1972 Milwaukee Brewers season

1972 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Frank Lane
Manager(s)	Dave Bristol, Roy McMillan, Del Crandall
Local television	WTMJ-TV
Local radio	620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 65 wins and 91 losses. Because of the move of the Washington Senators to Texas, the Brewers shifted from the AL West to the AL East.

Offseason

• October 10, 1971: Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse, Tommy Harper, and Pat Skrable (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Don Pavletich, and George Scott.^[1]
• October 22, 1971: Tom Matchick and Bruce Look were traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (minors).^[2]
• November 26, 1971: Eduardo Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• January 26, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.^[4]
• March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Yankees.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	86	70	0.551	—	44–34	42–36
Boston Red Sox	85	70	0.548	½	52–26	33–44
Baltimore Orioles	80	74	0.519	5	38–39	42–35
New York Yankees	79	76	0.510	6½	46–31	33–45
Cleveland Indians	72	84	0.462	14	43–34	29–50
Milwaukee Brewers	65	91	0.417	21	37–42	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	TEX
Baltimore	—	7–11	6–6	8–4	8–10	10–8	6–6	10–5	6–6	7–6	6–6	6–6
Boston	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	8–7	5–9	6–6	11–7	4–8	9–9	9–3	8–4
California	6–6	4–8	—	7–11	8–4	5–7	9–6	7–5	7–8	4–8	8–10	10–7
Chicago	4–8	6–6	11–7	—	8–4	5–7	8–9	9–3	8–6	7–5	7–8	14–4
Cleveland	10–8	7–8	4–8	4–8	—	10–8	6–6	5–10	8–4	7–11	2–10	9–3
Detroit	8–10	9–5	7–5	7–5	8–10	—	7–5	10–8	9–3	7–9	4–8	10–2
Kansas City	6–6	6–6	6–9	9–8	6–6	5–7	—	7–5	9–9	7–5	7–11	8–6
Milwaukee	5–10	7–11	5–7	3–9	10–5	8–10	5–7	—	4–8	9–9	4–8	5–7
Minnesota	6–6	8–4	8–7	6–8	4–8	3–9	9–9	8–4	—	6–6	8–9	11–7
New York	6–7	9–9	8–4	5–7	11–7	9–7	5–7	9–9	6–6	—	3–9	8–4
Oakland	6–6	3–9	10–8	8–7	10–2	8–4	11–7	8–4	9–8	9–3	—	11–4
Texas	6–6	4–8	7–10	4–14	3–9	2–10	6–8	7–5	7–11	4–8	4–11	—

Notable transactions

• May 26, 1972: Curt Motton was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Archie Reynolds.^[6]
• June 6, 1972: Bob Sheldon was drafted by the Brewers in the 22nd round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.^[7]
• July 10, 1972: Dick Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[8]
• July 28, 1972: Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien.^[9]

Roster

1972 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 40 Jerry Bell 24 Ken Brett 48 Jim Colborn 25 Frank Linzy 42 Skip Lockwood 27 Jim Lonborg 49 Ray Newman 52 Bill Parsons 49 Archie Reynolds 43 Gary Ryerson 20 Ken Sanders 41 Jim Slaton 38 Earl Stephenson 34 Chuck Taylor		Catchers 17 Joe Azcue 39 John Felske 15 Darrell Porter  5 Paul Ratliff  6 Ellie Rodríguez Infielders 19 Rick Auerbach  7 Ron Clark 33 Mike Ferraro  2 Bob Heise  7 Syd O'Brien  5 George Scott 16 Ron Theobald		Outfielders 12 Johnny Briggs 14 Ollie Brown  9 Billy Conigliaro 22 Brock Davis  3 Joe Lahoud 11 Dave May 21 Curt Motton 10 Tommie Reynolds 32 Bill Voss		Manager  4 Dave Bristol (4/15 – 5/27) 26 Roy McMillan (5/28 – 5/29)  1 Del Crandall (5/30 – 10/4) Coaches 31 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting) 26 Roy McMillan (First Base) 30 Jackie Moore (bullpen)   Bob Shaw (Pitching, 9/1 – 10/4) 18 Wes Stock (Pitching, 4/15 – 8/31)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rodríguez, EllieEllie Rodríguez	116	355	101	.285	2	35
1B	Scott, GeorgeGeorge Scott	152	578	154	.266	20	88
2B	Theobald, RonRon Theobald	125	391	86	.220	1	19
3B	Ferraro, MikeMike Ferraro	124	381	97	.255	2	29
SS	Auerbach, RickRick Auerbach	153	554	121	.218	2	30
LF	Briggs, JohnJohn Briggs	135	418	111	.266	21	65
CF	May, DaveDave May	143	500	119	.238	9	45
RF	Lahoud, JoeJoe Lahoud	111	316	75	.237	12	34

Other batters

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
OF	Conigliaro, BillyBilly Conigliaro	52	191	44	.230	7	16
LF,RF	Reynolds, TommieTommie Reynolds	72	130	26	.200	2	13
2B,3B	Clark, RonRon Clark	22	54	10	.185	2	5
LF	Motton, CurtCurt Motton	6	6	1	.167	1	2
C	Azcue, JoeJoe Azcue	11	14	2	.143	0	0
LF,RF	Voss, BillBill Voss	27	36	3	.083	0	1
2B,3B,SS	Heise, BobBob Heise	95	271	72	.266	0	12
RF,3B	Brown, OllieOllie Brown	66	179	50	.279	3	25
OF	Davis, BrockBrock Davis	85	154	49	.318	0	12
C,1B	Felske, JohnJohn Felske	37	80	11	.138	1	5
C	Ratliff, PaulPaul Ratliff	22	42	3	.071	1	4
C	Porter, DarrellDarrell Porter	18	56	7	.125	1	2
2B,3B	O'Brien, SydSyd O'Brien	31	58	12	.207	1	5

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lonborg, JimJim Lonborg	33	30	223	14	12	2.83	143
Parsons, BillBill Parsons	33	30	214	13	13	3.91	111
Lockwood, SkipSkip Lockwood	29	27	170	8	15	3.60	106
Brett, KenKen Brett	26	22	133	7	12	4.53	74

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Colborn, JimJim Colborn	39	12	147.2	7	7	3.11	92
Bell, JerryJerry Bell	25	3	70.2	5	1	1.66	20
Reynolds, ArchieArchie Reynolds	5	2	18.2	0	1	7.23	13
Slaton, JimJim Slaton	9	8	44	1	6	5.52	17
Stephenson, EarlEarl Stephenson	35	8	80.1	3	5	3.25	33
Ryerson, GaryGary Ryerson	20	14	102	3	8	3.62	45

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Linzy, FrankFrank Linzy	47	77.1	2	2	12	3.03	24
Newman, RayRay Newman	4	7	0	0	1	0.00	1
Sanders, KenKen Sanders	62	92.1	2	9	17	3.12	51
Taylor, ChuckChuck Taylor	5	11.2	0	0	1	1.54	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Evansville Triplets	American Association	Del Crandall and Mike Roarke
AA	San Antonio Brewers	Texas League	Mike Roarke, Al Widmar and Jim Walton
A	Danville Warriors	Midwest League	Joe Nossek
A-Short Season	Newark Co-Pilots	New York–Penn League	Sandy Johnson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville

Notes

1. Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference
2. Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
3. Eduardo Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference
4. Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
5. Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
6. Curt Motton page at Baseball-Reference
7. Bob Sheldon page at Baseball-Reference
8. Dick Davis page at Baseball-Reference
9. Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers roster page at www.retrosheet.org