# 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 3rd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 4th overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 65 wins and 91 losses. Because of the move of the Washington Senators to Texas, the Brewers shifted from the AL West to the AL East.

## Offseason

* October 10, 1971: Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse Jr., Tommy Harper, and Pat Skrable (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Don Pavletich, and George Scott.
* October 22, 1971: Tom Matchick and Bruce Look were traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Ferraro and Mike Herson (minors).
* November 26, 1971: Eduardo Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.
* January 26, 1972: Andy Kosco was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.
* March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 70 | .551 | — | 44‍–‍34 | 42‍–‍36 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 70 | .548 | ½ | 52‍–‍26 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 80 | 74 | .519 | 5 | 38‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍35 |
| New York Yankees | 79 | 76 | .510 | 6½ | 46‍–‍31 | 33‍–‍45 |
| Cleveland Indians | 72 | 84 | .462 | 14 | 43‍–‍34 | 29‍–‍50 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 91 | .417 | 21 | 37‍–‍42 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1972 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | TEX |
| Baltimore | — | 7–11 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 10–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 |
| Boston | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–7 | 5–9 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 |
| California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–6 | 7–5 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 10–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 6–6 | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 8–9 | 9–3 | 8–6 | 7–5 | 7–8 | 14–4 |
| Cleveland | 10–8 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 10–8 | 6–6 | 5–10 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 2–10 | 9–3 |
| Detroit | 8–10 | 9–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 10–8 | 9–3 | 7–9 | 4–8 | 10–2 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–9 | 9–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 8–6 |
| Milwaukee | 5–10 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–5 | 8–10 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 |
| Minnesota | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–7 | 6–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 8–9 | 11–7 |
| New York | 6–7 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 9–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 8–4 |
| Oakland | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 8–7 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 9–8 | 9–3 | — | 11–4 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–10 | 4–14 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 6–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 4–11 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 26, 1972: Curt Motton was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Archie Reynolds.
* June 6, 1972: Bob Sheldon was drafted by the Brewers in the 22nd round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.
* July 10, 1972: Dick Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.
* July 28, 1972: Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien.

### 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 | Ellie Rodríguez | 116 | 355 | 101 | .285 | 2 | 35 |
| 1B | George Scott | 152 | 578 | 154 | .266 | 20 | 88 |
| 2B | Ron Theobald | 125 | 391 | 86 | .220 | 1 | 19 |
| 3B | Mike Ferraro | 124 | 381 | 97 | .255 | 2 | 29 |
| SS | Rick Auerbach | 153 | 554 | 121 | .218 | 2 | 30 |
| LF | John Briggs | 135 | 418 | 111 | .266 | 21 | 65 |
| CF | Dave May | 143 | 500 | 119 | .238 | 9 | 45 |
| RF | Joe Lahoud | 111 | 316 | 75 | .237 | 12 | 34 |

#### Other batters

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 |
| 2B,3B,SS | Bob Heise | 95 | 271 | 72 | .266 | 0 | 12 |
| OF | Billy Conigliaro | 52 | 191 | 44 | .230 | 7 | 16 |
| RF,3B | Ollie Brown | 66 | 179 | 50 | .279 | 3 | 25 |
| OF | Brock Davis | 85 | 154 | 49 | .318 | 0 | 12 |
| LF,RF | Tommie Reynolds | 72 | 130 | 26 | .200 | 2 | 13 |
| C,1B | John Felske | 37 | 80 | 11 | .138 | 1 | 5 |
| 2B,3B | Syd O'Brien | 31 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 1 | 5 |
| C | Darrell Porter | 18 | 56 | 7 | .125 | 1 | 2 |
| 2B,3B | Ron Clark | 22 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 2 | 5 |
| C | Paul Ratliff | 22 | 42 | 3 | .071 | 1 | 4 |
| LF,RF | Bill Voss | 27 | 36 | 3 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Joe Azcue | 11 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| LF | Curt Motton | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 1 | 2 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jim Lonborg | 33 | 30 | 223.0 | 14 | 12 | 2.83 | 143 |
| Bill Parsons | 33 | 30 | 214.0 | 13 | 13 | 3.91 | 111 |
| Skip Lockwood | 29 | 27 | 170.0 | 8 | 15 | 3.60 | 106 |
| Ken Brett | 26 | 22 | 133.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.53 | 74 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jim Colborn | 39 | 12 | 147.2 | 7 | 7 | 3.11 | 92 |
| Gary Ryerson | 20 | 14 | 102.0 | 3 | 8 | 3.62 | 45 |
| Earl Stephenson | 35 | 8 | 80.1 | 3 | 5 | 3.25 | 33 |
| Jerry Bell | 25 | 3 | 70.2 | 5 | 1 | 1.66 | 20 |
| Jim Slaton | 9 | 8 | 44.0 | 1 | 6 | 5.52 | 17 |
| Archie Reynolds | 5 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.23 | 13 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ken Sanders | 62 | 92.1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 3.12 | 51 |
| Frank Linzy | 47 | 77.1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3.03 | 24 |
| Chuck Taylor | 5 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.54 | 5 |
| Ray Newman | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1972. The Evansville Triplets won the American Association championship, and the Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Evansville Triplets | American Association | Del Crandall and Mike Roarke |
| Double-A | San Antonio Brewers | Texas League | Mike Roarke, Al Widmar, and Jim Walton |
| Class A | Danville Warriors | Midwest League | Joe Nossek |
| Class A Short Season | Newark Co-Pilots | New York–Penn League | Sandy Johnson |