1972 Milwaukee Brewers season

1972 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969);
	East Division (since 1972);
Location
	Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Frank Lane
Manager(s)	Dave Bristol, Roy McMillan, Del Crandall
Local television	WTMJ-TV
Local radio	620 WTMJ; (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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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.

Offseason

October 10, 1971: Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse, Tommy Harper, and Pat Skrable (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Don Pavletich, and George Scott.[1]
October 22, 1971: Tom Matchick and Bruce Look were traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (minors).[2]
November 26, 1971: Eduardo Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.[3]
January 26, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.[4]
March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Yankees.[5]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	86	70	0.551	—	44–34	42–36
Boston Red Sox	85	70	0.548	½	52–26	33–44
Baltimore Orioles	80	74	0.519	5	38–39	42–35
New York Yankees	79	76	0.510	6½	46–31	33–45
Cleveland Indians	72	84	0.462	14	43–34	29–50
Milwaukee Brewers	65	91	0.417	21	37–42	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League Records Sources:
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

May 26, 1972: Curt Motton was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Archie Reynolds.[6]
June 6, 1972: Bob Sheldon was drafted by the Brewers in the 22nd round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.[7]
July 10, 1972: Dick Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.[8]
July 28, 1972: Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien.[9]

Roster

1972 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

40 Jerry Bell

24 Ken Brett

48 Jim Colborn

25 Frank Linzy

42 Skip Lockwood

27 Jim Lonborg

49 Ray Newman

52 Bill Parsons

49 Archie Reynolds

43 Gary Ryerson

20 Ken Sanders

41 Jim Slaton

38 Earl Stephenson

34 Chuck Taylor

Catchers

17 Joe Azcue

39 John Felske

15 Darrell Porter

5 Paul Ratliff

6 Ellie Rodríguez

Infielders

19 Rick Auerbach

7 Ron Clark

33 Mike Ferraro

2 Bob Heise

7 Syd O'Brien

5 George Scott

16 Ron Theobald

Outfielders

12 Johnny Briggs

14 Ollie Brown

9 Billy Conigliaro

22 Brock Davis

3 Joe Lahoud

11 Dave May

21 Curt Motton

10 Tommie Reynolds

32 Bill Voss

Manager

4 Dave Bristol (4/15 – 5/27)

26 Roy McMillan (5/28 – 5/29)

1 Del Crandall (5/30 – 10/4)

Coaches

31 Harvey Kuenn (First base/hitting)

26 Roy McMillan (Third Base)

30 Jackie Moore (Bullpen)

18 Bob Shaw (Pitching, 9/1 – 10/4)

18 Wes Stock (Pitching, 4/15 – 8/31)

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
C	Ellie Rodríguez	116	355	101	.285	2	35
1B	George Scott	152	578	154	.266	20	88
2B	Ron Theobald	125	391	86	.220	1	19
3B	Mike Ferraro	124	381	97	.255	2	29
SS	Rick Auerbach	153	554	121	.218	2	30
LF	John Briggs	135	418	111	.266	21	65
CF	Dave May	143	500	119	.238	9	45
RF	Joe Lahoud	111	316	75	.237	12	34

Other batters

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
OF	Billy Conigliaro	52	191	44	.230	7	16
LF,RF	Tommie Reynolds	72	130	26	.200	2	13
2B,3B	Ron Clark	22	54	10	.185	2	5
LF	Curt Motton	6	6	1	.167	1	2
C	Joe Azcue	11	14	2	.143	0	0
LF,RF	Bill Voss	27	36	3	.083	0	1
2B,3B,SS	Bob Heise	95	271	72	.266	0	12
RF,3B	Ollie Brown	66	179	50	.279	3	25
OF	Brock Davis	85	154	49	.318	0	12
C,1B	John Felske	37	80	11	.138	1	5
C	Paul Ratliff	22	42	3	.071	1	4
C	Darrell Porter	18	56	7	.125	1	2
2B,3B	Syd O'Brien	31	58	12	.207	1	5

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Lonborg	33	30	223	14	12	2.83	143
Bill Parsons	33	30	214	13	13	3.91	111
Skip Lockwood	29	27	170	8	15	3.60	106
Ken Brett	26	22	133	7	12	4.53	74

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Colborn	39	12	147.2	7	7	3.11	92
Jerry Bell	25	3	70.2	5	1	1.66	20
Archie Reynolds	5	2	18.2	0	1	7.23	13
Jim Slaton	9	8	44	1	6	5.52	17
Earl Stephenson	35	8	80.1	3	5	3.25	33
Gary Ryerson	20	14	102	3	8	3.62	45

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frank Linzy	47	77.1	2	2	12	3.03	24
Ray Newman	4	7	0	0	1	0.00	1
Ken Sanders	62	92.1	2	9	17	3.12	51
Chuck Taylor	5	11.2	0	0	1	1.54	5

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville

Notes

References

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[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

1972 MLB season by team
AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas
NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco
1972 MLB draft 1972 All-Star Game 1972 World Series