Kansas City Athletics History - 1972 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1972 Kansas City Athletics	87	75	.537	2^nd	1	87-75	0	.268	3.46	X		2,768,416	$59,624,583	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Steve Carlton, David Carpenter, Rocco Colavito, Vladimir Guerrero, Kirby Puckett	5
Pitcher of the Month	Vic Raschi (Jun), Steve Carlton (Jul)	2
Batter of the Month	Kirby Puckett (Jul), Rocco Colavito (Sep)	2
Rookie of the Month	Vic Raschi (Jun), Miguel Cabrera (Jul)	2
Player of the Week	Rod Carew (Jun 12), Rocco Colavito (Jun 26), Vladimir Guerrero (Jul 3), Kirby Puckett (Jul 10), Rod Carew (Jul 17), Vladimir Guerrero (Aug 21), Jim Fregosi (Sep 18), Rocco Colavito (Oct 2)	8

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+
2B	Rod Carew	30	159	658	205	29	8	9	75	99	69	2	1	6	71	34	19	.312	.376	.421	.796	4.2	142
CF	Kirby Puckett	30	156	657	210	53	4	16	93	80	27	4	1	6	86	3	3	.320	.347	.486	.833	6.5	150
3B	Miguel Cabrera	22	156	623	164	31	4	16	62	61	35	4	0	1	144	0	0	.263	.306	.403	.709	2.4	114
LF	Rocco Colavito	26	155	570	147	27	0	38	98	73	55	8	1	6	99	0	0	.258	.329	.505	.834	4.6	149
RF	Vladimir Guerrero	29	152	581	160	16	2	33	105	81	41	7	0	4	70	7	3	.275	.329	.480	.809	3.7	143
SS	Jim Fregosi	30	157	543	140	33	5	14	52	70	68	10	0	2	90	0	0	.258	.350	.414	.764	4.2	132
C	Yadier Molina	37	129	460	110	26	0	4	33	53	29	8	0	2	44	0	0	.239	.295	.322	.616	1.0	88
1B	Ed Kranepool	29	114	376	92	18	0	10	36	35	21	1	3	4	34	0	1	.245	.284	.372	.656	-0.3	98
2B	Carney Lansford	24	101	362	109	25	2	6	31	55	19	4	1	2	55	7	3	.301	.341	.431	.772	2.4	133
C	Hank Severeid	26	47	127	38	14	1	2	17	14	12	3	1	0	11	0	0	.299	.373	.472	.846	1.1	155
LF	Gene Woodling	30	39	111	23	4	1	4	13	12	13	0	0	2	11	0	0	.207	.286	.369	.655	0.0	98
SS	George C Scott	33	82	109	23	3	2	2	17	10	8	0	0	3	38	0	0	.211	.258	.330	.589	-0.5	78
P	Steve Carlton	29	33	88	18	4	0	0	7	4	1	1	15	0	31	0	0	.205	.222	.250	.472	-1.0	44
P	Vic Raschi	27	32	82	11	2	0	0	1	4	3	0	11	0	38	0	0	.134	.165	.159	.323	-1.0	-1
P	Todd Stottlemyre	29	32	78	13	1	0	0	8	4	1	0	14	1	30	0	0	.167	.175	.179	.354	-1.2	8
P	Willard Nixon	26	32	66	18	3	0	1	4	14	7	1	19	0	23	0	1	.273	.351	.364	.715	-0.4	118
P	Bobo Newsom	34	33	78	15	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	11	0	28	0	0	.192	.192	.231	.423	-0.9	28
P	Mike Koplove	25	12	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0.0	195
P	Fred Norman	32	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Milt Pappas	31	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Billy Pierce	36	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	David Carpenter	25	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
22 Players		28.6	1712	5579	1497	291	30	155	654	672	409	53	80	39	905	51	30	.268	.322	.415	.737	24.6	122
AL Rank				1	1	2	4	3	3	3	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	1	2	1	1	2
ABBA Rank				2	2	2	6	6	6	6	12	9	7	6	7	10	10	1	4	2	3	4

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Steve Carlton	29	33	33	18	13	0	3.17	275.3	212	106	97	30	75	203	0	14	3	1.04	.235	4.8	111
Todd Stottlemyre	29	32	32	14	10	0	3.84	250.7	225	115	107	32	90	153	0	12	1	1.26	.256	1.8	92
Bobo Newsom	34	33	33	11	14	0	3.16	248.0	198	95	87	18	79	205	0	13	3	1.12	.255	6.0	112
Vic Raschi	27	32	32	16	12	0	3.45	248.0	212	107	95	31	91	196	0	14	2	1.22	.260	3.0	102
Willard Nixon	26	32	32	15	14	0	3.35	244.7	215	110	91	16	104	149	0	12	3	1.30	.270	3.7	105
David Carpenter	25	46	0	5	3	26	3.67	49.0	38	20	20	9	15	35	2	0	0	1.08	.220	-0.7	96
Billy Pierce	36	29	0	4	2	1	2.54	39.0	34	16	11	4	11	13	2	0	0	1.15	.224	0.0	139
Clay Zavada	27	15	0	0	0	0	1.86	19.3	10	6	4	2	7	10	0	0	0	.88	.151	-0.0	189
Mike Koplove	25	12	0	0	2	0	9.47	19.0	25	20	20	3	14	7	1	0	0	2.05	.324	-0.6	37
Milt Pappas	31	8	0	0	1	0	4.24	17.0	22	8	8	0	5	11	0	0	0	1.59	.393	0.4	83
David Phelps	26	17	0	1	3	2	4.24	17.0	17	9	8	1	9	9	1	0	0	1.53	.302	0.1	83
Fred Norman	32	8	0	2	1	0	5.62	16.0	16	10	10	2	3	14	0	0	0	1.19	.304	0.1	63
Severino Gonzalez	24	5	0	1	0	0	1.69	5.3	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	.94	.188	0.1	209
Luis Tiant, Jr.	35	4	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.69	.231	0.2	0
14 Pitchers	29.0	306	162	87	75	29	3.46	1452.7	1230	623	559	148	505	1010	6	65	12	1.19	.255	18.9	105
AL Rank		6	1	2	4	4	2	3	1	2	2	4	5	2	4	1	1	2	1	4
ABBA Rank		12	1	4	8	7	3	7	1	3	3	5	10	2	10	1	3	2	1	8

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Carlton	33	33	22	30	0	56	4	.929	275.3	1.70	-2.4
T. Stottlemyre	32	32	17	32	2	53	4	.925	250.7	1.76	-1.3
B. Newsom	33	33	15	24	1	41	2	.951	248.0	1.42	-1.4
V. Raschi	32	32	14	26	2	40	0	1.000	248.0	1.45	0.7
W. Nixon	32	32	18	23	1	46	5	.891	244.7	1.51	-2.4
D. Carpenter	46	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	49.0	0.18	0.4
B. Pierce	29	0	0	3	0	5	2	.600	39.0	0.69	-1.1
C. Zavada	15	0	2	0	0	3	1	.667	19.3	0.93	-0.0
M. Koplove	12	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	19.0	1.42	-0.0
M. Pappas	8	0	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	17.0	3.18	0.5
D. Phelps	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	17.0	0.53	-0.5
F. Norman	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	16.0	0.56	-0.0
S. Gonzalez	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.3	0.00	-0.0
L. Tiant, Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.3	2.08	-0.0
Totals	306	162	96	143	6	257	18	.930	1452.7	1.48	-7.5

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
Y. Molina	129	129	820	67	10	891	4	.996	1148.0	6.95	0.2	9	32.6
H. Severeid	36	33	212	16	3	233	5	.979	300.7	6.82	-0.7	3	39.3
E. Kranepool	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	-0.2	1	0.0
Totals	167	162	1032	83	13	1124	9	.992	1452.7	6.91	-0.8	13	34.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Kranepool	88	88	697	57	63	764	10	.987	781.0	8.69	-0.9
R. Carew	76	72	586	45	48	636	5	.992	652.0	8.71	1.2
G. Scott	6	2	17	1	1	18	0	1.000	19.7	8.24	0.0
Totals	170	162	1300	103	112	1418	15	.989	1452.7	8.69	0.3

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Carew	86	86	178	235	54	418	5	.988	762.7	4.87	-3.0
C. Lansford	81	76	156	198	42	358	4	.989	677.7	4.70	0.2
G. Scott	6	0	1	2	2	3	0	1.000	12.3	2.19	-0.0
Totals	173	162	335	435	98	779	9	.988	1452.7	4.77	-2.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Cabrera	155	155	89	280	23	382	13	.966	1389.7	2.39	-3.1
G. Scott	5	3	1	5	0	7	1	.857	27.0	2.00	0.0
C. Lansford	3	3	3	9	1	12	0	1.000	27.0	4.00	0.1
R. Carew	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	.667	9.0	2.00	-0.5
Totals	164	162	94	295	24	404	15	.963	1452.7	2.41	-3.5

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Fregosi	155	155	200	412	81	623	11	.982	1381.0	3.99	-0.3
G. Scott	10	5	7	11	5	20	2	.900	50.7	3.20	-2.1
H. Severeid	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	.667	9.0	2.00	-0.5
M. Cabrera	1	1	0	5	1	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	-0.5
R. Carew	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	208	429	87	651	14	.978	1452.7	3.95	-3.5

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Colavito	144	142	347	9	4	360	4	.989	1277.3	2.51	2.1
G. Woodling	16	15	25	0	0	25	0	1.000	122.7	1.83	0.5
K. Puckett	3	3	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	26.3	3.76	-0.1
G. Scott	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	.500	20.0	0.45	-2.3
V. Guerrero	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.3	2.84	-0.0
Totals	168	162	386	9	4	400	5	.988	1452.7	2.45	0.2

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Puckett	152	152	473	14	5	490	3	.994	1364.0	3.21	7.4
G. Woodling	6	4	8	0	0	9	1	.889	36.0	2.00	-3.9
C. Lansford	4	4	8	0	0	10	2	.800	33.0	2.18	-1.7
V. Guerrero	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	10.7	2.53	-0.8
G. Scott	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	-0.1
Totals	165	162	496	14	5	516	6	.988	1452.7	3.16	0.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	143	143	359	9	2	373	5	.987	1283.0	2.58	-1.7
G. Woodling	9	8	20	0	0	20	0	1.000	71.7	2.51	1.9
R. Colavito	9	8	19	2	0	22	1	.955	71.7	2.64	-0.3
E. Kranepool	2	1	3	0	0	4	1	.750	9.3	2.89	-0.8
K. Puckett	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	-0.0
G. Scott	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	165	162	402	11	2	420	7	.983	1452.7	2.56	-0.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Kirby Puckett	.320
On-Base Percentage	Rod Carew	.376
Slugging Percentage	Rocco Colavito	.505
OPS	Rocco Colavito	.834
Games	Rod Carew	159
At-Bats	Rod Carew	658
Runs	Rod Carew	99
Hits	Kirby Puckett	210
Doubles	Kirby Puckett	53
Triples	Rod Carew	8
Home Runs	Rocco Colavito	38
Runs Batted In	Vladimir Guerrero	105
Stolen Bases	Rod Carew	34
Caught Stealing	Rod Carew	19
Walks	Rod Carew	69
Strikeouts	Miguel Cabrera	144

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Steve Carlton	18
Losses	Bobo Newsom, Willard Nixon	14
Saves	David Carpenter	26
Games	David Carpenter	46
Games Started	Steve Carlton, Bobo Newsom	33
Complete Games	Steve Carlton, Vic Raschi	14
Shutouts	Steve Carlton, Bobo Newsom, Willard Nixon	3
Innings Pitched	Steve Carlton	275.3
Hits Allowed	Todd Stottlemyre	225
Home Runs Allowed	Todd Stottlemyre	32
Strikeouts	Bobo Newsom	205
Walks Allowed	Willard Nixon	104
Earned Run Average	Bobo Newsom	3.16
Walks + Hits per IP	Steve Carlton	1.04
BABIP	Steve Carlton	.235