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1972 Baseball - Division | League

"Dumb" Division Standings on May 4

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1972 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Detroit 8 5 .615 - 60 32 79.5 76.5 23.8 23.8
Baltimore 8 6 .571 0.5 52 34 78.1 75.9 22.5 22.5
Cleveland 8 6 .571 0.5 40 43 79.0 77.0 21.4 21.4
New York 5 8 .385 3 39 46 76.0 79.0 11.8 11.8
Boston 4 7 .364 3 39 54 76.0 79.0 11.5 11.5
Milwaukee 3 8 .273 4 19 36 75.5 80.5 8.9 8.9
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Minnesota 9 3 .750 - 63 26 80.0 74.0 28.7 28.7
Oakland 7 4 .636 1.5 34 29 79.0 76.0 20.7 20.7
Chicago 8 6 .571 2 48 42 78.0 76.0 18.3 18.3
Texas 7 8 .467 3.5 50 63 76.5 77.5 12.9 12.9
Kansas City 7 9 .438 4 38 42 75.9 78.1 10.4 10.4
California 5 9 .357 5 33 68 75.6 79.4 9.0 9.0

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1972 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
New York 11 4 .733 - 60 52 81.5 74.5 30.6 30.6
Philadelphia 11 6 .647 1 63 50 80.5 75.5 24.4 24.4
Montreal 9 6 .600 2 50 62 79.5 76.5 19.6 19.6
Chicago 7 10 .412 5 87 67 76.0 79.0 8.4 8.4
Pittsburgh 6 9 .400 5 62 77 76.0 79.0 9.3 9.3
St. Louis 6 10 .375 5.5 66 67 75.9 80.1 7.6 7.6
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Houston 11 5 .688 - 89 74 79.5 73.5 32.3 32.3
Los Angeles 12 6 .667 - 85 48 80.6 74.4 31.2 31.2
Cincinnati 7 9 .438 4 80 83 75.9 78.1 12.0 12.0
San Diego 7 11 .389 5 40 60 74.5 78.5 9.5 9.5
Atlanta 7 11 .389 5 76 105 75.1 78.9 9.4 9.4
San Francisco 6 13 .316 6.5 84 97 73.9 81.1 5.7 5.7

Baseball statistics
x: Clinched Division  
W: Wins  L: Losses  PCT: Winning percentage
GB: Games Back (Number of games behind the Division leader)
RS: Runs Scored  RA: Runs Against
Baseball "coolstats"   What are these?
EXP W: Expected season Wins  EXP L: Expected season Losses
DIV: % chance of winning the Division 
POFF: % chance of making the Playoffs



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