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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Opening Day starters  




2.2  Season standings  




2.3  Record vs. opponents  




2.4  Notable transactions  




2.5  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  













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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)
← 1971 Seasons 1973 →

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Opening Day starters[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • AL West     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Oakland Athletics 93 62 0.600 — 48–29 45–33
    Chicago White Sox 87 67 0.565 5½ 55–23 32–44
    Minnesota Twins 77 77 0.500 15½ 42–32 35–45
    Kansas City Royals 76 78 0.494 16½ 44–33 32–45
    California Angels 75 80 0.484 18 44–36 31–44
    Texas Rangers 54 100 0.351 38½ 31–46 23–54

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1972 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
    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[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1972 California Angels
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

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

    • References[edit]


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