1972 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1972
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League West
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Comiskey Park
y4 = 1910
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
managers = Chuck Tanner
television = WFLD
(Bud Kelly, Jack Drees)
radio =WMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Ralph Faucher) |The 1972 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 73rd season. They finished with a record 87-67, good enough for 2nd place in the American League West, 5.5 games behind of the 1st place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

* December 2, 1971: Tommy John and Steve Huntz were traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dick Allen. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnto01.shtml Tommy John page at Baseball Reference] ]
* December 2, 1971: Rich McKinney was traded by the White Sox by the New York Yankees for Stan Bahnsen. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mckinri01.shtml Rich McKinney page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

On July 31, Dick Allen hit two inside the park home runs in one game against the Minnesota Twins. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

1972 Opening Day Lineup

*Walt Williams, rf
*Mike Andrews, 2b
*Dick Allen, 1b
*Bill Melton, 3b
*Carlos May, lf
*Rick Reichardt, cf
*Ed Herrmann, c
*Luis Alvarado, ss
*Wilbur Wood, p

Notable transactions

*June 6, 1972: Nyls Nyman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nymanny01.shtml Nyls Nyman page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and records

*Wilbur Wood, American League leader, Games Started (49) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.104, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1972.shtml 1972 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]