Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 23,1972

Games on 1972-08-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	1	Baltimore Orioles	7	Box	Jim Palmer	Rudy May	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Wilbur Wood	Mel Stottlemyre	(none)
Minnesota Twins	1	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Steve Dunning	Dick Woodson	Phil Hennigan
Oakland Athletics	5	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Joe Coleman	Ken Holtzman	Chuck Seelbach
Boston Red Sox	0	Kansas City Royals	3	Box	Roger Nelson	Sonny Siebert	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Bill Singer	Don Durham	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	0	Montreal Expos	11	Box	Balor Moore	Wayne Simpson	(none)
Houston Astros	7	New York Mets	4	Box	Larry Dierker	Jerry Koosman	(none)
Atlanta Braves	9	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Jim Hardin	Wayne Twitchell	Joe Hoerner
Chicago Cubs	7	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Milt Pappas	Bill Greif	Jack Aker
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	San Francisco Giants	8	Box	Jim Barr	Bob Moose	(none)

Standings as of 1972-08-23

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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	6	Detroit Tigers	119	64	55	.538	--	429	402	27	30-26	34-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	37	22	15	.595
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	118	63	55	.534	0.5	408	326	82	32-24	31-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	36	17	19	.472
3	6	12	New York Yankees	116	60	56	.517	2.5	422	380	42	24-37	36-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	39	19	20	.487
4	7	13	Boston Red Sox	116	59	57	.509	3.5	482	507	-25	25-37	34-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	39	26	13	.667
5	9	15	Cleveland Indians	118	57	61	.483	6.5	368	384	-16	21-36	36-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	38	15	23	.395
6	12	22	Milwaukee Brewers	116	45	71	.388	17.5	361	456	-95	20-39	25-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	40	20	20	.500
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	Chicago White Sox	117	69	48	.590	--	449	410	39	21-32	48-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	37	18	19	.486
2	2	4	Oakland Athletics	118	69	49	.585	0.5	456	352	104	37-27	32-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	37	24	13	.649
3	5	11	Minnesota Twins	115	60	55	.522	8.0	413	410	3	29-36	31-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	39	17	22	.436
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	115	56	59	.487	12.0	428	413	15	19-33	37-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	39	20	19	.513
5	10	20	California Angels	118	52	66	.441	17.5	359	448	-89	23-38	29-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	37	23	14	.622
6	11	21	Texas Rangers	116	47	69	.405	21.5	374	461	-87	19-36	28-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	38	7	31	.184
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	116	73	43	.629	--	528	398	130	37-23	36-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	39	23	16	.590
2	5	9	New York Mets	115	61	54	.530	11.5	385	413	-28	28-25	33-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	41	22	19	.537
3	6	10	Chicago Cubs	120	63	57	.525	12.0	511	437	74	29-37	34-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	35	22	13	.629
4	7	16	St. Louis Cardinals	116	56	60	.483	17.0	434	461	-27	29-35	27-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	40	19	21	.475
5	8	17	Montreal Expos	116	54	62	.466	19.0	377	459	-82	25-32	29-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	40	16	24	.400
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	117	43	74	.368	30.5	371	478	-107	21-31	22-43	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	39	16	23	.410
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	117	73	44	.624	--	545	414	131	45-18	28-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	37	22	15	.595
2	3	5	Houston Astros	120	67	53	.558	7.5	562	490	72	37-27	30-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	33	17	16	.515
3	4	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	116	62	54	.534	10.5	419	391	28	30-26	32-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	39	23	16	.590
4	9	18	Atlanta Braves	122	56	66	.459	19.5	485	561	-76	27-39	28-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	32	14	18	.438
5	10	19	San Francisco Giants	120	53	67	.442	21.5	511	510	1	28-27	25-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	35	16	19	.457
6	11	23	San Diego Padres	117	45	72	.385	28.0	379	495	-116	25-25	20-47	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	36	13	23	.361

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