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1972 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

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Postseason

WorldSeries (4-3):   Oakland Athletics over Cincinnati Reds
LgChampSeries (3-2):   Oakland Athletics over Detroit Tigers
LgChampSeries (3-2):   Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm Lg G W L W-L% R RA pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 PIT NL 155 96 59 .619 4.5 3.3 99-56 -3 49-29 47-30 12-5 23-21 70-41 26-18 36-29 60-30
2 CIN NL 154 95 59 .617 4.6 3.6 94-60 0 42-34 53-25 8-8 26-18 63-44 32-15 40-27 55-32
3 OAK AL 155 93 62 .600 3.9 2.9 98-57 -5 48-29 45-33 9-9 23-26 70-40 23-22 43-37 50-25
4 CHW AL 154 87 67 .565 3.7 3.5 81-73 5 55-23 32-44 6-8 38-20 69-43 18-24 37-40 50-27
5 DET AL 156 86 70 .551 3.6 3.3 84-72 1 44-34 42-36 9-4 27-24 60-51 26-19 44-40 42-30
6 BOS AL 155 85 70 .548 4.1 4.0 79-76 5 52-26 33-44 11-3 22-16 55-45 30-25 44-42 41-28
7 CHC NL 156 85 70 .548 4.4 3.6 92-63 -7 46-31 39-39 6-9 22-27 70-47 15-23 32-37 53-33
8 LAD NL 155 85 70 .548 3.8 3.4 85-70 0 41-34 44-36 9-8 25-27 56-44 29-26 34-34 51-36
9 HOU NL 153 84 69 .549 4.6 4.2 83-70 0 41-36 43-33 7-9 25-20 63-50 21-19 31-40 53-29
10 NYM NL 156 83 73 .532 3.4 3.7 72-84 10 41-37 42-36 8-6 33-15 60-54 23-19 31-37 52-36
11 BAL AL 154 80 74 .519 3.4 2.8 91-63 -11 38-39 42-35 5-9 26-32 62-49 18-25 44-41 36-33
12 NYY AL 155 79 76 .510 3.6 3.4 82-73 -3 46-31 33-45 8-3 21-25 52-48 27-28 38-45 41-31
13 MIN AL 154 77 77 .500 3.5 3.5 77-77 0 42-32 35-45 8-11 30-26 49-55 28-22 37-42 40-35
14 KCR AL 154 76 78 .494 3.8 3.5 83-71 -7 44-33 32-45 5-10 22-31 53-50 23-28 49-52 27-26
15 CAL AL 155 75 80 .484 2.9 3.4 66-89 8 44-36 31-44 9-3 34-26 48-62 27-18 41-58 34-22
16 STL NL 156 75 81 .481 3.6 3.8 74-82 0 40-37 35-44 10-6 28-33 57-54 18-27 39-49 36-32
17 CLE AL 156 72 84 .462 3.0 3.3 71-85 0 43-34 29-50 11-12 33-29 46-43 26-41 48-57 24-27
18 ATL NL 155 70 84 .455 4.1 4.7 67-87 2 36-41 34-43 9-5 30-26 47-53 23-31 41-42 29-42
19 MON NL 156 70 86 .449 3.3 3.9 66-90 3 35-43 35-43 8-8 28-24 54-58 16-28 31-56 39-30
20 SFG NL 155 69 86 .445 4.3 4.2 79-76 -10 34-43 35-43 8-9 18-28 46-62 23-24 31-56 38-30
21 MIL AL 156 65 91 .417 3.2 3.8 66-90 -1 37-42 28-49 3-6 17-29 46-60 19-31 40-65 25-26
22 SDP NL 153 58 95 .379 3.2 4.3 56-97 1 26-54 32-41 7-14 21-31 42-76 16-19 27-59 31-36
23 PHI NL 156 59 97 .378 3.2 4.1 61-95 -2 28-51 31-46 5-10 20-29 48-67 11-30 27-62 32-35
24 TEX AL 154 54 100 .351 3.0 4.1 56-98 -2 31-46 23-54 5-11 19-28 36-67 18-33 31-68 23-32
Avg 77 77 .500 3.7 3.7 78-77 40-36 36-40 7-7 25-25 55-52 22-24 37-46 40-30
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