# 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 91st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 86th in the National League.

## Background

The defending World Series champion Pirates finished first in the National League East with an MLB-best record of 96–59. The team was defeated three games to two by the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS. Despite losing the series, the Pirates put up a good fight, unlike the last time the two teams met in the playoffs. In Game 5, the Pirates led 3–2 in the ninth inning, and were 3 outs away from pulling off a major upset over the Reds. All looked good until the Pirates collapsed in the 9th inning and allowed 2 runs to score, with the walk-off run coming on a wild pitch.

## Offseason

* November, 1971: Danny Murtaugh steps down as Manager of the Pirates citing health reasons. Coach Bill Virdon is named Manager.
* January 12, 1972: Larry Demery was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).
* March 15, 1972: José Martínez was purchased from the Pirates by the Kansas City Royals.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 59 | .619 | — | 49‍–‍29 | 47‍–‍30 |
| Chicago Cubs | 85 | 70 | .548 | 11 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍39 |
| New York Mets | 83 | 73 | .532 | 13½ | 41‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 81 | .481 | 21½ | 40‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍44 |
| Montreal Expos | 70 | 86 | .449 | 26½ | 35‍–‍43 | 35‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 97 | .378 | 37½ | 28‍–‍51 | 31‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1972 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 5–7–1 | 9–9 | 7–7 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–11 | 7–11 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 7–5–1 | — | 8–4 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 10–5 | 10–8 | 10–7 | 3–12 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–8 |
| Cincinnati | 9–9 | 4–8 | — | 11–6 | 9–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 10–5 | 10–2 |
| Houston | 7–7 | 9–3 | 6–11 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 12–2 | 13–5 | 4–8 |
| Los Angeles | 8–7 | 4–8 | 5–9 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 8–4 |
| Montreal | 8–4 | 5–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–12 | 10–6 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–8 |
| New York | 5–7 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 13–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–9 |
| Philadelphia | 6-6 | 7–10 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–10 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 12–3 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 6–8 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 9–3 | 10–8 |
| San Diego | 11–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 2–12 | 5–13 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 4–10 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 11–7 | 5–7 | 5–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–4 | — | 5–7 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 8–10 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 9–7 | 7–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | 12 | 3 | 0.800 | 73 | 41 |
| Montreal Expos | 12 | 6 | 0.667 | 81 | 39 |
| New York Mets | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 38 | 38 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 13 | 5 | 0.722 | 73 | 40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | | | | | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 8 | 0.556 | 88 | 74 |
| Total | 53 | 30 | 0.639 | 353 | 232 |
| NL West |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 60 | 62 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 50 | 58 |
| Houston Astros | 9 | 3 | 0.750 | 56 | 41 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 53 | 50 |
| San Diego Padres | 10 | 2 | 0.833 | 65 | 26 |
| San Francisco Giants | 9 | 3 | 0.750 | 54 | 43 |
| Total | 43 | 29 | 0.597 | 338 | 280 |
| Season Total | 96 | 59 | 0.619 | 691 | 512 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 51 | 66 |
| May | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0.731 | 140 | 79 |
| June | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0.615 | 125 | 77 |
| July | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0.667 | 121 | 100 |
| August | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0.607 | 125 | 102 |
| September | 29 | 18 | 11 | 0.621 | 117 | 75 |
| October | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 12 | 13 |
| Total | 155 | 96 | 59 | 0.619 | 691 | 512 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 78 | 49 | 29 | 0.628 | 351 | 259 |
| Away | 77 | 47 | 30 | 0.610 | 340 | 253 |
| Total | 155 | 96 | 59 | 0.619 | 691 | 512 |

### Game log

1972 game log: 96–59 (home: 49–29; Away: 47–30) :
April: 5–8 (home: 3–6; Away: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 15@ Mets0–4SeaverEllis (0–1)McGraw15,8930–1
2April 16@ Mets2–0Blass (1–0)GentryHernández (1)23,2411–1
3April 18Cubs4–6PappasMoose (0–1)McGinn47,4891–2
4April 19Cubs5–2Briles (1–0)Pizarro—9,1712–2
5April 20Cubs7–5Ellis (1–1)JenkinsGiusti (1)6,5293–2
6April 21@ Phillies3–2 (10)Hernández (1–0)Short—13,8644–2
7April 23@ Phillies4–5 (11)BrandonMiller (0–1)—43,4384–3
8April 25Reds5–2 (13)Miller (1–1)McGlothlin—6,5095–3
9April 26Reds6–7NolanBlass (1–1)Borbon6,3805–4
10April 27Reds4–5CarrollGiusti (0–1)—12,5045–5
11April 28Braves5–13JarvisMoose (0–2)McQueen12,8045–6
12April 29Braves5–9KelleyWalker (0–1)Stone10,6845–7
13April 30Braves1–6NiekroJohnson (0–1)—12,2645–8 :
May: 19–7 (home: 12–2; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 1Astros8–9RayGiusti (0–2)—4,7885–9
15May 3Astros3–2Ellis (2–1)ReussKison (1)9,5226–9
16May 5@ Reds4–5 (10)CarrollGiusti (0–3)—24,7226–10
17May 6@ Reds8–1Blass (2–1)Borbon—12,2847–10
18May 7@ Reds9–6Briles (2–0)BillinghamMoose (1)19,2818–10
19May 9@ Braves5–2Ellis (3–1)KelleyKison (2)7,7629–10
20May 10@ Braves4–8NiekroJohnson (0–2)—6,7089–11
21May 12@ Astros4–2Blass (3–1)DierkerMiller (1)17,86310–11
22May 13@ Astros6–1 (12)Moose (1–2)GladdingMiller (2)23,56811–11
23May 14@ Astros6–7WilsonBriles (2–1)Ray14,70411–12
24May 15Cardinals4–1Ellis (4–1)Gibson—8,64012–12
25May 16Cardinals4–3Walker (1–1)WiseGiusti (2)8,27213–12
26May 17Cardinals12–0Blass (4–1)Cleveland—9,18814–12
27May 19Expos8–0Moose (2–2)Stoneman—41,76515–12
28May 20Expos6–0Ellis (5–1)MortonKison (3)11,60216–12
29May 21Expos1–0Walker (2–1)McAnallyHernández (2)30,41817–12
30May 21Expos5–3Giusti (1–3)Gilbert—30,41818–12
31May 23@ Cardinals6–2Blass (5–1)ClevelandHernández (3)11,79519–12
32May 24@ Cardinals9–4 (14)Miller (2–1)Higgins—10,79420–12
33May 25@ Cardinals2–4GibsonEllis (5–2)—9,29320–13
34May 26Phillies6–4Briles (3–1)Carlton—25,16421–13
35May 27Phillies1–2 (12)BrandonGiusti (1–4)Short19,39821–14
36May 28Phillies6–5Hernández (2–0)Hoerner—15,23622–14
37May 29Phillies7–3Hernández (3–0)Fryman—36,46423–14
38May 29Phillies4–2Moose (3–2)ReynoldsGiusti (3)36,46424–14
39May 31@ Expos2–3McAnallyBriles (3–2)—10,56524–15 :
June: 16–10 (home: 5–6; Away: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 2@ Giants4–7MarichalJohnson (0–3)—6,66924–16
41June 3@ Giants4–3Blass (6–1)McDowellGiusti (4)11,21625–16
42June 4@ Giants4–3Miller (3–1)JohnsonGiusti (5)26–16
43June 4@ Giants9–1Kison (1–0)Williams—19,92927–16
44June 7@ Padres12–5Johnson (1–3)Norman—28–16
45June 7@ Padres1–0 (18)Miller (4–1)CorkinsJohnson (1)7,37129–16
46June 8@ Padres11–2Moose (4–2)Arlin—2,94930–16
47June 9@ Dodgers5–1Blass (7–1)Sutton—35,07831–16
48June 10@ Dodgers1–2OsteenWalker (2–2)Brewer38,93731–17
49June 11@ Dodgers7–5Kison (2–0)MikkelsenGiusti (6)40,84632–17
50June 14Giants1–3McDowellEllis (5–3)—14,55232–18
51June 15Giants4–1Briles (4–2)StoneGiusti (7)33–18
52June 15Giants9–7Moose (5–2)BryantHernández (4)21,12634–18
53June 16Padres2–1Blass (8–1)Norman—17,02035–18
54June 17Padres0–4KirbyWalker (2–3)—20,71835–19
55June 18Padres0–1ArlinKison (2–1)—27,14335–20
56June 19Dodgers13–3Ellis (6–3)SuttonMiller (3)15,43036–20
57June 21Dodgers3–5 (10)BrewerMoose (5–3)—15,20936–21
58June 23@ Cubs4–2Blass (9–1)JenkinsGiusti (8)28,17737–21
59June 24@ Cubs3–1Briles (5–2)HandsGiusti (9)27,54338–21
60June 25@ Cubs9–2Ellis (7–3)HootonGiusti (10)35,09939–21
61June 26@ Mets2–4KoosmanMoose (5–4)McGraw48,82039–22
62June 27@ Mets4–7FrisellaWalker (2–4)—38,15239–23
63June 28Expos1–3StonemanBlass (9–2)—13,47039–24
64June 29Expos9–0Briles (6–2)McAnally—18,36440–24
65June 30Cubs3–4ReuschelEllis (7–4)Aker22,74540–25 :
July: 20–10 (home: 12–4; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
66July 1Cubs4–3Giusti (2–4)Jenkins—16,10241–25
67July 2Cubs7–4Kison (3–1)HandsHernández (5)25,22942–25
68July 3Cubs3–2Giusti (3–4)Hooton—26,93343–25
69July 4@ Astros0–6DierkerBriles (6–3)—31,16443–26
70July 5@ Astros6–4Johnson (2–3)Forsch—23,64644–26
71July 6@ Astros7–3 (17)Hernández (4–0)Ray—23,54045–26
72July 7@ Braves10–2Walker (3–4)Kelley—46–26
73July 7@ Braves2–3HardinKison (3–2)—25,25346–27
74July 8@ Braves5–3Blass (10–2)ReedGiusti (11)20,25647–27
75July 9@ Braves7–4Briles (7–3)McLain—20,13048–27
76July 11@ Reds0–5BillinghamMoose (5–5)—24,04748–28
77July 12@ Reds3–6SimpsonWalker (3–5)Carroll28,05848–29
78July 13@ Reds0–2NolanBlass (10–3)Carroll32,06048–30
79July 14Astros5–2Briles (8–3)Dierker—24,48749–30
80July 15Astros5–1Ellis (8–4)ForschGiusti (12)16,20250–30
81July 16Astros3–2 (10)Giusti (4–4)Gladding—51–30
82July 16Astros3–2Kison (4–2)WilsonGiusti (13)49,34152–30
83July 17Braves6–5Hernández (5–0)HoernerGiusti (14)14,86653–30
84July 18Braves2–4ReedBlass (10–4)—20,16253–31
85July 19Braves8–3Briles (9–3)NiekroWalker (1)24,84754–31
86July 21Reds5–11BorbonKison (4–3)Gullett32,25554–32
87July 22Reds3–6SpragueMoose (5–6)Carroll40,83754–33
88July 23Reds3–2Blass (11–4)GrimsleyHernández (6)29,48755–33
89July 27Mets0–1 (10)MatlackBriles (9–4)—55–34
90July 27Mets7–5Moose (6–6)KoosmanGiusti (15)49,88656–34
91July 28Mets3–1Ellis (9–4)Seaver—39,03557–34
92July 29@ Phillies2–5FrymanBlass (11–5)Selma37,54457–35
93July 29@ Phillies3–2Walker (4–5)BrandonGiusti (16)37,54458–35
94July 30@ Phillies7–1Kison (5–3)Lersch—28,45159–35
95July 31@ Phillies2–0Moose (7–6)Reynolds—17,45560–35 :
August: 17–11 (home: 8–5; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1@ Cardinals4–7SantoriniBriles (9–5)Segui23,71260–36
97August 2@ Cardinals5–10 (7)GibsonEllis (9–5)—24,96160–37
98August 3@ Cardinals2–1 (10)Blass (12–5)WiseHernández (7)14,83661–37
99August 4@ Expos1–2MooreKison (5–4)—18,43661–38
100August 5@ Expos7–4Briles (10–5)StonemanGiusti (17)20,90562–38
101August 6@ Expos8–0Moose (8–6)Torrez—63–38
102August 6@ Expos7–2Johnson (3–3)RenkoHernández (8)28,33064–38
103August 8Phillies4–2Ellis (10–5)Champion—18,22865–38
104August 9Phillies0–2CarltonBlass (12–6)—19,83265–39
105August 11Cardinals10–5Briles (11–5)ClevelandHernández (9)34,24866–39
106August 12Cardinals6–5Moose (9–6)GibsonGiusti (18)23,47467–39
107August 13Cardinals0–2WiseEllis (10–6)—67–40
108August 13Cardinals7–5Blass (13–6)SantoriniGiusti (19)47,30068–40
109August 15@ Dodgers6–8RichertJohnson (3–4)Brewer27,48468–41
110August 16@ Dodgers3–2Miller (5–1)Sutton—28,31869–41
111August 17@ Dodgers2–4DowningMoose (9–7)Richert29,77769–42
112August 18@ Padres4–2Blass (14–6)Greif—30,61070–42
113August 20@ Padres9–3Ellis (11–6)CorkinsJohnson (2)71–42
114August 20@ Padres5–2Kison (6–4)Norman—9,75972–42
115August 22@ Giants1–0Briles (12–5)Marichal—9,38973–42
116August 23@ Giants0–8BarrMoose (9–8)—8,33073–43
117August 25Dodgers3–2 (12)Giusti (5–4)Richert—74–43
118August 25Dodgers3–4OsteenKison (6–5)—39,57474–44
119August 26Dodgers3–7SuttonEllis (11–7)—20,17474–45
120August 27Dodgers4–7MikkelsenBriles (12–6)Brewer25,67274–46
121August 28Padres5–3Moose (10–8)CaldwellHernández (10)13,43875–46
122August 29Padres5–3Blass (15–6)CorkinsGiusti (20)12,32976–46
123August 30Padres11–0Kison (7–5)Arlin—19,00977–46 :
September: 18–11 (home: 8–4; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1Giants10–6Ellis (12–7)BryantGiusti (21)20,67878–46
125September 2Giants6–3Briles (13–6)McDowell—14,19479–46
126September 3Giants2–1 (10)Giusti (6–4)Johnson—16,76080–46
127September 4Phillies10–0Blass (16–6)Twitchell—26,62781–46
128September 4Phillies5–1Kison (8–5)Nash—26,62782–46
129September 6Cubs4–0Ellis (13–7)McGinn—12,47083–46
130September 7Cubs2–4HootonBriles (13–7)—12,30683–47
131September 8@ Expos7–1Johnson (4–4)Morton—84–47
132September 8@ Expos4–2 (12)Giusti (7–4)MarshallHernández (11)12,11885–47
133September 9@ Expos8–3Blass (17–6)Stoneman—17,09286–47
134September 10@ Expos2–8TorrezKison (8–6)—20,25386–48
135September 12@ Cubs7–0Ellis (14–7)HootonGiusti (22)4,15387–48
136September 13@ Cubs6–4Briles (14–7)JenkinsHernández (12)4,41888–48
137September 14@ Cubs5–2Moose (11–8)ReuschelHernández (13)4,60389–48
138September 15@ Cardinals4–10WiseKison (8–7)—10,85389–49
139September 16@ Cardinals0–4SantoriniBlass (17–7)—11,85089–50
140September 17@ Cardinals4–5ClevelandMiller (5–2)Segui11,80289–51
141September 18@ Mets0–1MatlackBriles (14–8)—15,62289–52
142September 19@ Mets5–1Moose (12–8)Koosman—15,53790–52
143September 20@ Mets1–4SeaverWalker (4–6)—15,14790–53
144September 21@ Mets6–2Blass (18–7)Gentry—10,99191–53
145September 22Expos4–3 (12)McKee (1–0)Marshall—15,36592–53
146September 23Expos0–3McAnallyBriles (14–9)—8,58092–54
147September 24Expos1–2MortonMoose (12–9)—9,11692–55
148September 26@ Phillies5–1Blass (19–7)Champion—8,47293–55
149September 27@ Phillies3–1Kison (9–7)ReynoldsWalker (2)5,33594–55
150September 28@ Phillies1–2CarltonMoose (12–10)—12,21694–56
151September 29Mets0–1SeaverBriles (14–10)—24,19394–57
152September 30Mets5–0Ellis (15–7)MatlackJohnson (3)13,11795–57 :
October: 1–2 (home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
153October 1Mets3–7KoosmanBlass (19–8)—30,03195–58
154October 3Cardinals6–2Moose (13–10)SantoriniHernández (14)5,90596–58
155October 4Cardinals3–4GibsonBriles (14–11)—4,60396–59 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 6 | Rennie Stennett | 2B |
| 16 | Al Oliver | CF |
| 21 | Roberto Clemente | RF |
| 8 | Willie Stargell | LF |
| 3 | Richie Hebner | 3B |
| 35 | Manny Sanguillén | C |
| 7 | Bob Robertson | 1B |
| 2 | Jackie Hernández | SS |
| 17 | Dock Ellis | SP |

### Notable transactions

* June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft
** John Candelaria was drafted by the Pirates in the 2nd round.
** Ken Macha was drafted by the Pirates in the 6th round.
** Willie Randolph was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round.
* September 2, 1972 Bob Veale was sold by the Pirates to the Boston Red Sox.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Manny Sanguillén | 136 | 520 | 155 | .298 | 7 | 71 |
| 1B | Willie Stargell | 138 | 495 | 145 | .293 | 33 | 112 |
| 2B | Dave Cash | 99 | 425 | 120 | .282 | 3 | 30 |
| SS | Gene Alley | 119 | 347 | 86 | .248 | 3 | 36 |
| 3B | Richie Hebner | 124 | 427 | 128 | .300 | 19 | 72 |
| LF | Vic Davalillo | 117 | 368 | 117 | .318 | 4 | 28 |
| CF | Al Oliver | 140 | 565 | 176 | .312 | 12 | 89 |
| RF | Roberto Clemente | 102 | 378 | 118 | .312 | 10 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Rennie Stennett | 109 | 370 | 106 | .286 | 3 | 30 |
| Gene Clines | 107 | 311 | 104 | .334 | 0 | 17 |
| Bob Robertson | 115 | 306 | 59 | .193 | 12 | 41 |
| Jackie Hernández | 72 | 176 | 33 | .188 | 1 | 14 |
| Milt May | 57 | 139 | 39 | .281 | 0 | 14 |
| José Pagán | 53 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 3 | 8 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 34 | 64 | 12 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
| Richie Zisk | 17 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 4 |
| Chuck Goggin | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Taveras | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando González | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sands | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Steve Blass | 33 | 249.2 | 19 | 8 | 2.49 | 117 |
| Bob Moose | 31 | 226.0 | 13 | 10 | 2.91 | 144 |
| Nelson Briles | 28 | 195.2 | 14 | 11 | 3.08 | 120 |
| Dock Ellis | 25 | 163.1 | 15 | 7 | 2.70 | 96 |
| Bruce Kison | 32 | 152.0 | 9 | 7 | 3.26 | 102 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Johnson | 31 | 115.2 | 4 | 4 | 2.96 | 79 |
| Luke Walker | 26 | 92.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.40 | 48 |
| Bob Veale | 5 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 |
| Gene Garber | 4 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 3 |
| Jim McKee | 2 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Giusti | 54 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 1.93 | 54 |
| Ramón Hernández | 53 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1.67 | 47 |
| Bob Miller | 36 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.65 | 18 |

## Awards and honors

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charleston Charlies | International League | Red Davis |
| AA | Sherbrooke Pirates | Eastern League | Steve Demeter |
| A | Salem Pirates | Carolina League | Tim Murtaugh |
| A | Gastonia Pirates | Western Carolinas League | Tom Saffell |
| A-Short Season | Niagara Falls Pirates | New York–Penn League | Chuck Cottier |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Ed Napoleon |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem, Niagara Falls