1972 Season

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1972 Season

The 1972 season was shortened by the first player strike, and this had an effect on the pennant races. In the AL East, the Tigers were declared the division winner despite only being a half-game ahead of the Red Sox at season's end. But they were only 3rd and 4th overall, as Oakland managed a .600 season and the Orioles fell to 5th place. In the NL, the Pirates and Reds each won their division by over 10 games. In a combined league, there would have been an extremely close race. Since a half game was enough to give the Tigers a division title, we will consider the Pirates the NL pennant winners, at least until we replay the games lost to the player strike. Both League Championship Series went the full 5 games, with Oakland and Cincinnati winning. This is the first instance in which the World Series did not feature the team with the best record from each league, although only by a half-game.

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FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE	W	L	Pct	GB	NATIONAL LEAGUE	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	93	62	.600	--	Pittsburgh	96	59	.619	--
Chicago	87	67	.565	5½	Cincinnati	95	59	.617	½
Detroit	86	70	.551	7½	Houston	84	69	.549	11
Boston	85	70	.548	8	Chicago	85	70	.548	11
Baltimore	80	74	.519	12½	Los Angeles	85	70	.548	11
New York	79	76	.510	14	New York	83	73	.532	13½
Minnesota	77	77	.500	15½	St. Louis	75	81	.481	21½
Kansas City	76	78	.494	16½	Atlanta	70	84	.455	25½
California	75	80	.484	18	Montreal	70	86	.449	26½
Cleveland	72	84	.462	21½	San Francisco	69	86	.445	27
Milwaukee	65	91	.417	28½	San Diego	58	95	.379	37
Texas	54	100	.351	38½	Philadelphia	59	97	.378	37½

Data source The Sporting News Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2000 Edition

PENNANT RACE

AMERICAN LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

WORLD SERIES
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1. Details.

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