American League (AL)
1972 AL Season Leaders

Leagues Baseball AL 1972 Season Leaders

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AL 1972 Leaders
Strikeouts

1

California Angels

329

2

Detroit Tigers

250

3

Cleveland Indians

234

4

Minnesota Twins

228

5

Detroit Tigers

222

6

Chicago White Sox

209

7

Chicago White Sox

193

8

Jim 'Catfish' Hunter

Oakland Athletics

191

9

Baltimore Orioles

184

10

California Angels

169

11

Boston Red Sox

168

12

Baltimore Orioles

161

13

Chicago White Sox

157

14

Minnesota Twins

150

15

Milwaukee Brewers

143

16

Andy Messersmith

California Angels

142

17

Paul Splittorff

Kansas City Royals

140

18

Kansas City Royals

135

19

Oakland Athletics

134

20

Texas Rangers

133

21

Baltimore Orioles

132

22

Cleveland Indians

123

23

Boston Red Sox

123

24

Boston Red Sox

123

25

Baltimore Orioles

120

26

Kansas City Royals

120

27

Oakland Athletics

113

28

Boston Red Sox

112

29

Oakland Athletics

111

30

Milwaukee Brewers

111

31

Mel Stottlemyre

New York Yankees

110

32

Texas Rangers

109

33

Texas Rangers

108

34

Milwaukee Brewers

106

35

Boston Red Sox

106

36

Texas Rangers

105

37

Chicago White Sox

104

38

New York Yankees

100

39

Milwaukee Brewers

97

40

Bill Gogolewski

Texas Rangers

95

41

Cleveland Indians

90

42

Detroit Tigers

88

43

California Angels

87

44

Oakland Athletics

86

45

Minnesota Twins

85

46

Minnesota Twins

83

47

Minnesota Twins

79

48

New York Yankees

78

49

Texas Rangers

78

50

Detroit Tigers

76

51

New York Yankees

75

52

Bruce Dal Canton

Kansas City Royals

75

53

Milwaukee Brewers

74

54

Chicago White Sox

69

55

Boston Red Sox

67

56

Oakland Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals

65

57

Detroit Tigers

65

58

Minnesota Twins

64

59

Cleveland Indians

64

60

Baltimore Orioles

62

61

California Angels

61

62

Texas Rangers

60

63

Oakland Athletics

58

64

New York Yankees

58

65

New York Yankees

58

66

Rich "Goose" Gossage

Chicago White Sox

57

67

Oakland Athletics

55

68

Detroit Tigers

53

69

California Angels

53

70

Cleveland Indians

52

71

Boston Red Sox

52

72

Kansas City Royals

52

73

Kansas City Royals

51

74

Milwaukee Brewers

51

75

Texas Rangers

51

76

Doyle Alexander

Baltimore Orioles

49

77

Detroit Tigers
Oakland Athletics
San Diego Padres
Cleveland Indians

49

78

Oakland Athletics

47

79

Cleveland Indians

47

80

New York Yankees

47

81

Chicago White Sox

46

82

Minnesota Twins

45

83

Milwaukee Brewers

45

84

Texas Rangers

44

85

Kansas City Royals

44

86

Cleveland Indians

44

87

Boston Red Sox

43

88

California Angels
Chicago White Sox

42

89

California Angels

39

90

Minnesota Twins

38

91

New York Yankees

37

92

Chicago White Sox

37

93

New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs

37

94

California Angels
Kansas City Royals

36

95

Cleveland Indians

36

96

Oakland Athletics

36

97

Boston Red Sox

35

98

Denny Riddleberger

Cleveland Indians

34

99

Baltimore Orioles

34

100

Earl Stephenson

Milwaukee Brewers

33

List only includes players that met minimum statistical requirements

1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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