
1972 Atlanta Braves Statistics
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 4th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 752,973, Avg. 11,073
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Manager: Lum Harris (47-57)
Manager: Eddie Mathews (23-27)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1972 Atlanta Braves Results
The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the 1972 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's West Division.
The Braves plated 628 runs and allowed 730 runs, most in the league. Hank Aaron walloped 34 home runs for Atlanta, while Earl Williams, Dusty Baker and Darrell Evans each swatted 20 or more also. Earl Williams drove in 87 runs. Ralph Garr led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .325. Phil Niekro topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.06 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Lum Harris and Eddie Mathews coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Niekro | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.06 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 282.3 | 254 | 112 | 96 | 22 | 53 | 3 | 164 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1150 |
Pat Jarvis | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.10 | 37 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98.7 | 94 | 50 | 45 | 7 | 44 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 423 |
Ron Reed | 11 | 15 | .423 | 3.93 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 213.0 | 222 | 109 | 93 | 18 | 60 | 7 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 913 |
George Stone | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.51 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 111.0 | 143 | 72 | 68 | 18 | 44 | 11 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 511 |
Jim Hardin | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.41 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79.7 | 93 | 47 | 39 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 356 |
Tom Kelley | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.56 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 116.3 | 122 | 65 | 59 | 12 | 65 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 518 |
Ron Schueler | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.67 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 144.7 | 122 | 68 | 59 | 16 | 60 | 3 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 609 |
Cecil Upshaw | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.69 | 42 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 53.7 | 50 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 227 |
Denny McLain | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.50 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 60 | 41 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 237 |
Jimmy Freeman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 167 |
Larry Jaster | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
Jim Nash | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.46 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 143 |
Joe Hoerner | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.56 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.3 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 111 |
Tom House | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
Steve Barber | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 71 | |
Gary Neibauer | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | |
Mike McQueen | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.60 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78.3 | 79 | 45 | 40 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 357 |
Totals | 70 | 84 | .455 | 4.27 | 375 | 155 | 115 | 40 | 4 | 27 | 1377.0 | 1412 | 730 | 654 | 155 | 512 | 55 | 732 | 26 | 8 | 69 | 5967 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph Garr | 134 | 594 | 554 | 87 | 180 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 53 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 41 | .325 | .359 | .430 | .788 | 238 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Earl Williams | 151 | 637 | 565 | 72 | 146 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 118 | .258 | .336 | .457 | .793 | 258 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Dusty Baker | 127 | 503 | 446 | 62 | 143 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 76 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 68 | .321 | .383 | .504 | .888 | 225 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Felix Millan | 125 | 534 | 498 | 46 | 128 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 28 | .257 | .292 | .313 | .605 | 156 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Hank Aaron | 129 | 544 | 449 | 75 | 119 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 55 | .265 | .390 | .514 | .904 | 231 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
Marty Perez | 141 | 518 | 479 | 33 | 109 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 55 | .228 | .276 | .265 | .541 | 127 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Darrell Evans | 125 | 521 | 418 | 67 | 106 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 58 | .254 | .384 | .419 | .803 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
Mike Lum | 123 | 424 | 369 | 40 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 52 | .228 | .323 | .350 | .673 | 129 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Rico Carty | 86 | 315 | 271 | 31 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 33 | .277 | .378 | .402 | .780 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Oscar Brown | 76 | 168 | 164 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 29 | .226 | .244 | .323 | .567 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sonny Jackson | 60 | 133 | 126 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .238 | .278 | .333 | .612 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larvell Blanks | 33 | 94 | 85 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .329 | .376 | .424 | .800 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Paul Casanova | 49 | 140 | 136 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | .206 | .229 | .272 | .501 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Orlando Cepeda | 28 | 91 | 84 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .298 | .352 | .476 | .828 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Breazeale | 52 | 91 | 85 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .247 | .297 | .447 | .744 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gil Garrido | 40 | 87 | 75 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | .267 | .368 | .280 | .648 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Phil Niekro | 38 | 108 | 93 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .194 | .216 | .237 | .453 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Ron Reed | 31 | 80 | 73 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .178 | .173 | .192 | .365 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Bob Didier | 13 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .300 | .341 | .400 | .741 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rod Gilbreath | 18 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .237 | .293 | .263 | .556 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Schueler | 37 | 45 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .190 | .209 | .214 | .424 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
George Stone | 33 | 38 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .200 | .344 | .200 | .544 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Pat Jarvis | 37 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .125 | .160 | .208 | .368 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Kelley | 27 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .088 | .139 | .088 | .227 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rowland Office | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Nash | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denny McLain | 15 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Hardin | 26 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .095 | .269 | .238 | .507 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mike McQueen | 23 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Barber | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cecil Upshaw | 42 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Freeman | 8 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Neibauer | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom House | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Hoerner | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Jaster | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1891 | 5938 | 5278 | 628 | 1363 | 186 | 17 | 144 | 593 | 47 | 35 | 532 | 770 | .258 | .328 | .382 | .710 | 2015 | 131 | 35 | 55 | 38 | 44 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Aaron | 1B | 109 | 106 | 932.0 | 968 | 66 | 14 | 79 | .987 | 9.985 | 9.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 22 | 21 | 176.0 | 171 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1.000 | 9.409 | 8.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Williams | 1B | 20 | 15 | 138.0 | 140 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 9.652 | 7.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Breazeale | 1B | 16 | 12 | 123.0 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 8.927 | 7.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Lum | 1B | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Felix Millan | 2B | 120 | 119 | 1044.0 | 273 | 339 | 8 | 67 | .987 | 5.276 | 5.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Garrido | 2B | 21 | 15 | 146.0 | 38 | 53 | 1 | 9 | .989 | 5.610 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larvell Blanks | 2B | 18 | 15 | 140.0 | 38 | 55 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 5.979 | 5.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rod Gilbreath | 2B | 7 | 6 | 46.0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.087 | 3.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darrell Evans | 3B | 123 | 122 | 1093.0 | 126 | 273 | 25 | 20 | .941 | 3.285 | 3.244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Williams | 3B | 21 | 21 | 177.0 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 1 | .821 | 2.339 | 2.190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sonny Jackson | 3B | 6 | 5 | 43.0 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 4.814 | 3.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rod Gilbreath | 3B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larvell Blanks | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Garrido | 3B | 3 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Breazeale | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Williams | C | 116 | 113 | 986.0 | 584 | 49 | 13 | 7 | .980 | 5.778 | 5.457 | 28 | 0 | 78 | 26 | 25.0 |
Paul Casanova | C | 43 | 32 | 300.0 | 139 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .975 | 4.650 | 3.605 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 44.4 |
Bob Didier | C | 11 | 10 | 91.0 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.033 | 5.545 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 21.4 |
Ralph Garr | OF | 131 | 131 | 1137.0 | 246 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .962 | 2.011 | 1.939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dusty Baker | OF | 123 | 115 | 1044.0 | 344 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .989 | 3.034 | 2.862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Lum | OF | 109 | 93 | 865.0 | 241 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .976 | 2.549 | 2.248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rico Carty | OF | 78 | 78 | 579.0 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 2.207 | 1.821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oscar Brown | OF | 59 | 28 | 334.0 | 82 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .899 | 2.398 | 1.508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hank Aaron | OF | 15 | 15 | 118.0 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 2.441 | 2.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sonny Jackson | OF | 10 | 4 | 44.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rowland Office | OF | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Niekro | P | 38 | 36 | 282.0 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 4 | .943 | 2.106 | 1.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Reed | P | 31 | 30 | 213.0 | 15 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .944 | 2.155 | 1.645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Schueler | P | 37 | 18 | 145.0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.552 | .676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Kelley | P | 27 | 14 | 116.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .776 | .370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Stone | P | 31 | 16 | 111.0 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 2.108 | .839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Jarvis | P | 37 | 6 | 99.0 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 2.182 | .649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Hardin | P | 26 | 9 | 80.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.463 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike McQueen | P | 23 | 7 | 78.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .923 | .348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cecil Upshaw | P | 42 | 0 | 54.0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denny McLain | P | 15 | 8 | 54.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | .467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jimmy Freeman | P | 6 | 6 | 36.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Nash | P | 11 | 4 | 31.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.161 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Hoerner | P | 25 | 0 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .783 | .080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Neibauer | P | 8 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.059 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Barber | P | 5 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.938 | 1.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Jaster | P | 5 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom House | P | 8 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marty Perez | SS | 141 | 136 | 1198.0 | 220 | 378 | 27 | 73 | .957 | 4.492 | 4.241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sonny Jackson | SS | 17 | 15 | 123.0 | 28 | 52 | 2 | 9 | .976 | 5.854 | 4.706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larvell Blanks | SS | 4 | 3 | 30.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.300 | 5.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Garrido | SS | 10 | 1 | 26.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.115 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1738 | 1395 | 12396.0 | 4131 | 1633 | 156 | 343 | .974 | 4.185 | 3.316 | 36 | 0 | 99 | 37 | 27.2 |
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