1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season 85–70, good for second place in the National League West division.

1972 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, James Mulvey
General manager(s)Al Campanis
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín
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Offseason

Regular season
Sandy Koufax's number 32 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1972.
Roy Campanella's number 39 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1972.
Jackie Robinson's number 42 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1972.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9559 0.617 — 42–34 53–25
Houston Astros 8469 0.549 10½ 41–36 43–33
Los Angeles Dodgers 8570 0.548 10½ 41–34 44–36
Atlanta Braves 7084 0.455 25 36–41 34–43
San Francisco Giants 6986 0.445 26½ 34–43 35–43
San Diego Padres 5895 0.379 36½ 26–54 32–41

Record vs. opponents
1972 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–1—8–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–8—11–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–11—7–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–7—6–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–6—6–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–6—13–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–13—5–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–5—10–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–10—4–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–4—5–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5—

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Maury WillsShortstop
Bill BucknerFirst baseman
Willie DavisCenter fielder
Frank RobinsonRight fielder
Jim LefebvreSecond baseman
Willie CrawfordLeft fielder
Duke SimsCatcher
Billy GrabarkewitzThird baseman
Don SuttonStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CFWillie Davis149615178.2891979

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Downing31202.2992.98117
Tommy John29186.21152.89117

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jim Brewer5187171.2669
Pete Richert372362.2538

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Tommy Lasorda
AA El Paso Dodgers Texas League Monty Basgall
Stan Wasiak
A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Don LeJohn
A Daytona Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak
Bob Shaw
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Bill Berrier
Rookie Ogden Dodgers Pioneer League Gail Henley

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

1972 Major League Baseball draft
Main article: 1972 Major League Baseball draft

This was the eighth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 42 players in the June draft and eight in the January draft.

This was a weak draft class whose most notable player was Dennis Lewallyn, a pitcher who played for the Dodgers and two other teams from 1975 to 1981 with a 4–4 record and 4.48 ERA. The top draft pick was shortstop John Harbin from Newberry College who played in only 83 games in the Dodgers farm system in 1972 and was quickly out of baseball.

Notes
  1. Tommy Hutton at Baseball-Reference
  2. Bobby Darwin at Baseball-Reference
  3. Maury Wills at Baseball-Reference
  4. Doyle Alexander at Baseball-Reference
  5. Dick Allen at Baseball-Reference
  6. Tom Haller at Baseball-Reference
  7. Chris Cannizzaro at Baseball-Reference
  8. Bill Sudakis at Baseball-Reference
  9. Dick Dietz at Baseball-Reference
  10. 19721 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  11. 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  12. 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  13. 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References
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