1972 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1972
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	John Holland
Managers:	Leo Durocher, Whitey Lockman
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Radio:	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	CHC

The 1972 Chicago Cubs season was the 101st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 97th in the National League and the 57th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished second in the National League East with a record of 85–70.

Offseason

November 29, 1971: Ken Holtzman was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Rick Monday.^[1]
December 1, 1971: Ernie Banks was released by the Cubs.^[2]
January 20, 1972: Johnny Callison was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Jack Aker to the Cubs on May 17.^[3]
February 14, 1972: Julio González was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[4]

August 18, 1972: Tommy Davis was traded by the Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles for Elrod Hendricks.^[5]

June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft
- Buddy Schultz was drafted by the Cubs in the 6th round.^[6]
- Ray Burris was drafted by the Cubs in the 17th round. Player signed June 11, 1972.^[7]

1972 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	OutfieldersOther batters	ManagerCoaches (Bench) (First base) (Pitching) (Bullpen) (Third base)

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	114	357	78	.218	5	30
1B	115	368	100	.272	17	64
2B	120	474	128	.270	3	43
SS	149	577	158	.274	1	39
3B	133	464	140	.302	17	74
LF	150	574	191	.333	37	122
CF	138	434	108	.249	11	42
RF	143	533	155	.291	17	70

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
86	222	50	.225	8	42
66	214	56	.262	8	21
58	129	25	.194	1	11
66	127	23	.181	0	4
42	106	25	.236	2	9
25	50	12	.240	0	7
32	46	9	.196	0	4
17	43	5	.116	2	6
11	27	7	.259	0	5
15	26	7	.269	0	6
15	16	2	.125	0	1
5	12	3	.250	1	3
5	11	1	.091	0	0
13	8	0	.000	0	0
5	6	3	.500	0	4
3	3	0	.000	0	0
6	1	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ferguson Jenkins	36	289.1	20	12	3.20	184
Burt Hooton	33	218.1	11	14	2.80	132
Milt Pappas	29	195.0	17	7	2.77	80
Bill Hands	32	189.0	11	8	3.00	96
Rick Reuschel	31	129.0	10	8	2.93	87

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
16	59.1	4	5	3.94	24
19	57.2	1	1	3.12	49
5	12.2	1	0	2.13	7

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
48	6	6	17	2.96	36
42	0	5	4	5.89	42
37	3	3	6	3.78	59
22	1	0	0	4.76	13
7	0	0	0	3.65	13
5	0	1	0	2.25	2
1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1972 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference