Events of Wednesday, May 17, 1972 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, May 17, 1972
Events of Wednesday, May 17, 1972
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OAK A 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 CAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 2
BOX+PBP WP: Holtzman (5-2) LP: May (0-3) HR: Rudi (1)
MIN A 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 8 8 1 CHI A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Blyleven (5-2) LP: Bradley (4-2) SV: Granger (6) HR: Killebrew (4)
NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Tidrow (4-2) LP: Beene (0-2) HR: Murcer (3)
BAL A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 DET A 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 x - 6 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Lolich (7-1) LP: Dobson (3-4) HR: Belanger (1), Haller (1)
TEX A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 0 KC A 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 16 5
BOX+PBP WP: Panther (2-1) LP: Abernathy (0-1)
BOS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 MIL A 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lonborg (1-1) LP: Siebert (2-2) SV: Sanders (5) HR: Scott (3)
ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 HOU N 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 x - 9 12 1
BOX+PBP WP: Dierker (3-2) LP: Reed (1-5) HR: Rader (3)
MON N 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 NY N 3 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 x - 12 17 1
BOX+PBP WP: Gentry (3-1) LP: McAnally (0-3) HR: Milner (1)
CHI N 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 6 1 PHI N 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Phoebus (1-1) LP: Carlton (5-3) SV: McGinn (4) HR: Fanzone (3), Cardenal (4), Hutton (1)
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 11 0 PIT N 2 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 x - 12 15 0
BOX+PBP WP: Blass (4-1) LP: Cleveland (3-2) HR: Davalillo (2), Sanguillen (2)
LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 SD N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 x - 2 4 0
BOX+PBP WP: Norman (3-2) LP: John (3-3)
CIN N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 SF N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Grimsley (2-0) LP: Marichal (1-7) SV: Carroll (5) HR: Morgan (5), Hart (1)
Standings At Close of Play of May 17, 1972
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Mets 27 20 7 0 .741 - 112 93 Philadelphia Phillies 27 15 12 0 .556 5.0 93 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 14 12 0 .538 5.5 128 113 Chicago Cubs 26 13 13 0 .500 6.5 118 86 Montreal Expos 27 13 14 0 .481 7.0 88 119 St. Louis Cardinals 29 10 19 0 .345 11.0 102 131
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Houston Astros 27 17 10 0 .630 - 143 116 Los Angeles Dodgers 29 18 11 0 .621 - 114 69 Cincinnati Reds 28 15 13 0 .536 2.5 125 128 San Diego Padres 29 13 16 0 .448 5.0 84 95 Atlanta Braves 28 10 18 0 .357 7.5 103 150 San Francisco Giants 31 9 22 0 .290 10.0 115 137
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 24 15 9 0 .625 - 80 61 Detroit Tigers 24 14 10 0 .583 1.0 98 71 Baltimore Orioles 25 13 12 0 .520 2.5 82 80 Boston Red Sox 22 9 13 0 .409 5.0 87 102 New York Yankees 24 9 15 0 .375 6.0 68 81 Milwaukee Brewers 22 7 15 0 .318 7.0 45 75
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Minnesota Twins 24 17 7 0 .708 - 112 58 Oakland Athletics 23 15 8 0 .652 1.5 87 68 Chicago White Sox 25 15 10 0 .600 2.5 83 82 Texas Rangers 26 11 15 0 .423 7.0 77 102 Kansas City Royals 27 11 16 0 .407 7.5 80 78 California Angels 26 10 16 0 .385 8.0 64 105
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) BOS A Bob Gallagher (24)
Transactions
New York Yankees traded Jack Aker to Chicago Cubs completing trade in which Chicago Cubs traded Johnny Callison to New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later (January 20, 1972).
San Diego Padres traded Ollie Brown to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Curt Blefary, Mike Kilkenny and a player to be named later; San Diego Padres received Greg Schubert (September 11, 1972).