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1972 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 82-80
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 694
Runs Allowed: 732
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,086,197
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 10th in the National League
AA: 73-64, 2nd in the National League
A: 95-42, 2nd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
RF  Bobby Bonds 26 157 568 102 171 19 10 44 117 16 10 77 114 .301 .385 .602 .987 120.3 30.6 1.8
3B  Mike Shannon 32 150 578 75 153 18 7 13 69 1 1 43 82 .265 .313 .388 .701 70.5 11.4 5.6
CF  Amos Otis 25 147 558 71 146 34 1 13 70 7 5 44 63 .262 .315 .396 .711 67.9 11.2 4.5
2B  Felix Millan 28 148 524 55 141 21 6 10 63 0 4 31 22 .269 .311 .389 .701 58.2 8.9 2.4
C  Johnny Bench 24 138 483 55 106 17 3 21 66 1 1 50 108 .219 .291 .398 .689 56.2 7.6 8.5
SS  Don Money 25 152 441 49 101 13 0 4 28 1 1 38 66 .229 .293 .286 .579 35.6 1.7 6.4
LF  George Foster 23 121 374 46 78 10 2 17 50 2 2 27 86 .209 .259 .382 .641 37.2 3.0 2.3
CF  Cleon Jones 29 125 364 42 118 19 5 5 53 2 0 25 55 .324 .376 .445 .821 55.8 13.5 2.0
1B *Willie Smith 33 101 353 50 94 10 4 7 27 3 1 27 64 .266 .315 .377 .692 41.6 6.4 1.6
CF  Earl Robinson 35 78 296 34 80 25 6 3 41 4 1 26 56 .270 .326 .426 .752 39.8 7.9 0.0
C *John Stephenson 31 85 239 19 49 8 0 3 16 0 0 14 25 .205 .258 .276 .534 17.2 0.0 1.2
CF *Gates Brown 33 101 176 28 53 5 0 4 15 6 1 26 23 .301 .391 .398 .789 28.0 6.2 0.8
1B  Bill Robinson 29 54 162 18 47 6 0 5 24 0 0 9 31 .290 .326 .420 .745 19.8 3.7 0.1
2B  Winston Llenas 28 89 149 21 29 4 0 1 10 1 0 7 20 .195 .228 .242 .469 6.5 0.0 1.5
C *John Sullivan 31 33 106 10 30 2 0 1 17 1 1 6 17 .283 .319 .330 .649 11.7 1.4 1.9
RF *Dave Marshall 29 61 94 8 26 1 0 0 8 0 0 17 19 .277 .384 .287 .671 11.7 1.9 0.4
1B  Billy Conigliaro 24 33 81 10 13 2 0 1 3 0 0 9 18 .160 .261 .222 .483 4.7 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 28.5 1773 5546 693 1435 214 44 152 677 45 28 476 869 .259 .317 .395 .713 682.8 115.3 41.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 6 6 8 1 5 6 6 5 8 6 6 6 5 6 6  
* - 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
 Nolan Ryan 25 17 12 .586 36 36 0 253.3 189 119 31 166 302 4.23 16.2
 Rick Reuschel 23 15 13 .536 31 31 0 252.0 262 104 14 71 130 3.71 19.1
 Fergie Jenkins 29 15 13 .536 30 30 0 243.7 246 100 33 60 142 3.69 18.4
 Jim McAndrew 28 14 16 .467 34 34 0 238.3 277 150 34 75 124 5.66 3.1
 Joe Moeller 29 8 8 .500 18 18 0 156.7 146 54 9 21 120 3.10 14.3
 Tony Cloninger 31 6 9 .400 32 13 3 129.0 151 75 14 48 49 5.23 3.9
 Catfish Hunter 26 6 8 .429 73 0 23 105.3 107 42 9 37 48 3.59 12.6
 Joe Niekro 27 0 0 .000 16 0 0 26.0 31 11 2 2 12 3.81 1.7
 Cisco Carlos 31 1 1 .500 19 0 1 23.0 33 16 4 11 17 6.26 0.0
 George Culver 28 0 0 .000 8 0 0 15.0 19 10 0 8 8 6.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.7 82 80 .506 297 162 27 1442.3 1461 681 150 499 952 4.25 89.2
Rank among 10 NL teams 6 6 4 6 9 6 6 7 1 3 7  
* - 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
J.Bench 1112.3 123 135 754 52 6 1 .993 39.2
J.Sullivan 246.0 29 33 176 9 1 0 .995 21.4
J.Stephenson 84.0 10 12 56 2 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1442.3 162 180 986 63 7 1 .993 35.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
W.Smith 748.3 88 91 764 56 3 71 .996 9.86
C.Jones 548.0 60 80 544 39 2 46 .997 9.57
B.Conigliaro 79.3 9 15 86 3 0 9 1.000 10.10
B.Robinson 59.7 5 15 61 1 0 6 1.000 9.35
J.Sullivan 5.0 0 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
M.Shannon 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 206 1464 100 5 132 .997 9.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
F.Millan 1270.7 147 148 247 453 14 87 .980 4.96
W.Llenas 168.0 15 34 36 57 2 9 .979 4.98
M.Shannon 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1441.7 162 183 283 511 16 96 .980 4.96
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
D.Money 694.7 85 87 49 158 5 12 .976 2.68
M.Shannon 534.3 61 62 42 102 10 14 .935 2.43
J.Stephenson 138.7 11 31 16 27 1 5 .977 2.79
W.Llenas 61.0 5 18 5 11 1 1 .941 2.36
D.Marshall 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
G.Brown 6.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1442.3 162 204 113 299 17 32 .960 2.57
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
M.Shannon 731.0 86 86 105 240 6 44 .983 4.25
D.Money 539.7 63 65 90 193 6 29 .979 4.72
W.Llenas 160.7 13 37 26 59 2 11 .977 4.76
D.Marshall 6.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
J.Sullivan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Conigliaro 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 192 222 494 14 85 .981 4.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
B.Bonds 1221.0 138 138 230 7 30 1 .888 1.75
D.Marshall 95.0 13 15 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.27
G.Brown 89.0 7 20 27 0 1 0 .964 2.73
B.Conigliaro 30.0 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
W.Smith 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Foster 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Robinson 1.8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Jones 0.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1444.1 162 182 284 10 31 1 .905 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
A.Otis 1217.0 137 144 434 6 0 4 1.000 3.25
G.Brown 112.7 12 18 38 1 0 0 1.000 3.12
B.Conigliaro 52.0 7 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
D.Marshall 36.0 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
E.Robinson 10.9 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.30
B.Bonds 10.0 0 5 3 0 1 0 .750 2.70
G.Foster 9.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
C.Jones 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Robinson 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.2 162 192 503 7 1 4 .998 3.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
G.Foster 861.7 97 108 229 7 3 1 .987 2.47
C.Jones 337.0 42 42 90 2 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Bonds 88.3 9 13 31 0 0 0 1.000 3.16
G.Brown 83.7 6 24 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
D.Marshall 31.0 3 12 7 0 1 0 .875 2.03
B.Conigliaro 28.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Robinson 9.7 1 2 3 0 1 0 .750 2.80
E.Robinson 3.2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
Team Total 1442.5 162 207 387 9 5 1 .988 2.47
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
N.Ryan 253.3 36 36 15 28 1 2 .977 1.53
R.Reuschel 252.0 31 31 17 30 1 5 .979 1.68
F.Jenkins 243.7 30 30 8 34 4 1 .913 1.55
J.McAndrew 238.3 34 34 21 34 3 2 .948 2.08
J.Moeller 156.7 18 18 9 24 1 2 .971 1.90
T.Cloninger 129.0 13 32 2 22 2 1 .923 1.67
C.Hunter 105.3 0 73 10 11 1 1 .955 1.79
J.Niekro 26.0 0 16 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.12
C.Carlos 23.0 0 19 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.74
G.Culver 15.0 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.40
Team Total 1442.3 162 297 86 199 13 15 .956 1.78
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bonds .301
On-Base Pct Bonds .385
Slugging Pct Bonds .602
OPS Bonds .987
XR Bonds 120.3
Games Bonds 157
At-Bats Shannon 578
Runs Bonds 102
Hits Bonds 171
Total Bases Bonds 342
Singles Shannon 115
Doubles Otis 34
Triples Bonds 10
Homeruns Bonds 44
RBIs Bonds 117
Stolen Bases Bonds 16
Caught Stealing Bonds 10
Walks Bonds 77
Strikeouts Bonds 114
ERA Jenkins 3.69
Wins Ryan 17
Losses McAndrew 16
Winning Pct Ryan .586
Saves Hunter 23
Games Pitched Hunter 73
Games Started Ryan 36
Complete Games Jenkins 16
Shutouts Reuschel 3
Innings Pitched Ryan 253.3
Hits Allowed McAndrew 277
Homeruns Allowed McAndrew 34
Strikeouts Ryan 302
Walks Allowed Ryan 166
Walks per 9IP Jenkins 2.2
Hits per 9IP Ryan 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 10.7
WHiP Jenkins 1.26
OAVG Ryan .205
OOBP Jenkins .302
OSLG Reuschel .358
OOPS Reuschel .672
Team All-Stars
Bobby Bonds
Joe Moeller
Player Salaries
Joe Moeller $ 13,000,000
Nolan Ryan $ 5,500,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 4,500,000
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Amos Otis $ 3,785,714
Bobby Bonds $ 3,328,571
Johnny Bench $ 2,750,000
Gates Brown $ 2,200,000
Tony Cloninger $ 2,000,000
Felix Millan $ 1,707,143
Cleon Jones $ 1,500,000
Willie Smith $ 1,450,000
Jim McAndrew $ 1,221,429
Denny Lemaster $ 600,000
George Culver $ 350,000
John Sullivan $ 350,000
John Stephenson $ 350,000
Cisco Carlos $ 350,000
Billy Conigliaro $ 300,000
George Foster $ 300,000
Catfish Hunter $ 300,000
Dave Marshall $ 300,000
Don Money $ 300,000
Joe Niekro $ 300,000
Rick Reuschel $ 300,000
Bill Robinson $ 300,000
Winston Llenas $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Bill Connors Montreal Gates Brown
7/1 Traded Lou Camilli Minnesota Joe Moeller
7/1 Traded Earl Robinson Montreal Bill Connors
7/31 Traded Burt Hooton Kansas City Paul Casanova
 
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