How many strikeouts (pitching) did Mel Stottlemyre have in 1972?
1101972 Regular Season
Mel Stottlemyre recorded 110 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1972 regular season, 65th in the MLB.
- 8th-best of Mel Stottlemyre's 11 seasons on file; the high is 155 in 1965.
- Down 22 from 132 in 1971.
- 19% of the New York Yankees' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  NYY | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2.06 | 96.0 | 49 | 35 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 1965 | NYY | 37 | 20 | 9 | 2.63 | 291.0 | 155 | 88 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1966 | NYY | 37 | 12 | 20 | 3.80 | 251.0 | 146 | 82 | 1.28 | 1 |
| 1967 | NYY | 36 | 15 | 15 | 2.96 | 255.0 | 151 | 88 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYY | 36 | 21 | 12 | 2.45 | 278.2 | 140 | 65 | 1.11 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYY | 39 | 20 | 14 | 2.82 | 303.0 | 113 | 97 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1970 | NYY | 37 | 15 | 13 | 3.09 | 271.0 | 126 | 84 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1971 | NYY | 35 | 16 | 12 | 2.87 | 269.2 | 132 | 69 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 1972 | NYY | 36 | 14 | 18 | 3.22 | 260.0 | 110 | 85 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1973 | NYY | 38 | 16 | 16 | 3.07 | 273.0 | 95 | 79 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1974 | NYY | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3.58 | 113.0 | 40 | 37 | 1.38 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV