Baseball on Thursday, August 31, 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
1972-08-31	AL East	Baltimore Orioles	Franchise	124	67	57	.540	--	431	343	88	L1	36-26	31-31	1	3	6	154	80	74	.519	5.0	13	17	.433	dnq
1972-08-31	AL East	Detroit Tigers	Franchise	125	67	58	.536	0.5	442	419	23	L3	33-29	34-29	2	4	8	156	86	70	.551	--	19	12	.613	Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1972-08-31	AL East	New York Yankees	Franchise	125	66	59	.528	1.5	467	420	47	W2	24-37	42-22	3	5	10	155	79	76	.510	6.5	13	17	.433	dnq
1972-08-31	AL East	Boston Red Sox	Franchise	122	64	58	.525	2.0	514	524	-10	W2	25-37	39-21	4	6	11	155	85	70	.548	0.5	21	12	.636	dnq
1972-08-31	AL East	Cleveland Indians	Franchise	124	58	66	.468	9.0	375	401	-26	L5	22-41	36-25	5	9	16	156	72	84	.462	14.0	14	18	.438	dnq
1972-08-31	AL East	Milwaukee Brewers	Franchise	124	49	75	.395	18.0	388	484	-96	W1	20-39	29-36	6	11	21	156	65	91	.417	21.0	16	16	.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
1972-08-31	AL West	Oakland Athletics	Franchise	124	73	51	.589	--	470	367	103	W4	37-27	36-24	1	1	3	155	93	62	.600	--	20	11	.645	Won World Series (Reds)
1972-08-31	AL West	Chicago White Sox	Franchise	123	71	52	.577	1.5	463	430	33	L2	23-36	48-16	2	2	4	154	87	67	.565	5.5	16	15	.516	dnq
1972-08-31	AL West	Minnesota Twins	Franchise	121	61	60	.504	10.5	430	433	-3	W1	29-36	32-24	3	7	13	154	77	77	.500	15.5	16	17	.485	dnq
1972-08-31	AL West	Kansas City Royals	Franchise	123	60	63	.488	12.5	469	450	19	L1	23-37	37-26	4	8	14	154	76	78	.494	16.5	16	15	.516	dnq
1972-08-31	AL West	California Angels	Franchise	124	57	67	.460	16.0	379	453	-74	W5	23-38	34-29	5	10	19	155	75	80	.484	18.0	18	13	.581	dnq
1972-08-31	AL West	Texas Rangers	Franchise	125	49	76	.392	24.5	404	508	-104	L2	21-43	28-33	6	12	22	154	54	100	.351	38.5	5	24	.172	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
1972-08-31	NL East	Pittsburgh Pirates	Franchise	123	77	46	.626	--	562	424	138	W3	37-23	40-23	1	2	2	155	96	59	.619	--	19	13	.594	Lost NLCS (Reds)
1972-08-31	NL East	Chicago Cubs	Franchise	126	67	59	.532	11.5	546	474	72	L1	29-37	38-22	2	5	9	155	85	70	.548	11.0	18	11	.621	dnq
1972-08-31	NL East	New York Mets	Franchise	121	63	58	.521	13.0	412	437	-25	L1	30-29	33-29	3	6	12	156	83	73	.532	13.5	20	15	.571	dnq
1972-08-31	NL East	St. Louis Cardinals	Franchise	123	60	63	.488	17.0	472	486	-14	L2	29-35	31-28	4	7	15	156	75	81	.481	21.5	15	18	.455	dnq
1972-08-31	NL East	Montreal Expos	Franchise	121	56	65	.463	20.0	391	484	-93	W1	27-34	29-31	5	8	17	156	70	86	.449	26.5	14	21	.400	dnq
1972-08-31	NL East	Philadelphia Phillies	Franchise	123	44	79	.358	33.0	383	506	-123	L4	22-36	22-43	6	12	24	156	59	97	.378	37.5	15	18	.455	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
1972-08-31	NL West	Cincinnati Reds	Franchise	124	78	46	.629	--	576	428	148	W1	46-18	32-28	1	1	1	154	95	59	.617	--	17	13	.567	Lost World Series (Athletics)
1972-08-31	NL West	Houston Astros	Franchise	126	72	54	.571	7.0	591	506	85	W5	37-27	35-27	2	3	5	153	84	69	.549	10.5	12	15	.444	dnq
1972-08-31	NL West	Los Angeles Dodgers	Franchise	123	66	57	.537	11.5	453	418	35	W1	34-29	32-28	3	4	7	155	85	70	.548	10.5	19	13	.594	dnq
1972-08-31	NL West	Atlanta Braves	Franchise	126	58	68	.460	21.0	502	584	-82	L2	27-39	30-30	4	9	18	154	70	84	.455	25.0	12	16	.429	dnq
1972-08-31	NL West	San Francisco Giants	Franchise	126	56	70	.444	23.0	542	537	5	W2	31-30	25-40	5	10	20	155	69	86	.445	26.5	13	16	.448	dnq
1972-08-31	NL West	San Diego Padres	Franchise	124	46	78	.371	32.0	402	548	-146	L5	26-31	20-47	6	11	23	153	58	95	.379	36.5	12	17	.414	dnq
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