1972 California Angels Statistics and Roster

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1972 California Angels (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
75-80, Finished 5th in AL Western Division
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Scored 454 runs, Allowed 533 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-89
Managed by Del Rice

Ballpark: Anaheim Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 744,190 (8th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 87, Pitching - 88
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Art Kusnyer         26   64  179   13   37   2  1   2   13  16   33  .207  .276  .263   0   0   2   1   1   0   3   65
1B  Bob Oliver          29  134  509   47  137  20  4  19   70  27   97  .269  .307  .436   4   3  15   3   0   5   8  126
2B #Sandy Alomar        28  155  610   65  146  20  3   1   25  47   55  .239  .292  .287  20  12   8   0   6   3   5   78
3B  Ken McMullen        30  137  472   36  127  18  1   9   34  48   59  .269  .335  .369   1   2  12   0   1   2   2  116
SS  Leo Cardenas        33  150  551   25  123  11  2   6   42  35   73  .223  .272  .283   1   2  15   2  13   1   4   70
LF *Vada Pinson         33  136  484   56  133  24  2   7   49  30   54  .275  .321  .376  17   6   7   5   4   4  12  113
CF  Ken Berry           31  119  409   41  118  15  3   5   39  35   47  .289  .347  .377   5   3   4   2  12   1   2  122
RF  Leroy Stanton       26  127  402   44  101  15  3  12   39  22  100  .251  .295  .393   2   3  16   4   2   2   4  110
   *Jim Spencer         24   82  212   13   47   5  0   1   14  12   25  .222  .262  .259   0   1   8   0   0   1   1   60
   *Mickey Rivers       23   58  159   18   34   6  2   0    7   8   26  .214  .256  .277   4   3   3   1   8   0   1   63
    Jeff Torborg        30   59  153    5   32   3  0   0    8  14   21  .209  .280  .229   0   0   6   1   0   0   4   57
   *John Stephenson     31   66  146   14   40   3  1   2   17  11    8  .274  .342  .349   0   0   7   4   0   0   5  112
    Andy Kosco          30   49  142   15   34   4  2   6   13   5   23  .239  .267  .423   1   0   5   1   1   2   1  109
    Billy Parker        25   36   80   11   17   2  0   2    8   9   17  .213  .286  .313   0   2   3   0   0   2   0   83
    Winston Llenas      28   44   64    3   17   3  0   0    7   3    8  .266  .290  .313   0   0   4   0   0   2   0   85
    Jack Hiatt          29   22   45    4   13   0  1   1    5   5   11  .289  .360  .400   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  133
    Curt Motton         31   42   39    6    6   1  0   0    1   5   12  .154  .250  .179   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   33
    Syd O'Brien         28   36   39   10    7   2  0   1    1   6   10  .179  .289  .308   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   83
    Doug Howard         24   11   38    4   10   1  0   0    2   1    3  .263  .300  .289   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   81
   *Chris Coletta       27   14   30    5    9   1  0   1    7   1    4  .300  .323  .433   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  130
   *Tom Silverio        26   13   12    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    5  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2
    Billy Cowan         33    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Roger Repoz         31    3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  105
    Joe Azcue           32    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Nolan Ryan          25   39   96    4   13   5  1   0    3   2   48  .135  .153  .208   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   10
    Clyde Wright        31   35   83    7   18   6  0   2   13   4   25  .217  .253  .361   0   0   3   0   6   0   0   87
   *Rudy May            27   35   62    3    7   1  0   0    1   3   29  .113  .154  .129   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -13
    Andy Messersmith    26   26   53    2   10   3  0   0    0   3   13  .189  .232  .245   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   46
    Rickey Clark        26   27   31    0    3   0  0   0    0   1   14  .097  .125  .097   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -31
    Lloyd Allen         22   42   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    8  .118  .118  .118   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -28
    Eddie Fisher        35   43   17    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    8  .118  .118  .118   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -28
    Don Rose            25   16   10    1    2   0  0   1    1   1    3  .200  .273  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  133
   *Steve Barber        34   34    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   3    4  .143  .400  .143   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   71
    Dick Lange          23    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Mel Queen           30   17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    8
    Tom Murphy          26    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  155 5165  454 1249 171 26  78  420 358  850  .242  .291  .330  57  37 125  25  66  25  52   96
    Rank among 12 AL teams         7   12    5   9  7  10       12    8     5    10     9   9  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Nolan Ryan          25  39   2.28  19  16  0  39   0  20   9  284.0  166   80   72  14  157  329 1154  18  10  0   4 128
SP *Clyde Wright        31  35   2.98  18  11  0  35   0  15   2  251.0  229  101   83  14   80   87 1029   4   4  0   6  98
SP *Rudy May            27  35   2.94  12  11  1  30   3  10   3  205.3  162   79   67  15   82  169  849   3   0  0   6  99
SP  Andy Messersmith    26  25   2.81   8  11  2  21   4  10   3  169.7  125   56   53   5   68  142  690   2   2  1   8 104
SP  Rickey Clark        26  26   4.51   4   9  1  15   2   2   0  109.7  105   59   55  10   55   61  478   7   2  0   2  65

CL  Lloyd Allen         22  42   3.48   3   7  5   6  22   0   0   85.3   76   38   33   7   55   53  382   8   3  0   5  84
RP  Eddie Fisher        35  43   3.76   4   5  4   1  28   0   0   81.3   73   35   34   6   31   32  337   0   0  0   3  78
RP *Steve Barber        34  34   2.02   4   4  2   3  17   0   0   58.0   37   16   13   4   30   34  236   1   1  0  11 145
RP  Mel Queen           30  17   4.35   0   0  0   0   8   0   0   31.0   31   17   15   2   19   19  143   1   3  0   1  67
RP  Don Rose            25  16   4.22   1   4  0   4   3   0   0   42.7   49   25   20   9   19   39  194   0   0  1   5  69

    Dave Sells          25  10   2.81   2   0  0   0   5   0   0   16.0   11    6    5   0    5    2   62   1   0  0   1 104
    Alan Foster         25   8   4.97   0   1  0   0   1   0   0   12.7   12    8    7   3    6   11   58   1   2  0   0  59
    Tom Dukes           29   7   1.64   0   1  1   0   3   0   0   11.0   11    3    2   1    0    8   43   1   1  0   0 178
    Tom Murphy          26   6   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   10.0   13    6    6   0    8    2   48   1   0  0   1  54
    Dick Lange          23   2   4.70   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    7.7    7    4    4   0    2    8   32   1   0  0   0  62
   *Paul Doyle          32   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.3    2    0    0   0    3    4   12   0   0  1   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 155   3.06  75  80 16 155  98  57  18 1377.0 1109  533  468  90  620 1000 5747  49  28  3  53  95
    Rank among 12 AL teams          7   9   4 12           2   5      9    1    6        4   12    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- AKusnyer 479 54 63 362 33 10 3 .975 12 25 36 15 JTorborg 451 54 58 383 28 1 5 .998 2 8 35 17 JStephenson 346 37 56 273 12 2 2 .993 6 14 27 9 JHiatt 99 10 17 48 4 0 0 1.000 1 2 4 3 JAzcue 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1377 155 155 1070 77 13 10 .989 21 49 102 44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BOliver 1100 124 127 1079 54 7 93 .994 9.26 JSpencer 266 30 35 267 22 3 25 .990 9.78 DHoward 9 1 1 10 0 0 3 1.000 10.00 SO'Brien 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 VPinson 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 1359 76 10 121 .993 9.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SAlomar 1308 150 154 350 388 17 92 .977 5.08 BParker 51 5 9 9 18 0 5 1.000 4.76 SO'Brien 13 0 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.15 WLlenas 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 363 410 17 98 .978 5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KMcMullen 1149 133 137 89 267 11 26 .970 2.79 BParker 123 12 21 16 23 2 3 .951 2.85 WLlenas 65 7 10 4 15 1 2 .950 2.63 SO'Brien 32 2 8 0 8 1 1 .889 2.25 DHoward 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 109 314 16 32 .964 2.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LCardenas 1315 149 150 241 471 22 82 .970 4.87 SAlomar 30 3 4 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.70 SO'Brien 28 3 4 1 9 1 0 .909 3.21 BParker 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 246 487 23 83 .970 4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPinson 778 82 112 147 10 2 3 .987 1.82 AKosco 189 23 24 39 2 1 0 .976 1.95 JSpencer 161 21 24 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.22 DHoward 64 8 8 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.27 CMotton 57 7 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 BParker 37 4 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.45 CColetta 34 5 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 MRivers 25 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 WLlenas 14 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29 TSilverio 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BOliver 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 246 15 5 3 .981 1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBerry 961 107 116 269 13 0 5 1.000 2.64 MRivers 292 33 38 90 0 2 0 .978 2.77 VPinson 105 13 16 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 LStanton 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 TSilverio 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 381 13 2 5 .995 2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LStanton 969 105 123 221 6 4 2 .983 2.11 VPinson 212 27 30 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 AKosco 94 11 13 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 BOliver 57 7 7 12 0 1 0 .923 1.89 MRivers 35 4 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 CColetta 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TSilverio 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 303 6 5 2 .984 2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- VPinson 1095 122 134 205 11 2 3 .991 1.77 LStanton 985 107 124 225 6 4 2 .983 2.11 KBerry 961 107 116 272 13 0 5 1.000 2.67 MRivers 352 38 48 105 0 2 0 .981 2.68 AKosco 283 34 36 62 2 1 0 .985 2.04 JSpencer 161 21 24 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.28 BOliver 65 8 8 12 0 2 0 .857 1.66 DHoward 64 8 8 8 2 0 0 1.000 1.41 CMotton 57 7 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 CColetta 43 6 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.63 BParker 37 4 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.97 WLlenas 14 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29 TSilverio 13 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1377 155 155 935 36 12 10 .988 2.12 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NRyan 284 39 39 7 28 6 2 .854 1.11 CWright 251 35 35 8 61 6 4 .920 2.47 RMay 205 30 35 2 24 5 2 .839 1.14 AMessersmit 169 21 25 9 24 0 0 1.000 1.75 RClark 109 15 26 7 20 1 1 .964 2.22 LAllen 85 6 42 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.37 EFisher 81 1 43 5 12 2 1 .895 1.88 SBarber 58 3 34 1 7 2 0 .800 1.24 DRose 42 4 16 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.26 MQueen 31 0 17 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.45 DSells 16 0 10 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38 AFoster 12 0 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.83 TDukes 11 0 7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 TMurphy 10 0 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 DLange 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.34 PDoyle 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1377 155 155 50 207 23 12 .918 1.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Pinson .275

On-base % McMullen .335

Slugging % Oliver .436

OPS Oliver .743

Games Alomar 155

At Bats Alomar 610

Plate Appearances (approx.) Alomar 666

Runs Alomar 65

Hits Alomar 146

Total Bases Oliver 222

Doubles Pinson 24

Triples Oliver 4

Home Runs Oliver 19

RBI Oliver 70

Bases on Balls McMullen 48

Strikeouts Stanton 100

Stolen Bases Alomar 20

Singles Alomar 122

Adjusted OPS+ Oliver 126

Runs Created Oliver 64

Adjusted Batting Runs Oliver 13

Batting Wins Oliver 1.5

Extra-Base Hits Oliver 43

Times on Base Alomar 193

Offensive Win% Oliver .583

Hit By Pitch Pinson 5

Sac. Hits Cardenas 13

Sac. Flies Oliver 5

Intentional Walks Pinson 12

Grounded into Double Plays Stanton 16

Caught Stealing Alomar 12

Power/Speed Number Pinson 9.9

At Bats per Strikeout Alomar 11.1

At Bats per Home Run Oliver 26.8

Outs Alomar 493

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Ryan 2.28

Wins Ryan 19

Won-Loss % Wright .621

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ryan 1.137

Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan 5.26

Bases on Balls/9IP Wright 2.87

Strikeouts/9IP Ryan 10.43

Games Fisher 43

Saves Allen 5

Innings Ryan 284.0

Strikeouts Ryan 329

Games Started Ryan 39

Comp. Games Ryan 20

Shutouts Ryan 9

Home Runs Allow. May 15

Bases On Balls Allow. Ryan 157

Hits Allowed Wright 229

SO to Walk Ryan 2.10

Losses Ryan 16

Earned Runs Allow. Wright 83

Wild Pitches Ryan 18

Hit Batsmen Ryan 10

Batters Faced Ryan 1154

Games Finished Fisher 28

Adjusted ERA+ Ryan 128

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