1972 Birmingham A's Statistics
Team Record: 49-90
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (49-90)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 30,841, Avg. 444
The Birmingham A's of the Southern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 49 wins and 90 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The A's scored 453 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 632 runs, most in the circuit. Phil Garner led Birmingham with 12 home runs Keith Lieppman accounted for 62 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .264. Buddy Copeland paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.4 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1972 Birmingham A's who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tommy Sandt, Reggie Sanders, Glenn Abbott, Leon Hooten, Chuck Dobson, Phil Garner, Allan Lewis, Vic Harris, Denny McLain, Mike Barlow and Charlie Chant.
Phil Cavarretta served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Copeland | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.40 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 124 | 58 | 35 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Leon Hooten | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.31 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 87.0 | 86 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Gil Marcano | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.31 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 136.0 | 134 | 57 | 50 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Easton | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.62 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 144.0 | 153 | 65 | 58 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Mastin | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.04 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 77.0 | 74 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Denny McLain | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.32 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 63 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Smith | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.33 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 47 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Wolf | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.96 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 84 | 35 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Abbott | 3 | 8 | .273 | 2.51 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 84 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marshal Crossan | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7.35 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 105 | 70 | 58 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.74 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 53.0 | 49 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 2 | 12 | .143 | 5.93 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 105 | 77 | 60 | 10 | 70 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Bill Geiger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.66 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Brien Bickerton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.39 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Chuck Dobson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.74 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 49 | 90 | .353 | 4.11 | 300 | 139 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 15 | 1150.0 | 1198 | 632 | 525 | 81 | 499 | 22 | 845 | 39 | 10 | 80 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lieppman | 134 | 523 | 485 | 56 | 128 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 69 | .264 | .308 | .392 | .700 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Allan Lewis | 112 | 391 | 370 | 43 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 15 | 65 | .268 | .302 | .308 | .610 | 114 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Sandt | 109 | 426 | 386 | 40 | 85 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 69 | .220 | .284 | .267 | .551 | 103 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Chant | 123 | 427 | 379 | 45 | 80 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 59 | .211 | .289 | .338 | .627 | 128 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Phil Garner | 71 | 297 | 264 | 45 | 74 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 43 | .280 | .355 | .500 | .855 | 132 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dale Sanner | 95 | 363 | 325 | 30 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 98 | .218 | .289 | .323 | .612 | 105 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| William Fitzgerald | 108 | 386 | 353 | 24 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 64 | .195 | .248 | .249 | .497 | 88 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bill Brooks | 88 | 295 | 269 | 33 | 68 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 46 | .253 | .301 | .416 | .718 | 112 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mike Weathers | 81 | 296 | 273 | 24 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 64 | .249 | .305 | .330 | .635 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hank Marion | 85 | 291 | 244 | 24 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 53 | .201 | .322 | .336 | .658 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joe Lindsey | 50 | 177 | 157 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 19 | .255 | .335 | .306 | .641 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vic Harris | 32 | 143 | 126 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 18 | .294 | .355 | .357 | .712 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Williams | 63 | 183 | 168 | 10 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 41 | .220 | .275 | .351 | .626 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Marostica | 25 | 83 | 71 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .197 | .313 | .282 | .595 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Easton | 32 | 62 | 58 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .224 | .250 | .310 | .560 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Brunette | 18 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .256 | .333 | .326 | .659 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gil Marcano | 25 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .159 | .213 | .227 | .440 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon Hooten | 26 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .231 | .276 | .231 | .507 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 28 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .207 | .207 | .310 | .517 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Robinson | 12 | 39 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .162 | .205 | .162 | .367 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Copeland | 21 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .140 | .213 | .163 | .376 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Abbott | 13 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .125 | .125 | .156 | .281 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Geiger | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Meadows | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny McLain | 8 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Wolf | 15 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .097 | .097 | .097 | .194 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Mastin | 39 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .308 | .522 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Smith | 24 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Dobson | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marshal Crossan | 22 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brien Bickerton | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1522 | 4775 | 4325 | 442 | 997 | 136 | 36 | 69 | 387 | 79 | 35 | 366 | 879 | .231 | .292 | .326 | .618 | 1412 | 0 | 20 | 37 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lieppman | 1B | 131 | 1004 | 70 | 10 | 82 | .991 | 8.198 | ||||
| William Fitzgerald | 1B | 10 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .971 | 6.700 | ||||
| Mike Weathers | 2B | 81 | 181 | 222 | 19 | 41 | .955 | 4.975 | ||||
| Vic Harris | 2B | 32 | 84 | 71 | 6 | 10 | .963 | 4.844 | ||||
| Hank Marion | 2B | 25 | 53 | 51 | 3 | 13 | .972 | 4.160 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Phil Garner | 3B | 71 | 74 | 116 | 13 | 9 | .936 | 2.676 | ||||
| Joe Lindsey | 3B | 49 | 44 | 61 | 9 | 4 | .921 | 2.143 | ||||
| Hank Marion | 3B | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 2.125 | ||||
| William Fitzgerald | 3B | 6 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 2.833 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Wayne Meadows | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| William Fitzgerald | C | 92 | 624 | 56 | 8 | 5 | .988 | 7.391 | 13 | |||
| Bob Williams | C | 51 | 295 | 19 | 9 | 2 | .972 | 6.157 | 6 | |||
| Charlie Chant | OF | 117 | 196 | 12 | 11 | 0 | .950 | 1.778 | ||||
| Allan Lewis | OF | 95 | 142 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .954 | 1.526 | ||||
| Dale Sanner | OF | 92 | 216 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .966 | 2.457 | ||||
| Bill Brooks | OF | 74 | 98 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .971 | 1.378 | ||||
| Michael Marostica | OF | 23 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.435 | ||||
| James Brunette | OF | 12 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 2.333 | ||||
| Hank Marion | OF | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Stephen Mastin | P | 39 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .359 | ||||
| Patrick Tatom | P | 27 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .519 | ||||
| Gil Marcano | P | 25 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.040 | ||||
| Leon Hooten | P | 25 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .840 | ||||
| Stephen Easton | P | 25 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.160 | ||||
| Tom Smith | P | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .333 | ||||
| Marshal Crossan | P | 22 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.045 | ||||
| Buddy Copeland | P | 21 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .571 | ||||
| Mike Barlow | P | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bill Geiger | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Brien Bickerton | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Glenn Abbott | P | 13 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.462 | ||||
| Robert Wolf | P | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Chuck Dobson | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Denny McLain | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | SS | 104 | 150 | 307 | 17 | 56 | .964 | 4.394 | ||||
| Hank Marion | SS | 31 | 36 | 79 | 4 | 12 | .966 | 3.710 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | SS | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 5 | .882 | 5.000 | ||||
| Keith Lieppman | SS | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1429 | 3418 | 1302 | 159 | 251 | .967 | 3.303 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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