  216  180   59   56   16   54  167
Joe Coleman           12   9  2.45  26  25   5   0   2  183  133   57   50   14   77  146
Tom Timmerman          7   8  2.77  25  22   3   0   2  127  107   48   39   11   34   73
Fred Scherman          3   1  2.88  39   1   0  11   0   66   65   26   21    3   34   40
Chuck Seelbach         7   6  3.29  37   2   0   7   0   68   57   26   25    3   25   46
John Hiller            0   0  3.72   8   0   0   1   0   10   11    4    4    1    1    6
Les Cain               0   3  3.80   5   5   0   0   0   24   18   12   10    2   16   16
Joe Niekro             3   2  3.83  15   6   1   1   0   40   55   17   17    3    7   19
Phil Meeler            0   1  4.32   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    4    0    7    5
Ron Perranoski         0   1  7.71  17   0   0   0   0   19   23   16   16    2    8   10
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
Bill Gilbreth          0   0 16.20   2   0   0   0   0    5   10    9    9    1    4    2
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   2  1.27  26   0   0   0   0   35   24    9    5    1   13   18
Roger Nelson           4   4  1.94  23   8   4   2   3   83   57   19   18    6   15   66
Tom Burgmeier          5   2  2.40  42   0   0   9   0   45   48   17   12    0   25   14
Norm Angelini          1   0  2.45   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    1    3    3
Dick Drago             7  13  2.93  24  24   7   0   2  175  174   63   57   15   34  100
Paul Splittorff        9   7  3.33  24  23   7   0   2  146  136   59   54    7   45   87
Al Fitzmorris          2   4  3.38  23   2   0   2   0   80   73   33   30    9   21   36
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Bruce Dal Canton       5   4  3.63  21  11   1   2   0   79   81   36   32    4   19   53
Mike Hedlund           2   5  3.99  20  10   0   0   0   79   76   40   35    8   28   35
Ken Wright             1   1  4.05  13   0   0   4   0   13   10    6    6    0   10   13
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   4  2.13  23   7   1   0   0   68   63   19   16    5   21   27
Jim Lonborg           10   5  2.66  22  19   6   1   1  142  127   46   42   13   43   90
Jim Colborn            3   2  2.71  26   3   2   0   0   80   72   25   24    5   27   55
Gary Ryerson           2   3  2.73   8   7   3   0   0   59   62   21   18    5   10   28
Frank Linzy            2   2  3.10  30   0   0   5   0   52   45   21   18    2   20   19
Ken Sanders            1   7  3.30  39   0   0  14   0   60   54   22   22    4   18   30
Jerry Bell             0   1  3.32  10   0   0   0   0   19   13    7    7    0   13    6
Skip Lockwood          5   9  4.06  18  16   4   0   3   89   70   44   40    5   48   66
Bill Parsons           8   9  4.25  22  19   5   0   1  136  132   72   64   16   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   1  5.94   4   2   0   0   0   17   22   14   11    1    8   13

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Goltz             1   0  1.69   3   1   0   0   0   11    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   5  2.38  20   9   2   0   2   83   64   28   22    5   35   40
Jim Strickland         1   0  2.57  14   0   0   3   0   21   18   10    6    4    9   18
Wayne Granger          3   2  2.62  39   0   0  14   0   55   47   27   16    4   17   30
Dick Woodson           8   9  2.87  22  22   4   0   1  144  116   57   46   11   64   89
Dave LaRoche           1   4  2.93  40   0   0   9   0   55   40   20   18    5   26   43
Jim Perry              9   9  3.03  22  22   3   0   1  140  129   55   47   11   39   55
Bert Blyleven          9  14  3.07  26  25   5   0   2  182  158   67   62   17   41  132
Bob Gebhard            0   0  7.94  11   0   0   1   0   17   28   23   15    2   11   12

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   3  1.22  33   0   0  22   0   66   39   10    9    2   16   42
Steve Kline           11   4  1.88  19  19   7   0   4  144  112   39   30    6   27   30
Rob Gardner            3   0  2.57   7   3   1   0   0   28   22    9    8    3    9   18
Mel Stottlemyre       11  11  2.84  23  23   6   0   5  174  157   59   55    8   53   82
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Fred Beene             0   3  3.03  18   1   0   3   0   39   38   18   13    3   19   25
Mike Kekich           10  10  3.11  22  22   2   0   0  145  137   53   50    7   60   68
Fritz Peterson        11  11  3.11  22  22   8   0   2  162  175   63   56   11   30   63
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.45  20   0   0   0   0   29   24   15   11    3   12   21
Ron Klimkowski         0   1  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    1    2    2
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        14   4  2.00  24  24  13   0   5  198  130   48   44   17   44  132
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.31  34   0   0  14   0   58   43   18   15    4   11   55
Blue Moon Odom         9   3  2.37  17  16   1   0   0  110   93   32   29    7   45   43
Ken Holtzman          14   9  2.48  25  24  14   0   4  185  162   58   51   18   32   96
Joel Horlen            2   3  2.68  19   3   0   0   0   50   46   18   15    2   12   34
Vida Blue              4   5  2.83  13  12   3   0   2   86   68   29   27    8   26   67
Bob Locker             4   1  2.91  30   0   0   6   0   43   42   16   14    1   11   25
Dave Hamilton          6   4  2.96  12  12   1   0   0   76   74   26   25    4   23   38
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          4   4  1.40  44   0   0   8   0   71   58   12   11    4   20   36
Mike Paul              4   3  1.97  38   9   0   1   0   87   76   27   19    0   27   59
Horacio Pina           2   4  2.11  40   0   0  13   0   55   42   18   13    1   28   43
Rich Hand              8   7  2.33  19  17   2   0   1  108   76   31   28    5   62   72
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  3.76  18  18   0   0   0  108  115   56   45    6   29   61
Jan Dukes              0   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    2    1    0    5    0
Pete Broberg           5   9  3.95  22  22   3   0   2  139  117   65   61    9   69   99
Don Stanhouse          1   2  4.25  11   5   0   0   0   42   34   21   20    5   26   29
Casey Cox              2   3  4.31  26   3   0   3   0   48   57   30   23    4   16   21
Jim Panther            5   7  4.44  38   3   0   0   0   71   78   43   35    5   36   35
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)          18
  G. Perry (CLE)           18
  W. Wood (CHI)            16
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  J. Palmer (BAL)          14
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         13
  J. Coleman (DET)         12
  P. Dobson (BAL)          12
  N. Ryan (CAL)            12

Losses:

  B. Blyleven (MIN)        14
  D. Drago (KC)            13
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  F. Peterson (NY)         11
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      11
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          11
  W. Wood (CHI)            11
  P. Dobson (BAL)          10
  M. Kekich (NY)           10
  M. Pattin (BOS)          10

Complete Games:

  G. Perry (CLE)           19
  M. Lolich (DET)          18
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          13
  P. Dobson (BAL)          12
  M. Cuellar (BAL)         11
  J. Palmer (BAL)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  W. Wood (CHI)            10
  D. McNally (BAL)          9

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             22
  T. Forster (CHI)         16
  R. Fingers (OAK)         14
  W. Granger (MIN)         14
  K. Sanders (MIL)         14
  H. Pina (TEX)            13
  F. Scherman (DET)        11
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         9
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          9
  D. Knowles (OAK)          8

Shutouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)             6
  C. Hunter (OAK)           5
  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         4
  S. Kline (NY)             4
  G. Perry (CLE)            4
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          3
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         235.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        231.2
  M. Lolich (DET)       215.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       197.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     185.1
  J. Coleman (DET)      183.1
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     182.0
  P. Dobson (BAL)       179.2
  D. Drago (KC)         175.1
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)   174.0

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           204
  M. Lolich (DET)         180
  F. Peterson (NY)        175
  D. Drago (KC)           174
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        172
  G. Perry (CLE)          163
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       162
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       158
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     157
  T. Bradley (CHI)        152

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         79
  B. Parsons (MIL)         72
  W. Wood (CHI)            71
  T. Bradley (CHI)         70
  S. Siebert (BOS)         69
  M. Pattin (BOS)          68
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        67
  P. Broberg (TEX)         65
  C. Wright (CAL)          64
  D. Drago (KC)            63

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            94
  J. Coleman (DET)         77
  P. Broberg (TEX)         69
  D. Woodson (MIN)         64
  R. Hand (TEX)            62
  M. Kekich (NY)           60
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          56
  M. Lolich (DET)          54
  R. Culp (BOS)            53
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      53

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           181
  M. Lolich (DET)         167
  G. Perry (CLE)          151
  J. Coleman (DET)        146
  T. Bradley (CHI)        141
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       132
  C. Hunter (OAK)         132
  W. Wood (CHI)           121
  P. Dobson (BAL)         116
  J. Palmer (BAL)         115


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