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1972 Texas Rangers  (1971)  (1973) 74-88, 5th in AL Western Division Scored 541 runs, Allowed 649 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .713 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 54-100 Manager(s): Larry Cupp

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Bob Watson           26  162  603   74  179  25   3  22   93   0   0   43   88  .297  .354  .458   97   5.9  4e25      -29  
 3B  Ken McMullen         30  154  559   50  157  17   4   6   58   0   1   37   79  .281  .323  .358   62   3.9  2e14      -23  
 OF *Del Unser            27  138  432   60  129  20   0   0   30   1   0   36   39  .299  .354  .345   56   4.7  2(-2)e6   134  
 2B *Jack Brohamer        22  162  592   50  139  15   2   9   51   2   0   33   52  .235  .273  .312   52   3.0  2e17       21  
 OF  Dave Nelson          28  144  488   81  110   6   3   4   26  62  17   56   82  .225  .311  .275   50   3.4  4(+3)e25  -21  
 OF  Ted Ford             25  142  473   51  107  25   0  14   64   3   4   37   89  .226  .286  .368   49   3.4  3(-1)e8   -26  
 C   Dick Billings        29  156  532   33  132  21   2   4   44   0   0   24   91  .248  .280  .318   45   2.9  3(+1)e13  -20  
 OF #Joe Lovitto          21  140  368   33   92  19   0   1   22   6   8   27   57  .250  .303  .310   33   3.1  2(-1)e10   40  
 SS  Ed Brinkman          30  138  385   19   81  10   1   3   35   0   0   13   45  .210  .242  .265   24   2.0  1e7       -31  
 SS  Toby Harrah          23   98  241   32   57   8   2   0   21  10   5   13   21  .237  .271  .286   19   2.6  3e32      -80  
 OF *Larry Biittner       25  128  217   12   56   8   0   1   22   0   0    9   12  .258  .285  .309   19   3.0  4(0)e12   -54  
 PH  Jim Ray Hart         30   74   89   11   25   5   0   8   27   0   0    7   13  .281  .330  .607   14   5.4             19  
 OF  Brant Alyea          31   11   36    4   11   3   0   2    6   0   0    2    7  .306  .342  .556    7   7.6  3(+1)e8   310  
 OF #Jimmy Stewart        33   42   55    6   15   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .273  .298  .327    5   3.7  3(0)e9     56  
 C  *Bill Fahey           22   60   62    2    8   1   0   0    4   0   0    7   14  .129  .222  .145    2   1.1  4(+1)e4   -93  
 PH  Len Randle           23   25   15    5    4   1   0   0    1   1   1    2    1  .267  .353  .333    1   2.7            182  
 SS *Jim Mason            21    1    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250  .400  .250    0   3.6  3e42      185  
 UT  Tom Ragland          26    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -445  
 2B #Vic Harris           22    1    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3e34     -369  
 OF  Jeff Burroughs       21    2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(0)e18  -489  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           541                   -1

     * - 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  Nolan Ryan           25  15  14  .517  40  40   9   0   0   0   1  284.0  214  131  115  30  176  284  3.64  129   4.1  103  
  P  Nelson Briles        28  13   8  .619  30  27   3   0   0   0   1  180.1  194   77   67  20   54  107  3.34   90   4.5   50  
  P  Roger Nelson         28  10  11  .476  52  19   5  12   2   0   1  197.1  159   73   64  15   55  133  2.92   67   3.1   28  
  P *Mike Paul            27   9   6  .600  41  20   1  10   4   0   0  139.2  121   56   53   6   54   79  3.42   57   3.7  -31  
  P  Tom Timmerman        32   7   9  .438  60   5   0  20   3   1   0  100.2  105   58   53   9   36   50  4.74   50   4.4   75  
  P *Rudy May             27   6  12  .333  40  24   0   6   1   0   0  154.1  144   71   66  13   82  129  3.85   75   4.4   61  
  P  Bill Gogolewski      24   6  13  .316  45  20   0  14   5   2   0  152.2  141   65   57   8   49  100  3.36   59   3.5  -54  
  P  Pete Broberg         22   2   2  .500  45   0   0  17   2   5   0   66.1   61   40   36   7   39   49  4.88   36   4.9   29  
  P *Jim Shellenback      28   2   3  .400  59   2   0  13   1   4   0   48.0   38   21   18   8   13   25  3.38   18   3.3    5  
  P  Ray Lamb             27   2   6  .250  41   5   0  19   0   0   0   82.2   79   36   34   3   25   46  3.70   34   3.8  -21  
  P  Don Stanhouse        21   1   0 1.000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.1    1    0    0   0    0    1  0.00    0    .5 -396  
  P *Paul Lindblad        30   1   4  .200  53   0   0  31  16   5   0   54.1   46   16   12   2   21   26  1.99   17   2.8  -98  
  P  Dick Bosman          28   0   0  .000   6   0   0   0   0   1   0    6.0    7    2    2   1    1    3  3.00    4   6.2  104  
  P *Denny Lemaster       33   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.2    4    3    3   0    0    1 10.12    2   6.8   30  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      643         30

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Dick Billings 1286 150 156 970 67 17 8 .984 95 33 Bill Fahey 185 12 54 141 15 1 2 .994 9 5 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Watson 1331 162 162 1351 93 23 126 .984 9.76 Larry Biittner 127 0 57 133 11 1 16 .993 10.18 Jimmy Stewart 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jim Ray Hart 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jack Brohamer 1450 162 162 426 444 12 124 .986 5.40 Jimmy Stewart 9 0 2 5 5 0 1 1.000 10.00 Vic Harris 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Tom Ragland 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75 Len Randle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken McMullen 1307 144 149 104 297 14 32 .966 2.76 Dave Nelson 92 11 12 10 17 1 2 .964 2.64 Jim Ray Hart 70 7 11 10 8 0 3 1.000 2.30 Jimmy Stewart 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Brinkman 1011 107 132 208 399 4 76 .993 5.41 Toby Harrah 446 55 59 91 170 8 26 .970 5.27 Jim Mason 14 0 1 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.14 Tom Ragland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Nelson 914 115 118 151 6 9 1 .946 1.55 Joe Lovitto 385 35 68 68 1 6 0 .920 1.61 Jimmy Stewart 62 5 17 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.31 Del Unser 37 0 14 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 Larry Biittner 36 4 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Brant Alyea 25 3 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 Len Randle 12 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Del Unser 964 104 117 268 10 7 3 .975 2.59 Joe Lovitto 488 58 58 107 4 2 0 .982 2.05 Larry Biittner 19 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Ford 1127 123 136 195 9 6 2 .971 1.63 Larry Biittner 274 34 40 47 4 4 1 .927 1.68 Brant Alyea 55 5 7 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.64 Joe Lovitto 10 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jeff Burroughs 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Jim Ray Hart 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dave Nelson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Nolan Ryan
Round 2 (#27):	Jack Brohamer
Round 3 (#45):	Ted Ford
Round 4 (#64):	Del Unser

Transactions

• 1972-01: acquired Jimmy Stewart as a free agent
• 1972-02: acquired Denny Lemaster as a free agent
• 1972-03: acquired Brant Alyea as a free agent
• 1972 postseason: released Jack Brohamer, Bill Fahey, Ray Lamb, Mike Paul, Jim Shellenback, Jimmy Stewart

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