1972 Pacific Coast League season

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The 1972 Pacific Coast League season was the 69th in the league's history, and ended with the Albuquerque Dukes winning the league championship in their first year. The Dukes would lose the World Baseball Championship final.

With Albuquerque replacing the Spokane Indians, there was a realignment and renaming of the two divisions. Tacoma changed their name to the Twins to reflect the team becoming the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. Portland became the Cleveland Indians' affiliate as a result.

1 Final standings
- 1.1 Championship Finals
2 League Leaders
- 2.1 Batting
- 2.2 Pitching
3 All-Star Team
4 References

[edit] Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

East Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	92	56	.622	-	Tom Lasorda	Los Angeles Dodgers
Phoenix Giants	81	67	.547	11	Jim Davenport	San Francisco Giants
Salt Lake City Angels	80	68	.541	12	Les Moss	California Angels
Tucson Toros	60	88	.405	32	Larry Sherry	Chicago White Sox

West Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Eugene Emeralds	79	69	.534	-	Andy Seminick	Philadelphia Phillies
Hawaii Islanders	74	74	.500	5	Rocky Bridges	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Twins	65	83	.439	14	Harry Warner	Minnesota Twins
Portland Beavers	61	87	.412	18	Clay Bryant/Danny Carnevale/Ray Hathaway	Cleveland Indians

[edit] Championship Finals

Albuquerque vs. Eugene
Date	Away	Home
September 5	Albuquerque 6	Eugene 4
September 6	Albuquerque 9	Eugene 10
September 7	Eugene 6	Albuquerque 8
September 8	Eugene 4	Albuquerque 6
Albuquerque wins series 3-1 and
advances to World Baseball Championship

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Von Joshua, Albuquerque, .337
Runs Scored Tom Paciorek, Albuquerque, 125
Hits Paciorek, 186
Doubles Paciorek, 33
Triples Jimmy O. Williams, Phoenix, 20
Home Runs Paciorek, 27
Runs Batted In Doug Howard, Salt Lake City, 109
Stolen Bases Davey Lopes, Albuquerque, 48

[edit] Pitching

Wins Mike Wallace, Eugene, 16
Earned Run Average Dick Lange, Salt Lake City, 2.97
Complete Games Mike McCormick, Salt Lake City, 14
Shutouts Steve Luebber, Tacoma, 5
Strikeouts Luebber, 199
Saves Aurelio Monteagudo, Hawaii, 21

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base Tom Paciorek, Albuquerque
Second Base Mike Schmidt, Eugene
Shortstop Craig Robinson, Eugene
Third Base Ron Cey, Albuquerque
Outfield Larry Hisle, Albuquerque; Jim Hicks, Hawaii; Gary Matthews Sr., Phoenix
Catcher Bob Boone, Eugene
Pitcher Dick Lange, Salt Lake City; Doug Rau, Albuquerque; Aurelio Monteagudo, Hawaii
Manager Andy Seminick, Eugene