1972 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAtlanta Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record70–84 (.455)
Divisional place4th
OwnersWilliam Bartholomay
General managersPaul Richards, Eddie Robinson
ManagersLum Harris, Eddie Mathews
TelevisionWSB-TV
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)
Seasons

The 1972 Atlanta Braves season was the seventh season in Atlanta along with the 102nd season as a franchise overall.

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Front-office and managerial turnover

The 1972 Braves' 70–84 season, following on the heels of a hopeful, 82–80 mark in 1971, resulted in the in-season firings of both general manager Paul Richards, on the job since January 1967, and field manager Luman Harris, who was in the midst of his fifth season as the team's skipper. Richards and Harris were a management team that had worked in tandem for 15 years with the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros before coming to the Braves.

Atlanta was 18–22 on June 1 when Richards was demoted from GM to special assignment scout; his replacement was another longtime associate, Eddie Robinson, 51, the director of the club's farm system.[6] Harris was fired August 6, with the Braves standing at 47–57 (.452), in fourth place in the NL West Division and 16 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. His successor was another internal hire, Eddie Mathews, 40, the team's first-base coach and perennial All-Star third baseman from its glory days in Milwaukee during the 1950s.[7]

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9559 0.617 — 42–34 53–25
Houston Astros 8469 0.549 10½ 41–36 43–33
Los Angeles Dodgers 8570 0.548 10½ 41–34 44–36
Atlanta Braves 7084 0.455 25 36–41 34–43
San Francisco Giants 6986 0.445 26½ 34–43 35–43
San Diego Padres 5895 0.379 36½ 26–54 32–41

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–1—8–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–8—11–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–11—7–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–7—6–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–6—6–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–6—13–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–13—5–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–5—10–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–10—4–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–4—5–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5—

Roster

1972 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CEarl Williams151565146.2582887
1BHank Aaron129449119.2653477
2BFélix Millán125498128.257138
SSMarty Perez141479109.228128
3BDarrell Evans125418106.2541971
LFRico Carty8627175.277629
CFDusty Baker127446143.3211776
RFMike Lum12336984.228938

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
Ralph Garr134554180.3251253
Oscar Brown7616437.226316
Paul Casanova4913628.206210
Sonny Jackson6012630.23808
Larvell Blanks338528.32917
Jim Breazeale528521.247517
Orlando Cepeda288425.29849
Gil Garrido407520.26707
Bob Didier134012.30005
Rod Gilbreath18389.23701
Rowland Office252.40000

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
Phil Niekro38282.116123.06164
Ron Reed31213.011153.93111
Jimmy Freeman636.0226.0018

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
Ron Schueler37144.2583.6796
Tom Kelley27116.1574.5659
George Stone31111.06115.5163
Pat Jarvis3798.21174.1056
Jim Hardin2679.2524.4125
Mike McQueen2378.1054.6040
Denny McLain1554.0356.5021
Jim Nash1131.1115.4610
Larry Jaster512.1115.116

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
Cecil Upshaw4235133.6923
Joe Hoerner251326.5619
Gary Neibauer80007.278
Tom House80022.897
Steve Barber50005.746

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Clyde King
AA Savannah Braves Southern League Clint Courtney
A Greenwood Braves Western Carolinas League Paul Snyder
Rookie Wytheville Braves Appalachian League Eddie Haas

Notes

  1. ↑ Paul Casanova page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Andre Thornton page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Orlando Cepeda page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Caruso, Gary, The Braves Encyclopedia. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995, page 330
  7. ↑ Newspaper article, The Associated Press, August 7, 1972

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 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference
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