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1972 Baseball - Division | League

"Dumb" Division Standings on May 9

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1972 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Detroit 11 6 .647 - 77 41 80.4 75.6 28.5 28.5
Cleveland 11 7 .611 0.5 58 46 79.9 76.1 24.8 24.8
Baltimore 10 7 .588 1 61 49 78.5 75.5 24.5 24.5
New York 6 12 .333 5.5 53 67 74.6 80.4 7.7 7.7
Boston 5 10 .333 5 51 73 75.0 80.0 8.9 8.9
Milwaukee 4 12 .250 6.5 26 57 74.0 82.0 5.6 5.6
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Minnesota 13 4 .765 - 86 41 81.5 72.5 34.6 34.6
Oakland 12 4 .750 0.5 61 38 81.5 73.5 30.5 30.5
Chicago 9 9 .500 4.5 52 63 77.0 77.0 12.0 12.0
Texas 8 10 .444 5.5 57 75 75.9 78.1 8.9 8.9
Kansas City 8 12 .400 6.5 54 53 75.0 79.0 6.7 6.7
California 7 11 .389 6.5 44 77 75.5 79.5 7.2 7.2

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1972 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
New York 12 6 .667 - 70 70 81.1 74.9 25.0 25.0
Philadelphia 13 7 .650 - 75 58 81.0 75.0 25.2 25.2
Montreal 12 7 .632 0.5 63 69 80.5 75.5 22.3 22.3
Pittsburgh 9 10 .474 3.5 88 91 77.0 78.0 10.4 10.4
Chicago 9 11 .450 4 100 75 76.5 78.5 8.7 8.7
St. Louis 9 11 .450 4 78 76 76.9 79.1 8.4 8.4
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Houston 12 7 .632 - 97 82 78.9 74.1 32.7 32.7
Los Angeles 13 8 .619 - 91 54 80.0 75.0 30.6 30.6
San Diego 9 12 .429 4 58 70 75.0 78.0 12.8 12.8
Cincinnati 8 12 .400 4.5 93 111 75.0 79.0 11.0 11.0
Atlanta 8 14 .364 5.5 86 120 74.1 79.9 8.1 8.1
San Francisco 7 16 .304 7 93 116 72.9 82.1 4.8 4.8

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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