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1972 Atlanta Braves season

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Record
  
70–84 (.455)

Owner(s)
  
William Bartholomay

Divisional place
  
4th

Local television
  
WSB-TV

General manager(s)
  
Paul Richards, Eddie Robinson

Manager(s)
  
Lum Harris, Eddie Mathews

Offseason

  • December 2, 1971: Hal King was traded by the Braves to the Texas Rangers for Paul Casanova.

    • Notable transactions

  • May 11, 1972: Steve Barber was released by the Braves.
  • June 6, 1972: Preston Hanna was drafted by the Braves in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.
  • June 15, 1972: Jim Nash and Gary Neibauer were traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Andre Thornton and Joe Hoerner.
  • June 29, 1972: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the Braves to the Oakland Athletics for Denny McLain.

    • Front-office and managerial turnover

    The 1972 Braves' 70–84 season, following on the heels of a hopeful, 82–80 mark in 1971, resulted in the in-season firings of both general manager Paul Richards, on the job since January 1967, and field manager Luman Harris, who was in the midst of his fifth season as the team's skipper. Richards and Harris were a management team that had worked in tandem for 22 years with the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros before coming to the Braves.

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    Atlanta was 18–22 on June 1 when Richards was demoted from GM to special assignment scout; his replacement was another longtime associate, Eddie Robinson, 51, the director of the club's farm system. Harris was fired August 6, with the Braves standing at 47–57 (.452), in fourth place in the NL West Division and 16 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. His successor was another internal hire, Eddie Mathews, 40, the team's first-base coach and perennial All-Star third baseman from its glory days in Milwaukee during the 1950s.

    Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    References

    1972 Atlanta Braves season Wikipedia
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