1972 San Francisco Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park | |
City | San Francisco, California | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Jerry Donovan | |
Managers | Charlie Fox | |
Television |
KTVU ( Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) | |
Radio |
KSFO ( Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) | |
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The 1972 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 90th year in Major League Baseball, 15th in San Francisco, and 13th at Candlestick Park. The defending division champions, the Giants fell to fifth in the National League West with a record of 69–86. It was their first losing season in San Francisco and the franchise's first losing season since 1957, their final year in New York City.
On May 11, 41-year-old franchise legend Willie Mays was traded to the New York Mets for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and US$50,000. [4] [5] [6] At the time, the Giants franchise was losing money. Owner Horace Stoneham could not guarantee Mays an income after retirement.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | — | 42–34 | 53–25 |
Houston Astros | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 10½ | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 85 | 70 | 0.548 | 10½ | 41–34 | 44–36 |
Atlanta Braves | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 25 | 36–41 | 34–43 |
San Francisco Giants | 69 | 86 | 0.445 | 26½ | 34–43 | 35–43 |
San Diego Padres | 58 | 95 | 0.379 | 36½ | 26–54 | 32–41 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7–1 | 9–9 | 7–7 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–11 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5–1 | — | 8–4 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 10–5 | 10–8 | 10–7 | 3–12 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–9 | 4–8 | — | 11–6 | 9–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 10–5 | 10–2 | |||||
Houston | 7–7 | 9–3 | 6–11 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 12–2 | 13–5 | 4–8 | |||||
Los Angeles | 8–7 | 4–8 | 5–9 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 8–4 | |||||
Montreal | 8–4 | 5–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–12 | 10–6 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–8 | |||||
New York | 5–7 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 13–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 7–10 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–10 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–7 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 12–3 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 6–8 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 9–3 | 10–8 | |||||
San Diego | 11–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 2–12 | 5–13 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 4–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 11–7 | 5–7 | 5–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–4 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–6 | 8–10 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 9–7 | 7–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
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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 |
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C | Dave Rader | 133 | 459 | 119 | .259 | 6 | 41 |
1B | Willie McCovey | 81 | 263 | 56 | .213 | 14 | 35 |
2B | Tito Fuentes | 152 | 572 | 151 | .264 | 7 | 53 |
SS | Chris Speier | 150 | 562 | 151 | .269 | 15 | 71 |
3B | Al Gallagher | 82 | 233 | 52 | .223 | 2 | 18 |
LF | Ken Henderson | 130 | 439 | 113 | .257 | 18 | 51 |
CF | Garry Maddox | 125 | 458 | 122 | .266 | 12 | 58 |
RF | Bobby Bonds | 153 | 626 | 162 | .259 | 26 | 80 |
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 |
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Dave Kingman | 135 | 472 | 106 | .225 | 29 | 83 |
Ed Goodson | 58 | 150 | 42 | .280 | 6 | 30 |
Jim Howarth | 74 | 119 | 28 | .235 | 1 | 7 |
Fran Healy | 45 | 99 | 15 | .152 | 1 | 8 |
Chris Arnold | 51 | 84 | 19 | .226 | 1 | 4 |
Jim Ray Hart | 24 | 79 | 24 | .304 | 5 | 8 |
Bernie Williams | 46 | 68 | 13 | .191 | 3 | 9 |
Gary Matthews | 20 | 62 | 18 | .290 | 4 | 14 |
Willie Mays | 19 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
Gary Thomasson | 10 | 27 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Dámaso Blanco | 39 | 20 | 7 | .350 | 0 | 2 |
Russ Gibson | 5 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
Jimmy Rosario | 7 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ron Bryant | 35 | 214.0 | 14 | 7 | 2.90 | 107 |
Juan Marichal | 25 | 165.0 | 6 | 16 | 3.71 | 72 |
Sam McDowell | 28 | 164.1 | 10 | 8 | 4.33 | 122 |
Jim Willoughby | 11 | 87.2 | 6 | 4 | 2.36 | 40 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Barr | 44 | 179.0 | 8 | 10 | 2.87 | 86 |
Steve Stone | 27 | 123.2 | 6 | 8 | 2.98 | 85 |
Frank Reberger | 20 | 99.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.99 | 52 |
Don Carrithers | 25 | 90.0 | 4 | 8 | 5.80 | 42 |
John Cumberland | 9 | 25.0 | 0 | 4 | 8.64 | 8 |
Charlie Williams | 3 | 9.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.68 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jerry Johnson | 48 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4.42 | 57 |
Don McMahon | 44 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3.71 | 45 |
Randy Moffitt | 40 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3.69 | 37 |
Elias Sosa | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.30 | 10 |
John Morris | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |