1972 Los Angeles Dodgers

85-70 • 0.548 Win% • 2nd in NL W

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
70 Losses
0.548 Win %
2nd Rank
584 R 527 RA
Diff +57

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⚡ Quick Stats

584 Runs Scored
527 Runs Allowed
+57 Run Diff
1,860K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .255 3% above the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .318 1% above the 1972 league average (.313)
SLG .311 equal to the 1972 league average (.313)
Team ERA 2.78 20% better than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 584 4% below the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumDodger Stadium
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 1,860,498
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Avg per Game 24,806

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Manny Mota 0.323 2 Bill Buckner 0.319 3 Willie Davis 0.289 4 Wes Parker 0.279 5 Bobby Valentine 0.274

Home Runs

1 Willie Davis 19 2 Frank Robinson 19 3 Steve Garvey 9 4 Willie Crawford 8 5 Bill Buckner 5

RBI

1 Willie Davis 79 2 Wes Parker 59 3 Frank Robinson 59 4 Manny Mota 48 5 Bill Buckner 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Davis 149 615 81 178 0 0 19 79 27 61 20 0.289
Bill Russell 129 434 47 118 0 0 4 34 34 64 14 0.272
Wes Parker 130 427 45 119 0 0 4 59 62 43 3 0.279
Bobby Valentine 119 391 42 107 0 0 3 32 27 33 5 0.274
Bill Buckner 105 383 47 122 0 0 5 37 17 13 10 0.319
Manny Mota 118 371 57 120 0 0 5 48 27 15 4 0.323
Frank Robinson 103 342 41 86 0 0 19 59 55 76 2 0.251
Steve Garvey 96 294 36 79 0 0 9 30 19 36 4 0.269
Willie Crawford 96 243 28 61 0 0 8 27 35 55 4 0.251
Lee Lacy 60 243 34 63 0 0 0 12 19 37 5 0.259
Chris Cannizzaro 73 200 14 48 0 0 2 18 31 38 0 0.240
Jim Lefebvre 70 169 11 34 0 0 5 24 17 30 0 0.201
Duke Sims 51 151 7 29 0 0 2 11 17 23 0 0.192
Billy Grabarkewitz 53 144 17 24 0 0 4 16 18 53 3 0.167
Maury Wills 71 132 16 17 0 0 0 4 10 18 1 0.129
Steve Yeager 35 106 18 29 0 0 4 15 16 26 0 0.274
Don Sutton 33 91 4 13 0 0 0 1 2 24 0 0.143
Claude Osteen 36 88 9 24 0 0 1 11 5 19 0 0.273
Al Downing 31 66 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 27 0 0.121
Tommy John 29 63 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.159
Dick Dietz 27 56 4 9 0 0 1 6 14 11 2 0.161
Bill Singer 26 55 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 0.073
Tom Paciorek 11 47 4 12 0 0 1 6 1 7 1 0.255
Davey Lopes 11 42 6 9 0 0 0 1 7 6 4 0.214
Ron Cey 11 37 3 10 0 0 1 3 7 10 0 0.270
Joe Ferguson 8 24 2 7 0 0 1 5 2 4 0 0.292
Terry McDermott 9 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.130
Mike Strahler 19 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.182
Pete Mikkelsen 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.000
Doug Rau 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.143
Pete Richert 37 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.500
Jim Brewer 51 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Hoyt Wilhelm 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Charlie Hough 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Peña 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Perranoski 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Brewer 1.26 2 Don Sutton 2.08 3 Doug Rau 2.20 4 Pete Richert 2.25 5 Claude Osteen 2.64

Wins

1 Claude Osteen 20 2 Don Sutton 19 3 Tommy John 11 4 Al Downing 9 5 Jim Brewer 8

Strikeouts

1 Don Sutton 207 2 Al Downing 117 3 Tommy John 117 4 Bill Singer 101 5 Claude Osteen 100
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Sutton 19 9 2.08 33 33 0 272.2 63 207
Claude Osteen 20 11 2.64 33 33 0 252.0 69 100
Al Downing 9 9 2.98 31 30 0 202.2 67 117
Tommy John 11 5 2.89 29 29 0 186.2 40 117
Bill Singer 6 16 3.67 26 25 0 169.1 60 101
Jim Brewer 8 7 1.26 51 0 17 78.1 25 69
Pete Mikkelsen 5 5 4.06 33 0 5 57.2 23 41
Pete Richert 2 3 2.25 37 0 6 52.0 18 38
Mike Strahler 1 2 3.26 19 2 0 47.0 22 25
Doug Rau 2 2 2.20 7 3 0 32.2 11 19
Hoyt Wilhelm 0 1 4.62 16 0 1 25.1 15 9
Ron Perranoski 2 0 2.70 9 0 0 16.2 8 5
Jose Peña 0 0 8.59 5 0 0 7.1 6 4
Charlie Hough 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 2.2 2 4

👥 Roster (36)

Jim Brewer Bill Buckner Chris Cannizzaro Ron Cey Willie Crawford Willie Davis Dick Dietz Al Downing Joe Ferguson Steve Garvey Billy Grabarkewitz Charlie Hough +24 more

36 players

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