Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 31,1972

Games on 1972-05-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	3	California Angels	4	Box	Lloyd Allen	Steve Kealey	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Fred Scherman	Steve Mingori	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Mel Stottlemyre	Ken Brett	Sparky Lyle
Kansas City Royals	2	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Bert Blyleven	Jim Rooker	Wayne Granger
Oakland Athletics	5	Texas Rangers	1	Box	Catfish Hunter	Dick Bosman	(none)
San Diego Padres	4	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	Ron Reed	Fred Norman	Cecil Upshaw
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Chicago Cubs	0	Box	Bob Gibson	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	12	Houston Astros	4	Box	Gary Nolan	Dave Roberts	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Ernie McAnally	Nelson Briles	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Jim Brewer	Don McMahon	(none)

Standings as of 1972-05-31

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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	8	Detroit Tigers	37	21	16	.568	--	140	105	35	11-7	10-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	119	65	54	.546
2	5	10	Baltimore Orioles	36	20	16	.556	0.5	122	103	19	6-11	14-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	118	60	58	.508
3	6	12	Cleveland Indians	35	18	17	.514	2.0	97	96	1	9-11	9-6	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	121	54	67	.446
4	7	13	New York Yankees	37	17	20	.459	4.0	111	116	-5	5-12	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	118	62	56	.525
5	8	16	Boston Red Sox	34	15	19	.441	4.5	130	153	-23	7-12	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	121	70	51	.579
6	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	34	12	22	.353	7.5	83	120	-37	7-12	5-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	122	53	69	.434
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	Oakland Athletics	37	25	12	.676	--	151	121	30	10-7	15-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	118	68	50	.576
2	2	3	Minnesota Twins	35	23	12	.657	1.0	146	100	46	11-9	12-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	119	54	65	.454
3	3	7	Chicago White Sox	38	22	16	.579	3.5	136	131	5	6-14	16-2	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	116	65	51	.560
4	9	17	California Angels	41	18	23	.439	9.0	125	166	-41	4-12	14-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	114	57	57	.500
5	10	18	Texas Rangers	41	17	24	.415	10.0	129	161	-32	6-13	11-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	113	37	76	.327
6	12	23	Kansas City Royals	37	13	24	.351	12.0	121	119	2	3-16	10-8	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	117	63	54	.538
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	40	29	11	.725	--	159	132	27	14-7	15-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	116	54	62	.466
2	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	39	24	15	.615	4.5	191	145	46	9-7	15-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	116	72	44	.621
3	6	11	Chicago Cubs	38	20	18	.526	8.0	161	120	41	8-12	12-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	117	65	52	.556
4	8	14	Montreal Expos	40	18	22	.450	11.0	126	169	-43	7-16	11-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	116	52	64	.448
5	9	19	Philadelphia Phillies	40	16	24	.400	13.0	123	152	-29	9-12	7-12	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	116	43	73	.371
6	10	20	St. Louis Cardinals	41	16	25	.390	13.5	147	178	-31	6-13	10-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	115	59	56	.513
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	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	42	26	16	.619	--	170	113	57	16-7	10-9	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	113	59	54	.522
2	4	6	Houston Astros	41	24	17	.585	1.5	195	173	22	14-6	10-11	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	112	60	52	.536
3	5	9	Cincinnati Reds	41	23	18	.561	2.5	191	174	17	15-8	8-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	113	72	41	.637
4	7	15	Atlanta Braves	40	18	22	.450	7.0	159	197	-38	9-12	9-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	114	52	62	.456
5	11	21	San Diego Padres	42	16	26	.381	10.0	115	148	-33	7-9	9-17	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	111	42	69	.378
6	12	24	San Francisco Giants	46	15	31	.326	13.0	183	219	-36	11-11	4-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	109	54	55	.495

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