1972 Cleveland Indians

72-84 • 0.462 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
84 Losses
0.462 Win %
5th Rank
472 R 519 RA
Diff -47

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472 Runs Scored
519 Runs Allowed
-47 Run Diff
759K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .234 2% below the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .291 4% below the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .286 3% below the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 2.92 5% better than the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 472 12% below the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 759,774
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Avg per Game 9,867

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Chris Chambliss 0.292 2 Tommy McCraw 0.258 3 Buddy Bell 0.255 4 Graig Nettles 0.253 5 Ray Fosse 0.241

Home Runs

1 Graig Nettles 17 2 Ray Fosse 10 3 Buddy Bell 9 4 Alex Johnson 8 5 Tommy McCraw 7

RBI

1 Graig Nettles 70 2 Chris Chambliss 44 3 Ray Fosse 41 4 Alex Johnson 37 5 Buddy Bell 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Graig Nettles 150 557 65 141 0 0 17 70 57 50 2 0.253
Jack Brohamer 136 527 49 123 0 0 5 35 27 46 3 0.233
Buddy Bell 132 466 49 119 0 0 9 36 34 29 5 0.255
Chris Chambliss 121 466 51 136 0 0 6 44 26 63 3 0.292
Ray Fosse 134 457 42 110 0 0 10 41 45 46 5 0.241
Tommy McCraw 129 391 43 101 0 0 7 33 41 47 12 0.258
Frank Duffy 130 385 23 92 0 0 3 27 31 54 6 0.239
Del Unser 132 383 29 91 0 0 1 17 28 46 5 0.238
Alex Johnson 108 356 31 85 0 0 8 37 22 40 6 0.239
Eddie Leon 89 225 14 45 0 0 4 16 20 47 0 0.200
John Lowenstein 68 151 16 32 0 0 6 21 20 43 2 0.212
Roy Foster 73 143 19 32 0 0 4 13 21 23 0 0.224
Jerry Moses 52 141 9 31 0 0 4 14 11 29 0 0.220
Gaylord Perry 41 110 5 17 0 0 1 9 5 43 0 0.155
Ron Lolich 24 80 4 15 0 0 2 8 4 20 0 0.188
Dick Tidrow 39 70 5 7 0 0 0 6 2 34 0 0.100
Milt Wilcox 32 45 3 9 0 0 0 4 2 12 0 0.200
Lou Camilli 39 41 2 6 0 0 0 3 3 8 0 0.146
Kurt Bevacqua 19 35 2 4 0 0 1 1 3 10 0 0.114
Steve Dunning 20 33 6 9 0 0 3 4 3 9 0 0.273
Ray Lamb 34 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 0.000
Vince Colbert 23 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0.200
Jack Heidemann 10 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.150
Mike Kilkenny 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.071
Tom Hilgendorf 19 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0.077
Phil Hennigan 38 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.083
Fred Stanley 6 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.167
Steve Mingori 42 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Ed Farmer 46 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.143
Adolfo Phillips 12 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Denny Riddleberger 38 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Steve Hargan 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Johnson 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Bill Butler 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marcelino Lopez 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lowell Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gaylord Perry 1.92 2 Denny Riddleberger 2.50 3 Phil Hennigan 2.67 4 Tom Hilgendorf 2.68 5 Dick Tidrow 2.77

Wins

1 Gaylord Perry 24 2 Dick Tidrow 14 3 Milt Wilcox 7 4 Steve Dunning 6 5 Phil Hennigan 5

Strikeouts

1 Gaylord Perry 234 2 Dick Tidrow 123 3 Milt Wilcox 90 4 Ray Lamb 64 5 Steve Dunning 52
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gaylord Perry 24 16 1.92 41 40 1 342.2 82 234
Dick Tidrow 14 15 2.77 39 34 0 237.1 70 123
Milt Wilcox 7 14 3.40 32 27 0 156.0 72 90
Ray Lamb 5 6 3.09 34 9 0 107.2 29 64
Steve Dunning 6 4 3.26 16 16 0 105.0 43 52
Vince Colbert 1 7 4.58 22 11 0 74.2 38 36
Phil Hennigan 5 3 2.67 38 1 6 67.1 18 44
Ed Farmer 2 5 4.40 46 1 7 61.1 27 33
Mike Kilkenny 4 1 3.41 22 7 1 58.0 39 44
Steve Mingori 0 6 3.95 41 0 10 57.0 36 47
Denny Riddleberger 1 3 2.50 38 0 0 54.0 22 34
Tom Hilgendorf 3 1 2.68 19 5 0 47.0 21 25
Steve Hargan 0 3 5.85 12 1 0 20.0 15 10
Bill Butler 0 0 1.54 6 2 0 11.2 10 6
Marcelino Lopez 0 0 5.40 4 2 0 8.1 10 1
Lowell Palmer 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 3

👥 Roster (36)

Buddy Bell Kurt Bevacqua Jack Brohamer Bill Butler Lou Camilli Chris Chambliss Vince Colbert Frank Duffy Steve Dunning Ed Farmer Ray Fosse Roy Foster +24 more

36 players

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