Halfway through the month of May in the 1972 AL season and the Cleveland Indians can boast having 2 of the top players in the league. Pitcher Gaylord Perry is 7-0 with a 1.77 ERA and leads the AL with 54 K's. His teammate, Tommy McCraw is leading the league with a .373 BA. Chicago's Wilbur Wood has cooled off some from the 1st couple weeks but is still 6-1 with a 2.64 ERA. Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew and Oakland's Reggie Jackson are putting up the best power numbers.
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1972 American League Date: 5/15/1972
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1972 CLA 17 5 T.McCraw CLA .373 H.Killebr MNA 9 R.Jackson OAA 25
1972 NYA 11 11 B.Murcer NYA .372 R.Jackson OAA 9 N.Cash DEA 22
1972 DEA 10 11 D.Griffin BOA .355 B.Melton CHA 6 H.Killebr MNA 22
1972 BOA 8 12 J.Rudi OAA .354 OTHERS TIED W 5 D.Allen CHA 20
1972 MLA 7 13 D.Unser CLA .351 OTHERS TIED W 18
1972 BAA 7 15
WINS SAVES ERA
1972 MNA 14 7 G.Perry CLA 7 S.Lyle NYA 6 S.Lockwoo MLA 0.66
1972 OAA 12 8 W.Wood CHA 6 C.Seelbac DEA 3 T.Timmerm DEA 1.28
1972 CHA 13 9 D.Tidrow CLA 5 OTHERS TIED W 2 N.Ryan CAA 1.51
1972 CAA 12 11 T.Timmerm DEA 5 S.Kline NYA 1.63
1972 KCA 10 14 C.Hunter OAA 5 C.Wright CAA 1.64
1972 TEA 9 14
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
A.Johnson CLA 12 D.Nelson TEA 9 G.Perry CLA 54
R.Carew MNA 12 E.Maddox TEA 9 M.Lolich DEA 45
E.Kirkpat KCA 11 C.May CHA 8 T.Bradley CHA 43
R.Fosse CLA 9 D.Allen CHA 8 B.Blyleve MNA 40
OTHERS TIED W 8 OTHERS TIED W 6 C.Hunter OAA 40
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
NYA 2 at CAA 5 OAA-Odom(1-1, 1.80) at CAA-Ryan(3-2, 1.51)
TEA 2 at CLA 3 MNA-Perry(2-1, 5.60) at CHA-Lemonds(0-0, 0.00)
MLA 1 at MNA 2 BAA-Palmer(1-2, 2.64) at DEA-Cain(0-0, 5.06)
BOA 7 at OAA 8 TEA-Broberg(1-2, 2.50) at KCA-Hedlund(1-3,16.03)
BAA 0 at CHA 2
DEA 1 at KCA 2
DEA 15 at KCA 5
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
W.Horton DEA KCA 5 4 4 3 1 0 1 0
T.Harper BOA OAA 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 0
B.Campaneris OAA BOA 5 1 2 5 0 0 1 0
M.Stanley DEA KCA 5 2 3 3 0 1 1 0
B.Freehan DEA KCA 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Bradley CHA BAA 9.0 4 0 0 3 9 0 W
J.Kaat MNA MLA 11.0 4 0 0 1 5 0
S.Lockwood MLA MNA 11.0 5 0 0 1 7 0
A.Fitzmorris KCA DEA 9.0 7 1 1 1 6 1 W
G.Perry CLA TEA 9.0 7 2 2 5 8 1 W
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Melton CHA .343 35 12 13 1 5 L.Tiant BOA 9 2 0 2 9 0 100
S.Bando OAA .394 33 13 10 4 4 S.Lockwood MLA 19 9 1 2 8 0 100
R.Jackson OAA .378 37 14 11 0 5 T.Timmermann DEA 18 7 2 4 10 0 200
B.Powell BAA .343 35 12 11 2 4 J.Kaat MNA 27 18 5 2 18 0 110
T.Ford TEA .290 31 9 10 3 3 J.Lonborg MLA 17 7 1 5 9 0 110
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
S.Brye MNA .125 24 3 1 1 0 M.Hedlund KCA 6 14 10 2 2 2 010
A.Otis KCA .219 32 7 0 0 0 M.Pattin BOA 11 19 12 4 11 5 020
L.Brown OAA .125 32 4 3 0 0 M.Wilcox CLA 6 11 9 4 7 1 010
G.Michael NYA .161 31 5 0 2 0 S.Siebert BOA 12 22 12 4 7 3 020
P.Blair BAA .118 34 4 4 2 0 J.Colborn MLA 6 6 6 6 3 0 010
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
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