MLB Division Standings after Aug 23 in 1972 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Detroit 64-55 .538 ---- 34-29 30-26 24-32
Baltimore 63-55 .534 0.5 31-31 32-24 30-25
NY Yankees 60-56 .517 2.5 36-19 24-37 33-23
Boston 59-57 .509 3.5 34-20 25-37 26-27
Cleveland 57-61 .483 6.5 36-25 21-36 27-28
Milwaukee 45-71 .388 17.5 25-32 20-39 25-30
Western Division Home Away Div
Chi White Sox 69-48 .590 ---- 48-16 21-32 33-21
Oakland 69-49 .585 0.5 32-22 37-27 31-24
Minnesota 60-55 .522 8.0 31-19 29-36 27-25
Kansas City 56-59 .487 12.0 37-26 19-33 23-31
California 52-66 .441 17.5 29-28 23-38 25-30
Texas 47-69 .405 21.5 28-33 19-36 24-32
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div
Pittsburgh 73-43 .629 ---- 36-20 37-23 37-17
NY Mets 61-54 .530 11.5 33-29 28-25 30-22
Chi Cubs 63-56 .529 11.5 34-20 29-36 27-29
St Louis 56-60 .483 17.0 27-25 29-35 26-29
Montreal 54-62 .466 19.0 29-30 25-32 24-29
Philadelphia 43-74 .368 30.5 22-43 21-31 19-37
Western Division Home Away Div
Cincinnati 73-44 .624 ---- 28-26 45-18 32-23
Houston 67-53 .558 7.5 30-26 37-27 34-23
LA Dodgers 62-54 .534 10.5 32-28 30-26 30-25
Atlanta 55-66 .455 20.0 28-27 27-39 25-34
San Francisco 53-67 .442 21.5 25-40 28-27 27-30
San Diego 45-72 .385 28.0 20-47 25-25 21-34
American League Games
Kansas City 3, Boston 0
Baltimore 7, California 1
Cleveland 5, Minnesota 1
Chi White Sox 5, NY Yankees 2
Detroit 7, Oakland 5
National League Games
Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 6
Chi Cubs 7, San Diego 5
Montreal 11, Cincinnati 0
Houston 7, NY Mets 4
San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 0
LA Dodgers 3, St Louis 0