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Saturday, September 2,1972

Saturday, September 2,1972

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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 1972-09-02 Kansas City Royals  3 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Sonny Siebert Mike Hedlund Bobby Bolin 11,495 2:41
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Baltimore Orioles  0 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Rudy May Jim Palmer -- 8,765 1:48
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Cleveland Indians  5 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Steve Dunning Dick Woodson Ed Farmer 8,356 2:43
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Chicago White Sox  1 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Steve Kline Tom Bradley -- 10,768 2:07
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Detroit Tigers  3 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Fred Scherman Dave Hamilton Chris Zachary 12,684 3:17
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Bill Parsons Pete Broberg -- 3,707 2:10
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Philadelphia Phillies  7 Atlanta Braves  10 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Pat Jarvis Dick Selma Cecil Upshaw 5,239 3:06
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Dave Downs Mike McQueen -- 5,239 2:01
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 San Diego Padres  0 Chicago Cubs  8 box | pbp Wrigley Field Milt Pappas Mike Caldwell -- 11,144 2:03
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Montreal Expos  7 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Mike Torrez Gary Nolan Mike Marshall 20,569 2:02
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 New York Mets  11 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Tug McGraw Jim Ray -- 19,691 2:57
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 San Francisco Giants  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Nelson Briles Sam McDowell -- 14,194 2:39
1972 reg season 1972-09-02 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Doug Rau Don Durham -- 9,237 2:09
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 126 68 58 .540 0.0 434 347 87 L1 37-27 31-31 1 3 6 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 127 68 59 .535 0.5 446 424 22 W1 34-30 34-29 2 4 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 127 68 59 .535 0.5 473 421 52 W4 24-37 44-22 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 124 66 58 .532 1.0 520 527 -7 W4 25-37 41-21 4 6 11 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 126 59 67 .468 9.0 384 409 -25 W1 23-42 36-25 5 9 16 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 126 51 75 .405 17.0 397 486 -89 W3 22-39 29-36 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 126 74 52 .587 0.0 475 371 104 L1 37-27 37-25 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 125 71 54 .568 2.5 464 436 28 L4 23-38 48-16 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 123 62 61 .504 10.5 438 442 -4 L1 29-36 33-25 3 7 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 125 60 65 .480 13.5 472 456 16 L3 23-39 37-26 4 8 15 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 126 58 68 .460 16.0 383 456 -73 W1 23-38 35-30 5 10 19 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 127 49 78 .386 25.5 406 517 -111 L4 21-43 28-35 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 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 125 79 46 .632 0.0 578 433 145 W5 37-23 42-23 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 128 69 59 .539 11.5 568 477 91 W2 29-37 40-22 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 123 64 59 .520 14.0 423 453 -30 W1 31-30 33-29 3 6 12 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 126 61 65 .484 18.5 479 494 -15 L2 29-35 32-30 4 7 14 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 122 57 65 .467 20.5 398 486 -88 W2 28-34 29-31 5 8 17 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 127 46 81 .362 34.0 409 528 -119 W1 24-38 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 125 78 47 .624 0.0 578 435 143 L1 46-18 32-29 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 128 73 55 .570 6.5 607 517 90 L1 37-27 36-28 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 126 68 58 .540 10.5 461 425 36 W2 36-30 32-28 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 130 60 70 .462 20.5 524 610 -86 L1 27-39 32-32 4 9 18 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 128 56 72 .438 23.5 551 553 -2 L2 31-32 25-40 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 126 46 80 .365 32.5 405 570 -165 L7 26-33 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
Bob Veale Boston Red Sox Hist Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Boston Red Sox
1 record(s)