1972 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersFrank Lane
ManagersDave Bristol, Roy McMillan, Del Crandall
TelevisionWTMJ-TV
Radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 86 70 0.551 — 44–34 42–36
Boston Red Sox 85 70 0.548 ½ 52–26 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 80 74 0.519 5 38–39 42–35
New York Yankees 79 76 0.510 6½ 46–31 33–45
Cleveland Indians 72 84 0.462 14 43–34 29–50
Milwaukee Brewers 65 91 0.417 21 37–42 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 7–11 6–6 8–4 8–10 10–8 6–6 10–5 6–6 7–6 6–6 6–6
Boston 11–7 — 8–4 6–6 8–7 5–9 6–6 11–7 4–8 9–9 9–3 8–4
California 6–6 4–8 — 7–11 8–4 5–7 9–6 7–5 7–8 4–8 8–10 10–7
Chicago 4–8 6–6 11–7 — 8–4 5–7 8–9 9–3 8–6 7–5 7–8 14–4
Cleveland 10–8 7–8 4–8 4–8 — 10–8 6–6 5–10 8–4 7–11 2–10 9–3
Detroit 8–10 9–5 7–5 7–5 8–10 — 7–5 10–8 9–3 7–9 4–8 10–2
Kansas City 6–6 6–6 6–9 9–8 6–6 5–7 — 7–5 9–9 7–5 7–11 8–6
Milwaukee 5–10 7–11 5–7 3–9 10–5 8–10 5–7 — 4–8 9–9 4–8 5–7
Minnesota 6–6 8–4 8–7 6–8 4–8 3–9 9–9 8–4 — 6–6 8–9 11–7
New York 6–7 9–9 8–4 5–7 11–7 9–7 5–7 9–9 6–6 — 3–9 8–4
Oakland 6–6 3–9 10–8 8–7 10–2 8–4 11–7 8–4 9–8 9–3 — 11–4
Texas 6–6 4–8 7–10 4–14 3–9 2–10 6–8 7–5 7–11 4–8 4–11 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1972 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Ellie Rodríguez 116 355 101 .285 2 35
1B George Scott 152 578 154 .266 20 88
2B Ron Theobald 125 391 86 .220 1 19
3B Mike Ferraro 124 381 97 .255 2 29
SS Rick Auerbach 153 554 121 .218 2 30
LF John Briggs 135 418 111 .266 21 65
CF Dave May 143 500 119 .238 9 45
RF Joe Lahoud 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 Bob Heise 95 271 72 .266 0 12
OF Billy Conigliaro 52 191 44 .230 7 16
RF,3B Ollie Brown 66 179 50 .279 3 25
OF Brock Davis 85 154 49 .318 0 12
LF,RF Tommie Reynolds 72 130 26 .200 2 13
C,1B John Felske 37 80 11 .138 1 5
2B,3B Syd O'Brien 31 58 12 .207 1 5
C Darrell Porter 18 56 7 .125 1 2
2B,3B Ron Clark 22 54 10 .185 2 5
C Paul Ratliff 22 42 3 .071 1 4
LF,RF Bill Voss 27 36 3 .083 0 1
C Joe Azcue 11 14 2 .143 0 0
LF Curt Motton 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
Jim Lonborg 33 30 223.0 14 12 2.83 143
Bill Parsons 33 30 214.0 13 13 3.91 111
Skip Lockwood 29 27 170.0 8 15 3.60 106
Ken Brett 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
Jim Colborn 39 12 147.2 7 7 3.11 92
Gary Ryerson 20 14 102.0 3 8 3.62 45
Earl Stephenson 35 8 80.1 3 5 3.25 33
Jerry Bell 25 3 70.2 5 1 1.66 20
Jim Slaton 9 8 44.0 1 6 5.52 17
Archie Reynolds 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
Ken Sanders 62 92.1 2 9 17 3.12 51
Frank Linzy 47 77.1 2 2 12 3.03 24
Chuck Taylor 5 11.2 0 0 1 1.54 5
Ray Newman 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]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Evansville Triplets American Association Del Crandall and Mike Roarke
Double-A San Antonio Brewers Texas League Mike Roarke, Al Widmar, and Jim Walton
Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Joe Nossek
Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Sandy Johnson

Notes

  1. ^ Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Eduardo Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Curt Motton page at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Bob Sheldon page at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Dick Davis page at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ "1972 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "American Association Playoff Results". Triple-A Baseball. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  12. ^ "Midwest League Champions". Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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