1972 Texas Rangers

54-100 • 0.351 Win% • 6th in AL W

📊 Season Record

54 Wins
100 Losses
0.351 Win %
6th Rank
461 R 628 RA
Diff -167

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461 Runs Scored
628 Runs Allowed
-167 Run Diff
667K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .217 9% below the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .288 5% below the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .250 15% below the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 3.53 15% worse than the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 461 14% below the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumArlington Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 667,287
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Avg per Game 8,666

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Toby Harrah 0.259 2 Larry Biittner 0.259 3 Dick Billings 0.254 4 Elliott Maddox 0.252 5 Frank Howard 0.244

Home Runs

1 Ted Ford 14 2 Frank Howard 9 3 Don Mincher 6 4 Dick Billings 5 5 Dalton Jones 4

RBI

1 Dick Billings 58 2 Ted Ford 50 3 Don Mincher 39 4 Larry Biittner 31 5 Toby Harrah 31
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Nelson 145 499 68 113 0 0 2 28 67 81 51 0.226
Dick Billings 133 469 41 119 0 0 5 58 29 77 1 0.254
Ted Ford 129 429 43 101 0 0 14 50 37 80 4 0.235
Larry Biittner 137 382 34 99 0 0 3 31 29 37 1 0.259
Toby Harrah 116 374 47 97 0 0 1 31 34 31 16 0.259
Joe Lovitto 117 330 23 74 0 0 1 19 37 54 13 0.224
Elliott Maddox 98 294 40 74 0 0 0 10 49 53 20 0.252
Frank Howard 95 287 28 70 0 0 9 31 42 55 1 0.244
Lenny Randle 74 249 23 48 0 0 2 21 13 51 4 0.193
Don Mincher 61 191 23 45 0 0 6 39 46 23 2 0.236
Vic Harris 61 186 8 26 0 0 0 10 12 39 7 0.140
Dalton Jones 72 151 14 24 0 0 4 19 10 31 1 0.159
Jim Mason 46 147 10 29 0 0 0 10 9 39 0 0.197
Tom Grieve 64 142 12 29 0 0 3 11 11 39 1 0.204
Hal King 50 122 12 22 0 0 4 12 25 35 0 0.180
Bill Fahey 39 119 8 20 0 0 1 10 12 23 4 0.168
Ted Kubiak 46 116 5 26 0 0 0 7 12 12 0 0.224
Jeff Burroughs 22 65 4 12 0 0 1 3 5 22 0 0.185
Tom Ragland 25 58 3 10 0 0 0 2 5 11 0 0.172
Dick Bosman 29 53 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 19 0 0.094
Rich Hand 30 52 2 8 0 0 0 3 1 13 0 0.154
Pete Broberg 39 51 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 24 0 0.078
Mike Paul 49 48 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 19 0 0.167
Marty Martinez 26 41 3 6 0 0 0 3 2 8 0 0.146
Bill Gogolewski 36 40 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 16 0 0.125
Ken Suarez 25 33 2 5 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0.152
Don Stanhouse 26 31 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0.129
Jim Driscoll 15 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.000
Paul Lindblad 66 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.200
Jim Shellenback 22 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.100
Casey Cox 35 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.111
Jim Panther 58 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.125
Horacio Pina 60 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Rich Hinton 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Gerry Janeski 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Lawson 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jan Dukes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Roland 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Paul 2.17 2 Paul Lindblad 2.62 3 Horacio Pina 3.20 4 Rich Hand 3.32 5 Jim Shellenback 3.47

Wins

1 Rich Hand 10 2 Dick Bosman 8 3 Mike Paul 8 4 Pete Broberg 5 5 Paul Lindblad 5

Strikeouts

1 Pete Broberg 133 2 Rich Hand 109 3 Mike Paul 108 4 Dick Bosman 105 5 Bill Gogolewski 95
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pete Broberg 5 12 4.29 39 25 1 176.1 85 133
Dick Bosman 8 10 3.63 29 29 0 173.1 48 105
Rich Hand 10 14 3.32 30 28 0 170.2 103 109
Mike Paul 8 9 2.17 49 20 1 161.2 52 108
Bill Gogolewski 4 11 4.24 36 21 2 150.2 58 95
Don Stanhouse 2 9 3.78 24 16 0 104.2 73 78
Paul Lindblad 5 8 2.62 66 0 9 99.2 29 51
Jim Panther 5 9 4.13 58 4 0 93.2 46 44
Horacio Pina 2 7 3.20 60 0 15 76.0 43 60
Casey Cox 3 5 4.41 35 4 4 65.1 26 27
Jim Shellenback 2 4 3.47 22 6 1 57.0 16 30
Steve Lawson 0 0 2.81 13 0 1 16.0 10 13
Gerry Janeski 0 1 2.84 4 1 0 12.2 7 7
Rich Hinton 0 1 2.38 5 0 0 11.1 10 4
Jim Roland 0 0 8.10 5 0 0 3.1 2 4
Jan Dukes 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 2.1 5 0

👥 Roster (38)

Larry Biittner Dick Billings Dick Bosman Pete Broberg Jeff Burroughs Casey Cox Jim Driscoll Jan Dukes Bill Fahey Ted Ford Bill Gogolewski Tom Grieve +26 more

38 players

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