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The 1972 Major League Baseball season was the first to have games cancelled by a player strike. It was also the last season in which American League pitchers would hit for themselves on a regular basis; the designated hitter rule would go into effect the following season.
October 24 – Jackie Robinson, 53, Hall of Fame second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers who broke Major League Baseball's color line in 1947 after beginning his professional career for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League; batted .311 in his ten-year National League career, leading the NL in batting average (.342) in 1949 ...
After their major-league debuts, many of these players appeared in professional leagues other than MLB. Included are multiple "bonus babies", who joined major-league rosters from 1947 to 1957 and from 1962 to 1965 under the bonus rule , which obligated major-league teams to keep players awarded large signing bonuses on their rosters for two ...
He made his MLB debut on September 5, 1972, at the age of 21, [3] batting 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a run batted in (RBI) in a 5–3 win over the Montreal Expos. [5] In his rookie season the following year, he replaced Joe Torre as the Cardinals' starting third baseman, with Torre returning to first base . [ 6 ]
In 2020, Major League Baseball designated the following seven Negro leagues from 1920–1948 as major leagues: [2] Negro National League I (NNL I) (1920–1931) Eastern Colored League (ECL) (1923–1928) American Negro League (ANL) (1929) East–West League (EWL) (1932) Negro Southern League (NSL) (1932) Negro National League II (NNL II) (1933 ...
The 1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the 43rd such game, was played on July 25, 1972. [1] The all-stars from the American League and the National League faced each other at Atlanta Stadium, home of the Atlanta Braves. The National League came away with a 4–3 win in 10 innings. [1]
Randall James "Randy" Moffitt (born October 13, 1948) is an American athlete. He was a baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays.Born in Long Beach, California, he is the younger brother of tennis star Billie Jean Moffitt King, [1] [2] and alumnus of Long Beach Polytechnic High School and California State University, Long Beach.
After his junior year, he was made the number one overall pick in the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft by the Padres on June 6. The following day, he signed with the Padres, and later that day made his major league debut, becoming the sixth player to go straight to the majors after being drafted without first playing in the minor leagues. [1]