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
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