1972 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1972
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = Western Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Arlington Stadium
y4 = 1972
city = Arlington, Texas
y5 = 1972
owners = Bob Short
managers = Ted Williams
television = KDTV
radio =KRLD
(Don Drysdale, Bill Mercer)|

The Texas Rangers 1972 season involved the Rangers finishing 6th in the American League west with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. This was the Rangers first season in Texas, as they played their first 11 years in Washington D.C.

Offseason

*December 2, 1971: Paul Casanova was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Hal King. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/casanpa01.shtml Paul Casanova page on Baseball Reference] ]
* March 4, 1972: Denny McLain was traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mclaide01.shtml Denny McLain page on Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

Opening Day Roster

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

The First Game

The Rangers played their first game against the California Angels on April 15, 1972.

eason standings

Transactions

*June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball Draft
**Brian Doyle was drafted by the Rangers in the 4th round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/doylebr01.shtml Brian Doyle page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Jim Sundberg was drafted by the Rangers in the 8th round, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sundbji01.shtml Jim Sundberg page at Baseball Reference] ]
*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrivi01.shtml Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 31, 1972: Frank Howard was purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Texas Rangers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarfr01.shtml]
*September 7, 1972: Rich Hinton was purchased by the Rangers from the New York Yankees. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hintori01.shtml Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1972.shtml 1972 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1972&t=TEX 1972 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]