1972

1972 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1972.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Hankyu Braves (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Hankyu Braves (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• European Cup: Glen Grant Nettuno, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Sparta Rotterdam
  • Serie A1: Montenegro Bologna

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Oakland Athletics (AL) over the Cincinnati Reds (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Oakland Athletics (Details)
    • National League: Cincinnati Reds (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • World Baseball Championship: Caribbean All-Stars (Details)
  • American Association: Evansville Triplets (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bristol Tigers
  • California League: Modesto Reds
  • Carolina League: Salem Pirates
  • Eastern League: West Haven Yankees
  • Florida East Coast League: Melbourne Reds
  • Florida State League: Miami Orioles
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Cubs
  • International League: Tidewater Tides (Details)
  • Mexican Center League: Aguascalientes Tigres
  • Midwest League: Danville Warriors
  • New York-Penn League: Niagara Falls Pirates
  • Northwest League: Lewiston Broncs
  • Pacific Coast League: Albuquerque Dukes (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
  • Southern League: Montgomery Rebels
  • Texas League: El Paso Sun Dodgers
  • Western Carolinas League: Spartanburg Phillies

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Cafeteros de Córdoba defeated the Saraperos de Saltillo in the finals, 4 - 2

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Azucareros (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Leones de Ponce (Puerto Rico) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 5 - 3
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Algodoneros de Guasave
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Leones de Ponce
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tigres de Aragua defeated the Tiburones de La Guaira in the finals, 4 - 3

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Southern California defeated Arizona State University in the finals, 1 - 0 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Florida Southern College over the San Fernando Valley State College, 5 - 1 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: The University of La Verne over the David Lipscomb University, 4 - 1 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Mesa Community College
• Community College League of California: Fresno City College over Long Beach City College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Alaska Goldpanners (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Kansai University defeated the Keio University in the final, 1 - 0 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School (Tokyo) defeat The Third High School of Nihon University (Tokyo), 5 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Tsukumi High School (Oita) defeat Yanai High School (Yamaguchi), 3 - 1 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan) defeat Edison (Hammond, IN), 6 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Nicaragua (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Boys of Summer, by Roger Kahn
• The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, by Matt Christopher
• The Summer Game, by Roger Angell

Song

• St. Louis Browns, by Skip Battin

Births

Further information: Births in 1972

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1972

Further Reading

• John Owens and David J. Fletcher: Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, The 1972 White Sox and A Transforming Chicago, Eckhartz Press, Chicago, IL, 2022.