1972 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1972  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Frank Lane
Managers Dave Bristol, Roy McMillan, Del Crandall
Television WTMJ-TV
Radio 620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
  1971 Seasons 1973  

The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 65 wins and 91 losses. Because of the move of the Washington Senators to Texas, the Brewers shifted from the AL West to the AL East.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 86700.55144–3442–36
Boston Red Sox 85700.548½52–2633–44
Baltimore Orioles 80740.519538–3942–35
New York Yankees 79760.51046–3133–45
Cleveland Indians 72840.4621443–3429–50
Milwaukee Brewers 65910.4172137–4228–49

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKTEX
Baltimore 7–116–68–48–1010–86–610–56–67–66–66–6
Boston 11–78–46–68–75–96–611–74–89–99–38–4
California 6–64–87–118–45–79–67–57–84–88–1010–7
Chicago 4–86–611–78–45–78–99–38–67–57–814–4
Cleveland 10–87–84–84–810–86–65–108–47–112–109–3
Detroit 8–109–57–57–58–107–510–89–37–94–810–2
Kansas City 6–66–66–99–86–65–77–59–97–57–118–6
Milwaukee 5–107–115–73–910–58–105–74–89–94–85–7
Minnesota 6–68–48–76–84–83–99–98–46–68–911–7
New York 6–79–98–45–711–79–75–79–96–63–98–4
Oakland 6–63–910–88–710–28–411–78–49–89–311–4
Texas 6–64–87–104–143–92–106–87–57–114–84–11

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ellie Rodríguez 116355101.285235
1B George Scott 152578154.2662088
2B Ron Theobald 12539186.220119
3B Mike Ferraro 12438197.255229
SS Rick Auerbach 153554121.218230
LF John Briggs 135418111.2662165
CF Dave May 143500119.238945
RF Joe Lahoud 11131675.2371234

Other batters

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
2B,3B,SS Bob Heise 9527172.266012
OF Billy Conigliaro 5219144.230716
RF,3B Ollie Brown 6617950.279325
OF Brock Davis 8515449.318012
LF,RF Tommie Reynolds 7213026.200213
C,1B John Felske 378011.13815
2B,3B Syd O'Brien 315812.20715
C Darrell Porter 18567.12512
2B,3B Ron Clark 225410.18525
C Paul Ratliff 22423.07114
LF,RF Bill Voss 27363.08301
C Joe Azcue 11142.14300
LF Curt Motton 661.16712

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
Jim Lonborg 3330223.014122.83143
Bill Parsons 3330214.013133.91111
Skip Lockwood 2927170.08153.60106
Ken Brett 2622133.07124.5374

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
Jim Colborn 3912147.2773.1192
Gary Ryerson 2014102.0383.6245
Earl Stephenson 35880.1353.2533
Jerry Bell 25370.2511.6620
Jim Slaton 9844.0165.5217
Archie Reynolds 5218.2017.2313

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Ken Sanders 6292.129173.1251
Frank Linzy 4777.122123.0324
Chuck Taylor 511.20011.545
Ray Newman 47.00010.001

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1972. [10] The Evansville Triplets won the American Association championship, [11] and the Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship. [12]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Evansville Triplets American Association Del Crandall and Mike Roarke
Double-A San Antonio Brewers Texas League Mike Roarke, Al Widmar, and Jim Walton
Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Joe Nossek
Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Sandy Johnson

Notes

  1. Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference
  2. Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
  3. Eduardo Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference
  4. Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
  5. Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
  6. Curt Motton page at Baseball-Reference
  7. Bob Sheldon page at Baseball-Reference
  8. Dick Davis page at Baseball-Reference
  9. Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  10. "1972 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. "American Association Playoff Results". Triple-A Baseball. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  12. "Midwest League Champions". Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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