1972 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	John Holland
Managers	Leo Durocher, Whitey Lockman
Television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Radio	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
← 1971 Seasons 1973 →

The 1972 Chicago Cubs season was the 101st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 97th in the National League and the 57th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished second in the National League East with a record of 85–70.

Offseason

• November 29, 1971: Ken Holtzman was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Rick Monday.^[1]
• December 1, 1971: Ernie Banks was released by the Cubs.^[2]
• January 20, 1972: Johnny Callison was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Jack Aker to the Cubs on May 17.^[3]
• February 14, 1972: Julio González was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	59	0.619	—	49–29	47–30
Chicago Cubs	85	70	0.548	11	46–31	39–39
New York Mets	83	73	0.532	13½	41–37	42–36
St. Louis Cardinals	75	81	0.481	21½	40–37	35–44
Montreal Expos	70	86	0.449	26½	35–43	35–43
Philadelphia Phillies	59	97	0.378	37½	28–51	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7–1	9–9	7–7	7–8	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	6–11	7–11	6–6
Chicago	7–5–1	—	8–4	3–9	8–4	10–5	10–8	10–7	3–12	9–3	7–5	10–8
Cincinnati	9–9	4–8	—	11–6	9–5	8–4	8–4	10–2	8–4	8–10	10–5	10–2
Houston	7–7	9–3	6–11	—	7–11	8–4	6–6	9–3	3–9	12–2	13–5	4–8
Los Angeles	8–7	4–8	5–9	11–7	—	6–6	7–5	7–5	7–5	13–5	9–9	8–4
Montreal	8–4	5–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—	6–12	10–6	6–12	6–6	6–6	9–8
New York	5–7	8–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	12–6	—	13–5	8–6	7–5	8–4	7–9
Philadelphia	6-6	7–10	2–10	3–9	5–7	6–10	5–13	—	5–13	6–6	6–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	6–6	12–3	4–8	9–3	5–7	12–6	6–8	13–5	—	10–2	9–3	10–8
San Diego	11–6	3–9	10–8	2–12	5–13	6–6	5–7	6–6	2–10	—	4–10	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	5–7	5–10	5–13	9–9	6–6	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–4	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	8–10	2–10	8–4	4–8	8–9	9–7	7–8	8–10	8–4	7–5	—

Notable transactions

• August 18, 1972: Tommy Davis was traded by the Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles for Elrod Hendricks.^[5]

Draft picks

• June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft
  • Buddy Schultz was drafted by the Cubs in the 6th round.^[6]
  • Ray Burris was drafted by the Cubs in the 17th round. Player signed June 11, 1972.^[7]

Roster

1972 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 38 Jack Aker 33 Bill Bonham 34 Clint Compton 37 Joe Decker 40 Larry Gura 37 Steve Hamilton 49 Bill Hands 44 Burt Hooton 31 Ferguson Jenkins 30 Dan McGinn 32 Milt Pappas 36 Tom Phoebus 46 Juan Pizarro 27 Phil Regan 48 Rick Reuschel		Catchers 47 Frank Fernández 39 Elrod Hendricks  9 Randy Hundley 12 J. C. Martin 15 Ken Rudolph Infielders 18 Glenn Beckert 19 Pat Bourque 24 Tommy Davis 23 Carmen Fanzone 28 Jim Hickman 11 Don Kessinger 29 Al Montreuil  8 Joe Pepitone 22 Paul Popovich 17 Dave Rosello 10 Ron Santo 24 Art Shamsky		Outfielders  1 José Cardenal 16,21 Gene Hiser 24 Pete LaCock  7 Rick Monday 25 Billy North 27 Jim Tyrone 26 Billy Williams Other batters 17 Frank Coggins 20 Chris Ward		Manager  2 Leo Durocher 16 Whitey Lockman Coaches  4 Hank Aguirre (Bench) 14 Ernie Banks (First base)  3 Larry Jansen (Pitching)  5 Q. V. Lowe (Bullpen)  6 Pete Reiser (Third base)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Randy Hundley	114	357	78	.218	5	30
1B	Jim Hickman	115	368	100	.272	17	64
2B	Glenn Beckert	120	474	128	.270	3	43
SS	Don Kessinger	149	577	158	.274	1	39
3B	Ron Santo	133	464	140	.302	17	74
LF	Billy Williams	150	574	191	.333	37	122
CF	Rick Monday	138	434	108	.249	11	42
RF	José Cardenal	143	533	155	.291	17	70

Other batters

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

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Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Carmen Fanzone	86	222	50	.225	8	42
Joe Pepitone	66	214	56	.262	8	21
Paul Popovich	58	129	25	.194	1	11
Bill North	66	127	23	.181	0	4
Ken Rudolph	42	106	25	.236	2	9
J.C. Martin	25	50	12	.240	0	7
Gene Hiser	32	46	9	.196	0	4
Elrod Hendricks	17	43	5	.116	2	6
Pat Bourque	11	27	7	.259	0	5
Tommy Davis	15	26	7	.269	0	6
Art Shamsky	15	16	2	.125	0	1
Dave Rosello	5	12	3	.250	1	3
Al Montreuil	5	11	1	.091	0	0
Jim Tyrone	13	8	0	.000	0	0
Pete LaCock