1972 Los Angeles Dodgers roster

33 players appeared for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Dodgers roster: batting

1972 Los Angeles Dodgers 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.
Willie Davis14961581178197920.289.317.758
Bill Russell1294344711843414.272.326.693
Wes Parker130427451194593.279.367.721
Bobby Valentine119391421073325.274.319.654
Bill Buckner1053834712253710.319.348.758
Manny Mota118371571205484.323.375.809
Frank Robinson103342418619592.251.353.795
Steve Garvey9629436799304.269.312.734
Willie Crawford9624328618274.251.349.752
Lee Lacy6024334630125.259.312.625
Chris Cannizzaro7320014482180.240.341.641
Jim Lefebvre7016911345240.201.271.609
Billy Grabarkewitz5314417244163.167.265.543
Maury Wills711321617041.129.190.357
Steve Yeager3510618294150.274.374.780
Dick Dietz275649162.161.329.561
Tom Paciorek1147412161.255.271.675
Davey Lopes114269014.214.327.636
Ron Cey1137310130.270.400.778
Joe Ferguson82427150.292.346.888
Terry McDermott92323000.130.200.330

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

1972 Dodgers roster: pitching

1972 Los Angeles Dodgers 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.
Don SuttonSP33331992.08272.22070.910
Claude OsteenP333320112.64252.01001.190
Al DowningP3130992.98202.21171.300
Tommy JohnSP29291152.89186.21171.140
Bill SingerP26256163.67169.11011.230
Jim BrewerP510871.2678.1690.8417
Pete MikkelsenP330554.0657.2411.535
Pete RichertP370232.2552.0381.156
Mike StrahlerP192123.2647.0251.360
Doug RauSP73222.2032.2190.890
Hoyt WilhelmP160014.6225.191.381
Jose PenaP50008.597.142.590

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.