The Texas Rangers 1972 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the 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 1969–1971 in the AL East.

Offseason [edit]

• December 2, 1971: Bernie Allen was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Terry Ley and Gary Jones.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• December 2, 1971: Paul Casanova was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Hal King.^[3]
• March 4, 1972: Denny McLain was traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse.^[4]
• March 7, 1972: Tim Cullen was released by the Rangers.^[5]
• Prior to 1972 season: Lew Beasley was acquired by the Rangers from the Baltimore Orioles.^[6]

Regular season [edit]

The first game in Texas [edit]

• April 15, 1972: The Rangers played their first game in Texas against the California Angels.

Opening Day starters [edit]

• Dick Billings
• Dick Bosman
• Tom Grieve
• Toby Harrah
• Frank Howard
• Joe Lovitto
• Elliott Maddox
• Dave Nelson
• Lenny Randle

Season standings [edit]

Notable transactions [edit]

• June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Brian Doyle was drafted by the Rangers in the 4th round.^[7]
  • Jim Sundberg was drafted by the Rangers in the 8th round, but did not sign.^[8]
• July 20, 1972: Don Mincher and Ted Kubiak were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Marty Martínez, Vic Harris and a player to be named later.^[9]
• August 31, 1972: Frank Howard was purchased from the Rangers by the Detroit Tigers.^[10]
• September 7, 1972: Rich Hinton was purchased by the Rangers from the New York Yankees.^[11]

Roster [edit]

Player stats [edit]

Batting [edit]

Starters by position [edit]

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

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Other batters [edit]

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

Pitching [edit]

Starting pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system [edit]

Notes [edit]

References [edit]

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6. 
• 1972 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1972 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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