MLB standings through games of October 4, 1972

MLB standings at the end of October 4, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	156	86	70	0	.551		558	514	44-34	42-36	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	155	85	70	0	.548	0.5	640	620	52-26	33-44	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	154	80	74	0	.519	5.0	519	430	38-39	42-35	3-7	Won 1
New York Yankees	155	79	76	0	.510	6.5	557	527	46-31	33-45	4-6	Lost 5
Cleveland Indians	156	72	84	0	.462	14.0	472	519	43-34	29-50	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	156	65	91	0	.417	21.0	493	595	37-42	28-49	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	155	93	62	0	.600		604	457	48-29	45-33	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	154	87	67	0	.565	5.5	566	538	55-23	32-44	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	154	77	77	0	.500	15.5	537	535	42-32	35-45	2-8	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	154	76	78	0	.494	16.5	580	545	44-33	32-45	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	155	75	80	0	.484	18.0	454	533	44-36	31-44	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	154	54	100	0	.351	38.5	461	628	31-46	23-54	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	155	96	59	0	.619		691	512	49-29	47-30	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	156	85	70	1	.548	11.0	685	567	46-31	39-39	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	156	83	73	0	.532	13.5	528	578	41-37	42-36	7-3	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	156	75	81	0	.481	21.5	568	600	40-37	35-44	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	156	70	86	0	.449	26.5	513	609	35-43	35-43	3-7	Lost 4
Philadelphia Phillies	156	59	97	0	.378	37.5	503	635	28-51	31-46	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	154	95	59	0	.617		707	557	42-34	53-25	6-4	Won 3
Houston Astros	153	84	69	0	.549	10.5	708	636	41-36	43-33	4-6	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	155	85	70	0	.548	10.5	584	527	41-34	44-36	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	155	70	84	1	.455	25.0	628	730	36-41	34-43	3-7	Lost 5
San Francisco Giants	155	69	86	0	.445	26.5	662	649	34-43	35-43	6-4	Won 5
San Diego Padres	153	58	95	0	.379	36.5	488	665	26-54	32-41	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 2, Angels 1 at California (night game):
Although becoming the fourth greatest strikeout pitcher in major league history, Nolan Ryan failed in his quest for his 20th victory when the Angels lost to the Athletics, 2-1. Ryan fanned 10 to bring his season's total to 320. Sandy Koufax (382 in 1965), Rube Waddell (349 in 1904) and Bob Feller (348 in 1946) were the only fireballers to exceed the Angel righthander's figure. The A's scored their first run after Reggie Jackson walked in the fourth inning. Bert Campaneris came in to run for Jackson and stole his 51st and 52nd bases of the season to win the league crown for the sixth time in eight years. Gonzalo Marquez singled to score Campaneris. In the seventh, Bill McNulty walked and Allan Lewis, taking over the basepaths, advanced to second on a wild pickoff throw by Ryan. Lewis then stole third and scored on a single by Don Mincher. The Angels counted their lone run in the home half of the seventh on a double by Leroy Stanton and two infield outs.

Red Sox 4, Tigers 1 at Detroit (day game):
Coleman's bid for his 20th victory was frustrated in an otherwise meaningless game when the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 4-1. The Tigers thus finished one-half game ahead of the Red Sox in the final East Division standings, the statistical difference being the extra game that the Tigers played in an unequal schedule that resulted because of the players' strike.

Royals 4, Rangers 0 at Kansas City (night game):
With Roger Nelson pitching a two-hitter, the Royals defeated the Rangers, 4-0, in a game that was the last for Bob Lemon as manager of the Royals and the last for Ted Williams as manager of the Rangers. The game also was the last to be played in Kansas City's Municipal Stadium. The Royals are scheduled to move to their new park next season.

Twins 14, White Sox 2 at Minnesota (day game):
On the final day, the Twins staged their best batting display of the season, piling up 19 hits to defeat the White Sox, 14-2. Bobby Darwin led the attack with a double and three singles.

Brewers 1, Yankees 0 at New York (night game):
Jim Lonborg allowed only three hits and pitched the Brewers to a 1-0 victory over the Yankees. Larry Gowell, rookie from West Haven (Eastern), was the loser when Dave May doubled in the fourth inning, took third after George Scott flied out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Briggs.

Dodgers 4, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Steve Yeager whacked two homers and Tom Paciorek hit one to account for the Dodgers' runs in support of Claude Osteen, who defeated the Braves, 4-1, for his 20th victory. Yeager led off the third inning with a round-tripper and Paciorek added a solo swat in the fourth. Yeager then homered again with a man on base in the ninth.

Phillies 2, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
Two Phillies' infielders set league records for fewest errors at their positions in the season-closing 2-1 victory over the Cubs. Larry Bowa finished with nine errors at shortstop, two under his own previous mark in 1971, and Don Money committed only 10 errors at third, one less than the former record of Bob Aspromonte with the Astros in 1964. The Phillies scored on singles by Greg Luzinski and Bowa, around a sacrifice in the second inning. Jim Hickman tied the score with a homer in the Cubs' half. Deron Johnson batted for Tommy Hutton in the eighth and homered to provide the Phillies' winning run.

Reds 4, Astros 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
As a warm-up for the playoffs, the Reds used five pitchers while posting a 4-2 victory over the Astros. Clay Carroll, who hurled a scoreless ninth, received credit for his record 37th save, two more than the previous mark. Dave Concepcion homered for the Reds and Johnny Bench hit a sacrifice fly to drive in his 125th run of the season.

Mets 3, Expos 1 at Montreal (night game):
Jim Beauchamp homered with a man on base in the sixth inning to enable the Mets to defeat the Expos, 3-1. Jon Matlack, the leading candidate for N. L. Rookie Pitcher of the Year honors, gained his 15th victory with the aid of Tug McGraw, who relieved in the ninth and picked up his 27th save.

Cardinals 4, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Bob Gibson extended his own major league record for most seasons with 200 or more strikeouts and gained his 19th victory as the Cardinals defeated the Pirates, 4-3. Gibson struck out 11 to bring his total to 208 for his ninth year over the 200 mark. The Cardinals' runs off Nelson Briles in the fifth inning all were unearned as the result of an error by Willie Stargell.

Giants 6, Padres 4 at San Francisco (day game):
A crowd of only 1,578, smallest in San Francisco's major league history, saw the Giants end their season with a 6-4 victory over the Padres. Johnny Jeter hit a two-run homer to give the Padres a 4-3 lead in the eighth, but in the Giants' half Gary Matthews and Bernie Williams drew passes from Fred Norman and, after Ed Acosta relieved, Bobby Bonds hit the winning homer.