1972 Bakersfield Dodgers Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 88-52
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Don LeJohn (88-52)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 53,228, Avg. 760

1972 Bakersfield Dodgers Roster

Playoffs - Modesto Reds 2 games, Bakersfield Dodgers 0

The Bakersfield Dodgers of the California League ended the 1972 season with a record of 88 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Dodgers scored 742 runs and allowed 642 runs. Orlando Álvarez led Bakersfield with 11 home runs and accounted for 84 RBI. Bob Randall paced all regular batters by connecting at a .338 clip. Rick Nitz topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.94 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bob Randall, Alonzo Harris, Greg Heydeman, Rex Hudson, Orlando Álvarez, Greg Shanahan, Henry Cruz, Lance Rautzhan and Sergio Ferrer were all players from the 1972 Bakersfield Dodgers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Don LeJohn served as manager.

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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
Rick Nitz	18	7	.720	2.94	28	28		13	2	0	211.0	210	94	69	12	64	2	164	4	1	7
John Adams	12	12	.500	4.58	29	29		6	1	0	169.0	172	109	86	21	86	2	124	6	0	10
Rex Hudson	10	3	.769	3.11	16	16		7	1	0	107.0	105	45	37	6	33	1	90	3	0	1
Lance Rautzhan	10	9	.526	3.88	24	17		6	2	1	109.0	117	68	47	4	56	8	91	5	0	3
Wayne Miller	7	0	1.000	1.91	17	6		4	3	3	66.0	42	14	14	4	15	0	63	0	1	0
Domingo Luna	7	1	.875	3.46	20	2		1	0	1	65.0	61	30	25	5	31	2	71	2	0	3
David Culpepper	4	1	.800	1.37	22	0		0	0	10	46.0	35	15	7	4	15	1	39	5	0	3
Richard Dorsch	4	4	.500	2.51	39	0		0	0	14	79.0	63	26	22	4	39	11	81	1	0	5
Elvin Ervin	4	5	.444	5.47	27	11		1	0	0	74.0	83	56	45	13	37	2	67	0	0	1
Greg Shanahan	3	0	1.000	2.45	11	3		1	0	2	44.0	28	13	12	3	17	1	58	3	0	4
Al Dawson	2	1	.667	2.83	6	6		0	0	0	35.0	23	16	11	1	20	1	28	2	0	2
Philip Keller	2	1	.667	3.83	17	4		0	0	1	54.0	46	43	23	5	42	2	66	3	0	12
Greg Heydeman	2	2	.500	4.30	5	5		0	0	0	23.0	24	15	11	0	17	0	18	1	0	4
Ricky Green	2	5	.286	5.92	13	13		1	0	0	76.0	85	60	50	11	46	6	58	6	0	4
Mark Meschuk	1	0	1.000	4.12	11	0		0	0	1	24.0	18	15	11	1	22	2	17	2	0	2
David Hernandez	0	0		4.05	11	0		0	0	3	20.0	17	10	9	1	5	0	25	0	0	0
Ken O'Brien	0	1	.000	6.23	5	0		0	0	0	13.0	23	13	9	2	7	0	11	1	1	2
Totals	88	52	.629	3.61	301	140	0	40	9	36	1215.0	1152	642	488	97	552	41	1071	44	3	63	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
Bob Randall	135	614	544	97	184	27	3	5	57	17	6	54	38	.338	.405	.426	.831	232		9	4	3
Sergio Ferrer	119	535	447	99	135	22	6	4	50	28	14	70	60	.302	.403	.405	.808	181		9	4	5
Orlando Álvarez	124	509	449	81	129	21	0	11	84	29	6	51	63	.287	.356	.408	.763	183		1	0	8
Henry Cruz	114	461	405	60	114	19	5	8	56	10	5	44	29	.281	.349	.412	.761	167		2	2	8
Sonny Johnson	118	453	390	64	105	18	2	7	68	11	5	52	78	.269	.356	.379	.736	148		4	1	6
Alonzo Harris	91	351	303	53	89	17	2	5	50	26	6	39	52	.294	.376	.413	.789	125		3	3	3
Elmer Mixon	72	301	265	40	86	17	0	5	36	9	3	28	31	.325	.387	.445	.832	118		1	4	3
Steve Patchin	75	300	242	37	83	9	2	5	44	2	3	47	28	.343	.451	.459	.910	111		3	5	3
John Hughes	80	318	278	36	71	8	2	2	33	11	4	31	58	.255	.335	.320	.656	89		4	2	3
Gary Beresford	71	209	166	22	44	5	0	0	19	2	0	41	32	.265	.411	.295	.707	49		1	0	1
Thomas Corder	70	229	201	29	44	5	0	4	25	4	0	23	39	.219	.303	.303	.606	61		2	1	2
Ronald Vaughn	46	141	126	16	39	7	1	1	27	8	2	8	19	.310	.343	.405	.748	51		0	4	3
Roger Keilig	37	142	129	19	39	7	0	2	14	1	0	12	31	.302	.366	.403	.769	52		1	0	0
William Kooyman	45	153	137	23	36	8	1	2	18	1	0	13	30	.263	.329	.380	.709	52		1	1	1
Rick Nitz	29	91	84	8	17	1	0	0	8	4	0	5	26	.202	.247	.214	.461	18		0	2	0
John Snider	25	70	62	10	16	0	1	0	7	4	0	5	6	.258	.324	.290	.614	18		1	2	0
Richard Magner	16	62	52	10	14	3	0	0	10	0	0	7	15	.269	.361	.327	.688	17		1	1	1
John Adams	29	71	57	5	11	2	0	1	10	0	1	7	26	.193	.281	.281	.562	16		0	7	0
Wayne Miller	18	25	20	4	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	7	.350	.480	.350	.830	7		1	0	0
Rex Hudson	19	41	30	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	7	.200	.351	.200	.551	6		0	4	0
Dennis Haren	17	53	47	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	14	.128	.226	.170	.397	8		1	0	0
Philip Keller	17	19	15	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.267	.333	.333	.667	5		0	1	1
David Freeborn	17	23	20	6	4	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	6	.200	.304	.300	.604	6		1	0	0
Thad Philyaw	5	21	21	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.190	.190	.286	.476	6		0	0	0
Elvin Ervin	27	25	21	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.190	.250	.190	.440	4		1	1	1
Greg Heydeman	5	11	9	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.333	.455	.333	.788	3		0	0	0
Domingo Luna	20	23	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	.150	.261	.200	.461	4		0	0	0
Lance Rautzhan	24	40	33	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	18	.091	.231	.091	.322	3		0	1	0
Lee Robinson	2	9	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.556	.778	5		0	0	0
David Culpepper	22	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	0	0
Richard Dorsch	39	25	21	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.095	.208	.095	.304	2		0	1	0
Mark Meschuk	11	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0	1	0
Al Dawson	6	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	1	0
Greg Shanahan	11	16	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.083	.214	.083	.298	1		1	2	0
Ricky Green	13	28	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.043	.154	.087	.241	2		0	2	0
Ken O'Brien	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0
David Hernandez	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1585	5409	4671	742	1310	205	25	63	650	168	55	581	787	.280	.362	.376	.738	1754	0	48	57	52	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Hughes	1B	75	641	37	12	71	.983	9.040
Gary Beresford	1B	56	435	53	6	38	.988	8.714
Ronald Vaughn	1B	17	127	7	0	10	1.000	7.882
Thomas Corder	1B	7	38	2	1	2	.976	5.714
Bob Randall	2B	121	234	380	35	74	.946	5.074
Elmer Mixon	2B	23	36	53	5	16	.947	3.870
Orlando Álvarez	3B	42	27	68	17	6	.848	2.262
Thomas Corder	3B	41	18	66	5	5	.944	2.049
William Kooyman	3B	35	19	51	14	2	.833	2.000
Elmer Mixon	3B	29	17	37	4	5	.931	1.862
John Snider	3B	4	2	17	1	2	.950	4.750
Steve Patchin	C	75	576	44	12	3	.981	8.267	21
Roger Keilig	C	28	215	14	4	3	.983	8.179	7
Ronald Vaughn	C	19	73	12	1	0	.988	4.474	7
Richard Magner	C	16	104	6	2	2	.982	6.875	3
Dennis Haren	C	16	123	9	0	0	1.000	8.250	2
Lee Robinson	C	2	13	5	0	0	1.000	9.000	0
Henry Cruz	OF	111	193	10	2	4	.990	1.829
Sonny Johnson	OF	104	141	7	11	2	.931	1.423
Alonzo Harris	OF	87	133	3	4	1	.971	1.563
Orlando Álvarez	OF	85	110	2	0	1	1.000	1.318
Elmer Mixon	OF	25	28	1	1	0	.967	1.160
John Snider	OF	16	12	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Ronald Vaughn	OF	13	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.231
Roger Keilig	OF	10	3	0	0	0	1.000	.300
Thad Philyaw	OF	5	4	2	1	0	.857	1.200
Richard Dorsch	P	39	9	16	0	2	1.000	.641
John Adams	P	29	10	27	1	0	.974	1.276
Rick Nitz	P	28	10	30	1	1	.976	1.429
Elvin Ervin	P	27	1	6	3	0	.700	.259
Lance Rautzhan	P	24	1	12	4	1	.765	.542
David Culpepper	P	22	1	3	0	0	1.000	.182
Domingo Luna	P	20	1	7	0	0	1.000	.400
Wayne Miller	P	17	2	15	0	0	1.000	1.000
Philip Keller	P	17	4	5	1	0	.900	.529
Rex Hudson	P	16	10	19	0	2	1.000	1.812
Ricky Green	P	13	4	10	2	1	.875	1.077
Greg Shanahan	P	11	1	3	0	0	1.000	.364
Mark Meschuk	P	11	1	4	1	0	.833	.455
David Hernandez	P	11	0	1	0	0	1.000	.091
Al Dawson	P	6	2	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Ken O'Brien	P	5	2	2	0	0	1.000	.800
Greg Heydeman	P	5	3	4	1	0	.875	1.400
Sergio Ferrer	SS	115	190	333	28	77	.949	4.548
Thomas Corder	SS	18	21	33	9	9	.857	3.000
Bob Randall	SS	14	24	41	9	10	.878	4.643
David Freeborn	SS	4	7	14	5	4	.808	5.250
Totals		1514	3642	1473	203	354	.962	3.378	40	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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