1972 California Angels season
The 1972 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 80 losses.Offseason
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 |
1B | | 134 | 509 | 137 | .269 | 19 | 70 |
2B | | 155 | 610 | 146 | .239 | 1 | 25 |
3B | | 137 | 472 | 127 | .269 | 9 | 34 |
SS | | 150 | 551 | 123 | .223 | 6 | 42 |
LF | | 136 | 484 | 133 | .275 | 7 | 49 |
CF | | 119 | 409 | 118 | .289 | 5 | 39 |
RF | | 127 | 402 | 101 | .251 | 12 | 39 |
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 |
| 82 | 212 | 47 | .222 | 1 | 14 |
| 58 | 159 | 34 | .214 | 0 | 7 |
| 59 | 153 | 32 | .209 | 0 | 8 |
| 49 | 142 | 34 | .239 | 6 | 13 |
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 |
| 39 | 284 | 19 | 16 | 2.28 | 329 |
| 35 | 251 | 18 | 11 | 2.98 | 87 |
| 35 | 205.1 | 12 | 11 | 2.94 | 169 |
| 25 | 169.2 | 8 | 11 | 2.81 | 142 |
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 |
| 26 | 109.2 | 4 | 9 | 4.51 | 61 |
| 16 | 42.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.22 | 39 |
| 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 8 |
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 |
| 42 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3.48 | 53 |
| 43 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3.76 | 32 |
| 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2.02 | 34 |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.64 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
Farm system