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Monday, September 4,1972

Monday, September 4,1972

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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 1972-09-04 New York Yankees  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Roric Harrison Sparky Lyle -- 0 2:19
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 New York Yankees  5 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Rob Gardner Pat Dobson Sparky Lyle 18,332 2:35
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Minnesota Twins  2 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bert Blyleven Stan Bahnsen -- 0 2:59
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Minnesota Twins  4 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ray Corbin Dave Lemonds -- 33,367 2:17
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Cleveland Indians  1 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Woodie Fryman Gaylord Perry -- 22,952 2:23
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Boston Red Sox  2 Milwaukee Brewers  0 box | pbp County Stadium Luis Tiant Jim Lonborg -- 0 2:34
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Boston Red Sox  2 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Ken Brett Lynn McGlothen Frank Linzy 12,011 2:13
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 California Angels  5 Oakland Athletics  10 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Blue Moon Odom Clyde Wright -- 0 2:22
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 California Angels  2 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Nolan Ryan Joe Horlen -- 27,296 2:23
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Kansas City Royals  4 Texas Rangers  3 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Roger Nelson Don Stanhouse Ted Abernathy 3,710 2:27
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Atlanta Braves  6 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Ron Schueler Jim Ray Cecil Upshaw 6,828 2:47
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Cincinnati Reds  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jim Brewer Ed Sprague -- 0 2:46
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Cincinnati Reds  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Gullett Claude Osteen Pedro Borbon 40,366 2:53
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Chicago Cubs  2 New York Mets  0 box | pbp Shea Stadium Fergie Jenkins Jon Matlack -- 0 2:08
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Chicago Cubs  2 New York Mets  7 box | pbp Shea Stadium Gary Gentry Juan Pizarro Tug McGraw 36,004 2:46
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  10 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Steve Blass Wayne Twitchell -- 26,627 2:08
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bruce Kison Jim Nash -- 26,627 1:49
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 San Francisco Giants  0 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mike Corkins Jim Willoughby Gary Ross 9,880 1:59
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Montreal Expos  1 St. Louis Cardinals  0 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Carl Morton Bob Gibson -- 0 1:57
1972 reg season 1972-09-04 Montreal Expos  7 St. Louis Cardinals  8 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Bibby Ernie McAnally Diego Segui 12,427 2:34
20 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • 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.
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 129 69 60 .535 0.0 440 356 84 L1 37-28 32-32 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 129 69 60 .535 0.0 449 428 21 W1 34-31 35-29 2 4 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 126 67 59 .532 0.5 524 533 -9 L1 26-38 41-21 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 130 69 61 .531 0.5 481 432 49 W1 25-38 44-23 4 6 11 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 128 60 68 .469 8.5 389 412 -23 L1 24-43 36-25 5 9 16 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 129 52 77 .403 17.0 404 494 -90 W1 22-40 30-37 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 129 76 53 .589 0.0 489 379 110 L1 37-27 39-26 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 128 72 56 .563 3.5 470 442 28 L2 24-38 48-18 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 126 64 62 .508 10.5 445 447 -2 W2 31-36 33-26 3 7 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 126 61 65 .484 13.5 476 459 17 W1 24-39 37-26 4 8 14 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 129 60 69 .465 16.0 391 467 -76 W1 24-39 36-30 5 10 17 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 129 50 79 .388 26.0 413 522 -109 L1 21-43 29-36 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 128 82 46 .641 0.0 595 435 160 W8 37-23 45-23 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 131 70 61 .534 13.5 572 487 85 L1 30-38 40-23 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 126 66 60 .524 15.0 432 458 -26 W1 32-30 34-30 3 6 12 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 129 62 67 .481 20.5 490 508 -18 W1 29-35 33-32 4 7 15 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 125 58 67 .464 22.5 409 498 -89 L1 29-36 29-31 5 8 18 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 130 47 83 .362 36.0 418 543 -125 L2 25-40 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 128 80 48 .625 0.0 595 448 147 W1 47-19 33-29 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 130 73 57 .562 8.0 613 525 88 L3 37-27 36-30 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 129 70 59 .543 10.5 477 441 36 L1 37-30 33-29 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 132 61 71 .462 21.0 530 623 -93 W1 28-39 32-33 4 9 19 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 130 56 74 .431 25.0 552 556 -4 L4 31-34 25-40 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 128 48 80 .375 32.0 409 570 -161 W2 27-33 21-47 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)