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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
74-86, Finished 5th in AL West
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Scored 654 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82
Manager: Bill Rigney (74-86)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 940,858 (5th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102; one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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1970 / 1972 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 20, 1970
Traded Charlie Wissler (minors) and Herman Hill to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Sal Campisi and Jim Kennedy.
November 30, 1970
Drafted Vic Albury from the San Diego Padres in the 1970 minor league draft.
Drafted Jim Strickland from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970 minor league draft.
1971
Bruce Look sent to the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.
March 29, 1971
Traded Bill Zepp to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later and Mike Adams. The Detroit Tigers sent Art Clifford (minors) (May 16, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
March 31, 1971
Released Luis Tiant.
April 5, 1971 (Standings)
Released Frank Quilici.
April 9, 1971 (Standings)
Released Dave Boswell.
April 28, 1971 (Standings)
Signed Tom Kelly as a free agent.
June 8, 1971 (Standings)
Drafted Glenn Borgmann in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).
Drafted Dave Edwards in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Drafted Rob Wilfong in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Drafted Chuck Baker in the 36th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 20, 1971 (Standings)
Signed Dave McKay as an amateur free agent.
June 28, 1971 (Standings)
Signed George Thomas as a free agent.
July 8, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Paul Ratliff to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Phil Roof.
July 30, 1971 (Standings)
Ron Perranoski selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.
September 1, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Stan Williams to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Fred Rico (September 14, 1971) and Dan Ford (minors) (September 14, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
October 22, 1971
Traded Paul Powell to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Bobby Darwin.
October 27, 1971
Released George Thomas.
November 29, 1971
Brant Alyea drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1971 rule 5 draft.
November 30, 1971
Traded Leo Cardenas to the California Angels. Received Dave LaRoche.
December 3, 1971
Traded Tom Hall to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Wayne Granger.
December 11, 1971
Traded Jerry Schiegelmilch (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Ron Drake (minors) and Jose Arcia.
January 12, 1972
Drafted Warren Cromartie in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
February 5, 1972
Sold Pete Hamm to the Chicago White Sox.
March 11, 1972
Signed Ron Herbel as a free agent.
