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Friday, April 28,1972

Friday, April 28,1972

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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 1972-04-28 California Angels  2 Baltimore Orioles  12 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Palmer Nolan Ryan -- 7,769 2:42
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Chicago White Sox  0 Detroit Tigers  12 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Tom Timmermann Stan Bahnsen -- 20,856 2:28
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Cleveland Indians  0 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Paul Splittorff Gaylord Perry -- 7,647 2:14
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Oakland Athletics  5 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp County Stadium Ken Holtzman Jim Slaton -- 5,616 2:29
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Minnesota Twins  4 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Bert Blyleven Mel Stottlemyre -- 9,149 2:13
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Boston Red Sox  6 Texas Rangers  9 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Paul Lindblad Bill Lee Horacio Pina 9,974 3:01
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Cincinnati Reds  8 Chicago Cubs  10 box | pbp Wrigley Field Fergie Jenkins Jack Billingham -- 12,185 2:20
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Houston Astros  2 box | pbp Astrodome Reggie Cleveland Larry Dierker Moe Drabowsky 35,275 2:35
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 New York Mets  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jon Matlack Bill Singer -- 51,210 2:18
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Atlanta Braves  13 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Pat Jarvis Bob Moose Mike McQueen 12,804 3:04
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Philadelphia Phillies  3 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Woodie Fryman Clay Kirby -- 7,272 2:01
1972 reg season 1972-04-28 Montreal Expos  8 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike Marshall Jerry Johnson -- 5,618 2:59
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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 9 6 3 .667 0.0 42 18 24 W3 4-3 2-0 1 2 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 11 6 5 .545 1.0 40 29 11 W1 1-4 5-1 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 10 4 6 .400 2.5 26 36 -10 L3 2-4 2-2 3 8 14 -- dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 3.0 30 47 -17 L3 0-4 3-2 4 11 21 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 9 3 6 .333 3.0 25 35 -10 L1 0-4 3-2 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 8 2 6 .250 3.5 15 26 -11 L3 1-2 1-4 6 12 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 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 8 6 2 .750 0.0 45 17 28 W5 3-2 3-0 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 9 6 3 .667 0.5 31 25 6 W1 2-2 4-1 2 3 7 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 11 7 4 .636 0.5 41 30 11 L1 0-4 7-0 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 11 6 5 .545 1.5 40 48 -8 W1 1-3 5-2 4 6 10 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 12 6 6 .500 2.0 27 25 2 W3 0-6 6-0 5 7 12 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 3.5 28 54 -26 L1 2-5 2-2 6 9 19 -- 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 New York Mets franchise | log 10 8 2 .800 0.0 40 23 17 W7 4-1 4-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 10 7 3 .700 1.0 38 37 1 W2 4-2 3-1 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 11 7 4 .636 1.5 41 35 6 W2 4-2 3-2 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 3.5 45 51 -6 L3 2-2 3-4 4 6 13 -- Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 4.5 43 41 2 W2 4-5 0-2 5 10 18 -- dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 12 3 9 .250 6.0 47 58 -11 W1 1-8 2-1 6 12 24 -- 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 Houston Astros franchise | log 12 9 3 .750 0.0 69 53 16 L1 5-0 4-3 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 13 9 4 .692 0.5 58 34 24 L2 5-1 4-3 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 4.5 59 67 -8 W1 2-2 3-6 3 8 16 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 4.5 57 69 -12 L2 4-2 1-6 4 7 15 -- dnq
1972 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 4.5 56 62 -6 L1 3-4 1-3 5 9 17 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 13 4 9 .308 5.5 25 48 -23 L4 1-2 3-7 6 11 22 -- 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
Jim Hardin Atlanta Braves Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1972-1972 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Jim Roland New York Yankees Hist Sold by Oakland Athletics to New York Yankees
Roe Skidmore Cincinnati Reds Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox to Cincinnati Reds for Buddy Bradford (3/25/1972)
3 record(s)