The White Sox played 154 games that year. Wilbur Wood started 49 of them. No pitcher had thrown that many since 1917, when Pete Alexander, who had been dead for 22 years in 1972, threw 388. His 376.2 innings were 27.19% of all White Sox innings that year.
Wood went 24-17 and had an ERA of 2.51. He racked up 10.7 pitching bWAR, the tenth-best pitching bWAR season post-integration.
Admittedly, it was not as good as his 1971 season, where he led the American League with an 189 ERA+ and earned 11.7 pitching bWAR, the fifth-best pitching bWAR season post-integration.
In 1973, he would earn two wins on the same day on May 28, and start both ends of a doubleheader on July 20, en route to both winning and losing 20 games, going 24-20.
Wilbur Wood is very underdiscussed.
Bill Edwards lead things out in 1941-42 and it'd be nearly 20 years later until we got Bill McPeak from '61-'65.
Luckily the following year we had Bill Austin to take over from '66-'70, and it was in 1971 that we had our first and only year so far without a Bill.
Then in 1972 Bill Peterson would get the streak going until today for the Oilers--he only lasted just over a year, going 1-13 in his first year and 0-5 the next.
Bill Arnsparger would come in the following year for the NY Giants, and amazingly in his last year Bill Johnson would come in and be the lone Bill rep until 1978.
Then finally a plethora of Bills would come in including Walsh, Parcells, Cowher, and Belichick--who today is the lone Bill in the league and we could go Bill-less if he ever decides to step down without a Bill in waiting.
Complete list:
| Coach | Years |
|---|---|
| Bill Edwards | 1941-1942 |
| Bill McPeak | 1961-1965 |
| Bill Austin | 1966-1970 |
| Bill Peterson | 1972-1973 |
| Bill Arnsparger | 1974-1976 |
| Bill Johnson | 1976-1978 |
| Bill Walsh | 1979-1988 |
| Bill Parcells | 1983-2006 |
| Bill Belichick | 1991-2021 |
| Bill Cowher | 1992-2006 |
| Bill Callahan | 2002-2019 |
| Bill O'Brien | 2014-2020 |
Unfortunately no head coach has ever taken the spot at Buffalo.
Fantastic topic to bring up at the Thanksgiving table.
Hey guys,
I'm from Australia. So hello to everyone all around the Globe.
I came across something pretty interesting and wanted to share this with you guys as I was in disbelief. The images below are property ads from 1972 not in my town but in a different state I'm living in.
Key Points
β’ Year - 1972
β’ House Price - $11.500
β’ Interest Rates - Variable approx 7.5%
β’ Average weekly wage $90 / or $4680 for Yearly Link Here
**I rounded it down to $90 from $95 as the numbers are always some what hyped up**
β’ Deposit to wage 9.4x pay checks
β’ Ratio of house to wage is approx 2.4x
Key Points Inflationary
β’ $11,500 in inflationary terms to 2021 is $123,500
β’ $850 in inflationary terms to 2021 is $9110
β’ $90 in inflationary terms to 2021 is $965
β’ Interest Rates - Variable approx 3%
https://www.in2013dollars.com/australia/inflation/1972?amount=90
Funny enough my weekly pay-check is only $956 per week prior to taxes... So in this sense I am technically earning less than the average persons wage from 1972, so does that mean our wages are deflationary while equities and houses are inflationary ?
This sold in the same street 6 months ago for $531,000
https://preview.redd.it/atih35mmld681.jpg?width=2010&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d81c49c9c95bee2c23c5fe7f64afa7916b247ff
https://preview.redd.it/za837pyold681.jpg?width=1913&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49cdc586a43051a9f4d165acf4714059282b87f9
