1972 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 84-79
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 846
Runs Allowed: 786
Exp W-L: 87-76
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 919,054
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 2nd in the American League
AA: 100-37, 1st in the American League
A: 69-68, 5th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 0-4 to Detroit Tigers
 
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 *Ralph Garr 26 153 621 79 189 26 6 5 76 34 25 25 30 .304 .331 .390 .721 73.1 11.6 1.1
1B *Tony Solaita 25 157 552 79 133 33 1 24 102 0 0 94 143 .241 .350 .435 .785 83.8 15.5 1.9
SS  Jose Cardenal 28 152 585 80 148 22 5 10 69 28 7 30 89 .253 .290 .359 .649 61.7 7.5 6.9
2B  Ted Sizemore 27 150 539 84 174 21 4 5 78 4 2 49 23 .323 .379 .404 .783 78.5 16.3 6.0
RF *Jim Spencer 24 154 522 77 166 21 1 18 86 5 3 56 39 .318 .383 .466 .848 88.9 19.9 2.3
RF  Jerry Morales 23 142 493 62 136 28 4 8 74 2 0 53 33 .276 .344 .398 .741 64.4 11.0 2.7
C #Bill Sudakis 26 143 458 81 121 28 4 23 90 0 0 80 110 .264 .376 .493 .869 82.6 18.4 3.2
C  Rico Carty 32 103 391 65 143 25 1 13 59 1 0 37 61 .366 .420 .535 .954 76.6 20.1 1.6
1B  Nate Colbert 26 104 328 49 68 9 0 12 37 6 1 34 96 .207 .282 .345 .626 35.4 2.9 1.4
SS  Larry Brown 32 110 325 39 90 11 2 4 48 1 0 30 54 .277 .338 .360 .698 41.5 6.5 2.9
3B #Pete Rose 31 98 291 41 90 23 2 4 35 2 2 21 40 .309 .354 .443 .798 43.0 8.9 0.8
RF *Larry Stahl 31 75 157 25 41 3 0 1 17 6 10 7 31 .261 .297 .299 .596 10.6 0.0 0.7
C *Adrian Garrett 29 40 122 17 21 2 0 4 19 0 0 13 33 .172 .248 .287 .535 8.7 0.0 0.6
C  Carlton Fisk 24 32 116 20 31 10 1 3 18 2 1 13 16 .267 .341 .448 .789 14.4 2.4 0.5
3B  Tony Taylor 36 71 118 26 29 6 1 0 8 11 6 8 14 .246 .299 .314 .613 11.0 1.1 0.5
SS  Jerry Davanon 26 55 81 21 30 4 1 1 9 1 1 7 8 .370 .420 .481 .902 14.2 3.6 1.3
C *Bruce Look 29 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 1.5 0.6 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 1742 5703 846 1611 272 33 136 827 103 58 558 821 .282 .346 .413 .759 789.8 146.2 34.5
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 3 2 2 4 5 3 5 7 7 3 2 3 4 4 4  
* - 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
 Bob Moose 24 19 14 .576 36 36 0 301.3 289 106 13 87 186 3.17 24.4
 Bert Blyleven 21 19 14 .576 35 35 0 286.0 292 134 37 114 183 4.22 16.7
 Marty Pattin 29 11 14 .440 28 28 0 208.0 239 128 29 89 108 5.54 3.3
 Dick Selma 28 10 13 .435 30 30 0 190.7 187 101 24 74 147 4.77 7.8
 Danny Frisella 26 12 14 .462 29 29 0 176.3 166 85 20 103 155 4.34 8.8
 Reggie Cleveland 24 5 4 .556 32 5 1 82.3 105 60 7 36 39 6.56 0.0
 Bill Hands 32 0 2 .000 27 0 3 59.0 75 31 12 15 18 4.73 2.2
 Jim Donohue 33 3 2 .600 26 0 1 53.7 39 15 5 12 31 2.52 5.9
 Ed Farmer 22 4 0 1.000 28 0 5 37.3 42 24 6 33 21 5.79 1.0
 Charlie Williams 24 0 2 .000 27 0 11 26.7 30 17 4 20 9 5.74 0.2
 Ron Reed 29 0 0 .000 5 0 0 13.3 16 10 4 5 6 6.75 0.0
 Roberto Rodriguez 30 1 0 1.000 11 0 3 10.7 12 4 1 9 9 3.38 0.9
Team Totals 26.8 84 79 .515 314 163 24 1445.3 1492 715 162 597 912 4.45 71.2
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 8 5 8 8 7 7 6 6 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 .989 34.8
R.Carty 829.3 94 99 557 30 18 0 .970 33.3
C.Fisk 256.0 29 30 154 12 4 0 .976 32.4
A.Garrett 254.3 28 30 164 12 4 0 .978 33.3
B.Sudakis 95.7 11 13 53 2 1 0 .982 28.6
B.Look 10.0 1 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1445.3 163 174 936 57 27 0 .974 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
T.Solaita 1282.3 148 155 1487 120 10 158 .994 11.28
L.Stahl 61.0 5 14 65 7 1 12 .986 10.62
P.Rose 41.0 3 10 47 5 0 5 1.000 11.41
N.Colbert 41.0 5 9 45 1 0 3 1.000 10.10
B.Sudakis 14.0 2 2 17 0 0 1 1.000 10.93
J.Spencer 3.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 21.00
J.Cardenal 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1445.3 163 192 1670 133 11 179 .994 11.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
T.Sizemore 1232.3 143 147 292 532 15 120 .982 6.02
L.Brown 88.0 10 12 14 31 3 5 .938 4.60
T.Taylor 46.0 5 8 9 19 1 3 .966 5.48
J.Davanon 35.0 3 7 10 19 2 2 .935 7.46
P.Rose 20.0 1 6 3 15 1 3 .947 8.10
J.Morales 19.0 1 3 5 14 0 5 1.000 9.00
J.Cardenal 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Spencer 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1445.3 163 186 334 632 22 138 .978 6.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
B.Sudakis 1001.0 114 125 68 212 16 28 .946 2.52
J.Cardenal 274.7 32 32 16 56 2 5 .973 2.36
T.Taylor 80.0 8 16 2 21 1 1 .958 2.59
J.Davanon 48.0 4 11 4 15 1 1 .950 3.56
P.Rose 41.7 5 6 3 13 0 0 1.000 3.46
Team Total 1445.3 163 190 93 317 20 35 .953 2.55
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
J.Cardenal 905.7 104 109 162 404 16 87 .973 5.62
L.Brown 432.0 52 59 78 177 6 38 .977 5.31
J.Davanon 107.7 7 25 20 54 6 14 .925 6.19
Team Total 1445.3 163 193 260 635 28 139 .970 5.57
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
N.Colbert 755.7 88 90 153 2 0 2 1.000 1.85
R.Garr 459.7 52 56 93 2 5 1 .950 1.86
P.Rose 172.0 19 23 34 0 2 0 .944 1.78
L.Stahl 29.0 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
J.Spencer 10.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Carty 9.0 0 4 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00
A.Garrett 4.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Morales 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cardenal 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1445.3 163 189 294 4 8 3 .974 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
J.Morales 1078.7 126 126 269 7 2 3 .993 2.30
R.Garr 151.0 16 21 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
L.Stahl 133.7 12 22 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
J.Cardenal 73.0 9 9 22 0 2 0 .917 2.71
J.Spencer 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Taylor 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 163 183 365 7 4 3 .989 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
J.Spencer 1162.0 139 139 253 6 1 0 .996 2.01
L.Stahl 142.0 14 24 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
P.Rose 77.0 7 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.94
A.Garrett 31.0 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Morales 13.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68
R.Garr 13.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
N.Colbert 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Cardenal 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 163 194 297 7 1 0 .997 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
B.Moose 301.3 36 36 21 46 3 4 .957 2.00
B.Blyleven 286.0 35 35 18 49 1 6 .985 2.11
M.Pattin 208.0 28 28 10 31 4 6 .911 1.77
D.Selma 190.7 30 30 9 21 2 1 .938 1.42
D.Frisella 176.3 29 29 8 23 2 4 .939 1.58
R.Cleveland 82.3 5 32 8 12 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Hands 59.0 0 27 3 11 0 2 1.000 2.14
J.Donohue 53.7 0 26 3 9 0 2 1.000 2.01
E.Farmer 37.3 0 28 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.96
C.Williams 26.7 0 27 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.03
R.Reed 13.3 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35
R.Rodriguez 10.7 0 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84
Team Total 1445.3 163 314 83 212 12 25 .961 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sizemore .323
On-Base Pct Spencer .383
Slugging Pct Sudakis .493
OPS Sudakis .869
XR Spencer 88.9
Games Solaita 157
At-Bats Garr 621
Runs Sizemore 84
Hits Garr 189
Total Bases Spencer 243
Singles Garr 152
Doubles Solaita 33
Triples Garr 6
Homeruns Solaita 24
RBIs Solaita 102
Stolen Bases Garr 34
Caught Stealing Garr 25
Walks Solaita 94
Strikeouts Solaita 143
ERA Moose 3.17
Wins Blyleven, Moose 19
Losses Blyleven, Frisella, Moose, Pattin 14
Winning Pct Blyleven, Moose .576
Saves Williams 11
Games Pitched Moose 36
Games Started Moose 36
Complete Games Blyleven 19
Shutouts Moose 2
Innings Pitched Moose 301.3
Hits Allowed Blyleven 292
Homeruns Allowed Blyleven 37
Strikeouts Moose 186
Walks Allowed Blyleven 114
Walks per 9IP Moose 2.6
Hits per 9IP Frisella 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Frisella 7.9
WHiP Moose 1.25
OAVG Frisella .247
OOBP Moose .305
OSLG Moose .334
OOPS Moose .639
Team All-Stars
Rico Carty
Ted Sizemore
Tony Solaita
Jim Spencer
Player Salaries
Rico Carty $ 18,231,000
Pete Rose $ 4,250,000
Dick Selma $ 2,650,000
Jose Cardenal $ 2,200,000
Larry Brown $ 1,960,000
Tony Taylor $ 1,260,000
Roberto Rodriguez $ 1,160,000
Danny Frisella $ 1,021,429
Larry Stahl $ 485,714
Bruce Look $ 350,000
Ron Clark $ 350,000
Jim Donohue $ 350,000
Gerry Arrigo $ 350,000
Pat Jarvis $ 350,000
Nick Willhite $ 350,000
Ron Reed $ 350,000
Ray Sadecki $ 350,000
Bill Hands $ 350,000
Carlton Fisk $ 300,000
Bert Blyleven $ 300,000
Bill Sudakis $ 300,000
Jim Spencer $ 300,000
Tony Solaita $ 300,000
Reggie Cleveland $ 300,000
Nate Colbert $ 300,000
Jerry Davanon $ 300,000
Ed Farmer $ 300,000
Jerry Morales $ 300,000
Gene Garber $ 300,000
Adrian Garrett $ 300,000
Ralph Garr $ 300,000
Marty Pattin $ 300,000
Charlie Williams $ 300,000
Bob Moose $ 300,000
Ted Sizemore $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Ellis Burton Montreal Rico Carty
4/2 Traded Tim Cullen Boston (A) Danny Frisella