Baseball on Wednesday, August 23, 1972

date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-23	AL East	Detroit Tigers	Franchise	119	64	55	.538	--	429	402	27	W1	30-26	34-29	1	3	6	156	86	70	.551	--	22	15	.595	Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972-08-23	AL East	Baltimore Orioles	Franchise	118	63	55	.534	0.5	408	326	82	W1	32-24	31-31	2	4	8	154	80	74	.519	5.0	17	19	.472	dnq
1972-08-23	AL East	New York Yankees	Franchise	116	60	56	.517	2.5	422	380	42	L2	24-37	36-19	3	6	12	155	79	76	.510	6.5	19	20	.487	dnq
1972-08-23	AL East	Boston Red Sox	Franchise	116	59	57	.509	3.5	482	507	-25	L1	25-37	34-20	4	7	13	155	85	70	.548	0.5	26	13	.667	dnq
1972-08-23	AL East	Cleveland Indians	Franchise	118	57	61	.483	6.5	368	384	-16	W5	21-36	36-25	5	9	15	156	72	84	.462	14.0	15	23	.395	dnq
1972-08-23	AL East	Milwaukee Brewers	Franchise	116	45	71	.388	17.5	361	456	-95	L1	20-39	25-32	6	12	22	156	65	91	.417	21.0	20	20	.500	dnq
date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-23	AL West	Chicago White Sox	Franchise	117	69	48	.590	--	449	410	39	W2	21-32	48-16	1	1	3	154	87	67	.565	5.5	18	19	.486	dnq
1972-08-23	AL West	Oakland Athletics	Franchise	118	69	49	.585	0.5	456	352	104	L1	37-27	32-22	2	2	4	155	93	62	.600	--	24	13	.649	Won World Series (Reds)
1972-08-23	AL West	Minnesota Twins	Franchise	115	60	55	.522	8.0	413	410	3	L3	29-36	31-19	3	5	11	154	77	77	.500	15.5	17	22	.436	dnq
1972-08-23	AL West	Kansas City Royals	Franchise	115	56	59	.487	12.0	428	413	15	W1	19-33	37-26	4	8	14	154	76	78	.494	16.5	20	19	.513	dnq
1972-08-23	AL West	California Angels	Franchise	118	52	66	.441	17.5	359	448	-89	L1	23-38	29-28	5	10	20	155	75	80	.484	18.0	23	14	.622	dnq
1972-08-23	AL West	Texas Rangers	Franchise	116	47	69	.405	21.5	374	461	-87	W1	19-36	28-33	6	11	21	154	54	100	.351	38.5	7	31	.184	dnq
date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-23	NL East	Pittsburgh Pirates	Franchise	116	73	43	.629	--	528	398	130	L1	37-23	36-20	1	1	1	155	96	59	.619	--	23	16	.590	Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972-08-23	NL East	New York Mets	Franchise	115	61	54	.530	11.5	385	413	-28	L1	28-25	33-29	2	5	9	156	83	73	.532	13.5	22	19	.537	dnq
1972-08-23	NL East	Chicago Cubs	Franchise	120	63	57	.525	12.0	511	437	74	W2	29-37	34-20	3	6	10	155	85	70	.548	11.0	22	13	.629	dnq
1972-08-23	NL East	St. Louis Cardinals	Franchise	116	56	60	.483	17.0	434	461	-27	L2	29-35	27-25	4	7	16	156	75	81	.481	21.5	19	21	.475	dnq
1972-08-23	NL East	Montreal Expos	Franchise	116	54	62	.466	19.0	377	459	-82	W1	25-32	29-30	5	8	17	156	70	86	.449	26.5	16	24	.400	dnq
1972-08-23	NL East	Philadelphia Phillies	Franchise	117	43	74	.368	30.5	371	478	-107	L4	21-31	22-43	6	12	24	156	59	97	.378	37.5	16	23	.410	dnq
date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-23	NL West	Cincinnati Reds	Franchise	117	73	44	.624	--	545	414	131	L1	45-18	28-26	1	2	2	154	95	59	.617	--	22	15	.595	Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972-08-23	NL West	Houston Astros	Franchise	120	67	53	.558	7.5	562	490	72	W1	37-27	30-26	2	3	5	153	84	69	.549	10.5	17	16	.515	dnq
1972-08-23	NL West	Los Angeles Dodgers	Franchise	116	62	54	.534	10.5	419	391	28	W2	30-26	32-28	3	4	7	155	85	70	.548	10.5	23	16	.590	dnq
1972-08-23	NL West	Atlanta Braves	Franchise	122	56	66	.459	19.5	485	561	-76	W3	27-39	28-28	4	9	18	154	70	84	.455	25.0	14	18	.438	dnq
1972-08-23	NL West	San Francisco Giants	Franchise	120	53	67	.442	21.5	511	510	1	W1	28-27	25-40	5	10	19	155	69	86	.445	26.5	16	19	.457	dnq
1972-08-23	NL West	San Diego Padres	Franchise	117	45	72	.385	28.0	379	495	-116	L2	25-25	20-47	6	11	23	153	58	95	.379	36.5	13	23	.361	dnq
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