1972 Atlanta Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 4th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 752,970, Avg. 11,073
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Manager: Lum Harris (47-57)
Manager: Eddie Mathews (23-27)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1972 Atlanta Braves Roster
1972 Atlanta Braves Results

The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the 1972 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's West Division.

The Braves plated 628 runs and allowed 730 runs, most in the league. Hank Aaron walloped 34 home runs for Atlanta, while Earl Williams, Dusty Baker and Darrell Evans each swatted 20 or more also. Earl Williams drove in 87 runs. Ralph Garr led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .325. Phil Niekro topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.06 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Lum Harris and Eddie Mathews coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Phil Niekro1612.5713.06383611710282.3254112962253316453101150
Pat Jarvis117.6114.103761700298.7945045744756015423
Ron Reed1115.4233.93313001110213.022210993186071116011913
George Stone611.3535.5131167211111.0143726818441163403511
Jim Hardin52.7144.41269410279.79347391124425204356
Tom Kelley57.4174.5627144210116.312265591265459009518
Ron Schueler58.3853.67371812302144.712268591660396204609
Cecil Upshaw35.3753.6942029001353.7502222519923102227
Denny McLain35.3756.50158520154.06041391218021121237
Jimmy Freeman22.5006.0066010036.0402624522118004167
Larry Jaster11.5005.1151100012.31277480600153
Jim Nash11.5005.46114400131.3352019225110006143
Joe Hoerner13.2506.562501200223.334181748219112111
Tom House002.898050029.3733160710038
Steve Barber005.7450400015.7181010160611271
Gary Neibauer007.2780200017.3271514660810283
Mike McQueen05.0004.60237810178.37945401144340103357
Totals7084.4554.27375155115404271377.0141273065415551255732268695967

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Ralph Garr1345945548718022012532592541.325.359.430.78823896632
Earl Williams1516375657214624228870062118.258.336.457.793258176046
Dusty Baker127503446621432721776474568.321.383.504.88822594262
Felix Millan12553449846128193138642328.257.292.313.60515673731
Hank Aaron129544449751191003477409255.265.390.514.9042311710215
Marty Perez14151847933109131128033055.228.276.265.541127213331
Darrell Evans125521418671061201971429058.254.384.419.80317564094
Mike Lum1234243694084142938145052.228.323.350.67312973024
Rico Carty863152713175122629004433.277.378.402.78010980004
Oscar Brown7616816419375131602429.226.244.323.5675340000
Sonny Jackson60133126203063081079.238.278.333.6124240000
Larvell Blanks3394851028501700712.329.376.424.8003630110
Paul Casanova491401368283021001428.206.229.272.5013770002
Orlando Cepeda289184625304900717.298.352.476.8284010001
Jim Breazeale52918510212051701612.247.297.447.7443820001
Gil Garrido4087751120100711116.267.368.280.6482131001
Phil Niekro3810893718101400122.194.216.237.45322221110
Ron Reed318073513100500021.178.173.192.3651400520
Bob Didier13444051221050024.300.341.400.7411611010
Rod Gilbreath18413829100111210.237.293.263.5561011000
Ron Schueler37454218100000117.190.209.214.424900200
George Stone3338252500020066.200.344.200.544510610
Pat Jarvis37282423200100110.125.160.208.368500300
Tom Kelley27383413000000213.088.139.088.227300200
Rowland Office2651200000012.400.500.400.900200000
Jim Nash11990200010004.222.222.222.444200000
Denny McLain1516120200000024.167.286.167.452200200
Jim Hardin26292132001100512.095.269.238.507500300
Mike McQueen2323232200020008.087.087.087.174210000
Steve Barber5550100000001.200.200.200.400100000
Cecil Upshaw42870100000002.143.143.143.286100100
Jimmy Freeman815130100000026.077.200.077.277100000
Gary Neibauer8540000000002.000.000.000.000000100
Tom House8110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Joe Hoerner25440000000004.000.000.000.000000000
Larry Jaster5110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Totals1891593852786281363186171445934735532770.258.328.382.710201513135553844


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Hank Aaron1B109106932.0968661479.9879.9859.4860000
Orlando Cepeda1B2221176.0171130151.0009.4098.3640000
Earl Williams1B2015138.014080101.0009.6527.4000000
Jim Breazeale1B1612123.011930111.0008.9277.6250000
Mike Lum1B219.062001.0008.0004.0000000
Felix Millan2B1201191044.0273339867.9875.2765.1000000
Gil Garrido2B2115146.0385319.9895.6104.3330000
Larvell Blanks2B1815140.038550121.0005.9795.1670000
Rod Gilbreath2B7646.01313031.0005.0873.7140000
Darrell Evans3B1231221093.01262732520.9413.2853.2440000
Earl Williams3B2121177.01630101.8212.3392.1900000
Sonny Jackson3B6543.0131010.9584.8143.8330000
Rod Gilbreath3B4436.031311.9414.0004.0000000
Larvell Blanks3B2218.036001.0004.5004.5000000
Gil Garrido3B3110.014001.0004.5001.6670000
Jim Breazeale3B104.020001.0004.5002.0000000
Earl WilliamsC116113986.058449137.9805.7785.457280782625.0
Paul CasanovaC4332300.01391643.9754.6503.6054010844.4
Bob DidierC111091.05011011.0006.0335.5454011321.4
Ralph GarrOF1311311137.02468101.9622.0111.9390000
Dusty BakerOF1231151044.0344841.9893.0342.8620000
Mike LumOF10993865.0241461.9762.5492.2480000
Rico CartyOF7878579.0139331.9792.2071.8210000
Oscar BrownOF5928334.0827102.8992.3981.5080000
Hank AaronOF1515118.028430.9142.4412.1330000
Sonny JacksonOF10444.060001.0001.227.6000000
Rowland OfficeOF1110.030001.0002.7003.0000000
Phil NiekroP3836282.0264044.9432.1061.7370000
Ron ReedP3130213.0153633.9442.1551.6450000
Ron SchuelerP3718145.01411011.0001.552.6760000
Tom KelleyP2714116.04610.909.776.3700000
George StoneP3116111.032312.9632.108.8390000
Pat JarvisP37699.051911.9602.182.6490000
Jim HardinP26980.0310011.0001.463.5000000
Mike McQueenP23778.00811.889.923.3480000
Cecil UpshawP42054.021210.9332.333.3330000
Denny McLainP15854.02510.8751.167.4670000
Jimmy FreemanP6636.01210.750.750.5000000
Jim NashP11431.004011.0001.161.3640000
Joe HoernerP25023.011001.000.783.0800000
Gary NeibauerP8017.002001.0001.059.2500000
Steve BarberP5016.025001.0003.9381.4000000
Larry JasterP5112.011001.0001.500.4000000
Tom HouseP809.002001.0002.000.2500000
Marty PerezSS1411361198.02203782773.9574.4924.2410000
Sonny JacksonSS1715123.0285229.9765.8544.7060000
Larvell BlanksSS4330.0813001.0006.3005.2500000
Gil GarridoSS10126.045021.0003.115.9000000
Totals1738139512396.041311633156343.9744.1853.316360993727.2




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