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1972 Baseball - Division | League

"Dumb" Division Standings on May 5

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1972 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Baltimore 9 6 .600 - 55 36 78.5 75.5 27.5 27.5
Detroit 8 6 .571 0.5 61 34 79.0 77.0 22.4 22.4
Cleveland 8 7 .533 1 41 45 78.4 77.6 19.6 19.6
New York 5 9 .357 3.5 40 49 75.5 79.5 10.8 10.8
Boston 4 8 .333 3.5 41 59 75.6 79.4 11.3 11.3
Milwaukee 3 9 .250 4.5 19 40 75.0 81.0 8.5 8.5
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Minnesota 10 3 .769 - 68 28 80.4 73.6 29.5 29.5
Oakland 8 4 .667 1.5 37 30 79.5 75.5 21.3 21.3
Chicago 9 6 .600 2 50 43 78.6 75.4 19.2 19.2
Texas 8 8 .500 3.5 52 64 77.0 77.0 12.9 12.9
Kansas City 7 10 .412 5 40 45 75.5 78.5 8.9 8.9
California 6 9 .400 5 37 68 76.0 79.0 8.2 8.2

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1972 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
New York 11 5 .688 - 60 58 81.0 75.0 28.3 28.3
Philadelphia 12 6 .667 - 66 52 80.9 75.1 26.9 26.9
Montreal 10 6 .625 1 53 63 80.0 76.0 21.9 21.9
Chicago 7 11 .389 5 87 70 75.5 79.5 8.1 8.1
Pittsburgh 6 10 .375 5 66 82 75.5 79.5 8.1 8.1
St. Louis 6 11 .353 5.5 67 69 75.4 80.6 6.8 6.8
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Houston 12 5 .706 - 92 74 80.1 72.9 35.3 35.3
Los Angeles 12 7 .632 1 86 51 80.0 75.0 26.3 26.3
Cincinnati 8 9 .471 4 85 87 76.4 77.6 12.8 12.8
San Diego 8 11 .421 5 46 60 75.0 78.0 10.8 10.8
Atlanta 8 11 .421 5 78 106 75.5 78.5 10.3 10.3
San Francisco 6 14 .300 7.5 86 100 73.5 81.5 4.6 4.6

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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