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Friday, April 21,1972

Friday, April 21,1972

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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 1972-04-21 New York Yankees  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Ray Culp Mel Stottlemyre Bill Lee 14,895 2:35
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 Baltimore Orioles  6 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dave McNally Milt Wilcox -- 4,424 2:23
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 California Angels  6 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Dick Bosman Clyde Wright Paul Lindblad 20,105 2:44
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 Cincinnati Reds  4 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Gary Nolan Ron Reed Tom Hall 6,762 2:15
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 San Diego Padres  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  12 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Al Downing Bill Greif -- 30,320 2:11
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Montreal Expos  2 box | pbp Parc Jarry Bill Stoneman Rick Wise Mike Marshall 14,559 2:32
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 Chicago Cubs  0 New York Mets  2 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tom Seaver Burt Hooton -- 11,144 2:00
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Ramon Hernandez Chris Short -- 13,864 2:31
1972 reg season 1972-04-21 Houston Astros  7 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Ray John Cumberland George Culver 16,898 2:40
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
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 6 5 1 .833 0.0 22 8 14 W3 1-0 4-1 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 2.0 10 11 -1 L2 1-2 1-0 2 3 10 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.5 12 16 -4 W1 0-1 2-2 3 11 20 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.5 10 16 -6 L1 2-1 0-2 4 9 17 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.5 10 14 -4 L1 0-3 2-0 5 7 14 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 2.5 7 6 1 L2 1-2 0-0 6 12 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 2 4 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 4 9 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 1.5 18 11 7 W1 2-2 0-0 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.0 21 9 12 W2 0-3 2-0 4 10 19 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.0 13 24 -11 W1 1-3 1-0 5 6 15 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 2.0 13 24 -11 L2 0-1 2-2 6 8 16 -- 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 4 4 0 1.000 0.0 15 7 8 W4 2-0 2-0 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 1.0 21 19 2 W3 2-1 2-1 2 3 5 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 4 2 2 .500 2.0 8 9 -1 W1 0-1 2-1 3 7 12 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 2.0 17 17 0 L1 1-1 2-2 4 6 11 -- dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 3.0 19 22 -3 L3 1-3 1-1 5 10 22 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 6 1 5 .167 4.0 13 19 -6 L3 1-3 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 7 6 1 .857 0.0 42 18 24 W5 5-1 1-0 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 1.5 35 29 6 W4 3-0 1-2 2 4 6 Yes dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 7 4 3 .571 2.0 30 26 4 L1 4-2 0-1 3 5 7 Yes dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 7 3 4 .429 3.0 18 32 -14 L2 0-1 3-3 4 8 13 -- dnq
1972 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 3.0 24 22 2 W1 1-0 1-3 5 9 18 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 8 1 7 .125 5.5 18 40 -22 L6 1-2 0-5 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)