Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 11,1972

Standings as of 1972-05-11

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	Cleveland Indians	19	12	7	.632	--	65	48	17	6-4	6-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	137	60	77	.438
2	4	7	Detroit Tigers	18	11	7	.611	0.5	77	48	29	5-4	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	138	75	63	.543
3	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	19	11	8	.579	1.0	63	52	11	1-4	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	135	69	66	.511
4	10	22	Boston Red Sox	17	6	11	.353	5.0	60	79	-19	3-6	3-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	138	79	59	.572
5	11	23	New York Yankees	19	6	13	.316	6.0	53	69	-16	1-9	5-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	136	73	63	.537
6	12	24	Milwaukee Brewers	17	5	12	.294	6.0	30	57	-27	3-6	2-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	139	60	79	.432
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Minnesota Twins	18	14	4	.778	--	88	41	47	9-3	5-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	136	63	73	.463
2	2	2	Oakland Athletics	17	12	5	.706	1.5	61	42	19	3-3	9-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	138	81	57	.587
3	6	11	Chicago White Sox	19	10	9	.526	4.5	59	63	-4	2-8	8-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	135	77	58	.570
4	7	15	Texas Rangers	20	9	11	.450	6.0	60	77	-17	3-6	6-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	134	45	89	.336
5	8	17	California Angels	20	8	12	.400	7.0	50	86	-36	3-7	5-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	135	67	68	.496
6	9	19	Kansas City Royals	21	8	13	.381	7.5	56	60	-4	2-11	6-2	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	133	68	65	.511
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	New York Mets	21	14	7	.667	--	80	80	0	7-3	7-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	135	69	66	.511
2	2	4	Philadelphia Phillies	22	14	8	.636	0.5	84	68	16	8-4	6-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	134	45	89	.336
3	5	10	Montreal Expos	21	12	9	.571	2.0	68	82	-14	6-5	6-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	135	58	77	.430
4	6	12	Chicago Cubs	21	10	11	.476	4.0	104	77	27	3-8	7-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	134	75	59	.560
5	7	13	St. Louis Cardinals	22	10	12	.455	4.5	89	89	0	5-6	5-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	134	65	69	.485
6	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	20	9	11	.450	4.5	92	99	-7	5-4	4-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	135	87	48	.644
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Houston Astros	21	13	8	.619	--	110	93	17	8-4	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	132	71	61	.538
2	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	24	14	10	.583	0.5	101	64	37	7-5	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	131	71	60	.542
3	9	16	San Diego Padres	23	10	13	.435	4.0	68	79	-11	4-4	6-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	130	48	82	.369
4	10	18	Atlanta Braves	23	9	14	.391	5.0	94	124	-30	5-7	4-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	131	61	70	.466
5	11	20	Cincinnati Reds	21	8	13	.381	5.0	95	115	-20	6-6	2-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	133	87	46	.654
6	12	21	San Francisco Giants	25	9	16	.360	6.0	106	121	-15	7-5	2-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	130	60	70	.462

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	3	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Bill Gogolewski	Jim Palmer	Casey Cox
Boston Red Sox	8	California Angels	1	Box	Ray Culp	Andy Messersmith	(none)
San Francisco Giants	6	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Ron Bryant	Steve Renko	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	New York Mets	2	Box	Tom Seaver	Bill Singer	Danny Frisella
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	New York Mets	4	Box	Tommy John	Jim McAndrew	Pete Richert
San Diego Padres	5	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Wayne Twitchell	Gary Ross	(none)
Houston Astros	3	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Rick Wise	Jerry Reuss	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Steve Barber	P	34.078	Released by Braves.
Joe Gibbon	P	37.031	Released by Reds.
Willie Mays	OF	41.005	Traded by Giants to Mets for Charlie Williams and Cash.
Charlie Williams	P	24.213	Traded by Mets with Cash to Giants for Willie Mays.

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