Boston Americans History - 1972 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1972 Boston Americans	69	93	.426	6^th	19	71-91	-2	.248	4.28			2,759,406	$61,814,305	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	George Davis (3B)	1
All-Star	George Brett, George Davis, Willie McGill, Herb Pennock	4
Player of the Week	Dom DiMaggio (Apr 24), George Brett (Aug 14)	2

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+
3B	George Davis	35	155	598	174	45	2	2	54	93	62	10	8	5	37	45	22	.291	.364	.383	.747	4.7	88
2B	George Brett	32	155	581	155	29	5	27	104	80	59	10	0	13	73	5	1	.267	.338	.473	.811	5.0	101
SS	Newt Allen	33	155	528	140	24	12	2	62	62	43	6	11	7	60	11	11	.265	.324	.367	.691	2.5	73
LF	John J Anderson	31	138	509	149	33	1	8	51	67	28	3	0	3	51	51	14	.293	.331	.409	.740	1.9	85
CF	Dom DiMaggio	26	126	430	107	23	4	8	45	50	31	10	0	3	70	6	2	.249	.312	.377	.689	2.6	72
LF	Alex Gordon	28	125	414	101	26	2	13	51	54	34	4	0	2	78	5	1	.244	.306	.411	.717	1.6	78
1B	David Ortiz	30	118	331	74	16	2	15	47	37	56	0	0	3	80	0	0	.224	.333	.420	.753	1.4	88
C	Jonathan Lucroy	37	97	313	60	12	2	13	38	35	25	2	0	5	52	0	2	.192	.252	.367	.620	0.4	53
RF	Carl Furillo	32	99	310	84	16	1	9	40	38	15	6	0	6	38	1	1	.271	.312	.416	.728	0.2	81
C	Moses Fleetwood Walker	38	74	267	78	7	5	1	23	39	15	4	1	1	18	6	7	.292	.338	.367	.705	1.3	77
RF	Carl Everett	24	89	242	57	9	0	8	28	33	21	5	2	4	54	10	2	.236	.305	.372	.677	0.3	69
3B	Rance Mulliniks	30	97	167	39	6	1	5	20	18	14	1	1	1	30	0	1	.234	.295	.371	.666	0.3	66
1B	Ben Taylor	24	79	145	30	7	4	1	15	14	9	0	1	1	25	0	0	.207	.252	.331	.583	-0.4	45
1B	Greg Luzinski	34	75	132	21	2	0	6	18	12	8	5	0	0	39	1	0	.159	.234	.311	.545	-0.5	35
P	Herb Pennock	35	40	99	17	1	1	0	4	3	5	2	13	1	29	0	0	.172	.224	.202	.426	-1.0	8
P	Willie McGill	23	37	75	10	3	0	0	4	6	14	1	15	0	23	0	0	.133	.278	.173	.451	-0.7	16
P	Bartolo Colon	30	35	80	13	2	0	0	2	6	3	0	21	0	37	0	0	.163	.193	.188	.380	-1.2	-4
P	Jim Perry	30	40	83	9	4	0	1	9	3	2	0	14	1	20	0	0	.108	.128	.193	.321	-1.3	-21
CF	Bobby Thomson	32	20	57	12	1	1	2	9	4	4	0	1	2	17	0	0	.211	.254	.368	.622	-0.3	54
C	Jack K O'Brien	29	6	18	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	5	1	1	.278	.381	.333	.714	0.2	81
P	Dennis Leonard	32	11	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	68
P	Bobby Wallace	23	28	10	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	-0.1	46
P	Charlie Sprague	21	12	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-0.0	-10
P	Dennis Eckersley	29	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-0.1	-44
P	Brooks Kieschnick	29	41	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0.0	143
P	Joe Musgrove	34	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Steve Bedrosian	24	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		31.2	1918	5415	1342	270	43	121	626	658	451	71	95	58	849	142	65	.248	.311	.381	.692	16.9	72
AL Rank				5	4	3	2	5	4	4	4	2	2	1	6	2	1	4	5	4	5	6
ABBA Rank				9	9	3	2	10	8	7	7	4	3	1	10	2	1	9	9	8	9	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Herb Pennock	35	40	40	13	23	0	3.67	326.0	351	154	133	20	50	148	0	21	1	1.23	.302	8.2	116
Willie McGill	23	37	37	15	14	0	4.42	283.3	271	142	139	27	108	248	0	8	2	1.34	.310	5.1	97
Jim Perry	30	40	40	15	18	0	4.74	279.0	316	160	147	35	78	136	0	7	1	1.41	.301	1.9	90
Bartolo Colon	30	35	35	12	17	0	4.95	269.0	299	173	148	31	91	146	0	14	0	1.45	.298	2.5	86
Bobby Wallace	23	28	1	1	1	0	3.94	61.7	60	31	27	9	14	33	0	0	0	1.20	.260	-0.0	109
Brooks Kieschnick	29	41	0	7	8	7	3.78	50.0	53	21	21	6	13	31	2	0	0	1.32	.296	0.2	113
Steve Bedrosian	24	30	0	1	2	3	1.15	39.0	24	5	5	0	14	28	3	0	0	.97	.220	0.8	371
Dennis Leonard	32	11	4	2	1	0	4.93	38.3	44	22	21	6	10	24	0	1	0	1.41	.317	0.1	87
Charlie Sprague	21	12	3	1	2	0	3.50	36.0	23	14	14	1	19	22	0	1	1	1.17	.227	0.5	122
Joe Musgrove	34	33	0	1	5	18	4.89	35.0	33	19	19	2	20	22	0	0	0	1.51	.290	0.1	88
Dennis Eckersley	29	3	2	1	0	0	2.76	16.3	14	5	5	1	2	6	0	1	1	.98	.241	0.4	155
Bob Stanley	32	6	0	0	1	1	6.14	7.3	13	5	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.77	.406	0.3	70
Ben Taylor	24	2	0	0	1	0	16.20	1.7	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.40	.429	-0.0	26
Blake Treinen	25	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.80	.333	-0.0	0
14 Pitchers	29.2	320	162	69	93	29	4.28	1444.3	1506	754	687	138	421	848	5	53	6	1.33	.297	19.9	107
AL Rank		5	1	6	1	4	6	5	6	6	6	3	1	6	6	2	4	5	6	3
ABBA Rank		11	1	11	2	7	11	9	10	11	11	4	1	11	12	2	10	9	11	5

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Pennock	40	40	20	43	6	69	6	.913	326.0	1.74	-0.4
W. McGill	37	37	10	30	2	44	4	.909	283.3	1.27	-0.3
J. Perry	40	40	17	40	3	60	3	.950	279.0	1.84	-0.3
B. Colon	35	35	20	26	1	49	3	.939	269.0	1.54	-0.9
B. Wallace	28	1	2	8	0	11	1	.909	61.7	1.46	-0.1
B. Kieschnick	40	0	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	50.0	1.08	-0.1
S. Bedrosian	30	0	1	6	0	7	0	1.000	39.0	1.62	-0.0
D. Leonard	11	4	2	5	1	7	0	1.000	38.3	1.64	0.5
C. Sprague	12	3	2	4	1	6	0	1.000	36.0	1.50	0.5
J. Musgrove	33	0	4	4	1	8	0	1.000	35.0	2.06	-0.0
D. Eckersley	3	2	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	16.3	2.20	-0.0
B. Stanley	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	7.3	2.45	0.5
B. Treinen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	-0.0
B. Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	-0.0
Totals	319	162	82	174	15	273	17	.938	1444.3	1.60	-0.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Lucroy	94	88	473	55	11	539	11	.980	788.3	6.03	-1.4	4	26.7
M. Walker	66	65	364	30	4	397	3	.992	577.0	6.15	0.3	5	26.3
J. O'Brien	5	5	27	4	2	31	0	1.000	45.0	6.20	0.5	0	75.0
D. Ortiz	2	2	11	1	0	12	0	1.000	18.0	6.00	-0.3	1	0.0
C. Furillo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00	0.0	0	0.0
R. Mulliniks	1	1	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	8.0	9.00	-0.3	0	0.0
Totals	169	162	882	91	17	987	14	.986	1444.3	6.06	-1.1	10	27.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Ortiz	91	84	774	42	67	822	6	.993	721.7	10.18	0.1
B. Taylor	48	29	281	27	34	310	2	.994	295.0	9.40	0.6
G. Luzinski	28	21	182	16	15	198	0	1.000	190.3	9.36	0.3
J. Anderson	23	20	158	9	15	171	4	.977	161.0	9.34	-1.4
R. Mulliniks	9	8	59	5	4	66	2	.970	68.7	8.39	0.1
M. Walker	2	0	7	1	1	8	0	1.000	5.0	14.40	0.0
A. Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
J. Lucroy	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.7	13.50	0.0
Totals	203	162	1462	100	136	1576	14	.991	1444.3	9.73	-0.2

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Brett	154	154	358	428	111	795	9	.989	1344.7	5.26	1.6
R. Mulliniks	10	6	23	18	6	42	1	.976	78.0	4.73	0.8
J. Anderson	5	2	6	4	2	10	0	1.000	21.7	4.15	-1.1
Totals	169	162	387	450	119	847	10	.988	1444.3	5.22	1.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Davis	153	153	99	350	28	462	13	.972	1332.3	3.03	9.1
R. Mulliniks	24	8	14	34	0	48	0	1.000	102.3	4.22	-0.2
M. Walker	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	0.0
G. Brett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	113	384	28	510	13	.975	1444.3	3.10	8.9

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Allen	155	155	166	404	97	587	17	.971	1336.3	3.84	7.2
R. Mulliniks	10	4	11	11	1	23	1	.957	48.0	4.12	-0.6
M. Walker	4	2	5	10	1	15	0	1.000	25.7	5.26	-0.1
G. Davis	17	0	5	8	4	13	0	1.000	25.3	4.62	-0.0
G. Brett	1	1	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	9.0	5.00	-0.0
Totals	187	162	188	437	104	643	18	.972	1444.3	3.89	6.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Gordon	114	110	246	7	2	256	3	.988	955.0	2.38	3.1
J. Anderson	49	40	87	3	2	91	1	.989	372.3	2.18	-0.8
C. Furillo	11	8	25	1	0	26	0	1.000	71.0	3.30	-1.7
G. Luzinski	9	3	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	37.0	1.46	-0.8
B. Thomson	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	-0.0
Totals	184	162	368	11	4	383	4	.990	1444.3	2.36	-0.2

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. DiMaggio	124	124	331	8	4	344	5	.985	1049.0	2.91	8.4
J. Anderson	32	19	56	1	0	57	0	1.000	193.3	2.65	-4.0
C. Furillo	13	9	20	2	0	22	0	1.000	85.7	2.31	-5.6
B. Thomson	10	9	24	3	2	29	2	.931	80.7	3.01	-1.9
C. Everett	16	1	8	1	1	9	0	1.000	35.7	2.27	-0.9
Totals	195	162	439	15	7	461	7	.985	1444.3	2.83	-4.1

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Everett	67	61	135	4	0	141	2	.986	540.7	2.31	-0.7
C. Furillo	64	58	164	5	2	173	4	.977	526.0	2.89	0.3
J. Anderson	38	37	99	6	0	105	0	1.000	326.3	2.90	0.6
B. Thomson	8	6	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	51.3	1.93	-0.2
Totals	177	162	409	15	2	430	6	.986	1444.3	2.64	-0.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	John J Anderson	.293
On-Base Percentage	George Davis	.364
Slugging Percentage	George Brett	.473
OPS	George Brett	.811
Games	George Davis, George Brett, Newt Allen	155
At-Bats	George Davis	598
Runs	George Davis	93
Hits	George Davis	174
Doubles	George Davis	45
Triples	Newt Allen	12
Home Runs	George Brett	27
Runs Batted In	George Brett	104
Stolen Bases	John J Anderson	51
Caught Stealing	George Davis	22
Walks	George Davis	62
Strikeouts	David Ortiz	80

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Willie McGill, Jim Perry	15
Losses	Herb Pennock	23
Saves	Joe Musgrove	18
Games	Brooks Kieschnick	41
Games Started	Herb Pennock, Jim Perry	40
Complete Games	Herb Pennock	21
Shutouts	Willie McGill	2
Innings Pitched	Herb Pennock	326.0
Hits Allowed	Herb Pennock	351
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Perry	35
Strikeouts	Willie McGill	248
Walks Allowed	Willie McGill	108
Earned Run Average	Herb Pennock	3.67
Walks + Hits per IP	Herb Pennock	1.23
BABIP	Bartolo Colon	.298