1972 San Francisco Giants season

1972 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Horace Stoneham
General manager(s) Jerry Donovan
Manager(s) Charlie Fox
Local television KTVU
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Local radio KSFO
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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The 1972 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 90th year in Major League Baseball, their 15th year in San Francisco, and their 13th at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished in fifth place in National League West with a record of 69-86. It was their first losing season in San Francisco and the franchise's first losing season since 1957, which was the franchise's final year in New York.

Offseason

Regular season

Franchise legend Willie Mays was traded to the New York Mets for Charlie Williams and US$50,000.[4] At the time, the Giants franchise was losing money. Owner Horace Stoneham could not guarantee Mays an income after retirement.

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 95 59 0.617 — 42–34 53–25
Houston Astros 84 69 0.549 10½ 41–36 43–33
Los Angeles Dodgers 85 70 0.548 10½ 41–34 44–36
Atlanta Braves 70 84 0.455 25 36–41 34–43
San Francisco Giants 69 86 0.445 26½ 34–43 35–43
San Diego Padres 58 95 0.379 36½ 26–54 32–41

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League Records

Sources:
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 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Rader, DaveDave Rader 133 459 119 .259 6 41

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
Howarth, JimJim Howarth 74 119 28 .235 1 7
Healy, FranFran Healy 45 99 15 .152 1 8
Arnold, ChrisChris Arnold 51 84 19 .226 1 4
Williams, BernieBernie Williams 46 68 13 .191 3 9
Mays, WillieWillie Mays 19 49 9 .184 0 3
Blanco, DámasoDámaso Blanco 39 20 7 .350 0 2

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
Bryant, RonRon Bryant 35 214 14 7 2.90 107
Marichal, JuanJuan Marichal 25 165 6 16 3.71 72
McDowell, SamSam McDowell 28 164.1 10 8 4.33 122

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
Barr, JimJim Barr 44 179 8 10 2.87 86
Carrithers, DonDon Carrithers 25 90 4 8 5.80 42
Cumberland, JohnJohn Cumberland 9 25 0 4 8.64 8
Williams, CharlieCharlie Williams 3 9.1 0 2 8.68 3

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
Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson 48 8 6 8 4.42 57
McMahon, DonDon McMahon 44 3 3 5 3.71 45
Moffitt, RandyRandy Moffitt 40 1 5 4 3.69 37
Morris, JohnJohn Morris 7 0 0 0 4.26 5

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jim Davenport
AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Dennis Sommers
A Fresno Giants California League Frank Funk
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Jim McKnight
A Anderson Giants Western Carolinas League Max Lanier
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Dick Wilson

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References

  1. ↑ Sam McDowell at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Hal Lanier at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Rich Robertson at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ "Willie Mays transactions". Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  5. ↑ Willie Mays at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Brian Asselstine at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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