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1972 Cleveland Indians Statistics
Team Record: 72-84
Finished 5th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 759,774, Avg. 11,689
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Ken Aspromonte (72-84)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1972 Cleveland Indians Results
The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1972 season with a record of 72 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's East Division.
The Indians scored 472 runs and gave up 519 runs. Graig Nettles led Cleveland with 17 home runs and drove in 70 runs. Chris Chambliss paced all regular hitters by hitting .292. Gaylord Perry earned 24 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 1.92 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Ken Aspromonte 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaylord Perry | 24 | 16 | .600 | 1.92 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 342.7 | 253 | 79 | 73 | 17 | 82 | 16 | 234 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1345 |
Dick Tidrow | 14 | 15 | .483 | 2.77 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 237.3 | 200 | 83 | 73 | 21 | 70 | 13 | 123 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 968 |
Milt Wilcox | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.40 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 156.0 | 145 | 67 | 59 | 18 | 72 | 11 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 669 |
Steve Dunning | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.26 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 98 | 39 | 38 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 441 |
Phil Hennigan | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.67 | 38 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 67.3 | 54 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 267 |
Ray Lamb | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.09 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.7 | 101 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 447 |
Mike Kilkenny | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.41 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 51 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 255 |
Tom Hilgendorf | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.68 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 51 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 207 |
Ed Farmer | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.40 | 46 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 61.3 | 51 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 257 |
Denny Riddleberger | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.50 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 220 |
Vince Colbert | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.58 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74.7 | 74 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 330 |
Bill Butler | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
Lowell Palmer | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Marcelino Lopez | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | |
Steve Hargan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.85 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 |
Steve Mingori | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3.95 | 41 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 57.0 | 67 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 36 | 8 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 271 |
Totals | 72 | 84 | .462 | 2.97 | 411 | 156 | 109 | 47 | 11 | 25 | 1410.0 | 1232 | 519 | 465 | 123 | 534 | 92 | 846 | 40 | 4 | 43 | 5877 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graig Nettles | 150 | 623 | 557 | 65 | 141 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 50 | .253 | .325 | .395 | .720 | 220 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Chris Chambliss | 121 | 499 | 466 | 51 | 136 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 63 | .292 | .327 | .397 | .724 | 185 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Jack Brohamer | 136 | 567 | 527 | 49 | 123 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 46 | .233 | .271 | .294 | .565 | 155 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
Buddy Bell | 132 | 505 | 466 | 49 | 119 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 29 | .255 | .310 | .363 | .672 | 169 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Ray Fosse | 134 | 508 | 457 | 42 | 110 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 46 | .241 | .312 | .354 | .666 | 162 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
Tommy McCraw | 129 | 442 | 391 | 43 | 101 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 47 | .258 | .333 | .368 | .701 | 144 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Frank Duffy | 130 | 428 | 385 | 23 | 92 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 54 | .239 | .297 | .325 | .621 | 125 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
Del Unser | 132 | 422 | 383 | 29 | 91 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 46 | .238 | .288 | .277 | .565 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Alex Johnson | 108 | 384 | 356 | 31 | 85 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 40 | .239 | .283 | .340 | .623 | 121 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Eddie Leon | 89 | 251 | 225 | 14 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 47 | .200 | .265 | .271 | .536 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Roy Foster | 73 | 169 | 143 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 23 | .224 | .325 | .336 | .661 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
John Lowenstein | 68 | 172 | 151 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 43 | .212 | .304 | .397 | .701 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Moses | 52 | 157 | 141 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .220 | .290 | .326 | .617 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Gaylord Perry | 41 | 131 | 110 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | .155 | .197 | .200 | .397 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Ron Lolich | 24 | 85 | 80 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .188 | .224 | .275 | .499 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Steve Dunning | 20 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .273 | .333 | .576 | .909 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Milt Wilcox | 32 | 51 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .200 | .234 | .244 | .478 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Tidrow | 39 | 85 | 70 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | .100 | .125 | .100 | .225 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Camilli | 39 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .146 | .205 | .195 | .400 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vince Colbert | 23 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kurt Bevacqua | 19 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .114 | .184 | .200 | .384 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Heidemann | 10 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .150 | .261 | .150 | .411 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Stanley | 6 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .250 | .536 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Farmer | 46 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Mingori | 42 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Hennigan | 38 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Hilgendorf | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .077 | .071 | .077 | .148 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mike Kilkenny | 22 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denny Riddleberger | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marcelino Lopez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Lamb | 34 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .000 | .192 | .000 | .192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Hargan | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adolfo Phillips | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lowell Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1982 | 5769 | 5207 | 472 | 1220 | 186 | 18 | 91 | 440 | 49 | 53 | 420 | 762 | .234 | .293 | .329 | .622 | 1715 | 112 | 26 | 83 | 33 | 62 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Chambliss | 1B | 119 | 117 | 1057.0 | 1109 | 56 | 8 | 109 | .993 | 9.920 | 9.790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy McCraw | 1B | 38 | 35 | 311.0 | 345 | 26 | 3 | 29 | .992 | 1.736 | 9.763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Fosse | 1B | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 9.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Moses | 1B | 3 | 2 | 18.0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Lowenstein | 1B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Brohamer | 2B | 132 | 130 | 1163.0 | 285 | 393 | 16 | 87 | .977 | 5.247 | 5.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Leon | 2B | 36 | 26 | 244.0 | 51 | 84 | 1 | 17 | .993 | 4.980 | 3.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Camilli | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Stanley | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Graig Nettles | 3B | 150 | 150 | 1351.0 | 114 | 338 | 21 | 27 | .956 | 3.011 | 3.013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buddy Bell | 3B | 6 | 5 | 49.0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.224 | 3.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Brohamer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Fosse | C | 124 | 121 | 1086.0 | 713 | 70 | 12 | 9 | .985 | 6.489 | 6.315 | 12 | 0 | 53 | 31 | 36.9 |
Jerry Moses | C | 39 | 35 | 320.0 | 201 | 16 | 4 | 7 | .982 | 6.103 | 5.564 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 48.0 |
Larry Johnson | C | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buddy Bell | OF | 123 | 115 | 1034.0 | 274 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .990 | 2.472 | 2.309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Del Unser | OF | 119 | 91 | 878.0 | 248 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.645 | 2.168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alex Johnson | OF | 95 | 95 | 751.0 | 145 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .955 | 1.786 | 1.568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy McCraw | OF | 84 | 67 | 643.0 | 159 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.253 | 1.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Lowenstein | OF | 58 | 36 | 373.0 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.027 | 1.448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Foster | OF | 45 | 36 | 282.0 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.787 | 1.244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Lolich | OF | 22 | 21 | 183.0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.967 | 1.818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | OF | 11 | 7 | 63.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Adolfo Phillips | OF | 10 | 0 | 24.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.625 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Mingori | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gaylord Perry | P | 41 | 40 | 343.0 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 7 | .975 | 2.073 | 1.927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Tidrow | P | 39 | 34 | 237.0 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.253 | .846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Milt Wilcox | P | 32 | 27 | 156.0 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .821 | 1.327 | .719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Lamb | P | 34 | 9 | 108.0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | .441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Dunning | P | 16 | 16 | 105.0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.543 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vince Colbert | P | 22 | 11 | 75.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.920 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Hennigan | P | 38 | 1 | 67.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .806 | .158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Farmer | P | 46 | 1 | 61.0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.361 | .348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Kilkenny | P | 22 | 7 | 58.0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.172 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Mingori | P | 41 | 0 | 57.0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.368 | .366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denny Riddleberger | P | 38 | 0 | 54.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Hilgendorf | P | 19 | 5 | 47.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.298 | .632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Hargan | P | 12 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.600 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Butler | P | 6 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marcelino Lopez | P | 4 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lowell Palmer | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Duffy | SS | 126 | 117 | 1031.0 | 197 | 360 | 13 | 75 | .977 | 4.862 | 4.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Leon | SS | 35 | 28 | 257.0 | 52 | 95 | 5 | 22 | .967 | 5.148 | 4.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Heidemann | SS | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 4.050 | 2.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Camilli | SS | 8 | 3 | 32.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.938 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Stanley | SS | 5 | 2 | 30.0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.300 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1821 | 1404 | 12693.0 | 4227 | 1736 | 116 | 417 | .981 | 4.228 | 3.275 | 16 | 0 | 66 | 43 | 39.4 |
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