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1972 MLB Innings Pitched by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Innings pitched

The Oakland Athletics led all of MLB in innings pitched in 1972, with 1417.2, 3.0 ahead of the New York Mets. The average across 24 MLB teams is 1393.2.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Oakland Athletics 155 games
1417.2 Innings Pitched 3.0 clear of New York Mets
# Team League G IP
1 Oakland Athletics AL 155 1417.2
2 New York Mets NL 156 1414.2
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 1414.1
4 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 1412.2
5 Cleveland Indians AL 156 1410.0
6 San Diego Padres NL 153 1403.2
7 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 155 1403.0
8 Montreal Expos NL 156 1401.1
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 156 1400.0
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 1399.2
11 Minnesota Twins AL 154 1399.1
12 Chicago Cubs NL 156 1398.2
MLB average 1393.2
13 Milwaukee Brewers AL 156 1391.2
14 Detroit Tigers AL 156 1388.1
15 San Francisco Giants NL 155 1386.1
16 Chicago White Sox AL 154 1385.1
16 Houston Astros NL 153 1385.1
18 Boston Red Sox AL 155 1382.2
19 Kansas City Royals AL 154 1381.1
20 California Angels AL 155 1377.2
21 Atlanta Braves NL 155 1377.0
22 Texas Rangers AL 154 1374.2
23 New York Yankees AL 155 1373.1
24 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 1371.2

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.