1972 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1972 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1972

World Series Champions

Oakland Athletics

Runner Up

Cincinnati Reds

Most Valuable Players

AL: Dick Allen NL: Johnny Bench

Cy Young Winners

AL: Gaylord Perry NL: Steve Carlton

Rookies of the Year

AL: Carlton Fisk NL: Jon Matlack

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Dave Roberts (San Diego Padres)

All-Star Game

Atlanta,Georgia

Teams

Players

823

Attendance

26,968,268

Payroll

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1972 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	156	86	70	.551	--	558	514	44	Lost ALCS (Athletics)	1,892,386	2	Jim Campbell	Billy Martin	Tiger Stadium
2	4	8	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	155	85	70	.548	0.5	640	620	20	dnq	1,441,718	6	Dick O'Connell	Eddie Kasko	Fenway Park
3	5	11	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	154	80	74	.519	5.0	519	430	89	dnq	899,950	15	Frank Cashen	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
4	6	12	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	155	79	76	.510	6.5	557	527	30	dnq	966,328	13	Lee MacPhail	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
5	10	17	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	156	72	84	.462	14.0	472	519	-47	dnq	626,354	23	Gabe Paul	Ken Aspromonte	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
6	11	21	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	156	65	91	.417	21.0	493	595	-102	dnq	600,440	24	Frank Lane	Del Crandall, Dave Bristol, Roy McMillan	County Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	155	93	62	.600	--	604	457	147	Won World Series (Reds)	921,323	14	Charlie Finley	Dick Williams	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	154	87	67	.565	5.5	566	538	28	dnq	1,177,318	11	Stu Holcomb	Chuck Tanner	Comiskey Park
3	7	13	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	154	77	77	.500	15.5	537	535	2	dnq	797,901	16	Calvin Griffith	Frank Quilici, Bill Rigney	Metropolitan Stadium
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	154	76	78	.494	16.5	580	545	35	dnq	707,656	19	Cedric Tallis	Bob Lemon	Municipal Stadium
5	9	15	California Angels	T - S - R - L	155	75	80	.484	18.0	454	533	-79	dnq	744,190	18	Harry Dalton	Del Rice	Anaheim Stadium
6	12	24	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	154	54	100	.351	38.5	461	628	-167	dnq	662,974	20	Joe Burke	Ted Williams	Arlington Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	155	96	59	.619	--	691	512	179	Lost NLCS (Reds)	1,427,460	7	Joe Brown	Bill Virdon	Three Rivers Stadium
2	5	7	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	155	85	70	.548	11.0	685	567	118	dnq	1,299,163	9	John Holland	Leo Durocher, Whitey Lockman	Wrigley Field
3	6	10	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	156	83	73	.532	13.5	528	578	-50	dnq	2,134,185	1	Bob Scheffing	Yogi Berra	Shea Stadium
4	7	16	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	156	75	81	.481	21.5	568	600	-32	dnq	1,196,894	10	Bing Devine	Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
5	9	19	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	156	70	86	.449	26.5	513	609	-96	dnq	1,142,145	12	Jim Fanning	Gene Mauch	Jarry Park
6	12	23	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	156	59	97	.378	37.5	503	635	-132	dnq	1,343,329	8	John Quinn	Frank Lucchesi, Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	154	95	59	.617	--	707	557	150	Lost World Series (Athletics)	1,611,459	4	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
2	3	6	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	153	84	69	.549	10.5	708	636	72	dnq	1,469,247	5	Spec Richardson	Harry Walker, Leo Durocher, Salty Parker	Astrodome
3	4	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	155	85	70	.548	10.5	584	527	57	dnq	1,860,858	3	Al Campanis	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
4	8	18	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	154	70	84	.455	25.0	628	730	-102	dnq	752,973	17	Paul Richards	Lum Harris, Eddie Mathews	Atlanta Stadium
5	10	20	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	155	69	86	.445	26.5	662	649	13	dnq	647,744	21	Horace Stoneham	Charlie Fox	Candlestick Park
6	11	22	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	153	58	95	.379	36.5	488	665	-177	dnq	644,273	22	Buzzie Bavasi	Don Zimmer, Preston Gomez	San Diego Stadium
24 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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