Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 17,1972

Games on 1972-08-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	6	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Dave Lemonds	Pat Dobson	Cy Acosta
California Angels	4	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Andy Messersmith	Tom Hilgendorf	(none)
Minnesota Twins	2	Detroit Tigers	12	Box	Woodie Fryman	Jim Perry	(none)
Minnesota Twins	7	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Jim Strickland	Chuck Seelbach	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	Texas Rangers	3	Box	Marty Pattin	Mike Paul	Bill Lee
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Al Downing	Bob Moose	Pete Richert
Houston Astros	17	Montreal Expos	5	Box	George Culver	Balor Moore	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	New York Mets	2	Box	Tom Seaver	Ron Reed	Tug McGraw
Cincinnati Reds	4	Philadelphia Phillies	9	Box	Steve Carlton	Ross Grimsley	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Clay Kirby	Rick Wise	Mike Corkins
Chicago Cubs	2	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Milt Pappas	Jim Barr	Jack Aker

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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	8	Baltimore Orioles	112	60	52	.536	--	394	314	80	32-24	28-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	42	20	22	.476
2	5	10	Detroit Tigers	113	60	53	.531	0.5	395	376	19	30-26	30-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	43	26	17	.605
3	6	11	New York Yankees	111	58	53	.523	1.5	406	357	49	22-34	36-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	44	21	23	.477
4	7	13	Boston Red Sox	110	56	54	.509	3.0	456	476	-20	22-34	34-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	45	29	16	.644
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	112	52	60	.464	8.0	342	365	-23	21-36	31-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	44	20	24	.455
6	12	23	Milwaukee Brewers	112	43	69	.384	17.0	350	449	-99	18-38	25-31	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	44	22	22	.500
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	112	66	46	.589	--	427	333	94	34-24	32-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	43	27	16	.628
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	111	65	46	.586	0.5	418	388	30	21-32	44-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	43	22	21	.512
3	4	9	Minnesota Twins	109	58	51	.532	6.5	399	388	11	27-32	31-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	45	19	26	.422
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	110	54	56	.491	11.0	413	393	20	19-33	35-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	44	22	22	.500
5	10	18	California Angels	112	51	61	.455	15.0	345	415	-70	22-33	29-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	43	24	19	.558
6	11	21	Texas Rangers	112	45	67	.402	21.0	359	450	-91	18-36	27-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	42	9	33	.214
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	111	69	42	.622	--	509	383	126	33-22	36-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	44	27	17	.614
2	4	6	New York Mets	109	59	50	.541	9.0	370	381	-11	28-25	31-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	47	24	23	.511
3	6	12	Chicago Cubs	114	59	55	.518	11.5	483	416	67	25-35	34-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	41	26	15	.634
4	7	15	St. Louis Cardinals	110	53	57	.482	15.5	417	447	-30	26-32	27-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	46	22	24	.478
5	9	19	Montreal Expos	110	50	60	.455	18.5	351	447	-96	25-32	25-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	46	20	26	.435
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	111	42	69	.378	27.0	349	449	-100	21-31	21-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	45	17	28	.378
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	111	68	43	.613	--	515	396	119	40-17	28-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	43	27	16	.628
2	3	5	Houston Astros	114	64	50	.561	5.5	544	470	74	34-24	30-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	39	20	19	.513
3	5	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	110	59	51	.536	8.5	408	375	33	30-26	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	45	26	19	.578
4	8	17	Atlanta Braves	116	53	63	.457	17.5	460	536	-76	24-36	28-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	38	17	21	.447
5	10	20	San Francisco Giants	115	51	64	.443	19.0	493	496	-3	28-27	23-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	40	18	22	.450
6	11	22	San Diego Padres	111	44	67	.396	24.0	358	461	-103	25-25	19-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	42	14	28	.333

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Eddie Fisher	P	36.032	Traded by Angels to White Sox for Bruce Kimm and Bruce Miller.
Bruce Miller	3B-2B	25.166	Traded by White Sox with Bruce Kimm to Angels for Eddie Fisher.
Allen Ripley	P	19.303	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Red Sox.

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