Washington Senators History - 1972 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1972 Washington Senators	79	83	.488	4^th	9	86-76	-7	.237	3.32			2,970,127	$60,583,789	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Wally Pipp (1B), Dusty Baker (LF)	2
All-Star	Dusty Baker, Sal Bando, Webster McDonald, Pee Wee Reese, Fernando Valenzuela	5
Pitcher of the Month	Webster McDonald (May)	1
Player of the Week	Dusty Baker (May 1), Sal Bando (May 15), Pee Wee Reese (Jun 5), Dusty Baker (Jul 24)	4

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	Pee Wee Reese	30	156	588	141	38	2	14	58	75	65	4	0	2	120	8	6	.240	.319	.383	.701	3.4	113
SS	Vern Stephens	28	149	551	112	19	2	20	73	46	34	2	0	7	90	0	0	.203	.249	.354	.603	0.7	82
LF	Dusty Baker	23	128	460	129	29	0	23	71	62	45	4	0	7	68	5	4	.280	.345	.493	.838	4.2	152
1B	Wally Pipp	25	136	456	112	28	3	18	54	66	42	6	1	4	94	4	2	.246	.315	.439	.754	2.0	127
3B	Sal Bando	31	134	441	101	21	0	16	48	52	57	4	0	4	83	0	1	.229	.320	.385	.706	2.4	114
RF	Lyman Bostock	35	122	405	113	17	5	6	40	41	22	5	3	3	30	8	3	.279	.322	.390	.712	1.4	116
C	Tony Eusebio	28	97	309	73	10	2	4	17	25	32	2	0	0	53	0	0	.236	.312	.320	.632	1.1	94
CF	Jimmy Barrett	33	84	272	82	11	1	4	24	43	37	2	0	0	41	5	3	.301	.389	.393	.782	3.2	140
CF	Garry Maddox	33	84	264	68	14	0	5	36	27	12	0	1	2	25	2	0	.258	.288	.367	.655	0.8	98
LF	Tony Conigliaro	30	109	248	61	13	1	12	42	35	19	9	1	2	45	0	0	.246	.320	.452	.772	1.1	132
C	Brad Ausmus	35	85	230	37	9	0	3	17	25	25	5	0	2	38	0	0	.161	.256	.239	.495	-0.7	52
SS	Orlando Cabrera	34	87	207	42	9	0	1	14	14	13	1	0	0	18	1	2	.203	.253	.261	.514	-0.2	58
3B	Randy Velarde	35	88	191	52	8	3	2	13	24	20	4	0	0	31	1	0	.272	.353	.377	.730	1.0	123
LF	Bobby Murcer	35	74	195	51	4	1	15	38	28	13	3	0	0	27	0	0	.262	.318	.523	.841	1.4	151
LF	Jeff Burroughs	19	82	177	41	13	0	3	17	21	23	2	1	1	55	0	0	.232	.325	.356	.681	0.2	108
P	Fernando Valenzuela	24	40	95	15	1	0	1	6	4	1	0	10	0	20	0	0	.158	.167	.200	.367	-1.1	11
P	Webster McDonald	30	41	80	15	3	0	0	3	6	8	0	17	0	30	0	0	.188	.261	.225	.486	-0.8	50
P	Justin Verlander	33	28	60	9	4	0	0	4	3	2	1	6	0	21	0	0	.150	.190	.217	.407	-0.5	24
P	George Keefe	20	29	58	6	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	6	0	17	0	0	.103	.133	.138	.271	-0.8	-17
P	Dutch Ruether	26	22	46	11	1	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	0	15	0	0	.239	.314	.261	.575	-0.1	78
3B	Luis Olmo	29	21	40	10	2	0	1	8	5	3	0	0	0	8	1	0	.250	.302	.375	.677	0.1	105
CF	Johnny Groth	19	16	37	6	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	9	0	1	.162	.238	.162	.400	-0.4	25
SS	Frankie Crosetti	32	20	36	5	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	0	1	10	0	0	.139	.238	.139	.377	-0.4	19
P	Red Faber	26	5	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	-0.2	-72
P	Ramon Troncoso	26	22	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.1	207
P	Pete Cimino	21	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Roy Face	30	58	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	-0.1	196
P	Trevor Hoffman	34	51	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	John Dobb	23	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
29 Players		29.5	2029	5473	1296	257	20	148	595	614	486	58	57	36	958	35	22	.237	.304	.372	.676	17.6	105
AL Rank				3	5	4	6	4	5	5	2	3	6	5	3	6	6	5	6	6	6	5
ABBA Rank				6	10	4	12	9	10	10	5	6	10	8	5	11	11	10	11	10	11	9

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Webster McDonald	30	41	41	15	18	0	3.49	301.7	259	123	117	24	88	222	0	11	1	1.15	.272	5.6	101
Fernando Valenzuela	24	40	40	13	15	0	3.33	291.7	231	110	108	24	111	226	0	10	5	1.17	.252	5.3	106
Justin Verlander	33	28	28	11	10	0	3.09	209.7	180	74	72	18	49	154	0	6	2	1.09	.266	4.7	114
George Keefe	20	29	24	8	7	0	2.94	177.7	147	64	58	11	64	94	0	8	2	1.19	.245	2.4	120
Dutch Ruether	26	22	22	8	10	0	3.75	158.3	138	76	66	9	67	71	0	8	1	1.29	.256	1.6	94
Roy Face	30	58	0	13	6	11	1.82	79.3	64	18	16	5	18	46	4	0	0	1.03	.249	1.5	194
Trevor Hoffman	34	51	0	5	8	11	2.76	71.7	64	25	22	7	19	52	4	0	0	1.16	.274	1.0	127
Pete Cimino	21	34	1	3	3	1	5.13	52.7	54	32	30	9	26	30	1	0	0	1.52	.265	-0.9	69
Ramon Troncoso	26	22	0	0	2	2	3.56	43.0	33	17	17	2	10	22	0	0	0	1.00	.242	0.5	99
John Dobb	23	27	1	3	1	0	2.25	36.0	30	9	9	1	18	18	0	0	0	1.33	.257	0.2	156
Red Faber	26	5	5	0	3	0	5.67	33.3	36	21	21	1	20	13	0	0	0	1.68	.307	0.2	62
Frankie Montas	24	3	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.0	6	3	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	2.20	.333	-0.1	65
12 Pitchers	27.1	360	162	79	83	25	3.32	1460.0	1242	572	539	111	495	950	9	43	11	1.19	.261	22.1	111
AL Rank		4	1	4	3	6	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	1
ABBA Rank		8	1	7	6	10	1	3	2	1	1	1	8	8	7	7	4	1	4	2

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. McDonald	41	41	19	37	3	61	5	.918	301.7	1.67	-1.9
F. Valenzuela	40	40	19	39	4	59	1	.983	291.7	1.79	-0.4
J. Verlander	28	28	18	20	0	39	1	.974	209.7	1.63	0.7
G. Keefe	29	24	13	23	1	39	3	.923	177.7	1.82	0.3
D. Ruether	22	22	11	23	0	35	1	.971	158.3	1.93	-0.2
R. Face	58	0	6	11	2	19	2	.895	79.3	1.93	-1.1
T. Hoffman	51	0	3	10	0	15	2	.867	71.7	1.63	0.4
P. Cimino	34	1	5	2	0	8	1	.875	52.7	1.20	-0.6
R. Troncoso	22	0	4	8	0	12	0	1.000	43.0	2.51	-0.0
J. Dobb	26	1	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	36.0	1.50	-0.6
R. Faber	5	5	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	33.3	0.81	-0.1
F. Montas	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	5.0	3.60	-0.0
Totals	359	162	101	181	10	298	16	.946	1460.0	1.74	-3.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
T. Eusebio	96	87	508	62	7	575	5	.991	787.7	6.51	0.3	4	36.1
B. Ausmus	84	75	456	31	5	490	3	.994	672.3	6.52	-1.3	1	20.0
Totals	180	162	964	93	12	1065	8	.992	1460.0	6.52	-0.9	5	29.5

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Pipp	117	112	1059	78	74	1144	7	.994	1020.0	10.03	3.7
S. Bando	44	44	402	35	29	438	1	.998	382.0	10.30	0.8
L. Olmo	3	3	23	1	3	24	0	1.000	27.0	8.00	0.0
O. Cabrera	3	2	21	4	1	26	1	.962	20.0	11.25	-0.5
V. Stephens	1	1	11	0	1	11	0	1.000	8.0	12.38	0.0
B. Murcer	3	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	3.0	12.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	1520	118	108	1647	9	.995	1460.0	10.10	4.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Reese	136	135	287	377	75	671	7	.990	1191.3	5.02	4.4
R. Velarde	27	15	46	51	15	97	0	1.000	147.7	5.91	0.1
O. Cabrera	15	10	26	22	5	48	0	1.000	89.3	4.84	-0.2
F. Crosetti	5	2	6	7	3	13	0	1.000	26.7	4.39	-0.0
L. Olmo	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	5.0	5.40	-0.0
Totals	184	162	367	458	98	832	7	.992	1460.0	5.09	4.2

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Bando	86	81	53	209	14	269	7	.974	716.3	3.29	4.0
V. Stephens	51	51	31	87	11	119	1	.992	439.3	2.42	3.0
R. Velarde	21	15	6	28	2	34	0	1.000	150.7	2.03	-2.0
O. Cabrera	26	12	5	29	4	34	0	1.000	117.7	2.60	1.4
L. Olmo	4	3	3	7	1	10	0	1.000	29.3	3.07	0.1
F. Crosetti	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	0.0
P. Reese	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0
L. Bostock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	192	162	100	362	33	470	8	.983	1460.0	2.85	6.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Stephens	96	95	88	265	42	364	11	.970	830.7	3.82	-1.9
O. Cabrera	40	35	50	104	21	155	1	.994	314.0	4.41	2.3
R. Velarde	25	14	24	32	4	56	0	1.000	148.0	3.41	-0.3
P. Reese	14	11	7	39	5	47	1	.979	102.0	4.06	-0.3
F. Crosetti	8	7	7	22	2	32	3	.906	56.7	4.61	-0.7
S. Bando	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	5.0	3.60	0.0
L. Bostock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.7	0.00	0.0
T. Conigliaro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	187	162	178	462	74	656	16	.976	1460.0	3.95	-0.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Baker	66	66	144	5	3	149	0	1.000	594.0	2.26	5.5
J. Burroughs	33	29	72	6	2	79	1	.987	263.0	2.67	-0.6
B. Murcer	30	28	59	0	0	60	1	.983	242.3	2.19	0.3
T. Conigliaro	31	27	60	1	0	63	2	.968	241.0	2.28	-0.5
L. Bostock	8	7	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	60.7	1.78	1.4
G. Maddox	7	4	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	40.7	1.55	0.7
J. Barrett	1	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	9.0	5.00	-0.0
J. Groth	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	8.3	1.08	-0.0
R. Velarde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	360	12	5	377	5	.987	1460.0	2.29	6.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Barrett	71	70	170	5	1	175	0	1.000	600.0	2.62	7.5
G. Maddox	62	55	153	4	2	159	2	.987	513.3	2.75	0.3
D. Baker	22	17	44	2	1	46	0	1.000	157.3	2.63	-0.8
L. Bostock	15	10	34	0	0	34	0	1.000	105.3	2.91	-1.4
J. Groth	8	7	18	1	0	19	0	1.000	63.7	2.69	-0.3
T. Conigliaro	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	11.3	1.59	-0.8
B. Murcer	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.1
Totals	182	161	424	12	4	438	2	.995	1460.0	2.69	4.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Bostock	78	76	189	7	3	198	2	.990	680.3	2.59	0.5
D. Baker	33	30	54	0	0	55	1	.982	273.0	1.78	1.3
T. Conigliaro	28	27	51	0	0	52	1	.981	225.3	2.04	-1.6
B. Murcer	16	13	26	1	0	29	2	.931	121.7	2.00	-1.9
J. Burroughs	11	8	16	1	0	17	0	1.000	79.7	1.92	-1.0
G. Maddox	10	7	17	1	0	18	0	1.000	68.0	2.38	1.2
J. Groth	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	-0.0
J. Barrett	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	178	162	356	10	3	372	6	.984	1460.0	2.26	-1.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Dusty Baker	.280
On-Base Percentage	Dusty Baker	.345
Slugging Percentage	Dusty Baker	.493
OPS	Dusty Baker	.838
Games	Pee Wee Reese	156
At-Bats	Pee Wee Reese	588
Runs	Pee Wee Reese	75
Hits	Pee Wee Reese	141
Doubles	Pee Wee Reese	38
Triples	Lyman Bostock	5
Home Runs	Dusty Baker	23
Runs Batted In	Vern Stephens	73
Stolen Bases	Pee Wee Reese, Lyman Bostock	8
Caught Stealing	Pee Wee Reese	6
Walks	Pee Wee Reese	65
Strikeouts	Pee Wee Reese	120

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Webster McDonald	15
Losses	Webster McDonald	18
Saves	Roy Face, Trevor Hoffman	11
Games	Roy Face	58
Games Started	Webster McDonald	41
Complete Games	Webster McDonald	11
Shutouts	Fernando Valenzuela	5
Innings Pitched	Webster McDonald	301.7
Hits Allowed	Webster McDonald	259
Home Runs Allowed	Webster McDonald, Fernando Valenzuela	24
Strikeouts	Fernando Valenzuela	226
Walks Allowed	Fernando Valenzuela	111
Earned Run Average	George Keefe	2.94
Walks + Hits per IP	Justin Verlander	1.09
BABIP	George Keefe	.245