Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The 1972 Major League Baseball season was the first to have games cancelled by a player strike. It was also the last season in which American League pitchers would hit for themselves on a regular basis; the designated hitter rule would go into effect the following season. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_season

Final Stats:

Team Wins Losses
PIT 96 59
CIN 95 59
OAK 93 62
CHW 87 67
DET 86 70
HOU 84 69
CHC 85 70
BOS 85 70
LAD 85 70
NYM 83 73
BAL 80 74
NYY 79 76
MIN 77 77
KCR 76 78
CAL 75 80
STL 75 81
CLE 72 84
ATL 70 84
MON 70 86
SFG 69 86
MIL 65 91
SDP 58 95
PHI 59 97
TEX 54 100



Postseason




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



Most Runs per game: 5

CIN




Fewest Runs allowed per game: 3

BAL




Regular Season ran from: 4/15-10/4

Playoffs ran from: 10/7-10/22




Best Division: AL East

Worst Division: AL East

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