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1972 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Players Division Team W L WPct GB Detroit 105 57 .648 -- Seattle 99 63 .611 6 Toronto 87 75 .537 18 Minnesota 74 88 .457 31 New York (A) 68 94 .420 37	Union Division Team W L WPct GB Tampa Bay 94 68 .580 -- Cleveland (A) 84 79 .515 10.5 Kansas City 83 80 .509 11.5 Oakland 77 85 .475 17 Boston (A) 57 105 .352 37

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3)	Cleveland (N) Spiders over Seattle Mariners
AL League Series (4-2)	Seattle Mariners over Detroit Tigers
AL Divisional Series (4-1)	Seattle Mariners over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
AL Divisional Series (4-0)	Detroit Tigers over Cleveland (A) Indians

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
DET	5.9	954	162	5893	1786	300	34	175	534	872	.303	.361	.455	.816
KCR	5.3	865	163	5687	1503	255	32	199	711	1135	.264	.346	.425	.771
CLE	5.2	846	163	5703	1611	272	33	136	558	821	.282	.346	.413	.760
TAM	5.1	830	162	5542	1480	241	26	178	657	988	.267	.345	.416	.761
SEM	5.1	827	162	5583	1530	240	50	132	650	789	.274	.350	.406	.756
TOR	4.7	760	162	5536	1405	261	34	150	637	1037	.254	.331	.395	.725
OAK	4.6	741	162	5686	1531	229	22	113	605	817	.269	.340	.377	.716
NYA	4.5	729	162	5566	1417	230	25	116	585	880	.255	.325	.367	.693
MIN	4.2	682	162	5539	1420	260	27	121	435	894	.256	.311	.379	.689
BOS	3.7	598	162	5549	1273	266	25	111	529	1185	.229	.296	.346	.643
Totals	4.8	7832	1622	56284	14956	2554	308	1431	5901	9418	.266	.335	.398	.734
Average		783	162	5628	1496	255	31	143	590	942

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
TAM	4.3	690	162	3.88	1440.0	1454	9.0	462	2.9	1049	6.5	34
DET	4.3	693	162	3.81	1474.3	1434	8.9	472	2.9	869	5.4	32
SEM	4.3	696	162	3.72	1467.7	1385	8.5	620	3.8	1004	6.2	41
OAK	4.4	720	162	4.09	1452.7	1466	9.0	568	3.5	989	6.1	16
TOR	4.5	726	162	4.26	1451.3	1471	9.1	450	2.8	965	6.0	32
MIN	4.8	778	162	4.38	1431.3	1465	9.0	670	4.1	877	5.4	24
CLE	4.8	786	163	4.46	1443.7	1492	9.2	597	3.7	912	5.6	24
KCR	5.1	833	163	4.77	1461.0	1571	9.6	475	2.9	940	5.8	24
BOS	5.2	838	162	4.73	1453.7	1517	9.4	643	4.0	858	5.3	20
NYA	5.3	851	162	4.75	1444.3	1489	9.2	752	4.6	887	5.5	28
Totals	4.7	7611	1622	4.28	14520.0	14744	9.1	5709	3.5	9350	5.8	275
Average		761	162		1452	1474		571		935		28

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
DET	104	58	1	6	19	2	0	3	37	0.91	1.07	1,696,884		Pie Traynor
CLE	87	76	-3	4	14	1	0	3	9	0.95	1.14	919,054		Jason Morton
TOR	84	78	3	4	13	0	4	1	6	0.98	0.95	2,205,147		Chuck Glidden
KCR	84	79	-1	3	18	2	0	2	10	1.06	1.25	2,379,891		Ricky Sanford
SEM	94	68	5	3	13	5	2	2	8	1.04	0.87	2,290,577		Peter Fletcher
TAM	95	67	-1	2	16	0	2	2	15	1.02	0.95	2,070,240		Jeff Randall
MIN	71	91	3	1	13	0	1	2	18	1.02	1.10	1,769,986		Frank Quilici
NYA	70	92	-2	1	11	0	1	0	5	1.03	0.95	1,056,653		Jason Spiegel
OAK	83	79	-6	1	11	1	4	2	6	0.96	0.79	2,368,587		Marwan Najdawi
BOS	57	105	0	0	16	0	0	2	13	1.06	0.97	1,656,101		Brian Rodgers

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
DET	315	179.71	94.99	40.26	5.21	2.29	10.23	6.14	4.55	11.86
SEM	297	137.97	113.20	45.78	9.81	2.91	6.30	6.33	7.99	12.44
TAM	282	137.54	98.54	45.88	10.56	2.07	6.01	5.21	8.01	14.04
TOR	261	122.89	95.59	42.48	9.98	3.36	4.93	4.02	6.74	13.45
CLE	252	146.25	71.18	34.53	2.79	2.11	7.15	4.83	9.23	8.43
KCR	249	139.74	75.87	33.34	1.91	2.24	5.95	6.52	6.16	10.57
OAK	231	106.37	83.43	41.16	9.00	2.11	9.38	4.08	5.09	11.52
MIN	222	97.42	84.69	39.85	11.12	3.37	5.01	4.78	4.89	10.69
NYA	204	104.69	64.91	34.36	4.16	1.48	5.12	2.15	10.10	11.36
BOS	171	60.10	70.00	40.85	13.73	5.81	1.58	2.42	7.34	9.99

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Andy Hassler	DET	.534, 2 HR, 118 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Rollie Fingers	TAM	20-11, 2.79, 280.3 IP, 248 K
Bronze Rookie:	Jim Spencer	CLE	.318, 18 HR, 86 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ken Sanders	MIN	.971, 20 PO, 48 A, 2 E
C	Gene Tenace	TAM	.992, 926 PO, 57 A, 8 E 38.9% (37-95) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Andy Hassler	DET	.995, 1714 PO, 133 A, 9 E
2B	Rod Carew	DET	.984, 311 PO, 620 A, 15 E
3B	Billy Williams	DET	.980, 92 PO, 348 A, 9 E
SS	Dick McAuliffe	MIN	.972, 226 PO, 499 A, 21 E
LF	Boog Powell	TOR	1.000, 282 PO, 6 A, 0 E
CF	Cito Gaston	NYA	.974, 409 PO, 6 A, 11 E
RF	Jim Spencer	CLE	.996, 253 PO, 6 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Hassler DET .534 Powell TOR .334 Sizemore CLE .323 Howard OAK .320 Spencer CLE .318	On-Base Pct Hassler DET .540 Briggs SEM .422 North SEM .411 Powell TOR .409 Howard OAK .398	Slugging Pct Hassler DET .577 Briggs SEM .546 Sims DET .520 Stargell DET .515 Williams DET .508	OPS Hassler DET 1.118 Briggs SEM .967 Sims DET .910 Powell TOR .898 Sudakis CLE .869
XR Briggs SEM 121.4 North SEM 108.2 Murcer TOR 106.4 Stargell DET 104.6 Williams DET 104.0	Games Murcer TOR 159 Foy TAM 158 Hall MIN 158 Callison NYA 157 Hassler DET 157	At-Bats Hassler DET 693 Williams DET 646 Alou MIN 642 Tovar NYA 632 Garr CLE 621	Runs Hassler DET 126 Williams DET 120 North SEM 112 Stargell DET 109 Briggs SEM 102
Hits Hassler DET 370 Williams DET 192 Garr CLE 189 North SEM 189 Pepitone KCR 185	Total Bases Hassler DET 400 Williams DET 328 Stargell DET 317 Briggs SEM 297 Cepeda DET 295	Singles North SEM 159 Garr CLE 152 Alou MIN 146 Sizemore CLE 144 White OAK 141	Doubles Murcer TOR 44 Oliver TAM 43 Stargell DET 38 Schaal BOS 35 Smith TAM 35
Triples Briggs SEM 11 North SEM 11 Carew DET 8 Morgan SEM 7 Browne TOR 6	Homeruns Stargell DET 37 Jackson TAM 35 Williams DET 31 Briggs SEM 30 Bryan KCR 28	RBIs Stargell DET 132 Hassler DET 118 Briggs SEM 115 Cepeda DET 114 Williams DET 114	Stolen Bases North SEM 105 Morgan SEM 64 Campaneris SEM 56 Cedeno DET 47 Geiger TAM 38
Caught Stealing Morgan SEM 40 North SEM 37 Garr CLE 25 Campaneris SEM 20 Geiger TAM 20	Walks Briggs SEM 119 Singleton NYA 109 North SEM 104 Fernandez SEM 102 Morgan SEM 101	Strikeouts Jackson TAM 180 Wynn KCR 158 Stargell DET 156 Phillips KCR 154 Clendenon MIN 149

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Fingers TAM 2.79 Sanders MIN 2.99 Moose CLE 3.17 Gelnar TOR 3.27 Hoerner DET 3.28	Wins Hoerner DET 22 Fingers TAM 20 Kline DET 20 Blyleven CLE 19 Lolich OAK 19	Losses Gibson BOS 21 Lasher MIN 18 Carlton OAK 17 Drott BOS 16 Qualters NYA 16	Winning Pct Lolich OAK .760 Hrabosky SEM .750 Dobson KCR .727 Hoerner DET .710 Lyle DET .667
Saves Taylor   19 Giusti TAM 18 Ritchie SEM 17 Dierker KCR 15 Knowles TOR 13	Games Pitched Giusti TAM 83 Bonham NYA 82 Dierker KCR 77 Hrabosky SEM 71 Sisk BOS 71	Games Started Fingers TAM 38 Brewer TAM 37 Stephenson SEM 37 Gelnar TOR 36 Lasher MIN 36	Complete Games Carlton OAK 21 Blyleven CLE 19 Moose CLE 17 Palmer   15 Seaver OAK 15
Shutouts Dobson KCR 2 Drago   2 Drott BOS 2 Gelnar TOR 2 Kline DET 2	Innings Pitched Moose CLE 301.3 Blyleven CLE 286.0 Fingers TAM 280.3 Stephenson SEM 266.7 Kline DET 265.0	Hits Allowed Kline DET 303 Blyleven CLE 292 Moose CLE 289 Schaffernoth TOR 285 Palmer   273	Homeruns Allowed Blyleven CLE 37 Sutton KCR 37 Kline DET 35 McLain TAM 35 Gibson BOS 32
Strikeouts Brewer TAM 285 Sutton KCR 267 Fingers TAM 248 Murakami TOR 233 Koufax OAK 232	Walks Allowed Lasher MIN 136 McCool NYA 135 Stephenson SEM 124 Bonham NYA 117 Gibson BOS 115	Walks per 9IP McLain TAM 1.1 Kline DET 1.5 Gelnar TOR 1.5 Schaffernoth TOR 2.0 Palmer   2.1	Hits per 9IP Brewer TAM 7.1 Qualters NYA 7.4 Fingers TAM 7.4 Drott BOS 7.4 Hoerner DET 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer TAM 10.3 Sutton KCR 9.1 Murakami TOR 8.6 Koufax OAK 8.4 Fingers TAM 8.0	WHiP Gelnar TOR 1.07 Fingers TAM 1.08 Murakami TOR 1.12 Hoerner DET 1.12 Brewer TAM 1.16	OAVG Brewer TAM .213 Fingers TAM .220 Qualters NYA .222 Drott BOS .223 Hoerner DET .227	OOBP Fingers TAM .270 Gelnar TOR .277 Hoerner DET .280 Murakami TOR .281 Brewer TAM .286
OSLG Fingers TAM .316 Stephenson SEM .322 Qualters NYA .329 Hoerner DET .332 Moose CLE .334	OOPS Fingers TAM .587 Hoerner DET .611 Moose CLE .639 Dobson KCR .641 Gelnar TOR .642

League All-Stars
Dick Allen	Jim Brewer	Johnny Briggs
Rico Carty	Pat Dobson	Rollie Fingers
Terry Forster	Joe Hoerner	Frank Howard
Sonny Jackson	Steve Kline	Darold Knowles
Ralph Lumenti	Bobby Murcer	Joe Pepitone
Boog Powell	Duke Sims	Ted Sizemore
Tony Solaita	Jim Spencer	Willie Stargell
Jerry Stephenson	Dave Tomlin	Joe Torre
Billy Williams

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Rico Carty	CLE	$ 18,231,000
2.	Tom Qualters	NYA	$ 13,600,000
3.	John Gelnar	TOR	$ 11,660,000
4.	Don Mincher	OAK	$ 11,080,000
5.	Steve Carlton	OAK	$ 10,100,000
6.	Willie Stargell	DET	$ 10,000,000
7.	Rollie Sheldon	SEM	$ 9,000,000
8.	Sandy Koufax	OAK	$ 8,960,000
9.	Masanori Murakami	TOR	$ 8,750,000
10.	Dean Chance	SEM	$ 8,500,000
11.	Dick Allen	KCR	$ 8,250,000
12.	Jim Maloney	NYA	$ 8,000,000
13.	Tony Conigliaro	TAM	$ 7,830,000
14.	Orlando Cepeda	DET	$ 7,500,000
	Johnny Briggs	SEM	$ 7,500,000
	Hal Reniff	SEM	$ 7,500,000
17.	Jim Brewer	TAM	$ 7,000,000
18.	Boog Powell	TOR	$ 6,700,000
19.	Pete Richert	KCR	$ 6,550,000
20.	Joe Morgan	SEM	$ 6,500,000
21.	Ken Harrelson	TAM	$ 6,000,000
22.	Tom Seaver	OAK	$ 5,957,143
23.	Mike Epstein	KCR	$ 5,700,000
24.	Don Drysdale	BOS	$ 5,500,000
25.	Frank Howard	OAK	$ 5,420,000

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