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Tuesday, May 23,1972

Tuesday, May 23,1972

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Baltimore Orioles  5 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Lee Doyle Alexander -- 14,552 3:07
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Detroit Tigers  0 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jim Lonborg Joe Coleman -- 11,620 2:04
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Cleveland Indians  3 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Gaylord Perry Mel Stottlemyre -- 10,677 2:19
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 California Angels  2 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Rollie Fingers Eddie Fisher -- 2,860 2:05
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Chicago White Sox  2 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Stan Bahnsen Gerry Janeski Steve Kealey 7,815 2:21
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 New York Mets  1 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fergie Jenkins Tug McGraw -- 16,285 1:56
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Atlanta Braves  2 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Phil Niekro Jim McGlothlin -- 13,784 2:11
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 San Francisco Giants  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  8 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Sutton John Cumberland -- 25,562 2:24
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Montreal Expos  6 box | pbp Parc Jarry Bill Stoneman Dick Selma -- 12,757 2:13
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Houston Astros  7 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Tom Griffin Clay Kirby -- 0 2:30
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Houston Astros  2 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Ken Forsch Bill Greif -- 9,766 2:33
1972 reg season 1972-05-23 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Steve Blass Reggie Cleveland Ramon Hernandez 11,795 2:17
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 28 18 10 .643 0.0 87 68 19 W1 9-5 9-5 1 3 5 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 2.5 112 80 32 L1 7-5 9-8 2 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 3.5 100 90 10 L1 5-10 10-4 3 6 11 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 6.0 83 89 -6 L1 4-11 8-5 4 8 16 -- dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 7.5 100 129 -29 W1 6-12 4-5 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 8.0 52 88 -36 W1 5-8 4-9 6 11 22 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 30 20 10 .667 0.0 112 98 14 W5 4-8 16-2 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 19 10 .655 0.5 113 100 13 W4 7-6 12-4 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 2.0 117 73 44 L4 10-9 7-2 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 6.0 99 116 -17 L2 5-10 10-7 4 7 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 30 12 18 .400 8.0 103 92 11 L2 2-11 10-7 5 9 18 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 32 11 21 .344 10.0 82 137 -55 L5 3-12 8-9 6 12 23 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 33 25 8 .758 0.0 132 104 28 L1 11-4 14-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 31 19 12 .613 5.0 154 118 36 W8 8-5 11-7 2 3 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 31 16 15 .516 8.0 134 100 34 W2 8-12 8-3 3 6 12 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 10.0 106 117 -11 L8 8-6 7-12 4 7 14 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 10.5 104 146 -42 W2 6-13 9-6 5 8 15 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 34 12 22 .353 13.5 117 151 -34 L2 5-13 7-9 6 11 21 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 34 22 12 .647 0.0 166 126 40 W4 13-6 9-6 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 35 21 14 .600 1.5 139 90 49 W1 11-6 10-8 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 34 18 16 .529 4.0 145 149 -4 L2 12-8 6-8 3 5 10 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 36 15 21 .417 8.0 99 122 -23 L3 6-5 9-16 4 9 17 -- dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 33 13 20 .394 8.5 121 166 -45 W1 8-12 5-8 5 10 19 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 38 12 26 .316 12.0 149 177 -28 L1 8-9 4-17 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)