1972 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1972
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = Tom Yawkey
general managers = Dick O'Connell
managers = Eddie Kasko
television = WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
(Ken Coleman, Johnny Pesky)
radio = WHDH-AM 850
(Ned Martin, Dave Martin, John McLain)|

The by|1972 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 70 losses. A two-week strike and a rainout cost the Sox a chance to win the AL East, as the Tigers played one more game and finished 86-70.

Offseason

*October 10, 1971: Jim Lonborg was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Don Pavletich, and George Scott to the Milwaukee Brewers for Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse, Tommy Harper, and Pat Skrable (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lonboji01.shtml Jim Lonborg Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*June 6, 1972: Don Aase was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1972 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aasedo01.shtml Don Aase Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Louisville Colonels (International League; Darrell Johnson, manager)
* Class AA: Pawtucket Red Sox (Eastern League; Don Lock, manager)
* Class A: Winston-Salem Red Sox (Carolina League; Rac Slider, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; John Butler, manager)
* Class SS-A: Williamsport Red Sox (New York-Penn League; Dick Berardino, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1972.shtml 1972 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1972&t=BOS 1972 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]