1972 California Angels season

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
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	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]

Regular season

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

Opening Day starters

Season standings

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

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 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]

Roster

1972 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

40 Lloyd Allen

31 Steve Barber

44 Rickey Clark

48 Paul Doyle

15 Tom Dukes

24 Eddie Fisher

32 Alan Foster

35 Dick Lange

34 Rudy May

47 Andy Messersmith

41 Tom Murphy

46 Mel Queen

41 Don Rose

30 Nolan Ryan

46 Dave Sells

38 Clyde Wright

Catchers

31 Joe Azcue

8 Jack Hiatt

39 Art Kusnyer

37 John Stephenson

10 Jeff Torborg

Infielders

2 Sandy Alomar

17 Leo Cárdenas

12 Winston Llenas

4 Ken McMullen

8 Syd O'Brien

33 Bob Oliver

18 Billy Parker

9 Jim Spencer

Outfielders

16 Ken Berry

14 Chris Coletta

29 Doug Howard

29 Andy Kosco

6 Curt Motton

28 Vada Pinson

5 Mickey Rivers

33 Tom Silverio

36 Leroy Stanton

Other batters

14 Billy Cowan

6 Roger Repoz

Manager

7 Del Rice

Coaches

22 Peanuts Lowrey

27 Tom Morgan

20 John Roseboro

21 Bobby Winkles

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
1B	Oliver, BobBob Oliver	134	509	137	.269	19	70
2B	Alomar, SandySandy Alomar	155	610	146	.239	1	25
3B	McMullen, KenKen McMullen	137	472	127	.269	9	34
SS	Cárdenas, LeoLeo Cárdenas	150	551	123	.223	6	42
LF	Pinson, VadaVada Pinson	136	484	133	.275	7	49
CF	Berry, KenKen Berry	119	409	118	.289	5	39
RF	Stanton, LeroyLeroy Stanton	127	402	101	.251	12	39

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
Spencer, JimJim Spencer	82	212	47	.222	1	14
Rivers, MickeyMickey Rivers	58	159	34	.214	0	7
Torborg, JeffJeff Torborg	59	153	32	.209	0	8
Kosco, AndyAndy Kosco	49	142	34	.239	6	13

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
Ryan, NolanNolan Ryan	39	284	19	16	2.28	329
Wright, ClydeClyde Wright	35	251	18	11	2.98	87
May, RudyRudy May	35	205.1	12	11	2.94	169
Messersmith, AndyAndy Messersmith	25	169.2	8	11	2.81	142

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
Clark, RickeyRickey Clark	26	109.2	4	9	4.51	61
Rose, DonDon Rose	16	42.2	1	4	4.22	39
Lange, DickDick Lange	2	7.2	0	0	4.70	8

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
Allen, LloydLloyd Allen	42	3	7	5	3.48	53
Fisher, EddieEddie Fisher	43	4	5	4	3.76	32
Barber, SteveSteve Barber	34	4	4	2	2.02	34
Dukes, TomTom Dukes	7	0	1	1	1.64	8
Doyle, PaulPaul Doyle	2	0	0	0	0.00	4

Farm system

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

Notes

References

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

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 All-Star Game 1972 World Series

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Mobile BayBears
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (55)

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1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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