1972 Philadelphia Phillies season

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1972 Philadelphia Phillies
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1883) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Veterans Stadium (Since 1971) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1883)
1972 Information
Owner(s)	Robert R.M. Carpenter
General Manager(s)	John Quinn, Paul Owens
Manager(s)	Frank Lucchesi, Paul Owens
Local television	WPHL-TV
Local radio	WCAU (By Saam, Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn)

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Notable Transactions 2.3 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.3 Relief pitchers 4 References

[edit] Offseason

• February 25, 1972: Steve Carlton was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Wise. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

The Phils made the best trade in their history on February 25, when Rick Wise was having contract problems with the Phils and Steve Carlton was having the same problems with the St. Louis Cardinals, the teams traded headaches. Carlton went on to win four Cy Young Awards and Wise went on to a decent career. Carlton won his first Cy Young Award that year on a last-place team that won only 59 games. Carlton was 27-7; the team was 32-90 when the southpaw wasn't involved in the decision. No pitcher in the 20th century has won as high a proportion of his team's victories (45.8%). Carlton also led the N.L. in ERA (1.97), strikeouts (310) and innings pitched (346). He might have won 30 if not for the players' strike that delayed the opening for the season for 10 days. Frank Lucchesi was fired on July 10 with the team of 26-50. Paul Owens, who had been promoted from farm director to GM a month earlier, became manager as well.

[edit] Season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	59	.619	0
Chicago Cubs	85	70	.548	11.0
New York Mets	83	73	.532	13.5
St. Louis Cardinals	75	81	.481	21.5
Montreal Expos	70	86	.449	26.5
Philadelphia Phillies	59	97	.378	37.5

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 15, 1972: Andre Thornton was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Joe Hoerner to the Atlanta Braves for Jim Nash and Gary Neibauer.

[edit] Roster

1972 Philadelphia Phillies roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

1. ^ Steve Carlton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

• 1972 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

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