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1972 New York (N) Giants
Record: 62-100
Finish: 5th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 568
Runs Allowed: 837
Exp W-L: 53-109
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,438,301
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 9th in the National League
AA: 82-55, 1st in the National League
A: 77-60, 3rd 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  Tommy Davis 33 159 605 64 153 25 0 18 59 5 1 32 95 .253 .290 .383 .673 62.3 8.5 3.1
SS  Bill Melton 26 155 565 56 117 26 1 10 49 0 2 46 104 .207 .269 .310 .579 45.3 2.1 4.5
3B *Bill Sorrell 31 150 510 58 104 19 1 11 43 2 0 66 76 .204 .295 .310 .604 46.2 3.2 4.7
2B  Chuck Schilling 34 158 505 55 124 14 2 3 31 0 1 73 98 .246 .345 .299 .644 56.8 8.8 6.1
3B  Bob Oliver 29 149 544 58 129 29 1 17 64 1 2 30 125 .237 .278 .388 .666 53.9 7.0 5.8
RF  Lou Clinton 34 148 526 48 111 29 5 15 64 4 3 33 128 .211 .258 .371 .629 48.9 4.7 0.0
DH *Fred Whitfield 34 150 520 60 125 24 1 12 58 1 2 40 85 .240 .293 .360 .652 52.1 6.5 2.0
C  Don Pavletich 33 131 488 46 99 22 2 11 59 3 1 29 96 .203 .247 .324 .570 37.4 0.8 6.8
CF *Leron Lee 24 101 331 30 72 18 1 8 42 0 0 23 55 .218 .267 .350 .617 31.0 3.3 3.6
SS  Bob Aspromonte 34 85 239 20 56 9 0 2 19 0 0 19 25 .234 .292 .297 .589 19.0 1.2 1.4
CF *Larry Elliot 34 52 187 20 45 12 0 3 14 0 0 24 47 .241 .325 .353 .678 21.8 3.6 1.8
C *Russ Nixon 37 60 133 15 26 7 0 2 12 0 0 9 13 .195 .248 .293 .542 9.0 0.0 1.7
3B  Danny Cater 32 31 102 14 34 5 1 2 16 1 0 5 8 .333 .361 .461 .822 14.6 3.4 0.5
RF  Andy Kosco 30 40 89 10 20 4 0 4 7 0 0 2 20 .225 .239 .404 .644 9.0 0.9 0.5
1B  Johnny Werhas 34 53 70 2 15 0 0 1 4 0 0 11 21 .214 .317 .257 .574 7.1 0.6 0.9
C  Bernie Smith 30 54 71 12 17 3 0 2 8 2 0 2 12 .239 .260 .366 .626 6.8 1.0 0.6
SS  Dick Kenworthy 31 12 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 1.3 0.5 0.1
  Team Totals 31.8 1688 5494 568 1250 246 15 121 549 19 12 445 1008 .228 .286 .344 .629 522.4 56.2 44.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 10 9 10 5 10 7 9 10 1 10 9 10 10 8 9 9  
* - 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
*Jon Matlack 22 13 19 .406 36 36 0 286.3 287 117 28 90 184 3.68 23.5
*Jerry Reuss 23 12 12 .500 34 34 0 263.0 268 118 16 85 134 4.04 19.6
*Dick Ellsworth 32 10 20 .333 35 35 0 253.0 347 155 37 58 70 5.51 6.7
 Pete Mikkelsen 32 9 14 .391 46 23 2 182.7 168 85 26 86 126 4.19 12.0
 Jose Santiago 31 5 8 .385 53 0 5 103.7 93 49 12 54 70 4.25 8.1
 Howie Koplitz 34 3 5 .375 12 12 0 84.0 88 41 8 30 48 4.39 5.3
 Steve Blass 30 1 12 .077 13 13 0 79.0 111 79 15 47 47 9.00 0.0
 Jim Nash 27 2 4 .333 9 9 0 62.0 72 35 7 24 30 5.08 2.8
 Dooley Womack 32 4 1 .800 28 0 0 56.7 57 32 12 19 26 5.08 3.1
 Ralph Terry 36 2 5 .286 34 0 7 33.3 54 33 4 7 17 8.91 0.0
*Al Jackson 36 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 24.7 25 8 2 11 9 2.92 2.6
*Frank Carpin 33 0 0 .000 14 0 2 16.7 15 9 2 8 11 4.86 1.2
 Phil Regan 35 0 0 .000 6 1 0 10.3 11 5 2 2 8 4.35 0.6
*Dick Kelley 32 0 0 .000 10 0 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 3 3.00 0.3
Team Totals 31.1 62 100 .383 342 163 16 1458.3 1600 767 171 521 783 4.73 85.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 8 8 2 10 8 9 4 9 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 .990 33.0
D.Pavletich 1174.3 130 131 666 45 8 2 .989 38.9
R.Nixon 266.0 30 32 150 12 1 0 .994 35.3
B.Smith 17.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1457.3 162 165 823 57 9 2 .990 35.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
F.Whitfield 1180.3 129 145 1417 89 7 139 .995 11.48
B.Aspromonte 82.0 10 10 105 6 3 8 .974 12.18
D.Cater 51.5 7 8 59 5 0 7 1.000 11.18
J.Werhas 9.0 0 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Kosco 8.0 0 3 12 0 0 2 1.000 13.50
B.Sorrell 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1334.8 146 172 1602 101 10 156 .994 11.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
C.Schilling 1301.3 150 157 314 508 6 122 .993 5.68
J.Werhas 143.0 12 34 31 56 1 11 .989 5.48
D.Kenworthy 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Sorrell 3.0 0 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 15.00
B.Melton 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
B.Oliver 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 200 347 572 7 135 .992 5.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
B.Sorrell 1265.3 149 150 84 361 17 38 .963 3.17
D.Cater 164.8 21 23 13 32 2 4 .957 2.46
B.Aspromonte 152.7 13 32 9 41 3 7 .943 2.95
J.Werhas 9.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Kenworthy 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Melton 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Oliver 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Kosco 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1600.8 183 215 107 438 22 49 .961 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
B.Oliver 1274.7 144 146 200 526 16 100 .978 5.13
B.Aspromonte 126.0 13 19 16 57 1 6 .986 5.21
J.Werhas 46.0 5 8 5 17 0 4 1.000 4.30
D.Kenworthy 9.0 0 2 3 6 1 1 .900 9.00
C.Schilling 1.7 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1457.3 162 176 225 607 18 112 .979 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
T.Davis 1296.3 148 154 264 8 12 1 .958 1.89
B.Aspromonte 128.0 14 16 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.05
F.Whitfield 14.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Smith 12.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Elliot 9.4 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.83
A.Kosco 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Cater 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 184 289 9 12 1 .961 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
L.Lee 871.0 98 101 259 5 1 1 .996 2.73
L.Elliot 420.9 45 46 129 3 3 1 .978 2.82
A.Kosco 118.0 14 16 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.29
B.Smith 18.0 0 11 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Kenworthy 6.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
L.Clinton 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.2 157 178 421 10 4 2 .991 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
B.Melton 1321.7 149 153 332 8 0 4 1.000 2.32
B.Smith 104.0 11 18 27 2 1 1 .967 2.51
A.Kosco 27.0 2 7 10 0 1 0 .909 3.33
L.Elliot 7.4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
T.Davis 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Oliver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Clinton 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 184 371 10 2 5 .995 2.34
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
J.Matlack 286.3 36 36 13 37 3 2 .943 1.57
J.Reuss 263.0 34 34 10 62 3 6 .960 2.46
D.Ellsworth 253.0 35 35 18 40 0 8 1.000 2.06
P.Mikkelsen 182.7 23 46 9 28 1 1 .974 1.82
J.Santiago 103.7 0 53 5 18 1 1 .958 2.00
H.Koplitz 84.0 12 12 5 14 0 1 1.000 2.04
S.Blass 79.0 13 13 2 13 2 2 .882 1.71
J.Nash 62.0 9 9 0 11 0 3 1.000 1.60
D.Womack 56.7 0 28 3 13 0 1 1.000 2.54
R.Terry 33.3 0 34 0 4 1 1 .800 1.08
A.Jackson 24.7 0 12 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.19
F.Carpin 16.7 0 14 0 5 0 2 1.000 2.70
P.Regan 10.3 1 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87
D.Kelley 3.0 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1458.3 163 342 68 251 11 28 .967 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Davis .253
On-Base Pct Schilling .345
Slugging Pct Oliver .388
OPS Davis .673
XR Davis 62.3
Games Davis 159
At-Bats Davis 605
Runs Davis 64
Hits Davis 153
Total Bases Davis 232
Singles Davis 110
Doubles Clinton, Oliver 29
Triples Clinton 5
Homeruns Davis 18
RBIs Oliver, Clinton 64
Stolen Bases Davis 5
Caught Stealing Clinton 3
Walks Schilling 73
Strikeouts Clinton 128
ERA Matlack 3.68
Wins Matlack 13
Losses Ellsworth 20
Winning Pct Reuss .500
Saves Terry 7
Games Pitched Santiago 53
Games Started Matlack 36
Complete Games Matlack 16
Shutouts Reuss 4
Innings Pitched Matlack 286.3
Hits Allowed Ellsworth 347
Homeruns Allowed Ellsworth 37
Strikeouts Matlack 184
Walks Allowed Matlack 90
Walks per 9IP Ellsworth 2.1
Hits per 9IP Mikkelsen 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Mikkelsen 6.2
WHiP Matlack 1.32
OAVG Mikkelsen .243
OOBP Matlack .314
OSLG Reuss .371
OOPS Reuss .696
Team All-Stars
Ralph Terry
Player Salaries
Chuck Schilling $ 3,750,000
Bob Aspromonte $ 3,500,000
Bob Oliver $ 3,500,000
Ralph Terry $ 2,600,000
Fred Whitfield $ 2,000,000
Lou Clinton $ 1,900,000
Don Pavletich $ 1,777,777
Tommy Davis $ 1,400,000
Pete Mikkelsen $ 860,000
Frank Carpin $ 700,000
Jose Santiago $ 450,000
Milt Pappas $ 400,000
Dooley Womack $ 350,000
Woody Woodward $ 350,000
Steve Blass $ 300,000
Leron Lee $ 300,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 300,000
Dick Kenworthy $ 300,000
Andy Kosco $ 300,000
Jon Matlack $ 300,000
Bill Melton $ 300,000
Jack Aker $ 300,000
Russ Nixon $ 300,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 300,000
Jerry Reuss $ 300,000
Bernie Smith $ 300,000
Bill Sorrell $ 300,000
Johnny Werhas $ 300,000
Jim Nash $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Released Jim Brewer    
6/1 Traded Danny Cater
Larry Elliot
Howie Koplitz
Al Jackson
Phil Regan		 Boston (A) Ken Reitz
6/1 Signed     Jim Nash
6/1 Signed     Lou Klimchock
7/31 Signed     Jack Aker
10/22 Released Dick Kelley    
 
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