1972 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1972 American League West Comiskey Park Chicago Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn Stu Holcomb, Roland Hemond Chuck Tanner WFLD(Jack Drees, Bud Kelly) WMAQ (AM)(Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher) 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 of 87–67, good enough for second place in the American League West, 5 1 2 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics. Offseason October 22, 1971: Lowell Palmer was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.Lowell Palmer at Baseball-Reference December 2, 1971: Tommy John and Steve Huntz were traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dick Allen.Tommy John at Baseball Reference December 2, 1971: Rich McKinney was traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Stan Bahnsen.Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference December 14, 1971: Pat Jacquez was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Qualls.Jim Qualls at Baseball Reference Regular season July 31, 1972: Dick Allen hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game against the Minnesota Twins.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Walt Williams, RF Mike Andrews, 2B Dick Allen, 1B Bill Melton, 3B Carlos May, LF Rick Reichardt, CF Ed Herrmann, C Luis Alvarado, SS Wilbur Wood, P Notable transactions May 16, 1972: Lowell Palmer was released by the White Sox. June 6, 1972: Nyls Nyman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.Nyls Nyman at Baseball Reference June 16, 1972: Jim Qualls was released by the White Sox. 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml Eddie Fisher Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com September 1, 1972: Hank Allen was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Hank Allen at Baseball Reference Roster 1972 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 41 Cy Acosta 45 Stan Bahnsen 24 Tom Bradley 44 Moe Drabowsky 34 Eddie Fisher 51 Terry Forster 47 Ken Frailing 55 Jim Geddes 54 Goose Gossage 21 Bart Johnson 23 Steve Kealey 43 Dave Lemonds 39 Dan Neumeier 52 Dennis O'Toole 38 Phil Regan 27 Vicente Romo 28 Wilbur Wood Catchers 11 Chuck Brinkman  8 Tom Egan 12 Ed Herrmann Infielders 15 Dick Allen 42 Hank Allen  1 Luis Alvarado  2 Mike Andrews 19 Rudy Hernández 14 Bill Melton 30 Rich Morales 25 Tony Muser  6 Jorge Orta  5 Ed Spiezio 20 Hugh Yancy Outfielders 22 Buddy Bradford 10 Jay Johnstone 18 Pat Kelly 26 Jim Lyttle 17 Carlos May 19 Jim Qualls 48 Rick Reichardt  9 Lee Richard  3 Walt Williams Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 37 Joe Lonnett 31 Jim Mahoney 35 Alex Monchak 33 Johnny Sain Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Dick Allen, 1B148 50690 156 28 53711399126 .308 19 Hank Allen, 3B 9 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143 0 Luis Alvarado, SS, 2B 103 254 30 54 4 1 4 29 13 36 .213 2 Mike Andrews, 2B, 1B148 505 58 111 18 0 7 50 70 78 .220 2 Buddy Bradford, OF 35 48 13 13 2 0 2 8 4 13 .271 3 Chuck Brinkman, C 35 52 1 7 0 0 0 0 4 7 .135 0 Tom Egan, C 50 141 8 27 3 0 2 9 4 48 .191 0 Rudy Hernandez, SS 8 21 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .190 0 Ed Herrmann, C 116 354 23 88 9 0 10 40 43 37 .249 0 Jay Johnstone, OF 113 261 27 49 9 0 4 17 25 42 .188 2 Pat Kelly, RF 119 402 57 105 147 5 24 55 69 .26132 Jim Lyttle, CF, RF 44 82 8 19 5 2 0 5 1 28 .232 0 Carlos May, LF, 1B 148 523 83161 26 3 12 68 79 70 .308 23 Bill Melton, 3B 57 208 22 51 5 0 7 30 23 31 .245 1 Rich Morales, SS, 3B, 2B 110 287 24 59 7 1 2 20 19 49 .206 2 Tony Muser, 1B 44 61 6 17 2 2 1 9 2 6 .279 1 Jorge Orta, SS, 2B, 3B 51 124 20 25 3 1 3 11 6 37 .202 3 Jim Qualls, CF 11 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Rick Reichardt, CF, LF 101 291 31 73 14 4 8 43 28 63 .251 2 Lee Richard, CF 11 29 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 7 .241 1 Ed Spiezio, 3B 74 277 20 66 10 1 2 22 13 43 .238 0 Walt Williams, RF 77 221 22 55 7 1 2 11 13 20 .249 6 Hugh Yancy, 3B 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Cy Acosta, P 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 Stan Bahnsen, P 44 92 5 14 2 0 0 2 1 38 .152 0 Tom Bradley, P 43 91 1 12 2 0 0 3 1 34 .132 0 Moe Drabowsky, P 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Eddie Fisher, P 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Terry Forster, P 63 19 1 10 0 0 0 3 1 2 .526 1 Jim Geddes, P 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Goose Gossage, P 36 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 0 Bart Johnson, P 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Steve Kealey, P 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Dave Lemonds, P 34 25 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 16 .120 0 Dan Neumeier, P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Phil Regan, P 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 Vicente Romo, P 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Wilbur Wood, P 49 125 8 17 0 0 0 7 6 65 .136 0 Team totals 154 5083 566 1208 170 28 108 528 511 991 .238 100 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Cy Acosta 3 0 1.56 26 0 5 34.2 25 6 6 2 20 28 Stan Bahnsen 21 16 3.60 43 41 0 252.1 263 107 101 22 74 157 Tom Bradley 15 14 2.98 40 40 0 260.0 225 94 86 19 69209 Moe Drabowsky 0 0 2.45 7 0 0 7.1 6 2 2 0 2 4 Eddie Fisher 0 1 4.43 6 4 0 22.1 31 13 11 1 9 10 Terry Forster 6 5 2.2562 029 100.0 75 31 25 0 47 104 Ken Frailing 1 0 3.00 4 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 1 Jim Geddes 0 0 6.97 5 1 0 10.1 12 9 8 1 10 3 Goose Gossage 7 1 4.28 36 1 2 80.0 72 44 38 2 47 57 Bart Johnson 0 3 9.22 9 0 1 13.2 18 20 14 2 15 9 Steve Kealey 3 2 3.30 40 0 4 57.1 50 21 21 4 13 37 Dave Lemonds 4 7 2.95 31 18 0 94.2 87 39 31 6 41 69 Dan Neumeier 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 3.0 2 3 3 0 3 0 Denny O'Toole 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 5.0 10 3 3 0 2 5 Phil Regan 0 1 4.05 10 0 0 13.1 18 7 6 1 8 4 Vicente Romo 3 0 3.31 28 0 1 51.2 47 19 19 5 20 46 Wilbur Wood24*17 2.51 4949 0 376.2325119 105 2879 193 Team totals 87 67 3.12 154 154 42 1385.1 1269 538 480 94 460 936 Tied for League lead Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1972 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago Category:1972 in Chicago