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1972 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 51-111
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 542
Runs Allowed: 832
Exp W-L: 51-111
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,442,398
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 84-53, 2nd in the National League
AA: 63-74, 7th in the National League
A: 54-83, 10th in the National 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
LF *Leon Wagner 38 154 531 64 150 18 0 15 59 5 2 41 87 .282 .333 .401 .734 69.2 13.7 0.7
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 26 147 493 59 100 20 7 9 47 20 12 81 150 .203 .315 .327 .642 53.6 7.1 3.0
CF  Don Young 26 155 497 47 97 20 0 16 63 2 1 53 125 .195 .279 .332 .611 44.4 3.6 3.1
C  Ellie Rodriguez 26 145 490 48 132 18 2 1 44 0 1 59 51 .269 .355 .320 .675 54.6 9.6 4.2
1B *Mike Fiore 27 136 398 42 71 14 1 5 23 0 0 81 96 .178 .316 .256 .572 37.9 3.5 1.2
RF #Jim Qualls 25 134 369 39 71 24 1 1 23 14 12 22 41 .192 .239 .271 .510 18.0 0.0 1.6
SS  Dal Maxvill 33 130 352 28 65 5 4 2 19 0 1 27 54 .185 .249 .239 .487 19.5 0.0 2.7
SS  Bob Heise 25 94 357 30 93 17 2 2 36 0 0 17 14 .261 .297 .336 .633 33.7 4.7 2.6
1B *Willie Davis 32 130 334 35 88 15 3 3 32 19 8 21 46 .263 .310 .353 .663 33.5 5.0 1.0
2B  Tom Ragland 26 118 343 20 75 8 2 1 25 1 1 13 66 .219 .246 .262 .508 20.9 0.0 4.4
LF  Ron Lolich 25 114 299 14 51 6 1 1 12 0 0 24 64 .171 .231 .207 .439 10.7 0.0 1.3
DH *Frank Baker 28 102 270 25 55 10 5 5 30 2 1 11 58 .204 .233 .333 .567 20.0 0.9 1.2
3B  Julio Gotay 33 102 240 24 66 14 4 0 39 0 0 12 42 .275 .307 .367 .674 26.0 4.3 1.5
C  Thurman Munson 25 67 229 24 61 8 0 2 17 0 3 15 19 .266 .314 .328 .642 20.7 3.0 0.6
C *Frank Torre 40 99 189 27 54 12 2 2 30 2 0 11 22 .286 .328 .402 .730 22.5 4.8 1.1
CF *Bill White 38 51 79 6 25 4 0 1 9 0 0 1 18 .316 .329 .405 .734 9.7 1.9 0.3
3B #Don Buford 35 29 39 7 8 3 0 0 4 2 3 3 9 .205 .262 .282 .544 2.2 0.0 0.3
P  Rick Austin 25 14 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Baney 25 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1922 5517 542 1265 216 34 66 512 67 47 492 962 .229 .294 .317 .611 497.5 62.2 30.8
  Rank among 10 NL teams 8 10 9 7 2 10 10 3 8 6 8 9 9 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
 Gary Gentry 25 8 21 .276 33 33 0 244.7 252 105 23 91 128 3.86 13.7
*Ken Reynolds 25 6 21 .222 34 34 0 229.3 273 149 25 115 130 5.85 0.9
 Cecil Butler 34 9 8 .529 59 12 4 188.3 158 70 28 56 105 3.35 17.4
*Bill Lee 25 4 14 .222 27 21 0 169.7 209 108 19 66 49 5.73 1.2
*Tom House 25 6 13 .316 24 24 0 165.7 192 93 22 47 60 5.05 4.8
 Dick Baney 25 3 16 .158 28 21 1 161.0 201 87 25 50 53 4.86 3.9
 Andy Messersmith 26 1 4 .200 11 7 0 56.3 55 30 6 42 37 4.79 1.7
 Bob Johnson 29 1 2 .333 6 6 0 46.0 49 25 5 16 27 4.89 0.7
*Dave Roberts 27 3 5 .375 33 0 4 44.7 56 19 5 12 19 3.83 2.6
*Rick Austin 25 5 0 1.000 31 0 4 42.3 55 23 6 20 27 4.89 1.5
 Dick Woodson 27 2 2 .500 4 4 0 31.0 27 10 2 12 10 2.90 3.2
 Gaylord Perry 33 1 2 .333 7 0 1 17.3 10 3 3 5 2 1.56 2.7
*Don Eddy 25 0 0 .000 11 0 0 14.0 11 5 2 10 11 3.21 0.9
 Diego Segui 34 1 0 1.000 4 0 1 12.0 6 0 0 4 7 0.00 2.9
 Stan Williams 35 1 2 .333 4 0 0 8.7 15 6 1 6 9 6.24 0.1
*Steve Hamilton 36 0 1 .000 5 0 0 8.0 7 3 2 4 2 3.38 0.6
 Bob Heffner 33 0 0 .000 4 0 0 7.7 5 0 0 3 4 0.00 1.0
Team Totals 28.8 51 111 .315 325 162 15 1446.6 1581 736 174 559 680 4.58 59.9
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 9 9 7 8 9 8 7 10 8  
* - 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 .990 33.0
E.Rodriguez 1118.3 127 134 548 50 11 0 .982 29.9
F.Torre 208.7 25 27 103 14 3 1 .975 45.0
T.Munson 119.7 10 18 61 7 0 1 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1446.7 162 179 712 71 14 2 .982 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
M.Fiore 738.0 98 99 961 59 10 88 .990 12.44
W.Davis 598.7 57 95 738 47 11 78 .986 11.80
F.Torre 84.0 7 24 114 10 2 13 .984 13.29
L.Wagner 18.0 0 7 25 2 0 2 1.000 13.50
B.White 8.0 0 6 9 2 0 1 1.000 12.38
Team Total 1446.7 162 231 1847 120 23 182 .988 12.24
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
T.Ragland 859.7 103 115 231 422 7 93 .989 6.84
B.Heise 359.0 43 44 92 164 3 36 .988 6.42
D.Maxvill 127.0 12 28 32 43 2 6 .974 5.31
D.Buford 55.0 4 15 12 25 1 4 .974 6.05
J.Gotay 41.0 0 21 12 18 1 6 .968 6.59
B.Grabarkewitz 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1446.7 162 227 380 672 14 145 .987 6.54
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
B.Grabarkewitz 1202.0 138 141 90 357 18 28 .961 3.35
J.Gotay 133.0 14 20 9 37 2 3 .958 3.11
D.Maxvill 49.0 5 6 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.39
D.Buford 45.0 4 9 2 13 1 1 .938 3.00
E.Rodriguez 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
F.Torre 7.7 0 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.87
T.Ragland 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 180 104 423 21 33 .962 3.28
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
D.Maxvill 641.0 74 85 111 302 7 60 .983 5.80
B.Heise 405.7 49 49 54 173 12 36 .950 5.04
J.Gotay 382.0 39 53 59 181 17 35 .934 5.65
B.Grabarkewitz 5.0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Ragland 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Buford 4.0 0 2 2 2 1 1 .800 9.00
J.Qualls 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
F.Baker 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.Torre 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 196 229 664 37 133 .960 5.56
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
R.Lolich 829.3 102 109 154 4 2 0 .988 1.71
F.Baker 478.3 53 70 112 3 7 0 .943 2.16
D.Maxvill 70.0 7 14 16 1 1 0 .944 2.19
W.Davis 32.0 0 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Wagner 19.0 0 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.White 9.0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Buford 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
F.Torre 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Fiore 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 227 301 8 10 0 .969 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
D.Young 1240.3 150 153 344 9 8 4 .978 2.56
J.Qualls 84.0 5 20 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.68
B.White 62.7 5 15 15 0 1 0 .938 2.15
W.Davis 26.0 0 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
F.Baker 23.0 2 6 4 0 1 0 .800 1.57
R.Austin 6.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Lolich 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.7 162 212 398 10 10 4 .976 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
J.Qualls 840.7 105 107 159 7 1 3 .994 1.78
L.Wagner 424.7 46 53 77 2 1 1 .988 1.67
F.Baker 114.0 11 17 27 1 0 1 1.000 2.21
B.White 45.3 0 22 16 0 1 0 .941 3.18
R.Lolich 15.0 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Torre 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Young 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.7 162 210 282 11 3 5 .990 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
G.Gentry 244.7 33 33 13 37 0 4 1.000 1.84
K.Reynolds 229.3 34 34 13 49 1 6 .984 2.43
C.Butler 188.3 12 59 11 34 0 2 1.000 2.15
B.Lee 169.7 21 27 6 38 1 1 .978 2.33
T.House 165.7 24 24 12 24 1 3 .973 1.96
D.Baney 161.0 21 28 9 23 0 0 1.000 1.79
A.Messersmith 56.3 7 11 3 9 1 3 .923 1.92
B.Johnson 46.0 6 6 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.35
D.Roberts 44.7 0 33 2 11 2 2 .867 2.62
R.Austin 42.3 0 31 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.70
D.Woodson 31.0 4 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.45
G.Perry 17.3 0 7 2 2 2 0 .667 2.08
D.Eddy 14.0 0 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64
D.Segui 12.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
S.Williams 8.7 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
S.Hamilton 8.0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63
B.Heffner 7.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1446.6 162 325 80 253 8 23 .977 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wagner .282
On-Base Pct Rodriguez .355
Slugging Pct Wagner .401
OPS Wagner .734
XR Wagner 69.2
Games Young 155
At-Bats Wagner 531
Runs Wagner 64
Hits Wagner 150
Total Bases Wagner 213
Singles Wagner 117
Doubles Qualls 24
Triples Grabarkewitz 7
Homeruns Young 16
RBIs Young 63
Stolen Bases Grabarkewitz 20
Caught Stealing Grabarkewitz, Qualls 12
Walks Grabarkewitz, Fiore 81
Strikeouts Grabarkewitz 150
ERA Butler 3.35
Wins Butler 9
Losses Gentry, Reynolds 21
Winning Pct Butler .529
Saves Austin, Butler, Roberts 4
Games Pitched Butler 59
Games Started Reynolds 34
Complete Games Lee 11
Shutouts Butler, Lee, Reynolds 1
Innings Pitched Gentry 244.7
Hits Allowed Reynolds 273
Homeruns Allowed Butler 28
Strikeouts Reynolds 130
Walks Allowed Reynolds 115
Walks per 9IP House 2.6
Hits per 9IP Butler 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Reynolds 5.1
WHiP Butler 1.14
OAVG Butler .224
OOBP Butler .284
OSLG Butler .371
OOPS Butler .656
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Gaylord Perry $ 9,500,000
Cecil Butler $ 3,500,000
Steve Hamilton $ 2,000,000
Bob Heffner $ 2,000,000
Hank Aaron $ 2,000,000
Don Buford $ 1,500,000
Diego Segui $ 1,000,000
Larry Sherry $ 880,000
Chuck Hinton $ 875,000
Leon Wagner $ 784,000
Moe Drabowsky $ 750,000
Stan Williams $ 620,000
Jose Pagan $ 500,000
Bill White $ 490,000
Dick Lines $ 450,000
Ed Connolly $ 450,000
Frank Torre $ 420,000
Jim Hannan $ 350,000
Dal Maxvill $ 350,000
Jim Campbell $ 350,000
Rick Austin $ 300,000
Frank Baker $ 300,000
Gary Gentry $ 300,000
Don Eddy $ 300,000
Dick Baney $ 300,000
Willie Davis $ 300,000
Julio Gotay $ 300,000
Larry Burchart $ 300,000
Bill Lee $ 300,000
Mike Fiore $ 300,000
Billy Grabarkewitz $ 300,000
Bob Heise $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
Don Young $ 300,000
Ron Lolich $ 300,000
Andy Messersmith $ 300,000
Thurman Munson $ 300,000
Jim Qualls $ 300,000
Tom Ragland $ 300,000
Ken Reynolds $ 300,000
Dave Roberts $ 300,000
Ellie Rodriguez $ 300,000
Dave Wickersham $ 300,000
Dick Woodson $ 300,000
Tom House $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Leon Wagner
2/4 Signed     Gene Oliver
2/4 Signed     Ed Connolly
2/5 Signed     Bill White
2/5 Signed     Dave Wickersham
2/6 Signed     Diego Segui
2/7 Signed     Steve Hamilton
2/7 Signed     Dick Lines
2/8 Signed     Hank Aaron
2/9 Signed     Jose Pagan
2/10 Signed     Ron Herbel
2/14 Signed     Frank Torre
2/21 Traded Gene Oliver
$4,000,000		 Kansas City Marv Staehle
6/2 Released Bob Perry    
7/7 Released Don Buddin    
 
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