1972 California Angels season

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1972 California Angels
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) West Division (Since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (Since 1966) Anaheim, California (Since 1966)
1972 Information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
Manager(s)	Del Rice
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus)

The California Angels 1972 season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 80 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Opening Day Roster 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Notable Transactions 3 Player stats 4 References

[edit] Offseason

• December 10, 1971: Jim Fregosi was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Nolan Ryan, Don Rose, Leroy Stanton, and Frank Estrada.^[1]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Roster

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Oakland Athletics	93	62	.600	--
Chicago White Sox	87	67	.565	5.5
Minnesota Twins	77	77	.500	15.5
Kansas City Royals	76	78	.494	16.5
California Angels	75	80	.484	18
Texas Rangers	54	100	.351	38.5

[edit] Notable Transactions

[edit] Player stats

Hitting				Pitching
Stat	Player	Total		Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Vada Pinson Bob Oliver Ken McMullen	.275 .269 .269		W	Nolan Ryan Clyde Wright Rudy May	19 18 12
HR	Bob Oliver Leroy Stanton Ken McMullen	19 12 09		L	Nolan Ryan 3 players tied	16 11
RBI	Bob Oliver Vada Pinson Leo Cardenas	70 49 42		ERA	Nolan Ryan Andy Messersmith Rudy May	2.28 2.81 2.94
R	Sandy Alomar Vada Pinson Leroy Stanton	65 56 44		SO	Nolan Ryan Rudy May Andy Messersmith	329 169 142
H	Sandy Alomar Bob Oliver Vada Pinson	146 137 133		SV	Lloyd Allen Eddie Fisher 2 players tied	5 4 2
SB	Sandy Alomar Vada Pinson Ken Berry	20 17 05		IP	Nolan Ryan Clyde Wright Rudy May	28400 25100 205⅓

[edit] References

• 1972 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1972 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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