1972 Cleveland (N) Spiders
Record: 103-59
Finish: 1st in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 880
Runs Allowed: 622
Exp W-L: 106-56
 
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 2,427,952
Manager: Ricky Sanford II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 7th in the National League
AA: 73-64, 4th in the National League
A: 59-78, 7th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Seattle Mariners
Won NL League Series 4-2 over Montreal Expos
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Washington Nationals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
CF  Cookie Rojas 33 155 625 102 178 42 3 23 88 0 0 69 50 .285 .358 .472 .830 99.0 19.8 6.9
LF  Tommie Agee 29 154 603 111 191 36 2 28 102 17 5 58 126 .317 .378 .522 .901 111.7 25.0 4.8
3B  George Scott 28 153 601 107 171 36 6 43 140 0 0 56 109 .285 .343 .579 .922 109.8 23.8 3.6
3B  Tony Perez 30 153 579 87 159 23 1 24 86 1 2 57 103 .275 .340 .442 .782 83.5 15.0 3.5
LF  Al Ferrara 32 154 556 83 148 21 1 22 84 0 1 54 101 .266 .333 .426 .760 77.1 12.8 3.6
RF *Lee Thomas 36 145 531 74 138 13 3 22 80 13 8 39 90 .260 .316 .420 .735 68.1 10.3 3.1
LF *Len Gabrielson 32 137 499 69 153 31 0 17 82 5 4 30 69 .307 .346 .471 .817 76.0 15.5 0.4
2B #Marty Martinez 30 96 367 68 108 13 4 9 45 0 1 51 58 .294 .382 .425 .807 60.4 12.7 5.4
SS  Rick Renick 28 103 356 56 80 14 0 9 24 0 1 39 73 .225 .302 .340 .641 36.7 3.8 5.3
C *Bob Chance 31 106 347 31 54 4 1 9 27 0 0 24 82 .156 .213 .251 .464 17.2 0.0 5.3
CF  Rick Reichardt 29 86 191 36 60 7 3 7 36 0 0 19 32 .314 .389 .492 .881 33.3 7.3 1.3
C  Randy Hundley 30 58 182 25 55 3 0 6 32 0 1 9 27 .302 .330 .418 .747 25.3 4.5 0.9
C *Gail Hopkins 29 38 132 24 37 5 0 3 18 0 0 15 3 .280 .356 .386 .742 18.5 3.4 1.6
CF  Chico Salmon 31 15 50 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 9 .180 .212 .180 .392 0.2 0.0 0.3
3B  Rich Rollins 34 7 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .190 .418 0.8 0.0 0.2
3B *Billy Harris 28 15 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 30.6 1575 5651 880 1547 248 24 222 850 37 23 524 936 .274 .337 .444 .781 818.2 153.9 46.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 2 3 4 8 1 2 7 2 5 7 3 3 1 2 2  
* - 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
*Ramon Hernandez 31 19 9 .679 37 37 0 273.7 295 103 6 76 128 3.39 18.9
*Jim Derrington 32 15 11 .577 37 37 0 255.3 203 105 20 123 218 3.70 15.6
*Bill Landis 29 22 9 .710 37 37 0 252.7 229 81 16 96 193 2.89 22.4
*Jim Kaat 33 11 8 .579 23 23 0 149.3 164 82 20 31 73 4.94 5.1
 Ken Wright 25 8 11 .421 52 6 6 118.3 118 59 5 72 77 4.49 5.7
*Skip Guinn 27 8 1 .889 73 0 21 113.3 72 34 14 63 126 2.70 16.1
 Bill Slayback 24 9 2 .818 12 12 0 102.3 86 29 7 38 45 2.55 10.1
 Skip Lockwood 25 8 4 .667 46 0 3 79.7 73 23 5 22 50 2.60 8.8
*Gary Peters 35 3 3 .500 8 8 0 55.3 46 19 8 15 31 3.09 4.2
 Ken Tatum 28 0 1 .000 13 2 2 29.7 32 15 0 10 11 4.55 1.3
 Tom Dukes 29 0 0 .000 17 0 0 21.3 19 10 2 12 11 4.22 0.6
Team Totals 28.9 103 59 .636 355 162 32 1451.0 1337 560 103 558 963 3.47 108.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 6 2 2  
* - 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
B.Chance 922.7 106 106 640 45 5 1 .993 36.0
G.Hopkins 343.0 38 38 224 15 7 1 .972 40.9
R.Hundley 180.3 18 28 123 4 0 0 1.000 20.0
L.Thomas 5.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
M.Martinez 3.9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1454.9 162 174 993 64 12 2 .989 35.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
G.Scott 1354.0 151 152 1612 108 10 160 .994 11.43
L.Gabrielson 95.0 11 11 111 7 1 9 .992 11.18
L.Thomas 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1451.0 162 164 1726 115 11 169 .994 11.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
C.Rojas 1373.0 153 154 306 559 13 134 .985 5.67
R.Renick 78.0 9 9 14 28 1 10 .977 4.85
M.Martinez 7.1 0 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 7.61
Team Total 1458.1 162 166 321 592 14 145 .985 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
T.Perez 1330.0 148 152 84 343 18 44 .960 2.89
R.Renick 70.0 8 9 6 22 0 2 1.000 3.60
R.Rollins 51.0 6 7 3 14 0 2 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 168 93 379 18 48 .963 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
M.Martinez 803.6 91 94 119 365 18 67 .964 5.42
R.Renick 607.0 70 76 102 286 15 59 .963 5.75
B.Harris 35.7 0 15 5 16 1 4 .955 5.30
C.Salmon 3.7 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.38
Team Total 1449.9 161 187 227 669 34 130 .963 5.56
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
A.Ferrara 1317.0 148 151 257 9 10 4 .964 1.82
L.Gabrielson 61.0 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
R.Renick 53.0 7 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
R.Reichardt 17.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
T.Agee 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 172 286 9 10 4 .967 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
T.Agee 1344.0 150 151 327 1 4 1 .988 2.20
C.Salmon 104.0 12 12 25 0 2 0 .926 2.16
R.Reichardt 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 164 353 1 6 1 .983 2.20
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
L.Thomas 1043.0 113 124 206 8 3 3 .986 1.85
R.Reichardt 386.0 46 48 85 1 0 0 1.000 2.01
L.Gabrielson 20.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
C.Salmon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Ferrara 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 177 294 9 3 3 .990 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
R.Hernandez 273.7 37 37 15 47 2 3 .969 2.04
J.Derrington 255.3 37 37 8 39 1 3 .979 1.66
B.Landis 252.7 37 37 13 34 1 2 .979 1.67
J.Kaat 149.3 23 23 9 29 3 2 .927 2.29
K.Wright 118.3 6 52 6 17 1 0 .958 1.75
S.Guinn 113.3 0 73 6 14 1 0 .952 1.59
B.Slayback 102.3 12 12 5 16 1 0 .955 1.85
S.Lockwood 79.7 0 46 3 12 0 3 1.000 1.69
G.Peters 55.3 8 8 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.95
K.Tatum 29.7 2 13 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.52
T.Dukes 21.3 0 17 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.95
Team Total 1451.0 162 355 71 226 10 13 .967 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Agee .317
On-Base Pct Agee .378
Slugging Pct Scott .579
OPS Scott .922
XR Agee 111.7
Games Rojas 155
At-Bats Rojas 625
Runs Agee 111
Hits Agee 191
Total Bases Scott 348
Singles Agee 125
Doubles Rojas 42
Triples Scott 6
Homeruns Scott 43
RBIs Scott 140
Stolen Bases Agee 17
Caught Stealing Thomas 8
Walks Rojas 69
Strikeouts Agee 126
ERA Landis 2.89
Wins Landis 22
Losses Derrington, Wright 11
Winning Pct Landis .710
Saves Guinn 21
Games Pitched Guinn 73
Games Started Derrington, Hernandez, Landis 37
Complete Games Slayback 6
Shutouts Derrington 3
Innings Pitched Hernandez 273.7
Hits Allowed Hernandez 295
Homeruns Allowed Derrington, Kaat 20
Strikeouts Derrington 218
Walks Allowed Derrington 123
Walks per 9IP Hernandez 2.5
Hits per 9IP Derrington 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Derrington 7.7
WHiP Derrington 1.28
OAVG Derrington .218
OOBP Landis .309
OSLG Derrington .333
OOPS Derrington .644
Team All-Stars
Tommie Agee
Skip Guinn
Ramon Hernandez
Bill Landis
Marty Martinez
Cookie Rojas
George Scott
Player Salaries
Tommie Agee $ 13,500,000
Gary Peters $ 9,300,000
Cookie Rojas $ 7,500,000
Tony Perez $ 6,150,000
Jim Kaat $ 5,000,000
Bill Landis $ 4,350,000
Ramon Hernandez $ 4,235,714
George Scott $ 4,150,000
Al Ferrara $ 4,000,000
Lee Thomas $ 3,000,000
Rick Reichardt $ 2,350,000
Jim Derrington $ 2,250,000
Bob Chance $ 1,900,000
Len Gabrielson $ 1,300,000
Tom Dukes $ 794,286
Jerry Grote $ 440,000
Skip Guinn $ 415,714
Rich Rollins $ 400,000
Billy Harris $ 300,000
Skip Lockwood $ 300,000
Randy Hundley $ 300,000
Ken Tatum $ 300,000
Ken Wright $ 300,000
Bill Slayback $ 300,000
Rick Renick $ 300,000
Chico Salmon $ 300,000
Gail Hopkins $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Cesar Tovar New York (A) Luis Alcaraz
7/31 Traded Marty Martinez Washington Mike Joyce