MLB Division Standings after Aug 18 in 1972 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Detroit 61-53 .535 ---- 31-27 30-26 24-32
Baltimore 60-53 .531 0.5 28-29 32-24 30-25
NY Yankees 58-54 .518 2.0 36-19 22-35 33-23
Boston 56-55 .505 3.5 34-20 22-35 26-27
Cleveland 52-61 .460 8.5 31-25 21-36 27-28
Milwaukee 44-69 .389 16.5 25-31 19-38 25-30
Western Division Home Away Div
Oakland 67-46 .593 ---- 32-22 35-24 31-24
Chi White Sox 66-46 .589 0.5 45-14 21-32 33-21
Minnesota 59-51 .536 6.5 31-19 28-32 27-25
Kansas City 54-57 .486 12.0 35-24 19-33 23-31
California 51-62 .451 16.0 29-28 22-34 25-30
Texas 46-67 .407 21.0 28-31 18-36 24-32
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Pittsburgh 70-42 .625 ---- 36-20 34-22 37-17
NY Mets 59-51 .536 10.0 31-26 28-25 30-22
Chi Cubs 60-54 .526 11.0 34-20 26-34 27-29
St Louis 54-57 .486 15.5 27-25 27-32 26-29
Montreal 51-60 .459 18.5 26-28 25-32 24-29
Philadelphia 42-70 .375 28.0 21-39 21-31 19-37
Western Division Home Away Div
Cincinnati 69-43 .616 ---- 28-26 41-17 32-23
Houston 65-50 .565 5.5 30-26 35-24 34-23
LA Dodgers 59-52 .532 9.5 29-26 30-26 30-25
Atlanta 52-64 .448 19.0 28-27 24-37 25-34
San Francisco 51-65 .440 20.0 23-38 28-27 27-30
San Diego 44-68 .393 25.0 19-43 25-25 21-34
American League Games
Chi White Sox 8, Boston 1
Detroit 2, California 0
Milwaukee 7, Kansas City 2
Minnesota 3, Baltimore 1
Texas 11, NY Yankees 2
Oakland 8, Cleveland 0
National League Games
Montreal 4, Atlanta 3 (11 in)
Chi Cubs 5, LA Dodgers 0
Cincinnati 8, NY Mets 2
Houston 4, Philadelphia 3
Pittsburgh 4, San Diego 2
St Louis 3, San Francisco 1