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Tuesday, May 2,1972

Tuesday, May 2,1972

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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 1972-05-02 Chicago White Sox  0 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dave McNally Stan Bahnsen -- 6,055 1:55
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 Kansas City Royals  6 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jim Rooker Tom Timmermann -- 9,874 2:21
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 California Angels  0 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mel Stottlemyre Rudy May -- 5,827 2:13
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 Cleveland Indians  4 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Gaylord Perry Dick Bosman Steve Mingori 6,570 2:38
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 Atlanta Braves  1 Chicago Cubs  12 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bill Hands Ron Reed -- 5,989 2:24
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jim Brewer Barry Lersch -- 14,770 3:19
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 Montreal Expos  1 San Diego Padres  6 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Fred Norman Steve Renko -- 3,634 2:09
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 New York Mets  4 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Gary Gentry Don Carrithers -- 6,570 2:15
1972 reg season 1972-05-02 Cincinnati Reds  7 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Jim Merritt Don Shaw Tom Hall 11,091 2:41
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 12 7 5 .583 0.0 54 31 23 L2 4-3 3-2 1 3 8 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 14 8 6 .571 0.0 52 34 18 W1 1-4 7-2 2 4 10 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 13 7 6 .538 0.5 38 42 -4 W3 5-4 2-2 3 6 11 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 2.5 39 46 -7 W1 0-4 5-4 4 9 16 -- dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 2.5 39 54 -15 W1 1-5 3-2 5 10 17 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 10 3 7 .300 3.0 19 29 -10 W1 1-2 2-5 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 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 11 8 3 .727 0.0 56 26 30 W1 5-3 3-0 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 11 7 4 .636 1.0 34 29 5 L1 3-3 4-1 2 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 14 8 6 .571 1.5 48 42 6 L1 1-6 7-0 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 2.5 49 61 -12 L2 1-3 6-4 4 7 12 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 3.0 37 36 1 W1 1-6 6-2 5 8 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 14 5 9 .357 4.5 33 68 -35 L1 3-7 2-2 6 11 20 -- 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 14 10 4 .714 0.0 52 47 5 W2 6-3 4-1 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 1.0 48 59 -11 L2 6-4 3-1 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 16 10 6 .625 1.0 58 49 9 L1 7-4 3-2 3 5 7 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 14 5 9 .357 5.0 59 75 -16 L6 2-2 3-7 4 8 19 -- Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 14 5 9 .357 5.0 59 57 2 L2 5-6 0-3 5 9 18 -- dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 5.5 67 66 1 W2 1-8 4-2 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 Houston Astros franchise | log 15 11 4 .733 0.0 87 71 16 W2 6-0 5-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 17 12 5 .706 0.0 84 43 41 W1 5-1 7-4 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 4.5 75 85 -10 L1 4-3 3-6 3 6 14 -- dnq
1972 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 70 76 -6 W1 5-5 1-3 4 7 15 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 17 6 11 .353 6.0 37 58 -21 W1 1-2 5-9 5 10 21 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 18 6 12 .333 6.5 79 89 -10 L2 4-2 2-10 6 12 22 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Billy Cowan -- Hist Released by Angels
1 record(s)