1972 Los Angeles Angels roster

31 players appeared for the Los Angeles Angels in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Angels roster: batting

1972 Los Angeles Angels 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.
Sandy Alomar1556106514612520.239.292.579
Leo Cardenas150551251236421.223.272.555
Vada Pinson1364845613374917.275.321.697
Ken McMullen137472361279341.269.335.704
Ken Berry119409411185395.289.347.723
Leroy Stanton1274024410112392.251.295.688
Jim Spencer8221213471140.222.262.522
Art Kusnyer6417913372130.207.276.538
Mickey Rivers581591834074.214.256.533
Jeff Torborg59153532080.209.280.509
John Stephenson6614614402170.274.342.691
Billy Parker36801117280.213.286.598
Winston Llenas4464317070.266.290.602
Doug Howard1138410020.263.300.589
Chris Coletta143059170.300.323.756
Tom Silverio131212000.167.167.333
Billy Cowan3300000.000.000.000
Roger Repoz3301000.333.333.667

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

1972 Angels roster: pitching

1972 Los Angeles Angels 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.
Nolan RyanSP393919162.28284.03291.140
Clyde WrightP353518112.98251.0871.230
Rudy MayRP353012112.94205.11691.191
Andy MessersmithP25218112.81169.21421.142
Rickey ClarkP2615494.51109.2611.461
Lloyd AllenP426373.4885.1531.545
Don RoseP164144.2242.2391.590
Mel QueenP170004.3531.0191.610
Dave SellsP100202.8116.021.000
Alan FosterP80014.9712.2111.420
Tom DukesP70011.6411.081.001
Dick LangeP21004.707.281.170
Paul DoyleP20000.002.142.140

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.