1972 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1972 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 65 91 y 6th Bud Selig Frank Lane Dave Bristol, Roy McMillan, Del Crandall WTMJ-TV 620 WTMJ(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins) mil MIL The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 3rd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 4th overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 65 wins and 91 losses. Because of the move of the Washington Senators to Texas, the Brewers shifted from the AL West to the AL East. Offseason October 10, 1971: Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse Jr., Tommy Harper, and Pat Skrable (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Don Pavletich, and George Scott.Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference October 22, 1971: Tom Matchick and Bruce Look were traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (minors).Tom Matchick page at Baseball Reference November 26, 1971: Eduardo Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.Eduardo Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference January 26, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Yankees.Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions May 26, 1972: Curt Motton was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Archie Reynolds.Curt Motton page at Baseball-Reference June 6, 1972: Bob Sheldon was drafted by the Brewers in the 22nd round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.Bob Sheldon page at Baseball-Reference July 10, 1972: Dick Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.Dick Davis page at Baseball-Reference July 28, 1972: Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien.Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1972 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 40 Jerry Bell 24 Ken Brett 48 Jim Colborn 25 Frank Linzy 42 Skip Lockwood 27 Jim Lonborg 49 Ray Newman 52 Bill Parsons 49 Archie Reynolds 43 Gary Ryerson 20 Ken Sanders 41 Jim Slaton 38 Earl Stephenson 34 Chuck Taylor Catchers 17 Joe Azcue 39 John Felske 15 Darrell Porter  5 Paul Ratliff  6 Ellie Rodríguez Infielders 19 Rick Auerbach  7 Ron Clark 33 Mike Ferraro  2 Bob Heise  7 Syd O'Brien  5 George Scott 16 Ron Theobald Outfielders 12 Johnny Briggs 14 Ollie Brown  9 Billy Conigliaro 22 Brock Davis  3 Joe Lahoud 11 Dave May 21 Curt Motton 10 Tommie Reynolds 32 Bill Voss Manager  4 Dave Bristol (4/15 – 5/27) 26 Roy McMillan (5/28 – 5/29)  1 Del Crandall (5/30 – 10/4) Coaches 31 Harvey Kuenn (First base/hitting) 26 Roy McMillan (Third Base) 30 Jackie Moore (Bullpen) 18 Bob Shaw (Pitching, 9/1 – 10/4) 18 Wes Stock (Pitching, 4/15 – 8/31) 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 Ellie Rodríguez 116 355 101 .285 2 35 1B George Scott George Scott (first baseman) 152 578 154 .266 20 88 2B Ron Theobald 125 391 86 .220 1 19 3B Mike Ferraro 124 381 97 .255 2 29 SS Rick Auerbach 153 554 121 .218 2 30 LF John Briggs Johnny Briggs (baseball) 135 418 111 .266 21 65 CF Dave May 143 500 119 .238 9 45 RF Joe Lahoud 111 316 75 .237 12 34 Other batters 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 2B, 3B, SS Bob Heise 95 271 72 .266 0 12 OF Billy Conigliaro 52 191 44 .230 7 16 RF, 3B Ollie Brown Ollie Brown (baseball) 66 179 50 .279 3 25 OF Brock Davis 85 154 49 .318 0 12 LF, RF Tommie Reynolds 72 130 26 .200 2 13 C, 1B John Felske 37 80 11 .138 1 5 2B, 3B Syd O'Brien 31 58 12 .207 1 5 C Darrell Porter 18 56 7 .125 1 2 2B, 3B Ron Clark Ron Clark (baseball) 22 54 10 .185 2 5 C Paul Ratliff 22 42 3 .071 1 4 LF, RF Bill Voss 27 36 3 .083 0 1 C Joe Azcue 11 14 2 .143 0 0 LF Curt Motton 6 6 1 .167 1 2 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Jim Lonborg 33 30 223.0 14 12 2.83 143 Bill Parsons 33 30 214.0 13 13 3.91 111 Skip Lockwood 29 27 170.0 8 15 3.60 106 Ken Brett 26 22 133.0 7 12 4.53 74 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Jim Colborn 39 12 147.2 7 7 3.11 92 Gary Ryerson 20 14 102.0 3 8 3.62 45 Earl Stephenson 35 8 80.1 3 5 3.25 33 Jerry Bell Jerry Bell (pitcher) 25 3 70.2 5 1 1.66 20 Jim Slaton 9 8 44.0 1 6 5.52 17 Archie Reynolds 5 2 18.2 0 1 7.23 13 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Ken Sanders baseball 62 92.1 2 9 17 3.12 51 Frank Linzy 47 77.1 2 2 12 3.03 24 Chuck Taylor Chuck Taylor (baseball) 5 11.2 0 0 1 1.54 5 Ray Newman Ray Newman (baseball) 4 7.0 0 0 1 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1972.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1972 1972 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 The Evansville Triplets won the American Association championship,http://www.tripleabaseball.com/PostSeasonAA.jsp American Association Playoff Results Triple-A Baseball December 31, 2020 and the Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.https://www.milb.com/midwest/history/champions Midwest League Champions Midwest League Minor League Baseball December 31, 2020 November 18, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211118192232/https://www.milb.com/midwest/history/champions dead Triple-A Evansville Triplets American Association Del Crandall and Mike Roarke Double-A San Antonio Brewers Texas League Mike Roarke, Al Widmar, and Jim Walton Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Joe Nossek Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Sandy Johnson Notes 2 References 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference 1972 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1972 Milwaukee Brewers roster page at www.retrosheet.org Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Milwaukee Brewers Category:1970s in Milwaukee