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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Agee, Tommie 70 256 36 66 17 0 7 33 32 3 57 2 1 2 6 5 .258 104 .406 .342 Beauchamp, Jim 29 57 3 11 0 0 0 5 1 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 .193 11 .193 .200 Boswell, Ken 62 207 12 33 2 1 4 13 19 1 19 1 6 0 0 1 .159 49 .237 .229 Capra, Buzz 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 .250 .400 Dyer, Duffy 49 166 22 40 9 0 7 22 15 5 42 1 2 2 0 1 .241 70 .422 .310 Fregosi, Jim 79 282 26 65 10 4 5 28 27 1 50 1 2 1 0 1 .230 98 .348 .299 Frisella, Danny 26 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Garrett, Wayne 61 149 18 30 6 1 1 16 40 3 31 2 3 0 2 1 .201 41 .275 .366 Gentry, Gary 21 40 2 5 1 0 0 3 4 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 .125 6 .150 .205 Grote, Jerry 57 181 11 37 5 1 3 17 23 8 21 3 4 2 1 0 .204 53 .293 .297 Hahn, Don 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .143 Harrelson, Bud 88 320 43 63 7 4 1 18 48 2 49 4 7 3 10 3 .197 81 .253 .304 Jones, Cleon 68 246 24 67 9 1 3 32 18 4 56 3 0 4 1 4 .272 87 .354 .328 Koosman, Jerry 23 31 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 5 0 0 0 .097 3 .097 .097 Kranepool, Ed 72 185 13 42 5 0 5 15 22 9 24 2 1 0 1 0 .227 62 .335 .306 Marshall, Dave 38 87 7 21 3 0 2 6 9 0 17 0 0 1 0 2 .241 30 .345 .320 Martinez, Ted 65 226 16 52 2 5 0 8 9 0 32 0 3 0 3 3 .230 64 .283 .260 Matlack, Jon 22 51 4 8 1 0 0 2 6 0 26 0 4 0 0 0 .157 9 .176 .246 Mays, Willie 50 141 23 40 6 1 5 16 36 4 29 0 1 0 1 5 .284 63 .447 .429 McAndrew, Jim 17 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 .038 1 .038 .074 McGraw, Tug 30 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .083 1 .083 .154 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Milner, John 70 200 26 50 8 1 8 20 21 0 41 0 4 4 0 0 .250 84 .420 .333 Rauch, Bob 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Sadecki, Ray 17 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .167 1 .167 .167 Schneck, Dave 18 74 5 16 3 1 2 5 5 2 13 0 0 1 0 0 .216 27 .365 .275 Seaver, Tom 23 55 3 8 2 0 2 2 5 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 .145 16 .291 .217 Staub, Rusty 57 212 30 63 10 0 9 36 27 7 12 4 1 2 0 1 .297 100 .472 .376 Strom, Brent 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Sudakis, Bill 8 25 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .080 2 .080 .179 Taylor, Chuck 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Pitching Statistics as of August 5, 1972

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Capra, Buzz 14 53 3 2 .600 50 27 27 45 27 6 0 0 0 4.58 Frisella, Danny 26 45 4 6 .400 36 14 13 30 10 0 0 0 7 2.60 Gentry, Gary 21 133.1 5 8 .385 121 61 56 94 58 21 3 0 0 3.78 Koosman, Jerry 23 109.1 7 7 .500 97 52 46 103 33 15 2 1 1 3.79 Matlack, Jon 22 158.1 10 5 .667 131 45 36 101 44 20 5 3 0 2.05 McAndrew, Jim 17 90.1 7 3 .700 73 28 27 52 24 12 3 0 1 2.69 McGraw, Tug 30 68.2 4 4 .500 52 18 14 60 22 0 0 0 15 1.83 Rauch, Bob 5 5.1 0 1 .000 3 2 2 5 8 0 0 0 0 3.38 Sadecki, Ray 17 34.2 2 0 1.000 34 14 12 19 14 2 0 0 0 3.12 Seaver, Tom 22 167 12 9 .571 147 66 60 145 52 22 9 2 0 3.23 Strom, Brent 1 6.2 0 0 .000 2 2 1 7 4 1 0 0 0 1.35 Taylor, Chuck 20 31 0 0 .000 44 19 19 9 9 0 0 0 2 5.52

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