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Wednesday, July 12,1972

Wednesday, July 12,1972

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Games on this date
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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 1972-07-12 Kansas City Royals  11 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Ted Abernathy Grant Jackson Al Fitzmorris 8,335 3:00
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 New York Yankees  5 California Angels  0 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mel Stottlemyre Lloyd Allen -- 10,148 2:16
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Chicago White Sox  5 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Wilbur Wood Ray Lamb -- 5,913 2:29
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Texas Rangers  1 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Bill Slayback Casey Cox -- 14,767 2:16
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bert Blyleven Ken Brett -- 8,874 2:12
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Boston Red Sox  7 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Bill Lee Rollie Fingers Don Newhauser 5,654 3:06
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Houston Astros  10 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Dave Roberts Rick Reuschel Tom Griffin 27,324 2:53
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Cincinnati Reds  6 box | pbp Cinergy Field Wayne Simpson Luke Walker Clay Carroll 28,058 2:20
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 San Diego Padres  6 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Parc Jarry Mike Corkins Bill Stoneman Bill Greif 15,048 3:07
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 San Francisco Giants  0 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Jon Matlack Sam McDowell -- 33,227 2:29
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Tommy John Bill Champion -- 15,533 2:54
1972 reg season 1972-07-12 Atlanta Braves  0 St. Louis Cardinals  7 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Gibson Ron Schueler -- 19,827 1:57
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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 77 43 34 .558 0.0 272 244 28 W4 22-18 21-16 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 77 41 36 .532 2.0 253 208 45 L1 22-16 19-20 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 73 37 36 .507 4.0 324 319 5 W3 16-22 21-14 3 7 14 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 74 37 37 .500 4.5 256 237 19 W2 15-27 22-10 4 8 15 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 76 32 44 .421 10.5 212 262 -50 L2 11-25 21-19 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 75 30 45 .400 12.0 219 302 -83 L1 14-29 16-16 6 12 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 Oakland Athletics franchise | log 78 48 30 .615 0.0 306 236 70 L3 23-13 25-17 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 79 45 34 .570 3.5 299 285 14 W2 14-23 31-11 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 76 39 37 .513 8.0 272 262 10 W1 17-22 22-15 3 5 12 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 78 40 38 .513 8.0 307 259 48 W1 15-22 25-16 4 6 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 80 36 44 .450 13.0 257 313 -56 L2 13-21 23-23 5 9 17 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 79 33 46 .418 15.5 274 324 -50 L3 14-27 19-19 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 East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 77 48 29 .623 0.0 370 267 103 L2 25-15 23-14 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 78 45 33 .577 3.5 277 284 -7 W1 21-14 24-19 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 77 41 36 .532 7.0 303 297 6 W1 20-18 21-18 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 81 42 39 .519 8.0 356 281 75 L1 19-25 23-14 4 7 11 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 78 34 44 .436 14.5 248 326 -78 L1 14-24 20-20 5 9 18 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 80 28 52 .350 21.5 257 341 -84 L1 12-23 16-29 6 12 24 -- 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 Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 78 47 31 .603 0.0 357 286 71 W2 28-11 19-20 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 81 47 34 .580 1.5 386 335 51 W1 27-16 20-18 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 80 42 38 .525 6.0 300 271 29 W1 24-20 18-18 3 6 10 -- dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 81 38 43 .469 10.5 316 364 -48 L1 20-25 17-19 4 8 16 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 85 36 49 .424 14.5 350 371 -21 L1 23-20 13-29 5 10 19 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 80 30 50 .375 18.0 244 341 -97 W1 16-18 14-32 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • 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.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jim Shellenback Texas Rangers Injury DL - Fractured right ankle *Covering 1b on a grounder*
Orlando Cepeda Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Left knee
Leron Lee San Diego Padres Injury DL - Broken middle finger on right hand
3 record(s)