1972 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1972 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
85-70, Finished 2nd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 685 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-64
Managed by Leo Durocher and Whitey Lockman

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,299,163 (7th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 110
  (one-year): Batting - 113, Pitching - 111
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Randy Hundley       30  114  357   23   78  12  0   5   30  22   62  .218  .261  .294   1   0  15   0   4   4  10   52
1B  Jim Hickman         35  115  368   65  100  15  2  17   64  52   64  .272  .364  .462   3   1   7   2   2   1   3  125
2B  Glenn Beckert       31  120  474   51  128  22  2   3   43  23   17  .270  .304  .344   2   1  16   2   7   4   1   77
3B  Ron Santo           32  133  464   68  140  25  5  17   74  69   75  .302  .391  .487   1   4  13   4   2   8   5  139
SS #Don Kessinger       29  149  577   77  158  20  6   1   39  67   44  .274  .351  .334   8   7  11   2  13   1   8   89
LF *Billy Williams      34  150  574   95  191  34  6  37  122  62   59  .333  .398  .606   3   1  14   6   0   8  20  172
CF *Rick Monday         26  138  434   68  108  22  5  11   42  78  102  .249  .362  .399  12   9   4   1   3   4   8  108
RF  Jose Cardenal       28  143  533   96  155  24  6  17   70  55   58  .291  .356  .454  25  14  15   1   1   3   3  121
    Carmen Fanzone      28   86  222   26   50  11  0   8   42  35   45  .225  .333  .383   2   3   7   3   0   4   6   96
   *Joe Pepitone        31   66  214   23   56   5  0   8   21  13   22  .262  .309  .397   1   2   4   3   0   3   4   92
   #Paul Popovich       31   58  129    8   25   3  2   1   11  12    8  .194  .261  .271   0   1   4   0   0   1   2   46
   #Billy North         24   66  127   22   23   2  3   0    4  13   33  .181  .262  .244   6   0   2   1   1   0   1   40
    Ken Rudolph         25   42  106   10   25   1  1   2    9   6   14  .236  .283  .321   1   2   4   1   3   0   0   65
   *J.C. Martin         35   25   50    3   12   3  0   0    7   5    9  .240  .304  .300   1   0   3   0   1   1   1   66
   *Gene Hiser          23   32   46    2    9   0  0   0    4   6    8  .196  .288  .196   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   35
   *Ellie Hendricks     31   17   43    7    5   1  0   2    6  13    8  .116  .321  .279   0   1   1   0   0   0   6   66
   *Pat Bourque         25   11   27    3    7   1  0   0    5   2    2  .259  .310  .296   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   67
    Tommy Davis         33   15   26    3    7   1  0   0    6   2    3  .269  .321  .308   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   73
   *Art Shamsky         30   15   16    1    2   0  0   0    1   3    3  .125  .263  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
    Dave Rosello        22    5   12    2    3   0  0   1    3   3    2  .250  .400  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  145
    Al Montreuil        28    5   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .091  .167  .091   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -28
    Jim Tyrone          23   13    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Pete LaCock         20    5    6    3    3   0  0   0    4   0    1  .500  .429  .500   1   0   0   0   0   1   0  154
    Frank Fernandez     29    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Frank Coggins       28    6    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   48
   *Chris Ward          23    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Fergie Jenkins      29   36  109    8   20   1  1   1    8   5   34  .183  .219  .239   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   25
    Burt Hooton         22   33   72    4    9   1  0   1    6   4   37  .125  .171  .181   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   -4
    Milt Pappas         33   29   68    5   13   1  0   1    8   2   33  .191  .236  .250   0   0   0   2   4   0   0   33
    Bill Hands          32   32   57    1    1   0  0   0    0   5   30  .018  .097  .018   0   0   2   0   4   0   0  -67
    Rick Reuschel       23   21   44    3    6   1  0   0    3   2   15  .136  .174  .159   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   -8
   *Juan Pizarro        35   16   21    2    3   0  0   0    0   1    3  .143  .182  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10
    Tom Phoebus         30   38   15    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .133  .133  .133   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -27
    Bill Bonham         23   19   14    3    4   0  0   0    1   2    3  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   83
   *Dan McGinn          28   43    8    0    2   0  1   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  101
    Jack Aker           31   48    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -58
    Joe Decker          25    5    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 -100
   #Larry Gura          24    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Steve Hamilton      36   22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  156 5247  685 1346 206 40 133  634 565  815  .257  .329  .387  69  47 126  28  67  43  78  103
    Rank among 12 NL teams         7    4    6   6  4   4        3    9     5     1     3   7   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Fergie Jenkins      29  36   3.20  20  12  0  36   0  23   5  289.3  253  111  103  32   62  184 1176   3   7  1   7 119
SP  Burt Hooton         22  33   2.80  11  14  0  31   1   9   3  218.3  201   78   68  13   81  132  916   8   1  0   7 136
SP  Bill Hands          32  32   3.00  11   8  0  28   3   6   3  189.0  168   73   63  12   47   96  770   1   2  1   7 127
SP  Milt Pappas         33  29   2.77  17   7  0  28   0  10   3  195.0  187   72   60  18   29   80  791   2   8  0   3 137
SP  Rick Reuschel       23  21   2.93  10   8  0  18   1   5   4  129.0  127   46   42   3   29   87  527   1   2  2   6 130

CL  Jack Aker           31  48   2.96   6   6 17   0  39   0   0   67.0   65   31   22   4   23   36  289   1   5  0   5 129
RP *Dan McGinn          28  42   5.89   0   5  4   2  19   0   0   62.7   78   46   41   5   29   42  297   4   4  0   6  65
RP  Tom Phoebus         30  37   3.78   3   3  6   1  10   0   0   83.3   76   40   35   9   45   59  362   6   2  0   4 101
RP *Steve Hamilton      36  22   4.76   1   0  0   0  12   0   0   17.0   24    9    9   1    8   13   84   1   1  0   3  80
RP  Bill Bonham         23  19   3.12   1   1  4   4   8   0   0   57.7   56   22   20   4   25   49  245   2   1  0   2 122

   *Juan Pizarro        35  16   3.94   4   5  1   7   4   1   0   59.3   66   28   26   7   32   24  264   2   1  0   5  96
    Joe Decker          25   5   2.13   1   0  0   1   1   0   0   12.7    9    3    3   1    4    7   52   0   0  0   0 178
   *Larry Gura          24   7   3.65   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   12.3   11    5    5   3    3   13   49   1   0  0   1 104
    Phil Regan          35   5   2.25   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    6    1    1   0    2    2   17   0   0  0   0 169
   *Clint Compton       21   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    2    2   0    2    0    9   0   0  0   0  42
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 156   3.22  85  70 32 156 102  54  19 1398.0 1329  567  500 112  421  824 5848  32  34  4  56 118
    Rank among 12 NL teams          4   3   8  4           2   2      9    9    4        5    1    9

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RHundley 893 99 113 569 53 3 7 .995 6 20 59 26 KRudolph 283 32 41 178 23 7 2 .966 4 7 13 15 EHendricks 118 13 16 83 7 2 1 .978 2 3 9 4 JMartin 101 12 17 60 4 2 1 .970 0 2 14 1 FFernandez 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1398 156 156 891 87 14 11 .986 12 32 95 46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHickman 628 69 77 670 70 6 61 .992 10.60 JPepitone 482 54 66 552 31 2 51 .997 10.88 CFanzone 150 17 21 187 5 1 12 .995 11.52 PBourque 56 6 7 57 6 0 8 1.000 10.12 BWilliams 43 5 5 42 4 0 5 1.000 9.63 AShamsky 21 2 4 30 1 0 1 1.000 13.29 TDavis 18 3 3 27 1 0 0 1.000 14.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 1565 118 9 138 .995 10.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBeckert 1017 117 118 256 396 16 71 .976 5.77 PPopovich 225 22 36 59 98 3 22 .981 6.28 CFanzone 104 12 13 26 43 0 2 1.000 5.95 AMontreuil 30 3 5 8 8 0 1 1.000 4.69 RSanto 21 2 3 9 8 1 4 .944 7.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 358 553 20 100 .979 5.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .945 *2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 1116 128 129 108 274 21 19 .948 3.08 CFanzone 280 28 36 29 67 8 7 .923 3.08 PPopovich 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 137 341 29 26 .943 3.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *5.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKessinger 1290 145 146 259 504 28 90 .965 5.32 PPopovich 69 8 8 18 29 1 8 .979 6.10 DRosello 35 3 5 11 11 4 4 .846 5.66 RSanto 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 CFanzone 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 289 544 33 102 .962 5.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 1254 142 144 231 9 4 0 .984 1.72 JCardenal 56 6 8 13 1 1 0 .933 2.25 BNorth 25 2 9 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.52 GHiser 17 1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.12 JTyrone 13 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 JHickman 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 RSanto 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 CFanzone 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 TDavis 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 264 12 5 1 .982 1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMonday 1088 121 132 266 5 1 2 .996 2.24 BNorth 156 15 26 39 1 1 0 .976 2.31 JCardenal 138 19 19 28 0 2 0 .933 1.83 GHiser 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 333 7 4 2 .988 2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCardenal 1004 110 123 182 9 5 1 .974 1.71 JHickman 193 26 26 39 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 BNorth 92 9 15 15 1 1 1 .941 1.56 GHiser 66 7 9 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.59 RMonday 18 2 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.46 PLaCock 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 TDavis 8 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 JTyrone 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 262 11 7 2 .975 1.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWilliams 1254 142 144 233 9 4 0 .984 1.74 JCardenal 1198 135 137 223 11 7 1 .971 1.76 RMonday 1107 123 134 268 6 1 2 .996 2.23 BNorth 273 26 48 61 3 3 1 .955 2.11 JHickman 202 27 27 38 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 GHiser 99 9 15 21 2 0 1 1.000 2.09 TDavis 15 2 2 4 0 1 0 .800 2.40 JTyrone 15 1 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 4.20 PLaCock 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 RSanto 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 CFanzone 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1398 156 156 858 32 16 5 .982 1.91 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FJenkins 289 36 36 28 50 2 2 .975 2.43 BHooton 218 31 33 13 35 1 2 .980 1.98 MPappas 195 28 29 20 27 0 2 1.000 2.17 BHands 189 28 32 12 21 5 1 .868 1.57 RReuschel 129 18 21 9 15 1 1 .960 1.67 TPhoebus 83 1 37 6 13 0 2 1.000 2.05 JAker 67 0 48 2 18 1 3 .952 2.69 DMcGinn 62 2 42 2 6 1 0 .889 1.15 JPizarro 59 7 16 2 15 0 1 1.000 2.58 BBonham 57 4 19 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.87 SHamilton 17 0 22 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06 JDecker 12 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 LGura 12 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.20 PRegan 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CCompton 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1398 156 156 98 214 11 14 .966 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Williams .333

On-base % Williams .398

Slugging % Williams .606

OPS Williams 1.004

Games Williams 150

At Bats Kessinger 577

Plate Appearances (approx.) Kessinger 660

Runs Cardenal 96

Hits Williams 191

Total Bases Williams 348

Doubles Williams 34

Triples Cardenal, Kessinger, and Williams 6

Home Runs Williams 37

RBI Williams 122

Bases on Balls Monday 78

Strikeouts Monday 102

Stolen Bases Cardenal 25

Singles Kessinger 131

Adjusted OPS+ Williams 172

Runs Created Williams 137

Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 56

Batting Wins Williams 5.7

Extra-Base Hits Williams 77

Times on Base Williams 259

Offensive Win% Williams .815

Hit By Pitch Williams 6

Sac. Hits Kessinger 13

Sac. Flies Santo and Williams 8

Intentional Walks Williams 20

Grounded into Double Plays Beckert 16

Caught Stealing Cardenal 14

Power/Speed Number Cardenal 20.2

At Bats per Strikeout Beckert 27.9

At Bats per Home Run Williams 15.5

Outs Kessinger 451

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Pappas 2.77

Wins Jenkins 20

Won-Loss % Pappas .708

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jenkins 1.089

Hits Allowed/9IP Jenkins 7.87

Bases on Balls/9IP Pappas 1.34

Strikeouts/9IP Jenkins 5.72

Games Aker 48

Saves Aker 17

Innings Jenkins 289.3

Strikeouts Jenkins 184

Games Started Jenkins 36

Comp. Games Jenkins 23

Shutouts Jenkins 5

Home Runs Allow. Jenkins 32

Bases On Balls Allow. Hooton 81

Hits Allowed Jenkins 253

SO to Walk Jenkins 2.97

Losses Hooton 14

Earned Runs Allow. Jenkins 103

Wild Pitches Hooton 8

Hit Batsmen Pappas 8

Batters Faced Jenkins 1176

Games Finished Aker 39

Adjusted ERA+ Pappas 137

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Glenn Beckert
Fergie Jenkins
Don Kessinger (Starting SS)
Ron Santo
Billy Williams

1971/1973

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