most hits by an american league pitcher in 1972

Catfish Hunter collected the most hits by an AL pitcher in a season in 1972, with 23 hits.

	NAME	H	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	23	1972	OAK	39	105	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	0	0	116	23	0	9	2	0	0	.219	.215	.219	.434	3	-8.8	.196	27	-8.5
2	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	22	1972	BAL	36	98	12	3	1	0	8	2	0	36	0	0	106	27	4	6	0	0	0	.224	.240	.276	.516	5	-5.1	.235	51	-5.2
3	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	19	1972	NYY	35	82	6	1	0	0	9	3	0	14	0	0	100	20	1	15	0	0	1	.232	.259	.244	.503	5	-5	.233	53	-4.7
4	Clyde Wright C. Wright	18	1972	CAL	35	83	7	6	0	2	13	4	0	25	0	0	93	30	8	6	0	0	3	.217	.253	.361	.614	8	-1.5	.281	88	-1.1
5	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	17	1972	CLE	41	110	5	2	0	1	9	5	1	43	0	0	131	22	3	14	1	0	2	.155	.197	.200	.397	2	-10.8	.187	11	-11.7
6	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	17	1972	BOS	33	72	11	4	0	1	9	5	2	21	0	0	80	24	5	1	0	0	5	.236	.304	.333	.637	7	-0.3	.297	88	-1
7	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	17	1972	CWS	49	125	8	0	0	0	7	6	0	65	0	0	144	17	0	13	0	0	4	.136	.176	.136	.312	-2	-15.7	.150	-14	-16.4
8	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	16	1972	OAK	40	90	6	4	0	0	6	1	0	25	0	0	102	20	4	11	0	0	4	.178	.187	.222	.409	2	-8.5	.187	20	-8.2
9	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	16	1972	KCR	35	71	9	0	1	0	3	4	1	8	0	0	83	18	1	7	0	0	2	.225	.276	.254	.530	5	-3.2	.249	59	-3.4
10	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	16	1972	NYY	37	80	3	2	1	0	7	3	2	18	0	0	94	20	3	9	0	0	2	.200	.247	.250	.497	4	-4.7	.233	53	-4.5
11	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	15	1972	MIN	39	94	9	2	0	0	6	2	0	36	0	0	107	17	2	11	0	0	1	.160	.177	.181	.358	0	-10.4	.166	-2	-10.9
12	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	14	1972	CWS	44	92	5	2	0	0	2	1	1	38	0	0	97	16	2	3	0	0	1	.152	.170	.174	.344	0	-9.9	.160	-7	-10.4
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	13	1972	MIN	24	45	3	3	0	2	4	1	0	16	0	1	47	22	5	1	0	0	0	.289	.304	.489	.793	6	1.9	.360	136	1.7
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	13	1972	CAL	39	96	4	5	1	0	3	2	0	48	1	0	99	20	6	1	0	0	0	.135	.153	.208	.361	0	-9.7	.165	6	-9.4
15	Tom Bradley T. Bradley	12	1972	CWS	43	91	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	34	0	0	101	14	2	9	0	0	0	.132	.141	.154	.295	-2	-12	.136	-24	-12.5
16	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	12	1972	BAL	38	85	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	39	0	0	94	14	2	8	0	0	2	.141	.151	.165	.316	-1	-10.5	.145	-12	-10.6
17	Dave McNally D. McNally	12	1972	BAL	36	79	4	2	0	2	6	3	0	38	0	0	84	20	4	2	0	0	0	.152	.183	.253	.436	2	-6	.203	28	-6
18	Marty Pattin M. Pattin	12	1972	BOS	38	86	4	3	0	2	9	1	0	27	0	0	94	21	5	7	0	0	2	.140	.149	.244	.394	1	-8.2	.180	4	-9
19	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	11	1972	BAL	35	87	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	38	0	0	94	17	2	7	0	0	1	.126	.126	.195	.322	-1	-10.4	.147	-11	-10.5
20	Bill Parsons B. Parsons	11	1972	MIL	33	67	4	1	0	0	7	3	0	30	0	0	78	12	1	6	2	0	1	.164	.194	.179	.374	0	-7.2	.174	6	-7.3
21	Jim Perry J. Perry	11	1972	MIN	35	71	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	14	0	0	80	12	1	5	1	0	0	.155	.187	.169	.356	0	-7.7	.167	-1	-8.1
22	Ken Brett K. Brett	10	1972	MIL	31	44	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	10	0	0	47	11	1	1	0	0	0	.227	.261	.250	.511	2	-2.2	.238	51	-2.3
23	Terry Forster T. Forster	10	1972	CWS	63	19	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	22	10	0	2	0	0	0	.526	.550	.526	1.076	5	2.9	.491	227	2.8
24	Jim Lonborg J. Lonborg	10	1972	MIL	33	69	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	29	0	0	82	10	0	9	0	0	1	.145	.192	.145	.337	0	-8.2	.163	-2	-8.4
25	Lynn McGlothen L. McGlothen	10	1972	BOS	22	53	6	3	0	0	4	1	0	14	0	0	58	13	3	3	1	0	1	.189	.200	.245	.445	1	-4.2	.202	20	-4.7

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