1972 California Angels season

1972 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Gene Autry
General manager(s) Harry Dalton
Manager(s) Del Rice
Local television KTLA
Local radio KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus)
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The 1972 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 80 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9362 0.600 — 48–29 45–33
Chicago White Sox 8767 0.565 5½ 55–23 32–44
Minnesota Twins 7777 0.500 15½ 42–32 35–45
Kansas City Royals 7678 0.494 16½ 44–33 32–45
California Angels 7580 0.484 18 44–36 31–44
Texas Rangers 54100 0.351 38½ 31–46 23–54

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League Records

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

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
1BBob Oliver134509137.2691970
2BSandy Alomar155610146.239125
3BKen McMullen137472127.269934
SSLeo Cárdenas150551123.223642
LFVada Pinson136484133.275749
CFKen Berry119409118.289539
RFLeroy Stanton127402101.2511239

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 Spencer8221247.222114
Mickey Rivers5815934.21407
Jeff Torborg5915332.20908
Andy Kosco4914234.239613

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 Ryan3928419162.28329
Clyde Wright3525118112.9887
Rudy May35205.112112.94169
Andy Messersmith25169.28112.81142

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 Clark26109.2494.5161
Don Rose1642.2144.2239
Dick Lange27.2004.708

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 Allen423753.4853
Eddie Fisher434543.7632
Steve Barber344422.0234
Tom Dukes70111.648
Paul Doyle20000.004

Farm system

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. 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. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1972&t=CAL
  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. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1972 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1972 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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