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Saturday, May 20,1972

Saturday, May 20,1972

Baseball on this Date

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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 1972-05-20 California Angels  0 Chicago White Sox  8 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Stan Bahnsen Rickey Clark -- 21,190 2:00
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Cleveland Indians  2 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Denny Riddleberger Tom Timmermann Steve Mingori 17,375 2:47
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Oakland Athletics  8 Kansas City Royals  5 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Rollie Fingers Al Fitzmorris -- 9,559 2:53
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Baltimore Orioles  6 Milwaukee Brewers  0 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Palmer Skip Lockwood Grant Jackson 8,362 2:13
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Minnesota Twins  1 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Pete Broberg Jim Perry Mike Paul 12,016 2:26
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Houston Astros  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Al Downing Dave Roberts -- 31,256 1:30
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 New York Mets  3 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jon Matlack Woodie Fryman -- 36,691 1:54
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 New York Mets  2 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jerry Koosman Bill Champion Tug McGraw 36,691 2:44
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Montreal Expos  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dock Ellis Carl Morton Bruce Kison 11,602 2:00
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Cincinnati Reds  3 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Steve Arlin Jack Billingham Mike Corkins 8,102 2:06
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Atlanta Braves  3 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Tom Kelley Steve Stone Cecil Upshaw 9,735 2:30
1972 reg season 1972-05-20 Chicago Cubs  2 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Moe Drabowsky Burt Hooton -- 20,089 1:52
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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 Cleveland Indians franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 84 63 21 W3 8-4 9-5 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 2.5 107 77 30 L2 7-5 8-7 2 5 9 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 3.5 90 84 6 W1 4-9 10-4 3 6 11 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 6.5 74 81 -7 W1 4-11 6-4 4 9 18 -- dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 24 9 15 .375 7.0 89 115 -26 L3 6-10 3-5 5 11 21 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 8.0 49 83 -34 L1 4-8 4-8 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 26 17 9 .654 0.0 114 65 49 L2 10-7 7-2 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 27 17 10 .630 0.5 94 83 11 W2 2-8 15-2 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 26 16 10 .615 1.0 99 93 6 W1 6-6 10-4 3 4 6 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 5.0 84 104 -20 W3 5-10 8-5 4 7 14 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 29 12 17 .414 6.5 101 87 14 L1 2-11 10-6 5 8 17 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 29 11 18 .379 7.5 69 119 -50 L2 3-9 8-9 6 10 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 31 24 7 .774 0.0 127 99 28 W10 10-3 14-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 6.5 142 113 29 W5 7-5 9-7 2 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 30 15 15 .500 8.5 98 101 -3 L5 8-4 7-11 3 6 12 -- dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 29 14 15 .483 9.0 129 97 32 L2 7-12 7-3 4 7 13 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 30 13 17 .433 10.5 89 135 -46 L6 6-11 7-6 5 9 16 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 32 12 20 .375 12.5 113 142 -29 W2 5-13 7-7 6 10 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 West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 32 20 12 .625 0.0 122 74 48 W2 11-6 9-6 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 30 18 12 .600 1.0 148 124 24 L2 9-6 9-6 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 31 17 14 .548 2.5 137 138 -1 L1 11-7 6-7 3 5 10 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 5.5 89 99 -10 W1 6-5 8-12 4 8 15 -- dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 30 11 19 .367 8.0 112 159 -47 W1 6-11 5-8 5 11 22 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 34 10 24 .294 11.0 129 154 -25 L1 7-8 3-16 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)