1972 Cleveland Indians season

The 1972 Cleveland Indians season was the 72nd in franchise history. The team finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 72–86, 14 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

1972 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Vernon Stouffer
General manager(s)Gabe Paul
Manager(s)Ken Aspromonte
Local televisionWJW-TV
Local radioWERE (1300)
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Offseason

George Steinbrenner offer

On December 6, 1971, George Steinbrenner led a group of investors (including Ted Bonda, Ed Jeffrey, Howard Metzenbaum, Steve O'Neill, Gabe Paul and Al Rosen) that negotiated with Jim Stouffer, the son of Indians owner Vernon Stouffer about the potential purchase of the franchise. The group offered $8.6 million and agreed to absorb $300,000 in debt (Stouffer borrowed against the Indians television contract for 1972).[1] Although Steinbrenner and Jim Stouffer agreed to a sale, Vernon Stouffer disapproved of the deal. He felt that he was able of getting $10 million for the franchise.[2]

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 8670 0.551 — 44–34 42–36
Boston Red Sox 8570 0.548 ½ 52–26 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 8074 0.519 5 38–39 42–35
New York Yankees 7976 0.510 6½ 46–31 33–45
Cleveland Indians 7284 0.462 14 43–34 29–50
Milwaukee Brewers 6591 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 —7–116–68–48–1010–86–610–56–67–66–66–6
Boston 11–7—8–46–68–75–96–611–74–89–99–38–4
California 6–64–8—7–118–45–79–67–57–84–88–1010–7
Chicago 4–86–611–7—8–45–78–99–38–67–57–814–4
Cleveland 10–87–84–84–8—10–86–65–108–47–112–109–3
Detroit 8–109–57–57–58–10—7–510–89–37–94–810–2
Kansas City 6–66–66–99–86–65–7—7–59–97–57–118–6
Milwaukee 5–107–115–73–910–58–105–7—4–89–94–85–7
Minnesota 6–68–48–76–84–83–99–98–4—6–68–911–7
New York 6–79–98–45–711–79–75–79–96–6—3–98–4
Oakland 6–63–910–88–710–28–411–78–49–89–3—11–4
Texas 6–64–87–104–143–92–106–87–57–114–84–11—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
1Del UnserCF
11Eddie Leon2B
20Alex JohnsonLF
12Graig Nettles3B
14Chris Chambliss1B
8Ray FosseC
9Buddy BellRF
15Frank DuffySS
36Gaylord PerryP

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Roster
1972 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CRay Fosse134457110.2411041
1BChris Chambliss121466136.292644
2BJack Brohamer136527123.233535
SSFrank Duffy13038592.239327
3BGraig Nettles150557141.2531770
LFAlex Johnson10835685.239837
CFDel Unser13238391.238117
RFBuddy Bell132466119.255936

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tommy McCraw129391101.258733
Eddie Leon8922545.200416
John Lowenstein6815132.212621
Roy Foster7314332.224413
Jerry Moses5214131.220414
Ron Lolich248015.18828
Lou Camilli39416.14603
Kurt Bevacqua19354.11411
Jack Heidemann10203.15000
Fred Stanley6122.16700
Adolfo Phillips1270.00000
Larry Johnson121.50000

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
Gaylord Perry41342.224161.92234
Dick Tidrow39237.114152.77123
Milt Wilcox321567143.4090
Steve Dunning16105643.2652

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
Ray Lamb34107.2563.0964
Vince Colbert2274.2174.5836
Mike Kilkenny2258413.4144
Tom Hilgendorf1947312.6825
Bill Butler611.2001.546
Marcelino López48.1005.401

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
Ed Farmer462574.4033
Steve Mingori4106103.9547
Phil Hennigan385362.6744
Denny Riddleberger381302.5034
Steve Hargan120305.8510
Lowell Palmer10004.503

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Ray Hathaway, Clay Bryant
and Dan Carnevale
AA Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Len Johnston
A Reno Silver Sox California League Lou Klimchock
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Pinky May

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Notes
  1. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 6, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
  2. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp. 6–7
  3. Sam McDowell page at Baseball Reference
  4. Del Unser page at Baseball Reference
  5. Adolfo Phillips page at Baseball Reference
  6. Rick Manning page at Baseball Reference
  7. Dennis Eckersley page at Baseball Reference
  8. Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference
  9. Lowell Palmer page at Baseball-Reference
  10. 1972 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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