1972_California_Angels_season

1972 California Angels
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)

1972 California Angels season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1972 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 80 losses.

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v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	93	62	0.600	—	48–29	45–33
Chicago White Sox	87	67	0.565	5½	55–23	32–44
Minnesota Twins	77	77	0.500	15½	42–32	35–45
Kansas City Royals	76	78	0.494	16½	44–33	32–45
California Angels	75	80	0.484	18	44–36	31–44
Texas Rangers	54	100	0.351	38½	31–46	23–54

1972 American League record v t e 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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Art Kusnyer	64	179	37	.207	2	13
1B	Bob Oliver	134	509	137	.269	19	70
2B	Sandy Alomar Sr.	155	610	146	.239	1	25
3B	Ken McMullen	137	472	127	.269	9	34
SS	Leo Cárdenas	150	551	123	.223	6	42
LF	Vada Pinson	136	484	133	.275	7	49
CF	Ken Berry	119	409	118	.289	5	39
RF	Leroy Stanton	127	402	101	.251	12	39

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jim Spencer	82	212	47	.222	1	14
Mickey Rivers	58	159	34	.214	0	7
Jeff Torborg	59	153	32	.209	0	8
John Stephenson	66	146	40	.274	2	17
Andy Kosco	49	142	34	.239	6	13
Billy Parker	36	80	17	.213	2	8
Winston Llenas	44	64	17	.266	0	7
Jack Hiatt	22	45	13	.289	1	5
Syd O'Brien	36	39	7	.179	1	1
Curt Motton	42	39	6	.154	0	1
Doug Howard	11	38	10	.263	0	2
Chris Coletta	14	30	9	.300	1	7
Tom Silverio	13	12	2	.167	0	0
Roger Repoz	3	3	1	.333	0	0
Billy Cowan	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Joe Azcue	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nolan Ryan	39	284.0	19	16	2.28	329
Clyde Wright	35	251.0	18	11	2.98	87
Rudy May	35	205.1	12	11	2.94	169
Andy Messersmith	25	169.2	8	11	2.81	142

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rickey Clark	26	109.2	4	9	4.51	61
Don Rose	16	42.2	1	4	4.22	39
Dick Lange	2	7.2	0	0	4.70	8

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lloyd Allen	42	3	7	5	3.48	53
Eddie Fisher	43	4	5	4	3.76	32
Steve Barber	34	4	4	2	2.02	34
Mel Queen	17	0	0	0	4.35	19
Dave Sells	10	2	0	0	2.81	2
Alan Foster	8	0	1	0	4.97	11
Tom Dukes	7	0	1	1	1.64	8
Tom Murphy	6	0	0	0	5.40	2
Paul Doyle	2	0	0	0	0.00	4

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