1972 Oakland Athletics Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 93–62 (.600), 1st place in American League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1972 Adrian Garrett 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .083 .000 .083
1972 Allan Lewis 24 10 5 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 8 3 .200 .200 .300 .500
1972 Angel Mangual 91 276 19 67 13 2 5 32 14 48 0 1 .243 .281 .359 .640
1972 Art Shamsky 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
1972 Bert Campaneris 149 645 85 150 25 2 8 32 32 88 52 14 .233 .270 .315 .585
1972 Bill Voss 40 98 10 22 5 1 1 5 9 16 0 0 .224 .294 .327 .620
1972 Bill McNulty 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .100 .250 .100 .350
1972 Blue Moon Odom 59 71 16 8 1 0 2 2 1 29 4 2 .113 .125 .211 .336
1972 Bob Locker 56 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1972 Bobby Brooks 15 39 4 7 0 0 0 5 8 8 0 1 .179 .319 .179 .499
1972 Brant Alyea 20 31 3 6 1 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 .194 .265 .323 .587
1972 Catfish Hunter 39 114 5 23 0 0 0 5 0 16 0 0 .202 .198 .202 .400
1972 Curt Blefary 8 11 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .455 .417 .636 1.053
1972 Dal Maxvill 27 38 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 11 0 1 .237 .256 .263 .520
1972 Darold Knowles 54 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .231 .286 .231 .516
1972 Dave Hamilton 25 27 2 4 1 0 0 0 5 12 0 0 .148 .303 .185 .488
1972 Dave Duncan 121 405 39 88 13 0 19 59 34 68 0 2 .217 .282 .390 .672
1972 Denny McLain 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Dick Green 26 44 1 12 1 1 0 3 3 5 0 1 .273 .333 .341 .674
1972 Diego Segui 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
1972 Don Mincher 47 54 2 8 1 0 0 5 10 16 0 2 .148 .281 .167 .448
1972 Dwain Anderson 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
1972 Gary Waslewski 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Gene Tenace 82 229 22 51 5 3 5 32 24 42 0 0 .223 .305 .336 .641
1972 George Hendrick 58 123 10 22 1 1 4 15 3 22 3 2 .179 .202 .301 .502
1972 Gonzalo Marquez 23 21 2 8 0 0 0 4 3 4 1 1 .381 .462 .381 .842
1972 Joe Rudi 147 608 94 181 32 9 19 75 37 62 3 4 .298 .337 .474 .811
1972 Joe Horlen 32 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353
1972 Ken Holtzman 40 101 6 16 4 0 0 6 1 25 0 0 .158 .167 .198 .365
1972 Larry Haney 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Larry Brown 47 143 11 26 2 0 0 4 13 8 0 0 .182 .248 .196 .444
1972 Marty Martinez 22 41 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 .122 .182 .122 .304
1972 Matty Alou 32 122 11 34 5 0 1 16 11 12 2 1 .279 .338 .344 .682
1972 Mike Epstein 138 455 63 123 18 2 26 70 68 68 0 1 .270 .376 .490 .866
1972 Mike Hegan 98 81 13 26 3 1 1 5 7 20 1 0 .321 .367 .420 .786
1972 Ollie Brown 20 54 5 13 1 0 1 4 6 14 1 1 .241 .317 .315 .631
1972 Orlando Cepeda 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Reggie Jackson 135 503 72 132 25 2 25 75 59 125 9 8 .262 .348 .469 .817
1972 Rollie Fingers 65 20 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 .300 .300 .450 .750
1972 Ron Clark 14 16 1 4 2 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .375 .708
1972 Sal Bando 152 541 64 126 20 3 15 77 78 55 3 1 .233 .338 .364 .702
1972 Ted Kubiak 51 94 14 17 4 1 0 8 9 11 0 0 .181 .250 .245 .495
1972 Tim Cullen 72 144 10 37 8 1 0 15 5 17 0 1 .257 .282 .326 .608
1972 Vida Blue 27 47 4 2 0 0 0 0 5 34 0 1 .043 .135 .043 .177
– – 155 5,300 604 1,248 195 29 134 565 463 886 87 48 .235 .301 .359 .660

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1972 Blue Moon Odom 31 194.1 15 6 0 0 0 164 62 54 87 3 86 30 0 4 2 2.50 1.29
1972 Bob Locker 56 78.0 6 1 10 0 0 69 25 23 16 2 47 0 0 0 0 2.65 1.09
1972 Catfish Hunter 38 295.1 21 7 0 0 0 200 74 67 70 3 191 37 0 16 5 2.04 0.91
1972 Darold Knowles 54 65.2 5 1 11 0 0 49 12 10 37 0 36 0 0 0 0 1.37 1.31
1972 Dave Hamilton 25 101.1 6 6 0 0 0 94 34 33 31 1 55 14 0 1 0 2.93 1.23
1972 Denny McLain 5 22.1 1 2 0 0 0 32 17 15 8 0 8 5 0 0 0 6.04 1.79
1972 Diego Segui 7 22.2 0 1 0 0 0 25 10 9 7 0 11 3 0 0 0 3.57 1.41
1972 Don Shaw 3 5.1 0 1 0 0 0 12 10 10 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 16.87 2.63
1972 Gary Waslewski 8 17.2 0 3 0 0 0 12 5 4 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 2.04 1.13
1972 Jim Roland 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 2.14
1972 Joe Horlen 32 84.0 3 4 1 0 0 74 33 28 20 4 58 6 0 0 0 3.00 1.12
1972 Ken Holtzman 39 265.1 19 11 0 0 0 232 83 74 52 4 134 37 0 16 4 2.51 1.07
1972 Mike Kilkenny 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1972 Rollie Fingers 65 111.1 11 9 21 0 0 85 35 31 32 1 113 0 0 0 0 2.51 1.05
1972 Vida Blue 25 151.0 6 10 0 0 0 117 55 47 48 1 111 23 0 5 4 2.80 1.09
– – 155 1,417.2 93 62 43 0 0 1,170 457 406 418 19 862 155 0 42 15 2.58 1.12

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1972 Blue Moon Odom P 31 15 33 7 55 2 .873 1.55
1972 Bob Locker P 56 5 9 1 15 0 .933 0.25
1972 Catfish Hunter P 38 23 30 2 55 1 .964 1.39
1972 Darold Knowles P 54 2 26 1 29 0 .966 0.52
1972 Dave Hamilton P 25 4 17 1 22 0 .955 0.84
1972 Denny McLain P 5 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Diego Segui P 7 0 3 1 4 0 .750 0.43
1972 Don Shaw P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Gary Waslewski P 8 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 0.75
1972 Jim Roland P 2 0 1 1 2 0 .500 0.50
1972 Joe Horlen P 32 5 15 0 20 0 1.000 0.62
1972 Ken Holtzman P 39 7 47 1 55 4 .982 1.38
1972 Mike Kilkenny P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Rollie Fingers P 65 7 11 0 18 1 1.000 0.28
1972 Vida Blue P 25 4 17 2 23 0 .913 0.84
1972 Dave Duncan C 113 661 43 5 709 9 52 29 35.8% .993 6.23
1972 Gene Tenace C 49 266 18 6 290 1 20 9 31.0% .979 5.80
1972 Larry Haney C 4 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 0.0% .800 1.00
1972 Curt Blefary 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Don Mincher 1B 11 77 3 1 81 4 .988 7.27
1972 Gene Tenace 1B 7 49 3 0 52 4 1.000 7.43
1972 Gonzalo Marquez 1B 2 12 1 1 14 1 .929 6.50
1972 Matty Alou 1B 1 9 1 0 10 1 1.000 10.00
1972 Mike Epstein 1B 137 1,111 73 12 1,196 101 .990 8.64
1972 Mike Hegan 1B 64 165 10 0 175 22 1.000 2.73
1972 Curt Blefary 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Dal Maxvill 2B 24 25 32 1 58 8 .983 2.37
1972 Dick Green 2B 26 35 45 3 83 9 .964 3.08
1972 Gene Tenace 2B 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Larry Haney 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Larry Brown 2B 46 110 111 6 227 30 .974 4.80
1972 Marty Martinez 2B 17 20 14 2 36 3 .944 2.00
1972 Ron Clark 2B 11 12 10 0 22 5 1.000 2.00
1972 Sal Bando 2B 1 1 0 1 2 0 .500 1.00
1972 Ted Kubiak 2B 49 80 88 2 170 21 .988 3.43
1972 Tim Cullen 2B 65 103 117 11 231 24 .952 3.38
1972 Bill McNulty 3B 3 2 2 1 5 0 .800 1.33
1972 Dwain Anderson 3B 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1972 Gene Tenace 3B 2 1 2 1 4 0 .750 1.50
1972 Joe Rudi 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Larry Brown 3B 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 1.00
1972 Marty Martinez 3B 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1972 Ron Clark 3B 3 0 3 0 3 1 1.000 1.00
1972 Sal Bando 3B 151 123 337 19 479 29 .960 3.05
1972 Ted Kubiak 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Tim Cullen 3B 4 4 3 0 7 0 1.000 1.75
1972 Bert Campaneris SS 148 283 494 18 795 93 .977 5.25
1972 Dal Maxvill SS 4 3 8 0 11 1 1.000 2.75
1972 Dwain Anderson SS 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1972 Marty Martinez SS 6 8 24 2 34 5 .941 5.33
1972 Tim Cullen SS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Adrian Garrett LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1972 Allan Lewis LF 5 8 0 1 9 0 .889 1.60
1972 Angel Mangual LF 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 1.50
1972 Bill Voss LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Brant Alyea LF 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1972 Curt Blefary LF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1972 George Hendrick LF 4 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1972 Joe Rudi LF 147 248 9 2 259 1 .992 1.75
1972 Matty Alou LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1972 Angel Mangual CF 22 53 2 1 56 2 .982 2.50
1972 Bill Voss CF 13 26 1 0 27 0 1.000 2.08
1972 Bobby Brooks CF 11 40 0 3 43 0 .930 3.64
1972 George Hendrick CF 28 44 0 0 44 0 1.000 1.57
1972 Ollie Brown CF 9 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 2.67
1972 Reggie Jackson CF 92 214 4 5 223 4 .978 2.37
1972 Allan Lewis RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Angel Mangual RF 52 105 2 4 111 0 .964 2.06
1972 Bill Voss RF 21 33 2 0 35 0 1.000 1.67
1972 Brant Alyea RF 6 17 3 0 20 0 1.000 3.33
1972 Gene Tenace RF 9 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 1.22
1972 George Hendrick RF 13 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 1.62
1972 Matty Alou RF 31 45 2 0 47 0 1.000 1.52
1972 Mike Hegan RF 3 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1972 Ollie Brown RF 9 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Reggie Jackson RF 43 88 1 4 93 1 .957 2.07
– – 155 4,249 1,695 130 6,074 389 72 38 34.5% .979 38.35

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1972 Allan Lewis 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Angel Mangual 7 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
1972 Bert Campaneris 9 37 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 1 .216 .275 .216 .491
1972 Blue Moon Odom 7 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .333
1972 Bob Locker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Catfish Hunter 5 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .182 .308 .182 .490
1972 Dal Maxvill 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
1972 Dave Hamilton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Dave Duncan 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
1972 Dick Green 12 26 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .269 .269 .385 .654
1972 Don Mincher 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1972 Gene Tenace 12 40 6 9 1 0 4 10 5 9 0 1 .225 .311 .550 .861
1972 George Hendrick 10 23 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .130 .167 .130 .297
1972 Gonzalo Marquez 8 8 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .625 .625 .625 1.250
1972 Joe Rudi 12 45 2 11 1 0 1 3 3 9 0 0 .244 .300 .333 .633
1972 Joe Horlen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Ken Holtzman 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Matty Alou 12 47 2 9 4 0 0 2 3 2 2 1 .191 .255 .277 .531
1972 Mike Epstein 11 32 2 3 0 0 1 1 9 8 1 0 .094 .310 .187 .497
1972 Mike Hegan 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1972 Reggie Jackson 5 18 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 .278 .316 .333 .649
1972 Rollie Fingers 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Sal Bando 12 48 2 11 1 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 .229 .260 .250 .510
1972 Ted Kubiak 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
1972 Tim Cullen 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Vida Blue 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
– – 12 400 29 84 12 0 6 26 33 72 8 5 .210 .276 .285 .561

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1972 Blue Moon Odom 4 25.1 2 1 0 0 0 10 3 2 8 0 18 4 0 1 1 0.71 0.71
1972 Bob Locker 3 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.57 2.14
1972 Catfish Hunter 5 31.1 2 0 0 0 0 22 7 7 11 0 20 4 0 0 0 2.01 1.05
1972 Dave Hamilton 3 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 4.50
1972 Joe Horlen 2 1.1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 3.75
1972 Ken Holtzman 4 16.2 1 1 0 0 0 15 5 5 5 0 6 3 0 0 0 2.70 1.20
1972 Rollie Fingers 9 15.2 2 1 2 0 0 8 3 3 5 1 14 0 0 0 0 1.72 0.83
1972 Vida Blue 8 14.0 0 1 2 0 0 12 4 4 6 0 10 1 0 0 0 2.57 1.29
– – 14 108.0 7 5 4 0 0 78 31 30 40 1 71 12 0 1 1 2.50 1.09

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1972 Blue Moon Odom P 4 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 1.75
1972 Bob Locker P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Catfish Hunter P 5 0 3 1 4 0 .750 0.60
1972 Dave Hamilton P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Joe Horlen P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1972 Ken Holtzman P 4 0 4 1 5 1 .800 1.00
1972 Rollie Fingers P 9 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.22
1972 Vida Blue P 8 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.25
1972 Dave Duncan C 3 10 2 0 12 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.00
1972 Gene Tenace C 11 64 7 1 72 1 0 0 0.0% .986 6.45
1972 Gene Tenace 1B 1 3 1 0 4 1 1.000 4.00
1972 Mike Epstein 1B 11 89 4 2 95 6 .979 8.45
1972 Mike Hegan 1B 6 12 1 0 13 1 1.000 2.17
1972 Dal Maxvill 2B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1972 Dick Green 2B 12 17 20 0 37 3 1.000 3.08
1972 Gene Tenace 2B 2 2 2 1 5 1 .800 2.00
1972 Ted Kubiak 2B 7 7 11 1 19 2 .947 2.57
1972 Sal Bando 3B 12 9 30 1 40 2 .975 3.25
1972 Bert Campaneris SS 9 21 22 1 44 3 .977 4.78
1972 Dal Maxvill SS 4 3 7 0 10 2 1.000 2.50
1972 Ted Kubiak SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1972 Tim Cullen SS 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1972 Joe Rudi LF 12 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 2.58
1972 Angel Mangual CF 3 6 0 1 7 0 .857 2.00
1972 George Hendrick CF 6 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 2.17
1972 Reggie Jackson CF 5 14 0 1 15 0 .933 2.80
1972 Matty Alou RF 12 19 1 1 21 1 .952 1.67
– – 12 324 125 12 461 24 0 0 .974 37.42

Awards

Player Award Stats
Ken Holtzman All-Star (P) 19–11, 134 SO, 2.51 ERA
Catfish Hunter All-Star (P) 21–7, 191 SO, 2.04 ERA
Sal Bando All-Star (3B) .233–15–77, 3 SB
Bert Campaneris All-Star (SS) .233–8–32, 52 SB
Joe Rudi All-Star (CF) .298–19–75, 3 SB
Reggie Jackson All-Star (RF) .262–25–75, 9 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1972 Oakland Athletics

Who had the most hits on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Joe Rudi led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with 181 hits in 147 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Joe Rudi led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with a .298 batting average in 147 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Mike Epstein led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with 26 home runs in 138 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Mike Epstein led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with a .376 on-base percentage (OBP) in 138 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Mike Epstein led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with a .490 slugging percentage in 138 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Bert Campaneris led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with 52 stolen bases in 149 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Catfish Hunter had a 2.04 earned-run average (ERA) in 38 games, the lowest on the 1972 Oakland Athletics.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Catfish Hunter had a 0.91 WHIP in 38 games, the lowest on the 1972 Oakland Athletics.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Catfish Hunter led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with 191 strikeouts in 38 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Catfish Hunter led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with 21 wins in 38 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1972 Oakland Athletics?

Rollie Fingers led the 1972 Oakland Athletics with 21 saves in 65 games.