1972 Texas Rangers season Texas Rangers 1972 season American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. This was the Rangers' first season in Texas , as well as the club's first year in the AL West , after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C., and from 1969 to 1971 in the American League East . The Rangers were dead last in batting in the major leagues with a.217 team batting average .Offseason December 2, 1971: Bernie Allen was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Terry Ley and Gary Jones . December 2, 1971: Del Unser , Gary Jones, Terry Ley, and Denny Riddleberger were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Roy Foster , Ken Suarez , Mike Paul , and Rich Hand . December 2, 1971: Paul Casanova was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Hal King . March 4 , 1972: Denny McLain was traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse . March 7 , 1972: Tim Cullen was released by the Rangers. Prior to 1972 season: Lew Beasley was acquired by the Rangers from the Baltimore Orioles .Regular season The first game in Texas April 15 , 1972: The Rangers played their first American League game against the California Angels on the road at Anaheim Stadium . The Angels' Andy Messersmith hurled a complete-game , two-hit shutout , and the Rangers fell, 1–0. Toby Harrah and Hal King had their only hits, both singles , but catcher King made two errors . His second miscue led to the Angels' winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning . Dick Bosman was the hard-luck loser. April 21, 1972: The Rangers' first game in Texas came six days later at Arlington Stadium against the same Angels before 20,105 spectators. This time, Bosman emerged triumphant as the Rangers built a 6–1 lead and hung on to win their home opener, 7–6. Frank Howard and Dave Nelson each homered for Texas, while Lenny Randle and Harrah each collected three hits. Harrah scored three runs, and Randle notched four runs batted in .Opening Day starters, April 15, 1972 Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in ; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C 133 469 41 119 .254 5 58 1 1B 95 287 28 70 .244 9 31 1 2B 74 249 23 48 .193 2 21 4 3B 145 499 68 113 .226 2 28 51 SS 116 374 47 97 .259 1 31 16 LF 64 142 12 29 .204 3 11 1 CF 117 330 23 74 .224 1 19 13 RF 129 429 43 101 .235 14 50 4
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB 137 382 34 99 .259 3 31 1 98 294 40 74 .252 0 10 20 61 191 23 45 .236 6 39 2 61 186 8 26 .140 0 10 7 72 151 14 24 .159 4 19 1 46 147 10 29 .197 0 10 0 50 122 12 22 .180 4 12 0 39 119 8 20 .168 1 10 4 46 116 5 26 .224 0 7 0 22 65 4 12 .185 1 3 0 25 58 3 10 .172 0 2 0 26 41 3 6 .146 0 3 0 25 33 2 5 .152 0 4 0 15 18 0 0 .000 0 0 0
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 29 173.1 8 10 3.63 105 30 170.2 10 14 3.32 109 24 104.2 2 9 3.78 78
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 39 176.1 5 12 4.29 133 49 161.2 8 9 2.17 108 36 150.2 4 11 4.24 95 22 57 2 4 3.47 30 4 12.2 0 1 2.84 7
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 60 2 7 15 3.20 60 66 5 8 9 2.62 51 58 5 9 0 4.13 44 35 3 5 4 4.41 27 13 0 0 1 2.81 13 5 0 1 0 2.38 4 5 0 0 0 8.10 4 3 0 0 0 3.86 0
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