1972 Boston Red Sox roster

36 players appeared for the Boston Red Sox in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Red Sox roster: batting

1972 Boston Red Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Tommy Harper14455692141144925.254.341.730
Rico Petrocelli1475216212515750.240.339.702
Doug Griffin129470431222359.260.325.627
Reggie Smith13146775126217415.270.365.840
Carlton Fisk1314577413422615.293.370.909
Carl Yastrzemski1254557012012685.264.357.748
Luis Aparicio110436471123393.257.299.649
Danny Cater9231732758390.237.270.642
Ben Oglivie9425327618301.241.293.684
John Kennedy7121222522220.245.311.646
Juan Beniquez33991024182.242.287.620
Rick Miller899813213150.214.291.658
Phil Gagliano52829210101.256.333.663
Duane Josephson26821122170.268.310.688
Bob Montgomery2477722270.286.309.685
Bob Burda4573412290.164.241.501
Dwight Evans1857215160.263.344.747
Cecil Cooper121704020.235.316.610
Bob Gallagher7500000.000.000.000
Vic Correll1412010.500.5001.000
Bobby Bolin21200000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1972 Red Sox roster: pitching

1972 Boston Red Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Marty PattinRP383517133.24253.01681.170
Sonny SiebertP323012123.80196.11231.340
Luis TiantSP43191561.91179.01231.083
John CurtisRP26211183.73154.11061.370
Lynn McGlothenRP2222873.41145.01121.340
Ray CulpP1616584.46105.0521.500
Gary PetersP334334.3285.1671.511
Bill LeeRP470743.2084.1431.275
Lew KrausseP247136.3860.2351.681
Don NewhauserP310422.4337.0271.494
Ken TatumP220023.0729.1151.604
Roger MoretP30003.605.042.200
Stan WilliamsP30006.234.131.380
Mike GarmanP310110.803.111.800
Mike NagyP10009.002.021.500

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.