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1972 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	1972
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Arlington Stadium
city	Arlington, Texas
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Bob Short
general_managers	Joe Burke
managers	Ted Williams
television	KDTV
radio	KRLD
(Don Drysdale, Bill Mercer)
prev_season	1971 Washington Senators season

(Don Drysdale, Bill Mercer) |}} The 1972 Texas Rangers season was the 12th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 1st in Arlington as the Rangers, the 1st season at Arlington Stadium and the team's first year in the AL West, after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. The Rangers had the lowest team batting average in the majors with .217, and failed to record an extra-base hit in 38 of their 154 games, the most of any team in the live-ball era (1920 onwards).

Offseason

December 2, 1971: Bernie Allen was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Terry Ley and Gary Jones.
December 2, 1971: Del Unser, Gary Jones, Terry Ley, and Denny Riddleberger were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Roy Foster, Ken Suarez, Mike Paul, and Rich Hand.
December 2, 1971: Paul Casanova was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Hal King.
March 4, 1972: Denny McLain was traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse.
March 7, 1972: Tim Cullen was released by the Rangers.
Prior to 1972 season: Lew Beasley was acquired by the Rangers from the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

On April 15, 1972, the Rangers played their first American League game against the California Angels on the road at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels' Andy Messersmith hurled a complete-game, two-hit shutout, and the Rangers fell, 1–0. Toby Harrah and Hal King had their only hits, both singles, but catcher King made two errors. His second miscue led to the Angels' winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Dick Bosman was the hard-luck loser.

The first game in Texas

On April 21, 1972, the Rangers' first game in Texas came six days later at Arlington Stadium against the Angels before 20,105 spectators. This time, Bosman emerged triumphant as the Rangers built a 6–1 lead and hung on to win their home opener, 7–6. Frank Howard and Dave Nelson each homered for Texas, while Lenny Randle and Harrah each collected three hits. Harrah scored three runs, and Randle notched four runs batted in.

Opening Day starters, April 15, 1972

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft
- Brian Doyle was drafted by the Rangers in the 4th round.
- Jim Sundberg was drafted by the Rangers in the 8th round, but did not sign.
July 20, 1972: Don Mincher and Ted Kubiak were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Marty Martínez, Vic Harris and a player to be named later.
August 31, 1972: Frank Howard was purchased from the Rangers by the Detroit Tigers.
September 7, 1972: Rich Hinton was purchased by the Rangers from the New York Yankees.

Roster

1972 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	133	469	41	119	.254	5	58	1
1B	95	287	28	70	.244	9	31	1
2B	74	249	23	48	.193	2	21	4
3B	145	499	68	113	.226	2	28	51
SS	116	374	47	97	.259	1	31	16
LF	64	142	12	29	.204	3	11	1
CF	117	330	23	74	.224	1	19	13
RF	129	429	43	101	.235	14	50	4

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
137	382	34	99	.259	3	31	1
98	294	40	74	.252	0	10	20
61	191	23	45	.236	6	39	2
61	186	8	26	.140	0	10	7
72	151	14	24	.159	4	19	1
46	147	10	29	.197	0	10	0
50	122	12	22	.180	4	12	0
39	119	8	20	.168	1	10	4
46	116	5	26	.224	0	7	0
22	65	4	12	.185	1	3	0
25	58	3	10	.172	0	2	0
26	41	3	6	.146	0	3	0
25	33	2	5	.152	0	4	0
15	18	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

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
29	173.1	8	10	3.63	105
30	170.2	10	14	3.32	109
24	104.2	2	9	3.78	78

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
39	176.1	5	12	4.29	133
49	161.2	8	9	2.17	108
36	150.2	4	11	4.24	95
22	57.0	2	4	3.47	30
4	12.2	0	1	2.84	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
60	2	7	15	3.20	60
66	5	8	9	2.62	51
58	5	9	0	4.13	44
35	3	5	4	4.41	27
13	0	0	1	2.81	13
5	0	1	0	2.38	4
5	0	0	0	8.10	4
3	0	0	0	3.86	0

Farm system

Notes

References

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