1972 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1972 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 54 100 y 6th Bob Short Joe Burke Ted Williams KDTV KRLD(Don Drysdale, Bill Mercer) 1971 Washington Senators season The 1972 Texas Rangers season was the 12th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 1st in Arlington as the Rangers, the 1st season at Arlington Stadium and the team's first year in the AL West, after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. The Rangers had the lowest team batting average in the majors with .217, and failed to record an extra-base hit in 38 of their 154 games, the most of any team in the live-ball era (1920 onwards).Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, from 1920 to 2021, requiring Extra Base Hits = 0, sorted by most games. https://stathead.com/tiny/hZ3BX April 13, 2021 Stathead Offseason December 2, 1971: Bernie Allen was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Terry Ley and Gary Jones.Bernie Allen Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allenbe01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en December 2, 1971: Del Unser, Gary Jones, Terry Ley, and Denny Riddleberger were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Roy Foster, Ken Suarez, Mike Paul, and Rich Hand.Del Unser Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/unserde01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en December 2, 1971: Paul Casanova was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Hal King.Paul Casanova Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/casanpa01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en March 4, 1972: Denny McLain was traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse.Denny McLain Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mclaide01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en March 7, 1972: Tim Cullen was released by the Rangers.Tim Cullen Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/culleti01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en Prior to 1972 season: Lew Beasley was acquired by the Rangers from the Baltimore Orioles.Lew Beasley Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beaslle01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season On April 15, 1972, the Rangers played their first American League game against the California Angels on the road at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels' Andy Messersmith hurled a complete-game, two-hit shutout, and the Rangers fell, 1–0. Toby Harrah and Hal King had their only hits, both singles, but catcher King made two errors. His second miscue led to the Angels' winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Dick Bosman was the hard-luck loser.Kissell Robert Optimal Sports Math, Statistics, and Fantasy Poserina Jim 2017 Elsevier 978-0-12-805163-4 277–295 Statistics in Baseball 10.1016/b978-0-12-805163-4.00011-6 The first game in Texas On April 21, 1972, the Rangers' first game in Texas came six days later at Arlington Stadium against the Angels before 20,105 spectators. This time, Bosman emerged triumphant as the Rangers built a 6–1 lead and hung on to win their home opener, 7–6. Frank Howard and Dave Nelson each homered for Texas, while Lenny Randle and Harrah each collected three hits. Harrah scored three runs, and Randle notched four runs batted in. Opening Day starters, April 15, 1972   2 Lenny Randle 2B  1 Dave Nelson 3B  5 Don Mincher 1B15 Hal King C33 Frank Howard    LF  4 Larry Biittner    RF35 Joe Lovitto CF11 Toby Harrah SS 27 Dick Bosman P Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Notable transactions June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft Brian Doyle was drafted by the Rangers in the 4th round.Brian Doyle Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doylebr01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en Jim Sundberg was drafted by the Rangers in the 8th round, but did not sign.Jim Sundberg Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sundbji01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en July 20, 1972: Don Mincher and Ted Kubiak were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Marty Martínez, Vic Harris and a player to be named later.Vic Harris Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harrivi01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en August 31, 1972: Frank Howard was purchased from the Rangers by the Detroit Tigers.Frank Howard Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howarfr01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en September 7, 1972: Rich Hinton was purchased by the Rangers from the New York Yankees.Rich Hinton Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hintori01.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1972 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers 27 Dick Bosman 18 Pete Broberg 29 Casey Cox 37 Jan Dukes 13 Bill Gogolewski 25 Rich Hand 15 Rich Hinton 19 Gerry Janeski 24 Steve Lawson 32 Paul Lindblad 31 Jim Panther 30 Mike Paul 28 Horacio Piña 34 Jim Roland 16 Jim Shellenback 17 Don Stanhouse Catchers  8 Dick Billings 12 Bill Fahey 15 Hal King 12 Ken Suarez Infielders  4 Larry Biittner 22 Jim Driscoll 11 Toby Harrah  7 Vic Harris 33 Frank Howard 14 Dalton Jones  7 Ted Kubiak 10 Marty Martínez 2,14 Jim Mason  5 Don Mincher  1 Dave Nelson 21 Tom Ragland  2 Lenny Randle Outfielders 20 Jeff Burroughs  3 Ted Ford  6 Tom Grieve 35 Joe Lovitto 23 Elliott Maddox Manager  9 Ted Williams Coaches 40 Joe Camacho 42 Nellie Fox 41 Sid Hudson 43 George Susce 44 Wayne Terwilliger Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C Dick Billings 133 469 41 119 .254 5 58 1 1B Frank Howard Frank Howard (baseball) 95 287 28 70 .244 9 31 1 2B Lenny Randle 74 249 23 48 .193 2 21 4 3B Dave Nelson 145 499 68 113 .226 2 28 51 SS Toby Harrah 116 374 47 97 .259 1 31 16 LF Tom Grieve 64 142 12 29 .204 3 11 1 CF Joe Lovitto 117 330 23 74 .224 1 19 13 RF Ted Ford 129 429 43 101 .235 14 50 41972 Texas Rangers Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1972.shtml 2021-02-18 Baseball-Reference.com en Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB Larry Biittner 137 382 34 99 .259 3 31 1 Elliott Maddox 98 294 40 74 .252 0 10 20 Don Mincher 61 191 23 45 .236 6 39 2 Vic Harris Vic Harris (second baseman) 61 186 8 26 .140 0 10 7 Dalton Jones 72 151 14 24 .159 4 19 1 Jim Mason Jim Mason (baseball) 46 147 10 29 .197 0 10 0 Hal King 50 122 12 22 .180 4 12 0 Bill Fahey 39 119 8 20 .168 1 10 4 Ted Kubiak 46 116 5 26 .224 0 7 0 Jeff Burroughs 22 65 4 12 .185 1 3 0 Tom Ragland 25 58 3 10 .172 0 2 0 Marty Martínez 26 41 3 6 .146 0 3 0 Ken Suarez 25 33 2 5 .152 0 4 0 Jim Driscoll Jim Driscoll (baseball) 15 18 0 0 .000 0 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 Dick Bosman 29 173.1 8 10 3.63 105 Rich Hand 30 170.2 10 14 3.32 109 Don Stanhouse 24 104.2 2 9 3.78 78 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 Pete Broberg 39 176.1 5 12 4.29 133 Mike Paul 49 161.2 8 9 2.17 108 Bill Gogolewski 36 150.2 4 11 4.24 95 Jim Shellenback 22 57.0 2 4 3.47 30 Gerry Janeski 4 12.2 0 1 2.84 7 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 Horacio Piña 60 2 7 15 3.20 60 Paul Lindblad 66 5 8 9 2.62 51 Jim Panther 58 5 9 0 4.13 44 Casey Cox 35 3 5 4 4.41 27 Steve Lawson Steve Lawson (baseball) 13 0 0 1 2.81 13 Rich Hinton 5 0 1 0 2.38 4 Jim Roland 5 0 0 0 8.10 4 Jan Dukes 3 0 0 0 3.86 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears American Association Del Wilber AA Pittsfield Senators Eastern League Joe Klein A Burlington Rangers Carolina League Frank Gable A Greenville Rangers Western Carolinas League Rich Donnelly A-Short Season Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Bill Haywood Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 1972 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1972 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Washing