1972 California Angels

75-80 • 0.484 Win% • 5th in AL W

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
80 Losses
0.484 Win %
5th Rank
454 R 533 RA
Diff -79

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⚡ Quick Stats

454 Runs Scored
533 Runs Allowed
-79 Run Diff
744K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .241 1% above the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .290 4% below the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .287 3% below the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 3.06 equal to the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 454 15% below the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAngel Stadium of Anaheim
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 744,140
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Avg per Game 9,301

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ken Berry 0.289 2 Vada Pinson 0.275 3 John Stephenson 0.274 4 Bob Oliver 0.269 5 Ken McMullen 0.269

Home Runs

1 Bob Oliver 19 2 Leroy Stanton 12 3 Ken McMullen 9 4 Vada Pinson 7 5 Leo Cardenas 6

RBI

1 Bob Oliver 70 2 Vada Pinson 49 3 Leo Cardenas 42 4 Ken Berry 39 5 Leroy Stanton 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sandy Alomar 155 610 65 146 0 0 1 25 47 55 20 0.239
Leo Cardenas 150 551 25 123 0 0 6 42 35 73 1 0.223
Bob Oliver 134 509 47 137 0 0 19 70 27 97 4 0.269
Vada Pinson 136 484 56 133 0 0 7 49 30 54 17 0.275
Ken McMullen 137 472 36 127 0 0 9 34 48 59 1 0.269
Ken Berry 119 409 41 118 0 0 5 39 35 47 5 0.289
Leroy Stanton 127 402 44 101 0 0 12 39 22 100 2 0.251
Jim Spencer 82 212 13 47 0 0 1 14 12 25 0 0.222
Art Kusnyer 64 179 13 37 0 0 2 13 16 33 0 0.207
Mickey Rivers 58 159 18 34 0 0 0 7 8 26 4 0.214
Jeff Torborg 59 153 5 32 0 0 0 8 14 21 0 0.209
John Stephenson 66 146 14 40 0 0 2 17 11 8 0 0.274
Andy Kosco 49 142 15 34 0 0 6 13 5 23 1 0.239
Nolan Ryan 39 96 4 13 0 0 0 3 2 48 1 0.135
Clyde Wright 35 83 7 18 0 0 2 13 4 25 0 0.217
Billy Parker 36 80 11 17 0 0 2 8 9 17 0 0.212
Winston Llenas 44 64 3 17 0 0 0 7 3 8 0 0.266
Rudy May 35 62 3 7 0 0 0 1 3 29 0 0.113
Andy Messersmith 26 53 2 10 0 0 0 0 3 13 1 0.189
Jack Hiatt 22 45 4 13 0 0 1 5 5 11 0 0.289
Curt Motton 42 39 6 6 0 0 0 1 5 12 0 0.154
Syd O'Brien 36 39 10 7 0 0 1 1 6 10 0 0.179
Doug Howard 11 38 4 10 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.263
Rickey Clark 27 31 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0.097
Chris Coletta 14 30 5 9 0 0 1 7 1 4 0 0.300
Lloyd Allen 42 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.118
Eddie Fisher 43 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.118
Tom Silverio 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.167
Don Rose 16 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0.200
Steve Barber 34 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.143
Billy Cowan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dick Lange 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Repoz 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Joe Azcue 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mel Queen 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Tom Murphy 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Doyle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Dukes 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alan Foster 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Sells 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Steve Barber 2.02 2 Nolan Ryan 2.28 3 Andy Messersmith 2.81 4 Rudy May 2.94 5 Clyde Wright 2.98

Wins

1 Nolan Ryan 19 2 Clyde Wright 18 3 Rudy May 12 4 Andy Messersmith 8 5 Steve Barber 4

Strikeouts

1 Nolan Ryan 329 2 Rudy May 169 3 Andy Messersmith 142 4 Clyde Wright 87 5 Rickey Clark 61
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Nolan Ryan 19 16 2.28 39 39 0 284.0 157 329
Clyde Wright 18 11 2.98 35 35 0 251.0 80 87
Rudy May 12 11 2.94 35 30 1 205.1 82 169
Andy Messersmith 8 11 2.81 25 21 2 169.2 68 142
Rickey Clark 4 9 4.51 26 15 1 109.2 55 61
Lloyd Allen 3 7 3.48 42 6 5 85.1 55 53
Eddie Fisher 4 5 3.76 43 1 4 81.1 31 32
Steve Barber 4 4 2.02 34 3 2 58.0 30 34
Don Rose 1 4 4.22 16 4 0 42.2 19 39
Mel Queen 0 0 4.35 17 0 0 31.0 19 19
Dave Sells 2 0 2.81 10 0 0 16.0 5 2
Alan Foster 0 1 4.97 8 0 0 12.2 6 11
Tom Dukes 0 1 1.64 7 0 1 11.0 0 8
Tom Murphy 0 0 5.40 6 0 0 10.0 8 2
Dick Lange 0 0 4.70 2 1 0 7.2 2 8
Paul Doyle 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 3 4

👥 Roster (40)

Lloyd Allen Sandy Alomar Joe Azcue Steve Barber Ken Berry Leo Cardenas Rickey Clark Chris Coletta Billy Cowan Paul Doyle Tom Dukes Eddie Fisher +28 more

40 players

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