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Friday, July 28,1972

Friday, July 28,1972

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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 1972-07-28 Cleveland Indians  4 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Gaylord Perry Dave McNally -- 12,372 2:38
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Texas Rangers  2 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Steve Barber Horacio Pina -- 6,949 2:40
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Kansas City Royals  0 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Tom Bradley Dick Drago -- 18,902 2:33
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Detroit Tigers  2 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Jim Lonborg Chuck Seelbach -- 14,306 2:15
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Boston Red Sox  6 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Don Newhauser Sparky Lyle -- 0 2:10
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Boston Red Sox  1 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Steve Kline Sonny Siebert -- 20,129 2:22
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Minnesota Twins  4 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Dick Woodson Ken Holtzman Dave LaRoche 10,141 2:36
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 San Francisco Giants  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ron Schueler Ron Bryant Denny McLain 10,333 2:18
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 San Diego Padres  3 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Cinergy Field Clay Kirby Wayne Simpson -- 21,728 2:07
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Houston Astros  5 box | pbp Astrodome Pete Mikkelsen Fred Gladding Jim Brewer 13,283 2:28
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Montreal Expos  3 box | pbp Parc Jarry Bill Stoneman Bob Gibson -- 16,341 1:59
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 Chicago Cubs  0 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Milt Pappas -- 12,453 1:41
1972 reg season 1972-07-28 New York Mets  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Dock Ellis Tom Seaver -- 39,035 2:05
13 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 91 53 38 .582 0.0 322 276 46 L1 27-20 26-18 1 2 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 90 50 40 .556 2.5 314 252 62 L2 27-18 23-22 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 89 46 43 .517 6.0 382 381 1 L1 18-27 28-16 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 88 44 44 .500 7.5 315 278 37 W1 15-27 29-17 4 7 14 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 89 38 51 .427 14.0 265 305 -40 W2 17-32 21-19 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 90 36 54 .400 16.5 268 360 -92 W1 14-29 22-25 6 12 22 -- 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 93 57 36 .613 0.0 370 283 87 L1 31-18 26-18 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 93 51 42 .548 6.0 339 337 2 W1 15-29 36-13 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 89 46 43 .517 9.0 326 315 11 W1 21-27 25-16 3 6 11 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 92 45 47 .489 11.5 362 331 31 L1 17-27 28-20 4 8 15 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 94 42 52 .447 15.5 286 362 -76 W3 17-29 25-23 5 9 18 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 92 37 55 .402 19.5 296 365 -69 L2 14-29 23-26 6 11 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 91 57 34 .626 0.0 423 314 109 W2 25-16 32-18 1 1 1 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 90 50 40 .556 6.5 301 320 -19 L2 26-21 24-19 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 90 46 44 .511 10.5 346 355 -9 L1 24-23 22-21 3 6 12 -- dnq
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 94 47 47 .500 11.5 403 338 65 L2 21-29 26-18 4 7 13 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 89 41 48 .461 15.0 288 355 -67 W1 20-27 21-21 5 9 17 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 91 33 58 .363 24.0 290 383 -93 W2 15-28 18-30 6 12 24 -- 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 90 56 34 .622 0.0 423 313 110 L1 35-13 21-21 1 2 2 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 94 51 43 .543 7.0 437 395 42 L2 28-20 23-23 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 91 49 42 .538 7.5 334 301 33 W2 26-20 23-22 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 93 44 49 .473 13.5 365 415 -50 W3 22-30 21-20 4 8 16 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 94 41 53 .436 17.0 388 403 -15 L1 23-21 18-32 5 10 19 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 91 34 57 .374 22.5 274 380 -106 W1 17-19 17-38 6 11 23 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Paul Ratliff California Angels Hist Traded from Milwaukee Brewers with Ron Clark to California Angels for Syd O`Brien and Joe Azcue
Ron Clark California Angels Hist Traded from Milwaukee Brewers with Paul Ratliff to California Angels for Syd O`Brien and Joe Azcue
Syd O'Brien Milwaukee Brewers Hist Traded from California Angels with Joe Azcue to Milwaukee Brewers for Paul Ratliff and Ron Clark
Joe Azcue Milwaukee Brewers Hist Traded from California Angels with Syd O`Brien to Milwaukee Brewers for Paul Ratliff and Ron Clark
4 record(s)