1972 Season
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1972 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jon Matlack
NYN
SP
22.5
19
6.0
21.7
13.3
2 Dave Rader
SFN
C
23.5
4
1.6
10.6
-1.1
3 John Milner
NYN
LF
22.5
1
1.5
14.8
7.1
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jon Matlack
NYN
SP
22.5
19
6.0
21.7
13.3
2 Dusty Baker
ATL
CF
23.0
5.2
22.9
12.5
3 Burt Hooton
CHN
SP
22.4
4.9
16.6
9.1
4 Jim Barr
SFN
SP
24.4
3.1
11.2
4.4
5 Rick Reuschel
CHN
SP
23.1
2.8
10.5
6.0
6 Jim Willoughby
SFN
SP
23.4
2.8
7.0
4.0
7 Scipio Spinks
SLN
SP
25.0
2.5
9.6
5.6
8 Garry Maddox
SFN
CF
22.8
1.9
13.3
3.5
9 Greg Luzinski
PHI
LF
21.6
1.6
15.9
4.7
10 Dave Kingman
SFN
3B
23.5
1.6
14.6
4.6
11 Dave Rader
SFN
C
23.5
4
1.6
10.6
-1.1
12 John Milner
NYN
LF
22.5
1
1.5
14.8
7.1
13 Lee Lacy
LAN
2B
24.2
1.5
5.6
-0.0
14 Ron Schueler
ATL
SP
24.2
1.3
8.4
3.0
15 Ed Goodson
SFN
1B
24.4
1.1
3.4
0.6
16 Balor Moore
MON
SP
21.4
1.1
9.6
4.6
17 Steve Yeager
LAN
C
23.6
1.0
4.8
1.8
18 Milt May
PIT
C
21.9
0.9
4.9
1.5
19 Carmen Fanzone
CHN
3B
28.8
0.8
5.8
0.6
20 Larvell Blanks
ATL
2B
22.4
0.8
3.8
1.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1972 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Carlton Fisk
BOS
C
24.5
24
7.3
32.1
19.5
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Carlton Fisk
BOS
C
24.5
24
7.3
32.1
19.5
2 Bobby Grich
BAL
SS
23.5
6.0
22.4
10.4
3 Terry Forster
CHA
RP
20.5
3.9
17.6
12.8
4 Bobby Darwin
MIN
CF
29.4
2.9
17.6
5.9
5 Dick Tidrow
CLE
SP
25.1
2.7
17.7
9.5
6 Frank Duffy
CLE
SS
25.7
2.4
9.2
-1.3
7 Don Baylor
BAL
RF
23.0
2.3
12.8
5.8
8 Roric Harrison
BAL
RP
25.8
2.1
7.7
3.4
9 Buddy Bell
CLE
RF
20.8
2.0
13.3
2.9
10 Leroy Stanton
CAL
RF
26.2
2.0
12.6
4.1
11 Chuck Seelbach
DET
RP
24.3
1.8
10.9
5.8
12 Jack Brohamer
CLE
2B
22.3
1.7
10.2
-2.5
13 Cy Acosta
CHA
RP
25.6
1.6
5.5
3.8
14 Jerry Bell
ML4
RP
24.7
1.6
7.4
4.4
15 Johnny Oates
BAL
C
26.4
1.5
11.0
4.0
16 Steve Brye
MIN
LF
23.4
1.4
6.1
0.6
17 Lynn McGlothen
BOS
SP
22.3
1.4
6.7
1.8
18 John Curtis
BOS
SP
24.3
1.4
7.2
1.8
19 Steve Busby
KCA
SP
22.8
1.3
4.1
2.8
20 Eric Soderholm
MIN
3B
23.8
1.2
4.6
-2.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James