1972 National 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
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies ^	120	1.000 (120)	24	27 - 10	0	41	41	30	8	0	346.1	257	17	87	310	76	1.97	0.993	0.90
Steve Blass	Pittsburgh Pirates	35	0.292 (120)	0	19 - 8	0	33	32	11	2	1	249.2	227	18	84	117	69	2.49	1.246	0.47
Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	23	0.192 (120)	0	20 - 12	0	36	36	23	5	0	289.1	253	32	62	184	103	3.20	1.089	0.64
Mike Marshall	Montreal Expos	8	0.067 (120)	0	14 - 8	18	65	0	0	0	65	116.0	82	3	47	95	23	1.78	1.112	0.82
Gary Nolan	Cincinnati Reds	6	0.050 (120)	0	15 - 5	0	25	25	6	2	0	176.0	147	13	30	90	39	1.99	1.006	0.51
Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	0.050 (120)	0	19 - 9	0	33	33	18	9	0	272.2	186	13	63	207	63	2.08	0.913	0.76
Clay Carroll	Cincinnati Reds	6	0.050 (120)	0	6 - 4	37	65	0	0	0	65	96.0	89	5	32	51	24	2.25	1.260	0.53
Tom Seaver	New York Mets	6	0.050 (120)	0	21 - 12	0	35	35	13	3	0	262.0	215	23	77	249	85	2.92	1.115	0.95
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	3	0.025 (120)	0	19 - 11	0	34	34	23	4	0	278.0	226	14	88	208	76	2.46	1.129	0.75
Milt Pappas	Chicago Cubs	3	0.025 (120)	0	17 - 7	0	29	28	10	3	1	195.0	187	18	29	80	60	2.77	1.108	0.41

Preceded by
1971

Cy Young Award
American
1972

Succeeded by
1973