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1972 Baseball - Division | League

"Dumb" Division Standings on May 21

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1972 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Cleveland 17 10 .630 - 84 68 81.5 74.5 35.1 35.1
Detroit 16 12 .571 1.5 112 77 80.1 75.9 24.9 24.9
Baltimore 15 13 .536 2.5 95 84 78.0 76.0 21.5 21.5
New York 12 15 .444 5 83 86 75.9 79.1 9.6 9.6
Boston 9 17 .346 7.5 94 124 73.5 81.5 4.5 4.5
Milwaukee 8 17 .320 8 49 88 73.4 82.6 4.4 4.4
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Chicago 18 10 .643 - 103 91 81.1 72.9 30.6 30.6
Oakland 17 10 .630 0.5 104 95 80.9 74.1 26.9 26.9
Minnesota 17 11 .607 1 117 73 80.0 74.0 23.5 23.5
Texas 15 15 .500 4 92 107 77.1 76.9 11.3 11.3
Kansas City 12 18 .400 7 103 92 74.1 79.9 4.4 4.4
California 11 19 .367 8 77 128 73.5 81.5 3.3 3.3

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1972 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
New York 25 7 .781 - 131 102 87.0 69.0 63.4 63.4
Pittsburgh 18 12 .600 6 148 116 80.4 74.6 16.7 16.7
Chicago 15 15 .500 9 132 99 77.6 77.4 8.0 8.0
Philadelphia 15 16 .484 9.5 101 105 77.5 78.5 7.1 7.1
Montreal 13 19 .406 12 92 141 75.0 81.0 3.2 3.2
St. Louis 12 21 .364 13.5 115 145 73.5 82.5 1.7 1.7
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Houston 19 12 .613 - 150 125 80.1 72.9 33.6 33.6
Los Angeles 20 13 .606 - 123 76 81.0 74.0 31.4 31.4
Cincinnati 18 15 .545 2 144 147 78.5 75.5 20.6 20.6
San Diego 15 18 .455 5 98 106 75.0 78.0 9.0 9.0
Atlanta 12 20 .375 7.5 119 165 72.9 81.1 4.3 4.3
San Francisco 11 25 .306 10.5 135 161 70.6 84.4 1.2 1.2

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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