Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 27,1972

Games on 1972-08-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	3	Boston Red Sox	10	Box	Marty Pattin	Rich Hand	(none)
Cleveland Indians	0	California Angels	1	Box	Nolan Ryan	Phil Hennigan	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Jerry Bell	Terry Forster	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Fred Scherman	Wayne Granger	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Joe Coleman	Dave LaRoche	(none)
Kansas City Royals	6	New York Yankees	7	Box	Sparky Lyle	Norm Angelini	(none)
Kansas City Royals	8	New York Yankees	9	Box	Lindy McDaniel	Bruce Dal Canton	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Rollie Fingers	Dave McNally	Bob Locker
New York Mets	13	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Tom Seaver	Denny McLain	Danny Frisella
San Francisco Giants	3	Chicago Cubs	9	Box	Burt Hooton	Frank Reberger	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Ross Grimsley	Wayne Twitchell	Pedro Borbon
Montreal Expos	2	Houston Astros	8	Box	Larry Dierker	Carl Morton	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Pete Mikkelsen	Nelson Briles	Jim Brewer
San Diego Padres	2	St. Louis Cardinals	9	Box	Rick Wise	Clay Kirby	(none)

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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	122	67	55	.549	--	440	408	32	33-26	34-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	34	19	15	.559
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	121	65	56	.537	1.5	419	332	87	34-25	31-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	33	15	18	.455
3	5	11	Boston Red Sox	119	62	57	.521	3.5	503	516	-13	25-37	37-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	36	23	13	.639
4	6	12	New York Yankees	121	63	58	.521	3.5	446	406	40	24-37	39-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	34	16	18	.471
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	121	58	63	.479	8.5	371	393	-22	22-38	36-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	35	14	21	.400
6	12	21	Milwaukee Brewers	121	48	73	.397	18.5	375	469	-94	20-39	28-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	35	17	18	.486
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	120	70	50	.583	--	455	419	36	22-34	48-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	34	17	17	.500
2	2	4	Oakland Athletics	121	70	51	.579	0.5	462	363	99	37-27	33-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	34	23	11	.676
3	7	13	Minnesota Twins	118	60	58	.508	9.0	419	421	-2	29-36	31-22	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	36	17	19	.472
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	120	58	62	.483	12.0	454	437	17	21-36	37-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	34	18	16	.529
5	10	19	California Angels	121	54	67	.446	16.5	368	451	-83	23-38	31-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	34	21	13	.618
6	11	22	Texas Rangers	121	48	73	.397	22.5	390	487	-97	20-40	28-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	33	6	27	.182
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	2	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	120	74	46	.617	--	541	418	123	37-23	37-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	35	22	13	.629
2	5	9	Chicago Cubs	123	65	58	.528	10.5	532	460	72	29-37	36-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	32	20	12	.625
3	6	10	New York Mets	118	62	56	.525	11.0	405	428	-23	29-27	33-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	38	21	17	.553
4	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	120	59	61	.492	15.0	466	478	-12	29-35	30-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	36	16	20	.444
5	9	18	Montreal Expos	120	55	65	.458	19.0	388	482	-94	26-34	29-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	36	15	21	.417
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	120	44	76	.367	30.0	378	494	-116	22-33	22-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	36	15	21	.417
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	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	121	76	45	.628	--	567	421	146	46-18	30-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	33	19	14	.576
2	3	5	Houston Astros	123	69	54	.561	8.0	579	501	78	37-27	32-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	30	15	15	.500
3	4	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	120	65	55	.542	10.5	439	404	35	33-27	32-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	35	20	15	.571
4	8	17	Atlanta Braves	125	58	67	.464	20.0	500	581	-81	27-39	30-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	29	12	17	.414
5	10	20	San Francisco Giants	123	54	69	.439	23.0	534	531	3	29-29	25-40	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	32	15	17	.469
6	11	23	San Diego Padres	121	46	75	.380	30.0	396	527	-131	26-28	20-47	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	32	12	20	.375

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Matty Alou	OF	33.248	Traded by Cardinals to Athletics for Steve Easton and Bill Voss.
Bill Voss	OF	28.301	Traded by Athletics with Steve Easton to Cardinals for Matty Alou.

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