Baseball on this Date - Monday August 28,1972

Standings as of 1972-08-28

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	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	122	66	56	.541	1.0	421	332	89	35-25	31-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	32	14	18	.438
3	5	11	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
4	6	12	Boston Red Sox	120	62	58	.517	4.0	507	522	-15	25-37	37-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	35	23	12	.657
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	122	58	64	.475	9.0	375	398	-23	22-39	36-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	34	14	20	.412
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	121	71	50	.587	--	461	423	38	23-34	48-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	33	16	17	.485
2	2	4	Oakland Athletics	122	71	51	.582	0.5	467	367	100	37-27	34-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	33	22	11	.667
3	7	13	Minnesota Twins	119	60	59	.504	10.0	419	423	-4	29-36	31-23	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	35	17	18	.486
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	120	58	62	.483	12.5	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	17.0	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	23.0	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	121	75	46	.620	--	546	421	125	37-23	38-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	34	21	13	.618
2	5	9	Chicago Cubs	123	65	58	.528	11.0	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	119	62	57	.521	12.0	407	433	-26	29-28	33-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	37	21	16	.568
4	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	121	60	61	.496	15.0	470	480	-10	29-35	31-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	35	15	20	.429
5	9	18	Montreal Expos	120	55	65	.458	19.5	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	30.5	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	122	77	45	.631	--	572	423	149	46-18	31-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	32	18	14	.563
2	3	5	Houston Astros	123	69	54	.561	8.5	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	11.0	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	20.5	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	124	54	70	.435	24.0	536	535	1	29-30	25-40	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	31	15	16	.484
6	11	23	San Diego Padres	122	46	76	.377	31.0	399	532	-133	26-29	20-47	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	31	12	19	.387

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	6	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Rich Gossage	Sonny Siebert	Terry Forster
Baltimore Orioles	2	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Jim Palmer	Dick Woodson	(none)
Cleveland Indians	4	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Darold Knowles	Steve Dunning	Rollie Fingers
New York Mets	2	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Gary Nolan	Brent Strom	Tom Hall
San Diego Padres	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Bob Moose	Mike Caldwell	Ramon Hernandez
San Francisco Giants	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Don Durham	Juan Marichal	(none)

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