Birmingham Black Barons History - 1972 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1972 Birmingham Black Barons	94	68	.580	1^st	-	96-66	-2	.252	3.44	X		3,204,308	$61,960,048	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Rick Reuschel	1
Ozzie Award	Buddy Bell (3B), Mark Belanger (SS)	2
All-Star	Carlos Correa, Dave Malarcher, Rick Reuschel, CC Sabathia, Bob Watson	5
Pitcher of the Month	CC Sabathia (Aug, Sep)	2
Batter of the Month	Carlos Correa (Jun, Jul), Bob Watson (Aug)	3
Player of the Week	Larry Doby (May 8), Rajai Davis (May 29), Carlos Correa (Jun 19), Roger Connor (Aug 14), Buddy Bell (Aug 28), Bob Watson (Sep 4)	6

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
LF	Bob Watson	25	158	608	180	30	2	28	108	96	74	10	1	6	83	0	0	.296	.378	.490	.868	4.6	130
SS	Carlos Correa	31	143	547	140	35	3	42	110	102	71	4	1	3	107	13	3	.256	.344	.561	.905	7.2	137
1B	Roger Connor	32	147	475	134	29	7	17	52	75	74	15	3	2	69	22	8	.282	.394	.480	.874	4.5	132
2B	Dave Malarcher	29	124	424	113	21	0	13	44	81	80	5	6	1	52	28	11	.267	.388	.408	.796	4.1	113
RF	Larry Doby	35	136	461	117	13	3	16	59	50	46	1	0	4	98	3	3	.254	.320	.399	.719	1.9	91
CF	Jim Piersall	31	125	455	115	13	1	12	61	50	41	3	3	4	60	8	3	.253	.316	.365	.681	2.0	81
C	Bruce Petway	31	124	433	100	7	1	10	39	51	47	6	0	2	31	15	8	.231	.314	.321	.635	1.6	70
3B	Buddy Bell	20	115	446	118	21	1	19	67	55	34	5	1	1	39	1	2	.265	.323	.444	.767	3.7	102
CF	Rajai Davis	38	104	315	74	14	1	12	29	46	15	4	1	0	61	9	12	.235	.278	.400	.678	0.4	79
SS	Mark Belanger	31	91	235	50	4	0	3	15	18	17	1	5	0	39	4	0	.213	.269	.268	.537	1.0	44
2B	Derek Jeter	33	78	184	49	9	3	3	29	20	14	4	0	2	25	4	0	.266	.328	.397	.725	0.8	93
C	Harry Danning	34	43	143	35	5	0	2	17	18	8	4	0	1	12	0	0	.245	.301	.322	.623	0.3	67
RF	Leon Roberts	23	51	123	33	6	1	8	24	16	8	2	0	1	25	1	0	.268	.321	.528	.849	0.8	122
P	Rick Reuschel	24	41	96	24	9	0	2	7	7	3	3	22	0	34	0	0	.250	.294	.406	.700	-0.4	85
P	Bob Brown	21	41	87	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	17	0	56	0	0	.103	.143	.103	.246	-1.6	-33
P	CC Sabathia	25	33	82	7	0	0	1	3	6	1	0	16	1	31	0	0	.085	.095	.122	.217	-1.7	-42
RF	Dexter Fowler	36	32	64	16	2	0	1	5	8	7	1	1	1	13	0	1	.250	.329	.328	.657	0.1	76
RF	Ben Oglivie	33	17	60	15	4	0	6	16	9	5	0	0	0	18	0	0	.250	.308	.617	.924	0.2	139
1B	Starlin Castro	33	48	59	13	2	0	2	8	6	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	.220	.246	.356	.602	-0.3	58
P	Harry Krause	21	17	35	4	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	9	0	11	0	0	.114	.162	.171	.334	-0.7	-11
P	Bob Lemon	35	13	30	8	1	0	1	5	2	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	.267	.290	.400	.690	-0.0	82
2B	Don Kessinger	30	22	31	7	2	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	.226	.294	.290	.584	0.1	57
P	Willie Mitchell	18	14	26	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	11	0	0	.115	.115	.115	.231	-0.5	-38
P	Bert Maxwell	32	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.2	7
P	Ian Krol	27	37	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.1	288
P	Jack Fee	32	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	437
P	Don Fisher	38	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bobby Ayala	33	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0	49
P	Billy Wagner	38	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Arnold Umbach	25	45	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
30 Players		29.6	1922	5434	1367	228	24	198	704	725	556	70	102	29	899	109	51	.252	.327	.412	.739	28.0	95
NL Rank				4	5	3	6	2	2	2	1	3	1	6	3	2	2	5	2	2	2	2
ABBA Rank				8	7	8	11	2	2	2	2	5	1	12	8	4	4	7	2	3	2	2

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Rick Reuschel	24	41	41	23	10	0	2.71	319.3	279	102	96	23	72	215	0	13	4	1.10	.268	8.4	154
Bob Brown	21	41	41	16	11	0	3.29	292.3	255	111	107	21	139	222	0	9	3	1.35	.274	5.4	126
CC Sabathia	25	33	32	20	8	0	2.39	259.7	196	76	69	19	47	191	0	18	6	.94	.238	8.1	174
Harry Krause	21	17	17	6	6	0	4.89	116.0	126	65	63	23	31	73	0	5	1	1.35	.284	-0.1	85
Bob Lemon	35	13	13	4	6	0	3.97	99.7	98	46	44	10	30	49	0	3	0	1.28	.272	1.3	105
Willie Mitchell	18	14	13	3	6	0	4.29	84.0	75	45	40	5	42	40	0	0	0	1.39	.255	0.9	97
Arnold Umbach	25	45	0	4	6	9	3.52	61.3	48	26	24	4	25	24	4	0	0	1.19	.229	0.4	118
Billy Wagner	38	38	0	2	4	15	3.93	52.7	49	23	23	6	20	57	1	0	0	1.31	.309	1.3	106
Bobby Ayala	33	38	0	4	4	4	3.40	50.3	36	19	19	7	15	28	4	0	0	1.01	.204	0.0	122
Ian Krol	27	37	0	2	4	4	4.37	47.3	47	23	23	2	16	32	2	0	0	1.33	.310	0.9	95
Jack Fee	32	28	1	5	1	1	4.98	34.3	37	19	19	9	13	17	0	0	0	1.46	.252	-0.8	83
Bert Maxwell	32	6	4	1	0	0	4.50	22.0	25	12	11	3	9	5	0	0	0	1.55	.275	-0.2	92
Don Fisher	38	13	0	2	1	0	7.50	18.0	23	20	15	1	12	11	0	0	0	1.94	.349	0.0	55
Ray Herbert	23	4	0	2	1	0	9.00	5.0	5	6	5	1	5	2	0	0	0	2.00	.267	-0.1	46
14 Pitchers	25.2	368	162	94	68	33	3.44	1462.0	1299	593	558	134	476	966	11	48	14	1.21	.265	25.3	129
NL Rank		1	1	1	6	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	1
ABBA Rank		4	1	1	12	3	2	2	4	2	2	3	7	6	4	4	1	4	5	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Reuschel	41	41	27	32	3	63	4	.937	319.3	1.66	-1.9
B. Brown	41	41	15	26	4	42	1	.976	292.3	1.26	-0.4
C. Sabathia	33	32	13	26	1	43	4	.907	259.7	1.35	-0.9
H. Krause	17	17	3	11	0	19	5	.737	116.0	1.09	-1.7
B. Lemon	13	13	7	14	1	23	2	.913	99.7	1.90	-0.1
W. Mitchell	14	13	5	9	1	15	1	.933	84.0	1.50	-0.1
A. Umbach	44	0	3	13	1	17	1	.941	61.3	2.35	-0.6
B. Wagner	38	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	52.7	0.34	-0.1
B. Ayala	37	0	6	8	0	15	1	.933	50.3	2.50	-0.0
I. Krol	36	0	5	5	2	10	0	1.000	47.3	1.90	0.4
J. Fee	28	1	4	3	0	7	0	1.000	34.3	1.83	-0.1
B. Maxwell	6	4	1	4	1	6	1	.833	22.0	2.05	-0.5
D. Fisher	13	0	1	1	0	3	1	.667	18.0	1.00	-0.5
R. Herbert	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	365	162	91	153	14	265	21	.921	1462.0	1.50	-6.5

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
B. Petway	121	121	730	67	10	801	4	.995	1093.3	6.56	2.0	9	44.2
H. Danning	43	41	240	19	1	263	4	.985	368.7	6.32	-0.6	1	26.1
Totals	164	162	970	86	11	1064	8	.992	1462.0	6.50	1.5	10	38.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Connor	124	119	1073	70	110	1151	8	.993	1062.7	9.68	0.1
B. Watson	43	42	324	25	22	354	5	.986	359.7	8.73	-1.6
S. Castro	9	0	35	2	2	37	0	1.000	31.3	10.63	0.1
D. Jeter	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	4.0	6.75	0.0
B. Bell	1	0	3	0	1	3	0	1.000	3.0	9.00	-0.6
D. Malarcher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	179	161	1438	97	135	1548	13	.992	1462.0	9.45	-2.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Malarcher	73	73	162	209	58	374	3	.992	644.3	5.18	-0.7
C. Correa	48	47	82	119	30	202	1	.995	414.3	4.37	1.1
D. Jeter	37	37	69	68	20	139	2	.986	318.3	3.87	-2.6
D. Kessinger	8	4	11	12	3	24	1	.958	45.0	4.60	-0.1
M. Belanger	17	0	0	8	2	9	1	.889	27.0	2.67	-0.1
S. Castro	4	1	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	13.0	3.46	-0.0
Totals	187	162	325	420	114	753	8	.989	1462.0	4.59	-2.5

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Bell	114	114	77	234	28	316	5	.984	1009.3	2.77	7.1
D. Malarcher	39	38	17	84	8	104	3	.971	345.0	2.63	0.7
D. Jeter	7	5	2	10	0	12	0	1.000	44.0	2.45	0.1
S. Castro	5	2	0	6	0	8	2	.750	23.3	2.31	-1.6
M. Belanger	8	1	0	6	1	6	0	1.000	20.3	2.66	0.6
D. Kessinger	5	2	0	4	1	4	0	1.000	20.0	1.80	0.6
Totals	178	162	96	344	38	450	10	.978	1462.0	2.71	7.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Correa	96	96	154	279	60	438	5	.989	860.3	4.53	2.0
M. Belanger	66	66	86	216	37	302	0	1.000	574.0	4.74	10.2
D. Kessinger	9	0	1	8	1	9	0	1.000	20.7	3.92	0.5
D. Malarcher	3	0	3	3	1	6	0	1.000	6.0	9.00	-0.0
S. Castro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	175	162	244	506	99	755	5	.993	1462.0	4.62	12.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	116	115	259	3	1	269	7	.974	1025.3	2.30	-1.7
R. Davis	44	34	82	0	0	83	1	.988	317.3	2.33	2.3
L. Roberts	11	10	23	1	0	27	3	.889	91.7	2.36	-1.0
J. Piersall	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	10.0	2.70	-0.0
D. Fowler	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	-0.0
B. Oglivie	1	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	-0.0
B. Petway	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	175	162	376	4	1	391	11	.972	1462.0	2.34	-0.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Piersall	124	124	324	7	1	333	2	.994	1088.0	2.74	7.8
R. Davis	44	35	131	5	1	138	2	.986	346.3	3.53	-1.6
L. Doby	2	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	10.3	3.48	-0.1
L. Roberts	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.3	2.89	-0.1
D. Fowler	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.0
Totals	172	162	464	12	2	480	4	.992	1462.0	2.93	6.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Doby	123	123	281	4	2	292	7	.976	1072.3	2.39	3.3
L. Roberts	17	14	36	0	0	36	0	1.000	135.0	2.40	0.1
B. Oglivie	14	14	23	0	0	25	2	.920	120.0	1.72	-2.7
D. Fowler	16	10	26	3	1	29	0	1.000	103.0	2.53	0.3
B. Watson	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.1
R. Connor	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	-0.8
S. Castro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.7	0.00	-0.8
R. Davis	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	-0.0
B. Bell	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	3.0	12.00	0.7
Totals	181	162	374	7	3	390	9	.977	1462.0	2.35	0.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bob Watson	.296
On-Base Percentage	Roger Connor	.394
Slugging Percentage	Carlos Correa	.561
OPS	Carlos Correa	.905
Games	Bob Watson	158
At-Bats	Bob Watson	608
Runs	Carlos Correa	102
Hits	Bob Watson	180
Doubles	Carlos Correa	35
Triples	Roger Connor	7
Home Runs	Carlos Correa	42
Runs Batted In	Carlos Correa	110
Stolen Bases	Dave Malarcher	28
Caught Stealing	Rajai Davis	12
Walks	Dave Malarcher	80
Strikeouts	Carlos Correa	107

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Rick Reuschel	23
Losses	Bob Brown	11
Saves	Billy Wagner	15
Games	Arnold Umbach	45
Games Started	Rick Reuschel, Bob Brown	41
Complete Games	CC Sabathia	18
Shutouts	CC Sabathia	6
Innings Pitched	Rick Reuschel	319.3
Hits Allowed	Rick Reuschel	279
Home Runs Allowed	Rick Reuschel, Harry Krause	23
Strikeouts	Bob Brown	222
Walks Allowed	Bob Brown	139
Earned Run Average	CC Sabathia	2.39
Walks + Hits per IP	CC Sabathia	0.94
BABIP	CC Sabathia	.238

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
July 31st	P Ray Herbert RF Ben Oglivie	to the Los Angeles Angels for