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Wednesday, April 19,1972

Wednesday, April 19,1972

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Games on this date
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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 1972-04-19 Detroit Tigers  2 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Doyle Alexander Mickey Lolich -- 5,979 2:24
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Cleveland Indians  3 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Gaylord Perry Marty Pattin Steve Mingori 9,735 2:27
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Minnesota Twins  12 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Bert Blyleven Andy Messersmith Dave LaRoche 6,451 3:00
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Texas Rangers  1 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Stan Bahnsen Paul Lindblad -- 3,199 2:23
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Milwaukee Brewers  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mike Kekich Ken Brett Sparky Lyle 5,502 2:09
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Kansas City Royals  0 Oakland Athletics  4 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ken Holtzman Dick Drago -- 0 2:08
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Kansas City Royals  1 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Bob Locker Bruce Dal Canton Rollie Fingers 5,671 2:34
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Don Sutton Phil Niekro -- 5,391 2:09
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Houston Astros  7 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Jerry Reuss Jack Billingham George Culver 6,217 2:28
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Bob Gibson -- 8,184 1:33
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 Chicago Cubs  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Nelson Briles Juan Pizarro -- 9,171 2:19
1972 reg season 1972-04-19 San Francisco Giants  3 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mike Caldwell Juan Marichal -- 7,705 2:09
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 4 3 1 .750 0.0 15 8 7 W1 0-0 3-1 1 2 4 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.5 10 10 0 L1 1-1 1-0 2 3 5 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 1.0 10 10 0 W1 2-1 0-1 3 8 16 Yes dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 1.0 6 9 -3 W2 0-2 2-0 4 4 11 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 7 6 1 L2 1-2 0-0 5 10 18 -- dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 4 1 3 .250 2.0 7 12 -5 L1 0-1 1-2 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 5 4 1 .800 0.0 16 9 7 W3 0-0 4-1 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 1.5 11 15 -4 L3 0-3 3-0 2 7 15 -- dnq
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 1.5 18 11 7 W1 2-2 0-0 3 5 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 1.5 7 17 -10 L1 0-0 2-2 4 6 12 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.0 21 9 12 W2 0-3 2-0 5 9 17 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 4 1 3 .250 2.5 6 18 -12 L2 1-3 0-0 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 Montreal Expos franchise | log 3 3 0 1.000 0.0 13 6 7 W3 2-0 1-0 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 5 3 2 .600 1.0 15 14 1 W2 1-1 2-1 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 1.5 14 13 1 L1 1-1 1-1 3 7 14 -- dnq
1972 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 1.5 11 12 -1 W1 1-1 1-1 4 8 10 -- Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 2.0 6 9 -3 L2 0-1 1-1 5 9 19 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 5 1 4 .200 3.0 12 17 -5 L2 1-2 0-2 6 11 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 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 5 4 1 .800 0.0 19 15 4 W3 4-1 0-0 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 5 3 2 .600 1.0 28 26 2 W3 2-0 1-2 2 6 9 Yes dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 5 3 2 .600 1.0 15 18 -3 W1 0-0 3-2 3 5 6 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 5 3 2 .600 1.0 25 18 7 L1 3-2 0-0 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 4 1 3 .250 2.5 20 19 1 L2 0-0 1-3 5 10 20 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 6 1 5 .167 3.5 14 25 -11 L4 1-2 0-3 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Joe Horlen Oakland Athletics Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1972-1972 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Willie McCovey San Francisco Giants Injury DL - Broken arm
2 record(s)