1972 California Angels season

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1972  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Del Rice
Television KTLA
Radio KMPC
(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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 93620.60048–2945–33
Chicago White Sox 87670.56555–2332–44
Minnesota Twins 77770.50015½42–3235–45
Kansas City Royals 76780.49416½44–3332–45
California Angels 75800.4841844–3631–44
Texas Rangers 541000.35138½31–4623–54

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 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Art Kusnyer 6417937.207213
1B Bob Oliver 134509137.2691970
2B Sandy Alomar Sr. 155610146.239125
3B Ken McMullen 137472127.269934
SS Leo Cárdenas 150551123.223642
LF Vada Pinson 136484133.275749
CF Ken Berry 119409118.289539
RF Leroy Stanton 127402101.2511239

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jim Spencer 8221247.222114
Mickey Rivers 5815934.21407
Jeff Torborg 5915332.20908
John Stephenson 6614640.274217
Andy Kosco 4914234.239613
Billy Parker 368017.21328
Winston Llenas 446417.26607
Jack Hiatt 224513.28915
Syd O'Brien 36397.17911
Curt Motton 42396.15401
Doug Howard 113810.26302
Chris Coletta 14309.30017
Tom Silverio 13122.16700
Roger Repoz 331.33300
Billy Cowan 330.00000
Joe Azcue 320.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nolan Ryan 39284.019162.28329
Clyde Wright 35251.018112.9887
Rudy May 35205.112112.94169
Andy Messersmith 25169.28112.81142

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rickey Clark 26109.2494.5161
Don Rose 1642.2144.2239
Dick Lange 27.2004.708

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Lloyd Allen 423753.4853
Eddie Fisher 434543.7632
Steve Barber 344422.0234
Mel Queen 170004.3519
Dave Sells 102002.812
Alan Foster 80104.9711
Tom Dukes 70111.648
Tom Murphy 60005.402
Paul Doyle 20000.004

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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. 1 2 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".

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