MLB standings at the end of October 1, 1973

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	162	97	65	0	.599		754	561	50-31	47-34	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	162	89	73	0	.549	8.0	738	647	48-33	41-40	6-4	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	162	85	77	0	.525	12.0	642	674	47-34	38-43	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	162	80	82	0	.494	17.0	641	610	50-31	30-51	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	162	74	88	0	.457	23.0	708	731	40-41	34-47	2-8	Lost 5
Cleveland Indians	162	71	91	0	.438	26.0	680	826	34-47	37-44	4-6	Lost 1

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Oakland A's	162	94	68	0	.580		758	615	50-31	44-37	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	162	88	74	0	.543	6.0	755	752	48-33	40-41	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	162	81	81	0	.500	13.0	738	692	37-44	44-37	6-4	Lost 2
California Angels	162	79	83	0	.488	15.0	629	657	43-38	36-45	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	162	77	85	0	.475	17.0	652	705	40-41	37-44	3-7	Won 1
Texas Rangers	162	57	105	0	.352	37.0	619	844	35-46	22-59	4-6	Won 1

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
New York Mets	161	82	79	0	.509		608	588	43-38	39-41	8-2	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	162	81	81	0	.500	1.5	643	603	43-38	38-43	6-4	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	162	80	82	0	.494	2.5	704	693	41-40	39-42	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	162	79	83	0	.488	3.5	668	702	43-38	36-45	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	161	77	84	0	.478	5.0	614	655	41-39	36-45	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	162	71	91	0	.438	11.5	642	717	38-43	33-48	4-6	Lost 3

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Cincinnati Reds	162	99	63	0	.611		741	621	50-31	49-32	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	162	95	66	1	.590	3.5	675	565	50-31	45-35	8-2	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	162	88	74	0	.543	11.0	739	702	47-34	41-40	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	162	82	80	0	.506	17.0	681	672	41-40	41-40	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	162	76	85	1	.472	22.5	799	774	40-40	36-45	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	162	60	102	0	.370	39.0	548	770	31-50	29-52	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Mets 6, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
The Mets beat the Cubs, 6-4, in a late morning contest that was supposed to have been the first game of a doubleheader, but after the Mets clinched the N. L. Eastern Division championship with their victory, the second game was called due to wet grounds. The Mets got a home run from Cleon Jones off loser Burt Hooton in the second inning, then two more in the fourth on Jerry Grote's two-run single and made it 5-0 in the fifth. Tom Seaver was sent to the showers in the seventh when a two-run homer by Rick Monday reduced the New York margin to 6-4. Tug McGraw got the last nine outs.

Padres 4, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Knowing by mid-game that they had been eliminated from the N. L. Eastern Division pennant race, the Pirates fell to the Padres, 4-3, and settled for third place before the smallest Pittsburgh crowd of the year, 2,572. Rookie southpaw Randy Jones earned his seventh victory for the Padres, who broke a 3-3 tie and scored the winning run on a double by Jones shortly after the news of the Mets' win over the Cubs in Chicago was announced on the scoreboard.