1972 CALIFORNIA ANGELS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 75-80 .484
Result: 5th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Del Rice
General Manager: Harry Dalton
Stadium: Anaheim Stadium
Attendance: 744,190
Playoffs: Did not qualify

California Angels affiliate history

Oldest Player: Eddie Fisher (35)
Youngest Player: Lloyd Allen (22)
Longest Tenure: Clyde Wright (7)
Top Hitter: Bob Oliver (17)
Top Pitcher: Nolan Ryan (5)
Top Draft Pick: Dave Chalk (#10)

Roster Continuity: 73.49%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	93	62	.600	--
Chi White Sox	87	67	.565	5.5
Minnesota	77	77	.500	15.5
KC Royals	76	78	.494	16.5
California	75	80	.484	18.0
Texas	54	100	.351	38.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
2	Sandy Alomar	2b	26	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	155	610	65	146	20	3	1	25	20	12	47	55	0	5	6	3	8	.239	.292	.287	579	175	666	493	55	3.0	.260
17	Leo Cardenas	ss	47	33	UDFA: 1957	MLB	150	551	25	123	11	2	6	42	1	2	35	73	2	4	13	1	15	.223	.272	.283	555	156	602	459	38	2.2	.247
33	Bob Oliver	1b-of	17	29	1965-49-760	MLB	134	509	47	137	20	4	19	70	4	3	27	97	3	8	0	5	15	.269	.307	.436	743	222	544	395	67	4.6	.296
28	Vada Pinson	of	38	33	UDFA: 1956	MLB	136	484	56	133	24	2	7	49	17	6	30	54	5	12	4	4	7	.275	.321	.376	697	182	527	372	65	4.7	.295
4	Ken McMullen	3b	89	30	UDFA: 1961	MLB	137	472	36	127	18	1	9	34	1	2	48	59	0	2	1	2	12	.269	.335	.369	704	174	523	362	62	4.6	.291
16	Ken Berry	of	72	31	UDFA: 1961	MLB	119	409	41	118	15	3	5	39	5	3	35	47	2	2	12	1	4	.289	.347	.377	723	154	459	311	60	5.2	.316
36	Leroy Stanton	of	61	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	127	402	44	101	15	3	12	39	2	3	22	100	4	4	2	2	16	.251	.295	.393	688	158	432	324	41	3.4	.305
9	Jim Spencer	1b	-	24	1969-42-907	MLB	82	212	13	47	5	0	1	14	0	1	12	25	0	1	0	1	8	.222	.262	.259	522	55	225	175	11	1.7	.246
39	Art Kusnyer	c	-	26	1966-37-698	MLB	64	179	13	37	2	1	2	13	0	0	16	33	1	3	1	0	2	.207	.276	.263	538	47	197	145	11	2.1	.243
5	Mickey Rivers	of	-	23	1969-1-8	MLB	58	159	18	34	6	2	0	7	4	3	8	26	1	1	8	0	3	.214	.256	.277	533	44	176	139	10	1.9	.256
10	Jeff Torborg	c	-	30	UDFA: 1963	MLB	59	153	5	32	3	0	0	8	0	0	14	21	1	4	0	0	6	.209	.280	.229	509	35	168	127	7	1.6	.242
37	John Stephenson	c	-	31	UDFA: 1963	MLB	66	146	14	40	3	1	2	17	0	0	11	8	4	5	0	0	7	.274	.342	.349	691	51	161	113	18	4.3	.279
29	Andy Kosco	of	-	30	UDFA: 1959	MLB	49	142	15	34	4	2	6	13	1	0	5	23	1	1	1	2	5	.239	.267	.423	689	60	151	116	16	3.8	.243
30	Nolan Ryan	p	-	25	1965-12-226	MLB	39	96	4	13	5	1	0	3	1	0	2	48	0	0	1	0	0	.135	.153	.208	361	20	99	84	-3	-0.8	.271
38	Clyde Wright	p	-	31	1965-6-107	MLB	35	83	7	18	6	0	2	13	0	0	4	25	0	0	6	0	3	.217	.253	.361	614	30	93	74	6	2.3	.286
18	Billy Parker	2b-3b	-	25	UDFA: 1969	MLB	36	80	11	17	2	0	2	8	0	2	9	17	0	0	0	2	3	.212	.286	.312	598	25	91	70	6	2.2	.238
12	Winston Llenas	2b-of	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	44	64	3	17	3	0	0	7	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	2	4	.266	.290	.312	602	20	69	53	5	2.6	.293
34	Rudy May	p	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	35	62	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	29	0	0	2	0	1	.113	.154	.129	283	8	67	58	-4	-1.7	.212
47	Andy Messersmith	p	-	26	1966-1-12	MLB	26	53	2	10	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	0	0	2	0	0	.189	.232	.245	477	13	58	45	2	1.5	.250
8	Jack Hiatt	c-1b	-	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	22	45	4	13	0	1	1	5	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	1	.289	.360	.400	760	18	50	33	6	5.1	.364
6	Curt Motton	of	-	31	UDFA: 1962	MLB	42	39	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.250	.179	429	7	44	34	0	0.3	.222
8	Syd O'Brien	3b-ss	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	36	39	10	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	6	10	0	0	0	0	1	.179	.289	.308	597	12	45	33	3	2.7	.214
29	Doug Howard	1b-of	-	24	1970-8-178	MLB	11	38	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	.263	.300	.289	589	11	40	30	3	2.7	.286
44	Rickey Clark	p	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	27	31	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	1	0	0	.097	.125	.097	222	3	33	29	-2	-2.2	.176
14	Chris Coletta	of	-	27	-	MLB	14	30	5	9	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.323	.433	756	13	31	22	4	5.1	.320
24	Eddie Fisher	p	-	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	43	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	235	2	17	15	-1	-2.3	.222
40	Lloyd Allen	p	-	22	1968-1-12	MLB	42	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	.118	.118	.118	235	2	20	18	-1	-1.8	.222
33	Tom Silverio	of	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	2	12	10	0	-1.2	.286
41	Don Rose	p	-	25	1968-11-229	MLB	16	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.500	773	5	12	9	1	4.3	.167
31	Steve Barber	p	-	34	UDFA: 1957	MLB	34	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.400	.143	543	1	12	8	1	1.9	.333
35	Dick Lange	p	-	23	1970-7-154	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
14	Billy Cowan	of	-	33	-	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
6	Roger Repoz	of	-	31	UDFA: 1960	MLB	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	1.8	1.000
46	Mel Queen	p	-	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	-0.0	.000
31	Joe Azcue	c	-	32	-	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
41	Tom Murphy	p	-	26	1967-1-6	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							155	5165	454	1249	171	26	78	420	57	37	358	850	25	52	66	25	125	.242	.293	.330	623	1706	5639	4169	486	3.1	.275

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
30	Nolan Ryan	5	25	1965-12-226	MLB	19	16	2.28	39	39	20	9	0	0	284.0	166	80	72	14	157	329	18	0	1.14	5.26	0.44	4.98	10.43	0.48	.241	0.86
38	Clyde Wright	26	31	1965-6-107	MLB	18	11	2.98	35	35	15	2	0	0	251.0	229	101	83	14	80	87	4	0	1.23	8.21	0.50	2.87	3.12	0.92	.259	1.41
34	Rudy May	32	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	12	11	2.94	35	30	10	3	3	1	205.1	162	79	67	15	82	169	3	0	1.19	7.10	0.66	3.59	7.41	0.49	.259	0.91
47	Andy Messersmith	20	26	1966-1-12	MLB	8	11	2.81	25	21	10	3	4	2	169.2	125	56	53	5	68	142	2	1	1.14	6.63	0.27	3.61	7.53	0.48	.263	1.12
44	Rickey Clark	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	4	9	4.51	26	15	2	0	2	1	109.2	105	59	55	10	55	61	7	0	1.46	8.62	0.82	4.51	5.01	0.90	.286	1.97
40	Lloyd Allen	-	22	1968-1-12	MLB	3	7	3.48	42	6	0	0	22	5	85.1	76	38	33	7	55	53	8	0	1.54	8.02	0.74	5.80	5.59	1.04	.268	1.10
24	Eddie Fisher	55	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	4	5	3.76	43	1	0	0	28	4	81.1	73	35	34	6	31	32	0	0	1.28	8.08	0.66	3.43	3.54	0.97	.261	0.83
31	Steve Barber	-	34	UDFA: 1957	MLB	4	4	2.02	34	3	0	0	17	2	58.0	37	16	13	4	30	34	1	0	1.16	5.74	0.62	4.66	5.28	0.88	--	1.03
41	Don Rose	-	25	1968-11-229	MLB	1	4	4.22	16	4	0	0	3	0	42.2	49	25	20	9	19	39	0	1	1.59	10.34	1.90	4.01	8.23	0.49	.320	1.14
46	Mel Queen	-	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	0	0	4.35	17	0	0	0	8	0	31.0	31	17	15	2	19	19	1	0	1.61	9.00	0.58	5.52	5.52	1.00	.302	0.85
46	Dave Sells	-	25	1967-2-36	MLB	2	0	2.81	10	0	0	0	5	0	16.0	11	6	5	0	5	2	1	0	1.00	6.19	0.00	2.81	1.13	2.50	.204	1.44
32	Alan Foster	-	25	1965-2-28	MLB	0	1	4.97	8	0	0	0	1	0	12.2	12	8	7	3	6	11	1	0	1.42	8.53	2.13	4.26	7.82	0.55	.257	1.45
15	Tom Dukes	-	29	-	MLB	0	1	1.64	7	0	0	0	3	1	11.0	11	3	2	1	0	8	1	0	1.00	9.00	0.82	0.00	6.55	0.00	.303	0.80
41	Tom Murphy	-	26	1967-1-6	MLB	0	0	5.40	6	0	0	0	1	0	10.0	13	6	6	0	8	2	1	0	2.10	11.70	0.00	7.20	1.80	4.00	.361	2.13
35	Dick Lange	-	23	1970-7-154	MLB	0	0	4.70	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	7	4	4	0	2	8	1	0	1.17	8.22	0.00	2.35	9.39	0.25	.318	0.50
48	Paul Doyle	-	32	UDFA: 1959	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	2.14	7.71	0.00	11.57	15.43	0.75	.500	0.50
Totals: (36 players)						75	80	3.06	155	155	57	17	98	16	1,378	1109	533	469	78	620	1000	49	3	1.17	7.24	0.59	4.05	6.53	0.62	.278

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Art Kusnyer	C	63	479	362	33	10	3	.975	7.42
Jeff Torborg	C	58	451	383	28	1	5	.998	8.20
John Stephenson	C	56	346	273	12	2	2	.993	7.41
Jack Hiatt	C	17	99	48	4	0	0	1.000	4.73
Joe Azcue	C	2	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	18.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Oliver	1B	127	1100	1079	54	7	93	.994	9.27
Jim Spencer	1B	35	266	267	22	3	25	.990	9.78
Doug Howard	1B	1	9	10	0	0	3	1.000	10.00
Syd O'Brien	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Vada Pinson	1B	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sandy Alomar	2B	153	1308	350	388	17	92	.977	5.08
Billy Parker	2B	9	51	9	18	0	5	1.000	4.76
Syd O'Brien	2B	3	13	3	3	0	1	1.000	4.15
Winston Llenas	2B	2	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.60
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken McMullen	3B	137	1149	89	267	11	26	.970	2.79
Billy Parker	3B	21	123	16	23	2	3	.951	2.85
Winston Llenas	3B	10	65	4	15	1	2	.950	2.63
Syd O'Brien	3B	8	32	0	8	1	1	.889	2.25
Doug Howard	3B	1	8	0	1	1	0	.500	1.13
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Leo Cardenas	SS	150	1315	241	471	22	82	.970	4.87
Sandy Alomar	SS	5	30	3	6	0	1	1.000	2.70
Syd O'Brien	SS	4	28	1	9	1	0	.909	3.21
Billy Parker	SS	1	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.39
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vada Pinson	OF	135	1095	205	11	2	3	.991	1.78
Leroy Stanton	OF	124	985	225	6	4	2	.983	2.11
Ken Berry	OF	116	961	272	13	0	5	1.000	2.67
Mickey Rivers	OF	48	352	105	0	2	0	.981	2.68
Andy Kosco	OF	36	283	62	2	1	0	.985	2.04
Jim Spencer	OF	24	161	22	1	0	0	1.000	1.28
Curt Motton	OF	9	57	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.36
Doug Howard	OF	8	64	8	2	0	0	1.000	1.41
Bob Oliver	OF	8	65	12	0	2	0	.857	1.66
Chris Coletta	OF	7	43	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.63
Billy Parker	OF	6	37	3	1	0	0	1.000	0.97
Tom Silverio	OF	4	13	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.69
Winston Llenas	OF	2	14	2	0	1	0	.667	1.29
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Fisher	P	43	81	5	12	2	1	.895	1.89
Lloyd Allen	P	42	85	3	10	0	2	1.000	1.37
Nolan Ryan	P	39	284	7	28	6	2	.854	1.11
Rudy May	P	35	205	2	24	5	2	.839	1.14
Clyde Wright	P	35	251	8	61	6	4	.920	2.47
Steve Barber	P	34	58	1	7	2	0	.800	1.24
Rickey Clark	P	26	109	7	20	1	1	.964	2.23
Andy Messersmith	P	25	169	9	24	0	0	1.000	1.76
Mel Queen	P	17	31	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.45
Don Rose	P	16	42	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.28
Dave Sells	P	10	16	2	4	0	0	1.000	3.38
Alan Foster	P	8	12	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.95
Tom Dukes	P	7	11	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Tom Murphy	P	6	10	0	5	0	0	1.000	4.50
Paul Doyle	P	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.29
Dick Lange	P	2	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.50

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