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1972 Baseball - Division | League

"Dumb" Division Standings on May 16

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1972 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Cleveland 14 9 .609 - 78 60 80.5 75.5 29.1 29.1
Detroit 13 10 .565 1 92 70 79.5 76.5 23.8 23.8
Baltimore 13 11 .542 1.5 81 74 78.1 75.9 22.5 22.5
Boston 9 12 .429 4 86 98 76.0 79.0 11.2 11.2
New York 9 14 .391 5 67 79 75.0 80.0 8.8 8.8
Milwaukee 6 15 .286 7 41 74 73.5 82.5 4.6 4.6
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Minnesota 16 7 .696 - 104 57 81.5 72.5 33.3 33.3
Oakland 14 8 .636 1.5 83 68 80.4 74.6 24.8 24.8
Chicago 15 9 .625 1.5 82 74 80.0 74.0 24.5 24.5
Kansas City 11 15 .423 6.5 77 74 75.0 79.0 6.5 6.5
Texas 10 15 .400 7 73 99 74.4 79.6 5.5 5.5
California 10 15 .400 7 64 101 75.0 80.0 5.4 5.4

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1972 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
New York 19 7 .731 - 100 91 84.0 72.0 44.3 44.3
Philadelphia 15 11 .577 4 91 85 80.0 76.0 18.8 18.8
Pittsburgh 13 12 .520 5.5 116 113 78.0 77.0 12.4 12.4
Montreal 13 13 .500 6 86 107 78.0 78.0 11.2 11.2
Chicago 12 13 .480 6.5 115 84 77.0 78.0 9.9 9.9
St. Louis 10 18 .357 10 102 119 74.0 82.0 3.5 3.5
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Los Angeles 18 10 .643 - 114 67 81.5 73.5 35.6 35.6
Houston 16 10 .615 1 134 116 79.6 73.4 32.9 32.9
Cincinnati 14 13 .519 3.5 123 127 77.4 76.6 16.1 16.1
San Diego 12 16 .429 6 82 95 74.5 78.5 8.3 8.3
Atlanta 10 17 .370 7.5 103 141 73.5 80.5 5.0 5.0
San Francisco 9 21 .300 10 114 135 71.5 83.5 2.2 2.2

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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