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1972 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1972
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago
owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
general_managers	Stu Holcomb, Roland Hemond
managers	Chuck Tanner
television	WFLD
(Jack Drees, Bud Kelly)
radio	WMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)

(Jack Drees, Bud Kelly) (Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher) |}} The 1972 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 73rd season overall, and 72nd in the American League. They finished with a record of 87–67, good enough for second place in the American League West, games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

October 22, 1971: Lowell Palmer was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.
December 2, 1971: Tommy John and Steve Huntz were traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dick Allen.
December 2, 1971: Rich McKinney was traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Stan Bahnsen.
December 14, 1971: Pat Jacquez was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Qualls.

Regular season

July 31, 1972: Dick Allen hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game against the Minnesota Twins.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Walt Williams, RF
Mike Andrews, 2B
Dick Allen, 1B
Bill Melton, 3B
Carlos May, LF
Rick Reichardt, CF
Ed Herrmann, C
Luis Alvarado, SS
Wilbur Wood, P

Notable transactions

May 16, 1972: Lowell Palmer was released by the White Sox.
June 6, 1972: Nyls Nyman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.
June 16, 1972: Jim Qualls was released by the White Sox.
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.
September 1, 1972: Hank Allen was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.

Roster

1972 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Dick Allen, 1B	148	506	90	156	28	5	37	113	99	126	.308	19
Hank Allen, 3B	9	21	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	.143	0
Luis Alvarado, SS, 2B	103	254	30	54	4	1	4	29	13	36	.213	2
Mike Andrews, 2B, 1B	148	505	58	111	18	0	7	50	70	78	.220	2
Buddy Bradford, OF	35	48	13	13	2	0	2	8	4	13	.271	3
Chuck Brinkman, C	35	52	1	7	0	0	0	0	4	7	.135	0
Tom Egan, C	50	141	8	27	3	0	2	9	4	48	.191	0
Rudy Hernandez, SS	8	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.190	0
Ed Herrmann, C	116	354	23	88	9	0	10	40	43	37	.249	0
Jay Johnstone, OF	113	261	27	49	9	0	4	17	25	42	.188	2
Pat Kelly, RF	119	402	57	105	14	7	5	24	55	69	.261	32
Jim Lyttle, CF, RF	44	82	8	19	5	2	0	5	1	28	.232	0
Carlos May, LF, 1B	148	523	83	161	26	3	12	68	79	70	.308	23
Bill Melton, 3B	57	208	22	51	5	0	7	30	23	31	.245	1
Rich Morales, SS, 3B, 2B	110	287	24	59	7	1	2	20	19	49	.206	2
Tony Muser, 1B	44	61	6	17	2	2	1	9	2	6	.279	1
Jorge Orta, SS, 2B, 3B	51	124	20	25	3	1	3	11	6	37	.202	3
Jim Qualls, CF	11	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Rick Reichardt, CF, LF	101	291	31	73	14	4	8	43	28	63	.251	2
Lee Richard, CF	11	29	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	.241	1
Ed Spiezio, 3B	74	277	20	66	10	1	2	22	13	43	.238	0
Walt Williams, RF	77	221	22	55	7	1	2	11	13	20	.249	6
Hugh Yancy, 3B	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Cy Acosta, P	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Stan Bahnsen, P	44	92	5	14	2	0	0	2	1	38	.152	0
Tom Bradley, P	43	91	1	12	2	0	0	3	1	34	.132	0
Moe Drabowsky, P	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eddie Fisher, P	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Terry Forster, P	63	19	1	10	0	0	0	3	1	2	.526	1
Jim Geddes, P	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Goose Gossage, P	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	0
Bart Johnson, P	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Steve Kealey, P	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Dave Lemonds, P	34	25	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	16	.120	0
Dan Neumeier, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Phil Regan, P	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Vicente Romo, P	28	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Wilbur Wood, P	49	125	8	17	0	0	0	7	6	65	.136	0
	154	5083	566	1208	170	28	108	528	511	991	.238	100

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Cy Acosta	3	0	1.56	26	0	5	34.2	25	6	6	2	20	28
Stan Bahnsen	21	16	3.60	43	41	0	252.1	263	107	101	22	74	157
Tom Bradley	15	14	2.98	40	40	0	260.0	225	94	86	19	69	209
Moe Drabowsky	0	0	2.45	7	0	0	7.1	6	2	2	0	2	4
Eddie Fisher	0	1	4.43	6	4	0	22.1	31	13	11	1	9	10
Terry Forster	6	5	2.25	62	0	29	100.0	75	31	25	0	47	104
Ken Frailing	1	0	3.00	4	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	1
Jim Geddes	0	0	6.97	5	1	0	10.1	12	9	8	1	10	3
Goose Gossage	7	1	4.28	36	1	2	80.0	72	44	38	2	47	57
Bart Johnson	0	3	9.22	9	0	1	13.2	18	20	14	2	15	9
Steve Kealey	3	2	3.30	40	0	4	57.1	50	21	21	4	13	37
Dave Lemonds	4	7	2.95	31	18	0	94.2	87	39	31	6	41	69
Dan Neumeier	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	3.0	2	3	3	0	3	0
Denny O'Toole	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	5.0	10	3	3	0	2	5
Phil Regan	0	1	4.05	10	0	0	13.1	18	7	6	1	8	4
Vicente Romo	3	0	3.31	28	0	1	51.2	47	19	19	5	20	46
Wilbur Wood	24*	17	2.51	49	49	0	376.2	325	119	105	28	79	193
	87	67	3.12	154	154	42	1385.1	1269	538	480	94	460	936

Tied for League lead

Farm system

Notes

References

1972 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmelo01.shtml Lowell Palmer] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnto01.shtml Tommy John] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mckinri01.shtml Rich McKinney] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quallji01.shtml Jim Qualls] at ''Baseball Reference''
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nymanny01.shtml Nyls Nyman] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Eddie Fisher Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allenha02.shtml Hank Allen] at ''Baseball Reference''

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