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1972 Chicago White Sox
File:Chicago White Sox Logo.svg
DivisionAmerican League West
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersArthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
ManagersChuck Tanner
TelevisionWFLD
(Jack Drees, Bud Kelly)
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)
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The 1972 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 73rd season overall, and 72nd in the American League. They finished with a record 87-67, good enough for second place in the American League West, 5½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 93 62 .600 — 48‍–‍29 45‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 87 67 .565 5½ 55‍–‍23 32‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 77 77 .500 15½ 42‍–‍32 35‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 76 78 .494 16½ 44‍–‍33 32‍–‍45
California Angels 75 80 .484 18 44‍–‍36 31‍–‍44
Texas Rangers 54 100 .351 38½ 31‍–‍46 23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 —


Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

  • May 16, 1972: Lowell Palmer was released by the White Sox.[1]
  • June 6, 1972: Nyls Nyman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.[6]
  • June 16, 1972: Jim Qualls was released by the White Sox.[4]
  • August 17, 1972: Eddie Fisher was traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and Bruce Miller. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Kimm (September 1, 1972) to the California Angels to complete the trade.[7]
  • September 1, 1972: Hank Allen was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[8]

Roster

1972 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Dick Allen, 1B 148 506 90 156 28 5 37 113 99 126 .308 19
Hank Allen, 3B 9 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143 0
Luis Alvarado, SS,2B 103 254 30 54 4 1 4 29 13 36 .213 2
Mike Andrews, 2B,1B 148 505 58 111 18 0 7 50 70 78 .220 2
Buddy Bradford, OF 35 48 13 13 2 0 2 8 4 13 .271 3
Chuck Brinkman, C 35 52 1 7 0 0 0 0 4 7 .135 0
Tom Egan, C 50 141 8 27 3 0 2 9 4 48 .191 0
Rudy Hernandez, SS 8 21 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .190 0
Ed Herrmann, C 116 354 23 88 9 0 10 40 43 37 .249 0
Jay Johnstone, OF 113 261 27 49 9 0 4 17 25 42 .188 2
Pat Kelly, RF 119 402 57 105 14 7 5 24 55 69 .261 32
Jim Lyttle, CF,RF 44 82 8 19 5 2 0 5 1 28 .232 0
Carlos May, LF,1B 148 523 83 161 26 3 12 68 79 70 .308 23
Bill Melton, 3B 57 208 22 51 5 0 7 30 23 31 .245 1
Rich Morales, SS,3B,2B 110 287 24 59 7 1 2 20 19 49 .206 2
Tony Muser, 1B 44 61 6 17 2 2 1 9 2 6 .279 1
Jorge Orta, SS,2B,3B 51 124 20 25 3 1 3 11 6 37 .202 3
Jim Qualls, CF 11 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Rick Reichardt, CF,LF 101 291 31 73 14 4 8 43 28 63 .251 2
Lee Richard, CF 11 29 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 7 .241 1
Ed Spiezio, 3B 74 277 20 66 10 1 2 22 13 43 .238 0
Walt Williams, RF 77 221 22 55 7 1 2 11 13 20 .249 6
Hugh Yancy, 3B 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Cy Acosta, P 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0
Stan Bahnsen, P 44 92 5 14 2 0 0 2 1 38 .152 0
Tom Bradley, P 43 91 1 12 2 0 0 3 1 34 .132 0
Moe Drabowsky, P 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Eddie Fisher, P 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Terry Forster, P 63 19 1 10 0 0 0 3 1 2 .526 1
Jim Geddes, P 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Goose Gossage, P 36 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 0
Bart Johnson, P 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Steve Kealey, P 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Dave Lemonds, P 34 25 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 16 .120 0
Dan Neumeier, P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Phil Regan, P 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0
Vicente Romo, P 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Wilbur Wood, P 49 125 8 17 0 0 0 7 6 65 .136 0
Team totals
 154 5083 566 1208 170 28 108 528 511 991 .238 100

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Cy Acosta 3 0 1.56 26 0 5 34.2 25 6 6 2 20 28
Stan Bahnsen 21 16 3.60 43 41 0 252.1 263 107 101 22 74 157
Tom Bradley 15 14 2.98 40 40 0 260.0 225 94 86 19 69 209
Moe Drabowsky 0 0 2.45 7 0 0 7.1 6 2 2 0 2 4
Eddie Fisher 0 1 4.43 6 4 0 22.1 31 13 11 1 9 10
Terry Forster 6 5 2.25 62 0 29 100.0 75 31 25 0 47 104
Ken Frailing 1 0 3.00 4 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 1
Jim Geddes 0 0 6.97 5 1 0 10.1 12 9 8 1 10 3
Goose Gossage 7 1 4.28 36 1 2 80.0 72 44 38 2 47 57
Bart Johnson 0 3 9.22 9 0 1 13.2 18 20 14 2 15 9
Steve Kealey 3 2 3.30 40 0 4 57.1 50 21 21 4 13 37
Dave Lemonds 4 7 2.95 31 18 0 94.2 87 39 31 6 41 69
Dan Neumeier 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 3.0 2 3 3 0 3 0
Denny O'Toole 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 5.0 10 3 3 0 2 5
Phil Regan 0 1 4.05 10 0 0 13.1 18 7 6 1 8 4
Vicente Romo 3 0 3.31 28 0 1 51.2 47 19 19 5 20 46
Wilbur Wood 24 17 2.51 49 49 0 376.2 325 119 105 28 79 193
Team totals
 87 67 3.12 154 154 42 1385.1 1269 538 480 94 460 936

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Larry Sherry
AA Knoxville White Sox Southern League Joe Sparks
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Bert Thiel
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Joe Jones

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lowell Palmer at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Tommy John at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Jim Qualls at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  6. ^ Nyls Nyman at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml
  8. ^ Hank Allen at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1972 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
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