1972 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1972 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. This was the Rangers' first season in Texas, as well as the club's first year in the AL West, after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C., and from 1969 to 1971 in the American League East. The Rangers were dead last in batting in the major leagues with a .217 team batting average.

1972 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Short
General manager(s)Joe Burke
Manager(s)Ted Williams
Local televisionKDTV
Local radioKRLD
(Don Drysdale, Bill Mercer)
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Offseason

Regular season

The first game in Texas

Opening Day starters, April 15, 1972

  2Lenny Randle2B
  1Dave Nelson3B
  5Don Mincher1B
15Hal KingC
33Frank Howard   LF
  4Larry Biittner   RF
35Joe LovittoCF
11Toby HarrahSS
27Dick BosmanP[7]

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9362 0.600 48–29 45–33
Chicago White Sox 8767 0.565 55–23 32–44
Minnesota Twins 7777 0.500 15½ 42–32 35–45
Kansas City Royals 7678 0.494 16½ 44–33 32–45
California Angels 7580 0.484 18 44–36 31–44
Texas Rangers 54100 0.351 38½ 31–46 23–54

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore 7–116–68–48–1010–86–610–56–67–66–66–6
Boston 11–78–46–68–75–96–611–74–89–99–38–4
California 6–64–87–118–45–79–67–57–84–88–1010–7
Chicago 4–86–611–78–45–78–99–38–67–57–814–4
Cleveland 10–87–84–84–810–86–65–108–47–112–109–3
Detroit 8–109–57–57–58–107–510–89–37–94–810–2
Kansas City 6–66–66–99–86–65–77–59–97–57–118–6
Milwaukee 5–107–115–73–910–58–105–74–89–94–85–7
Minnesota 6–68–48–76–84–83–99–98–46–68–911–7
New York 6–79–98–45–711–79–75–79–96–63–98–4
Oakland 6–63–910–88–710–28–411–78–49–89–311–4
Texas 6–64–87–104–143–92–106–87–57–114–84–11

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CDick Billings13346941119.2545581
1BFrank Howard952872870.2449311
2BLenny Randle742492348.1932214
3BDave Nelson14549968113.22622851
SSToby Harrah1163744797.25913116
LFTom Grieve641421229.2043111
CFJoe Lovitto1173302374.22411913
RFTed Ford12942943101.23514504

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Larry Biittner1373823499.2593311
Elliott Maddox982944074.25201020
Don Mincher611912345.2366392
Vic Harris61186826.1400107
Dalton Jones721511424.1594191
Jim Mason461471029.1970100
Hal King501221222.1804120
Bill Fahey39119820.1681104
Ted Kubiak46116526.224070
Jeff Burroughs2265412.185130
Tom Ragland2558310.172020
Marty Martínez264136.146030
Ken Suarez253325.152040
Jim Driscoll151800.000000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Bosman29173.18103.63105
Rich Hand30170.210143.32109
Don Stanhouse24104.2293.7878

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Broberg39176.15124.29133
Mike Paul49161.2892.17108
Bill Gogolewski36150.24114.2495
Jim Shellenback2257243.4730
Gerry Janeski412.2012.847

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Horacio Piña6027153.2060
Paul Lindblad665892.6251
Jim Panther585904.1344
Casey Cox353544.4127
Steve Lawson130012.8113
Rich Hinton50102.384
Jim Roland50008.104
Jan Dukes30003.860

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Del Wilber
AA Pittsfield Senators Eastern League Joe Klein
A Burlington Rangers Carolina League Frank Gable
A Greenville Rangers Western Carolinas League Rich Donnelly
A-Short Season Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Bill Haywood

Notes

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
  • 1972 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1972 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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