1972 California Angels season

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1972 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersDel Rice
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus)
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The 1972 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 80 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 93 62 .600 — 48‍–‍29 45‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 87 67 .565 5½ 55‍–‍23 32‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 77 77 .500 15½ 42‍–‍32 35‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 76 78 .494 16½ 44‍–‍33 32‍–‍45
California Angels 75 80 .484 18 44‍–‍36 31‍–‍44
Texas Rangers 54 100 .351 38½ 31‍–‍46 23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 7–11 6–6 8–4 8–10 10–8 6–6 10–5 6–6 7–6 6–6 6–6
Boston 11–7 — 8–4 6–6 8–7 5–9 6–6 11–7 4–8 9–9 9–3 8–4
California 6–6 4–8 — 7–11 8–4 5–7 9–6 7–5 7–8 4–8 8–10 10–7
Chicago 4–8 6–6 11–7 — 8–4 5–7 8–9 9–3 8–6 7–5 7–8 14–4
Cleveland 10–8 7–8 4–8 4–8 — 10–8 6–6 5–10 8–4 7–11 2–10 9–3
Detroit 8–10 9–5 7–5 7–5 8–10 — 7–5 10–8 9–3 7–9 4–8 10–2
Kansas City 6–6 6–6 6–9 9–8 6–6 5–7 — 7–5 9–9 7–5 7–11 8–6
Milwaukee 5–10 7–11 5–7 3–9 10–5 8–10 5–7 — 4–8 9–9 4–8 5–7
Minnesota 6–6 8–4 8–7 6–8 4–8 3–9 9–9 8–4 — 6–6 8–9 11–7
New York 6–7 9–9 8–4 5–7 11–7 9–7 5–7 9–9 6–6 — 3–9 8–4
Oakland 6–6 3–9 10–8 8–7 10–2 8–4 11–7 8–4 9–8 9–3 — 11–4
Texas 6–6 4–8 7–10 4–14 3–9 2–10 6–8 7–5 7–11 4–8 4–11 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1972 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Art Kusnyer 64 179 37 .207 2 13
1B Bob Oliver 134 509 137 .269 19 70
2B Sandy Alomar Sr. 155 610 146 .239 1 25
3B Ken McMullen 137 472 127 .269 9 34
SS Leo Cárdenas 150 551 123 .223 6 42
LF Vada Pinson 136 484 133 .275 7 49
CF Ken Berry 119 409 118 .289 5 39
RF Leroy Stanton 127 402 101 .251 12 39

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jim Spencer 82 212 47 .222 1 14
Mickey Rivers 58 159 34 .214 0 7
Jeff Torborg 59 153 32 .209 0 8
John Stephenson 66 146 40 .274 2 17
Andy Kosco 49 142 34 .239 6 13
Billy Parker 36 80 17 .213 2 8
Winston Llenas 44 64 17 .266 0 7
Jack Hiatt 22 45 13 .289 1 5
Syd O'Brien 36 39 7 .179 1 1
Curt Motton 42 39 6 .154 0 1
Doug Howard 11 38 10 .263 0 2
Chris Coletta 14 30 9 .300 1 7
Tom Silverio 13 12 2 .167 0 0
Roger Repoz 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Billy Cowan 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Joe Azcue 3 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nolan Ryan 39 284.0 19 16 2.28 329
Clyde Wright 35 251.0 18 11 2.98 87
Rudy May 35 205.1 12 11 2.94 169
Andy Messersmith 25 169.2 8 11 2.81 142

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rickey Clark 26 109.2 4 9 4.51 61
Don Rose 16 42.2 1 4 4.22 39
Dick Lange 2 7.2 0 0 4.70 8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lloyd Allen 42 3 7 5 3.48 53
Eddie Fisher 43 4 5 4 3.76 32
Steve Barber 34 4 4 2 2.02 34
Mel Queen 17 0 0 0 4.35 19
Dave Sells 10 2 0 0 2.81 2
Alan Foster 8 0 1 0 4.97 11
Tom Dukes 7 0 1 1 1.64 8
Tom Murphy 6 0 0 0 5.40 2
Paul Doyle 2 0 0 0 0.00 4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Angels Pacific Coast League Les Moss
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Norm Sherry
A Stockton Ports California League Mike Stubbins
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Dick Kinaman
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Bob Clear

Notes

  1. ^ Tony González page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Nolan Ryan page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  5. ^ "1972 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. ^ Billy Cowan page at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Curt Motton page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Fred Kuhaulua page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ "Eddie Fisher Stats".

References