Baseball on this Date - Friday August 4,1972

Games on 1972-08-04

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	0	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Marty Pattin	Pat Dobson	(none)
Texas Rangers	2	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Paul Lindblad	(none)
Detroit Tigers	0	Cleveland Indians	1	Box	Dick Tidrow	Mickey Lolich	(none)
California Angels	6	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Eddie Fisher	Ted Abernathy	(none)
New York Yankees	9	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Fritz Peterson	Earl Stephenson	Sparky Lyle
Oakland Athletics	4	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Bert Blyleven	Blue Moon Odom	Wayne Granger
Atlanta Braves	5	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Clay Carroll	Pat Jarvis	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Ross Grimsley	Denny McLain	Don Gullett
San Diego Padres	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Box	Mike Caldwell	Bill Singer	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Balor Moore	Bruce Kison	(none)
Chicago Cubs	1	New York Mets	6	Box	Jim McAndrew	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
Houston Astros	6	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Jerry Reuss	Juan Marichal	Fred Gladding
Philadelphia Phillies	8	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Bill Wilson	Don Durham	Bucky Brandon

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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	5	Detroit Tigers	99	55	44	.556	--	344	321	23	27-22	28-22	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	57	31	26	.544
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	99	53	46	.535	2.0	339	276	63	28-22	25-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	55	27	28	.491
3	6	10	New York Yankees	97	50	47	.515	4.0	360	310	50	20-30	30-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	58	29	29	.500
4	7	13	Boston Red Sox	98	50	48	.510	4.5	412	425	-13	19-30	31-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	57	35	22	.614
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	99	46	53	.465	9.0	294	327	-33	17-33	29-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	57	26	31	.456
6	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	99	40	59	.404	15.0	313	389	-76	17-33	23-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	57	25	32	.439
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	3	Oakland Athletics	100	61	39	.610	--	395	296	99	31-19	30-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	55	32	23	.582
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	99	56	43	.566	4.5	368	355	13	16-30	40-13	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	55	31	24	.564
3	5	9	Minnesota Twins	96	50	46	.521	9.0	348	339	9	23-29	27-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	58	27	31	.466
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	98	46	52	.469	14.0	374	354	20	18-31	28-21	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	56	30	26	.536
5	10	19	California Angels	100	45	55	.450	16.0	315	386	-71	18-31	27-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	55	30	25	.545
6	12	23	Texas Rangers	100	40	60	.400	21.0	310	394	-84	16-32	24-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	54	14	40	.259
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	Pittsburgh Pirates	99	61	38	.616	--	449	342	107	29-20	32-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	56	35	21	.625
2	4	7	New York Mets	98	54	44	.551	6.5	325	345	-20	26-21	28-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	58	29	29	.500
3	6	12	Chicago Cubs	103	53	50	.515	10.0	431	359	72	23-32	30-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	52	32	20	.615
4	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	98	48	50	.490	12.5	373	390	-17	24-27	24-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	58	27	31	.466
5	8	17	Montreal Expos	97	45	52	.464	15.0	308	377	-69	21-29	24-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	59	25	34	.424
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	100	38	62	.380	23.5	321	408	-87	19-29	19-33	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	56	21	35	.375
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	2	Cincinnati Reds	98	60	38	.612	--	446	348	98	36-14	24-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	56	35	21	.625
2	3	6	Houston Astros	101	56	45	.554	5.5	475	417	58	29-20	27-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	52	28	24	.538
3	5	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	99	51	48	.515	9.5	365	348	17	26-24	25-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	56	34	22	.607
4	9	18	Atlanta Braves	103	47	56	.456	15.5	409	471	-62	22-32	24-25	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	51	23	28	.451
5	10	20	San Francisco Giants	102	45	57	.441	17.0	422	436	-14	27-24	18-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	53	24	29	.453
6	11	21	San Diego Padres	100	41	59	.410	20.0	326	409	-83	24-21	17-38	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	53	17	36	.321

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Duke Sims	C	31.060	Claimed on waivers by Tigers from Dodgers.
U.L. Washington	SS	18.281	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Royals.

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