1972 American League Stats

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1972 American League Standings

1972 National League <<1971 American League 1973 American League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Detroit Tigers86-70 (0.551)-55851483-72 (0.538)84-71 (0.542)1,892,38638.715.84.019.0
2Boston Red Sox85-70 (0.548)0.564062080-75 (0.515)74-81 (0.477)1,441,71828.423.2-0.45.7
3Baltimore Orioles80-74 (0.519)5.051943091-64 (0.585)90-65 (0.581)899,95044.816.04.624.3
4New York Yankees79-76 (0.510)6.555752781-74 (0.525)91-64 (0.587)966,32845.326.59.69.3
5Cleveland Indians72-84 (0.462)14.047251971-84 (0.457)76-79 (0.490)626,35430.63.56.720.4
6Milwaukee Brewers65-91 (0.417)21.049359564-91 (0.415)64-91 (0.413)600,44018.210.15.42.7

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Oakland Athletics93-62 (0.600)-60445797-58 (0.625)94-61 (0.606)921,32348.726.72.020.0
2Chicago White Sox87-67 (0.565)5.556653881-74 (0.523)79-76 (0.510)1,177,31833.216.42.314.4
3Minnesota Twins77-77 (0.500)15.553753578-77 (0.502)81-74 (0.523)797,90135.915.53.017.4
4Kansas City Royals76-78 (0.494)16.558054582-73 (0.528)86-69 (0.555)707,65640.825.05.010.8
5California Angels75-80 (0.484)18.045453366-89 (0.427)66-89 (0.426)744,19020.112.80.56.9
6Texas Rangers54-100 (0.351)38.546162856-99 (0.362)45-110 (0.290)662,974-0.20.91.0-2.0

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Dick Allen CHA 1B 30 11.4 12.1 148 609 156 28 5 37 99 19 8 117.308 0.420 0.603
2 Bobby Murcer NYA CF 26 9.0 9.4 153 654 171 30 7 33 63 11 9 101.942 0.361 0.537
3 John Mayberry KCA 1B 23 7.9 7.9 149 588 150 24 3 25 78 0 2 93.058 0.394 0.507
4 Joe Rudi OAK LF 25 7.1 7.1 147 653 181 32 9 19 37 3 4 85.848 0.345 0.486
5 Mike Epstein OAK 1B 29 6.9 6.1 138 537 123 18 2 26 68 0 1 80.046 0.376 0.490
6 Carlton Fisk BOS C 24 6.8 8.8 131 514 134 28 9 22 52 5 2 81.927 0.370 0.538
7 Carlos May CHA LF 24 6.8 6.2 148 615 161 26 3 12 79 23 14 87.954 0.405 0.438
8 Roy White NYA LF 28 6.4 7.5 155 666 150 29 0 10 99 23 7 79.744 0.384 0.376
9 Reggie Jackson OAK CF 26 6.2 6.0 135 572 132 25 2 25 59 9 8 77.021 0.350 0.473
10 Reggie Smith BOS RF 27 5.9 5.9 131 543 126 25 4 21 68 15 4 75.974 0.365 0.475
11 Lou Piniella KCA LF 28 5.8 6.3 151 624 179 33 4 11 34 7 2 78.143 0.356 0.441
12 Harmon Killebrew MIN 1B 36 5.3 6.4 139 532 100 13 2 26 94 0 1 71.977 0.366 0.450
13 Amos Otis KCA CF 25 5.0 5.6 143 605 158 28 2 11 50 28 12 69.979 0.352 0.413
14 Boog Powell BAL 1B 30 4.9 3.6 140 539 117 20 1 21 65 4 0 66.179 0.346 0.434
15 Richie Scheinblum KCA RF 29 4.8 4.7 134 518 135 21 4 8 58 0 1 66.607 0.383 0.418
16 George Scott ML4 1B 28 4.7 7.6 152 629 154 24 4 20 43 16 4 69.625 0.321 0.426
17 Bobby Grich BAL SS 23 4.6 4.7 133 528 128 21 3 12 53 13 6 63.264 0.358 0.415
18 John Briggs ML4 LF 28 4.4 5.3 135 481 111 14 1 21 54 1 2 61.275 0.347 0.455
19 Tommy Harper BOS CF 31 4.2 4.1 144 641 141 29 2 14 67 25 7 68.862 0.341 0.389
20 Sal Bando OAK 3B 28 4.2 6.1 152 631 126 20 3 15 78 3 1 64.862 0.341 0.368
21 Rod Carew MIN 2B 26 4.1 4.9 142 591 170 21 6 0 43 12 6 65.392 0.369 0.379
22 Bobby Darwin MIN CF 29 4.1 3.9 145 562 137 20 2 22 38 2 3 66.487 0.326 0.443
23 Bob Oliver 2 teams 1B 29 4.1 3.6 150 609 154 22 5 20 29 5 3 64.601 0.305 0.430
24 Norm Cash DET 1B 38 4.0 4.0 137 501 114 16 0 22 50 0 2 61.467 0.338 0.446
25 Ron Blomberg NYA 1B 23 3.9 2.1 107 341 80 22 1 14 38 0 2 48.056 0.355 0.488
26 Don Baylor BAL RF 23 3.5 3.3 102 363 81 13 3 11 29 24 2 40.310 0.330 0.416
27 Al Kaline DET RF 37 3.4 3.3 106 314 87 11 2 10 28 1 0 44.150 0.374 0.475
28 Pat Kelly CHA RF 27 3.4 3.0 119 464 105 14 7 5 55 32 9 49.447 0.355 0.368
29 Carl Yastrzemski BOS LF 32 3.3 3.4 125 535 120 18 2 12 67 5 4 60.646 0.357 0.391
30 Ken Berry CAL CF 31 3.2 3.7 119 459 118 15 3 5 35 5 3 46.990 0.347 0.377
31 Thurman Munson NYA C 25 3.2 3.9 140 567 143 16 3 7 47 6 7 56.619 0.343 0.364
32 Vada Pinson CAL LF 33 3.2 3.0 136 527 133 24 2 7 30 17 6 49.967 0.321 0.376
33 Graig Nettles CLE 3B 27 3.1 4.3 150 623 141 28 0 17 57 2 3 64.869 0.325 0.395
34 Ed Kirkpatrick KCA C 27 3.1 3.3 113 423 100 15 1 9 51 3 5 49.743 0.365 0.396
35 Bill Freehan DET C 30 3.0 4.3 111 430 98 18 2 10 48 0 1 50.078 0.354 0.401
36 Ken McMullen CAL 3B 30 3.0 3.6 137 523 127 18 1 9 48 1 2 52.028 0.335 0.369
37 Ellie Rodriguez ML4 C 26 2.7 2.9 116 422 101 14 2 2 52 1 4 46.740 0.382 0.352
38 Rico Petrocelli BOS 3B 29 2.7 3.0 147 607 125 15 2 15 78 0 1 61.155 0.339 0.363
39 Steve Braun MIN 3B 24 2.3 1.9 121 455 116 21 0 2 45 4 5 46.959 0.360 0.356
40 Chris Chambliss CLE 1B 23 2.3 3.3 121 499 136 27 2 6 26 3 4 50.804 0.327 0.397
41 Felipe Alou NYA 1B 37 2.2 2.0 120 351 90 18 1 6 22 1 0 35.997 0.326 0.395
42 Bert Campaneris OAK SS 30 2.2 4.2 149 681 150 25 2 8 32 52 14 43.735 0.278 0.325
43 Joe Lahoud ML4 RF 25 2.2 2.5 111 363 75 9 3 12 45 3 4 39.288 0.332 0.399
44 Frank Howard 2 teams 1B 35 2.1 1.8 109 368 78 10 0 10 46 1 0 38.071 0.340 0.369
45 Dick McAuliffe DET 2B 32 2.1 1.3 122 470 98 16 3 8 59 0 0 46.226 0.339 0.353
46 Cesar Tovar MIN RF 31 2.1 2.8 141 607 145 20 6 2 39 21 10 52.623 0.329 0.334
47 Danny Thompson MIN SS 25 2.0 2.0 144 624 158 22 6 4 34 3 4 53.777 0.318 0.356
48 Leroy Stanton CAL RF 26 2.0 2.2 127 432 101 15 3 12 22 2 3 39.824 0.295 0.393
49 Dave Nelson TEX 3B 28 2.0 1.5 145 580 113 16 3 2 67 51 17 42.221 0.324 0.283
50 Ted Ford TEX RF 25 1.9 2.4 129 481 101 19 1 14 37 4 3 42.932 0.297 0.382

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Gaylord Perry CLE 33 13.1 12.3 41 40 342.67 24 16 29 1 79 82 234 97.14 1.92 0.98 6.15
2 Mickey Lolich DET 31 7.9 7.1 41 41 327.33 22 14 23 0 100 74 250 61.31 2.50 1.09 6.87
3 Wilbur Wood CHA 30 7.8 6.4 49 49 376.67 24 17 20 0 119 74 193 63.88 2.51 1.06 4.61
4 Jim Palmer BAL 26 7.4 7.1 36 36 274.33 21 10 18 0 73 70 184 59.54 2.07 1.05 6.04
5 Catfish Hunter OAK 26 7.1 6.5 38 37 295.33 21 7 16 0 74 70 191 62.44 2.04 0.91 5.82
6 Roger Nelson KCA 28 5.8 4.9 34 19 173.33 11 6 10 2 41 31 120 42.82 2.08 0.87 6.23
7 Bert Blyleven MIN 21 5.7 4.8 39 38 287.33 17 17 11 0 93 69 228 44.93 2.73 1.10 7.14
8 Nolan Ryan CAL 25 5.7 4.7 39 39 284.00 19 16 20 0 80 157 329 51.16 2.28 1.14 10.43
9 Joe Coleman DET 25 4.6 3.5 40 39 280.00 19 14 9 0 99 110 222 35.35 2.80 1.16 7.14
10 Pat Dobson BAL 30 4.5 3.6 38 36 268.33 16 18 13 0 89 69 161 36.58 2.65 1.08 5.40
11 Mike Cuellar BAL 35 4.5 3.5 35 35 248.33 18 12 17 0 78 71 132 36.27 2.57 1.08 4.78
12 Luis Tiant BOS 31 4.5 3.6 43 19 179.00 15 6 12 3 45 65 123 36.33 1.91 1.08 6.18
13 Dick Tidrow CLE 25 4.3 3.3 39 34 237.33 14 15 10 0 83 70 123 31.87 2.77 1.14 4.66
14 Ken Holtzman OAK 26 4.3 3.7 39 37 265.33 19 11 16 0 83 52 134 37.57 2.51 1.07 4.55
15 Steve Kline NYA 24 4.0 3.0 32 32 236.33 16 9 11 0 79 44 58 29.41 2.40 1.07 2.21
16 Tom Bradley CHA 25 3.7 2.5 40 40 260.00 15 14 11 0 94 65 209 30.18 2.98 1.12 7.23
17 Jim Lonborg ML4 30 3.7 3.0 33 30 223.00 14 12 11 1 75 76 143 27.39 2.83 1.22 5.77
18 Sparky Lyle NYA 27 3.5 3.4 59 0 107.67 9 5 0 35 25 29 75 26.00 1.92 1.05 6.27
19 Dick Woodson MIN 27 3.4 1.8 36 36 251.67 14 14 9 0 93 101 150 27.21 2.72 1.17 5.36
20 Woodie Fryman DET 32 3.4 2.8 16 14 113.67 10 3 6 0 31 31 72 26.09 2.06 1.09 5.70
21 Dick Drago KCA 27 3.1 2.1 34 33 239.33 12 17 11 0 88 51 135 23.29 3.01 1.17 5.08
22 Dave McNally BAL 29 2.8 2.2 36 36 241.00 13 17 12 0 85 68 120 22.43 2.95 1.20 4.48
23 Jim Kaat MIN 33 2.8 3.1 15 15 113.33 10 2 5 0 36 20 64 21.91 2.06 1.01 5.08
24 Ray Corbin MIN 23 2.7 1.9 31 19 161.67 8 9 5 0 56 53 83 21.69 2.62 1.16 4.62
25 Marty Pattin BOS 29 2.7 1.9 38 35 253.00 17 13 13 0 102 65 168 22.19 3.24 1.17 5.98
26 Mike Paul TEX 27 2.6 2.2 49 20 161.67 8 9 2 1 50 52 108 23.26 2.17 1.24 6.01
27 Blue Moon Odom OAK 27 2.5 1.9 31 30 194.33 15 6 4 0 62 87 86 21.99 2.50 1.29 3.98
28 Terry Forster CHA 20 2.3 2.9 62 0 100.00 6 5 0 29 31 44 104 19.11 2.25 1.19 9.36
29 Paul Splittorff KCA 25 2.3 2.2 35 33 216.00 12 12 12 0 81 67 140 16.98 3.12 1.19 5.83
30 Andy Messersmith CAL 26 2.0 1.9 25 21 169.67 8 11 10 2 56 68 142 18.45 2.81 1.14 7.53
31 Jerry Bell ML4 24 1.9 1.7 25 3 70.67 5 1 0 0 15 33 20 14.34 1.66 1.17 2.55
32 Tom Timmermann DET 32 1.9 1.4 34 25 149.67 8 10 3 0 57 41 88 14.95 2.89 1.08 5.29
33 Darold Knowles OAK 30 1.9 1.9 54 0 65.67 5 1 0 11 12 37 36 17.07 1.37 1.31 4.93
34 Rollie Fingers OAK 25 1.9 2.1 65 0 111.33 11 9 0 21 35 32 113 16.64 2.51 1.05 9.13
35 Roric Harrison BAL 25 1.9 1.8 39 2 94.00 3 4 0 4 24 34 62 14.98 2.30 1.09 5.94
36 Ted Abernathy KCA 39 1.6 1.5 45 0 58.33 3 4 0 5 15 19 28 12.09 1.70 1.08 4.32
37 Chuck Seelbach DET 24 1.6 1.6 61 3 112.00 9 8 0 14 39 39 76 12.51 2.89 1.21 6.11
38 Steve Busby KCA 22 1.5 1.4 5 5 40.00 3 1 3 0 9 8 31 11.29 1.57 0.90 6.97
39 Vida Blue OAK 22 1.5 0.6 25 23 151.00 6 10 5 0 55 48 111 13.00 2.80 1.09 6.62
40 Jim Colborn ML4 26 1.5 0.9 39 12 147.67 7 7 4 0 53 43 97 10.89 3.11 1.21 5.91
41 Doyle Alexander BAL 21 1.5 1.0 35 9 106.33 6 8 2 2 36 30 49 11.80 2.45 1.02 4.15
42 Dave Goltz MIN 23 1.4 1.0 15 11 91.00 3 3 2 1 30 26 38 11.33 2.67 1.11 3.76
43 Paul Lindblad TEX 30 1.4 1.3 66 0 99.67 5 8 0 9 31 29 51 12.63 2.62 1.24 4.61
44 Phil Hennigan CLE 26 1.4 1.2 38 1 67.33 5 3 0 6 20 18 44 10.28 2.67 1.07 5.88
45 Rudy May CAL 27 1.4 0.5 35 30 205.33 12 11 10 1 79 82 169 12.43 2.94 1.19 7.41
46 Fritz Peterson NYA 30 1.4 1.4 35 35 250.33 17 15 12 0 98 44 100 10.02 3.24 1.25 3.60
47 Dave LaRoche MIN 24 1.3 1.3 62 0 95.33 5 7 0 10 33 39 79 10.55 2.83 1.16 7.46
48 Mel Stottlemyre NYA 30 1.3 1.2 36 36 260.00 14 18 9 0 99 85 110 9.56 3.22 1.29 3.81
49 Chris Zachary DET 28 1.3 1.3 25 1 38.33 1 1 0 1 6 15 21 9.70 1.41 1.10 4.93
50 Cy Acosta CHA 25 1.2 1.0 26 0 34.67 3 0 0 5 6 17 28 9.38 1.56 1.21 7.27

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Carlton Fisk BOS 24 2.0 131.0 1143.0 846.0 72.0 15.0 10.0 16.311
2 Jeff Torborg CAL 30 1.7 58.0 452.0 383.0 28.0 1.0 5.0 12.219
3 Bill Fahey TEX 22 1.6 39.0 317.0 236.0 26.0 2.0 4.0 12.620
4 George Mitterwald MIN 27 1.3 61.0 404.0 272.0 33.0 5.0 4.0 11.975
5 Ed Herrmann CHA 25 1.2 112.0 923.0 641.0 69.0 8.0 10.0 10.091
6 Ray Fosse CLE 25 1.2 124.0 1086.0 713.0 70.0 12.0 9.0 10.460
7 Bill Freehan DET 30 1.2 105.0 882.0 648.0 57.0 8.0 9.0 10.451
8 Tom Egan CHA 26 0.9 46.0 316.0 257.0 19.0 4.0 2.0 7.131
1B 1 George Scott ML4 28 2.7 139.0 1138.0 1180.0 73.0 10.0 106.0 24.698
2 Harmon Killebrew MIN 36 1.1 130.0 995.0 995.0 99.0 9.0 82.0 9.992
3 Chris Chambliss CLE 23 1.0 119.0 1057.0 1109.0 56.0 8.0 109.0 9.325
4 Dick Allen CHA 30 0.8 143.0 1201.0 1234.0 67.0 7.0 94.0 6.399
5 Don Mincher 2 teams 34 0.8 70.0 535.0 544.0 47.0 4.0 49.0 6.356
6 Tommy McCraw CLE 31 0.7 38.0 311.0 345.0 26.0 3.0 29.0 6.325
7 Larry Biittner TEX 25 0.6 65.0 414.0 410.0 36.0 4.0 36.0 4.949
8 John Briggs ML4 28 0.5 28.0 216.0 220.0 12.0 1.0 20.0 4.218
2B 1 Horace Clarke NYA 33 2.0 143.0 1195.0 347.0 399.0 11.0 104.0 18.179
2 Davey Johnson BAL 29 1.2 116.0 996.0 286.0 307.0 6.0 81.0 9.905
3 Jack Brohamer CLE 22 1.0 132.0 1163.0 285.0 393.0 16.0 87.0 9.062
4 Cookie Rojas KCA 33 0.8 131.0 1100.0 265.0 360.0 9.0 82.0 7.101
5 Rod Carew MIN 26 0.7 139.0 1184.0 331.0 378.0 16.0 85.0 6.704
6 Bobby Knoop KCA 33 0.6 33.0 228.0 61.0 80.0 4.0 24.0 4.981
7 Ron Theobald ML4 28 0.5 113.0 918.0 193.0 299.0 6.0 68.0 4.361
8 Ron Clark 2 teams 29 0.4 22.0 110.0 31.0 43.0 2.0 11.0 3.456
3B 1 Aurelio Rodriguez DET 24 2.6 153.0 1334.0 150.0 348.0 16.0 33.0 23.919
2 Brooks Robinson BAL 35 2.1 152.0 1323.0 129.0 333.0 11.0 27.0 17.608
3 Sal Bando OAK 28 2.0 151.0 1344.0 123.0 337.0 19.0 29.0 14.592
4 Graig Nettles CLE 27 1.2 150.0 1351.0 114.0 338.0 21.0 27.0 10.928
5 Celerino Sanchez NYA 28 1.2 68.0 582.0 47.0 167.0 14.0 13.0 10.872
6 Ed Spiezio CHA 30 1.0 74.0 661.0 67.0 172.0 12.0 11.0 8.459
7 Ken McMullen CAL 30 0.6 137.0 1150.0 89.0 267.0 11.0 26.0 4.523
8 Bill Melton CHA 26 0.5 56.0 491.0 47.0 125.0 12.0 12.0 4.314
SS 1 Freddie Patek KCA 27 4.3 136.0 1182.0 230.0 510.0 22.0 113.0 38.726
2 Gene Michael NYA 34 3.5 121.0 1005.0 218.0 437.0 21.0 89.0 31.955
3 Bert Campaneris OAK 30 2.0 148.0 1337.0 283.0 494.0 18.0 93.0 14.977
4 Mark Belanger BAL 28 1.2 105.0 768.0 180.0 285.0 12.0 53.0 9.737
5 Jerry Kenney NYA 27 0.9 45.0 315.0 57.0 131.0 6.0 30.0 7.961
6 Ed Brinkman DET 30 0.9 156.0 1370.0 233.0 495.0 7.0 81.0 7.870
7 Leo Cardenas CAL 33 0.5 150.0 1315.0 241.0 471.0 22.0 82.0 3.822
8 Eddie Leon CLE 25 0.3 35.0 257.0 52.0 95.0 5.0 22.0 2.816
LF 1 Roy White NYA 28 1.1 155.0 1370.3 322.0 7.0 2.0 1.0 9.978
2 Lou Piniella KCA 28 0.5 150.0 1287.3 279.0 8.0 7.0 2.0 4.339
3 Steve Brye MIN 23 0.4 74.0 463.7 111.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 4.070
4 Gates Brown DET 33 0.4 72.0 497.0 121.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 3.893
5 Ike Brown DET 30 0.4 20.0 106.0 40.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.305
6 John Briggs ML4 28 0.3 99.0 736.0 167.0 6.0 3.0 1.0 3.078
7 Tommie Reynolds ML4 30 0.2 37.0 219.7 63.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 2.253
8 Tommy McCraw CLE 31 0.2 41.0 300.0 69.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.894
CF 1 Paul Blair BAL 28 0.9 139.0 1083.7 339.0 7.0 3.0 1.0 7.387
2 Amos Otis KCA 25 0.6 137.0 1190.0 352.0 7.0 3.0 3.0 5.413
3 Joe Lovitto TEX 21 0.6 77.0 618.7 197.0 8.0 3.0 2.0 4.677
4 Dave May ML4 28 0.6 138.0 1168.0 364.0 7.0 6.0 3.0 5.137
5 Ken Berry CAL 31 0.5 116.0 961.0 269.0 13.0 0.0 5.0 3.513
6 Del Unser CLE 27 0.5 85.0 671.7 202.0 9.0 0.0 1.0 4.204
7 Bobby Murcer NYA 26 0.4 151.0 1328.3 376.0 11.0 3.0 2.0 3.447
8 Mickey Stanley DET 29 0.3 139.0 1098.3 310.0 9.0 2.0 1.0 3.082
RF 1 Cesar Tovar MIN 31 0.6 100.0 838.0 218.0 9.0 5.0 2.0 5.671
2 Joe Lahoud ML4 25 0.5 63.0 505.3 140.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 4.318
3 Ollie Brown 2 teams 28 0.5 65.0 463.0 126.0 9.0 1.0 3.0 4.200
4 Ted Ford TEX 25 0.4 102.0 844.3 207.0 10.0 5.0 2.0 3.525
5 Billy Conigliaro ML4 24 0.4 45.0 376.3 104.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 3.379
6 Angel Mangual OAK 25 0.3 52.0 395.7 105.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 2.272
7 Leroy Stanton CAL 26 0.3 123.0 969.0 221.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 2.059
8 Brant Alyea OAK 31 0.2 6.0 38.0 17.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.666