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Sunday, August 27,1972

Sunday, August 27,1972

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Games on this date
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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 1972-08-27 Texas Rangers  3 Boston Red Sox  10 box | pbp Fenway Park Marty Pattin Rich Hand -- 17,755 2:45
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Cleveland Indians  0 California Angels  1 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Nolan Ryan Phil Hennigan -- 7,145 3:25
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Chicago White Sox  3 Milwaukee Brewers  4 box | pbp County Stadium Jerry Bell Terry Forster -- 18,914 2:32
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Detroit Tigers  5 Minnesota Twins  3 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Fred Scherman Wayne Granger -- 0 3:25
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Detroit Tigers  1 Minnesota Twins  0 box | pbp Metropolitan Stadium Joe Coleman Dave LaRoche -- 24,962 2:38
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Kansas City Royals  6 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Sparky Lyle Norm Angelini -- 0 2:38
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Kansas City Royals  8 New York Yankees  9 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Lindy McDaniel Bruce Dal Canton -- 25,801 4:50
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Baltimore Orioles  1 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Rollie Fingers Dave McNally Bob Locker 16,749 2:09
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 New York Mets  13 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Tom Seaver Denny McLain Danny Frisella 11,509 2:43
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 San Francisco Giants  3 Chicago Cubs  9 box | pbp Wrigley Field Burt Hooton Frank Reberger -- 23,386 2:37
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Cinergy Field Ross Grimsley Wayne Twitchell Pedro Borbon 37,167 2:22
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Montreal Expos  2 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Dierker Carl Morton -- 13,362 2:15
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Pete Mikkelsen Nelson Briles Jim Brewer 25,672 2:34
1972 reg season 1972-08-27 San Diego Padres  2 St. Louis Cardinals  9 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rick Wise Clay Kirby -- 13,219 2:22
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 122 67 55 .549 0.0 440 408 32 W4 33-26 34-29 1 3 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 121 65 56 .537 1.5 419 332 87 L1 34-25 31-31 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1972 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 119 62 57 .521 3.5 503 516 -13 W3 25-37 37-20 3 5 11 Yes dnq
1972 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 121 63 58 .521 3.5 446 406 40 W2 24-37 39-21 4 6 12 -- dnq
1972 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 121 58 63 .479 8.5 371 393 -22 L2 22-38 36-25 5 9 16 -- dnq
1972 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 121 48 73 .397 18.5 375 469 -94 W2 20-39 28-34 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 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 120 70 50 .583 0.0 455 419 36 L2 22-34 48-16 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1972 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 121 70 51 .579 0.5 462 363 99 W1 37-27 33-24 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (Reds)
1972 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 9.0 419 421 -2 L6 29-36 31-22 3 7 13 -- dnq
1972 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 12.0 454 437 17 L2 21-36 37-26 4 8 15 -- dnq
1972 AL West California Angels franchise | log 121 54 67 .446 16.5 368 451 -83 W2 23-38 31-29 5 10 19 -- dnq
1972 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 121 48 73 .397 22.5 390 487 -97 L4 20-40 28-33 6 11 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 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 120 74 46 .617 0.0 541 418 123 L3 37-23 37-23 1 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 123 65 58 .528 10.5 532 460 72 W2 29-37 36-21 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1972 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 11.0 405 428 -23 W1 29-27 33-29 3 6 10 -- dnq
1972 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 120 59 61 .492 15.0 466 478 -12 W2 29-35 30-26 4 7 14 -- dnq
1972 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 120 55 65 .458 19.0 388 482 -94 L2 26-34 29-31 5 9 18 -- dnq
1972 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 44 76 .367 30.0 378 494 -116 L1 22-33 22-43 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 121 76 45 .628 0.0 567 421 146 W1 46-18 30-27 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 123 69 54 .561 8.0 579 501 78 W2 37-27 32-27 2 3 5 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 120 65 55 .542 10.5 439 404 35 W3 33-27 32-28 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1972 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 125 58 67 .464 20.0 500 581 -81 L1 27-39 30-29 4 8 17 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 123 54 69 .439 23.0 534 531 3 L2 29-29 25-40 5 10 20 -- dnq
1972 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 121 46 75 .380 30.0 396 527 -131 L2 26-28 20-47 6 11 23 -- 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)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Tom Underwood Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed out of draft (Indiana HS)
Matty Alou Oakland Athletics Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Oakland Athletics for Bill Voss and Stephen Easton
Bill Voss St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics with Stephen Easton to St. Louis Cardinals for Matty Alou
3 record(s)