AL Pitching Leaders

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 10/22/1972

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Perry,G	ChA	1.99	Carlton	PB	237	Hand	LA	106
Pappas	Bos	2.23	Lolich,M	ChA	232	Hooton	Car	100
Dobson	Bos	2.29	Perry,G	ChA	207	Kirby	Mps	88
Carlton	PB	2.42	Matlack	Ili	178	Gibson,B	Ili	88
Lolich,M	ChA	2.42	May,R	ChA	171	Timmermann	Det	80
McAnally	Bos	2.62	Gibson,B	Ili	163	Hunter	Car	80
Kline	Mps	2.65	Sutton	Det	162	McGlothen	Ili	79
Hooton	Car	2.75	Hunter	Car	158	McAnally	Bos	73
Gibson,B	Ili	2.84	Niekro,P	Car	156	Downing	LA	69
Matlack	Ili	2.85	Kirby	Mps	138	Matlack	Ili	68
McAndrew	Det	2.90	Wilson,D	ChA	129	May,R	ChA	65
May,R	ChA	3.09	Hall	LA	128	Sutton	Det	64
Hunter	Car	3.11	Hooton	Car	127	Stottlemyre	Mps	63
Kirby	Mps	3.14	Wise	LA	119	Culver	PB	60
Downing	LA	3.15	Wood	Ili	119	Wise	LA	60


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Perry,G	ChA	26-6	Dal Canton	Bos	.867	Pappas	Bos	5.8
Lolich,M	ChA	23-11	Perry,G	ChA	.813	May,R	ChA	5.0
Carlton	PB	20-13	Pappas	Bos	.783	McAnally	Bos	4.8
Pappas	Bos	18-5	Marshall,M	LA	.750	Sutton	Det	4.7
Matlack	Ili	18-10	Goltz	Det	.733	Peterson	LA	4.7
Wise	LA	17-10	Tidrow	Mps	.733	McAndrew	Det	4.6
McAnally	Bos	16-6	McAnally	Bos	.727	McGlothen	Ili	4.4
Hunter	Car	16-9	Lolich,M	ChA	.676	Hunter	Car	4.3
Gibson,B	Ili	16-13	Harrison	Det	.667	Stottlemyre	Mps	4.3
Dobson	Bos	15-9	Matlack	Ili	.643	Perry,G	ChA	4.3
Sutton	Det	15-11	Hunter	Car	.640	Matlack	Ili	4.2
Dal Canton	Bos	13-2	May,R	ChA	.632	Lolich,M	ChA	4.1
5 tied with		12	Wise	LA	.630	McNally	Car	4.1
			Dobson	Bos	.625	Fryman,W	Mps	4.1
			Carlton	PB	.606	Dobson	Bos	4.1


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Perry,G	ChA	.206	Perry,G	ChA	.251	Hooton	Car	.299
Kirby	Mps	.209	Pappas	Bos	.259	McAnally	Bos	.301
McAndrew	Det	.219	Niekro,P	Car	.266	Dobson	Bos	.306
Hooton	Car	.223	McAndrew	Det	.267	Perry,G	ChA	.307
Timmermann	Det	.225	Carlton	PB	.274	Pappas	Bos	.311
Pappas	Bos	.228	Lolich,M	ChA	.278	Carlton	PB	.313
Hunter	Car	.228	Dobson	Bos	.283	Gibson,B	Ili	.326
Niekro,P	Car	.230	Wise	LA	.285	McAndrew	Det	.333
Wilson,D	ChA	.232	Hunter	Car	.287	Lolich,M	ChA	.336
McAnally	Bos	.234	Wood	Ili	.290	Matlack	Ili	.337
Carlton	PB	.236	Wilson,D	ChA	.293	Wise	LA	.340
Lolich,M	ChA	.236	Kirby	Mps	.295	Kirby	Mps	.340
Wise	LA	.236	Kline	Mps	.297	Wilson,D	ChA	.343
May,R	ChA	.237	Matlack	Ili	.299	Timmermann	Det	.347
Dobson	Bos	.240	May,R	ChA	.300	Kline	Mps	.348


Hits per 9 innings			Walks per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Kirby	Mps	6.8	Pappas	Bos	1.1	Perry,G	ChA	8.8
Perry,G	ChA	6.8	Niekro,P	Car	1.5	Pappas	Bos	9.2
Hooton	Car	7.3	Kline	Mps	1.6	Niekro,P	Car	9.5
McAndrew	Det	7.3	Perry,G	ChA	1.6	McAndrew	Det	9.5
Timmermann	Det	7.5	Lolich,M	ChA	1.8	Carlton	PB	9.9
Hunter	Car	7.7	Carlton	PB	1.8	Lolich,M	ChA	10.1
Pappas	Bos	7.8	Dobson	Bos	2.0	Dobson	Bos	10.3
Niekro,P	Car	7.8	Wood	Ili	2.0	Wise	LA	10.4
Wilson,D	ChA	7.8	Drago	PB	2.1	Wood	Ili	10.6
McAnally	Bos	7.9	Peterson	LA	2.1	Hunter	Car	10.7
Wise	LA	8.0	McAndrew	Det	2.2	Wilson,D	ChA	10.7
Carlton	PB	8.0	Wise	LA	2.3	Kirby	Mps	10.8
Gibson,B	Ili	8.1	McNally	Car	2.3	Kline	Mps	10.9
Lolich,M	ChA	8.1	Sutton	Det	2.4	Matlack	Ili	11.1
May,R	ChA	8.1	Blue	Mps	2.6	May,R	ChA	11.3


Strikeouts per 9 innings			Homeruns per 9 innings			Stolen bases per 9 innings

May,R	ChA	8.0	McAnally	Bos	0.2	Peterson	LA	0.0
Carlton	PB	7.4	Dobson	Bos	0.3	Niekro,P	Car	0.1
Lolich,M	ChA	7.2	Pappas	Bos	0.3	Kline	Mps	0.1
Matlack	Ili	6.8	Hooton	Car	0.4	Blue	Mps	0.2
Blue	Mps	6.2	Carlton	PB	0.4	Fryman,W	Mps	0.2
Kirby	Mps	6.2	Stottlemyre	Mps	0.5	McAnally	Bos	0.2
Wilson,D	ChA	6.1	Matlack	Ili	0.5	May,R	ChA	0.2
Gibson,B	Ili	6.1	Wise	LA	0.5	Stottlemyre	Mps	0.3
Perry,G	ChA	6.1	Perry,G	ChA	0.5	McAndrew	Det	0.3
Sutton	Det	6.0	Downing	LA	0.5	Perry,G	ChA	0.3
Niekro,P	Car	5.8	McNally	Car	0.6	Wise	LA	0.3
Hunter	Car	5.6	Kline	Mps	0.6	Carlton	PB	0.4
Timmermann	Det	5.5	Lolich,M	ChA	0.6	Pappas	Bos	0.4
Hooton	Car	5.2	McGlothen	Ili	0.6	Hunter	Car	0.4
McGlothen	Ili	5.1	Gibson,B	Ili	0.6	McNally	Car	0.4


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Lolich,M	ChA	7	Perry,G	ChA	33	Perry,G	ChA	.846
Gibson,B	Ili	6	Lolich,M	ChA	31	Dobson	Bos	.824
Wilson,D	ChA	5	Carlton	PB	31	Lolich,M	ChA	.795
Dobson	Bos	5	Dobson	Bos	28	Kline	Mps	.750
Perry,G	ChA	5	Pappas	Bos	23	Pappas	Bos	.742
Carlton	PB	5	Downing	LA	23	Carlton	PB	.738
Timmermann	Det	4	Hooton	Car	23	McAnally	Bos	.733
Pappas	Bos	3	Matlack	Ili	23	Downing	LA	.697
Downing	LA	3	Hunter	Car	23	Hooton	Car	.697
Niekro,P	Car	3	Niekro,P	Car	23	Matlack	Ili	.697
10 tied with		2	McAnally	Bos	22	Timmermann	Det	.679
			Gibson,B	Ili	22	Kirby	Mps	.677
			Peterson	LA	22	Hunter	Car	.676
			Wood	Ili	22	Niekro,P	Car	.676
			3 tied with		21	Gibson,B	Ili	.667


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

Aker,J	Car	40	Forster	Ili	33	Forster	Ili	.846
Forster	Ili	39	Giusti	Bos	32	Giusti	Bos	.821
Giusti	Bos	39	Aker,J	Car	31	Watt	Det	.794
Watt	Det	34	Watt	Det	27	Aker,J	Car	.775
Richert	PB	34	Richert	PB	26	Pina	Mps	.769
Pina	Mps	26	Carroll	ChA	20	Richert	PB	.765
Carroll	ChA	23	Pina	Mps	20
Abernathy	LA	21	Abernathy	LA	18
Harrison	Det	13	Rau	LA	10
Hall	LA	12	Hall	LA	8
Fingers	Bos	12	Veale,B	Mps	7
Rau	LA	10	Fingers	Bos	7
Marshall,M	LA	10	Harrison	Det	5
Veale,B	Mps	9	Kealey	LA	4
Tidrow	Mps	9	Marshall,M	LA	4


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Tidrow	Mps	12	Aker,J	Car	9	Aker,J	Car	.225
Hall	LA	11	Richert	PB	7	Richert	PB	.206
Hiller	Bos	10	Watt	Det	7	Watt	Det	.206
Harrison	Det	10	Giusti	Bos	7	Pina	Mps	.192
Abernathy	LA	9	Harrison	Det	6	Giusti	Bos	.179
Brandon	Ili	9	Forster	Ili	6	Forster	Ili	.154
Kealey	LA	8	Tidrow	Mps	5
Riddleberger	PB	7	Marshall,M	LA	5
Bell,J	ChA	7	Pina	Mps	5
Upshaw	PB	7	Fingers	Bos	4
Paul	Mps	7	Hall	LA	4
Fingers	Bos	7	Strohmayer	Ili	3
Marshall,M	LA	7	Brandon	Ili	3
Colborn	Car	6	Abernathy	LA	3
3 tied with		5	Carroll	ChA	3


Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Perry,G	ChA	307.2	Hunter	Car	31.21	Perry,G	ChA	20
Carlton	PB	290.0	Perry,G	ChA	31.00	Lolich,M	ChA	17
Lolich,M	ChA	289.2	Gibson,B	Ili	30.39	Carlton	PB	14
Hunter	Car	254.1	May,R	ChA	30.22	Gibson,B	Ili	12
Wood	Ili	251.0	Lolich,M	ChA	30.21	Pappas	Bos	11
Dobson	Bos	244.0	Sutton	Det	29.97	Dobson	Bos	11
Niekro,P	Car	242.2	Matlack	Ili	29.88	Sutton	Det	10
Sutton	Det	241.2	Kline	Mps	29.86	May,R	ChA	9
Gibson,B	Ili	241.0	Stottlemyre	Mps	29.74	Niekro,P	Car	9
Matlack	Ili	237.0	Pappas	Bos	29.58	Matlack	Ili	8
Wise	LA	235.1	Dobson	Bos	29.09	Wilson,D	ChA	6
Pappas	Bos	229.2	Wilson,D	ChA	29.07	Kline	Mps	6
Drago	PB	226.1	Niekro,P	Car	28.59	Wise	LA	6
Hooton	Car	219.2	Timmermann	Det	28.32	Kirby	Mps	5
Stottlemyre	Mps	210.1	McGlothen	Ili	28.00	Stottlemyre	Mps	5


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Hunter	Car	53	Stottlemyre	Mps	12	Wood	Ili	29
Sutton	Det	51	Perry,G	ChA	11	Drago	PB	27
Carlton	PB	43	Wise	LA	10	May,R	ChA	24
Drago	PB	41	Drago	PB	9	Blue	Mps	23
Peterson	LA	40	Watt	Det	7	Fryman,W	Mps	22
Perry,G	ChA	40	Barr	PB	7	Niekro,P	Car	22
Matlack	Ili	39	Peterson	LA	7	Kirby	Mps	21
Fryman,W	Mps	37	McNally	Car	7	Peterson	LA	20
McNally	Car	37	Hunter	Car	7	Hunter	Car	20
Niekro,P	Car	37	Lolich,M	ChA	7	Lolich,M	ChA	20
Pappas	Bos	36	6 tied with		6	Sutton	Det	18
Lolich,M	ChA	36				Stone,G	PB	17
McAnally	Bos	35				Wilson,D	ChA	17
Wise	LA	33				Gibson,B	Ili	17
Wood	Ili	33				Perry,G	ChA	17


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Hooton	Car	26	Downing	LA	.524	Sutton	Det	4
Gibson,B	Ili	25	Drago	PB	.524	Blass	Det	3
Matlack	Ili	18	Carlton	PB	.600	Tidrow	Mps	3
Sutton	Det	18	Gibson,B	Ili	.658	Kirby	Mps	3
Dobson	Bos	16	Barr	PB	.667	Downing	LA	3
Lolich,M	ChA	16	Timmermann	Det	.684	Richert	PB	2
Wilson,D	ChA	16	Lolich,M	ChA	.696	Harrison	Det	2
Wood	Ili	15	Wilson,D	ChA	.696	Timmermann	Det	2
Kirby	Mps	14	Hooton	Car	.703	23 tied with		1
Barr	PB	14	Kirby	Mps	.737
Walker,T	Det	13	Wood	Ili	.750
Timmermann	Det	13	Hunter	Car	.750
Hunter	Car	12	Matlack	Ili	.783
Carlton	PB	12	Sutton	Det	.783
2 tied with		11	Walker,T	Det	.813


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Perry,G	ChA	12	McAnally	Bos	12	Niekro,P	Car	4
Stone,G	PB	9	Marshall,M	LA	10	Paul	Mps	3
Kline	Mps	9	Harrison	Det	8	Morton	PB	3
Pappas	Bos	9	Lolich,M	ChA	8	Segui,D	Ili	2
Lolich,M	ChA	8	Niekro,P	Car	7	Goltz	Det	2
Timmermann	Det	7	Sutton	Det	7	Reuss	Det	2
Peterson	LA	7	Perry,G	ChA	7	Fingers	Bos	2
Downing	LA	7	Kekich	Ili	6	Parsons	LA	2
McNally	Car	7	Wilson,D	ChA	6	10 tied with		1
Drago	PB	7	Kirby	Mps	6
Matlack	Ili	7	Gibson,B	Ili	6
Harrison	Det	6	7 tied with		5
Morton	PB	6
Fryman,W	Mps	6
Niekro,P	Car	6


Games			Starts			Batters faced

Tidrow	Mps	87	Carlton	PB	42	Perry,G	ChA	1209
Giusti	Bos	72	Lolich,M	ChA	39	Lolich,M	ChA	1178
Marshall,M	LA	70	Perry,G	ChA	39	Carlton	PB	1174
Colborn	Car	67	Wood	Ili	39	Hunter	Car	1061
Fingers	Bos	67	Drago	PB	37	Wood	Ili	1033
Harrison	Det	66	Peterson	LA	36	Sutton	Det	1019
Hall	LA	64	Wise	LA	36	Gibson,B	Ili	1003
Brandon	Ili	62	Dobson	Bos	34	Dobson	Bos	989
Abernathy	LA	61	Hunter	Car	34	Matlack	Ili	986
Forster	Ili	60	Niekro,P	Car	34	Niekro,P	Car	972
Peters	Ili	57	Sutton	Det	34	Wise	LA	964
Paul	Mps	56	5 tied with		33	Drago	PB	956
Aker,J	Car	56				Stottlemyre	Mps	922
Culver	PB	55				Hooton	Car	918
Richert	PB	52				Pappas	Bos	917


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

Giusti	Bos	59	May,R	ChA	.000	Giusti	Bos	.115
Forster	Ili	51	Downing	LA	.133	Carroll	ChA	.129
Aker,J	Car	45	Dobson	Bos	.143	Abernathy	LA	.172
Watt	Det	44	Lolich,M	ChA	.231	Brandon	Ili	.209
Abernathy	LA	40	Wilson,D	ChA	.250	Hall	LA	.257
Richert	PB	38	Sutton	Det	.273	Pina	Mps	.258
Tidrow	Mps	38	Drago	PB	.278	Watt	Det	.259
Carroll	ChA	37	Hooton	Car	.300	Marshall,M	LA	.260
Pina	Mps	36	McGlothen	Ili	.316	Culver	PB	.283
Colborn	Car	30	Timmermann	Det	.333	Miller,B	PB	.321
Harrison	Det	28	Carlton	PB	.333	Walker,T	Det	.333
Fingers	Bos	27	Wise	LA	.348	Paul	Mps	.333
Upshaw	PB	26	Matlack	Ili	.368	Mingori	LA	.355
Brandon	Ili	24	Kline	Mps	.375	Forster	Ili	.370
Bell,J	ChA	23	Hunter	Car	.385	Sanders	Bos	.417


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Dobson	Bos	31	Lolich,M	ChA	34	Drago	PB	9-18
Kline	Mps	27	Carlton	PB	33	Fryman,W	Mps	2-16
McNally	Car	26	Perry,G	ChA	32	Wood	Ili	9-16
Downing	LA	25	Gibson,B	Ili	29	Niekro,P	Car	12-15
Wood	Ili	24	Matlack	Ili	28	McNally	Car	10-14
Perry,G	ChA	24	Niekro,P	Car	27	Timmermann	Det	10-14
Hand	LA	23	Wise	LA	27	Carroll	ChA	4-13
Lolich,M	ChA	23	Drago	PB	27	Blue	Mps	9-13
Peterson	LA	22	Sutton	Det	26	Downing	LA	10-13
Drago	PB	22	Stottlemyre	Mps	25	Stottlemyre	Mps	12-13
McGlothen	Ili	21	Hunter	Car	25	Gibson,B	Ili	16-13
Wise	LA	21	Wood	Ili	25	Carlton	PB	20-13
4 tied with		20	Timmermann	Det	24	5 tied with		11
			McNally	Car	24
			Dobson	Bos	24


On-base plus slugging			Walks plus hits per inning			Strikeout/walk ratio

Perry,G	ChA	.558	Perry,G	ChA	0.94	Carlton	PB	4.1
Pappas	Bos	.569	Pappas	Bos	0.99	Lolich,M	ChA	4.1
Carlton	PB	.587	Niekro,P	Car	1.03	Niekro,P	Car	3.9
Dobson	Bos	.589	McAndrew	Det	1.05	Perry,G	ChA	3.7
McAndrew	Det	.600	Carlton	PB	1.09	Pappas	Bos	3.6
McAnally	Bos	.605	Lolich,M	ChA	1.10	May,R	ChA	2.6
Hooton	Car	.610	Dobson	Bos	1.13	Matlack	Ili	2.6
Lolich,M	ChA	.614	Wise	LA	1.15	Sutton	Det	2.5
Niekro,P	Car	.618	Wood	Ili	1.16	Blue	Mps	2.4
Wise	LA	.625	Kline	Mps	1.16	Wilson,D	ChA	2.3
Kirby	Mps	.635	Wilson,D	ChA	1.17	Dobson	Bos	2.2
Wilson,D	ChA	.635	Hunter	Car	1.18	Drago	PB	2.2
Matlack	Ili	.637	Kirby	Mps	1.19	Wood	Ili	2.1
Gibson,B	Ili	.637	Matlack	Ili	1.20	McAndrew	Det	2.1
Kline	Mps	.645	May,R	ChA	1.24	McNally	Car	2.1


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

Perry,G	ChA	2.5	Perry,G	ChA	2.24	Perry,G	ChA	1.89
Pappas	Bos	2.6	Pappas	Bos	2.41	Pappas	Bos	2.08
Dobson	Bos	2.8	Dobson	Bos	2.54	Carlton	PB	2.38
Carlton	PB	2.8	Carlton	PB	2.58	McAndrew	Det	2.39
McAndrew	Det	2.9	McAndrew	Det	2.64	Niekro,P	Car	2.51
Niekro,P	Car	3.0	Niekro,P	Car	2.76	Dobson	Bos	2.52
Lolich,M	ChA	3.1	Lolich,M	ChA	2.81	Lolich,M	ChA	2.67
McAnally	Bos	3.1	McAnally	Bos	2.82	Wise	LA	2.69
Wise	LA	3.1	Wise	LA	2.88	Hunter	Car	2.82
Hooton	Car	3.2	Hooton	Car	2.89	McAnally	Bos	2.87
Kline	Mps	3.2	Kline	Mps	2.97	Hooton	Car	2.92
Kirby	Mps	3.3	Kirby	Mps	3.01	Matlack	Ili	2.95
Wilson,D	ChA	3.3	Wilson,D	ChA	3.02	Wilson,D	ChA	2.95
Gibson,B	Ili	3.4	Gibson,B	Ili	3.11	Kirby	Mps	2.96
Timmermann	Det	3.6	Matlack	Ili	3.25	Kline	Mps	3.12


In-play average			Balls in park			Extra-base hit rate

Kirby	Mps	.225	Perry,G	ChA	917	Gibson,B	Ili	.039
McAndrew	Det	.230	Carlton	PB	865	Hooton	Car	.041
Perry,G	ChA	.234	Lolich,M	ChA	861	Dobson	Bos	.041
Timmermann	Det	.239	Wood	Ili	824	Downing	LA	.043
Pappas	Bos	.247	Dobson	Bos	806	Kline	Mps	.045
Hooton	Car	.248	Hunter	Car	801	McAnally	Bos	.048
Hunter	Car	.248	Sutton	Det	770	Carlton	PB	.049
Kline	Mps	.251	Wise	LA	769	Stottlemyre	Mps	.053
Wood	Ili	.251	Pappas	Bos	768	Lolich,M	ChA	.053
Niekro,P	Car	.251	Drago	PB	758	Pappas	Bos	.055
Wise	LA	.256	Stottlemyre	Mps	749	Perry,G	ChA	.056
Wilson,D	ChA	.258	Niekro,P	Car	748	Matlack	Ili	.057
McAnally	Bos	.259	Kline	Mps	741	Kirby	Mps	.057
Dobson	Bos	.264	Gibson,B	Ili	730	Wilson,D	ChA	.057
May,R	ChA	.271	McNally	Car	724	McAndrew	Det	.058


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Single rate

Drago	PB	440	Pappas	Bos	.336	Kirby	Mps	.126
Lolich,M	ChA	436	Perry,G	ChA	.342	Hunter	Car	.131
Sutton	Det	432	Dobson	Bos	.342	Perry,G	ChA	.136
Hunter	Car	428	Carlton	PB	.344	Timmermann	Det	.136
Wood	Ili	423	McAnally	Bos	.362	McAndrew	Det	.144
Perry,G	ChA	413	McAndrew	Det	.370	May,R	ChA	.148
Carlton	PB	404	Lolich,M	ChA	.370	Niekro,P	Car	.151
Peterson	LA	401	Hooton	Car	.373	Hooton	Car	.151
Stottlemyre	Mps	390	Niekro,P	Car	.378	Wilson,D	ChA	.154
McNally	Car	389	Kline	Mps	.378	Wise	LA	.160
Gibson,B	Ili	386	Wise	LA	.379	Pappas	Bos	.161
Matlack	Ili	377	Matlack	Ili	.382	Matlack	Ili	.162
Niekro,P	Car	367	Gibson,B	Ili	.385	McAnally	Bos	.162
Wise	LA	365	Wilson,D	ChA	.390	Wood	Ili	.166
2 tied with		364	Hunter	Car	.403	McGlothen	Ili	.166


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Drago	PB	433	Pappas	Bos	.326	Gibson,B	Ili	.018
Lolich,M	ChA	428	Perry,G	ChA	.332	Kline	Mps	.024
Sutton	Det	427	Dobson	Bos	.339	Kirby	Mps	.024
Hunter	Car	426	Carlton	PB	.342	Hooton	Car	.026
Wood	Ili	418	McAnally	Bos	.357	Downing	LA	.026
Carlton	PB	402	Lolich,M	ChA	.363	Blue	Mps	.028
Perry,G	ChA	401	McAndrew	Det	.367	Stottlemyre	Mps	.028
Peterson	LA	394	Kline	Mps	.367	McAndrew	Det	.030
Stottlemyre	Mps	387	Hooton	Car	.368	Timmermann	Det	.030
McNally	Car	382	Niekro,P	Car	.371	Dobson	Bos	.030
Gibson,B	Ili	381	Matlack	Ili	.375	Lolich,M	ChA	.031
Matlack	Ili	370	Wise	LA	.376	Wood	Ili	.032
Wise	LA	362	Gibson,B	Ili	.380	Perry,G	ChA	.033
Niekro,P	Car	361	Wilson,D	ChA	.385	May,R	ChA	.033
Fryman,W	Mps	358	Timmermann	Det	.401	Wise	LA	.034


Batting average vs LHB			On-base percentage vs LHB			Slugging percentage vs LHB

Willoughby	Det	.159	Willoughby	Det	.201	Lolich,M	ChA	.217
Lolich,M	ChA	.180	Lolich,M	ChA	.206	Willoughby	Det	.219
Peterson	LA	.197	Niekro,P	Car	.246	Peterson	LA	.224
May,R	ChA	.206	Perry,G	ChA	.249	May,R	ChA	.256
Kirby	Mps	.206	Peterson	LA	.256	Fingers	Bos	.273
Hooton	Car	.208	May,R	ChA	.256	Hooton	Car	.303
Niekro,P	Car	.214	McAndrew	Det	.264	Dobson	Bos	.306
Perry,G	ChA	.215	Messersmith	Car	.268	Perry,G	ChA	.306
Fingers	Bos	.217	Pappas	Bos	.281	Kirby	Mps	.310
McGlothen	Ili	.220	Kline	Mps	.287	Barr	PB	.312
Messersmith	Car	.229	Hooton	Car	.288	Kline	Mps	.312
McAndrew	Det	.234	Carlton	PB	.294	Morton	PB	.314
Pappas	Bos	.235	Morton	PB	.301	Pappas	Bos	.318
Kline	Mps	.246	Barr	PB	.302	McAnally	Bos	.319
Hunter	Car	.248	Dobson	Bos	.304	Carlton	PB	.319


Hits vs LHB			Runs batted in vs LHB			On-base plus slugging vs LHB

Perry,G	ChA	117	Sutton	Det	49	Willoughby	Det	.420
Stottlemyre	Mps	113	Drago	PB	48	Lolich,M	ChA	.423
Drago	PB	109	Hunter	Car	43	Peterson	LA	.481
Hunter	Car	108	Timmermann	Det	38	May,R	ChA	.512
Gibson,B	Ili	105	Perry,G	ChA	36	Perry,G	ChA	.556
Sutton	Det	103	Wise	LA	35	Niekro,P	Car	.565
Dobson	Bos	101	Hand	LA	34	Fingers	Bos	.582
Wilson,D	ChA	92	Messersmith	Car	34	Hooton	Car	.591
Wise	LA	88	Wilson,D	ChA	34	Pappas	Bos	.599
Timmermann	Det	86	Hooton	Car	34	Kline	Mps	.600
McAnally	Bos	84	Harrison	Det	33	Dobson	Bos	.610
Pappas	Bos	84	Niekro,P	Car	33	Carlton	PB	.613
Kline	Mps	82	Stottlemyre	Mps	32	Barr	PB	.614
Niekro,P	Car	80	Wood	Ili	29	Morton	PB	.615
Blass	Det	76	Blass	Det	29	Kirby	Mps	.619


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Hunter	Car	27	Watt	Det	7	Wilson,D	ChA	12
Perry,G	ChA	24	Stottlemyre	Mps	7	Hunter	Car	12
Timmermann	Det	20	Kirby	Mps	6	Wood	Ili	10
Sutton	Det	20	McAndrew	Det	5	Blass	Det	10
Drago	PB	19	Timmermann	Det	5	Messersmith	Car	9
Wilson,D	ChA	16	Sutton	Det	4	Niekro,P	Car	9
McAnally	Bos	15	10 tied with		3	McGlothen	Ili	8
Pappas	Bos	15				McAndrew	Det	8
Sanders	Bos	14				Perry,G	ChA	8
Carlton	PB	14				Drago	PB	7
Wise	LA	14				Gibson,B	Ili	7
Dobson	Bos	13				6 tied with		6
McAndrew	Det	12
Gibson,B	Ili	12
3 tied with		11


Extra base hits vs LHB			Total bases vs LHB			Isolated power vs LHB

Hunter	Car	41	Hunter	Car	175	Peterson	LA	.027
Perry,G	ChA	33	Perry,G	ChA	167	Lolich,M	ChA	.037
Timmermann	Det	31	Drago	PB	155	May,R	ChA	.050
Sutton	Det	30	Sutton	Det	149	Barr	PB	.052
Drago	PB	29	Stottlemyre	Mps	145	Dobson	Bos	.053
Wilson,D	ChA	28	Wilson,D	ChA	144	Fingers	Bos	.056
McAndrew	Det	25	Gibson,B	Ili	144	Willoughby	Det	.060
Wise	LA	22	Timmermann	Det	134	Carlton	PB	.062
Gibson,B	Ili	22	Wise	LA	123	Walker,T	Det	.063
McGlothen	Ili	21	Dobson	Bos	122	Morton	PB	.064
Pappas	Bos	21	Niekro,P	Car	119	Kline	Mps	.066
Blass	Det	20	Blass	Det	116	McAnally	Bos	.071
4 tied with		19	McAndrew	Det	116	Downing	LA	.077
			Pappas	Bos	114	McNally	Car	.079
			McAnally	Bos	108	Matlack	Ili	.080


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Hand	LA	55	Perry,G	ChA	86	Stone,G	PB	9
Timmermann	Det	51	Lolich,M	ChA	69	Peterson	LA	6
Hunter	Car	47	Sutton	Det	64	Matlack	Ili	5
Kirby	Mps	45	Messersmith	Car	51	Lolich,M	ChA	5
McAnally	Bos	43	Hunter	Car	51	Timmermann	Det	5
Gibson,B	Ili	43	Matlack	Ili	48	Sprague	Det	4
Hooton	Car	39	Carlton	PB	48	Downing	LA	4
McGlothen	Ili	38	Niekro,P	Car	47	Pappas	Bos	4
Wilson,D	ChA	33	Hooton	Car	45	Paul	Mps	3
Sutton	Det	32	Gibson,B	Ili	45	Fryman,W	Mps	3
Culver	PB	29	May,R	ChA	44	Dierker	PB	3
Dobson	Bos	29	Hand	LA	44	Kline	Mps	3
Wise	LA	28	Kirby	Mps	43	Perry,G	ChA	3
Drago	PB	28	Timmermann	Det	43	13 tied with		2
Parsons	LA	26	Wood	Ili	42


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Hooton	Car	6	Barr	PB	7	Perry,G	ChA	545
Perry,G	ChA	5	Drago	PB	5	Hunter	Car	436
Downing	LA	4	Gardner	Bos	4	Gibson,B	Ili	411
Messersmith	Car	4	Sanders	Bos	4	Sutton	Det	401
Niekro,P	Car	4	Tidrow	Mps	4	Dobson	Bos	399
Drago	PB	4	Harrison	Det	4	Drago	PB	373
Sutton	Det	4	Dobson	Bos	4	Niekro,P	Car	373
Miller,B	PB	3	Marshall,M	LA	3	Pappas	Bos	358
Watt	Det	3	Culver	PB	3	Wise	LA	354
Renko	Bos	3	Parsons	LA	3	Stottlemyre	Mps	349
McNally	Car	3	Pappas	Bos	3	McAnally	Bos	339
Matlack	Ili	3	Wise	LA	3	Hooton	Car	337
Pappas	Bos	3	Sutton	Det	3	Kline	Mps	333
Wise	LA	3	18 tied with		2	Timmermann	Det	309
21 tied with		2				2 tied with		306


AB per homerun vs LHB			AB per double vs LHB			Plate appearances vs LHB

Wood	Ili	21.6	McNally	Car	15.0	Perry,G	ChA	575
Blass	Det	22.1	Timmermann	Det	15.4	Hunter	Car	487
Wilson,D	ChA	25.5	Carlton	PB	16.1	Gibson,B	Ili	458
Messersmith	Car	28.1	Hunter	Car	16.1	Sutton	Det	441
Culver	PB	29.4	Wilson,D	ChA	19.1	Dobson	Bos	436
Fryman,W	Mps	31.8	Drago	PB	19.6	Drago	PB	411
McGlothen	Ili	33.5	Billingham	ChA	19.9	Niekro,P	Car	395
Billingham	ChA	34.8	Sutton	Det	20.0	Wise	LA	390
Hand	LA	36.0	Morton	PB	20.4	Pappas	Bos	388
Hunter	Car	36.3	Culver	PB	21.0	Hooton	Car	384
Tidrow	Mps	37.0	Tidrow	Mps	21.1	McAnally	Bos	384
McAndrew	Det	37.4	Blass	Det	22.1	Stottlemyre	Mps	374
Renko	Bos	39.3	Parsons	LA	22.4	Timmermann	Det	369
Dal Canton	Bos	40.8	McAnally	Bos	22.6	Kirby	Mps	355
Niekro,P	Car	41.4	Perry,G	ChA	22.7	Kline	Mps	355


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Timmermann	Det	.181	Wilson,D	ChA	.230	Wilson,D	ChA	.247
Wilson,D	ChA	.181	Timmermann	Det	.241	Timmermann	Det	.277
Hall	LA	.185	Pappas	Bos	.243	McAndrew	Det	.284
Perry,G	ChA	.199	Perry,G	ChA	.252	McAnally	Bos	.286
McAndrew	Det	.205	Hunter	Car	.258	Hooton	Car	.297
Kirby	Mps	.211	Dobson	Bos	.266	Pappas	Bos	.305
Hunter	Car	.211	Carlton	PB	.269	Dobson	Bos	.306
Hand	LA	.222	McAndrew	Det	.270	Gibson,B	Ili	.306
McAnally	Bos	.223	Wise	LA	.272	Perry,G	ChA	.307
Pappas	Bos	.223	Wood	Ili	.278	Carlton	PB	.312
Gibson,B	Ili	.228	McAnally	Bos	.278	Marshall,M	LA	.312
Wise	LA	.228	Niekro,P	Car	.280	Hand	LA	.325
Carlton	PB	.230	Kirby	Mps	.284	Hunter	Car	.326
Dobson	Bos	.231	Matlack	Ili	.285	Wise	LA	.335
Hooton	Car	.234	Hall	LA	.293	Matlack	Ili	.337


Hits vs RHB			Runs batted in vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Lolich,M	ChA	212	Fryman,W	Mps	82	Wilson,D	ChA	.477
Peterson	LA	205	Peterson	LA	78	Timmermann	Det	.517
Carlton	PB	201	McNally	Car	75	Pappas	Bos	.548
McNally	Car	189	Wood	Ili	71	McAndrew	Det	.555
Downing	LA	181	Lolich,M	ChA	71	Perry,G	ChA	.560
Wood	Ili	177	May,R	ChA	68	McAnally	Bos	.564
Matlack	Ili	174	Carlton	PB	64	Dobson	Bos	.572
Fryman,W	Mps	163	Sutton	Det	62	Carlton	PB	.581
Sutton	Det	143	Downing	LA	58	Hunter	Car	.583
May,R	ChA	137	Drago	PB	57	Gibson,B	Ili	.604
Drago	PB	132	Matlack	Ili	57	Wise	LA	.607
Niekro,P	Car	130	Blue	Mps	55	Matlack	Ili	.622
Stottlemyre	Mps	128	Peters	Ili	52	Hooton	Car	.624
Blue	Mps	127	Barr	PB	50	Marshall,M	LA	.632
Wise	LA	122	Niekro,P	Car	50	Hall	LA	.632


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Peterson	LA	38	Perry,G	ChA	10	May,R	ChA	22
Matlack	Ili	33	Wise	LA	7	Drago	PB	20
Fryman,W	Mps	32	Lolich,M	ChA	7	Peterson	LA	20
Lolich,M	ChA	32	Drago	PB	6	Wood	Ili	19
Sutton	Det	31	Peterson	LA	6	Fryman,W	Mps	18
Wood	Ili	31	McNally	Car	6	Lolich,M	ChA	18
Niekro,P	Car	29	Messersmith	Car	5	Kirby	Mps	17
Carlton	PB	29	Barr	PB	5	Blue	Mps	17
Hunter	Car	26	Stottlemyre	Mps	5	Stone,G	PB	14
McNally	Car	26	Blue	Mps	5	Barr	PB	13
May,R	ChA	24	Hunter	Car	5	Niekro,P	Car	13
Stone,G	PB	22	5 tied with		3	McNally	Car	13
Drago	PB	22				Sutton	Det	12
3 tied with		21				Matlack	Ili	12
						Carlton	PB	12


Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB			Isolated power vs RHB

Peterson	LA	64	Peterson	LA	315	McAnally	Bos	.063
Lolich,M	ChA	57	Lolich,M	ChA	312	Hooton	Car	.063
Wood	Ili	53	Carlton	PB	272	Wilson,D	ChA	.066
Fryman,W	Mps	52	Wood	Ili	271	Marshall,M	LA	.068
Drago	PB	48	McNally	Car	266	Dobson	Bos	.075
May,R	ChA	48	Fryman,W	Mps	253	Gibson,B	Ili	.078
Matlack	Ili	47	Matlack	Ili	247	McAndrew	Det	.079
Sutton	Det	45	Downing	LA	235	Carlton	PB	.081
McNally	Car	45	May,R	ChA	231	Pappas	Bos	.082
Niekro,P	Car	44	Drago	PB	226	Downing	LA	.084
Carlton	PB	44	Sutton	Det	214	McGlothen	Ili	.093
Blue	Mps	39	Blue	Mps	205	Timmermann	Det	.096
Hunter	Car	39	Niekro,P	Car	202	Messersmith	Car	.098
Stone,G	PB	38	Stottlemyre	Mps	179	Matlack	Ili	.100
Barr	PB	38	Wise	LA	179	Hand	LA	.103


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Hooton	Car	61	Carlton	PB	189	Perry,G	ChA	9
Downing	LA	60	Lolich,M	ChA	163	Kline	Mps	6
May,R	ChA	53	Matlack	Ili	130	Drago	PB	6
Lolich,M	ChA	53	May,R	ChA	127	Harrison	Det	5
Hand	LA	51	Perry,G	ChA	121	Culver	PB	5
Matlack	Ili	47	Gibson,B	Ili	118	Morton	PB	5
Carlton	PB	47	Niekro,P	Car	109	Pappas	Bos	5
Gibson,B	Ili	45	Hunter	Car	107	Niekro,P	Car	5
Kirby	Mps	43	Wilson,D	ChA	98	McNally	Car	5
Blue	Mps	42	Sutton	Det	98	11 tied with		4
Fryman,W	Mps	42	Hall	LA	96
McNally	Car	42	Kirby	Mps	95
McGlothen	Ili	41	Pappas	Bos	93
3 tied with		40	Dobson	Bos	88
			3 tied with		86


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Timmermann	Det	13	Wood	Ili	6	Carlton	PB	873
Hunter	Car	11	Walker,T	Det	5	Lolich,M	ChA	833
Carlton	PB	11	Hand	LA	5	Wood	Ili	740
May,R	ChA	10	Stottlemyre	Mps	5	Matlack	Ili	732
Downing	LA	10	Lersch	Bos	4	McNally	Car	668
Matlack	Ili	10	Barr	PB	4	Peterson	LA	656
Parsons	LA	9	Timmermann	Det	4	Downing	LA	641
Kline	Mps	9	Hunter	Car	4	Fryman,W	Mps	589
Sutton	Det	9	Perry,G	ChA	4	Perry,G	ChA	579
Fryman,W	Mps	9	Carlton	PB	4	May,R	ChA	553
Peterson	LA	9	17 tied with		3	Niekro,P	Car	540
McNally	Car	9				Wise	LA	535
Wood	Ili	9				Sutton	Det	530
9 tied with		8				Hunter	Car	525
						Dobson	Bos	520


AB per homerun vs RHB			AB per double vs RHB			Plate appearances vs RHB

Stone,G	PB	20.1	Peters	Ili	12.1	Carlton	PB	936
Peters	Ili	23.2	Stone,G	PB	12.8	Lolich,M	ChA	894
Kirby	Mps	24.6	Reuss	Det	14.0	Wood	Ili	797
Barr	PB	24.8	Kekich	Ili	15.9	Matlack	Ili	793
Hall	LA	25.0	Parsons	LA	16.0	McNally	Car	727
May,R	ChA	25.1	Barr	PB	16.1	Downing	LA	716
Reuss	Det	25.2	Gardner	Bos	17.1	Peterson	LA	710
Drago	PB	25.3	Sutton	Det	17.1	Fryman,W	Mps	645
Blue	Mps	29.1	Peterson	LA	17.3	Perry,G	ChA	634
Fryman,W	Mps	32.7	Fryman,W	Mps	18.4	May,R	ChA	619
Peterson	LA	32.8	McGlothen	Ili	18.6	Sutton	Det	578
Timmermann	Det	37.6	Niekro,P	Car	18.6	Niekro,P	Car	577
Wood	Ili	38.9	Messersmith	Car	19.1	Hunter	Car	574
Morton	PB	39.3	Hunter	Car	20.2	Wise	LA	574
Kline	Mps	40.3	McAnally	Bos	20.6	Dobson	Bos	553

AL Pitching Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 10/22/1972

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 10/22/1972