Baseball on this Date - Monday May 15,1972

Games on 1972-05-15

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	2	California Angels	1	Box	Blue Moon Odom	Nolan Ryan	(none)
Minnesota Twins	3	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Wilbur Wood	Jim Perry	Terry Forster
Baltimore Orioles	3	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Jim Palmer	Les Cain	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Tom Burgmeier	Horacio Pina	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Houston Astros	8	Box	Dave Roberts	Tom Kelley	(none)
Montreal Expos	3	New York Mets	5	Box	Jon Matlack	John Strohmayer	Danny Frisella
Chicago Cubs	0	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Woodie Fryman	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Dock Ellis	Bob Gibson	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Jim Brewer	Mike Caldwell	Pete Mikkelsen

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	Cleveland Indians	22	14	8	.636	--	77	57	20	6-4	8-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	134	58	76	.433
2	5	9	Detroit Tigers	22	13	9	.591	1.0	89	62	27	7-5	6-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	134	73	61	.545
3	6	10	Baltimore Orioles	23	12	11	.522	2.5	73	71	2	2-7	10-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	131	68	63	.519
4	8	17	Boston Red Sox	20	8	12	.400	5.0	81	97	-16	5-7	3-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	135	77	58	.570
5	11	22	New York Yankees	22	8	14	.364	6.0	64	78	-14	3-10	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	133	71	62	.534
6	12	24	Milwaukee Brewers	20	6	14	.300	7.0	40	69	-29	4-8	2-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	136	59	77	.434
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Minnesota Twins	22	16	6	.727	--	103	55	48	9-4	7-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	132	61	71	.462
2	2	3	Oakland Athletics	21	14	7	.667	1.5	81	64	17	4-3	10-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	134	79	55	.590
3	4	6	Chicago White Sox	23	14	9	.609	2.5	80	73	7	2-8	12-1	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	131	73	58	.557
4	7	16	Texas Rangers	24	10	14	.417	7.0	73	94	-21	4-9	6-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	130	44	86	.338
5	9	18	Kansas City Royals	25	10	15	.400	7.5	72	74	-2	2-11	8-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	129	66	63	.512
6	10	20	California Angels	24	9	15	.375	8.0	60	99	-39	3-7	6-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	131	66	65	.504
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Mets	25	18	7	.720	--	93	88	5	7-3	11-4	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	131	65	66	.496
2	4	7	Philadelphia Phillies	25	15	10	.600	3.0	90	77	13	8-4	7-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	131	44	87	.336
3	5	11	Montreal Expos	25	13	12	.520	5.0	83	100	-17	6-6	7-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	131	57	74	.435
4	6	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	24	12	12	.500	5.5	112	110	2	7-5	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	131	84	47	.641
5	8	14	Chicago Cubs	24	11	13	.458	6.5	107	83	24	4-10	7-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	131	74	57	.565
6	11	21	St. Louis Cardinals	27	10	17	.370	9.0	99	115	-16	5-11	5-6	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	129	65	64	.504
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	27	17	10	.630	--	112	67	45	10-5	7-5	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	128	68	60	.531
2	3	8	Houston Astros	25	15	10	.600	1.0	128	111	17	8-4	7-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	128	69	59	.539
3	7	13	Cincinnati Reds	25	12	13	.480	4.0	117	124	-7	6-6	6-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	129	83	46	.643
4	9	15	San Diego Padres	27	12	15	.444	5.0	82	93	-11	6-5	6-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	126	46	80	.365
5	10	19	Atlanta Braves	26	10	16	.385	6.5	98	135	-37	5-8	5-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	128	60	68	.469
6	12	23	San Francisco Giants	28	9	19	.321	8.5	111	129	-18	7-8	2-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	127	60	67	.472

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Dwain Anderson	SS	24.174	Traded by Athletics to Cardinals for Don Shaw.
Don Shaw	P	28.082	Traded by Cardinals to Athletics for Dwain Anderson.
Gary Waslewski	P	30.298	Signed as Free Agent by Athletics.

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