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1972 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1971)  (1973) 78-84, 3rd in NL Western Division Scored 662 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 91 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 85-70 Manager(s): Scott Campbell

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Willie Davis         32  162  681   87  199  29   4  24   87  21   6   37   71  .292  .327  .452   95   5.0  1(-1)e6    22  
 1B #Wes Parker           32  145  473   64  132  20   5   2   46   0   3   71   41  .279  .371  .355   64   4.7  1e6         6  
 SS  Bill Russell         23  139  467   56  137  19   8   6   42   9   4   24   79  .293  .329  .407   62   4.8  4e44       44  
 OF  Frank Robinson       36  126  347   60   88  10   1  20   63   1   1   55   74  .254  .352  .461   56   5.5  3(+2)e10   19  
 3B  Doug Rader           27   84  327   42   88  16   5  16   61   0   1   29   73  .269  .331  .495   51   5.3  1e13       92  
 2B  Bobby Valentine      22  103  307   39  101  16   3   4   33   6   3   19   23  .329  .367  .440   46   5.7  4e21      152  
 OF *Bill Buckner         22   68  231   31   87  11   0   1   24   6   0   15   10  .377  .416  .437   43   7.7  4(0)e3     95  
 1B  Steve Garvey         23   98  267   31   71  12   1   7   40   5   0   12   37  .266  .300  .397   31   4.3  4e11      -37  
 2B  Lee Lacy             24   79  226   26   64   7   3   1   18   4   1   15   50  .283  .326  .354   26   4.3  3e24       56  
 OF  Rick Reichardt       29   98  225   22   53  13   3   4   19   0   0   25   48  .236  .313  .373   26   4.1  3(+1)e6   -43  
 1B *Willie McCovey       34   59  162   22   36   5   0   8   18   0   0   30   21  .222  .349  .401   23   4.7  3e21       31  
 OF *Willie Crawford      25  105  173   19   42   7   5   2   20   2   1   24   29  .243  .333  .376   23   4.6  3(0)e5    -43  
 OF  Garry Maddox         22   60  222   30   47  12   6   7   22   8   0    4   48  .212  .231  .414   22   3.4  4(-2)e8   -79  
 3B  Al Gallagher         26   66  215   17   53   2   2   4   20   1   0   19   47  .247  .308  .330   21   3.5  3e13       51  
 C   Tom Egan             26   51  104   16   31   3   0   5   15   0   0    4   40  .298  .321  .471   15   5.4  2(+1)e9   312  
 C  *Tom Haller           35   62  129   14   34   7   2   0    8   0   0    8   10  .264  .304  .349   14   3.9  4(+2)e2    31  
 C  *John Stephenson      31   37  102    7   32   4   0   2   10   0   0    6    2  .314  .360  .412   13   4.9  4(+1)e2    81  
 SS #Maury Wills          39   84  152   15   32  11   1   0   14   0   0    4   13  .211  .244  .296   11   2.4  4e12      183  
 C   Steve Yeager         23   45   69    5   21   3   0   0    3   0   0    9   21  .304  .385  .348    9   4.8  4(-1)e13  -47  
 C   Dick Dietz           30   56   63    7   14   3   0   0   11   0   0   14    9  .222  .364  .270    7   3.9  4(+2)e4    73  
 C  *Paul Ratliff         28   11   35    7   10   2   0   3    9   0   0    2   15  .286  .324  .600    6   7.5  4(0)e4    668  
 2B #Jim Lefebvre         30   75  123    7   18   4   0   2    7   0   0    5   21  .146  .180  .228    4   1.1  3e12     -201  
 2B  Davey Lopes          27   10   19    4    6   4   0   0    0   1   0    3    2  .316  .409  .526    4   7.4  3e34      299  
 C   Jack Hiatt           29   12   22    3    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    4    6  .227  .346  .409    3   4.6  3(+1)e4    -5  
 PH *Ed Goodson           24   10   31    3    7   2   0   1    6   0   0    0    4  .226  .219  .387    2   3.0           -133  
 OF  Bobby Brooks         26   12   21    1    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .143  .280  .143    1   1.7  4(+1)e16  -76  
 3B  Ron Cey              24   14   25    3    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .120  .267  .120    1   1.2  3e53     -392  
 OF  Gary Matthews        22   12   29    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .207  .233  .207    0    .9  3(0)e11  -449  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           691                   33

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Don Sutton           27  23  10  .697  41  41  14   0   0   0   6  313.0  216   88   80  22   97  251  2.30   88   2.5   11  
  P *Ron Bryant           24  11  12  .478  42  32   6   6   0   0   3  232.1  213  113   92  21   82  135  3.56   99   3.8    7  
  P *Al Downing           31  10  15  .400  34  34   5   0   0   0   0  232.2  245  114  107  18   77  140  4.14  119   4.6   24  
  P  Mike Strahler        25   7   1  .875  32   0   0  16   2   2   0   51.2   40   24   19   5   36   32  3.31   22   3.8  -48  
  P *Tommy John           29   7  13  .350  31  31   2   0   0   0   1  215.0  218  113   98  25   65  123  4.10  109   4.5   50  
  P  Andy Messersmith     26   5   6  .455  15  14   0   1   0   0   0   79.1   85   40   37   5   31   69  4.20   43   4.9  152  
  P  Chris Zachary        28   4   4  .500  24   1   0  10   3   4   0   38.1   42   18   16   2   19   20  3.76   20   4.8  140  
  P  Joel Horlen          34   3   2  .600  29   0   0  17   0   2   0   42.0   34   14   14   3   11   25  3.00   16   3.5    5  
  P  Pete Mikkelsen       32   3   2  .600  42   0   0  30   7   0   0   62.2   77   41   38   4   25   33  5.46   40   5.8   29  
  P *Doug Rau             23   2   1  .667  21   1   0   8   1   0   0   31.1   19    4    3   0    5   17  0.86    4   1.2 -106  
  P  Casey Cox            31   2   3  .400   8   5   2   1   0   2   0   48.1   39   22   21   3   14   24  3.91   16   3.1 -209  
  P  Lew Krausse          29   1   3  .250  10   0   0   5   0   1   0   13.1   24   16   15   3    6    7 10.13   16  11.1  157  
  P *Jim Brewer           34   0   2  .000  22   0   0  21  16   1   0   26.1   21    4    4   0    5   23  1.37    7   2.5   15  
  P  Jim Nash             27   0  10  .000  30   3   1  17   3   3   0   70.1  124   88   83   8   58   35 10.62   84  10.9  107  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      689         27

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- John Stephenson* 426 49 57 290 17 2 0 .994 Tom Haller 336 37 57 221 7 2 0 .991 31 7 Tom Egan 328 40 51 252 16 3 0 .989 23 12 Steve Yeager* 316 34 54 207 11 2 0 .991 Dick Dietz 191 19 49 131 12 1 0 .993 20 7 Paul Ratliff 89 11 11 65 3 1 0 .986 1 0 Jack Hiatt 53 5 11 39 2 0 0 1.000 3 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wes Parker 673 71 92 626 61 4 48 .994 9.19 Willie McCovey* 480 53 61 463 30 6 51 .988 9.24 Steve Garvey 362 43 45 375 29 1 30 .998 10.04 Ed Goodson 62 8 8 61 1 0 5 1.000 9.00 Bill Buckner* 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Valentine 593 68 79 208 165 10 51 .974 5.66 Lee Lacy 547 65 73 187 142 9 32 .973 5.41 Jim Lefebvre 263 23 61 80 69 2 12 .987 5.09 Davey Lopes 53 6 8 23 17 0 8 1.000 6.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Rader* 1314 144 151 171 295 11 37 .977 3.19 Al Gallagher 495 58 60 46 107 6 11 .962 2.78 Steve Garvey 143 15 21 23 28 9 5 .850 3.22 Ron Cey 43 5 7 5 10 2 3 .882 3.14 Jim Lefebvre 8 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bobby Valentine 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 Maury Wills 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 1084 124 129 164 416 35 62 .943 4.81 Maury Wills 367 38 70 57 139 3 22 .985 4.80 Bobby Valentine 5 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Garry Maddox* 1003 124 126 205 8 7 0 .968 1.91 Bill Buckner* 597 69 77 129 4 1 0 .993 2.01 Rick Reichardt 441 51 66 87 2 3 0 .967 1.82 Willie Crawford 64 1 28 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.13 Gary Matthews 41 5 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.98 Bill Russell 14 0 9 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29 Frank Robinson 11 0 6 1 1 1 0 .667 1.64 Wes Parker 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bobby Brooks 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Bobby Valentine 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 Willie Davis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Davis 1456 162 162 438 15 7 0 .985 2.80 Garry Maddox* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Robinson 733 82 90 117 1 5 1 .959 1.45 Wes Parker 400 45 50 62 3 0 0 1.000 1.46 Willie Crawford 263 31 35 59 1 1 0 .984 2.05 Bobby Brooks 36 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 Bill Russell 15 0 13 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 Bill Buckner* 11 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Rick Reichardt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bobby Valentine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#19):	Frank Robinson
Round 2 (#38):	Joel Horlen
Round 3 (#57):	Jack Hiatt
Round 4 (#75):	Chris Zachary

Transactions

• 1972-01: acquired Tom Haller as a free agent
• 1972-05: acquired Tom Egan as a free agent
• 1972-06: acquired Marty Martinez as a free agent
• 1972-13: acquired Jim Nash as a free agent
• 1972-13: traded Steve Yeager, John Stephenson, Joel Horlen to OAA for Andy Messersmith, Bobby Brooks
• 1972-13: traded Jim Brewer, Bill Buckner, Doug Rader, Tom Paciorek to SFN for Garry Maddox, Gary Matthews, Willie McCovey, Ed Goodson
• 1972-18: acquired Paul Ratliff as a free agent
• 1972-19: acquired Casey Cox as a free agent
• 1972-19: released Marty Martinez
• 1972-21: acquired Lew Krausse as a free agent
• 1972-21: released Paul Ratliff

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