1972 Chicago White Sox season

1972 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
1972 information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	WFLD (Bud Kelly, Jack Drees)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)
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The 1972 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 73rd season overall, and 72nd in the American League. They finished with a record 87-67, good enough for second place in the American League West, 5½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

October 22, 1971: Lowell Palmer was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[1]
December 2, 1971: Tommy John and Steve Huntz were traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dick Allen.^[2]
December 2, 1971: Rich McKinney was traded by the White Sox by the New York Yankees for Stan Bahnsen.^[3]
December 14, 1971: Pat Jacquez was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Qualls.^[4]

Regular season

July 31, 1971: Dick Allen hit two inside the park home runs in one game against the Minnesota Twins.^[5]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Oakland Athletics	93	62	--	.600
Chicago White Sox	87	67	5.5	.565
Minnesota Twins	77	77	15.5	.500
Kansas City Royals	76	78	16.5	.494
California Angels	75	80	18	.484
Texas Rangers	54	100	38.5	.351

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 16, 1972: Lowell Palmer was released by the White Sox.^[1]
June 6, 1972: Nyls Nyman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.^[6]
June 16, 1972: Jim Qualls was released by the White Sox.^[4]
August 17, 1972: Eddie Fisher was traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and Bruce Miller. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Kimm (September 1, 1972) to the California Angels to complete the trade. ^[7]
September 1, 1972: Hank Allen was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[8]

Roster

1972 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Herrmann, EdEd Herrmann	116	354	88	.249	10	40
1B	Allen, DickDick Allen	148	506	156	.308	37	113
2B	Andrews, MikeMike Andrews	148	505	111	.220	7	50
3B	Spiezio, EdEd Spiezio	74	277	66	.238	2	22
SS	Morales, RichRich Morales	110	287	59	.206	2	20
LF	May, CarlosCarlos May	148	523	161	.308	12	68
CF	Reichardt, RickRick Reichardt	101	291	73	.251	8	43
RF	Kelly, PatPat Kelly	119	402	105	.261	5	24

Other batters

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
Williams, WaltWalt Williams	77	221	55	.249	2	11
Melton, BillBill Melton	57	208	51	.245	7	30
Muser, TonyTony Muser	44	61	17	.279	1	9
Brinkman, ChuckChuck Brinkman	35	52	7	.135	0	0
Richard, LeeLee Richard	11	29	7	.241	0	1
Qualls, JimJim Qualls	11	10	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wood, WilburWilbur Wood	49	376.2	24	17	2.51	193
Bradley, TomTom Bradley	40	260	15	14	2.98	209
Bahnsen, StanStan Bahnsen	43	252.1	21	16	3.60	157

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Acosta, CyCy Acosta	26	3	0	5	1.56	28
Drabowsky, MoeMoe Drabowsky	7	0	0	0	2.45	4

Awards and honors

Dick Allen, American League MVP
Chuck Tanner, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

League leaders

Wilbur Wood, American League leader, games started (49)^[9]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Larry Sherry
AA	Knoxville White Sox	Southern League	Joe Sparks
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Bert Thiel
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Joe Jones

Notes

^ ^a ^b Lowell Palmer page at Baseball-Reference
^ Tommy John page at Baseball Reference
^ Rich McKinney page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Jim Qualls page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Nyls Nyman page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml
^ Hank Allen page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 104, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1972 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1972 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore · Boston · Cleveland · Detroit · Milwaukee · New York

AL West	California · Chicago · Kansas City · Minnesota · Oakland · Texas

NL East	Chicago · Montréal · New York · Philadelphia · Pittsburgh · St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta · Cincinnati · Houston · Los Angeles · San Diego · San Francisco

1972 All-Star Game · 1972 World Series

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