1972 Baltimore Orioles

80-74 • 0.519 Win% • 3rd in AL E

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
74 Losses
0.519 Win %
3rd Rank
519 R 430 RA
Diff +89

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519 Runs Scored
430 Runs Allowed
+89 Run Diff
899K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .229 4% below the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .299 1% below the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .288 2% below the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 2.53 17% better than the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 519 3% below the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMemorial Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 899,948
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Avg per Game 11,687

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Grich 0.278 2 Johnny Oates 0.261 3 Tommy Davis 0.256 4 Don Baylor 0.253 5 Boog Powell 0.252

Home Runs

1 Boog Powell 21 2 Bobby Grich 12 3 Don Baylor 11 4 Terry Crowley 11 5 Paul Blair 8

RBI

1 Boog Powell 81 2 Brooks Robinson 64 3 Bobby Grich 50 4 Paul Blair 49 5 Don Baylor 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Brooks Robinson 153 556 48 139 0 0 8 64 43 45 1 0.250
Paul Blair 142 477 47 111 0 0 8 49 25 78 7 0.233
Boog Powell 140 465 53 117 0 0 21 81 65 92 4 0.252
Bobby Grich 133 460 66 128 0 0 12 50 53 96 13 0.278
Don Buford 125 408 46 84 0 0 5 22 69 83 8 0.206
Davey Johnson 118 376 31 83 0 0 5 32 52 68 1 0.221
Don Baylor 102 320 33 81 0 0 11 38 29 50 24 0.253
Merv Rettenmund 102 301 40 70 0 0 6 21 41 37 6 0.233
Mark Belanger 113 285 36 53 0 0 2 16 18 53 6 0.186
Johnny Oates 85 253 20 66 0 0 4 21 28 31 5 0.261
Terry Crowley 97 247 30 57 0 0 11 29 32 26 0 0.231
Andy Etchebarren 71 188 11 38 0 0 2 21 17 43 0 0.202
Jim Palmer 36 98 12 22 0 0 0 8 2 36 0 0.224
Mike Cuellar 35 87 5 11 0 0 2 7 0 38 0 0.126
Pat Dobson 38 85 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 39 0 0.141
Elrod Hendricks 33 84 6 13 0 0 0 4 12 19 0 0.155
Tommy Davis 26 82 9 21 0 0 0 6 6 18 2 0.256
Dave McNally 36 79 4 12 0 0 2 6 3 38 0 0.152
Tom Shopay 49 40 3 9 0 0 0 2 5 12 0 0.225
Rich Coggins 16 39 5 13 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.333
Doyle Alexander 35 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.080
Roric Harrison 39 17 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 9 0 0.118
Chico Salmon 17 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.062
Al Bumbry 9 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.364
Tommy Matchick 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.222
Enos Cabell 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Sergio Robles 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Grant Jackson 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bob Reynolds 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eddie Watt 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Leonhard 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Mickey Scott 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Palmer 2.07 2 Eddie Watt 2.17 3 Roric Harrison 2.30 4 Doyle Alexander 2.45 5 Mike Cuellar 2.57

Wins

1 Jim Palmer 21 2 Mike Cuellar 18 3 Pat Dobson 16 4 Dave McNally 13 5 Doyle Alexander 6

Strikeouts

1 Jim Palmer 184 2 Pat Dobson 161 3 Mike Cuellar 132 4 Dave McNally 120 5 Roric Harrison 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Palmer 21 10 2.07 36 36 0 274.1 70 184
Pat Dobson 16 18 2.65 38 36 0 268.1 69 161
Mike Cuellar 18 12 2.57 35 35 0 248.1 71 132
Dave McNally 13 17 2.95 36 36 0 241.0 68 120
Doyle Alexander 6 8 2.45 35 9 2 106.1 30 49
Roric Harrison 3 4 2.30 39 2 4 94.0 34 62
Eddie Watt 2 3 2.17 38 0 7 45.2 20 23
Grant Jackson 1 1 2.63 32 0 8 41.0 9 34
Mickey Scott 0 1 2.74 15 0 0 23.0 5 11
Dave Leonhard 0 0 4.50 14 0 0 20.0 12 7
Bob Reynolds 0 0 1.86 3 0 0 9.2 7 5

👥 Roster (32)

Doyle Alexander Don Baylor Mark Belanger Paul Blair Don Buford Al Bumbry Enos Cabell Rich Coggins Terry Crowley Mike Cuellar Tommy Davis Pat Dobson +20 more

32 players

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