1972 Cleveland Indians season

The 1972 Cleveland Indians season was the 72nd in franchise history. The team finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 72–84, 14 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

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Offseason

George Steinbrenner offer

On December 6, 1971, George Steinbrenner led a group of investors (including Ted Bonda, Ed Jeffrey, Howard Metzenbaum, Steve O'Neill, Gabe Paul and Al Rosen) that negotiated with Jim Stouffer, the son of Indians owner Vernon Stouffer about the potential purchase of the franchise. The group offered $8.6 million and agreed to absorb $300,000 in debt (Stouffer borrowed against the Indians television contract for 1972).^[1] Although Steinbrenner and Jim Stouffer agreed to a sale, Vernon Stouffer disapproved of the deal. He felt that he was able of getting $10 million for the franchise.^[2]

Notable transactions

November 29, 1971: Sam McDowell was traded by the Indians to the San Francisco Giants for Gaylord Perry and Frank Duffy.^[3]
December 2, 1971: Roy Foster, Ken Suarez, Mike Paul, and Rich Hand were traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Del Unser, Gary Jones, Terry Ley, and Denny Riddleberger.^[4]
December 6, 1971: Adolfo Phillips was purchased by the Indians from the Montreal Expos.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	86	70	0.551	—	44–34	42–36
Boston Red Sox	85	70	0.548	½	52–26	33–44
Baltimore Orioles	80	74	0.519	5	38–39	42–35
New York Yankees	79	76	0.510	6½	46–31	33–45
Cleveland Indians	72	84	0.462	14	43–34	29–50
Milwaukee Brewers	65	91	0.417	21	37–42	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	TEX
Baltimore	—	7–11	6–6	8–4	8–10	10–8	6–6	10–5	6–6	7–6	6–6	6–6
Boston	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	8–7	5–9	6–6	11–7	4–8	9–9	9–3	8–4
California	6–6	4–8	—	7–11	8–4	5–7	9–6	7–5	7–8	4–8	8–10	10–7
Chicago	4–8	6–6	11–7	—	8–4	5–7	8–9	9–3	8–6	7–5	7–8	14–4
Cleveland	10–8	7–8	4–8	4–8	—	10–8	6–6	5–10	8–4	7–11	2–10	9–3
Detroit	8–10	9–5	7–5	7–5	8–10	—	7–5	10–8	9–3	7–9	4–8	10–2
Kansas City	6–6	6–6	6–9	9–8	6–6	5–7	—	7–5	9–9	7–5	7–11	8–6
Milwaukee	5–10	7–11	5–7	3–9	10–5	8–10	5–7	—	4–8	9–9	4–8	5–7
Minnesota	6–6	8–4	8–7	6–8	4–8	3–9	9–9	8–4	—	6–6	8–9	11–7
New York	6–7	9–9	8–4	5–7	11–7	9–7	5–7	9–9	6–6	—	3–9	8–4
Oakland	6–6	3–9	10–8	8–7	10–2	8–4	11–7	8–4	9–8	9–3	—	11–4
Texas	6–6	4–8	7–10	4–14	3–9	2–10	6–8	7–5	7–11	4–8	4–11	—

Notable transactions

June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball Draft
- Rick Manning was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (2nd pick).^[6]
- Dennis Eckersley was drafted by the Indians in the 3rd round. Player signed June 12, 1972.^[7]
- Rick Langford was drafted by the Indians in the 36th round, but did not sign.^[8]
September 18, 1972: Lowell Palmer was selected off waivers by the Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[9]

Opening Day Lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
1	Del Unser	CF
11	Eddie Leon	2B
20	Alex Johnson	LF
12	Graig Nettles	3B
14	Chris Chambliss	1B
8	Ray Fosse	C
9	Buddy Bell	RF
15	Frank Duffy	SS
36	Gaylord Perry	P

^[10]

Roster

1972 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2 Ken Aspromonte

Coaches

-- Clay Bryant
6 Bobby Hofman (Third Base)
3 Joe Lutz (First Base)
21 Warren Spahn (Pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Buddy Bell	132	466	49	119	21	1	9	36	.255	5
Kurt Bevacqua	19	35	2	4	0	0	1	1	.114	0
Jack Brohamer	136	527	49	123	13	2	5	35	.233	3
Bill Butler	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Lou Camilli	39	41	2	6	2	0	0	3	.146	0
Chris Chambliss	121	466	51	136	27	2	6	44	.292	3
Vince Colbert	23	20	1	4	1	0	0	0	.200	0
Frank Duffy	130	385	23	92	16	4	3	27	.239	6
Steve Dunning	20	33	6	9	1	0	3	4	.273	0
Ed Farmer	46	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	,143	0
Ray Fosse	134	457	42	110	20	1	10	41	.241	5
Roy Foster	73	143	19	32	4	0	4	13	.224	0
Steve Hargan	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jack Heidemann	10	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	.150	0
Phil Hennigan	38	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.083	0
Tom Hilgendorf	19	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	.077	0
Alex Johnson	108	356	31	85	10	1	8	37	.239	6
Larry Johnson	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Mike Kilkenny	22	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.071	0
Ray Lamb	34	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eddie Leon	89	225	14	45	2	1	4	16	.200	0
Ron Lolich	24	80	4	15	1	0	2	8	.188	0
Marcelino López	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
John Lowenstein	68	151	16	32	8	1	6	21	.212	2
Tommy McCraw	129	391	43	101	12	5	7	33	,258	12
Steve Mingori	42	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	0
Jerry Moses	52	141	9	31	3	0	4	14	,220	0
Graig Nettles	150	557	65	141	28	0	17	70	.253	2
Lowell Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Gaylord Perry	41	110	5	17	2	0	1	9	.155	0
Adolfo Phillips	12	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Denny Riddleberger	38	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Fred Stanley	6	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	.167	0
Dick Tidrow	39	70	5	7	0	0	0	6	.100	0
Del Unser	132	383	29	91	12	0	1	17	.238	5
Milt Wilcox	32	45	3	9	2	0	0	4	.200	0
Team Totals	156	5207	472	1220	186	18	91	440	.234	49

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Bill Butler	0	0	1.54	6	2	0	11.2	3	2	10	6
Vince Colbert	1	7	4.58	22	11	0	74.2	42	38	38	36
Steve Dunning	6	4	3.26	16	16	0	105.0	39	38	43	52
Ed Farmer	2	5	4.40	46	1	7	61.1	32	30	27	33
Steve Hargan	0	3	5.85	12	1	0	20.0	16	13	15	10
Phil Hennigan	5	3	2.67	38	1	6	67.1	20	20	18	44
Tom Hilgendorf	3	1	2.68	19	5	0	47.0	16	14	21	25
Mike Kilkenny	4	1	3.41	22	7	1	58.0	23	22	39	44
Ray Lamb	5	6	3.09	34	9	0	107.2	42	37	29	64
Marcelino López	0	0	5.40	4	2	0	8.1	5	5	10	1
Steve Mingori	0	6	3.95	41	0	10	57.0	28	25	36	47
Lowell Palmer	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	2	3
Gaylord Perry	24	16	1.92	41	40	1	342.2	79	73	82	234
Denny Riddleberger	1	3	2.50	38	0	0	54.0	23	15	22	34
Dick Tidrow	14	15	2.77	39	34	0	237.1	83	73	70	123
Milt Wilcox	7	14	3.40	32	27	0	156.0	67	59	72	90
Team Totals	72	84	2.92	156	156	25	1410.0	519	457	534	846

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Gaylord Perry, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Ray Hathaway, Clay Bryant and Dan Carnevale
AA	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Len Johnston
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Lou Klimchock
Rookie	GCL Indians	Gulf Coast League	Pinky May

^[11]

Notes

^ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 6, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
^ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp. 6–7
^ Sam McDowell page at Baseball Reference
^ Del Unser page at Baseball Reference
^ Adolfo Phillips page at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Manning page at Baseball Reference
^ Dennis Eckersley page at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference
^ Lowell Palmer page at Baseball-Reference
^ 1972 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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

Cleveland Guardians

Established in 1894
Former names (all in Cleveland unless noted) - Grand Rapids Rustlers, Lake Shores, Bluebirds, Bronchos, Naps, and Indians
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Ohio Cup
- Cincinnati Reds

Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Stephen Vogt

Postseason appearances (16)

Division championships (11)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

1920
1948

Hall of Famers

Minors

Triple-A: Columbus Clippers
Double-A: Akron RubberDucks
High-A: Lake County Captains
Single-A: Lynchburg Hillcats
Rookie: Arizona Complex League Guardians
Dominican Summer League Guardians Blue
Dominican Summer League Guardians Red

Seasons (130)
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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Offseason

George Steinbrenner offer

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

Awards and honors

Farm system

Notes

References