MLB Division Standings after Aug 17 in 1972 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Baltimore 60-52 .536 ---- 28-28 32-24 30-25
Detroit 60-53 .531 0.5 30-27 30-26 24-32
NY Yankees 58-53 .523 1.5 36-19 22-34 33-23
Boston 56-54 .509 3.0 34-20 22-34 26-27
Cleveland 52-60 .464 8.0 31-24 21-36 27-28
Milwaukee 43-69 .384 17.0 25-31 18-38 25-30
Western Division Home Away Div
Oakland 66-46 .589 ---- 32-22 34-24 31-24
Chi White Sox 65-46 .586 0.5 44-14 21-32 33-21
Minnesota 58-51 .532 6.5 31-19 27-32 27-25
Kansas City 54-56 .491 11.0 35-23 19-33 23-31
California 51-61 .455 15.0 29-28 22-33 25-30
Texas 45-67 .402 21.0 27-31 18-36 24-32
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Pittsburgh 69-42 .622 ---- 36-20 33-22 37-17
NY Mets 59-50 .541 9.0 31-25 28-25 30-22
Chi Cubs 59-54 .522 11.0 34-20 25-34 27-29
St Louis 53-57 .482 15.5 27-25 26-32 26-29
Montreal 50-60 .455 18.5 25-28 25-32 24-29
Philadelphia 42-69 .378 27.0 21-38 21-31 19-37
Western Division Home Away Div
Cincinnati 68-43 .613 ---- 28-26 40-17 32-23
Houston 64-50 .561 5.5 30-26 34-24 34-23
LA Dodgers 59-51 .536 8.5 29-25 30-26 30-25
Atlanta 52-63 .452 18.0 28-27 24-36 25-34
San Francisco 51-64 .443 19.0 23-37 28-27 27-30
San Diego 44-67 .396 24.0 19-42 25-25 21-34
American League Games
Boston 4, Texas 3
Chi White Sox 6, Baltimore 1
California 4, Cleveland 2
Detroit 12, Minnesota 2 (G1)
Minnesota 7, Detroit 6 (G2) (10 in)
National League Games
NY Mets 2, Atlanta 1
Chi Cubs 2, San Francisco 1
Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati 4
Houston 17, Montreal 5
LA Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh 2
San Diego 3, St Louis 2