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1972 Los Angeles Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
85-70, Finished 2nd in NL Western Division
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Scored 584 runs, Allowed 527 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-70
Managed by Walter Alston

Ballpark: Dodger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,860,858 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 Stats (1971/1973) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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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   Chris Cannizzaro    34   73  200   14   48   6  0   2   18  31   38  .240  .341  .300   0   1   4   0   1   1   5   86
1B #Wes Parker          32  130  427   45  119  14  3   4   59  62   43  .279  .367  .354   3   5  13   1   6   6   5  108
2B  Lee Lacy            24   60  243   34   63   7  3   0   12  19   37  .259  .312  .313   5   3   4   0   3   1   0   80
3B  Steve Garvey        23   96  294   36   79  14  2   9   30  19   36  .269  .312  .422   4   2   8   1   0   3   3  109
SS  Bill Russell        23  129  434   47  118  19  5   4   34  34   64  .272  .326  .366  14   7   4   2   5   2   9   99
LF  Manny Mota          34  118  371   57  120  16  5   5   48  27   15  .323  .375  .434   4   4  10   5   5   2   6  132
CF *Willie Davis        32  149  615   81  178  22  7  19   79  27   61  .289  .317  .441  20   3   9   1   4   7   4  116
RF  Frank Robinson      36  103  342   41   86   6  1  19   59  55   76  .251  .353  .442   2   3   9   2   0   6   0  127
    Bobby Valentine     22  119  391   42  107  11  2   3   32  27   33  .274  .319  .335   5   5  11   2   8   6   2   88
   *Bill Buckner        22  105  383   47  122  14  3   5   37  17   13  .319  .348  .410  10   3  13   1   3   1   2  117
   *Willie Crawford     25   96  243   28   61   7  3   8   27  35   55  .251  .349  .403   4   2   8   2   2   1   3  116
   #Jim Lefebvre        30   70  169   11   34   8  0   5   24  17   30  .201  .271  .337   0   0   3   0   0   2   6   74
   *Duke Sims           31   51  151    7   29   7  0   2   11  17   23  .192  .278  .278   0   0   6   1   0   0   3   60
    Billy Grabarkewitz  26   53  144   17   24   4  0   4   16  18   53  .167  .265  .278   3   0   2   2   0   2   1   56
   #Maury Wills         39   71  132   16   17   3  1   0    4  10   18  .129  .190  .167   1   1   3   0  10   0   0    3
    Steve Yeager        23   35  106   18   29   0  1   4   15  16   26  .274  .374  .406   0   0   3   1   1   0   2  124
    Dick Dietz          30   27   56    4    9   1  0   1    6  14   11  .161  .329  .232   2   0   1   0   0   0   2   64
    Tom Paciorek        25   11   47    4   12   4  0   1    6   1    7  .255  .271  .404   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   92
    Davey Lopes         27   11   42    6    9   4  0   0    1   7    6  .214  .327  .310   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   84
    Ron Cey             24   11   37    3   10   1  0   1    3   7   10  .270  .400  .378   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  125
    Joe Ferguson        25    8   24    2    7   3  0   1    5   2    4  .292  .346  .542   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  152
    Terry McDermott     21    9   23    2    3   0  0   0    0   2    8  .130  .200  .130   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   -3

    Don Sutton          27   33   91    4   13   0  0   0    1   2   24  .143  .170  .143   0   0   0   1  11   0   0   -9
   *Claude Osteen       32   36   88    9   24   5  1   1   11   5   19  .273  .319  .386   0   0   2   1   6   0   0  102
    Al Downing          31   31   66    2    8   1  1   0    2   1   27  .121  .134  .167   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -14
    Tommy John          29   29   63    3   10   0  0   0    2   0   10  .159  .159  .159   0   0   3   0   7   0   0   -8
    Bill Singer         28   26   55    1    4   1  0   0    0   2   21  .073  .105  .091   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -43
    Mike Strahler       25   19   11    2    2   0  0   0    0   3    6  .182  .357  .182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   59
    Pete Mikkelsen      32   33    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    6  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -61
   *Doug Rau            23    7    7    0    1   0  1   0    1   1    2  .143  .250  .429   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   92
   *Pete Richert        32   37    6    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  188
   *Jim Brewer          34   51    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   55
    Hoyt Wilhelm        49   16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5  155 5270  584 1349 178 39  98  543 480  786  .256  .318  .360  82  39 121  24  89  40  53  101
    Rank among 12 NL teams         4    7    5   9  5   9        7   11     6     6     7   5  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 *Claude Osteen       32  33   2.64  20  11  0  33   0  14   4  252.0  232   82   74  16   69  100 1033   5   4  0   4 127
SP  Don Sutton          27  33   2.08  19   9  0  33   0  18   9  272.7  186   78   63  13   63  207 1061   9   4  1   1 161
SP *Al Downing          31  31   2.98   9   9  0  30   1   7   4  202.7  196   81   67  13   67  117  868   2   7  1   2 113
SP *Tommy John          29  29   2.89  11   5  0  29   0   4   1  186.7  172   68   60  14   40  117  766  10   3  0   1 116
SP  Bill Singer         28  26   3.67   6  16  0  25   0   4   3  169.3  148   84   69   8   60  101  708   5   5  0   4  91

CL *Jim Brewer          34  51   1.26   8   7 17   0  41   0   0   78.3   41   16   11   6   25   69  303   1   2  0  11 265
RP *Pete Richert        32  37   2.25   2   3  6   0  22   0   0   52.0   42   17   13   3   18   38  213   2   1  0   5 149
RP  Pete Mikkelsen      32  33   4.06   5   5  5   0  17   0   0   57.7   65   32   26   3   23   41  265   3   5  1   4  83
RP  Mike Strahler       25  19   3.26   1   2  0   2   5   1   0   47.0   42   25   17   5   22   25  207   2   1  0   1 103
RP  Hoyt Wilhelm        49  16   4.62   0   1  1   0   9   0   0   25.3   20   16   13   0   15    9  112   4   0  0   0  73

   *Doug Rau            23   7   2.20   2   2  0   3   3   2   0   32.7   18   11    8   1   11   19  130   0   1  0   2 152
   *Ron Perranoski      36   9   2.70   2   0  0   0   4   0   0   16.7   19    8    5   0    8    5   74   0   0  0   0 124
    Jose Pena           29   5   8.59   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.3   13    8    7   1    6    4   42   0   0  0   1  39
    Charlie Hough       24   2   3.38   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.7    2    1    1   0    2    4   13   0   1  0   0  99
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3 155   2.78  85  70 29 155 105  50  23 1403.0 1196  527  433  83  429  856 5795  43  34  3  36 120
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   3   8  6           3   1      4    1    2        1    2    7

    * - 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
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
CCannizzaro  525  59  72  312   26   6   4  .983   4  24  30  10
DSims        371  41  48  244   17   3   4  .989   2   7  21   9
SYeager      306  34  35  220   19   4   2  .984   2   6  20   8
DDietz       151  15  22  104   12   0   1 1.000   3   6   6   7
JFerguson     50   6   7   37    1   0   1 1.000   1   1   2   3
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1403 155 155  917   75  13  12  .987  12  44  79  37
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *9.73
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
WParker     1005 110 120 1074   68   4  91  .997 10.23
BBuckner     275  31  35  311   21   3  28  .991 10.87
TPaciorek     52   6   6   44    3   1   4  .979  8.13
TMcDermott    49   5   7   46    2   0   4 1.000  8.82
SGarvey       22   3   3   33    2   0   3 1.000 14.32
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155 1508   96   8 130  .995 10.29
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *5.36
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LLacy        511  58  58  125  161   8  38  .973  5.04
BValentine   395  43  49  110  132   6  28  .976  5.51
JLefebvre    257  27  33   66   82   2  21  .987  5.18
BGrabarkewi  141  16  19   45   43   4  12  .957  5.59
DLopes        98  11  11   27   27   2   5  .964  4.96
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155  373  445  22 104  .974  5.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .945 *2.87
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
SGarvey      670  73  85   71  187  28  18  .902  3.46
BValentine   311  38  39   20   81  14   4  .878  2.92
BGrabarkewi  183  22  24   15   40   6   1  .902  2.70
RCey          96  11  11    7   20   3   1  .900  2.53
JLefebvre     73   8  11    4   17   2   3  .913  2.56
MWills        68   3  26    1   14   0   2 1.000  1.97
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155  118  359  53  29  .900  3.06
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .967 *5.04
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BRussell    1060 118 121  197  439  34  69  .949  5.40
MWills       250  27  31   38   89   2  18  .984  4.57
BValentine    91  10  10   23   32   3   6  .948  5.44
BGrabarkewi    2   0   2    1    1   1   1  .667  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155  259  561  40  94  .953  5.26
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .974 *1.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MMota        777  84  98  138    3   1   1  .993  1.63
WCrawford    410  48  52   73    2   2   0  .974  1.65
BBuckner      76   9   9   22    0   0   0 1.000  2.61
FRobinson     64   8   8   10    2   1   1  .923  1.69
TPaciorek     47   5   5    9    2   0   0 1.000  2.11
BValentine    28   1   5    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.93
BRussell       0   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000 12.86
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155  259    9   4   2  .985  1.72
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *2.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
WDavis      1318 146 146  370   10   5   1  .987  2.59
BValentine    47   5   8   13    0   0   0 1.000  2.49
WParker       26   3   3    8    0   0   0 1.000  2.77
MMota         10   1   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.90
BRussell       2   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155  393   10   5   1  .988  2.59
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FRobinson    745  86  89  158    4   5   1  .970  1.96
BBuckner     433  48  52  102    1   1   0  .990  2.14
WCrawford    166  15  27   38    0   0   0 1.000  2.06
BValentine    20   2   4    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
JFerguson     16   2   2    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.81
WParker       15   2   3    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.20
BRussell       6   0   4    2    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
TPaciorek      1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155  312    5   6   1  .981  2.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.18  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
WDavis      1318 146 146  373   10   5   1  .987  2.62
FRobinson    809  94  95  168    6   6   2  .967  1.93
MMota        787  85  99  141    3   1   1  .993  1.65
WCrawford    576  63  74  111    2   2   0  .983  1.77
BBuckner     509  57  61  123    1   1   0  .992  2.19
BValentine    95   8  16   25    0   0   0 1.000  2.37
TPaciorek     48   5   6    9    2   0   0 1.000  2.06
WParker       41   5   5   11    0   0   0 1.000  2.41
JFerguson     16   2   2    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.81
BRussell       8   0   6    5    0   0   0 1.000  5.17
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1403 155 155  971   24  15   4  .985  2.13 155 155 155
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .950 *1.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DSutton      272  33  33   18   34   1   2  .981  1.72
COsteen      252  33  33    9   40   1   2  .980  1.75
ADowning     202  30  31    5   54   1   5  .983  2.62
TJohn        186  29  29   11   45   0   3 1.000  2.70
BSinger      169  25  26    7   28   2   2  .946  1.86
JBrewer       78   0  51    1   11   1   1  .923  1.38
PMikkelsen    57   0  33    1    9   1   0  .909  1.56
PRichert      52   0  37    3    5   2   2  .800  1.38
MStrahler     47   2  19    3    6   2   0  .818  1.72
DRau          32   3   7    0    6   0   1 1.000  1.65
HWilhelm      25   0  16    3    5   0   0 1.000  2.85
RPerranoski   16   0   9    1    2   0   0 1.000  1.62
JPena          7   0   5    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.23
CHough         2   0   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  3.33
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1403 155 155   63  246  11  18  .966  1.98
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageDavis.289
On-base %Parker.367
Slugging %Davis.441
OPSDavis.758
GamesDavis149
At BatsDavis615
Plate Appearances (approx.)Davis654
RunsDavis81
HitsDavis178
Total BasesDavis271
DoublesDavis22
TriplesDavis7
Home RunsDavis and Robinson19
RBIDavis79
Bases on BallsParker62
StrikeoutsRobinson76
Stolen BasesDavis20
SinglesDavis130
Adjusted OPS+Davis116
Runs CreatedDavis87
Adjusted Batting RunsMota15
Batting WinsMota1.6
Extra-Base HitsDavis48
Times on BaseDavis206
Offensive Win%Davis.603
Hit By PitchMota5
Sac. HitsSutton11
Sac. FliesDavis7
Intentional WalksRussell9
Grounded into Double PlaysBuckner and Parker13
Caught StealingRussell7
Power/Speed NumberDavis19.5
At Bats per StrikeoutDavis10.1
At Bats per Home RunDavis32.4
OutsDavis460

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERASutton2.08
WinsOsteen20
Won-Loss %John.688
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Sutton0.913
Hits Allowed/9IPSutton6.14
Bases on Balls/9IPJohn1.93
Strikeouts/9IPSutton6.83
GamesBrewer51
SavesBrewer17
InningsSutton272.7
StrikeoutsSutton207
Games StartedOsteen and Sutton33
Comp. GamesSutton18
ShutoutsSutton9
Home Runs Allow.Osteen16
Bases On Balls Allow.Osteen69
Hits AllowedOsteen232
SO to WalkSutton3.29
LossesSinger16
Earned Runs Allow.Osteen74
Wild PitchesJohn10
Hit BatsmenDowning7
Batters FacedSutton1061
Games FinishedBrewer41
Adjusted ERA+Sutton161

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