1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |||
City | Los Angeles | |||
Owners | Walter O'Malley, James Mulvey | |||
President | Peter O'Malley | |||
General managers | Al Campanis | |||
Managers | Walter Alston | |||
Television | KTTV (11) | |||
Radio | KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín | |||
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The 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season 85–70, good for a tie for second place with the Astros in the National League West. This was the first season where the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms.
Offseason
- October 21: Tommy Hutton was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Larry Hisle.[1]
- October 22, 1971: Bobby Darwin was traded by the Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins for Paul Powell.[2]
- October 24, 1971: Maury Wills was released by the Dodgers.[3]
- December 2, 1971: Doyle Alexander, Bob O'Brien, Sergio Robles and Royle Stillman were traded by the Dodgers to the Baltimore Orioles for Frank Robinson and Pete Richert.[4]
- December 2, 1971: Dick Allen was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for Tommy John and Steve Huntz.[5]
- December 2, 1971: Tom Haller was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later and cash. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Bernie Beckman (minors) to the Dodgers on March 31, 1972.[6]
- December 17, 1971: Chris Cannizzaro was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.[7]
- March 27, 1972: Bill Sudakis was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the New York Mets.[8]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 42–34 | 53–25 |
Houston Astros | 84 | 69 | .549 | 10½ | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 85 | 70 | .548 | 10½ | 41–34 | 44–36 |
Atlanta Braves | 70 | 84 | .455 | 25 | 36–41 | 34–43 |
San Francisco Giants | 69 | 86 | .445 | 26½ | 34–43 | 35–43 |
San Diego Padres | 58 | 95 | .379 | 36½ | 26–54 | 32–41 |
Record vs. opponents
1972 National League record
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7–1 | 9–9 | 7–7 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–11 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5–1 | — | 8–4 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 10–5 | 10–8 | 10–7 | 3–12 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–9 | 4–8 | — | 11–6 | 9–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 10–5 | 10–2 | |||||
Houston | 7–7 | 9–3 | 6–11 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 12–2 | 13–5 | 4–8 | |||||
Los Angeles | 8–7 | 4–8 | 5–9 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 8–4 | |||||
Montreal | 8–4 | 5–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–12 | 10–6 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–8 | |||||
New York | 5–7 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 13–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 7–10 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–10 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–7 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 12–3 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 6–8 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 9–3 | 10–8 | |||||
San Diego | 11–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 2–12 | 5–13 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 4–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 11–7 | 5–7 | 5–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–4 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–6 | 8–10 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 9–7 | 7–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Opening Day starters | |
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Name | Position |
Maury Wills | Shortstop |
Bill Buckner | First baseman |
Willie Davis | Center fielder |
Frank Robinson | Right fielder |
Jim Lefebvre | Second baseman |
Willie Crawford | Left fielder |
Duke Sims | Catcher |
Billy Grabarkewitz | Third baseman |
Don Sutton | Starting pitcher |
Notable transactions
- April 14, 1972: Dick Dietz was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers from the San Francisco Giants.[9]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders
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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 |
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C | Chris Cannizzaro | 73 | 200 | 48 | .240 | 2 | 18 |
1B | Wes Parker | 130 | 427 | 119 | .279 | 4 | 59 |
2B | Lee Lacy | 60 | 243 | 63 | .259 | 0 | 12 |
SS | Bill Russell | 129 | 434 | 118 | .272 | 4 | 34 |
3B | Steve Garvey | 96 | 294 | 79 | .269 | 9 | 30 |
LF | Manny Mota | 118 | 371 | 120 | .323 | 5 | 48 |
CF | Willie Davis | 149 | 615 | 178 | .289 | 19 | 79 |
RF | Frank Robinson | 103 | 342 | 86 | .251 | 19 | 59 |
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 |
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Bobby Valentine | 119 | 391 | 107 | .274 | 3 | 32 |
Bill Buckner | 105 | 383 | 122 | .319 | 5 | 37 |
Willie Crawford | 96 | 243 | 61 | .251 | 8 | 27 |
Jim Lefebvre | 70 | 169 | 34 | .201 | 5 | 24 |
Duke Sims | 51 | 151 | 29 | .192 | 2 | 11 |
Billy Grabarkewitz | 53 | 144 | 24 | .167 | 4 | 16 |
Maury Wills | 71 | 132 | 17 | .129 | 0 | 4 |
Steve Yeager | 35 | 106 | 29 | .274 | 4 | 15 |
Dick Dietz | 27 | 56 | 9 | .161 | 1 | 6 |
Tom Paciorek | 11 | 47 | 12 | .255 | 1 | 6 |
Davey Lopes | 11 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Cey | 11 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 1 | 3 |
Joe Ferguson | 8 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 1 | 5 |
Terry McDermott | 9 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Don Sutton | 33 | 272.2 | 19 | 9 | 2.08 | 207 |
Claude Osteen | 33 | 252.0 | 20 | 11 | 2.64 | 100 |
Al Downing | 31 | 202.2 | 9 | 9 | 2.98 | 117 |
Tommy John | 29 | 186.2 | 11 | 5 | 2.89 | 117 |
Bill Singer | 26 | 169.1 | 6 | 16 | 3.67 | 101 |
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 |
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Doug Rau | 7 | 32.2 | 2 | 2 | 2.20 | 19 |
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 |
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Jim Brewer | 51 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 1.26 | 69 |
Pete Richert | 37 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2.25 | 38 |
Pete Mikkelsen | 33 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.06 | 41 |
Mike Strahler | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.26 | 25 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.62 | 9 |
Ron Perranoski | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 5 |
José Peña | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 4 |
Charlie Hough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 4 |
Awards and honors
- NL Player of the Month
- Don Sutton (April 1972)
All-Stars
- 1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Don Sutton reserve
- Gold Glove Awards
- Wes Parker
- Willie Davis
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Albuquerque Dukes | Pacific Coast League | Tommy Lasorda |
AA | El Paso Dodgers | Texas League | Monty Basgall Stan Wasiak |
A | Bakersfield Dodgers | California League | Don LeJohn |
A | Daytona Beach Dodgers | Florida State League | Stan Wasiak Bob Shaw |
A-Short Season | Spokane Indians | Northwest League | Bill Berrier |
Rookie | Ogden Dodgers | Pioneer League | Gail Henley |
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
1972 Major League Baseball draft
This was the eighth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 42 players in the June draft and eight in the January draft.
This was a weak draft class whose most notable player was Dennis Lewallyn, a pitcher who played for the Dodgers and two other teams from 1975 to 1981 with a 4–4 record and 4.48 ERA. The top draft pick was shortstop John Harbin from Newberry College who played in only 83 games in the Dodgers farm system in 1972 and was quickly out of baseball.
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January draft[10]
January Secondary phase[11]
June draft[12]
June secondary phase[13]
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Notes
- ^ Tommy Hutton at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bobby Darwin at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Maury Wills at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Doyle Alexander at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Dick Allen at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tom Haller at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Chris Cannizzaro at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bill Sudakis at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Dick Dietz at Baseball-Reference
- ^ 19721 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
- ^ 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
- ^ 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
- ^ 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase
References
- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
External links
- 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
- Los Angeles Dodgers official web site