1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 85-70
Finished 2nd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,860,858, Avg. 25,486
Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
Manager: Walter Alston (85-70)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Results
The Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League ended the 1972 season with a record of 85 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the NL's West Division.
The Dodgers scored 584 runs and conceded 527 runs. Willie Davis and Frank Robinson led Los Angeles with 19 home runs apiece. Willie Davis drove in 79 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .289 clip. Claude Osteen paced the squad with 20 wins, while Don Sutton added 15 or more wins, too Don Sutton recorded a 2.08 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Walter Alston coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Claude Osteen | 20 | 11 | .645 | 2.64 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 252.0 | 232 | 82 | 74 | 16 | 69 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1033 |
Don Sutton | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.08 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 272.7 | 186 | 78 | 63 | 13 | 63 | 1 | 207 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1061 |
Tommy John | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.89 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 186.7 | 172 | 68 | 60 | 14 | 40 | 1 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 766 |
Al Downing | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.98 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 202.7 | 196 | 81 | 67 | 13 | 67 | 2 | 117 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 868 |
Jim Brewer | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1.26 | 51 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 78.3 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 303 |
Bill Singer | 6 | 16 | .273 | 3.67 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 169.3 | 148 | 84 | 69 | 8 | 60 | 4 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 708 |
Pete Mikkelsen | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.06 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57.7 | 65 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 265 |
Ron Perranoski | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
Doug Rau | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
Pete Richert | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.25 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 52.0 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 213 |
Mike Strahler | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 207 |
Charlie Hough | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
Jose Pena | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.62 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.3 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 112 |
Totals | 85 | 70 | .548 | 2.78 | 331 | 155 | 105 | 50 | 21 | 29 | 1403.0 | 1196 | 527 | 434 | 83 | 429 | 36 | 856 | 34 | 3 | 43 | 5795 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Davis | 149 | 654 | 615 | 81 | 178 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 79 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 61 | .289 | .317 | .441 | .758 | 271 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Bill Buckner | 105 | 405 | 383 | 47 | 122 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 13 | .319 | .348 | .410 | .758 | 157 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Manny Mota | 118 | 410 | 371 | 57 | 120 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | .323 | .375 | .434 | .809 | 161 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Wes Parker | 130 | 502 | 427 | 45 | 119 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 43 | .279 | .367 | .354 | .721 | 151 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Bill Russell | 129 | 477 | 434 | 47 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 34 | 64 | .272 | .326 | .366 | .693 | 159 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Bobby Valentine | 119 | 434 | 391 | 42 | 107 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 33 | .274 | .319 | .335 | .654 | 131 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Frank Robinson | 103 | 405 | 342 | 41 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 76 | .251 | .353 | .442 | .795 | 151 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Steve Garvey | 96 | 317 | 294 | 36 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 36 | .269 | .312 | .422 | .734 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Lee Lacy | 60 | 266 | 243 | 34 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 37 | .259 | .312 | .313 | .625 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Willie Crawford | 96 | 283 | 243 | 28 | 61 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 55 | .251 | .349 | .403 | .752 | 98 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Chris Cannizzaro | 73 | 233 | 200 | 14 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 38 | .240 | .341 | .300 | .641 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Jim Lefebvre | 70 | 188 | 169 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 30 | .201 | .271 | .337 | .609 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Steve Yeager | 35 | 124 | 106 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 26 | .274 | .374 | .406 | .780 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Duke Sims | 51 | 169 | 151 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23 | .192 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Claude Osteen | 36 | 100 | 88 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .273 | .319 | .386 | .706 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Grabarkewitz | 53 | 166 | 144 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 53 | .167 | .265 | .278 | .543 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Maury Wills | 71 | 152 | 132 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 | .129 | .190 | .167 | .357 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Don Sutton | 33 | 105 | 91 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .143 | .170 | .143 | .313 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Paciorek | 11 | 48 | 47 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .255 | .271 | .404 | .675 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Cey | 11 | 45 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .270 | .400 | .378 | .778 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy John | 29 | 70 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .159 | .159 | .159 | .317 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Davey Lopes | 11 | 49 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .214 | .327 | .310 | .636 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Dietz | 27 | 70 | 56 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .161 | .329 | .232 | .561 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Al Downing | 31 | 73 | 66 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .121 | .134 | .167 | .301 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Ferguson | 8 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .292 | .346 | .542 | .888 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Singer | 26 | 63 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .073 | .105 | .091 | .196 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Richert | 37 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Terry McDermott | 9 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .130 | .200 | .130 | .330 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Strahler | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Rau | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .429 | .679 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Mikkelsen | 33 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Brewer | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Perranoski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jose Pena | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charlie Hough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1869 | 5903 | 5270 | 584 | 1349 | 178 | 39 | 98 | 543 | 82 | 39 | 480 | 786 | .256 | .319 | .360 | .679 | 1899 | 121 | 24 | 89 | 40 | 53 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wes Parker | 1B | 120 | 110 | 1005.0 | 1074 | 68 | 4 | 91 | .997 | 1.227 | 9.517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Buckner | 1B | 35 | 31 | 275.0 | 311 | 21 | 3 | 28 | .991 | 1.865 | 9.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Paciorek | 1B | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 8.135 | 7.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry McDermott | 1B | 7 | 5 | 49.0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.816 | 6.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Garvey | 1B | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 14.318 | 11.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lee Lacy | 2B | 58 | 58 | 511.0 | 125 | 161 | 8 | 38 | .973 | 5.037 | 4.931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Valentine | 2B | 49 | 43 | 395.0 | 110 | 132 | 6 | 28 | .976 | 5.514 | 4.939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Lefebvre | 2B | 33 | 27 | 257.0 | 66 | 82 | 2 | 21 | .987 | 5.183 | 4.485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Grabarkewitz | 2B | 19 | 16 | 142.0 | 45 | 43 | 4 | 12 | .957 | 5.577 | 4.632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Davey Lopes | 2B | 11 | 11 | 98.0 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 5 | .964 | 4.959 | 4.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Garvey | 3B | 85 | 73 | 670.0 | 71 | 187 | 28 | 18 | .902 | 3.466 | 3.035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Valentine | 3B | 39 | 38 | 311.0 | 20 | 81 | 14 | 4 | .878 | 2.923 | 2.590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Grabarkewitz | 3B | 24 | 22 | 183.0 | 15 | 40 | 6 | 1 | .902 | 2.705 | 2.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Cey | 3B | 11 | 11 | 96.0 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 2.531 | 2.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Lefebvre | 3B | 11 | 8 | 74.0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .913 | 2.554 | 1.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maury Wills | 3B | 26 | 3 | 69.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.957 | .577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chris Cannizzaro | C | 72 | 59 | 525.0 | 312 | 26 | 6 | 4 | .983 | 5.794 | 4.694 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 25.0 |
Duke Sims | C | 48 | 41 | 371.0 | 244 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .989 | 6.332 | 5.438 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 30.0 |
Steve Yeager | C | 35 | 34 | 306.0 | 220 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 7.029 | 6.829 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 28.6 |
Dick Dietz | C | 22 | 15 | 151.0 | 104 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.914 | 5.273 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 53.8 |
Joe Ferguson | C | 7 | 6 | 50.0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.840 | 5.429 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 60.0 |
Willie Davis | OF | 146 | 146 | 1318.0 | 373 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .987 | 2.615 | 2.623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Robinson | OF | 95 | 94 | 810.0 | 168 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .967 | 1.933 | 1.832 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Manny Mota | OF | 99 | 85 | 787.0 | 141 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 1.647 | 1.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Crawford | OF | 74 | 63 | 576.0 | 111 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.766 | 1.527 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Buckner | OF | 61 | 57 | 509.0 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.193 | 2.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Valentine | OF | 16 | 8 | 95.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.368 | 1.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Paciorek | OF | 6 | 5 | 48.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.062 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wes Parker | OF | 5 | 5 | 41.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.415 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Ferguson | OF | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.813 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Russell | OF | 6 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Sutton | P | 33 | 33 | 273.0 | 18 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.714 | 1.576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Claude Osteen | P | 33 | 33 | 252.0 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.750 | 1.485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Downing | P | 31 | 30 | 203.0 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 5 | .983 | 2.616 | 1.903 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy John | P | 29 | 29 | 187.0 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.695 | 1.931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Singer | P | 26 | 25 | 169.0 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.864 | 1.346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Brewer | P | 51 | 0 | 78.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.385 | .235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Mikkelsen | P | 33 | 0 | 58.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.552 | .303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Richert | P | 37 | 0 | 52.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 1.385 | .216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Strahler | P | 19 | 2 | 47.0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.723 | .474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Rau | P | 7 | 3 | 33.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.636 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 16 | 0 | 25.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.880 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Perranoski | P | 9 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Pena | P | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Hough | P | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Russell | SS | 121 | 118 | 1060.0 | 197 | 439 | 34 | 69 | .949 | 5.400 | 5.256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maury Wills | SS | 31 | 27 | 250.0 | 38 | 89 | 2 | 18 | .984 | 4.572 | 4.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Valentine | SS | 10 | 10 | 91.0 | 23 | 32 | 3 | 6 | .948 | 5.440 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Grabarkewitz | SS | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1726 | 1395 | 12628.0 | 4209 | 1806 | 162 | 391 | .974 | 4.287 | 3.485 | 12 | 0 | 79 | 37 | 31.9 |
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