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{{Infobox MLBbaseball yearlyteam season
| name = Los Angeles Dodgers
| season = 1972
| misc =
| league = National League
| logo = LosAngelesDodgers_100.png
| current leaguedivision = [[National League West|West]]
| y1 = 1890
| division = [[National League West|Western Division]]
| y2 = 1969
| Uniform logo = Nl_1977_losangeles.png
| ballpark = [[Dodger Stadium]]
| y4city = 1962Los Angeles
| cityowners = [[LosWalter AngelesO'Malley]], [[James Mulvey]]
| president = [[Peter O'Malley]]
| y5 = 1958
| ownersgeneral_managers = [[WalterAl O'MalleyCampanis]]
| general managers = [[Al Campanis]]
| managers = [[Walter Alston]]
| television = [[KTTV]] (11)
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|}}
 
The '''1972 [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]''' finished the season 1085–70, gamesgood backfor ina tie for second place with the Astros in the [[National League West|western division]]. ofThis was the [[Nationalfirst League]]season where the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms.
 
== Offseason ==
* October 21: [[Tommy Hutton]] was traded by the Dodgers to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] for [[Larry Hisle]].<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/huttoto01.shtml Tommy Hutton page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
* October 22, 1971: [[Bobby Darwin]] was traded by the Dodgers to the [[Minnesota Twins]] for [[Paul Powell (baseball)|Paul Powell]].<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwibo01.shtml Bobby Darwin page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
* October 24, 1971: [[Maury Wills]] was released by the Dodgers.<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willsma01.shtml Maury Wills page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
* December 2, 1971: [[Doyle Alexander]], [[Bob O'Brien (baseball)|Bob O'Brien]], [[Sergio Robles]] and [[Royle Stillman]] were traded by the Dodgers to the [[Baltimore Orioles]] for [[Frank Robinson]] and [[Pete Richert]].<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexado01.shtml Doyle Alexander page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
* December 2, 1971: [[Dick Allen]] was traded by the Dodgers to the [[Chicago White Sox]] for [[Tommy John]] and [[Steve Huntz]].<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allendi01.shtml Dick Allen page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
* December 2, 1971: [[Tom Haller]] was traded by the Dodgers to the [[Detroit Tigers]] for a player to be named later and cash. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Bernie Beckman (minors) to the Dodgers on March 31, 1972.<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halleto01.shtml Tom Haller page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
* December 17, 1971: [[Chris Cannizzaro]] was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers from the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cannich01.shtml Chris Cannizzaro page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
* March 27, 1972: [[Bill Sudakis]] was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the [[New York Mets]].<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sudakbi01.shtml Bill Sudakis page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
 
== Regular season ==
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=== Season standings ===
{{1972 NL West standings}}
 
=== Record vs. opponents ===
{{1972 NL Record vs. opponents|team=LAD}}
 
=== Opening Day lineup ===
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=== Notable transactions ===
* April 14, 1972: [[Dick Dietz]] was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers from the [[San Francisco Giants]].<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dietzdi01.shtml Dick Dietz page] at ''Baseball -Reference]''</ref>
 
=== Roster ===
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|-
| valign="top" | '''Pitchers'''
{{MLBplayer|21|[[Jim Brewer (baseball)|Jim Brewer]]}}
{{MLBplayer|44|[[Al Downing (baseball)|Al Downing]]}}
{{MLBplayer|49|[[Charlie Hough]]}}
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{{MLBplayer|17|[[Tom Paciorek]]}}
{{MLBplayer|28|[[Wes Parker]]}}
{{MLBplayer|18|[[Bill Russell (baseballshortstop)|Bill Russell]]}}
{{MLBplayer| 2|[[Bobby Valentine]]}}
{{MLBplayer|30|[[Maury Wills]]}}
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{{MLBplayer| 7|[[Roy Hartsfield]]}}
{{MLBplayer|33|[[Danny Ozark]]}}
{{MLBplayer|--51|[[Dixie Walker]]}}
|}
 
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==== Starters by position ====
''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI
|- align="center"
| C || [[Chris Cannizzaro]] || 73 || 200 || 48 || .240 || 2 || 18
|- align=center
| 1B || [[Wes Parker]] || 130 || 427 || 119 || .279 || 4 || 59
|- align=center
| 2B || [[Lee Lacy]] || 60 || 243 || 63 || .259 || 0 || 12
|- align=center
| SS || [[Bill Russell (shortstop)|Bill Russell]] || 129 || 434 || 118 || .272 || 4 || 34
|- align=center
| 3B || [[Steve Garvey]] || 96 || 294 || 79 || .269 || 9 || 30
|- align=center
| LF || [[Manny Mota]] || 118 || 371 || 120 || .323 || 5 || 48
|- align=center
| CF || {{sortname|Willie|Davis|Willie Davis (baseball)}} || 149 || 615 || 178 || .289 || 19 || 79
|- align=center
| RF || [[Frank Robinson]] || 103 || 342 || 86 || .251 || 19 || 59
|}
 
==== Other batters ====
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI
|- align="center"
| [[Bobby Valentine]] || 119 || 391 || 107 || .274 || 3 || 32
|- align=center
| [[Bill Buckner]] || 105 || 383 || 122 || .319 || 5 || 37
|- align=center
| [[Willie Crawford]] || 96 || 243 || 61 || .251 || 8 || 27
|- align=center
| [[Jim Lefebvre]] || 70 || 169 || 34 || .201 || 5 || 24
|- align=center
| [[Duke Sims]] || 51 || 151 || 29 || .192 || 2 || 11
|- align=center
| [[Billy Grabarkewitz]] || 53 || 144 || 24 || .167 || 4 || 16
|- align=center
| [[Maury Wills]] || 71 || 132 || 17 || .129 || 0 || 4
|- align=center
| [[Steve Yeager]] || 35 || 106 || 29 || .274 || 4 || 15
|- align=center
| [[Dick Dietz]] || 27 || 56 || 9 || .161 || 1 || 6
|- align=center
| [[Tom Paciorek]] || 11 || 47 || 12 || .255 || 1 || 6
|- align=center
| [[Davey Lopes]] || 11 || 42 || 9 || .214 || 0 || 1
|- align=center
| [[Ron Cey]] || 11 || 37 || 10 || .270 || 1 || 3
|- align=center
| [[Joe Ferguson (baseball)|Joe Ferguson]] || 8 || 24 || 7 || .292 || 1 || 5
|- align=center
| [[Terry McDermott (baseball)|Terry McDermott]] || 9 || 23 || 3 || .130 || 0 || 0
|}
 
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==== Starting pitchers ====
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO
|- align="center"
| [[Don Sutton]] || 33 || 272.2 || 19 || 9 || 2.08 || 207
|- align=center
| [[Claude Osteen]] || 33 || 252.0 || 20 || 11 || 2.64 || 100
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Al|Downing|Al Downing (baseball)}} || 31 || 202.2 || 9 || 9 || 2.98 || 117
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Tommy|John}} || 29 || 186.2 || 11 || 5 || 2.89 || 117
|- align="center"
| [[Bill Singer]] || 26 || 169.1 || 6 || 16 || 3.67 || 101
|}
 
==== Other pitchers ====
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO
|- align="center"
| [[Doug Rau]] || 7 || 32.2 || 2 || 2 || 2.20 || 19
|}
 
==== Relief pitchers ====
''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Jim|Brewer|dab=baseball}} || 51 || 8 || 7 || 17 || 1.26 || 69
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Pete|Richert}} || 37 || 2 || 3 || 6 || 2.25 || 38
|- align="center"
| [[Pete Mikkelsen]] || 33 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 4.06 || 41
|- align=center
| [[Mike Strahler]] || 19 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3.26 || 25
|- align=center
| [[Hoyt Wilhelm]] || 16 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4.62 || 9
|- align=center
| [[Ron Perranoski]] || 9 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2.70 || 5
|- align=center
| [[José Peña (pitcher)|José Peña]] || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8.59 || 4
|- align=center
| [[Charlie Hough]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3.38 || 4
|}
 
== Awards and honors ==
*[[Major League Baseball Player of the Month Award|NL Player of the Month]]
**[[Don Sutton]] (April 1972)
 
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== Farm system ==
{{MLB Farm System
|level15 ='''[[Triple-A (baseball){{!}}|AAA]]'''
|team15 = '''[[Albuquerque Dukes]]'''
|league15 = '''[[Pacific Coast League]]'''
|manager15 = '''[[Tommy Lasorda]]'''
|level16 = '''[[Minor league baseball#Double-A (baseball)|AA]]'''
|team16 =''' [[El Paso Diablos|El Paso Dodgers]]'''
|league16 = '''[[Texas League]]'''
|manager16 = '''[[Monty Basgall]]<br>[[Stan Wasiak]]'''
|level17 = [[Minor league baseball#Class A league|A]]
|team17 = [[Bakersfield Blaze|Bakersfield Dodgers]]
|league17 =[[California League]]
|manager17 = [[Don LeJohn]]
|level18 = [[Minor league baseball#Class A league|A]]
|team18 = [[Daytona Beach Dodgers]]
|league18 = [[Florida State League]]
|manager18 =[[Stan Wasiak]]<br>[[Bob Shaw (baseball)|Bob Shaw]]
|level19 = [[Minor league baseball#Class A-Short Season|A-Short- Season A]]
|team19 = [[Spokane Indians]]
|league19 = [[Northwest League]]
|manager19 = [[Bill Berrier]]
|level20 = [[MinorRookie league baseball#RookieLeague|Rookie]]
|team20 = [[Lethbridge Expos|Ogden Dodgers]]
|league20 = [[Pioneer Baseball League (baseball)|Pioneer League]]
|manager20 = [[Gail Henley]]
}}
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Teams in '''BOLD''' won League Championships
 
==1972 Major League Baseball Draftdraft==
{{Main|1972 Major League Baseball Draftdraft}}
This was the eighth year of a [[Major League Baseball Draft]]. The Dodgers drafted 42 players in the June draft and eight in the January draft.
 
This was a weak draft class whose most notable player was [[Dennis Lewallyn]], a pitcher who played for the Dodgers and two other teams from 1975- to 1981 with a 4-44–4 record and 4.48 ERA. The top draft pick was shortstop John Harbin from [[Newberry College]] who played in only 83 games in the Dodgers farm system in 1972 and was quickly out of baseball.
 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; background:inherit"
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|
===January draft===
<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1972&draft_type=janreg& 19721 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase ]</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
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|
|Yes
| 1972–1974
| 1972-1974
| A
|-
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====January Secondary phase====
<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1972&draft_type=jansec& 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase ]</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
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| [[Chipola College]]
| Yes
|1972–1987
|1972-1987
| '''MLB'''
|-
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|[[Lafayette College]]
| Yes
| 1972–1976
| 1972-1976
| AAA
|-
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|-
|4
|[[Mike Siani (American football)|Mike Siani]]
|SS
|[[Villanova University]]
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===June draft===
<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1972&draft_type=junreg& 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Round
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|Cleo Smith
|1B
|[[Harry Ells High School|Ells High School]]
|Yes
|1972–1979
|1972-1979
|AAA
|-
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|[[Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri)|Hillcrest High School]]
|Yes
|1973–1981
|1973-1981
|'''MLB'''
|-
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|[[Iowa State University]]
|Yes
|1973–1978
|1973-1978
|AAA
|-
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|[[Chico Senior High School|Chico High School]]
|Yes
| 1972–1978
| 1972-1978
|AAA
|-
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|[[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]
|Yes
| 1972-19731972–1973
| A
|-
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|James Fleming
|SS
|[[List of high schools in New Jersey|St. Peter's High School]]
|Yes
| 1973–1976
| 1973-1976
| AA
|-
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|OF
|[[Saint Francis High School (Mountain View)|St. Francis High School]]
|No<br>[[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Angels]] -– 1975
| 1975–1978
| 1975-1978
| AA
|-
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|[[Magnolia High School (California)|Magnolia High School]]
|Yes
| 1972–1977
| 1972-1977
| AA
|-
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|[[Saint Mary's College of California]]
|Yes
| 1972–1974
| 1972-1974
| A
|-
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|[[Huntington University (United States)|Huntington University]]
|Yes
| 1972–1973
| 1972-1973
|A-
|-
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|[[University of California, Berkeley]]
|Yes
| 1972-19741972–1974
| AA
|-
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| [[Fontana High School]]
|Yes
|1972–1977
|1972-1977
|AA
|-
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|[[Apple Valley High School (California)|Apple Valley High School]]
|Yes
| 1975-19861975–1986
| '''MLB'''
|-
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|[[Lindbergh High School (Sappington, Missouri)|Lindbergh High School]]
|No<br>[[San Francisco Giants|Giants]]-1975
| 1975-19811975–1981
| AAA
|-
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|[[Merritt College]]
|Yes
|1972–1980
|1972-1980
| '''MLB'''
|-
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|[[Rollins College]]
|Yes
| 1972–1977
| 1972-1977
| AAA
|-
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|Leonard Wouters
|RHP
|[[Hampton BoysBays High School]]
|Yes
| 1972–1976
| 1972-1976
| A
|-
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|[[Azusa High School]]
|No<br>[[St. Louis Cardinals|Cardinals]]-1976
| 1976–1982
| 1976-1982
|AAA
|-
|21
|John FeeedmanFreedman
|3B
|[[Claremont High School (California)|Claremont High School]]
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|[[Maryvale High School (Phoenix, Arizona)|Maryvale High School]]
|Yes
| 1972-19771972–1977
| AAA
|-
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| [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh]]
|Yes
| 1972–1975
| 1972-1975
| A
|-
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|[[College of Marin]]
|Yes
| 1972-19731972–1973
| A-
|-
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|[[University of California, Davis]]
|Yes
| 1972–1973
| 1972-1973
| A
|-
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|[[Davis Senior High School (California)|Davis High School]]
|No<br>[[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]]-1973
| 1973-19781973–1978
| AA
|-
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| [[Amos Alonzo Stagg High School]]
|No<br>[[Montreal Expos|Expos]]-1974
| 1974–1984
| 1974-1984
| '''MLB'''
|-
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|[[Pacific High School (San Bernardino, California)|Pacific High School]]
|No <br>[[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]]-1975
| 1975-19761975–1976
| AA
|-
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|Tom Haley
|C
|[[Binger, Oklahoma|Binger High School]]
|No
|
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|[[Putnam City High School]]
|No<br>[[San Diego Padres|Padres]]-1976
| 1976–1988
| 1976-1988
| '''MLB'''
|-
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|[[Germantown Academy]]
|No<br>[[New York Yankees|Yankees]]-1976
| 1976-19811976–1981
| AAA
|}
 
====June secondary phase====
<ref>[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1972&draft_type=junsec& 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Round
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| [[Kansas State University]]
|Yes
| 1972–1977
| 1972-1977
|AAA
|-
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|[[Community College of Baltimore]]
|Yes
| 1972-19741972–1974
| A
|-
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== References ==
*[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1972.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
*[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1972&t=LAN Baseball Almanac season page]
 
== External links ==
{{Portal|Baseball|California}}
*[http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1972_losangeles.gif&Entryid=1210 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform]
*[http://www.Dodgers.com Los Angeles Dodgers official web site]
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