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1972 Baseball - Division | League

"Dumb" Division Standings on August 24

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1972 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Detroit 64 55 .538 - 429 402 82.5 73.5 38.0 38.0
Baltimore 63 55 .534 0.5 408 326 81.0 73.0 36.2 36.2
New York 60 56 .517 2.5 422 380 79.5 75.5 15.4 15.4
Boston 59 57 .509 3.5 482 507 78.5 76.5 9.2 9.2
Cleveland 57 61 .483 6.5 368 384 76.0 80.0 1.3 1.3
Milwaukee 46 72 .390 17.5 366 463 65.0 91.0 0.0 0.0
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Chicago 69 48 .590 - 449 410 87.5 66.5 52.7 52.7
Oakland 69 49 .585 0.5 456 352 87.5 67.5 46.0 46.0
Minnesota 60 55 .522 8 413 410 79.5 74.5 1.3 1.3
Kansas City 56 59 .487 12 428 413 75.5 78.5 0.1 0.1
California 52 66 .441 17.5 359 448 70.5 84.5 0.0 0.0
Texas 48 70 .407 21.5 381 466 66.0 88.0 0.0 0.0

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1972 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Pittsburgh 73 43 .629 - 528 398 92.5 62.5 98.5 98.5
New York 61 54 .530 11.5 385 413 81.5 74.5 0.9 0.9
Chicago 63 56 .529 11.5 508 434 81.0 74.0 0.6 0.6
St. Louis 56 60 .483 17 434 461 76.0 80.0 <0.1 <0.1
Montreal 54 63 .462 19.5 377 465 73.5 82.5 0.0 0.0
Philadelphia 43 74 .368 30.5 371 478 62.5 93.5 0.0 0.0
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Cincinnati 74 44 .627 - 551 414 92.0 62.0 95.9 95.9
Houston 67 53 .558 8 562 490 83.5 69.5 3.3 3.3
Los Angeles 62 54 .534 11 419 391 81.4 73.6 0.7 0.7
Atlanta 55 66 .455 20.5 482 558 71.5 82.5 0.0 0.0
San Francisco 53 67 .442 22 511 510 70.5 84.5 0.0 0.0
San Diego 45 72 .385 28.5 379 495 63.0 90.0 0.0 0.0

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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