1972 Chicago White Sox season

1972 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
General manager(s)	Stu Holcomb, Roland Hemond
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	WFLD (Jack Drees, Bud Kelly)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher)
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The 1972 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 73rd season overall, and 72nd in the American League. They finished with a record 87-67, good enough for second place in the American League West, 5½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

• October 22, 1971: Lowell Palmer was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[1]
• December 2, 1971: Tommy John and Steve Huntz were traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dick Allen.^[2]
• December 2, 1971: Rich McKinney was traded by the White Sox by the New York Yankees for Stan Bahnsen.^[3]
• December 14, 1971: Pat Jacquez was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Qualls.^[4]

Regular season

• July 31, 1972: Dick Allen hit two inside the park home runs in one game against the Minnesota Twins.^[5]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	93	62	0.600	—	48–29	45–33
Chicago White Sox	87	67	0.565	5½	55–23	32–44
Minnesota Twins	77	77	0.500	15½	42–32	35–45
Kansas City Royals	76	78	0.494	16½	44–33	32–45
California Angels	75	80	0.484	18	44–36	31–44
Texas Rangers	54	100	0.351	38½	31–46	23–54

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	TEX
Baltimore	—	7–11	6–6	8–4	8–10	10–8	6–6	10–5	6–6	7–6	6–6	6–6
Boston	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	8–7	5–9	6–6	11–7	4–8	9–9	9–3	8–4
California	6–6	4–8	—	7–11	8–4	5–7	9–6	7–5	7–8	4–8	8–10	10–7
Chicago	4–8	6–6	11–7	—	8–4	5–7	8–9	9–3	8–6	7–5	7–8	14–4
Cleveland	10–8	7–8	4–8	4–8	—	10–8	6–6	5–10	8–4	7–11	2–10	9–3
Detroit	8–10	9–5	7–5	7–5	8–10	—	7–5	10–8	9–3	7–9	4–8	10–2
Kansas City	6–6	6–6	6–9	9–8	6–6	5–7	—	7–5	9–9	7–5	7–11	8–6
Milwaukee	5–10	7–11	5–7	3–9	10–5	8–10	5–7	—	4–8	9–9	4–8	5–7
Minnesota	6–6	8–4	8–7	6–8	4–8	3–9	9–9	8–4	—	6–6	8–9	11–7
New York	6–7	9–9	8–4	5–7	11–7	9–7	5–7	9–9	6–6	—	3–9	8–4
Oakland	6–6	3–9	10–8	8–7	10–2	8–4	11–7	8–4	9–8	9–3	—	11–4
Texas	6–6	4–8	7–10	4–14	3–9	2–10	6–8	7–5	7–11	4–8	4–11	—

Opening Day lineup

• Walt Williams, rf
• Mike Andrews, 2b
• Dick Allen, 1b
• Bill Melton, 3b
• Carlos May, lf
• Rick Reichardt, cf
• Ed Herrmann, c
• Luis Alvarado, ss
• Wilbur Wood, p

Notable transactions

• May 16, 1972: Lowell Palmer was released by the White Sox.^[1]
• June 6, 1972: Nyls Nyman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
• June 16, 1972: Jim Qualls was released by the White Sox.^[4]
• August 17, 1972: Eddie Fisher was traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and Bruce Miller. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Kimm (September 1, 1972) to the California Angels to complete the trade.^[7]
• September 1, 1972: Hank Allen was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[8]

Roster

1972 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 41 Cy Acosta 45 Stan Bahnsen 24 Tom Bradley 44 Moe Drabowsky 34 Eddie Fisher 51 Terry Forster 47 Ken Frailing 55 Jim Geddes 54 Goose Gossage 21 Bart Johnson 23 Steve Kealey 43 Dave Lemonds 39 Dan Neumeier 52 Dennis O'Toole 38 Phil Regan 27 Vicente Romo 28 Wilbur Wood		Catchers 11 Chuck Brinkman  8 Tom Egan 12 Ed Herrmann Infielders 15 Dick Allen 42 Hank Allen  1 Luis Alvarado  2 Mike Andrews 19 Rudy Hernández 14 Bill Melton 30 Rich Morales 25 Tony Muser  6 Jorge Orta  5 Ed Spiezio 20 Hugh Yancy		Outfielders 22 Buddy Bradford 10 Jay Johnstone 18 Pat Kelly 26 Jim Lyttle 17 Carlos May 19 Jim Qualls 48 Rick Reichardt  9 Lee Richard  3 Walt Williams		Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 37 Joe Lonnett 31 Jim Mahoney 35 Alex Monchak 33 Johnny Sain

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Dick Allen, 1B	148	506	90	156	28	5	37	113	99	126	.308	19
Hank Allen, 3B	9	21	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	.143	0
Luis Alvarado, SS,2B	103	254	30	54	4	1	4	29	13	36	.213	2
Mike Andrews, 2B,1B	148	505	58	111	18	0	7	50	70	78	.220	2
Buddy Bradford, OF	35	48	13	13	2	0	2	8	4	13	.271	3
Chuck Brinkman, C	35	52	1	7	0	0	0	0	4	7	.135	0
Tom Egan, C	50	141	8	27	3	0	2	9	4	48	.191	0
Rudy Hernandez, SS	8	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.190	0
Ed Herrmann, C	116	354	23	88	9	0	10	40	43	37	.249	0
Jay Johnstone, OF	113	261	27	49	9	0	4	17	25	42	.188	2
Pat Kelly, RF	119	402	57	105	14	7	5	24	55	69	.261	32
Jim Lyttle, CF,RF	44	82	8	19	5	2	0	5	1	28	.232	0
Carlos May, LF,1B	148	523	83	161	26	3	12	68	79	70	.308	23
Bill Melton, 3B	57	208	22	51	5	0	7	30	23	31	.245	1
Rich Morales, SS,3B,2B	110	287	24	59	7	1	2	20	19	49	.206	2
Tony Muser, 1B	44	61	6	17	2	2	1	9	2	6	.279	1
Jorge Orta, SS,2B,3B	51	124	20	25	3	1	3	11	6	37	.202	3
Jim Qualls, CF	11	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Rick Reichardt, CF,LF	101	291	31	73	14	4	8	43	28	63	.251	2
Lee Richard, CF	11	29	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	.241	1
Ed Spiezio, 3B	74	277	20	66	10	1	2	22	13	43	.238	0
Walt Williams, RF	77	221	22	55	7	1	2	11	13	20	.249	6
Hugh Yancy, 3B	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Cy Acosta, P	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Stan Bahnsen, P	44	92	5	14	2	0	0	2	1	38	.152	0
Tom Bradley, P	43	91	1	12	2	0	0	3	1	34	.132	0
Moe Drabowsky, P	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eddie Fisher, P	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Terry Forster, P	63	19	1	10	0	0	0	3	1	2	.526	1
Jim Geddes, P	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Goose Gossage, P	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	0
Bart Johnson, P	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Steve Kealey, P	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Dave Lemonds, P	34	25	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	16	.120	0
Dan Neumeier, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Phil Regan, P	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Vicente Romo, P	28	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Wilbur Wood, P	49	125	8	17	0	0	0	7	6	65	.136	0
Team totals	154	5083	566	1208	170	28	108	528	511	991	.238	100

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Cy Acosta	3	0	1.56	26	0	5	34.2	25	6	6	2	20	28
Stan Bahnsen	21	16	3.60	43	41	0	252.1	263	107	101	22	74	157
Tom Bradley	15	14	2.98	40	40	0	260.0	225	94	86	19	69	209
Moe Drabowsky	0	0	2.45	7	0	0	7.1	6	2	2	0	2	4
Eddie Fisher	0	1	4.43	6	4	0	22.1	31	13	11	1	9	10
Terry Forster	6	5	2.25	62	0	29	100.0	75	31	25	0	47	104
Ken Frailing	1	0	3.00	4	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	1
Jim Geddes	0	0	6.97	5	1	0	10.1	12	9	8	1	10	3
Goose Gossage	7	1	4.28	36	1	2	80.0	72	44	38	2	47	57
Bart Johnson	0	3	9.22	9	0	1	13.2	18	20	14	2	15	9
Steve Kealey	3	2	3.30	40	0	4	57.1	50	21	21	4	13	37
Dave Lemonds	4	7	2.95	31	18	0	94.2	87	39	31	6	41	69
Dan Neumeier	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	3.0	2	3	3	0	3	0
Denny O'Toole	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	5.0	10	3	3	0	2	5
Phil Regan	0	1	4.05	10	0	0	13.1	18	7	6	1	8	4
Vicente Romo	3	0	3.31	28	0	1	51.2	47	19	19	5	20	46
Wilbur Wood	24	17	2.51	49	49	0	376.2	325	119	105	28	79	193
Team totals	87	67	3.12	154	154	42	1385.1	1269	538	480	94	460	936

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Larry Sherry
AA	Knoxville White Sox	Southern League	Joe Sparks
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Bert Thiel
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Joe Jones

Notes

1. Lowell Palmer at Baseball-Reference
2. Tommy John at Baseball Reference
3. Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference
4. Jim Qualls at Baseball Reference
5. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
6. Nyls Nyman at Baseball Reference
7. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml
8. Hank Allen at Baseball Reference

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1972 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference