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Wednesday, May 24,1972

Wednesday, May 24,1972

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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 1972-05-24 Baltimore Orioles  4 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Doyle Alexander Lew Krausse -- 14,384 2:39
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Detroit Tigers  5 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Chuck Seelbach Ken Sanders Joe Niekro 10,012 2:31
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Minnesota Twins  1 Kansas City Royals  0 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Jim Kaat Dick Drago Wayne Granger 8,381 3:15
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Cleveland Indians  2 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Rich Hinton Vince Colbert Sparky Lyle 7,134 2:25
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 California Angels  6 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Don Rose Vida Blue Steve Barber 3,042 2:37
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Chicago White Sox  5 Texas Rangers  1 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Tom Bradley Bill Gogolewski -- 9,218 2:17
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 New York Mets  1 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Burt Hooton Buzz Capra -- 15,330 2:02
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Atlanta Braves  4 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Kelley Wayne Simpson Cecil Upshaw 10,156 2:22
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 San Francisco Giants  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Steve Stone Claude Osteen -- 26,299 1:59
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Parc Jarry Carl Morton Woodie Fryman -- 9,341 1:44
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Houston Astros  4 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Don Wilson Steve Arlin -- 7,625 2:11
1972 reg season 1972-05-24 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Bob Miller Dennis Higgins -- 10,794 3:58
12 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)
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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 Cleveland Indians franchise | log 29 18 11 .621 0.0 89 72 17 L1 9-6 9-5 1 3 7 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 30 17 13 .567 1.5 117 83 34 W1 7-5 10-8 2 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 2.5 104 91 13 W1 6-10 10-4 3 6 10 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 5.0 87 91 -4 W1 4-11 9-5 4 8 15 -- dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 28 10 18 .357 7.5 101 133 -32 L1 6-12 4-6 5 11 21 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 27 9 18 .333 8.0 55 93 -38 L1 5-9 4-9 6 12 23 -- 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 31 21 10 .677 0.0 117 99 18 W6 5-8 16-2 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 30 19 11 .633 1.5 118 106 12 L1 7-6 12-5 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 29 18 11 .621 2.0 118 73 45 W1 11-9 7-2 3 4 6 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 7.0 100 121 -21 L3 5-10 10-8 4 7 14 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 31 12 19 .387 9.0 103 93 10 L3 2-11 10-8 5 9 19 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 33 12 21 .364 10.0 88 142 -54 W1 4-12 8-9 6 10 20 -- 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 New York Mets franchise | log 34 25 9 .735 0.0 133 109 24 L2 11-5 14-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 32 20 12 .625 4.0 163 122 41 W9 9-5 11-7 2 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 32 17 15 .531 7.0 139 101 38 W3 8-12 9-3 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 9.5 108 147 -39 W3 6-13 10-6 4 7 13 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 10.0 107 121 -14 L9 8-7 7-12 5 8 16 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 35 12 23 .343 13.5 121 160 -39 L3 5-13 7-10 6 11 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 West Houston Astros franchise | log 35 23 12 .657 0.0 170 128 42 W5 14-6 9-6 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 36 21 15 .583 2.5 139 91 48 L1 11-6 10-9 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 35 18 17 .514 5.0 147 153 -6 L3 12-8 6-9 3 6 12 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 34 14 20 .412 8.5 125 168 -43 W2 9-12 5-8 4 9 17 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 37 15 22 .405 9.0 101 126 -25 L4 6-5 9-17 5 10 18 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 39 13 26 .333 12.0 150 177 -27 W1 9-9 4-17 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)