Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 16,1972

Games on 1972-05-16

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	2	California Angels	4	Box	Rickey Clark	Diego Segui	Lloyd Allen
Minnesota Twins	1	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Dick Woodson	Terry Forster
New York Yankees	3	Cleveland Indians	1	Box	Mike Kekich	Steve Hargan	Sparky Lyle
Baltimore Orioles	8	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Doyle Alexander	Tom Timmermann	(none)
Texas Rangers	0	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Jim Rooker	Rich Hand	(none)
Boston Red Sox	5	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Ray Culp	Ken Sanders	(none)
Atlanta Braves	5	Houston Astros	6	Box	Jim Ray	Cecil Upshaw	(none)
Montreal Expos	3	New York Mets	7	Box	Tom Seaver	Carl Morton	Chuck Taylor
Chicago Cubs	8	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Burt Hooton	Bill Champion	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Luke Walker	Rick Wise	Dave Giusti
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Diego Padres	0	Box	Bill Singer	Bill Greif	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Gary Nolan	Ron Bryant	Clay Carroll
Cincinnati Reds	2	San Francisco Giants	0	Box	Jack Billingham	Steve Stone	(none)

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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	4	7	Cleveland Indians	23	14	9	.609	--	78	60	18	6-4	8-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	133	58	75	.436
2	5	9	Detroit Tigers	23	13	10	.565	1.0	92	70	22	7-5	6-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	133	73	60	.549
3	6	10	Baltimore Orioles	24	13	11	.542	1.5	81	74	7	3-7	10-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	130	67	63	.515
4	7	16	Boston Red Sox	21	9	12	.429	4.0	86	98	-12	6-7	3-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	134	76	58	.567
5	11	20	New York Yankees	23	9	14	.391	5.0	67	79	-12	4-10	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	132	70	62	.530
6	12	24	Milwaukee Brewers	21	6	15	.286	7.0	41	74	-33	4-8	2-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	135	59	76	.437
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	2	Minnesota Twins	23	16	7	.696	--	104	57	47	9-5	7-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	131	61	70	.466
2	2	4	Oakland Athletics	22	14	8	.636	1.5	83	68	15	4-4	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	133	79	54	.594
3	3	5	Chicago White Sox	24	15	9	.625	1.5	82	74	8	2-8	13-1	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	130	72	58	.554
4	8	17	Kansas City Royals	26	11	15	.423	6.5	77	74	3	2-11	9-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	128	65	63	.508
5	9	18	Texas Rangers	25	10	15	.400	7.0	73	99	-26	4-10	6-5	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	129	44	85	.341
6	10	19	California Angels	25	10	15	.400	7.0	64	101	-37	3-7	7-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	130	65	65	.500
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	1	New York Mets	26	19	7	.731	--	100	91	9	7-3	12-4	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	130	64	66	.492
2	4	8	Philadelphia Phillies	26	15	11	.577	4.0	91	85	6	8-4	7-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	130	44	86	.338
3	5	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	25	13	12	.520	5.5	116	113	3	7-5	6-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	130	83	47	.638
4	7	13	Montreal Expos	26	13	13	.500	6.0	86	107	-21	6-7	7-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	130	57	73	.438
5	8	14	Chicago Cubs	25	12	13	.480	6.5	115	84	31	5-10	7-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	130	73	57	.562
6	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	28	10	18	.357	10.0	102	119	-17	5-12	5-6	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	128	65	63	.508
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	2	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	28	18	10	.643	--	114	67	47	11-5	7-5	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	127	67	60	.528
2	3	6	Houston Astros	26	16	10	.615	1.0	134	116	18	8-4	8-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	127	68	59	.535
3	6	12	Cincinnati Reds	27	14	13	.519	3.5	123	127	-4	8-6	6-7	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	127	81	46	.638
4	9	15	San Diego Padres	28	12	16	.429	6.0	82	95	-13	6-5	6-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	125	46	79	.368
5	10	21	Atlanta Braves	27	10	17	.370	7.5	103	141	-38	5-9	5-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	127	60	67	.472
6	12	23	San Francisco Giants	30	9	21	.300	10.0	114	135	-21	7-8	2-13	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	125	60	65	.480

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Steve Barber	P	34.083	Signed as Free Agent by Angels.
Lowell Palmer	P	24.272	Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals.
Lowell Palmer	P	24.272	Released by White Sox.

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