1972 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersJerry Donovan
ManagersCharlie Fox
TelevisionKTVU
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
RadioKSFO
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Seasons

The 1972 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 90th year in Major League Baseball, 15th in San Francisco, and 13th at Candlestick Park. The defending division champions, the Giants fell to fifth in the National League West with a record of 69–86. It was their first losing season in San Francisco and the franchise's first losing season since 1957, their final year in New York City.

Offseason

Regular season

On May 11, 41-year-old franchise legend Willie Mays was traded to the New York Mets for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and US$50,000.[4][5][6] At the time, the Giants franchise was losing money. Owner Horace Stoneham could not guarantee Mays an income after retirement.

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—

Opening Day lineup

Source:[7]

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 San Francisco Giants
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
CDave Rader133459119.259641
1BWillie McCovey8126356.2131435
2BTito Fuentes152572151.264753
SSChris Speier150562151.2691571
3BAl Gallagher8223352.223218
LFKen Henderson130439113.2571851
CFGarry Maddox125458122.2661258
RFBobby Bonds153626162.2592680

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
Dave Kingman135472106.2252983
Ed Goodson5815042.280630
Jim Howarth7411928.23517
Fran Healy459915.15218
Chris Arnold518419.22614
Jim Ray Hart247924.30458
Bernie Williams466813.19139
Gary Matthews206218.290414
Willie Mays19499.18403
Gary Thomasson10279.33301
Dámaso Blanco39207.35002
Russ Gibson5122.16703
Jimmy Rosario720.00000

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
Ron Bryant35214.01472.90107
Juan Marichal25165.06163.7172
Sam McDowell28164.11084.33122
Jim Willoughby1187.2642.3640

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
Jim Barr44179.08102.8786
Steve Stone27123.2682.9885
Frank Reberger2099.1343.9952
Don Carrithers2590.0485.8042
John Cumberland925.0048.648
Charlie Williams39.1028.683

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
Jerry Johnson488684.4257
Don McMahon443353.7145
Randy Moffitt401543.6937
Elias Sosa80132.3010
John Morris70004.265

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jim Davenport
AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Dennis Sommers
A Fresno Giants California League Frank Funk
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Jim McKnight
A Anderson Giants Western Carolinas League Max Lanier
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Dick Wilson

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References

  1. ↑ Sam McDowell at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Hal Lanier at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Rich Robertson at Baseball-Reference
  4. 1 2 "Mays traded to Mets, Giants get minor, cash". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. May 11, 1972. p. 46.
  5. 1 2 "Willie Mays traded to NY Mets". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 11, 1972. p. 46.
  6. ↑ "Willie Mays transactions". Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  7. ↑ "Scoreboard". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (box score). April 16, 1987. p. 6C.
  8. ↑ Willie Mays at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Brian Asselstine at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ "Lenn Sakata Stats".
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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