Baseball on Wednesday, August 16, 1972

date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-16	AL East	Baltimore Orioles	Franchise	111	60	51	.541	--	393	308	85	L2	32-24	28-27	1	3	6	154	80	74	.519	5.0	20	23	.465	dnq
1972-08-16	AL East	Detroit Tigers	Franchise	111	59	52	.532	1.0	377	367	10	L2	30-26	29-26	2	5	10	156	86	70	.551	--	27	18	.600	Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972-08-16	AL East	New York Yankees	Franchise	111	58	53	.523	2.0	406	357	49	L3	22-34	36-19	3	6	11	155	79	76	.510	6.5	21	23	.477	dnq
1972-08-16	AL East	Boston Red Sox	Franchise	109	55	54	.505	4.0	452	473	-21	L1	21-34	34-20	4	7	13	155	85	70	.548	0.5	30	16	.652	dnq
1972-08-16	AL East	Cleveland Indians	Franchise	111	52	59	.468	8.0	340	361	-21	L1	21-36	31-23	5	9	16	156	72	84	.462	14.0	20	25	.444	dnq
1972-08-16	AL East	Milwaukee Brewers	Franchise	112	43	69	.384	17.5	350	449	-99	L5	18-38	25-31	6	12	23	156	65	91	.417	21.0	22	22	.500	dnq
date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-16	AL West	Oakland Athletics	Franchise	112	66	46	.589	--	427	333	94	W3	34-24	32-22	1	1	3	155	93	62	.600	--	27	16	.628	Won World Series (Reds)
1972-08-16	AL West	Chicago White Sox	Franchise	110	64	46	.582	1.0	412	387	25	W2	20-32	44-14	2	2	4	154	87	67	.565	5.5	23	21	.523	dnq
1972-08-16	AL West	Minnesota Twins	Franchise	107	57	50	.533	6.5	390	370	20	W3	26-31	31-19	3	4	8	154	77	77	.500	15.5	20	27	.426	dnq
1972-08-16	AL West	Kansas City Royals	Franchise	110	54	56	.491	11.0	413	393	20	W3	19-33	35-23	4	8	14	154	76	78	.494	16.5	22	22	.500	dnq
1972-08-16	AL West	California Angels	Franchise	111	50	61	.450	15.5	341	413	-72	W1	21-33	29-28	5	10	19	155	75	80	.484	18.0	25	19	.568	dnq
1972-08-16	AL West	Texas Rangers	Franchise	111	45	66	.405	20.5	356	446	-90	W1	18-36	27-30	6	11	21	154	54	100	.351	38.5	9	34	.209	dnq
date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-16	NL East	Pittsburgh Pirates	Franchise	110	69	41	.627	--	507	379	128	W1	33-21	36-20	1	1	1	155	96	59	.619	--	27	18	.600	Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972-08-16	NL East	New York Mets	Franchise	108	58	50	.537	10.0	368	380	-12	L1	28-25	30-25	2	4	7	156	83	73	.532	13.5	25	23	.521	dnq
1972-08-16	NL East	Chicago Cubs	Franchise	113	58	55	.513	12.5	481	415	66	L2	24-35	34-20	3	6	12	155	85	70	.548	11.0	27	15	.643	dnq
1972-08-16	NL East	St. Louis Cardinals	Franchise	109	53	56	.486	15.5	415	444	-29	W1	26-31	27-25	4	7	15	156	75	81	.481	21.5	22	25	.468	dnq
1972-08-16	NL East	Montreal Expos	Franchise	109	50	59	.459	18.5	346	430	-84	L1	25-32	25-27	5	9	18	156	70	86	.449	26.5	20	27	.426	dnq
1972-08-16	NL East	Philadelphia Phillies	Franchise	110	41	69	.373	28.0	340	445	-105	L3	21-31	20-38	6	12	24	156	59	97	.378	37.5	18	28	.391	dnq
date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1972-08-16	NL West	Cincinnati Reds	Franchise	110	68	42	.618	--	511	387	124	W4	40-16	28-26	1	2	2	154	95	59	.617	--	27	17	.614	Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972-08-16	NL West	Houston Astros	Franchise	113	63	50	.558	6.5	527	465	62	W1	33-24	30-26	2	3	5	153	84	69	.549	10.5	21	19	.525	dnq
1972-08-16	NL West	Los Angeles Dodgers	Franchise	109	58	51	.532	9.5	404	373	31	L1	30-26	28-25	3	5	9	155	85	70	.548	10.5	27	19	.587	dnq
1972-08-16	NL West	Atlanta Braves	Franchise	115	53	62	.461	17.5	459	534	-75	W1	24-35	28-28	4	8	17	154	70	84	.455	25.0	17	22	.436	dnq
1972-08-16	NL West	San Francisco Giants	Franchise	114	51	63	.447	19.0	492	494	-2	W2	28-27	23-36	5	10	20	155	69	86	.445	26.5	18	23	.439	dnq
1972-08-16	NL West	San Diego Padres	Franchise	110	43	67	.391	25.0	355	459	-104	L1	25-25	18-42	6	11	22	153	58	95	.379	36.5	15	28	.349	dnq
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