Baseball on this Date - Monday August 7,1972

Standings as of 1972-08-07

Record in remaining games at far right

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	5	Detroit Tigers	102	57	45	.559	--	355	331	24	29-23	28-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	54	29	25	.537
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	102	55	47	.539	2.0	358	286	72	30-23	25-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	52	25	27	.481
3	6	11	New York Yankees	100	52	48	.520	4.0	369	318	51	22-31	30-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	55	27	28	.491
4	7	13	Boston Red Sox	101	51	50	.505	5.5	422	445	-23	19-30	32-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	54	34	20	.630
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	103	48	55	.466	9.5	310	340	-30	18-33	30-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	53	24	29	.453
6	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	103	41	62	.398	16.5	323	403	-80	17-33	24-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	53	24	29	.453
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	3	Oakland Athletics	104	62	42	.596	--	404	312	92	32-22	30-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51	31	20	.608
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	102	58	44	.569	3.0	390	368	22	16-30	42-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	52	29	23	.558
3	5	9	Minnesota Twins	100	53	47	.530	7.0	365	346	19	23-29	30-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	54	24	30	.444
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	102	48	54	.471	13.0	385	364	21	18-31	30-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	52	28	24	.538
5	10	17	California Angels	103	47	56	.456	14.5	323	393	-70	20-32	27-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	52	28	24	.538
6	12	23	Texas Rangers	104	41	63	.394	21.0	323	421	-98	17-35	24-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	50	13	37	.260
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	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	102	64	38	.627	--	471	348	123	32-20	32-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	53	32	21	.604
2	4	7	New York Mets	101	55	46	.545	8.5	341	353	-12	26-22	29-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	55	28	27	.509
3	6	12	Chicago Cubs	105	54	51	.514	11.5	436	373	63	24-33	30-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	50	31	19	.620
4	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	101	50	51	.495	13.5	382	397	-15	24-27	26-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	55	25	30	.455
5	9	19	Montreal Expos	100	45	55	.450	18.0	314	399	-85	21-29	24-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	56	25	31	.446
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	102	39	63	.382	25.0	326	414	-88	20-30	19-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	54	20	34	.370
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	2	Cincinnati Reds	101	62	39	.614	--	462	355	107	36-14	26-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	53	33	20	.623
2	3	6	Houston Astros	104	58	46	.558	5.5	488	429	59	31-21	27-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	49	26	23	.531
3	5	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	101	53	48	.525	9.0	372	348	24	26-24	27-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	54	32	22	.593
4	8	18	Atlanta Braves	106	48	58	.453	16.5	416	487	-71	23-34	24-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	48	22	26	.458
5	10	20	San Francisco Giants	105	46	59	.438	18.0	434	449	-15	27-24	19-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	50	23	27	.460
6	11	21	San Diego Padres	102	41	61	.402	21.5	326	416	-90	24-23	17-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	51	17	34	.333

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	6	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Phil Hennigan	Lynn McGlothen	(none)
Oakland Athletics	2	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Dick Drago	Catfish Hunter	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Mike Cuellar	Jim Lonborg	Grant Jackson
Texas Rangers	0	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Jim Perry	Mike Paul	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Jim McGlothlin	Ron Reed	(none)
New York Mets	2	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Diego Segui	Tug McGraw	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Donn Clendenon	1B	37.023	Released by Cardinals.
Ron Perranoski	P	36.128	Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers.

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