1972 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James Mulvey
PresidentPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín
Seasons

The 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season 85–70, good for a tie for second place with the Astros in the National League West. This was the first season where the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms.

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 record

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

Batting

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
CChris Cannizzaro7320048.240218
1BWes Parker130427119.279459
2BLee Lacy6024363.259012
SSBill Russell129434118.272434
3BSteve Garvey9629479.269930
LFManny Mota118371120.323548
CFWillie Davis149615178.2891979
RFFrank Robinson10334286.2511959

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
Bobby Valentine119391107.274332
Bill Buckner105383122.319537
Willie Crawford9624361.251827
Jim Lefebvre7016934.201524
Duke Sims5115129.192211
Billy Grabarkewitz5314424.167416
Maury Wills7113217.12904
Steve Yeager3510629.274415
Dick Dietz27569.16116
Tom Paciorek114712.25516
Davey Lopes11429.21401
Ron Cey113710.27013
Joe Ferguson8247.29215
Terry McDermott9233.13000

Pitching

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
Don Sutton33272.21992.08207
Claude Osteen33252.020112.64100
Al Downing31202.2992.98117
Tommy John29186.21152.89117
Bill Singer26169.16163.67101

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
Doug Rau732.2222.2019

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
Pete Mikkelsen335554.0641
Mike Strahler191203.2625
Hoyt Wilhelm160114.629
Ron Perranoski92002.705
José Peña50008.594
Charlie Hough20003.384

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

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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