The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 3rd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 4th overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 65 wins and 91 losses. Because of the move of the Washington Senators to Texas, the Brewers shifted from the AL West to the AL East.

Offseason October 10, 1971: Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse Jr., Tommy Harper, and Pat Skrable (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Don Pavletich, and George Scott.Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference October 22, 1971: Tom Matchick and Bruce Look were traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (minors).Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference November 26, 1971: Eduardo Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.Eduardo Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference January 26, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Yankees.Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 26, 1972: Curt Motton was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Archie Reynolds.Curt Motton page at Baseball-Reference June 6, 1972: Bob Sheldon was drafted by the Brewers in the 22nd round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.Bob Sheldon page at Baseball-Reference July 10, 1972: Dick Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.Dick Davis page at Baseball-Reference July 28, 1972: Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien.Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1972 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager (4/15 – 5/27) (5/28 – 5/29) (5/30 – 10/4) Coaches (First base/hitting) (Third Base) (Bullpen) (Pitching, 9/1 – 10/4) (Pitching, 4/15 – 8/31)

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 116 355 101 .285 2 35 1B 152 578 154 .266 20 88 2B 125 391 86 .220 1 19 3B 124 381 97 .255 2 29 SS 153 554 121 .218 2 30 LF 135 418 111 .266 21 65 CF 143 500 119 .238 9 45 RF 111 316 75 .237 12 34

Other batters 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 2B, 3B, SS 95 271 72 .266 0 12 OF 52 191 44 .230 7 16 RF, 3B 66 179 50 .279 3 25 OF 85 154 49 .318 0 12 LF, RF 72 130 26 .200 2 13 C, 1B 37 80 11 .138 1 5 2B, 3B 31 58 12 .207 1 5 C 18 56 7 .125 1 2 2B, 3B 22 54 10 .185 2 5 C 22 42 3 .071 1 4 LF, RF 27 36 3 .083 0 1 C 11 14 2 .143 0 0 LF 6 6 1 .167 1 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO 33 30 223.0 14 12 2.83 143 33 30 214.0 13 13 3.91 111 29 27 170.0 8 15 3.60 106 26 22 133.0 7 12 4.53 74

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO 39 12 147.2 7 7 3.11 92 20 14 102.0 3 8 3.62 45 35 8 80.1 3 5 3.25 33 25 3 70.2 5 1 1.66 20 9 8 44.0 1 6 5.52 17 5 2 18.2 0 1 7.23 13

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO 62 92.1 2 9 17 3.12 51 47 77.1 2 2 12 3.03 24 5 11.2 0 0 1 1.54 5 4 7.0 0 0 1 0.00 1

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1972. The Evansville Triplets won the American Association championship, and the Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.

Notes

References 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1972 Milwaukee Brewers roster page at www.retrosheet.org