Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974
97-65, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Earl Weaver (97-65)
Scored 754 runs, Allowed 561 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-60
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 958,667 (9th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106
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Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to Oakland Athletics |
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Earl Williams | 24 | 132 | 536 | 459 | 58 | 109 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 107 | .237 | .333 | .425 | .758 | 114 | 195 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | 1B | Boog Powell* | 31 | 114 | 464 | 370 | 52 | 98 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 64 | .265 | .398 | .395 | .792 | 126 | 146 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2B | Bobby Grich | 24 | 162 | 700 | 581 | 82 | 146 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 107 | 91 | .251 | .373 | .387 | .760 | 116 | 225 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | SS | Mark Belanger | 29 | 154 | 544 | 470 | 60 | 106 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 49 | 54 | .226 | .302 | .262 | .564 | 61 | 123 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | 3B | Brooks Robinson | 36 | 155 | 619 | 549 | 53 | 141 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 50 | .257 | .326 | .344 | .670 | 90 | 189 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | LF | Don Baylor | 24 | 118 | 459 | 405 | 64 | 116 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 51 | 32 | 9 | 35 | 48 | .286 | .357 | .437 | .794 | 124 | 177 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | CF | Paul Blair | 29 | 146 | 554 | 500 | 73 | 140 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 64 | 18 | 8 | 43 | 72 | .280 | .334 | .402 | .736 | 108 | 201 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | RF | Merv Rettenmund | 30 | 95 | 390 | 321 | 59 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 38 | .262 | .378 | .411 | .789 | 124 | 132 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | DH | Tommy Davis | 34 | 137 | 590 | 552 | 53 | 169 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 89 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 56 | .306 | .341 | .391 | .732 | 107 | 216 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 10 | OF | Rich Coggins* | 22 | 110 | 426 | 389 | 54 | 124 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 24 | .319 | .363 | .468 | .831 | 134 | 182 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | OF | Al Bumbry* | 26 | 110 | 395 | 356 | 73 | 120 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 49 | .337 | .398 | .500 | .898 | 154 | 178 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | C | Andy Etchebarren | 30 | 54 | 168 | 152 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 21 | .257 | .317 | .368 | .686 | 94 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DH | Terry Crowley* | 26 | 54 | 148 | 131 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .206 | .297 | .305 | .603 | 71 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | C | Ellie Hendricks* | 32 | 41 | 114 | 101 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .178 | .257 | .337 | .593 | 67 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | SS | Frank Baker* | 26 | 44 | 71 | 63 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .190 | .268 | .317 | .585 | 65 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | 1B | Enos Cabell | 23 | 32 | 53 | 47 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .213 | .250 | .319 | .569 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | IF | Larry Brown | 33 | 17 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .250 | .353 | .357 | .710 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | UT | Jim Fuller | 22 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .115 | .148 | .346 | .494 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | IF | Doug DeCinces | 22 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | -22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | C | Sergio Robles | 27 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .077 | .250 | .077 | .327 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | UT | Curt Motton | 32 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .833 | 1.262 | 251 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 22 | P | Mickey Scott* | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | P | Doyle Alexander | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | P | Orlando Pena | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | P | Bob Reynolds | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | P | Wayne Garland | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | P | Jesse Jefferson | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | P | Mike Cuellar* | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | P | Grant Jackson# | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | P | Don Hood* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | P | Dave McNally | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | P | Eddie Watt | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | P | Jim Palmer | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.3 | 162 | 6335 | 5537 | 754 | 1474 | 229 | 48 | 119 | 692 | 146 | 64 | 648 | 752 | .266 | .345 | .389 | .734 | 108 | 2156 | 126 | 43 | 58 | 49 | 49 | ||
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Jim Palmer | 27 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 2.40 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 296.1 | 225 | 86 | 79 | 16 | 113 | 5 | 158 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1190 | 156 | 1.141 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.40 |
| 2 | SP | Mike Cuellar* | 36 | 18 | 13 | .581 | 3.27 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 267.0 | 265 | 120 | 97 | 29 | 84 | 2 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1127 | 115 | 1.307 | 8.9 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 1.67 |
| 3 | SP | Dave McNally* | 30 | 17 | 17 | .500 | 3.21 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 266.0 | 247 | 100 | 95 | 16 | 81 | 6 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1083 | 117 | 1.233 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.07 |
| 4 | SP | Doyle Alexander | 22 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.86 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 174.2 | 169 | 85 | 75 | 19 | 52 | 5 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 726 | 97 | 1.265 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.21 |
| 5 | SP | Jesse Jefferson | 24 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.11 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.2 | 104 | 53 | 46 | 15 | 46 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 439 | 91 | 1.490 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 1.13 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Bob Reynolds | 26 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.95 | 42 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 111.0 | 88 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 443 | 193 | 1.072 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 2.48 |
| 7 | RP | Grant Jackson* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.90 | 45 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 80.1 | 54 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 305 | 197 | 0.971 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 1.96 |
| 8 | RP | Eddie Watt | 32 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.30 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71.0 | 62 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 290 | 114 | 1.169 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 1.81 |
| 9 | RP | Orlando Pena | 39 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.03 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.2 | 36 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 93 | 0.985 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 2.88 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Don Hood* | 23 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.90 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32.1 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 96 | 1.144 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 3.00 | |
| 11 | Wayne Garland | 22 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.94 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 95 | 1.313 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 1.43 | |
| 12 | Mickey Scott* | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 2.400 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 1.00 | ||
| Team Totals | 28.9 | 97 | 65 | .599 | 3.08 | 162 | 162 | 95 | 67 | 13 | 26 | 1461.2 | 1297 | 561 | 501 | 124 | 475 | 35 | 715 | 20 | 1 | 37 | 5989 | 121 | 1.212 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 1.51 | ||
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9852 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Alexander | 22 | 29 | 26 | 174.2 | 51 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 2.52 | 1.69 | P | |||||||||||||
| Frank Baker | 26 | 41 | 17 | 191.2 | 114 | 44 | 65 | 5 | 17 | .956 | -1.9 | -11.9 | -1.9 | -1.4 | -0.5 | 0 | 5.12 | 2.66 | SS-2B-3B-1B | |||||||
| Don Baylor | 24 | 118 | 101 | 932.1 | 244 | 228 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .975 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 2.30 | 2.02 | LF-1B-RF-DH | ||||||
| Mark Belanger | 29 | 154 | 145 | 1308.2 | 794 | 241 | 530 | 23 | 100 | .971 | 26.1 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 9.3 | 13.8 | 3 | 5.30 | 5.01 | SS | |||||||
| Paul Blair | 29 | 145 | 123 | 1154.1 | 389 | 371 | 14 | 4 | 4 | .990 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 15.6 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.00 | 2.66 | CF-DH | |||||||
| Larry Brown | 33 | 16 | 7 | 72.0 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.88 | 1.44 | 3B-2B | |||||||
| Al Bumbry | 26 | 100 | 82 | 678.2 | 140 | 135 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .979 | -2.1 | -3.7 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.2 | -1 | 1.82 | 1.37 | LF-RF-CF-DH | |||||||
| Enos Cabell | 23 | 25 | 9 | 111.0 | 116 | 111 | 4 | 1 | 14 | .991 | -1.5 | -16.2 | -1.5 | -0.7 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | 9.32 | 4.60 | 1B-3B-LF | ||||||
| Rich Coggins | 22 | 120 | 94 | 833.0 | 228 | 219 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .987 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 1 | 2.43 | 1.88 | RF-CF-DH | |||||||
| Terry Crowley | 26 | 40 | 9 | 93.0 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .950 | -1.0 | -12.9 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 0.95 | RF-1B-LF-DH | ||||||
| Mike Cuellar | 36 | 38 | 38 | 267.0 | 59 | 9 | 47 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 1.89 | 1.47 | P | |||||||||||||
| Tommy Davis | 34 | 131 | 4 | 27.0 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 0.3 | 13.3 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 11.33 | 0.26 | 1B-DH | |||||||
| Doug DeCinces | 22 | 11 | 4 | 53.0 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 2.0 | 45.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0 | 3.91 | 2.09 | 3B-2B-SS | |||||||
| Andy Etchebarren | 30 | 51 | 45 | 388.0 | 217 | 201 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .991 | 4.0 | 12.4 | 4 | 4.99 | 4.22 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 45% | C | |||||
| Jim Fuller | 22 | 8 | 5 | 39.0 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.5 | 46.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 2.63 | RF-1B-DH | ||||||
| Wayne Garland | 22 | 4 | 1 | 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 0.50 | P | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Grich | 24 | 162 | 162 | 1417.2 | 945 | 431 | 509 | 5 | 130 | .995 | 29.3 | 24.8 | 25.3 | 9.8 | 15.5 | 4 | 5.97 | 5.80 | 2B | |||||||
| Ellie Hendricks | 32 | 39 | 27 | 259.2 | 158 | 148 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.44 | 4.03 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 33% | C-DH | |||||
| Don Hood | 23 | 8 | 4 | 32.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.11 | 0.50 | P | |||||||||||||
| Grant Jackson | 30 | 45 | 0 | 80.1 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 1.57 | 0.31 | P | |||||||||||||
| Jesse Jefferson | 24 | 18 | 15 | 100.2 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.24 | 1.39 | P | |||||||||||||
| Dave McNally | 30 | 38 | 38 | 266.0 | 66 | 13 | 51 | 2 | 4 | .970 | 2.17 | 1.68 | P | |||||||||||||
| Curt Motton | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | -120.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | LF-DH | ||||||||
| Jim Palmer | 27 | 38 | 37 | 296.1 | 61 | 24 | 35 | 2 | 3 | .967 | 1.79 | 1.55 | P | |||||||||||||
| Orlando Pena | 39 | 11 | 2 | 44.2 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.01 | 0.91 | P | |||||||||||||
| Boog Powell | 31 | 111 | 104 | 916.2 | 1077 | 988 | 77 | 12 | 95 | .989 | -1.5 | -2.0 | -1.5 | -0.4 | -1.1 | 0 | 10.46 | 9.59 | 1B | |||||||
| Merv Rettenmund | 30 | 95 | 78 | 720.2 | 202 | 194 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 12.7 | 21.1 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 1 | 2.47 | 2.08 | RF-LF-CF | |||||||
| Bob Reynolds | 26 | 42 | 1 | 111.0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .706 | 0.97 | 0.29 | P | |||||||||||||
| Brooks Robinson | 36 | 154 | 151 | 1341.2 | 498 | 129 | 354 | 15 | 25 | .970 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 1 | 3.24 | 3.14 | 3B | |||||||
| Sergio Robles | 27 | 8 | 4 | 45.0 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.60 | 4.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | C | ||||||
| Mickey Scott | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | P | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Watt | 32 | 30 | 0 | 71.0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.14 | 0.30 | P | |||||||||||||
| Earl Williams | 24 | 139 | 125 | 1108.1 | 793 | 733 | 52 | 8 | 41 | .990 | 3.9 | 4.2 | -0.1 | -2.2 | 2.1 | 0 | 4 | 6.37 | 5.65 | 4 | 27 | 38 | 33 | 46% | C-1B-DH | |
| Team Totals | 28.3 | 162 | 1458 | 13153.0 | 6419 | 4385 | 1915 | 119 | 464 | .981 | 118.8 | 10.8 | 97.8 | 42.0 | 56.0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4.31 | 3.25 | 6 | 42 | 70 | 54 | 44% | |
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 11 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |