Baseball on Thursday, July 20, 1972

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THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Oakland Athletics	1	Boston Red Sox	2	Box G1	Marty Pattin (8-8)	Ken Holtzman (12-8)	None	Doug Griffin (19.5)
Oakland Athletics	3	Boston Red Sox	4	Box G2	Don Newhauser (1-1)	Darold Knowles (1-1)	OAK J Rudi (10)	Doug Griffin (58.6)
Baltimore Orioles	8	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Eddie Watt (1-1)	Ken Wright (1-1)	None	John Mayberry (38.8)
Minnesota Twins	1	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Gary Ryerson (2-1)	Dick Woodson (6-9)	None	Brock Davis (23.9)
Detroit Tigers	5	Texas Rangers	1	Box	Bill Slayback (4-3)	Don Stanhouse (0-2)	None	Mickey Stanley (14.0)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Pat Jarvis (8-4)	Don Durham (0-2)	ATL E Williams (15) SLN T Simmons (9)	Earl Williams (22.5)
New York Mets	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Gary Gentry (5-6)	Al Downing (5-6)	None	Willie Mays (14.8)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	49	36	.576	--	299	260	23-18	26-18	W1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	48	37	.565	1.0	290	226	25-17	23-20	W1	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	43	39	.524	4.5	359	352	17-25	26-14	W6	Game Log
New York Yankees	39	41	.487	7.5	282	261	15-27	24-14	W2	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	35	48	.422	13.0	242	288	14-29	21-19	W1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	34	49	.410	14.0	246	329	14-29	20-20	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	54	33	.621	--	348	262	29-16	25-17	L2	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	46	40	.535	7.5	314	316	15-29	31-11	W1	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	42	41	.506	10.0	301	296	17-25	25-16	L4	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	43	43	.500	10.5	338	299	16-25	27-18	L2	Game Log
California Angels	38	49	.437	16.0	270	341	15-26	23-23	L4	Game Log
Texas Rangers	36	51	.414	18.0	288	347	14-27	22-24	L1	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	54	31	.635	--	402	288	25-16	29-15	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	48	36	.571	5.5	288	302	24-17	24-19	W1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	44	41	.518	10.0	326	338	22-20	22-21	L1	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	45	43	.511	10.5	379	317	19-25	26-18	L1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	37	46	.446	16.0	265	338	17-26	20-20	W1	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	30	55	.353	24.0	280	370	14-26	16-29	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	53	32	.624	--	395	297	33-12	20-20	W1	Game Log
Houston Astros	49	40	.551	6.0	413	365	28-20	21-20	L1	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	45	41	.523	8.5	315	288	24-20	21-21	L1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	41	48	.461	14.0	349	401	22-30	18-19	W1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	39	51	.433	16.5	377	393	23-20	16-31	L1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	32	53	.376	21.0	261	353	16-18	16-35	L1	Game Log

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