1972 Boston Red Sox

85-70 • 0.548 Win% • 2nd in AL E

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
70 Losses
0.548 Win %
2nd Rank
640 R 620 RA
Diff +20

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640 Runs Scored
620 Runs Allowed
+20 Run Diff
1,434K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .247 4% above the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .316 4% above the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .318 8% above the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 3.47 13% worse than the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 640 19% above the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,434,336
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Avg per Game 18,388

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Carlton Fisk 0.293 2 Bob Montgomery 0.286 3 Reggie Smith 0.270 4 Duane Josephson 0.268 5 Carl Yastrzemski 0.264

Home Runs

1 Carlton Fisk 22 2 Reggie Smith 21 3 Rico Petrocelli 15 4 Tommy Harper 14 5 Carl Yastrzemski 12

RBI

1 Rico Petrocelli 75 2 Reggie Smith 74 3 Carl Yastrzemski 68 4 Carlton Fisk 61 5 Tommy Harper 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tommy Harper 144 556 92 141 0 0 14 49 67 104 25 0.254
Rico Petrocelli 147 521 62 125 0 0 15 75 78 91 0 0.240
Doug Griffin 129 470 43 122 0 0 2 35 45 48 9 0.260
Reggie Smith 131 467 75 126 0 0 21 74 68 63 15 0.270
Carlton Fisk 131 457 74 134 0 0 22 61 52 83 5 0.293
Carl Yastrzemski 125 455 70 120 0 0 12 68 67 44 5 0.264
Luis Aparicio 110 436 47 112 0 0 3 39 26 28 3 0.257
Danny Cater 92 317 32 75 0 0 8 39 15 33 0 0.237
Ben Oglivie 94 253 27 61 0 0 8 30 18 61 1 0.241
John Kennedy 71 212 22 52 0 0 2 22 18 40 0 0.245
Juan Beniquez 33 99 10 24 0 0 1 8 7 11 2 0.242
Rick Miller 89 98 13 21 0 0 3 15 11 27 0 0.214
Marty Pattin 38 86 4 12 0 0 2 9 1 27 0 0.140
Phil Gagliano 52 82 9 21 0 0 0 10 10 13 1 0.256
Duane Josephson 26 82 11 22 0 0 1 7 4 11 0 0.268
Bob Montgomery 24 77 7 22 0 0 2 7 3 17 0 0.286
Bob Burda 45 73 4 12 0 0 2 9 8 11 0 0.164
Sonny Siebert 33 72 11 17 0 0 1 9 5 21 0 0.236
Dwight Evans 18 57 2 15 0 0 1 6 7 13 0 0.263
Luis Tiant 43 56 3 6 0 0 0 4 2 18 0 0.107
John Curtis 27 53 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 23 0 0.094
Lynn McGlothen 22 53 6 10 0 0 0 4 1 14 0 0.189
Andy Kosco 17 47 5 10 0 0 3 6 2 9 0 0.213
Ray Culp 16 33 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 15 0 0.212
Gary Peters 33 30 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.200
Cecil Cooper 12 17 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0.235
Lew Krausse 24 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.125
Bill Lee 47 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0.188
Bob Gallagher 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Vic Correll 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Bobby Bolin 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Newhauser 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Tatum 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Roger Moret 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Veale 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Garman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Nagy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Stan Williams 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Luis Tiant 1.91 2 Don Newhauser 2.43 3 Bobby Bolin 2.93 4 Bill Lee 3.20 5 Marty Pattin 3.24

Wins

1 Marty Pattin 17 2 Luis Tiant 15 3 Sonny Siebert 12 4 John Curtis 11 5 Lynn McGlothen 8

Strikeouts

1 Marty Pattin 168 2 Sonny Siebert 123 3 Luis Tiant 123 4 Lynn McGlothen 112 5 John Curtis 106
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Marty Pattin 17 13 3.24 38 35 0 253.0 65 168
Sonny Siebert 12 12 3.80 32 30 0 196.1 59 123
Luis Tiant 15 6 1.91 43 19 3 179.0 65 123
John Curtis 11 8 3.73 26 21 0 154.1 50 106
Lynn McGlothen 8 7 3.41 22 22 0 145.0 59 112
Ray Culp 5 8 4.46 16 16 0 105.0 53 52
Gary Peters 3 3 4.32 33 4 1 85.1 38 67
Bill Lee 7 4 3.20 47 0 5 84.1 32 43
Lew Krausse 1 3 6.38 24 7 1 60.2 28 35
Don Newhauser 4 2 2.43 31 0 4 37.0 25 27
Bobby Bolin 0 1 2.93 21 0 5 30.2 11 27
Ken Tatum 0 2 3.07 22 0 4 29.1 15 15
Bob Veale 2 0 0.00 6 0 2 8.0 3 10
Roger Moret 0 0 3.60 3 0 0 5.0 6 4
Stan Williams 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 1 3
Mike Garman 0 1 10.80 3 1 0 3.1 2 1
Mike Nagy 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 2

👥 Roster (38)

Luis Aparicio Juan Beniquez Bobby Bolin Bob Burda Danny Cater Cecil Cooper Vic Correll Ray Culp John Curtis Dwight Evans Carlton Fisk Phil Gagliano +26 more

38 players

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