1972 American League Cy Young Award

Award Voting[edit]

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes	W - L	SV	G	GS	CG	SHO	RA	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ER	ERA	WHIP	K/IP
Gaylord Perry	Cleveland Indians	64	0.533 (120)	9	24 - 16	1	41	40	29	5	1	342.2	253	17	82	234	73	1.92	0.978	0.68
Wilbur Wood	Chicago White Sox	58	0.483 (120)	7	24 - 17	0	49	49	20	8	0	376.2	325	28	74	193	105	2.51	1.059	0.51
Mickey Lolich	Detroit Tigers	27	0.225 (120)	3	22 - 14	0	41	41	23	4	0	327.1	282	29	74	250	91	2.50	1.088	0.76
Catfish Hunter	Oakland Athletics	26	0.217 (120)	2	21 - 7	0	38	37	16	5	1	295.1	200	21	70	191	67	2.04	0.914	0.65
Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	20	0.167 (120)	2	21 - 10	0	36	36	18	3	0	274.1	219	21	70	184	63	2.07	1.053	0.67
Luis Tiant	Boston Red Sox	16	0.133 (120)	1	15 - 6	3	43	19	12	6	24	179.0	128	7	65	123	38	1.91	1.078	0.69
Sparky Lyle	New York Yankees	3	0.025 (120)	0	9 - 5	35	59	0	0	0	59	107.2	84	3	29	75	23	1.92	1.050	0.70
Nolan Ryan	California Angels	2	0.017 (120)	0	19 - 16	0	39	39	20	9	0	284.0	166	14	157	329	72	2.28	1.137	1.16

Preceded by
1971

Cy Young Award
National
1972

Succeeded by
1973