| 1972 Texas Rangers | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | American League | |
| Division | West | |
| Ballpark | Arlington Stadium | |
| City | Arlington, Texas | |
| Owners | Bob Short | |
| General managers | Joe Burke | |
| Managers | Ted Williams | |
| Television | KDTV | |
| Radio | KRLD (Don Drysdale, Bill Mercer) | |
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The Texas Rangers 1972 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. This was the Rangers' first season in Texas, as well as the club's first year in the AL West, after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C., and from 1969 to 1971 in the American League East. The Rangers were dead last in batting in the major leagues with a .217 team batting average. They failed to record an extra-base hit in 38 of their 154 games, the most of any team in the live-ball era (1920 onwards).[1]