1972 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1972 National League West Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Horace Stoneham Jerry Donovan Charlie Fox KTVU(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) KSFO(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) 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. Offseason November 29, 1971: Gaylord Perry and Frank Duffy were traded by the Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Sam McDowell.Sam McDowell https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcdowsa01.shtml 2024-09-13 Baseball-Reference.com en February 2, 1972: Hal Lanier was purchased from the Giants by the New York Yankees.Hal Lanier https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lanieha01.shtml 2024-09-13 Baseball-Reference.com en March 27, 1972: Rich Robertson was released by the Giants.Rich Robertson https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberri01.shtml 2024-09-13 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season 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.May 11, 1972 Mays traded to Mets, Giants get minor, cash https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AHkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N1MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3100%2C4471296 2024-09-13 Pittsburgh Press 46 UPIMay 11, 1972 Willie Mays traded to NY Mets https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Te9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6374%2C2654505 2024-09-13 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon 46 Associated Press At the time, the Giants franchise was losing money. Owner Horace Stoneham could not guarantee Mays an income after retirement. Season standings Record vs. opponents SF Opening Day lineup Bobby Bonds Tito Fuentes Fran Healy Ken Henderson Dave Kingman Juan Marichal Willie Mays Willie McCovey Chris Speier Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V7RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4583%2C3761122 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Scoreboard (box score) April 16, 1987 6C Notable transactions May 11, 1972: Willie Mays was traded by the Giants to the New York Mets for Charlie Williams and $50,000.Willie Mays https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayswi01.shtml 2024-09-13 Baseball-Reference.com en June 6, 1972: Brian Asselstine was drafted by the Giants in the 7th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Brian Asselstine https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/asselbr01.shtml 2024-09-13 Baseball-Reference.com en June 6, 1972: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Giants in the 14th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Lenn Sakata https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml 2024-09-13 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1972 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 33 Jim Barr 32 Ron Bryant 30 Don Carrithers 41 John Cumberland 35 Jerry Johnson 27 Juan Marichal 48 Sam McDowell 47 Don McMahon 39 Randy Moffitt 42 John Morris 41 Frank Reberger 38 Elías Sosa 29 Steve Stone 38 Charlie Williams 42 Jim Willoughby Catchers 18 Russ Gibson  6 Fran Healy 14 Dave Rader Infielders 17 Chris Arnold 22 Dámaso Blanco 23 Tito Fuentes 10 Al Gallagher 21 Ed Goodson 16 Jim Ray Hart 26 Dave Kingman 44 Willie McCovey 35 Chris Speier 12 Gary Thomasson Outfielders 25 Bobby Bonds 15 Ken Henderson 19 Jim Howarth 31 Garry Maddox 36 Gary Matthews 24 Willie Mays 22 Jimmy Rosario 20 Bernie Williams Manager  7 Charlie Fox Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  8 Andy Gilbert 47 Don McMahon  1 John McNamara  3 Ozzie Virgil Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Dave Rader Dave Rader (baseball) 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 Other batters 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 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 Fran Healy (baseball) 45 99 15 .152 1 8 Chris Arnold Chris Arnold (baseball) 51 84 19 .226 1 4 Jim Ray Hart 24 79 24 .304 5 8 Bernie Williams Bernie Williams (1970s outfielder) 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 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 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 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 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 Charlie Williams (pitcher) 3 9.1 0 2 8.68 3 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 Jerry Johnson Jerry Johnson (baseball) 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 John Morris (pitcher) 7 0 0 0 4.26 5 Awards and honors All-Star Game Chris Speier, Shortstop, Reserve Charlie Fox, Coach, National League Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jim Davenport AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Dennis Sommers A Fresno Giants California League Frank Funk A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Jim McKnight A Anderson Giants Western Carolinas League Max Lanier Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Dick WilsonJohnson Lloyd The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Wolff Miles Baseball America 1997 978-0-96-371897-6 2nd Durham, North Carolina References 2 External links 1972 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1972 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball Almanac Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season San Francisco Giants Category:1972 in San Francisco