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1972 Baseball - Division | League

"Smart" 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 98.5 55.5 58.4 58.4
Detroit 8 6 .571 0.5 61 34 92.6 63.4 31.8 31.8
Cleveland 8 7 .533 1 41 45 61.4 94.6 0.5 0.5
New York 5 9 .357 3.5 40 49 75.7 79.3 5.5 5.5
Boston 4 8 .333 3.5 41 59 71.2 83.8 3.4 3.4
Milwaukee 3 9 .250 4.5 19 40 60.9 95.1 0.5 0.5
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Minnesota 10 3 .769 - 68 28 93.8 60.2 42.3 42.3
Oakland 8 4 .667 1.5 37 30 90.7 64.3 31.7 31.7
Chicago 9 6 .600 2 50 43 84.7 69.3 17.9 17.9
Texas 8 8 .500 3.5 52 64 64.2 89.8 1.4 1.4
Kansas City 7 10 .412 5 40 45 76.0 78.0 6.3 6.3
California 6 9 .400 5 37 68 59.1 95.9 0.5 0.5

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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 83.1 72.9 26.6 26.6
Philadelphia 12 6 .667 - 66 52 78.9 77.1 16.6 16.6
Montreal 10 6 .625 1 53 63 70.8 85.2 6.8 6.8
Chicago 7 11 .389 5 87 70 78.8 76.2 16.8 16.8
Pittsburgh 6 10 .375 5 66 82 79.1 75.9 18.3 18.3
St. Louis 6 11 .353 5.5 67 69 77.7 78.3 15.1 15.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Houston 12 5 .706 - 92 74 85.5 67.5 26.5 26.5
Los Angeles 12 7 .632 1 86 51 95.1 59.9 53.1 53.1
Cincinnati 8 9 .471 4 85 87 80.7 73.3 13.8 13.8
Atlanta 8 11 .421 5 78 106 65.2 88.8 1.6 1.6
San Diego 8 11 .421 5 46 60 62.8 90.2 1.4 1.4
San Francisco 6 14 .300 7.5 86 100 71.2 83.8 3.6 3.6

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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