1972 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1972
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
General Managers:	Stu Holcomb, Roland Hemond
Managers:	Chuck Tanner
Television:	WFLD (Jack Drees, Bud Kelly)
Radio:	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)

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 of 87–67, good enough for second place in the American League West, games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

• October 22, 1971: Lowell Palmer was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[1]
• December 2, 1971: Tommy John and Steve Huntz were traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dick Allen.^[2]
• December 2, 1971: Rich McKinney was traded by the White Sox by the New York Yankees for Stan Bahnsen.^[3]
• December 14, 1971: Pat Jacquez was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Qualls.^[4]

Regular season

• July 31, 1972: Dick Allen hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game against the Minnesota Twins.^[5]

Opening Day lineup

• Walt Williams, RF
• Mike Andrews, 2B
• Dick Allen, 1B
• Bill Melton, 3B
• Carlos May, LF
• Rick Reichardt, CF
• Ed Herrmann, C
• Luis Alvarado, SS
• Wilbur Wood, P

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
	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
	87	67	3.12	154	154	42	1385.1	1269	538	480	94	460	936

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• 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 White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmelo01.shtml Lowell Palmer
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnto01.shtml Tommy John
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mckinri01.shtml Rich McKinney
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quallji01.shtml Jim Qualls
5. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nymanny01.shtml Nyls Nyman
7. Web site: Eddie Fisher Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allenha02.shtml Hank Allen