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.
Offseason October 27, 1971: Tony González was released by the Angels.Tony González page at Baseball Reference 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.Nolan Ryan page at Baseball Reference January 26, 1972: Tommie Reynolds was traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Andy Kosco.Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
Regular season April 18, 1972: Nolan Ryan struck out Charlie Manuel for the 500th strikeout of his career.
Opening Day starters Sandy Alomar Sr. Leo Cárdenas Ken McMullen Andy Messersmith Vada Pinson Mickey Rivers Jim Spencer Leroy Stanton Jeff Torborg
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 2, 1972: Billy Cowan was released by the Angels.Billy Cowan page at Baseball-Reference May 16, 1972: Steve Barber was signed as a free agent by the Angels.Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference May 26, 1972: Archie Reynolds was traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Curt Motton.Curt Motton page at Baseball Reference July 28, 1972: Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien were traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff.Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference August 1, 1972: Fred Kuhaulua was signed as an amateur free agent by the Angels.Fred Kuhaulua page at Baseball Reference August 15, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Coletta. 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.
Roster 1972 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 Art Kusnyer 64 179 37 .207 2 13 1B 134 509 137 .269 19 70 2B 155 610 146 .239 1 25 3B 137 472 127 .269 9 34 SS 150 551 123 .223 6 42 LF 136 484 133 .275 7 49 CF 119 409 118 .289 5 39 RF 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 82 212 47 .222 1 14 58 159 34 .214 0 7 59 153 32 .209 0 8 John Stephenson 66 146 40 .274 2 17 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
Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 39 284.0 19 16 2.28 329 35 251.0 18 11 2.98 87 35 205.1 12 11 2.94 169 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 26 109.2 4 9 4.51 61 16 42.2 1 4 4.22 39 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 42 3 7 5 3.48 53 43 4 5 4 3.76 32 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 7 0 1 1 1.64 8 Tom Murphy 6 0 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 4
Farm system
Notes
References
1972 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference 1972 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com