1972 Atlanta Braves

70-84 • .455 Win% • 4th in NL W

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
84 Losses
.455 Win %
4th Rank
628 R 730 RA
Diff -102

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628 Runs Scored
730 Runs Allowed
-102 Run Diff
752K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 4% above the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .328 4% above the 1972 league average (.314)
SLG .381 5% above the 1972 league average (.364)
Team ERA 4.27 24% worse than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 628 4% above the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 752,970
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Avg per Game 9,653

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1972

Batting Avg

1 Larvell Blanks 0.329 2 Ralph Garr 0.325 3 Dusty Baker 0.321 4 Orlando Cepeda 0.298 5 Rico Carty 0.277

Home Runs

1 Hank Aaron 34 2 Earl Williams 28 3 Darrell Evans 19 4 Dusty Baker 17 5 Ralph Garr 12

RBI

1 Earl Williams 87 2 Hank Aaron 77 3 Dusty Baker 76 4 Darrell Evans 71 5 Ralph Garr 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Earl Williams 151 565 72 146 24 2 28 87 62 118 0 0.258
Ralph Garr 134 554 87 180 22 0 12 53 25 41 25 0.325
Felix Millan 125 498 46 128 19 3 1 38 23 28 6 0.257
Marty Perez 141 479 33 109 13 1 1 28 30 55 0 0.228
Hank Aaron 129 449 75 119 10 0 34 77 92 55 4 0.265
Dusty Baker 127 446 62 143 27 2 17 76 45 68 4 0.321
Darrell Evans 125 418 67 106 12 0 19 71 90 58 4 0.254
Mike Lum 123 369 40 84 14 2 9 38 50 52 1 0.228
Rico Carty 86 271 31 75 12 2 6 29 44 33 0 0.277
Oscar Brown 76 164 19 37 5 1 3 16 4 29 0 0.226
Paul Casanova 49 136 8 28 3 0 2 10 4 28 0 0.206
Sonny Jackson 60 126 20 30 6 3 0 8 7 9 1 0.238
Phil Niekro 38 93 7 18 1 0 1 4 1 22 0 0.194
Larvell Blanks 33 85 10 28 5 0 1 7 7 12 0 0.329
Jim Breazeale 52 85 10 21 2 0 5 17 6 12 0 0.247
Orlando Cepeda 28 84 6 25 3 0 4 9 7 17 0 0.298
Gil Garrido 40 75 11 20 1 0 0 7 11 6 1 0.267
Ron Reed 31 73 5 13 1 0 0 5 0 21 0 0.178
Ron Schueler 37 42 1 8 1 0 0 0 1 17 0 0.190
Bob Didier 13 40 5 12 2 1 0 5 2 4 0 0.300
Rod Gilbreath 18 38 2 9 1 0 0 1 2 10 1 0.237
Tom Kelley 27 34 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.088
George Stone 33 25 2 5 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 0.200
Pat Jarvis 37 24 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.125
Mike McQueen 23 23 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.087
Jim Hardin 26 21 3 2 0 0 1 1 5 12 0 0.095
Jimmy Freeman 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.077
Denny McLain 15 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.167
Jim Nash 11 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.222
Cecil Upshaw 42 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Steve Barber 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Rowland Office 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.400
Joe Hoerner 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Gary Neibauer 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Tom House 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Larry Jaster 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1972

ERA

1 Phil Niekro 3.06 2 Ron Schueler 3.67 3 Cecil Upshaw 3.69 4 Ron Reed 3.93 5 Pat Jarvis 4.10

Wins

1 Phil Niekro 16 2 Pat Jarvis 11 3 Ron Reed 11 4 George Stone 6 5 Jim Hardin 5

Strikeouts

1 Phil Niekro 164 2 Ron Reed 111 3 Ron Schueler 96 4 George Stone 63 5 Tom Kelley 59
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Phil Niekro 16 12 3.06 38 36 0 282.1 254 96 53 164
Ron Reed 11 15 3.93 31 30 0 213.0 222 93 60 111
Ron Schueler 5 8 3.67 37 18 2 144.2 122 59 60 96
Tom Kelley 5 7 4.56 27 14 0 116.1 122 59 65 59
George Stone 6 11 5.51 31 16 1 111.0 143 68 44 63
Pat Jarvis 11 7 4.10 37 6 2 98.2 94 45 44 56
Jim Hardin 5 2 4.41 26 9 2 79.2 93 39 24 25
Mike McQueen 0 5 4.60 23 7 1 78.1 79 40 44 40
Denny McLain 3 5 6.50 15 8 1 54.0 60 39 18 21
Cecil Upshaw 3 5 3.69 42 0 13 53.2 50 22 19 23
Jimmy Freeman 2 2 6.00 6 6 0 36.0 40 24 22 18
Jim Nash 1 1 5.46 11 4 1 31.1 35 19 25 10
Joe Hoerner 1 3 6.56 25 0 2 23.1 34 17 8 19
Gary Neibauer 0 0 7.27 8 0 0 17.1 27 14 6 8
Steve Barber 0 0 5.74 5 0 0 15.2 18 10 6 6
Larry Jaster 1 1 5.11 5 1 0 12.1 12 7 8 6
Tom House 0 0 2.89 8 0 2 9.1 7 3 6 7

👥 Roster (36)

Hank Aaron Dusty Baker Steve Barber Larvell Blanks Jim Breazeale Oscar Brown Rico Carty Paul Casanova Orlando Cepeda Bob Didier Darrell Evans Jimmy Freeman +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1972 Atlanta Braves

What was the 1972 Atlanta Braves record?
The 1972 Atlanta Braves finished 70-84 (.455 win pct).
Who led the 1972 Atlanta Braves in home runs?
Hank Aaron led the 1972 Atlanta Braves with 34 home runs.
What was the 1972 Atlanta Braves team ERA?
The 1972 Atlanta Braves posted a team ERA of 4.27.
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