Baseball on this Date - Thursday June 29,1972

Games on 1972-06-29

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	8	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Fred Scherman	Don Newhauser	Chuck Seelbach
Oakland Athletics	0	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Wilbur Wood	Catfish Hunter	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Blue Moon Odom	Tom Bradley	Rollie Fingers
Cleveland Indians	1	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Earl Stephenson	Ray Lamb	Frank Linzy
Kansas City Royals	5	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Dick Drago	Bert Blyleven	(none)
Kansas City Royals	12	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Mike Hedlund	Dick Woodson	Al Fitzmorris
Baltimore Orioles	3	New York Yankees	4	Box	Mel Stottlemyre	Jim Palmer	Sparky Lyle
California Angels	12	Texas Rangers	4	Box	Rudy May	Pete Broberg	Rickey Clark
Houston Astros	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Fred Gladding	Jim Brewer	Tom Griffin
New York Mets	4	Philadelphia Phillies	9	Box	Steve Carlton	Gary Gentry	(none)
Montreal Expos	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Box	Nelson Briles	Ernie McAnally	(none)
Atlanta Braves	6	San Diego Padres	8	Box	Mike Caldwell	George Stone	Bill Greif
Cincinnati Reds	2	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Jim Barr	Jack Billingham	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Rick Wise	Burt Hooton	(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	3	7	Detroit Tigers	63	36	27	.571	--	221	185	36	19-14	17-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	93	50	43	.538
2	4	9	Baltimore Orioles	63	34	29	.540	2.0	207	169	38	16-15	18-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	91	46	45	.505
4	8	16	New York Yankees	61	27	34	.443	8.0	200	208	-8	9-24	18-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	94	52	42	.553
3	9	17	Boston Red Sox	61	27	34	.443	8.0	266	289	-23	12-20	15-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	94	58	36	.617
5	10	19	Cleveland Indians	62	27	35	.435	8.5	173	206	-33	11-21	16-14	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	94	45	49	.479
6	11	20	Milwaukee Brewers	63	26	37	.413	10.0	182	238	-56	10-21	16-16	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	93	39	54	.419
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	Oakland Athletics	65	43	22	.662	--	261	187	74	21-11	22-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	90	50	40	.556
2	2	6	Chicago White Sox	65	38	27	.585	5.0	254	242	12	12-22	26-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	89	49	40	.551
3	5	10	Minnesota Twins	63	34	29	.540	8.0	230	220	10	16-17	18-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	91	43	48	.473
4	6	13	Kansas City Royals	63	31	32	.492	11.0	245	212	33	10-19	21-13	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	91	45	46	.495
5	7	14	California Angels	67	31	36	.463	13.0	223	262	-39	13-20	18-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	88	44	44	.500
6	12	21	Texas Rangers	64	26	38	.406	16.5	223	267	-44	8-19	18-19	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	90	28	62	.311
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	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	64	40	24	.625	--	313	218	95	20-11	20-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	91	56	35	.615
2	3	4	New York Mets	66	40	26	.606	1.0	247	252	-5	19-13	21-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	90	43	47	.478
3	5	8	Chicago Cubs	65	36	29	.554	4.5	291	218	73	14-17	22-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	90	49	41	.544
4	7	12	St. Louis Cardinals	66	33	33	.500	8.0	258	262	-4	15-17	18-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	90	42	48	.467
5	9	18	Montreal Expos	66	29	37	.439	12.0	202	260	-58	14-24	15-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	90	41	49	.456
6	11	23	Philadelphia Phillies	65	24	41	.369	16.5	204	275	-71	12-23	12-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	91	35	56	.385
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	Cincinnati Reds	67	41	26	.612	--	311	251	60	26-10	15-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	87	54	33	.621
2	4	5	Houston Astros	68	41	27	.603	0.5	318	267	51	24-13	17-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	85	43	42	.506
3	6	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	67	36	31	.537	5.0	241	206	35	18-13	18-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	88	49	39	.557
4	8	15	Atlanta Braves	66	30	36	.455	10.5	259	296	-37	17-22	13-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	88	40	48	.455
5	10	22	San Francisco Giants	73	27	46	.370	17.0	285	332	-47	17-17	10-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	82	42	40	.512
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	67	23	44	.343	18.0	196	288	-92	10-14	13-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	86	35	51	.407

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ollie Brown	OF	28.139	Claimed on waivers by Brewers from Athletics.
Orlando Cepeda	1B	34.285	Traded by Braves to Athletics for Denny McLain.
Denny McLain	P	28.092	Traded by Athletics to Braves for Orlando Cepeda.

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