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1972 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	California Angels
season	1972
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
city	Anaheim, California
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	Del Rice
television	KTLA
radio	KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus)

(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus) |}}

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.
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.
January 26, 1972: Tommie Reynolds was traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Andy Kosco.

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.
May 16, 1972: Steve Barber was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
May 26, 1972: Archie Reynolds was traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Curt Motton.
July 28, 1972: Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien were traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff.
August 1, 1972: Fred Kuhaulua was signed as an amateur free agent by the Angels.
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

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

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

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

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzato01.shtml Tony González page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ryanno01.shtml Nolan Ryan page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koscoan01.shtml Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference]
"The Nolan Ryan Express {{!}} The Strikeout King {{!}} smackbomb.com/nolanryan".
"1972 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowanbi01.shtml Billy Cowan page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbest01.shtml Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mottocu01.shtml Curt Motton page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kuhaufr01.shtml Fred Kuhaulua page at Baseball Reference]
"Eddie Fisher Stats".

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