1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1972  Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Three Rivers Stadium
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Record96–59 (.619)
Divisional place1st
Owners John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers Joe L. Brown
Managers Bill Virdon
Television KDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Nellie King
Radio KDKA
Bob Prince, Nellie King
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The 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 91st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 86th in the National League.

Contents

Background

The defending World Series champion Pirates finished first in the National League East with an MLB-best record of 96–59. The team was defeated three games to two by the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS. Despite losing the series, the Pirates put up a good fight, unlike the last time the two teams met in the playoffs. In Game 5, the Pirates led 3–2 in the ninth inning, and were 3 outs away from pulling off a major upset over the Reds. All looked good until the Pirates collapsed in the 9th inning and allowed 2 runs to score, with the walkoff run coming on a wild pitch.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 96590.619—49–2947–30
Chicago Cubs 85700.5481146–3139–39
New York Mets 83730.53213½41–3742–36
St. Louis Cardinals 75810.48121½40–3735–44
Montreal Expos 70860.44926½35–4335–43
Philadelphia Phillies 59970.37837½28–5131–46

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–1—8–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–8—11–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–11—7–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–7—6–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–6—6–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–6—13–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–13—5–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–5—10–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–10—4–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–4—5–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5—

Detailed records

Game log

1972 game log: 96–59 (home: 49–29; Away: 47–30)
April: 5–8 (home: 3–6; Away: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 15@ Mets 0–4SeaverEllis (0–1)McGraw15,8930–1
2April 16@ Mets 2–0Blass (1–0)GentryHernández (1)23,2411–1
3April 18 Cubs 4–6PappasMoose (0–1)McGinn47,4891–2
4April 19 Cubs 5–2Briles (1–0)Pizarro—9,1712–2
5April 20 Cubs 7–5Ellis (1–1)JenkinsGiusti (1)6,5293–2
6April 21@ Phillies 3–2 (10)Hernández (1–0)Short—13,8644–2
7April 23@ Phillies 4–5 (11)BrandonMiller (0–1)—43,4384–3
8April 25 Reds 5–2 (13)Miller (1–1)McGlothlin—6,5095–3
9April 26 Reds 6–7NolanBlass (1–1)Borbon6,3805–4
10April 27 Reds 4–5CarrollGiusti (0–1)—12,5045–5
11April 28 Braves 5–13JarvisMoose (0–2)McQueen12,8045–6
12April 29 Braves 5–9KelleyWalker (0–1)Stone10,6845–7
13April 30 Braves 1–6NiekroJohnson (0–1)—12,2645–8
May: 19–7 (home: 12–2; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 1 Astros 8–9RayGiusti (0–2)—4,7885–9
15May 3 Astros 3–2Ellis (2–1)ReussKison (1)9,5226–9
16May 5@ Reds 4–5 (10)CarrollGiusti (0–3)—24,7226–10
17May 6@ Reds 8–1Blass (2–1)Borbon—12,2847–10
18May 7@ Reds 9–6Briles (2–0)BillinghamMoose (1)19,2818–10
19May 9@ Braves 5–2Ellis (3–1)KelleyKison (2)7,7629–10
20May 10@ Braves 4–8NiekroJohnson (0–2)—6,7089–11
21May 12@ Astros 4–2Blass (3–1)DierkerMiller (1)17,86310–11
22May 13@ Astros 6–1 (12)Moose (1–2)GladdingMiller (2)23,56811–11
23May 14@ Astros 6–7WilsonBriles (2–1)Ray14,70411–12
24May 15 Cardinals 4–1Ellis (4–1)Gibson—8,64012–12
25May 16 Cardinals 4–3Walker (1–1)WiseGiusti (2)8,27213–12
26May 17 Cardinals 12–0Blass (4–1)Cleveland—9,18814–12
27May 19 Expos 8–0Moose (2–2)Stoneman—41,76515–12
28May 20 Expos 6–0Ellis (5–1)MortonKison (3)11,60216–12
29May 21 Expos 1–0Walker (2–1)McAnallyHernández (2)30,41817–12
30May 21 Expos 5–3Giusti (1–3)Gilbert—30,41818–12
31May 23@ Cardinals 6–2Blass (5–1)ClevelandHernández (3)11,79519–12
32May 24@ Cardinals 9–4 (14)Miller (2–1)Higgins—10,79420–12
33May 25@ Cardinals 2–4GibsonEllis (5–2)—9,29320–13
34May 26 Phillies 6–4Briles (3–1)Carlton—25,16421–13
35May 27 Phillies 1–2 (12)BrandonGiusti (1–4)Short19,39821–14
36May 28 Phillies 6–5Hernández (2–0)Hoerner—15,23622–14
37May 29 Phillies 7–3Hernández (3–0)Fryman—36,46423–14
38May 29 Phillies 4–2Moose (3–2)ReynoldsGiusti (3)36,46424–14
39May 31@ Expos 2–3McAnallyBriles (3–2)—10,56524–15
June: 16–10 (home: 5–6; Away: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 2@ Giants 4–7MarichalJohnson (0–3)—6,66924–16
41June 3@ Giants 4–3Blass (6–1)McDowellGiusti (4)11,21625–16
42June 4@ Giants 4–3Miller (3–1)JohnsonGiusti (5)26–16
43June 4@ Giants 9–1Kison (1–0)Williams—19,92927–16
44June 7@ Padres 12–5Johnson (1–3)Norman—28–16
45June 7@ Padres 1–0 (18)Miller (4–1)CorkinsJohnson (1)7,37129–16
46June 8@ Padres 11–2Moose (4–2)Arlin—2,94930–16
47June 9@ Dodgers 5–1Blass (7–1)Sutton—35,07831–16
48June 10@ Dodgers 1–2OsteenWalker (2–2)Brewer38,93731–17
49June 11@ Dodgers 7–5Kison (2–0)MikkelsenGiusti (6)40,84632–17
50June 14 Giants 1–3McDowellEllis (5–3)—14,55232–18
51June 15 Giants 4–1Briles (4–2)StoneGiusti (7)33–18
52June 15 Giants 9–7Moose (5–2)BryantHernández (4)21,12634–18
53June 16 Padres 2–1Blass (8–1)Norman—17,02035–18
54June 17 Padres 0–4KirbyWalker (2–3)—20,71835–19
55June 18 Padres 0–1ArlinKison (2–1)—27,14335–20
56June 19 Dodgers 13–3Ellis (6–3)SuttonMiller (3)15,43036–20
57June 21 Dodgers 3–5 (10)BrewerMoose (5–3)—15,20936–21
58June 23@ Cubs 4–2Blass (9–1)JenkinsGiusti (8)28,17737–21
59June 24@ Cubs 3–1Briles (5–2)HandsGiusti (9)27,54338–21
60June 25@ Cubs 9–2Ellis (7–3)HootonGiusti (10)35,09939–21
61June 26@ Mets 2–4KoosmanMoose (5–4)McGraw48,82039–22
62June 27@ Mets 4–7FrisellaWalker (2–4)—38,15239–23
63June 28 Expos 1–3StonemanBlass (9–2)—13,47039–24
64June 29 Expos 9–0Briles (6–2)McAnally—18,36440–24
65June 30 Cubs 3–4ReuschelEllis (7–4)Aker22,74540–25
July: 20–10 (home: 12–4; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
66July 1 Cubs 4–3Giusti (2–4)Jenkins—16,10241–25
67July 2 Cubs 7–4Kison (3–1)HandsHernández (5)25,22942–25
68July 3 Cubs 3–2Giusti (3–4)Hooton—26,93343–25
69July 4@ Astros 0–6DierkerBriles (6–3)—31,16443–26
70July 5@ Astros 6–4Johnson (2–3)Forsch—23,64644–26
71July 6@ Astros 7–3 (17)Hernández (4–0)Ray—23,54045–26
72July 7@ Braves 10–2Walker (3–4)Kelley—46–26
73July 7@ Braves 2–3HardinKison (3–2)—25,25346–27
74July 8@ Braves 5–3Blass (10–2)ReedGiusti (11)20,25647–27
75July 9@ Braves 7–4Briles (7–3)McLain—20,13048–27
76July 11@ Reds 0–5BillinghamMoose (5–5)—24,04748–28
77July 12@ Reds 3–6SimpsonWalker (3–5)Carroll28,05848–29
78July 13@ Reds 0–2NolanBlass (10–3)Carroll32,06048–30
79July 14 Astros 5–2Briles (8–3)Dierker—24,48749–30
80July 15 Astros 5–1Ellis (8–4)ForschGiusti (12)16,20250–30
81July 16 Astros 3–2 (10)Giusti (4–4)Gladding—51–30
82July 16 Astros 3–2Kison (4–2)WilsonGiusti (13)49,34152–30
83July 17 Braves 6–5Hernández (5–0)HoernerGiusti (14)14,86653–30
84July 18 Braves 2–4ReedBlass (10–4)—20,16253–31
85July 19 Braves 8–3Briles (9–3)NiekroWalker (1)24,84754–31
86July 21 Reds 5–11BorbonKison (4–3)Gullett32,25554–32
87July 22 Reds 3–6SpragueMoose (5–6)Carroll40,83754–33
88July 23 Reds 3–2Blass (11–4)GrimsleyHernández (6)29,48755–33
89July 27 Mets 0–1 (10)MatlackBriles (9–4)—55–34
90July 27 Mets 7–5Moose (6–6)KoosmanGiusti (15)49,88656–34
91July 28 Mets 3–1Ellis (9–4)Seaver—39,03557–34
92July 29@ Phillies 2–5FrymanBlass (11–5)Selma37,54457–35
93July 29@ Phillies 3–2Walker (4–5)BrandonGiusti (16)37,54458–35
94July 30@ Phillies 7–1Kison (5–3)Lersch—28,45159–35
95July 31@ Phillies 2–0Moose (7–6)Reynolds—17,45560–35
August: 17–11 (home: 8–5; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1@ Cardinals 4–7SantoriniBriles (9–5)Segui23,71260–36
97August 2@ Cardinals 5–10 (7)GibsonEllis (9–5)—24,96160–37
98August 3@ Cardinals 2–1 (10)Blass (12–5)WiseHernández (7)14,83661–37
99August 4@ Expos 1–2MooreKison (5–4)—18,43661–38
100August 5@ Expos 7–4Briles (10–5)StonemanGiusti (17)20,90562–38
101August 6@ Expos 8–0Moose (8–6)Torrez—63–38
102August 6@ Expos 7–2Johnson (3–3)RenkoHernández (8)28,33064–38
103August 8 Phillies 4–2Ellis (10–5)Champion—18,22865–38
104August 9 Phillies 0–2CarltonBlass (12–6)—19,83265–39
105August 11 Cardinals 10–5Briles (11–5)ClevelandHernández (9)34,24866–39
106August 12 Cardinals 6–5Moose (9–6)GibsonGiusti (18)23,47467–39
107August 13 Cardinals 0–2WiseEllis (10–6)—67–40
108August 13 Cardinals 7–5Blass (13–6)SantoriniGiusti (19)47,30068–40
109August 15@ Dodgers 6–8RichertJohnson (3–4)Brewer27,48468–41
110August 16@ Dodgers 3–2Miller (5–1)Sutton—28,31869–41
111August 17@ Dodgers 2–4DowningMoose (9–7)Richert29,77769–42
112August 18@ Padres 4–2Blass (14–6)Greif—30,61070–42
113August 20@ Padres 9–3Ellis (11–6)CorkinsJohnson (2)71–42
114August 20@ Padres 5–2Kison (6–4)Norman—9,75972–42
115August 22@ Giants 1–0Briles (12–5)Marichal—9,38973–42
116August 23@ Giants 0–8BarrMoose (9–8)—8,33073–43
117August 25 Dodgers 3–2 (12)Giusti (5–4)Richert—74–43
118August 25 Dodgers 3–4OsteenKison (6–5)—39,57474–44
119August 26 Dodgers 3–7SuttonEllis (11–7)—20,17474–45
120August 27 Dodgers 4–7MikkelsenBriles (12–6)Brewer25,67274–46
121August 28 Padres 5–3Moose (10–8)CaldwellHernández (10)13,43875–46
122August 29 Padres 5–3Blass (15–6)CorkinsGiusti (20)12,32976–46
123August 30 Padres 11–0Kison (7–5)Arlin—19,00977–46
September: 18–11 (home: 8–4; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1 Giants 10–6Ellis (12–7)BryantGiusti (21)20,67878–46
125September 2 Giants 6–3Briles (13–6)McDowell—14,19479–46
126September 3 Giants 2–1 (10)Giusti (6–4)Johnson—16,76080–46
127September 4 Phillies 10–0Blass (16–6)Twitchell—26,62781–46
128September 4 Phillies 5–1Kison (8–5)Nash—26,62782–46
129September 6 Cubs 4–0Ellis (13–7)McGinn—12,47083–46
130September 7 Cubs 2–4HootonBriles (13–7)—12,30683–47
131September 8@ Expos 7–1Johnson (4–4)Morton—84–47
132September 8@ Expos 4–2 (12)Giusti (7–4)MarshallHernández (11)12,11885–47
133September 9@ Expos 8–3Blass (17–6)Stoneman—17,09286–47
134September 10@ Expos 2–8TorrezKison (8–6)—20,25386–48
135September 12@ Cubs 7–0Ellis (14–7)HootonGiusti (22)4,15387–48
136September 13@ Cubs 6–4Briles (14–7)JenkinsHernández (12)4,41888–48
137September 14@ Cubs 5–2Moose (11–8)ReuschelHernández (13)4,60389–48
138September 15@ Cardinals 4–10WiseKison (8–7)—10,85389–49
139September 16@ Cardinals 0–4SantoriniBlass (17–7)—11,85089–50
140September 17@ Cardinals 4–5ClevelandMiller (5–2)Segui11,80289–51
141September 18@ Mets 0–1MatlackBriles (14–8)—15,62289–52
142September 19@ Mets 5–1Moose (12–8)Koosman—15,53790–52
143September 20@ Mets 1–4SeaverWalker (4–6)—15,14790–53
144September 21@ Mets 6–2Blass (18–7)Gentry—10,99191–53
145September 22 Expos 4–3 (12)McKee (1–0)Marshall—15,36592–53
146September 23 Expos 0–3McAnallyBriles (14–9)—8,58092–54
147September 24 Expos 1–2MortonMoose (12–9)—9,11692–55
148September 26@ Phillies 5–1Blass (19–7)Champion—8,47293–55
149September 27@ Phillies 3–1Kison (9–7)ReynoldsWalker (2)5,33594–55
150September 28@ Phillies 1–2CarltonMoose (12–10)—12,21694–56
151September 29 Mets 0–1SeaverBriles (14–10)—24,19394–57
152September 30 Mets 5–0Ellis (15–7)MatlackJohnson (3)13,11795–57
October: 1–2 (home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
153October 1 Mets 3–7KoosmanBlass (19–8)—30,03195–58
154October 3 Cardinals 6–2Moose (13–10)SantoriniHernández (14)5,90596–58
155October 4 Cardinals 3–4GibsonBriles (14–11)—4,60396–59
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
6 Rennie Stennett 2B
16 Al Oliver CF
21 Roberto Clemente RF
8 Willie Stargell LF
3 Richie Hebner 3B
35 Manny Sanguillén C
7 Bob Robertson 1B
2 Jackie Hernández SS
17 Dock Ellis SP

[5]

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Manny Sanguillén 136520155.298771
1B Willie Stargell 138495145.29333112
2B Dave Cash 99425120.282330
SS Gene Alley 11934786.248336
3B Richie Hebner 124427128.3001972
LF Vic Davalillo 117368117.318428
CF Al Oliver 140565176.3121289
RF Roberto Clemente 102378118.3121060

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rennie Stennett 109370106.286330
Gene Clines 107311104.334017
Bob Robertson 11530659.1931241
Jackie Hernández 7217633.188114
Milt May 5713939.281014
José Pagán 5312732.25238
Bill Mazeroski 346412.18803
Richie Zisk 17377.18904
Chuck Goggin 572.28600
Frank Taveras 430.00000
Fernando González 320.00000
Charlie Sands 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Steve Blass 33249.21982.49117
Bob Moose 31226.013102.91144
Nelson Briles 28195.214113.08120
Dock Ellis 25163.11572.7096
Bruce Kison 32152.0973.26102

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Johnson 31115.2442.9679
Luke Walker 2692.2463.4048
Bob Veale 59.0006.006
Gene Garber 46.1007.113
Jim McKee 25.0100.004

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Giusti 5474221.9354
Ramón Hernández 5350141.6747
Bob Miller 365232.6518

National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Red Davis
AA Sherbrooke Pirates Eastern League Steve Demeter
A Salem Pirates Carolina League Tim Murtaugh
A Gastonia Pirates Western Carolinas League Tom Saffell
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Pirates New York–Penn League Chuck Cottier
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Ed Napoleon

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem, Niagara Falls

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Bill Virdon
  3. ↑ Larry Demery at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ José Martínez at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ 1972 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
  6. ↑ John Candelaria at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Ken Macha at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Willie Randolph at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Bob Veale at Baseball Almanac

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