Baseball on this Date - Monday August 21,1972

Standings as of 1972-08-21

Record in remaining games at far right

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	6	Detroit Tigers	117	63	54	.538	--	419	391	28	30-26	33-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	39	23	16	.590
2	4	7	Baltimore Orioles	116	62	54	.534	0.5	401	323	78	32-24	30-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	38	18	20	.474
3	6	10	New York Yankees	114	60	54	.526	1.5	416	370	46	24-35	36-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	41	19	22	.463
4	7	13	Boston Red Sox	114	58	56	.509	3.5	472	497	-25	24-36	34-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	41	27	14	.659
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	116	55	61	.474	7.5	360	381	-21	21-36	34-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	40	17	23	.425
6	12	23	Milwaukee Brewers	115	45	70	.391	17.0	360	454	-94	20-39	25-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	41	20	21	.488
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	116	68	48	.586	--	445	342	103	36-26	32-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39	25	14	.641
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	115	67	48	.583	0.5	439	404	35	21-32	46-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	39	20	19	.513
3	5	8	Minnesota Twins	113	60	53	.531	6.5	410	402	8	29-34	31-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	41	17	24	.415
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	113	55	58	.487	11.5	418	403	15	19-33	36-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	41	21	20	.512
5	10	20	California Angels	116	51	65	.440	17.0	356	441	-85	22-37	29-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	39	24	15	.615
6	11	21	Texas Rangers	115	46	69	.400	21.5	372	460	-88	18-36	28-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	39	8	31	.205
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	114	72	42	.632	--	527	390	137	36-22	36-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	41	24	17	.585
2	4	9	New York Mets	113	60	53	.531	11.5	377	404	-27	28-25	32-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	43	23	20	.535
3	6	12	Chicago Cubs	118	61	57	.517	13.0	500	429	71	27-37	34-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	37	24	13	.649
4	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	114	56	58	.491	16.0	434	457	-23	29-33	27-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	42	19	23	.452
5	8	17	Montreal Expos	114	53	61	.465	19.0	363	454	-91	25-32	28-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	42	17	25	.405
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	115	43	72	.374	29.5	358	458	-100	21-31	22-41	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	41	16	25	.390
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	115	72	43	.626	--	540	400	140	44-17	28-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	39	23	16	.590
2	3	5	Houston Astros	118	66	52	.559	7.5	553	482	71	36-26	30-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	35	18	17	.514
3	5	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	114	60	54	.526	11.5	415	391	24	30-26	30-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	41	25	16	.610
4	9	18	Atlanta Braves	120	54	66	.450	20.5	465	548	-83	25-39	28-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	34	16	18	.471
5	10	19	San Francisco Giants	118	52	66	.441	21.5	503	509	-6	28-27	24-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	37	17	20	.459
6	11	22	San Diego Padres	115	45	70	.391	27.0	371	484	-113	25-25	20-45	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	38	13	25	.342

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	1	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Pat Dobson	Andy Messersmith	(none)
Minnesota Twins	3	Cleveland Indians	10	Box	Milt Wilcox	Jim Perry	Steve Mingori
Oakland Athletics	5	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Catfish Hunter	Woodie Fryman	Rollie Fingers
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Box	Bob Gibson	Don Sutton	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Jim McGlothlin	Mike Torrez	(none)
Houston Astros	2	New York Mets	4	Box	Jon Matlack	Jim Ray	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Phil Niekro	Steve Carlton	(none)
Chicago Cubs	5	San Diego Padres	6	Box	Mike Corkins	Jack Aker	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Dell Alston	OF	19.333	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees.

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