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1972 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1972
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
record
divisional_place	6th
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)
espntn	mil
brtn	MIL

(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins) |}}

The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 3rd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 4th overall. The Brewers finished 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.
October 22, 1971: Tom Matchick and Bruce Look were traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (minors).
November 26, 1971: Eduardo Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.
January 26, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.
March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1972 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers

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	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	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

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

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

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

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

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lonboji01.shtml Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/matchto01.shtml Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodried01.shtml Eduardo Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koscoan01.shtml Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tepedfr01.shtml Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mottocu01.shtml Curt Motton page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheldbo01.shtml Bob Sheldon page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisdi02.shtml Dick Davis page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference]
"1972 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.
"Midwest League Champions". Minor League Baseball.

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