1972 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1972
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Dave Bristol, Roy McMillan, Del Crandall
Television:	WTMJ-TV
Radio:	620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins)
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Brtn:	MIL

The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 65 wins and 91 losses. Because of the move of the Washington Senators to Texas, the Brewers shifted from the AL West to the AL East.

Offseason

• October 10, 1971: Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse Jr., Tommy Harper, and Pat Skrable (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Don Pavletich, and George Scott.^[1]
• October 22, 1971: Tom Matchick and Bruce Look were traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (minors).^[2]
• November 26, 1971: Eduardo Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• January 26, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.^[4]
• March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Yankees.^[5]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 26, 1972: Curt Motton was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Archie Reynolds.^[6]
• June 6, 1972: Bob Sheldon was drafted by the Brewers in the 22nd round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.^[7]
• July 10, 1972: Dick Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[8]
• July 28, 1972: Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien.^[9]

Roster

1972 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager (4/15 – 5/27) (5/28 – 5/29) (5/30 – 10/4)Coaches (First base/hitting) (Third Base) (Bullpen) (Pitching, 9/1 – 10/4) (Pitching, 4/15 – 8/31)

Player stats

Batting

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
C		116	355	101	.285	2	35
1B		152	578	154	.266	20	88
2B		125	391	86	.220	1	19
3B		124	381	97	.255	2	29
SS		153	554	121	.218	2	30
LF		135	418	111	.266	21	65
CF		143	500	119	.238	9	45
RF		111	316	75	.237	12	34

Other batters

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
2B,3B,SS		95	271	72	.266	0	12
OF		52	191	44	.230	7	16
RF,3B		66	179	50	.279	3	25
OF		85	154	49	.318	0	12
LF,RF		72	130	26	.200	2	13
C,1B		37	80	11	.138	1	5
2B,3B		31	58	12	.207	1	5
C		18	56	7	.125	1	2
2B,3B		22	54	10	.185	2	5
C		22	42	3	.071	1	4
LF,RF		27	36	3	.083	0	1
C		11	14	2	.143	0	0
LF		6	6	1	.167	1	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	33	30	223.0	14	12	2.83	143
	33	30	214.0	13	13	3.91	111
	29	27	170.0	8	15	3.60	106
	26	22	133.0	7	12	4.53	74

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	39	12	147.2	7	7	3.11	92
	20	14	102.0	3	8	3.62	45
	35	8	80.1	3	5	3.25	33
	25	3	70.2	5	1	1.66	20
	9	8	44.0	1	6	5.52	17
	5	2	18.2	0	1	7.23	13

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	62	92.1	2	9	17	3.12	51
	47	77.1	2	2	12	3.03	24
	5	11.2	0	0	1	1.54	5
	4	7.0	0	0	1	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1972.^[10] The Evansville Triplets won the American Association championship,^[11] and the Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.^[12]

References

• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers roster page at www.retrosheet.org

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lonboji01.shtml Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/matchto01.shtml Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodried01.shtml Eduardo Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koscoan01.shtml Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tepedfr01.shtml Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mottocu01.shtml Curt Motton page at Baseball-Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheldbo01.shtml Bob Sheldon page at Baseball-Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisdi02.shtml Dick Davis page at Baseball-Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
10. Web site: 1972 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.
11. Web site: American Association Playoff Results. Triple-A Baseball. December 31, 2020.
12. Web site: Midwest League Champions. Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. December 31, 2020. November 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118192232/https://www.milb.com/midwest/history/champions. dead.