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1972 California Angels season

The 1972 California Angels season was the 12th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 7th in Anaheim, and their 7th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season fifth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 80 losses.

1972 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersDel Rice
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus)
← 1971
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9362 .600 — 48‍–‍29 45‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 8767 .565 5½ 55‍–‍23 32‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 7777 .500 15½ 42‍–‍32 35‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 7678 .494 16½ 44‍–‍33 32‍–‍45
California Angels 7580 .484 18 44‍–‍36 31‍–‍44
Texas Rangers 54100 .351 38½ 31‍–‍46 23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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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

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Roster

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CArt Kusnyer6417937.207213
1BBob Oliver134509137.2691970
2BSandy Alomar Sr.155610146.239125
3BKen McMullen137472127.269934
SSLeo Cárdenas150551123.223642
LFVada Pinson136484133.275749
CFKen Berry119409118.289539
RFLeroy Stanton127402101.2511239

Other batters

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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
John Stephenson6614640.274217
Andy Kosco4914234.239613
Billy Parker368017.21328
Winston Llenas446417.26607
Jack Hiatt224513.28915
Syd O'Brien36397.17911
Curt Motton42396.15401
Doug Howard113810.26302
Chris Coletta14309.30017
Tom Silverio13122.16700
Roger Repoz331.33300
Billy Cowan330.00000
Joe Azcue320.00000

Pitching

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= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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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 Ryan39284.019162.28329
Clyde Wright35251.018112.9887
Rudy May35205.112112.94169
Andy Messersmith25169.28112.81142

Other pitchers

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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

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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
Mel Queen170004.3519
Dave Sells102002.812
Alan Foster80104.9711
Tom Dukes70111.648
Tom Murphy60005.402
Paul Doyle20000.004

Farm system

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Notes

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References

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