1972 California Angels season

1972 California Angels
1972 California Angels
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961) West Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Anaheim Stadium (since 1966); Anaheim, California (since 1966);
Other information
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Harry Dalton
Managers	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

October 27, 1971: Tony González was released by the Angels.[1]
December 10, 1971: Jim Fregosi was traded by the Angels to the New York Mets for Nolan Ryan, Don Rose, Leroy Stanton, and Frank Estrada.[2]
January 26, 1972: Tommie Reynolds was traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Andy Kosco.[3]

April 18, 1972: Nolan Ryan struck out Charlie Manuel for the 500th strikeout of his career.[4]

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 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	—

May 2, 1972: Billy Cowan was released by the Angels.[6]
May 16, 1972: Steve Barber was signed as a free agent by the Angels.[7]
May 26, 1972: Archie Reynolds was traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Curt Motton.[8]
July 28, 1972: Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien were traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff.[9]
August 1, 1972: Fred Kuhaulua was signed as an amateur free agent by the Angels.[10]
August 15, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Coletta.[3]
August 17, 1972: Eddie Fisher was traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and Bruce Miller. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Kimm (September 1, 1972) to the California Angels to complete the trade.[11]

1972 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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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