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Saturday, August 26,1972

Saturday, August 26,1972

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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 1972-08-26 Texas Rangers  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Don Newhauser Casey Cox -- 18,107 2:34
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Cleveland Indians  1 California Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Andy Messersmith Gaylord Perry -- 11,298 2:08
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Chicago White Sox  3 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp County Stadium Terry Forster Ken Sanders -- 0 3:23
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Chicago White Sox  0 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Colborn Stan Bahnsen Frank Linzy 15,451 2:15
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Detroit Tigers  5 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Bill Slayback Jim Strickland Lerrin LaGrow 36,090 3:54
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Kansas City Royals  6 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dick Drago Rob Gardner Norm Angelini 10,670 2:47
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Baltimore Orioles  5 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Pat Dobson Rollie Fingers Grant Jackson 14,698 2:20
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 New York Mets  6 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Cecil Upshaw Ray Sadecki -- 17,259 2:48
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 San Francisco Giants  9 Chicago Cubs  10 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jack Aker Randy Moffitt -- 18,830 3:11
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Cinergy Field Steve Carlton Jim McGlothlin Mac Scarce 34,028 2:28
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Montreal Expos  5 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Fred Gladding Mike Marshall -- 15,015 2:39
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Don Sutton Dock Ellis -- 20,174 2:20
1972 reg season 1972-08-26 San Diego Padres  3 St. Louis Cardinals  9 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Gibson Steve Arlin Dennis Higgins 21,097 2:20
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 0.0 418 330 88 W3 34-24 31-31 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 0.0 434 405 29 W2 31-26 34-29 2 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 118 61 57 .517 3.0 493 513 -20 W2 25-37 36-20 3 6 12 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 119 61 58 .513 3.5 430 392 38 L2 24-37 37-21 4 7 13 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 7.0 371 392 -21 L1 22-37 36-25 5 9 16 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 120 47 73 .392 18.0 371 466 -95 W1 20-39 27-34 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 Chicago White Sox franchise | log 119 70 49 .588 0.0 452 415 37 L1 22-33 48-16 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 120 69 51 .575 1.5 460 362 98 L3 37-27 32-24 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 8.5 416 415 1 L4 29-36 31-20 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 11.5 440 421 19 W2 21-34 37-26 4 8 14 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 120 53 67 .442 17.5 367 451 -84 W1 23-38 30-29 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 120 48 72 .400 22.5 387 477 -90 L3 20-39 28-33 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 119 74 45 .622 0.0 537 411 126 L2 37-23 37-22 1 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 122 64 58 .525 11.5 523 457 66 W1 29-37 35-21 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 12.0 392 422 -30 L3 28-27 33-29 3 6 10 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 119 58 61 .487 16.0 457 476 -19 W1 29-35 29-26 4 7 15 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 119 55 64 .462 19.0 386 474 -88 L1 26-33 29-31 5 9 18 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 119 44 75 .370 30.0 376 487 -111 W1 22-32 22-43 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 120 75 45 .625 0.0 560 419 141 L1 46-18 29-27 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 122 68 54 .557 8.0 571 499 72 W1 37-27 31-27 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 119 64 55 .538 10.5 432 400 32 W2 32-27 32-28 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 124 58 66 .468 19.0 494 568 -74 W5 27-39 30-28 4 8 17 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 122 54 68 .443 22.0 531 522 9 L1 29-28 25-40 5 10 19 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 46 74 .383 29.0 394 518 -124 L1 26-27 20-47 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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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.
  • 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
Chris Zachary Detroit Tigers Hist Activated from Disabled List
1 record(s)