1972 Detroit Tiger News

August 10, 1972

It was a rough weekend for the AL East 2nd place Detroit Tigers. Detroit headed into New York for a 4 game series against the 1st place Yankees, hoping to gain some ground. Instead, the Tigers were swept by the Yankees and now find themselves 8 games behind the front runners. While all 4 games were close contests, the Tiger's weak hitting proved to be their undoing. Over in the AL West, the Oakland A's have a comfortable 6 game lead over the Minnesota Twins.

 DATE VIS  R  H  E  HOME R  H  E INN  WIN                   LOSS
----- ------------  ------------ ---  --------------------  -------------------

 8/ 8 DEA  3  9  0  NYA  4 10  0      F.Peterson (12-7)     M.Lolich (16-4)
 8/ 9 DEA  4  9  1  NYA  5 10  0 13   L.McDaniel (12-2)     F.Scherman (0-5)
 8/ 9 DEA  2  2  2  NYA  3  6  0      R.Gardner (2-1)       T.Timmermann (12-10)
 8/10 DEA  0  3  0  NYA  3  5  2      S.Kline (11-5)        J.Coleman (14-9)

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1972 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1972 New York NYA            66  38  .635 ----    50    55  49 .529   79  76 .510
1972 Detroit DEA             59  47  .557  8.0          58  48 .547   86  70 .551
1972 Cleveland CLA           55  50  .524 11.5          48  57 .457   72  84 .462
1972 Milwaukee MLA           49  57  .462 18.0          42  64 .396   65  91 .417
1972 Baltimore BAA           47  58  .448 19.5          57  48 .543   80  74 .519
1972 Boston BOA              46  57  .447 19.5          53  50 .515   85  70 .548
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1972 Oakland OAA             63  44  .589 ----    52    63  44 .589   93  62 .600
1972 Minnesota MNA           55  48  .534  6.0          54  49 .524   77  77 .500
1972 Chicago CHA             54  51  .514  8.0          60  45 .571   87  67 .565
1972 Kansas City KCA         52  52  .500  9.5          50  54 .481   76  78 .494
1972 California CAA          46  60  .434 16.5          48  58 .453   75  80 .484
1972 Texas TEA               38  68  .358 24.5          42  64 .396   54 100 .351
 
 

1972 AL Game/Player of Note: Chi. at Oak.

August 10, 1972

Chicago outfielder Walt Williams smacked 3 homeruns, leading the White Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Oakland A's. The red hot Sox pulled within 8 games of the AL West leading A's with the win.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Chicago White Sox At 1972 Oakland A's                8/10/1972
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Williams RF       5  3  3  3 .240     B.Campaneris SS     4  1  1  0 .266  
  M.Andrews 2B        4  0  0  0 .211     B.Voss CF,RF        4  0  0  0 .274  
  D.Allen 1B          4  0  0  0 .241     J.Rudi LF           4  0  2  0 .333  
  R.Reichardt CF      4  0  1  0 .210     M.Epstein 1B        3  0  0  1 .290  
  C.May LF            4  2  4  0 .310     S.Bando 3B          4  0  1  0 .220  
  E.Spiezio 3B        4  1  2  2 .216     D.Duncan C          3  0  0  0 .177  
  T.Egan C            3  0  0  0 .239     A.Mangual RF,CF     3  0  0  0 .276  
  L.Alvarado SS       4  0  0  0 .180     T.Cullen 2B         2  0  0  0 .276  
  T.Bradley P         4  0  0  0 .203   B-M.Hegan PH          1  0  0  0 .387  
                                        D-G.Tenace 2B         0  0  0  0 .252  
                                          K.Holtzman P        1  0  0  0 .154  
                                        A-G.Marquez PH        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          G.Waslewski P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-D.Mincher PH        1  0  0  0 .236  
                                          J.Horlen P          0  0  0  0 .100  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6 10  5                 Totals      30  1  4  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Holtzman In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Cullen In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Waslewski In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hegan In 9th Inning
 
White Sox....... 1 2 1  0 1 0  0 1 0  -  6 10  2
A's............. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  4  0
 
White Sox (54-51)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Bradley WIN(15-7)       9       4   1   1   1   5   0   2.38
Totals                    9       4   1   1   1   5   0
 
A's (63-44)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
K.Holtzman LOSS(11-7)     6       8   5   5   1   2   3   2.75
G.Waslewski               2       2   1   1   0   2   0   1.42
J.Horlen                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.90
Totals                    9      10   6   6   1   5   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,577 DATE- Thursday, August 10th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Russ Goetz, Hank Morgenweck, John Rice, Marty Springstead
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 4  A's: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  A's: 0
ERRORS- E.Spiezio-2
TRIPLES- E.Spiezio(1st)
HOME RUNS- W.Williams-3(5th)
STOLEN BASES- C.May(21st)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.May
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Epstein
WALKS- T.Egan, G.Marquez
STRIKE OUTS- W.Williams, D.Allen-3, T.Egan, B.Campaneris, J.Rudi, M.Epstein,
             S.Bando, D.Duncan
GIDP- B.Voss
WILD PITCHES- K.Holtzman
2-out RBI- E.Spiezio
RLISP 2-out- A.Mangual, E.Spiezio, T.Egan
 
Right fielder Walt Williams smacked 3 homeruns and Tom Bradley came through
with a solid 9 innings as the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland A's by a
score of 6 to 1.
 
Williams propelled Chicago to victory.  He smashed a solo-shot out of the park
in the 1st inning, ripped a solo home run in the 3rd inning and delivered a
solo blast in the 5th inning.  Chicago had 10 hits for the night.
 
Bradley(15-7) allowed 1 run on the game. The loss was charged to Ken
Holtzman(11-7).  He served up 3 gopher balls in 6 innings.  
 
The winning ways continue for Chicago.  They now have a record of 8-2 in
recent days.  Oakland has a record of 63-44 after the loss.

1972 AL Game of Note; Det. @Cle.

August 5, 1972

Cleveland's Gaylord Perry became the first 20 game winner in MLB this season as the hometown Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 2-1. In a well pitched game by both clubs, Perry prevailed by going the distance, allowing only 4 hits and striking out 8. His record now stands at 20-6 with a 2.00 ERA.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Detroit Tigers At 1972 Cleveland Indians              8/5/1972
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      3  1  0  0 .280     T.McCraw RF         4  1  1  1 .270  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      4  0  0  0 .254     J.Brohamer 2B       2  0  0  0 .243  
  J.Northrup CF       3  0  0  0 .282   A-E.Leon 2B           1  0  0  0 .232  
  N.Cash 1B           4  0  2  1 .288     C.Chambliss 1B      4  0  1  0 .329  
C-T.Taylor PR         0  0  0  0 .296     R.Foster LF         3  0  0  0 .235  
  G.Brown LF          4  0  0  0 .167     G.Nettles 3B        3  1  1  0 .298  
  D.Sims C            4  0  0  0 .000     R.Fosse C           2  0  1  1 .245  
  W.Horton RF         3  0  0  0 .219     F.Duffy SS          3  0  1  0 .249  
  E.Brinkman SS       3  0  1  0 .189     D.Unser CF          2  0  1  0 .291  
  B.Slayback P        2  0  1  0 .261     G.Perry P           3  0  0  0 .107  
B-T.Haller PH         1  0  0  0 .234                                          
  J.Hiller P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      27  2  6  2
 
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Brohamer In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Slayback In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Cash In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  1  4  1
Indians......... 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 0    -  2  6  0
 
Tigers (58-42)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Slayback LOSS(5-2)      7       6   2   2   4   4   1   2.29
J.Hiller                  1       0   0   0   1   0   0   4.38
Totals                    8       6   2   2   5   4   1
 
Indians (52-48)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Perry WIN(20-6)         9       4   1   1   2   8   0   2.00
Totals                    9       4   1   1   2   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 8,878 DATE- Saturday, August 5th 1972 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Bill Kunkel, Red Flaherty, Bill Haller, Jerry Neudecker
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5  Indians: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Indians: 0
ERRORS- N.Cash
TRIPLES- N.Cash(2nd), G.Nettles(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.McCraw(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Unser
WALKS- D.McAuliffe, J.Northrup, J.Brohamer, R.Foster, G.Nettles, R.Fosse,
       D.Unser
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, A.Rodriguez-2, J.Northrup, N.Cash, G.Brown, D.Sims,
             E.Brinkman, R.Foster, F.Duffy, D.Unser, G.Perry
GIDP- R.Foster, G.Perry
2-out RBI- N.Cash
RLISP 2-out- G.Brown, F.Duffy
 
Gaylord Perry had an impressive outing at Cleveland Stadium where the
Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 2 to 1.
 
Cleveland drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning
scoring one runner utilizing 2 base hits.  Detroit had a chance in the 9th
but they came up short.  
 
Perry(20-6) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 1 run. Bill
Slayback(5-2) suffered the loss.  He gave up 2 runs and 6 hits in 7 innings.
 
When questioned about the loss, Billy Martin said, 'The fans got to see an
exciting game out there this afternoon.  Unfortunately, we couldn't get it
done this time.  Next time, though, we'll be the clubhouse with all the
smiles.'

1972 AL Game of Note: Det. @ Clev.

August 4, 1972

Detroit's Mickey Lolich threw a one-hitter against the Cleveland Indians tonight as the Tigers defeated the Tribe 3-0. Lolich lost his no-hit bid in the 6th inning, giving up a single to Dick Tidrow. It was Mickey's 2nd 1-hitter this season, his 5th shutout and 16th win. The victory kept 2nd place Detroit 2 games behind the division leading Yankees.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Detroit Tigers At 1972 Cleveland Indians              8/4/1972
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  0  0 .283     T.McCraw RF,CF      4  0  0  0 .271  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      3  0  1  0 .256     J.Brohamer 2B       4  0  0  0 .244  
  J.Northrup RF       4  0  0  0 .285     C.Chambliss 1B      4  0  0  0 .331  
  N.Cash 1B           4  1  1  0 .285     R.Foster LF         2  0  0  0 .246  
  G.Brown LF          3  1  1  0 .171     G.Nettles 3B        2  0  0  0 .297  
C-W.Horton PH,LF      1  0  0  0 .222     R.Fosse C           3  0  0  0 .244  
  M.Stanley CF        4  1  2  2 .217     F.Duffy SS          3  0  0  0 .248  
  B.Freehan C         4  0  1  0 .194     D.Unser CF          2  0  0  0 .289  
  E.Brinkman SS       3  0  0  1 .187   A-B.Bell PH,RF        1  0  0  0 .201  
  M.Lolich P          1  0  0  0 .111     D.Tidrow P          2  0  1  0 .160  
                                        B-A.Johnson PH        1  0  0  0 .252  
                                          D.Riddleberger P    0  0  0  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  3  6  3                 Totals      28  0  1  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Unser In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Tidrow In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Brown In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 2  -  3  6  1
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  1
 
Tigers (58-41)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(16-3)        9       1   0   0   1   5   0   2.33
Totals                    9       1   0   0   1   5   0
 
Indians (51-48)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Tidrow LOSS(7-8)        8       5   1   1   2   3   0   2.23
D.Riddleberg              1       1   2   1   0   0   1   3.52
Totals                    9       6   3   2   2   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,682 DATE- Friday, August 4th 1972 TIME- Night 
T- 1:51
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5  Indians: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Indians: 0
ERRORS- B.Freehan, G.Nettles
HOME RUNS- M.Stanley(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Brinkman, M.Lolich
WALKS- A.Rodriguez, M.Lolich, G.Nettles
HIT BY PITCH- R.Foster
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, A.Rodriguez, J.Northrup, J.Brohamer-2, C.Chambliss-2,
             F.Duffy
WILD PITCHES- M.Lolich
RLISP 2-out- D.McAuliffe, M.Stanley, M.Lolich, A.Johnson
 
Mickey Lolich took a no-hitter into the 6th inning at Cleveland Stadium as the
Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians by the count of 3 to
0.
 
Lolich(16-3) escaped virtually unscathed against the Cleveland hitters. He
didn't allow much, just 1 hit and 1 walk in 9 innings.  The left-handed
Lolich lost his no-hit bid when Dick Tidrow singled with one out in the 6th
inning.  The Cleveland batters didn't put up a fight in the bottom of the
9th.  
 
Tidrow(7-8) took the loss.  Ken Aspromonte lamented, 'Lolich was really
aggressive tonight.  He kept coming after our hitters.  Heck, why not. he
kept sitting our guys down one after another - like so many bowling pins!'

1972 AL Standings

August 1, 1972

The 1972 MLB season has reached the month of August and the New York Yankees continue to surprise the baseball experts by leading the AL East. The Yankees continued their winning ways by going 19-11 in July. Only the 2nd place Detroit Tigers had a better month in the AL, going 21-10. Over in the West, the Oakland A's have the best record in the AL. They hold a 6.5 game lead over 2nd place Minnesota.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1972 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1972 New York NYA            56  36  .609 ----    67    47  45 .511   79  76 .510
1972 Detroit DEA             55  40  .579  2.5          55  40 .579   86  70 .551
1972 Cleveland CLA           50  44  .532  7.0          42  52 .447   72  84 .462
1972 Milwaukee MLA           46  49  .484 11.5          37  58 .389   65  91 .417
1972 Boston BOA              42  51  .452 14.5          47  46 .505   85  70 .548
1972 Baltimore BAA           40  54  .426 17.0          52  42 .553   80  74 .519
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1972 Oakland OAA             58  39  .598 ----    62    59  38 .608   93  62 .600
1972 Minnesota MNA           49  43  .533  6.5          47  45 .511   77  77 .500
1972 Kansas City KCA         47  48  .495 10.0          46  49 .484   76  78 .494
1972 Chicago CHA             47  49  .490 10.5          53  43 .552   87  67 .565
1972 California CAA          43  54  .443 15.0          44  53 .454   75  80 .484
1972 Texas TEA               35  61  .365 22.5          39  57 .406   54 100 .351
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     40   54  .426 24-25 16-29 14-12 26-42  9- 6 10-24     4-6     Lost 1
BOA     42   51  .452 21-23 21-28 12-22 30-29  5- 4 10-16     5-5     Lost 1
CAA     43   54  .443 26-25 17-29 15-14 28-40  4- 2 17-17     4-6     Won 4
CHA     47   49  .490 26-24 21-25 14-15 33-34  6-11 16-23     8-2     Won 7
CLA     50   44  .532 28-16 22-28 19-22 31-22  5- 4 13-19     6-4     Won 1
DEA     55   40  .579 26-21 29-19 18-11 37-29  5- 6 16-14     7-3     Won 1
KCA     47   48  .495 33-15 14-33 13-15 34-33  7- 6 19-10     2-8     Lost 7
MLA     46   49  .484 24-24 22-25 11-15 35-34  4- 5 19- 9     3-7     Lost 1
MNA     49   43  .533 22-21 27-22 15-14 34-29  7- 7 18-18     3-7     Lost 4
NYA     56   36  .609 32-15 24-21 22-12 34-24  5- 6 18-13     8-2     Won 1
OAA     58   39  .598 30-18 28-21 19-10 39-29  5- 4 19-12     6-4     Won 2
TEA     35   61  .365 21-28 14-33  9-24 26-37  3- 4 18-18     3-7     Lost 2
TOTAL  568  568  .500
HOME   313  255  .551
ROAD   255  313  .449
LEFT   181  186  .493
RIGHT  387  382  .503
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv RUNS-AGNST
BAA      1-12 13-10 13-15 13-17  0- 0  0- 0   16-24  24-30   296- 332
BOA      4- 7 12-11  9-18 17-15  0- 0  0- 0   15-24  27-27   394- 407
CAA      8- 5 13-15 11-16 11-18  0- 0  0- 0   20-23  23-31   317- 348
CHA      9- 4 10-15 10-18 18-12  0- 0  0- 0   23-19  24-30   339- 320
CLA      9- 3 14- 9 11-17 16-15  0- 0  0- 0   20-20  30-24   353- 308
DEA      5- 6 14-12 15-12 21-10  0- 0  0- 0   26-15  29-25   390- 327
KCA      6- 8 11-12 19- 8 11-20  0- 0  0- 0   19-23  28-25   324- 357
MLA      3- 7  8-16 18-11 17-15  0- 0  0- 0   18-22  28-27   322- 377
MNA      7- 4 16- 8 17-12  9-19  0- 0  0- 0   18-20  31-23   348- 322
NYA      6- 6 14-11 17- 8 19-11  0- 0  0- 0   25-15  31-21   412- 339
OAA      7- 4 14-12 18-11 19-12  0- 0  0- 0   27-15  31-24   425- 332
TEA      7- 6 10-18  6-18 12-19  0- 0  0- 0   18-25  17-36   258- 409
 
 

1972 AL News Recap and League Leaders

August 1, 1972

League Leaders in the AL as the calendar turns to August for the 1972 MLB season.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1972 American League                 Date: 8/1/1972
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1972 NYA  56  36    R.Carew   MNA .359  R.Jackson OAA   27  R.Jackson OAA   77
1972 DEA  55  40    J.Rudi    OAA .331  B.Murcer  NYA   23  B.Murcer  NYA   69
1972 CLA  50  44    R.Scheinb KCA .317  N.Cash    DEA   21  R.Smith   BOA   68
1972 MLA  46  49    J.Mayberr KCA .315  H.Killebr MNA   19  J.Rudi    OAA   63
1972 BOA  42  51    H.Clarke  NYA .307  R.Smith   BOA   17  N.Cash    DEA   62
1972 BAA  40  54
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1972 OAA  58  39    G.Perry   CLA   19  S.Lyle    NYA   25  C.Hunter  OAA 1.72
1972 MNA  49  43    W.Wood    CHA   16  R.Fingers OAA    9  S.Lockwoo MLA 1.75
1972 KCA  47  48    M.Lolich  DEA   15  H.Pina    TEA    8  G.Perry   CLA 1.83
1972 CHA  47  49    C.Hunter  OAA   14  OTHERS TIED W    6  C.Wright  CAA 1.97
1972 CAA  43  54    J.Coleman DEA   13                      D.Woodson MNA 2.21
1972 TEA  35  61
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    H.Clarke  NYA   10  D.Nelson  TEA   31  N.Ryan    CAA  182
                    B.Murcer  NYA    8  B.Campane OAA   27  M.Lolich  DEA  177
                    S.Alomar  CAA    7  F.Patek   KCA   25  G.Perry   CLA  157
                    D.May     MLA    6  E.Maddox  TEA   23  T.Bradley CHA  149
                    C.May     CHA    6  T.Harper  BOA   20  J.Coleman DEA  148
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHA  2  at  MNA  1  NYA-Stottle(12-7, 2.79) at BOA-Siebert(7-10, 5.50)
TEA  2  at  OAA  3  BAA-McNally(8-9, 2.78) at CLA-Perry(19-5, 1.83)
KCA  2  at  CAA  4  MLA-Lockwoo(6-3, 1.75) at DEA-Coleman(13-7, 2.69)
BOA  2  at  DEA  3  KCA-Splitto(9-12, 3.40) at OAA-Holtzma(11-5, 2.52)
NYA  4  at  BAA  5  MNA-Woodson(9-5, 2.21) at TEA-Gogolew(5-8, 3.64)
MLA  4  at  CLA  3
NYA  5  at  BAA  2
MLA  0  at  CLA  6
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
N.Cash        DEA BOA  4  2  2  2  1  1  2  0
B.Campaneris  OAA TEA  3  2  2  2  0  0  1  0
D.Buford      BAA NYA  3  1  1  2  2  0  1  0
G.Nettles     CLA MLA  4  1  2  3  0  0  1  0
B.Murcer      NYA BAA  3  1  1  3  1  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
N.Ryan        CAA KCA  9.0  5  2  0  3  9  0 W  
D.Tidrow      CLA MLA  9.0  6  0  0  2  7  0 W  
V.Blue        OAA TEA  7.1  6  1  1  2  8  0 W  
L.McDaniel    NYA BAA  2.0  0  0  0  0  2  0   S
M.Lolich      DEA BOA  9.0  5  2  2  4  8  0    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Ford        TEA .290 31  9  8  4  4  R.May         CAA  9  4  0  1  9  0 100
C.Fisk        BOA .367 30 11  9  2  2  L.McGlothen   BOA 17  5  2  4 17  0 200
C.May         CHA .471 34 16  7  3  2  D.Woodson     MNA  9  3  0  2  7  0 000
B.Murcer      NYA .317 41 13  9  4  2  B.Locker      OAA  6  2  0  1  5  0 101
D.McAuliffe   DEA .300 30  9  4  7  1  W.Wood        CHA 23 15  2  2 13  0 210
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
E.Soderholm   MNA .071 28  2  0  1  0  G.Ryerson     MLA  8 15 13  2  1  2 020
D.Johnson     BAA .080 25  2  0  1  0  J.Lonborg     MLA 14 21 13 10  8  2 020
C.Tovar       MNA .152 33  5  1  1  0  K.Tatum       BOA  5  8  4  5  5  0 020
F.Duffy       CLA .174 46  8  2  0  0  J.Panther     TEA 10 12  8 10  2  1 020
F.Patek       KCA .219 32  7  0  0  0  G.Peters      BOA  5 10  5  1  3  0 010
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

1972 NL Standings

August 1, 1972

The 1972 MLB season has reached the month of August. Pittsburgh continues to lead the NL East and Cincinnati leads the West. The Pirates maintained their lead in the division by going 18-12 in July. The Reds conversely had a horrible month of July, going 9-17. But the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants were the only teams able to gain any real ground on the division leaders. The 2nd place Los Angeles Dodgers had a sub-.500 month themselves, but were able to gain a little on the Reds.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1972 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1972 Pittsburgh PIN          60  35  .632 ----    65    60  35 .632   96  59 .619
1972 New York NYN            55  38  .591  4.0          52  41 .559   83  73 .532
1972 Chicago CHN             57  40  .588  4.0          51  46 .526   85  70 .548
1972 St. Louis SLN           46  48  .489 13.5          46  48 .489   75  81 .481
1972 Philadelphia PHN        43  52  .453 17.0          34  61 .358   59  97 .378
1972 Montreal MON            36  56  .391 22.5          42  50 .457   70  86 .449
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1972 Cincinnati CIN          52  42  .553 ----    65    57  37 .606   95  59 .617
1972 Los Angeles LAN         49  46  .516  3.5          49  46 .516   85  70 .548
1972 Houston HON             50  48  .510  4.0          54  44 .551   84  69 .549
1972 San Francisco SFN       47  51  .480  7.0          44  54 .449   69  86 .445
1972 San Diego SDN           39  56  .411 13.5          36  59 .379   58  95 .379
1972 Atlanta ATN             37  59  .385 16.0          46  50 .479   70  84 .455
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     37   59  .385 19-25 18-34 14-18 23-41  2- 3 15-16     7-3     Won 2
CHN     57   40  .588 28-20 29-20 14-10 43-30  4- 3 17-14     7-3     Won 5
CIN     52   42  .553 26-20 26-22 12- 7 40-35  2- 9  6-15     2-8     Lost 2
HON     50   48  .510 26-24 24-24  9-13 41-35  6- 7 11-19     6-4     Won 5
LAN     49   46  .516 26-19 23-27 21-15 28-31  5- 3 22-15     4-6     Lost 2
MON     36   56  .391 22-20 14-36 14-17 22-39  6- 1 16-15     3-7     Lost 4
NYN     55   38  .591 30-16 25-22 17- 8 38-30  8- 5 18- 8     5-5     Won 4
PHN     43   52  .453 26-26 17-26 13-11 30-41  4- 6  8-12     4-6     Lost 2
PIN     60   35  .632 35-15 25-20 16- 8 44-27  9- 5 20-12     8-2     Won 2
SDN     39   56  .411 24-31 15-25  6-16 33-40  6- 4 11-19     4-6     Lost 3
SFN     47   51  .480 20-30 27-21 16-12 31-39  2- 6 15-12     8-2     Won 2
SLN     46   48  .489 28-15 18-33  8-22 38-26  6- 8 15-17     2-8     Lost 4
TOTAL  571  571  .500
HOME   310  261  .543
ROAD   261  310  .457
LEFT   160  157  .505
RIGHT  411  414  .498
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv RUNS-AGNST
ATN      3-12  9-16 12-15 13-16  0- 0  0- 0   19-24  18-35   359- 493
CHN      8- 6 13-11 17-11 19-12  0- 0  0- 0   22-21  35-19   463- 379
CIN      9- 4 17-11 17-10  9-17  0- 0  0- 0   25-16  27-26   489- 388
HON      4-10 15-12 13-15 18-11  0- 0  0- 0   26-18  24-30   465- 412
LAN      9- 6 15-12 13-13 12-15  0- 0  0- 0   26-17  23-29   360- 358
MON      8- 5  9-18 11-16  8-17  0- 0  0- 0   15-23  21-33   323- 442
NYN      7- 5 15-13 15-12 18- 8  0- 0  0- 0   20-19  35-19   367- 361
PHN      7- 7 12-14 12-14 12-17  0- 0  0- 0   18-25  25-27   406- 420
PIN      8- 5 15-11 19- 7 18-12  0- 0  0- 0   27-14  33-21   472- 336
SDN      6-10  9-17 12-14 12-15  0- 0  0- 0   14-28  25-28   311- 379
SFN      9- 7 14-16  8-20 16- 8  0- 0  0- 0   18-25  29-26   415- 448
SLN      6- 7 18-10 12-14 10-17  0- 0  0- 0   21-21  25-27   366- 380
 
 

1972 News Recap and League Leaders

August 1, 1972

The calendar turns to the month of August here in the 1972 MLB season. League leaders in the NL:

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1972 National League                 Date: 8/1/1972
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1972 PIN  60  35    C.Cedeno  HON .360  B.William CHN   35  B.William CHN   85
1972 NYN  55  38    B.William CHN .352  L.May     HON   23  L.May     HON   79
1972 CHN  57  40    A.Oliver  PIN .348  D.Rader   HON   23  J.Bench   CIN   78
1972 SLN  46  48    M.Sanguil PIN .343  N.Colbert SDN   22  D.Rader   HON   70
1972 PHN  43  52    L.Brock   SLN .336  J.Bench   CIN   21  B.Tolan   CIN   65
1972 MON  36  56
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1972 CIN  52  42    F.Jenkins CHN   15  T.McGraw  NYN   19  T.Seaver  NYN 1.82
1972 LAN  49  46    T.Seaver  NYN   13  C.Carroll CIN   10  D.Sutton  LAN 2.04
1972 HON  50  48    S.Carlton PHN   13  J.Brewer  LAN    9  S.Carlton PHN 2.15
1972 SFN  47  51    S.Blass   PIN   13  J.Aker    CHN    8  R.Bryant  SFN 2.17
1972 SDN  39  56    OTHERS TIED W   12  OTHERS TIED W    7  B.Moose   PIN 2.29
1972 ATN  37  59
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Cardena CHN   17  L.Brock   SLN   57  S.Carlton PHN  201
                    G.Maddox  SFN   11  J.Morgan  CIN   45  T.Seaver  NYN  156
                    D.Cash    PIN    8  C.Cedeno  HON   37  C.Kirby   SDN  139
                    D.Schneck NYN    7  B.Tolan   CIN   32  J.Reuss   HON  127
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  R.Metzger HON   25  F.Jenkins CHN  124
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
SLN  0  at  CHN  8  CIN-Simpson(7-5, 2.63) at HON-Forsch(3-8, 4.19)
PIN 14  at  PHN  3  SFN-Bryant(10-4, 2.17) at LAN-Downing(4-13, 5.23)
LAN  1  at  ATN  2  CHN-Hooton(8-8, 3.97) at MON-Stonema(6-13, 3.83)
SFN  4  at  CIN  3  PIN-Briles(5-5, 4.50) at SLN-Santori(3-6, 3.93)
SDN  1  at  HON 10  SDN-Not announced at ATN-Kelley(0-9, 6.55)
MON  1  at  NYN  2  PHN-Twitche(2-0, 3.31) at NYN-Matlack(6-5, 3.17)
                    SDN-Not announced at ATN-Hardin(4-2, 4.43)
                    PHN-Carlton(13-10, 2.15) at NYN-Seaver(13-7, 1.82)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
R.Hebner      PIN PHN  5  2  3  4  1  1  1  0
L.May         HON SDN  4  2  2  3  1  1  1  0
B.Williams    CHN SLN  4  3  4  2  1  0  0  0
D.Dyer        NYN MON  3  1  1  2  0  1  1  0
A.Oliver      PIN PHN  5  1  2  5  0  1  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
F.Jenkins     CHN SLN  9.0  6  0  0  2  4  0 W  
L.Dierker     HON SDN  9.0  5  1  1  1  2  0 W  
B.Strom       NYN MON  7.0  4  1  0  3  3  0 W  
C.Upshaw      ATN LAN  3.1  0  0  0  2  1  0 W  
B.Moose       PIN PHN  9.0  9  3  2  0  4  0 W  
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
D.Baker       ATN .296 27  8  7  3  4  B.Moose       PIN 27 19  2  3 11  0 300
R.Fairly      MON .400 25 10  6  1  3  R.Bryant      SFN 19  8  1  4 11  1 200
R.Hebner      PIN .313 32 10 10  5  3  C.Kirby       SDN 19 14  1  6 18  0 200
J.Wynn        HON .429 28 12  8  8  0  T.Seaver      NYN 18 11  1  7 15  0 110
J.Hickman     CHN .400 30 12  8  1  2  B.Brandon     PHN  9  5  0  2  3  0 200
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Robinson    PHN .083 24  2  1  2  0  J.Matlack     NYN  7 15 11  0  6  0 020
D.Concepcion  CIN .083 24  2  2  1  0  B.Greif       SDN  6  7  9  4  8  1 010
B.Bonds       SFN .071 28  2  2  2  0  P.Borbon      CIN  7 12  8  4  3  0 020
B.Day         MON .048 21  1  0  4  0  D.Frisella    NYN  5 11  8  2  3  1 000
E.Hernandez   SDN .125 24  3  2  1  0  F.Norman      SDN 10 15 11  5  7  1 010
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report