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1972 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 57-105
Finish: 5th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 598
Runs Allowed: 838
Exp W-L: 57-105
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,656,101
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 10th in the American League
AA: 62-75, 7th in the American League
A: 59-78, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
C  Jack Hiatt 29 147 505 56 121 30 4 5 51 2 4 77 135 .240 .342 .345 .687 61.6 7.8 10.2
3B  Ed Spiezio 30 149 500 54 109 24 1 12 48 0 0 46 105 .218 .286 .342 .628 50.8 4.0 3.9
RF *Steve Whitaker 29 147 477 64 119 16 1 24 81 2 3 43 127 .249 .314 .438 .752 62.6 8.4 2.7
2B  Paul Schaal 29 116 431 38 129 35 5 6 46 2 1 43 36 .299 .363 .445 .809 64.0 11.5 1.0
1B  Roger Freed 26 120 396 42 78 22 1 8 32 0 0 41 110 .197 .275 .318 .593 32.2 0.2 0.1
3B  Danny Cater 32 105 393 37 105 15 0 2 42 2 1 34 29 .267 .323 .321 .644 37.3 2.8 2.0
3B *Oscar Gamble 22 102 361 35 70 18 0 10 44 4 2 42 63 .194 .281 .327 .608 33.9 1.3 1.7
3B  Gene Alley 31 122 340 51 107 25 4 4 38 10 8 35 76 .315 .378 .447 .825 53.1 9.2 1.5
SS #Tom Tresh 34 131 337 50 83 11 2 11 39 5 2 26 76 .246 .303 .389 .692 39.5 4.5 4.1
LF  George Hendrick 22 75 266 32 71 17 1 5 33 0 1 23 50 .267 .328 .395 .722 34.1 4.8 1.5
CF *Larry Elliot 34 82 257 31 58 13 2 11 28 0 0 26 53 .226 .298 .420 .718 32.6 4.2 1.8
LF  Jim Hickman 35 80 236 17 39 6 1 4 25 0 0 14 48 .165 .212 .250 .462 11.1 0.0 1.5
LF  Brant Alyea 31 73 207 20 41 11 1 7 26 0 0 19 51 .198 .264 .362 .627 20.1 1.3 0.8
SS *Tony Kubek 35 62 177 23 41 7 1 0 16 0 0 10 38 .232 .277 .282 .560 11.9 0.0 2.6
C  Don Bryant 30 48 166 15 33 2 0 1 7 2 0 13 45 .199 .276 .229 .505 10.6 0.0 3.6
CF  Bobby Wine 33 58 166 8 24 6 0 0 6 0 0 13 44 .145 .207 .181 .387 3.5 0.0 0.9
SS  Jerry Adair 35 45 113 7 16 4 1 0 4 0 0 5 35 .142 .185 .195 .380 1.7 0.0 0.4
SS  George Banks 33 25 52 4 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 5 23 .096 .186 .173 .360 0.7 0.0 0.5
LF  Jerry Buchek 30 19 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5 0.0 0.1
C  Dick Brown 37 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Splittorff 25 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.6 1713 5400 588 1251 263 25 111 571 30 22 517 1149 .232 .301 .351 .652 561.6 60.1 40.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 3 8 10 10 10 1 9 10 10 10 10 10 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dick Drott 35 9 16 .360 33 33 0 235.7 195 100 29 88 192 3.82 16.6
 Bob Gibson 36 7 21 .250 40 27 2 207.0 241 139 32 115 121 6.04 1.2
 Howie Koplitz 34 9 8 .529 22 22 0 147.3 161 67 14 65 69 4.09 10.5
 Don Drysdale 35 8 9 .471 20 20 0 144.3 165 82 22 57 94 5.11 4.6
 Tommie Sisk 30 9 8 .529 71 0 11 142.0 149 64 3 71 54 4.06 12.4
*Tommy John 29 2 12 .143 15 15 0 107.7 119 73 20 55 41 6.10 0.6
*Paul Splittorff 25 4 4 .500 20 8 0 103.0 108 49 8 38 37 4.28 6.3
 Jim Palmer 26 2 5 .286 11 11 0 88.7 91 34 8 24 49 3.45 6.7
 Dave Boswell 27 2 8 .200 12 12 0 84.3 73 42 11 43 81 4.48 4.2
 Phil Regan 35 0 7 .000 20 5 2 55.0 73 39 13 18 27 6.38 0.0
*Al Jackson 36 4 2 .667 35 0 4 54.3 54 29 4 18 25 4.80 3.9
*Jerry Koosman 29 1 3 .250 5 5 0 38.0 32 21 5 18 38 4.97 1.5
 Cal Koonce 31 0 0 .000 14 0 0 22.7 26 11 3 17 11 4.37 0.8
 Paul Edmondson 29 0 2 .000 9 0 1 14.3 19 6 5 9 8 3.77 0.4
 Eddie Fisher 35 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 31.5 57 105 .352 328 158 20 1445.6 1506 756 177 636 848 4.71 70.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 9 10 7 9 10 9 8 10 9  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 34.8
J.Hiatt 1080.3 120 127 649 65 2 1 .997 39.0
D.Bryant 371.0 42 43 232 27 3 0 .989 45.5
D.Brown 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1457.3 162 172 882 92 5 1 .995 40.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
E.Spiezio 952.3 113 116 1067 91 6 89 .995 10.94
J.Hickman 301.7 34 37 333 17 0 23 1.000 10.44
D.Cater 205.5 25 25 236 18 1 30 .996 11.12
G.Alley 38.3 3 13 43 3 0 7 1.000 10.80
O.Gamble 35.1 2 8 40 3 2 5 .956 11.03
R.Freed 33.0 2 7 34 2 0 3 1.000 9.82
J.Hiatt 15.0 0 6 16 2 0 1 1.000 10.80
G.Hendrick 12.0 0 6 17 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
G.Banks 8.0 1 1 12 0 1 1 .923 13.50
J.Buchek 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Brown 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1603.9 180 221 1801 137 10 160 .995 10.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
G.Alley 534.3 59 71 100 203 5 38 .984 5.10
P.Schaal 326.7 37 39 85 136 4 32 .982 6.09
J.Adair 233.0 29 32 47 89 3 16 .978 5.25
T.Tresh 126.0 10 30 30 45 1 3 .987 5.36
J.Buchek 22.3 2 7 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.43
B.Wine 8.0 0 3 3 4 0 0 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1250.3 137 182 268 485 13 90 .983 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
D.Cater 657.8 69 80 50 130 10 16 .947 2.46
E.Spiezio 283.7 31 36 22 51 7 5 .913 2.32
P.Schaal 223.0 25 27 14 49 3 2 .955 2.54
G.Alley 70.0 7 14 9 11 1 1 .952 2.57
G.Banks 66.0 8 10 4 18 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Wine 9.0 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00
O.Gamble 2.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67
J.Buchek 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1312.5 141 172 100 261 22 24 .943 2.48
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
T.Tresh 567.3 61 75 102 265 14 41 .963 5.82
T.Kubek 467.4 58 60 69 195 5 32 .981 5.08
G.Alley 106.3 10 22 17 42 2 8 .967 4.99
J.Adair 48.3 3 12 6 20 3 0 .897 4.84
G.Banks 42.7 4 9 8 14 1 3 .957 4.64
B.Wine 10.0 1 3 1 9 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Buchek 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Alyea 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1245.1 137 183 203 545 25 85 .968 5.41
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
G.Hendrick 613.0 74 74 144 4 1 1 .993 2.17
B.Wine 417.0 50 50 88 0 1 0 .989 1.90
S.Whitaker 241.3 24 34 70 1 6 0 .922 2.65
J.Hickman 52.0 6 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
T.Tresh 51.7 4 11 19 0 1 0 .950 3.31
O.Gamble 44.1 3 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
B.Alyea 22.0 2 5 5 0 1 0 .833 2.05
G.Banks 16.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
L.Elliot 12.6 1 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.57
D.Cater 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Buchek 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1475.7 165 205 361 5 10 1 .973 2.23
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
S.Whitaker 731.0 79 91 200 4 0 0 1.000 2.51
L.Elliot 565.8 70 72 174 5 4 1 .978 2.85
J.Hickman 78.3 8 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
T.Tresh 67.0 8 8 17 1 1 1 .947 2.42
B.Alyea 28.0 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
G.Hendrick 4.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 3.6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Buchek 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1479.1 167 193 419 10 5 2 .988 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
O.Gamble 760.2 85 86 178 1 8 1 .957 2.12
B.Alyea 435.0 52 56 82 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
S.Whitaker 66.3 5 17 13 0 2 0 .867 1.76
J.Hickman 63.7 6 11 12 0 1 0 .923 1.70
J.Buchek 21.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Elliot 9.9 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
G.Banks 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
G.Alley 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Wine 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Freed 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Brown 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1376.1 151 183 295 2 11 2 .964 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
D.Drott 235.7 33 33 11 27 1 2 .974 1.45
B.Gibson 207.0 27 40 11 23 0 1 1.000 1.48
H.Koplitz 147.3 22 22 9 25 0 2 1.000 2.08
D.Drysdale 144.3 20 20 13 17 2 2 .938 1.87
T.Sisk 142.0 0 71 9 14 3 0 .885 1.46
T.John 107.7 15 15 5 24 1 2 .967 2.42
P.Splittorff 103.0 8 20 4 19 1 3 .958 2.01
J.Palmer 88.7 11 11 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.33
D.Boswell 84.3 12 12 6 11 0 1 1.000 1.81
P.Regan 55.0 5 20 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.31
A.Jackson 54.3 0 35 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.15
J.Koosman 38.0 5 5 2 5 1 1 .875 1.66
C.Koonce 22.7 0 14 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.99
P.Edmondson 14.3 0 9 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.88
E.Fisher 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.6 158 328 87 200 9 16 .970 1.79
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Schaal .282
On-Base Pct Schaal .345
Slugging Pct Whitaker .438
OPS Schaal .765
XR Schaal 64.0
Games Spiezio 149
At-Bats Hiatt 505
Runs Whitaker 64
Hits Schaal 129
Total Bases Whitaker 209
Singles Cater 88
Doubles Schaal 35
Triples Schaal 5
Homeruns Whitaker 24
RBIs Whitaker 81
Stolen Bases Alley 10
Caught Stealing Alley 8
Walks Hiatt 77
Strikeouts Hiatt 135
ERA Drott 3.82
Wins Drott, Koplitz, Sisk 9
Losses Gibson 21
Winning Pct Koplitz, Sisk .529
Saves Sisk 11
Games Pitched Sisk 71
Games Started Drott 33
Complete Games Drott, Palmer 5
Shutouts Drott 2
Innings Pitched Drott 235.7
Hits Allowed Gibson 241
Homeruns Allowed Gibson 32
Strikeouts Drott 192
Walks Allowed Gibson 115
Walks per 9IP Drott 3.4
Hits per 9IP Drott 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Drott 7.3
WHiP Drott 1.20
OAVG Drott .223
OOBP Drott .297
OSLG Drott .363
OOPS Drott .660
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Don Drysdale $ 5,500,000
Dick Drott $ 5,000,000
Bob Gibson $ 3,500,000
Tom Tresh $ 3,300,000
Paul Schaal $ 3,290,000
Al Jackson $ 2,000,000
Tommy John $ 2,000,000
Steve Whitaker $ 1,700,000
Jack Hiatt $ 1,614,286
Rich Nye $ 1,440,000
Larry Elliot $ 1,200,000
Eddie Fisher $ 1,100,000
Phil Regan $ 1,100,000
Tommie Sisk $ 762,857
Tony Kubek $ 700,007
Gene Alley $ 660,000
Jim Hickman $ 650,000
Jerry Buchek $ 625,000
Brant Alyea $ 500,000
Bobby Wine $ 350,000
Jerry Adair $ 350,000
Tom Brown $ 350,000
George Hendrick $ 300,000
George Banks $ 300,000
Dick Brown $ 300,000
Don Bryant $ 300,000
Danny Cater $ 300,000
Paul Edmondson $ 300,000
Ed Spiezio $ 300,000
Horacio Pina $ 300,000
Howie Koplitz $ 300,000
Roger Freed $ 300,000
Oscar Gamble $ 300,000
Cal Koonce $ 300,000
Paul Splittorff $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Dick Drott
2/2 Signed     Gene Alley
2/4 Signed     Jerry Adair
2/12 Signed     Jerry Buchek
2/14 Signed     Bob Gibson
2/15 Signed     Brant Alyea
2/15 Signed     Tom Brown
2/21 Traded Al Oliver
Willie Mccovey
$5,800,000		 Tampa Bay George Hendrick
Eddie Fisher
4/2 Traded Danny Frisella Cleveland (A) Tim Cullen
4/2 Signed     Harry Parker
4/2 Signed     George Banks
5/1 Traded Jerry Koosman
Bill Plummer		 Montreal Roger Freed
Fred Kendall
Rich Nye
6/1 Traded Dave Boswell
Jim Palmer		 Detroit Don Drysdale
Oscar Gamble
Paul Splittorff
Tony Kubek
6/1 Traded Ken Reitz New York (N) Danny Cater
Larry Elliot
Howie Koplitz
Al Jackson
Phil Regan
6/1 Signed     Horacio Pina
7/7 Released Herb Score    
7/7 Released Ken Hamlin    
 
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