1972 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: MLB
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| East | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Detroit Tigers | 86 | 70 | .551 | -- | 558 | 514 | Billy Martin | Tiger Stadium | 1,892,386 | $0 | Aurelio Rodriguez (28) | Mickey Lolich (3) | Lost ALCS (Athletics) |
| 2 | Boston Red Sox | 85 | 70 | .548 | -- | 640 | 620 | Eddie Kasko | Fenway Park | 1,441,718 | $0 | Carlton Fisk (8) | Luis Tiant (11) | |
| 3 | Baltimore Orioles | 80 | 74 | .519 | 5.0 | 519 | 430 | Earl Weaver | Memorial Stadium | 899,950 | $0 | Boog Powell (21) | Jim Palmer (6) | |
| 4 | New York Yankees | 79 | 76 | .510 | 6.5 | 557 | 527 | Ralph Houk | Yankee Stadium | 966,328 | $0 | Bobby Murcer (2) | Steve Kline (14) | |
| 5 | Cleveland Indians | 72 | 84 | .462 | 14.0 | 472 | 519 | Ken Aspromonte | Cleveland Municipal Stadi | 626,354 | $0 | Graig Nettles (24) | Gaylord Perry (1) | |
| 6 | Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 91 | .417 | 21.0 | 493 | 595 | Del Crandall, Dave Bristol, Roy McMillan | County Stadium | 600,440 | $0 | George Scott (13) | Ken Sanders (30) | |
| West | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Oakland Athletics ** | 93 | 62 | .600 | -- | 604 | 457 | Dick Williams | Oakland-Alameda County Co | 921,323 | $0 | Joe Rudi (3) | Catfish Hunter (4) | Won World Series (Reds) |
| 2 | Chicago White Sox | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5.5 | 566 | 538 | Chuck Tanner | Comiskey Park | 1,177,318 | $0 | Dick Allen (1) | Wilbur Wood (2) | |
| 3 | Minnesota Twins | 77 | 77 | .500 | 15.5 | 537 | 535 | Frank Quilici, Bill Rigney | Metropolitan Stadium | 797,901 | $0 | Harmon Killebrew (16) | Bert Blyleven (7) | |
| 4 | Kansas City Royals | 76 | 78 | .494 | 16.5 | 580 | 545 | Bob Lemon | Municipal Stadium | 707,656 | $0 | John Mayberry (5) | Roger Nelson (9) | |
| 5 | California Angels | 75 | 80 | .484 | 18.0 | 454 | 533 | Del Rice | Anaheim Stadium | 744,190 | $0 | Bob Oliver (17) | Nolan Ryan (5) | |
| 6 | Texas Rangers | 54 | 100 | .351 | 38.5 | 461 | 628 | Ted Williams | Arlington Stadium | 662,974 | $0 | Dave Nelson (29) | Mike Paul (31) | |
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