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Thursday, June 29,1972

Thursday, June 29,1972

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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 1972-06-29 Detroit Tigers  8 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Fred Scherman Don Newhauser Chuck Seelbach 17,775 2:49
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Oakland Athletics  0 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Wilbur Wood Catfish Hunter -- 0 1:55
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Oakland Athletics  3 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Blue Moon Odom Tom Bradley Rollie Fingers 33,456 2:31
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Cleveland Indians  1 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Earl Stephenson Ray Lamb Frank Linzy 8,930 2:21
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Kansas City Royals  5 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Dick Drago Bert Blyleven -- 0 2:20
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Kansas City Royals  12 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Mike Hedlund Dick Woodson Al Fitzmorris 12,668 2:59
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Baltimore Orioles  3 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mel Stottlemyre Jim Palmer Sparky Lyle 8,438 2:30
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 California Angels  12 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Rudy May Pete Broberg Rickey Clark 4,817 2:40
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Houston Astros  8 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Fred Gladding Jim Brewer Tom Griffin 21,382 2:48
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 New York Mets  4 Philadelphia Phillies  9 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Gary Gentry -- 14,451 2:51
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Montreal Expos  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Nelson Briles Ernie McAnally -- 18,364 2:00
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Atlanta Braves  6 San Diego Padres  8 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Mike Caldwell George Stone Bill Greif 4,330 2:25
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Jim Barr Jack Billingham -- 6,337 2:07
1972 reg season 1972-06-29 Chicago Cubs  2 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rick Wise Burt Hooton -- 24,257 2:18
14 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 63 36 27 .571 0.0 221 185 36 W1 19-14 17-13 1 3 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 63 34 29 .540 2.0 207 169 38 L1 16-15 18-14 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 61 27 34 .443 8.0 266 289 -23 L1 12-20 15-14 3 9 17 -- dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 61 27 34 .443 8.0 200 208 -8 W1 9-24 18-10 4 8 16 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 62 27 35 .435 8.5 173 206 -33 L4 11-21 16-14 5 10 19 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 63 26 37 .413 10.0 182 238 -56 W6 10-21 16-16 6 11 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 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 65 43 22 .662 0.0 261 187 74 W1 21-11 22-11 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 65 38 27 .585 5.0 254 242 12 L1 12-22 26-5 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 63 34 29 .540 8.0 230 220 10 L2 16-17 18-12 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 63 31 32 .492 11.0 245 212 33 W5 10-19 21-13 4 6 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 67 31 36 .463 13.0 223 262 -39 W1 13-20 18-16 5 7 14 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 64 26 38 .406 16.5 223 267 -44 L4 8-19 18-19 6 12 21 -- 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 Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 64 40 24 .625 0.0 313 218 95 W1 20-11 20-13 1 1 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 66 40 26 .606 1.0 247 252 -5 L1 19-13 21-13 2 3 4 Yes dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 65 36 29 .554 4.5 291 218 73 L3 14-17 22-12 3 5 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 66 33 33 .500 8.0 258 262 -4 W2 15-17 18-16 4 7 12 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 66 29 37 .439 12.0 202 260 -58 L1 14-24 15-13 5 9 18 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 65 24 41 .369 16.5 204 275 -71 W1 12-23 12-18 6 11 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 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 67 41 26 .612 0.0 311 251 60 L1 26-10 15-16 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 68 41 27 .603 0.5 318 267 51 W1 24-13 17-14 2 4 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 67 36 31 .537 5.0 241 206 35 L1 18-13 18-18 3 6 11 -- dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 66 30 36 .455 10.5 259 296 -37 L2 17-22 13-14 4 8 15 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 73 27 46 .370 17.0 285 332 -47 W1 17-17 10-29 5 10 22 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 67 23 44 .343 18.0 196 288 -92 W2 10-14 13-30 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ollie Brown Milwaukee Brewers Hist Claimed on waivers from Athletics by Brewers
Orlando Cepeda Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from Atlanta Braves to Oakland Athletics for Denny McLain
Denny McLain Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics to Atlanta Braves for Orlando Cepeda
3 record(s)