1972 Phoenix Giants Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 81-67
Finished 2nd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Jim Davenport (81-67)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 109,542, Avg. 1,480

1972 Phoenix Giants Roster

The Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1972 season with a record of 81 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Giants topped the circuit with just 679 runs allowed. Phoenix scored 784 runs. Gary Matthews led the team with 21 home runs, while Jim Ray Hart walloped 15 or more, too. Gary Matthews drove in 108 runs. Jimmy Williams paced all regular batters by hitting .315. Gary Lavelle paced the squad with 11 wins, and Elías Sosa recorded a 2.92 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1972 Phoenix Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Russ Gibson, Ed Figueroa, Skip Pitlock, Mike McCormick, Jake Brown, Randy Moffitt, Jim Willoughby, Dave Rader, Garry Maddox, Les Cain, Gary Lavelle, Damaso Blanco, Gary Thomasson, Elías Sosa, Jim Maloney, Ed Goodson, Jim Ray Hart, Gary Matthews, Frank Reberger, Bob Taylor, Mike Phillips, Jimmy Rosario, John Morris, Charlie Williams, Mike Sadek and Jerry Crider.

Jim Davenport 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
Gary Lavelle	11	14	.440	4.22	37	21		4	0	3	147.0	161	91	69	11	55	7	107	1	2	3
Elías Sosa	10	2	.833	2.92	55	4		1	0	4	120.0	123	40	39	6	44	8	92	5	2	4
Ed Figueroa	10	2	.833	4.27	29	20		7	2	1	139.0	163	77	66	15	45	2	105	5	1	6
Charlie Williams	10	10	.500	4.60	23	20		9	1	1	139.0	143	76	71	10	57	0	94	5	1	5
Jim Willoughby	9	8	.529	4.66	26	25		5	0	1	164.0	172	104	85	10	53	2	115	5	0	6
Skip Pitlock	8	10	.444	3.31	31	17		7	1	2	136.0	131	61	50	7	53	2	106	4	0	6
Frank Reberger	6	4	.600	4.29	14	13		4	2	0	84.0	93	46	40	5	32	0	39	3	0	5
Jim Maloney	5	1	.833	2.61	7	6		1	0	0	38.0	36	14	11	3	16	0	14	1	0	4
John Morris	1	2	.333	4.60	28	1		0	0	4	47.0	52	29	24	3	15	2	43	3	0	3
Randy Moffitt	1	3	.250	2.25	19	0		0	0	7	24.0	22	9	6	0	15	4	24	0	0	1
Shigeyuki Takahashi	1	3	.250	4.80	37	1		0	0	2	60.0	74	36	32	5	26	6	49	3	1	4
Mike McCormick					12						0.0
Jerry Crider					24						0.0
Les Cain	0	0		7.36	5	2		0	0	0	11.0	16	9	9	0	9	1	15	0	0	1
Pat Russell	0	2	.000	4.09	11	1		0	0	3	22.0	27	11	10	0	7	0	12	0	0	0
Totals	72	61	.541	4.07	358	131	0	38	6	28	1131.0	1213	603	512	75	427	34	815	35	7	48	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
Jimmy Williams	137	543	514	79	162	26	20	7	77	4	4	21	77	.315	.343	.484	.828	249		3	1	4
Gary Matthews	136	554	480	101	150	27	8	21	108	19	5	61	100	.312	.384	.533	.917	256		1	2	10
Gary Thomasson	138	549	482	88	136	32	8	11	76	11	6	59	86	.282	.356	.450	.806	217		0	1	7
Jim Ray Hart	120	476	372	70	120	29	3	18	77	2	1	98	54	.323	.460	.562	1.022	209		1	0	5
Jake Brown	110	382	357	47	103	13	9	4	47	7	3	22	58	.289	.327	.409	.736	146		0	0	3
Jimmy Rosario	101	396	321	54	95	15	5	1	32	4	2	69	35	.296	.421	.383	.804	123		2	2	2
Mike Phillips	114	424	375	57	93	17	7	0	32	7	2	36	42	.248	.317	.331	.647	124		5	1	7
Bob Taylor	95	274	252	34	87	21	4	1	42	0	0	20	24	.345	.394	.472	.866	119		1	0	1
Julio Linares	83	243	230	25	74	6	2	0	27	3	0	12	22	.322	.355	.365	.721	84		0	1	0
Jeffrey Mason	67	295	267	50	71	7	4	2	24	2	1	25	33	.266	.329	.345	.673	92		1	0	2
David Schmidt	107	360	309	49	67	15	6	0	28	0	1	43	34	.217	.315	.304	.619	94		2	4	2
Mike Sadek	78	255	212	25	52	9	1	1	24	2	0	41	32	.245	.370	.311	.681	66		1	1	0
Ed Goodson	32	119	108	18	42	14	1	0	24	1	0	6	10	.389	.437	.537	.974	58		4	0	1
Edgar Avila	41	83	67	15	23	5	0	1	19	0	0	13	18	.343	.446	.463	.908	31		1	0	2
Garry Maddox	11	51	48	16	21	3	2	9	22	2	0	2	3	.438	.471	1.146	1.616	55		1	0	0
Damaso Blanco	26	75	66	9	17	2	1	0	6	0	1	4	2	.258	.297	.318	.615	21		1	1	3
Russ Gibson	31	76	70	3	15	2	0	0	13	0	0	5	18	.214	.263	.243	.506	17		0	0	1
Ed Figueroa	34	58	51	6	14	3	1	1	5	0	0	0	15	.275	.302	.431	.733	22		2	5	0
Art Cleary	18	76	68	4	14	2	4	1	12	0	1	8	10	.206	.289	.397	.687	27		0	0	0
Frank Reberger	24	36	34	6	9	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	15	.265	.306	.294	.600	10		0	0	0
Jim Willoughby	26	58	50	5	9	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	21	.180	.192	.260	.452	13		0	6	1
Charlie Williams	24	58	43	4	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	3	9	.116	.174	.233	.406	10		0	12	0
Gary Lavelle	37	53	44	4	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	24	.114	.149	.182	.331	8		0	6	1
Elías Sosa	55	31	28	3	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	13	.143	.172	.143	.315	4		0	2	0
Les Cain	7	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.714	1.000	5		0	0	0
Jim Maloney	7	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	2		0	0	0
Skip Pitlock	37	46	36	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	23	.028	.143	.028	.171	1		0	4	1
Dave Rader	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	37	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Randy Moffitt	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Pat Russell	11	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
John Morris	28	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1792	5615	4927	779	1393	253	90	79	717	64	27	560	795	.283	.356	.419	.774	2063	0	26	49	53	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Thomasson	1B	95	782	31	13	71	.984	8.558
Edgar Avila	1B	32	178	13	3	21	.985	5.969
Ed Goodson	1B	29	206	18	2	25	.991	7.724
Julio Linares	1B	8	59	1	1	6	.984	7.500
Russ Gibson	1B	6	40	3	0	3	1.000	7.167
Charlie Williams	1B	1	9	0	0	1	1.000	9.000
Damaso Blanco	1B	1	6	0	1	1	.857	6.000
David Schmidt	2B	98	215	240	11	73	.976	4.643
Julio Linares	2B	33	60	65	2	17	.984	3.788
Mike Phillips	2B	22	44	61	5	11	.955	4.773
Art Cleary	2B	18	46	49	4	17	.960	5.278
Jim Ray Hart	3B	114	76	201	22	21	.926	2.430
Julio Linares	3B	27	8	35	1	1	.977	1.593
Mike Phillips	3B	21	11	42	4	4	.930	2.524
Mike Sadek	3B	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	.750
Jake Brown	C	82	487	50	8	4	.985	6.549	16
Mike Sadek	C	70	404	36	7	6	.984	6.286	10
Russ Gibson	C	13	60	8	1	1	.986	5.231	3
Gary Matthews	OF	135	218	16	13	4	.947	1.733
Jimmy Williams	OF	129	240	3	10	2	.960	1.884
Jimmy Rosario	OF	90	188	3	5	0	.974	2.122
Bob Taylor	OF	67	105	4	1	1	.991	1.627
Gary Thomasson	OF	37	83	3	1	2	.989	2.324
Jake Brown	OF	17	22	1	0	0	1.000	1.353
Garry Maddox	OF	11	22	1	2	0	.920	2.091
Mike Sadek	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Elías Sosa	P	55	5	15	0	0	1.000	.364
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	37	5	10	2	1	.882	.405
Gary Lavelle	P	37	7	18	1	1	.962	.676
Skip Pitlock	P	31	3	19	1	0	.957	.710
Ed Figueroa	P	29	7	17	2	0	.923	.828
John Morris	P	28	2	12	1	1	.933	.500
Jim Willoughby	P	26	8	26	3	2	.919	1.308
Jerry Crider	P	24						.000
Charlie Williams	P	23	7	20	0	4	1.000	1.174
Randy Moffitt	P	19	1	4	0	0	1.000	.263
Frank Reberger	P	14	4	12	5	0	.762	1.143
Mike McCormick	P	12						.000
Pat Russell	P	11	2	4	1	0	.857	.545
Jim Maloney	P	7	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.143
Les Cain	P	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.200
Mike Phillips	SS	65	93	239	32	42	.912	5.108
Jeffrey Mason	SS	64	78	206	16	37	.947	4.438
Damaso Blanco	SS	20	32	63	5	16	.950	4.750
Jimmy Rosario	SS	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000
Mike Sadek	SS	1	3	4	0	0	1.000	7.000
Totals		1671	3834	1567	187	396	.967	3.232	29	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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